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FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21471

 

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer

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(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700

 

Date of fiscal year-end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2012

 

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Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

 

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Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund

NWQ Investment Management Company LLC

 

Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Vodafone Group plc

VOD

92857W209

United Kingdom

26-Jul-11

Annual

Management

1

Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

2

Elect Gerard Kleisterlee as Director

For

For

Management

3

Re-elect John Buchanan as Director

For

For

Management

4

Re-elect Vittorio Colao as Director

For

For

Management

5

Re-elect Michel Combes as Director

For

For

Management

6

Re-elect Andy Halford as Director

For

For

Management

7

Re-elect Stephen Pusey as Director

For

For

Management

8

Elect Renee James as Director

For

For

Management

9

Re-elect Alan Jebson as Director

For

For

Management

10

Re-elect Samuel Jonah as Director

For

For

Management

11

Re-elect Nick Land as Director

For

For

Management

12

Re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as Director

For

For

Management

13

Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as Director

For

For

Management

14

Re-elect Anthony Watson as Director

For

For

Management

15

Re-elect Philip Yea as Director

For

For

Management

16

Approve Final Dividend

For

For

Management

17

Approve Remuneration Report

For

For

Management

18

Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors

For

For

Management

19

Authorise Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of Auditors

For

For

Management

20

Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

21

Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

22

Authorise Market Purchase

For

For

Management

23

Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two Weeks’ Notice

For

For

CA, Inc.

CA

12673P105

USA

03-Aug-11

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Raymond J. Bromark

For

Against

Management

2

Elect Director Gary J. Fernandes

For

Against

Management

3

Elect Director Rohit Kapoor

For

Against

Management

4

Elect Director Kay Koplovitz

For

Against

Management

5

Elect Director Christopher B. Lofgren

For

Against

Management

6

Elect Director William E. McCracken

For

Against

Management

7

Elect Director Richard Sulpizio

For

Against

Management

8

Elect Director Laura S. Unger

For

Against

Management

9

Elect Director Arthur F. Weinbach

For

Against

Management

10

Elect Director Renato (Ron) Zambonini

For

Against

Management

11

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

12

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

Management

13

Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency

One Year

One Year

Management

14

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

For

Against

Management

15

Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan

For

For

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

TEVA

881624209

Israel

19-Sep-11

Annual

Management

1

Approve Final Dividend

For

For

Management

2.1

Elect Chaim Hurvitz as Director

For

For

Management

2.2

Elect Ory Slonim as Director

For

For

Management

2.3

Elect Dan Suesskind as Director

For

For

Management

3.1

Elect Joseph Nitzani as External Director and Approve His Remuneration

For

For

Management

3.2

Elect Dafna Schwartz as External Director and Approve Her Remuneration

For

For

Management

4

Approve Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

For

For

Management

5

Approve Director/Officer Liability and Indemnification Insurance

For

For

Management

6.1

Amend Remuneration of Vice Chairman

For

For

Management

6.2

Approve Reimbursement of Expenses of Board Chairman

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Microsoft Corporation

MSFT

594918104

USA

15-Nov-11

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Dina Dublon

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director William H. Gates, III

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Reed Hastings

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Maria M. Klawe

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director David F. Marquardt

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Charles H. Noski

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Helmut Panke

For

For

Management

10

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency

One Year

One Year

Management

12

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

13

Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Committee on Environmental Sustainability

Against

Against

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd

ANG

035128206

South Africa

16-Nov-11

Special

Management

1

Authorise the Company to Provide Financial Assistance to Subsidiaries and Other Related or Inter-related Parties

For

For

Cisco Systems, Inc.

CSCO

17275R102

USA

07-Dec-11

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Carol A. Bartz

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director M. Michele Burns

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Michael D. Capellas

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Larry R. Carter

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director John T. Chambers

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Brian L. Halla

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director John L. Hennessy

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Arun Sarin

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Steven M. West

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Jerry Yang

For

For

Management

13

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

For

For

Management

14

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

15

Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency

One Year

One Year

Management

16

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

17

Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Committee on Environmental Sustainability

Against

Against

Share Holder

18

Report on Internet Fragmentation

Against

For

Share Holder

19

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

Against

Citigroup Inc.

C

172967424

USA

17-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Franz B. Humer

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Robert L. Joss

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Michael E. O’Neill

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Vikram S. Pandit

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Lawrence R. Ricciardi

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Judith Rodin

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Robert L. Ryan

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Anthony M. Santomero

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Joan E. Spero

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Diana L. Taylor

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director William S. Thompson, Jr.

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

14

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

For

For

Management

15

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

Share Holder

16

Disclose Prior Government Service

Against

Against

Share Holder

17

Report on Political Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures

Against

Against

Share Holder

18

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

For

Share Holder

19

Require Audit Committee Review and Report on Controls Related to Loans, Foreclosure and Securitizations

Against

Against

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

MetLife, Inc.

MET

59156R108

USA

24-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director John M. Keane

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Catherine R. Kinney

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Hugh B. Price

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano

For

For

Management

2

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

3

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Newmont Mining Corporation

NEM

651639106

USA

24-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Bruce R. Brook

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Joseph A. Carrabba

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Noreen Doyle

For

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen

For

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director Michael S. Hamson

For

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Jane Nelson

For

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Richard T. O’Brien

For

For

Management

1.9

Elect Director John B. Prescott

For

For

Management

1.10

Elect Director Donald C. Roth

For

For

Management

1.11

Elect Director Simon R. Thompson

For

For

Management

2

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

3

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

4

Other Business

For

Against

PACCAR Inc

PCAR

693718108

USA

24-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Mark C. Pigott

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Warren R. Staley

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Charles R. Williamson

For

For

Share Holder

2

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

For

For

Share Holder

3

Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement

Against

For

Share Holder

4

Declassify the Board of Directors

Against

For

Wells Fargo & Company

WFC

949746101

USA

24-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director John D. Baker, II

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Elaine L. Chao

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director John S. Chen

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Lloyd H. Dean

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Susan E. Engel

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Donald M. James

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Federico F. Pena

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Philip J. Quigley

For

Against

Management

12

Elect Director Judith M. Runstad

For

For

Management

13

Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger

For

For

Management

14

Elect Director John G. Stumpf

For

For

Management

15

Elect Director Susan G. Swenson

For

For

Management

16

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

17

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

18

Require Independent Board Chairman

Against

For

Share Holder

19

Provide for Cumulative Voting

Against

For

Share Holder

20

Adopt Proxy Access Right

Against

For

Share Holder

21

Require Audit Committee Review and Report on Controls Related to Loans, Foreclosure and Securitizations

Against

Against

General Electric Company

GE

369604103

USA

25-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director W. Geoffrey Beattie

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr.

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Ann M. Fudge

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Susan Hockfield

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Andrea Jung

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Alan G. Lafley

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

8

Elect Director Robert W. Lane

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director James J. Mulva

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Sam Nunn

For

For

Management

13

Elect Director Roger S. Penske

For

For

Management

14

Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa

For

For

Management

15

Elect Director James S. Tisch

For

For

Management

16

Elect Director Douglas A. Warner, III

For

For

Management

17

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

18

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

19

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

For

For

Management

20

Approve Material Terms of Senior Officer Performance Goals

For

For

Share Holder

21

Provide for Cumulative Voting

Against

For

Share Holder

22

Phase Out Nuclear Activities

Against

Against

Share Holder

23

Require Independent Board Chairman

Against

Against

Share Holder

24

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

For

Pfizer Inc.

PFE

717081103

USA

26-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director M. Anthony Burns

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director W. Don Cornwell

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director William H. Gray, III

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Helen H. Hobbs

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Constance J. Horner

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director James M. Kilts

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director George A. Lorch

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director John P. Mascotte

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Ian C. Read

For

For

Management

13

Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger

For

For

Management

14

Elect Director Marc Tessier-Lavigne

For

For

Management

15

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

16

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

17

Publish Political Contributions

Against

Against

Share Holder

18

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

For

Share Holder

19

Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Special Meetings

Against

Against

Share Holder

20

Non-Employee Director Compensation

Against

Against

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

MSI

620076307

USA

30-Apr-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Gregory Q. Brown

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director William J. Bratton

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Kenneth C. Dahlberg

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director David W. Dorman

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Michael V. Hayden

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Judy C. Lewent

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director John A. White

For

For

Management

9

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

Management

10

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

11

Encourage Suppliers to Produce Sustainability Reports

Against

Against

Share Holder

12

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

For

National CineMedia, Inc.

NCMI

635309107

USA

01-May-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director David R. Haas

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director James R. Holland, Jr.

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Stephen L. Lanning

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Edward H. Meyer

For

For

Management

2

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

For

For

Management

3

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

Management

4

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Talisman Energy Inc.

TLM

87425E103

Canada

01-May-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Christiane Bergevin

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

1.2

Elect Director Donald J. Carty

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director William R.P. Dalton

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Kevin S. Dunne

For

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director Harold N. Kvisle

For

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director John A. Manzoni

For

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Lisa A. Stewart

For

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Peter W. Tomsett

For

For

Management

1.9

Elect Director Michael T. Waites

For

For

Management

1.10

Elect Director Charles R. Williamson

For

For

Management

1.11

Elect Director Charles M. Winograd

For

For

Management

2

Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors

For

For

Management

3

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

For

For

Barrick Gold Corporation

ABX

067901108

Canada

02-May-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Howard L. Beck

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director C. William D. Birchall

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Donald J. Carty

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Gustavo Cisneros

For

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director Robert M. Franklin

For

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director J. Brett Harvey

For

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Dambisa Moyo

For

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Brian Mulroney

For

For

Management

1.9

Elect Director Anthony Munk

For

For

Management

1.10

Elect Director Peter Munk

For

For

Management

1.11

Elect Director Aaron W. Regent

For

For

Management

1.12

Elect Director Nathaniel P. Rothschild

For

For

Management

1.13

Elect Director Steven J. Shapiro

For

For

Management

1.14

Elect Director John L. Thornton

For

For

Management

2

Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

For

For

Management

3

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

For

For

GlaxoSmithKline plc

GSK

37733W105

United Kingdom

03-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

2

Approve Remuneration Report

For

For

Management

3

Re-elect Sir Christopher Gent as Director

For

For

Management

4

Re-elect Sir Andrew Witty as Director

For

For

Management

5

Re-elect Sir Roy Anderson as Director

For

For

Management

6

Re-elect Dr Stephanie Burns as Director

For

For

Management

7

Re-elect Stacey Cartwright as Director

For

For

Management

8

Re-elect Larry Culp as Director

For

For

Management

9

Re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director

For

For

Management

10

Re-elect Simon Dingemans as Director

For

For

Management

11

Re-elect Judy Lewent as Director

For

For

Management

12

Re-elect Sir Deryck Maughan as Director

For

For

Management

13

Re-elect Dr Daniel Podolsky as Director

For

For

Management

14

Re-elect Dr Moncef Slaoui as Director

For

For

Management

15

Re-elect Tom de Swaan as Director

For

For

Management

16

Re-elect Sir Robert Wilson as Director

For

For

Management

17

Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

For

For

Management

18

Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to Fix Remuneration of Auditors

For

For

Management

19

Authorise EU Political Donations and Expenditure

For

For

Management

20

Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

21

Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

22

Authorise Market Purchase

For

For

Management

23

Approve the Exemption from Statement of the Name of the Senior Statutory Auditor in Published Copies of the Auditors’ Reports

For

For

Management

24

Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two Weeks’ Notice

For

For

Management

25

Approve 2012 ShareSave Plan

For

For

Management

26

Approve 2012 ShareReward Plan

For

For

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

OXY

674599105

USA

04-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Spencer Abraham

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Howard I. Atkins

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

3

Elect Director Stephen I. Chazen

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Edward P. Djerejian

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director John E. Feick

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Margaret M. Foran

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Carlos M. Gutierrez

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Ray R. Irani

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Avedick B. Poladian

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Aziz D. Syriani

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Rosemary Tomich

For

For

Management

12

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

14

Request Director Nominee with Environmental Qualifications

Against

Against

Sanofi

SAN

80105N105

France

04-May-12

Annual/Special

Management

1

Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

2

Approve Consolidated Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

3

Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 2.65 per Share

For

For

Management

4

Elect Laurent Attal as Director

For

For

Management

5

Reelect Uwe Bicker as Director

For

For

Management

6

Reelect Jean Rene Fourtou as Director

For

For

Management

7

Reelect Claudie Haignere as Director

For

For

Management

8

Reelect Carole Piwnica as Director

For

For

Management

9

Reelect Klaus Pohle as Director

For

For

Management

10

Appoint Ernst & Young et Autres as Auditor

For

For

Management

11

Appoint Auditex as Alternate Auditor

For

For

Management

12

Ratify Change of Registered Office to 54, rue La Boetie, 75008 Paris and Amend Article 4 of Bylaws Accordingly

For

For

Management

13

Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 Percent of Issued Share Capital

For

For

Management

14

Authorize up to 1.2 Percent of Issued Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan

For

For

Management

15

Authorize Filing of Required Documents/Other Formalities

For

For

Symetra Financial Corporation

SYA

87151Q106

USA

04-May-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Sander M. Levy

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Lowndes A. Smith

For

For

Management

2

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

3

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Loews Corporation

L

540424108

USA

08-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Lawrence S. Bacow

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Ann E. Berman

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Joseph L. Bower

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Charles M. Diker

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Jacob A. Frenkel

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Paul J. Fribourg

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Walter L. Harris

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Philip A. Laskawy

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Ken Miller

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Gloria R. Scott

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Andrew H. Tisch

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director James S. Tisch

For

For

Management

13

Elect Director Jonathan M. Tisch

For

For

Management

14

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

15

Amend Stock Option Plan

For

For

Management

16

Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan

For

For

Management

17

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Frontier Communications Corporation

FTR

35906A108

USA

09-May-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Peter C.B. Bynoe

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Jeri B. Finard

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

1.4

Elect Director Edward Fraioli

For

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director James S. Kahan

For

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director Pamela D.A. Reeve

For

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Howard L. Schrott

For

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Larraine D. Segil

For

For

Management

1.9

Elect Director Mark Shapiro

For

For

Management

1.10

Elect Director Myron A. Wick, III

For

For

Management

1.11

Elect Director Mary Agnes Wilderotter

For

For

Management

2

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

3

Require Independent Board Chairman

Against

For

Share Holder

4

Amend Articles Regarding Arbitration of Shareholder Lawsuits

Against

Against

Management

5

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Philip Morris International Inc.

PM

718172109

USA

09-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Harold Brown

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta

For

For

Management

3

Elect DirectorLouis C. Camilleri

For

For

Management

4

Elect DirectorJ. Dudley Fishburn

For

For

Management

5

Elect DirectorJennifer Li

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Graham Mackay

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Sergio Marchionne

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Kalpana Morparia

For

For

Management

9

Elect DirectorLucio A. Noto

For

For

Management

10

Elect DirectorRobert B. Polet

For

For

Management

11

Elect DirectorCarlos Slim Helu

For

For

Management

12

Elect DirectorStephen M. Wolf

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

14

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

15

Approve Restricted Stock Plan

For

For

Share Holder

16

Require Independent Board Chairman

Against

Against

Share Holder

17

Establish Ethics Committee to Review Marketing Activities

Against

Against

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd

ANG

035128206

South Africa

10-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Reappoint Ernst & Young Inc as Auditors of the Company

For

For

Management

2

Elect Nozipho January-Bardill as Director

For

For

Management

3

Elect Rodney Ruston as Director

For

For

Management

4

Re-elect Bill Nairn as Director

For

For

Management

5

Re-elect Wiseman Nkuhlu as Director

For

For

Management

6

Re-elect Wiseman Nkuhlu as Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

For

For

Management

7

Re-elect Frank Arisman as Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

For

For

Management

8

Re-elect Rhidwaan Gasant as Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

For

For

Management

9

Elect Nozipho January-Bardill as Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

For

For

Management

10

Place Authorised but Unissued Shares under Control of Directors

For

For

Management

11

Authorise Board to Issue Shares for Cash up to a Maximum of Five Percent of Issued Share Capital

For

For

Management

12

Approve Remuneration Policy

For

For

Management

13

Approve Increase in Non-executive Directors Fees

For

For

Management

14

Approve Increase in Non-executive Directors Fees for Board Committee Meetings

For

For

Management

15

Authorise Repurchase of Up to Five Percent of Issued Share Capital

For

For

CVS Caremark Corporation

CVS

126650100

USA

10-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director C. David Brown, II

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director David W. Dorman

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Anne M. Finucane

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Kristen Gibney Williams

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Marian L. Heard

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

6

Elect Director Larry J. Merlo

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Jean-Pierre Millon

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Richard J. Swift

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Tony L. White

For

For

Management

11

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

12

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

13

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

For

For

Share Holder

14

Report on Political Contributions

Against

Against

Total SA

FP

89151E109

France

11-May-12

Annual/Special

Management

1

Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

2

Approve Consolidated Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

3

Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 2.28 per Share

For

For

Management

4

Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 Percent of Issued Share Capital

For

For

Management

5

Reelect Christophe de Margerie as Director

For

Against

Management

6

Reelect Patrick Artus as Director

For

For

Management

7

Reelect Bertrand Collomb as Director

For

For

Management

8

Reelect Anne Lauvergeon as Director

For

For

Management

9

Reelect Michel Pebereau as Director

For

Against

Management

10

Ratify Appointment of Gerard Lamarche as Director

For

For

Management

11

Elect Anne-Marie Idrac as Director

For

For

Management

12

Approve Severance Payment Agreement with Christophe de Margerie

For

Against

Management

13

Authorize Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 2.5 Billion and/or Authorize Capitalization of Reserves for Bonus Issue or Increase in Par Value

For

For

Management

14

Authorize Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 850 Million

For

For

Management

15

Authorize Board to Increase Capital in the Event of Additional Demand Related to Delegation Submitted to Shareholder Vote Under Item 14

For

For

Management

16

Authorize Capital Increase of up to 10 Percent of Issued Capital for Future Acquisitions

For

For

Management

17

Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan

For

For

Management

18

Approve Stock Purchase Plan Reserved for Employees of International Subsidiaries

For

For

Management

19

Approve Reduction in Share Capital via Cancellation of Repurchased Shares

For

For

Share Holder

A

Approve Additional Indicators to Include in the Information Provided on Corporate Executive Officers Remuneration

Against

Against

Share Holder

B

Allow Loyalty Dividends to Long-Term Registered Shareholders

Against

Against

Pitney Bowes Inc.

PBI

724479100

USA

14-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Rodney C. Adkins

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Anne M. Busquet

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Roger Fradin

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Anne Sutherland Fuchs

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director James H. Keyes

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Murray D. Martin

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Michael I. Roth

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director David L. Shedlarz

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director David B. Snow, Jr.

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Robert E. Weissman

For

For

Management

11

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

12

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

---

Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPM

46625H100

USA

15-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director James A. Bell

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Stephen B. Burke

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director David M. Cote

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director James S. Crown

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director James Dimon

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Ellen V. Futter

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr.

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Lee R. Raymond

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director William C. Weldon

For

For

Management

12

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

13

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

14

Affirm Political Non-Partisanship

Against

Against

Share Holder

15

Require Independent Board Chairman

Against

For

Share Holder

16

Report on Loan Modifications

Against

Against

Share Holder

17

Report on Political Contributions

Against

Against

Share Holder

18

Institute Procedures to Prevent Investments in Companies that Contribute to Genocide or Crimes Against Humanity

Against

Against

Share Holder

19

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

For

Share Holder

20

Stock Retention

Against

Against

Time Warner Inc.

TWX

887317303

USA

15-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director James L. Barksdale

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director William P. Barr

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Jeffrey L. Bewkes

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Stephen F. Bollenbach

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Robert C. Clark

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Mathias Dopfner

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Jessica P. Einhorn

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Fred Hassan

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Kenneth J. Novack

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Paul D. Wachter

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Deborah C. Wright

For

For

Management

12

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

13

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

14

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

Against

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

HIG

416515104

USA

16-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Robert B. Allardice, III

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Trevor Fetter

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Paul G. Kirk, Jr.

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Liam E. Mcgee

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Kathryn A. Mikells

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Michael G. Morris

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Charles B. Strauss

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert

For

For

Management

10

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Genworth Financial, Inc.

GNW

37247D106

USA

17-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Steven W. Alesio

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director William H. Bolinder

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Michael D. Fraizer

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Nancy J. Karch

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Christine B. Mead

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Thomas E. Moloney

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director James A. Parke

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director James S. Riepe

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

12

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

---

Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK

58933Y105

USA

22-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Leslie A. Brun

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Thomas R. Cech

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Kenneth C. Frazier

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director William B. Harrison Jr.

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director C. Robert Kidder

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Carlos E. Represas

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Patricia F. Russo

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Craig B. Thompson

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Peter C. Wendell

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

14

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

15

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

For

Share Holder

16

Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings

Against

Against

Share Holder

17

Report on Charitable and Political Contributions

Against

Against

Royal Dutch Shell plc

RDSB

780259206

United Kingdom

22-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports

For

For

Management

2

Approve Remuneration Report

For

For

Management

3

Elect Sir Nigel Sheinwald as Director

For

For

Management

4

Re-elect Josef Ackermann as Director

For

For

Management

5

Re-elect Guy Elliott as Director

For

For

Management

6

Re-elect Simon Henry as Director

For

For

Management

7

Re-elect Charles Holliday as Director

For

For

Management

8

Re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as Director

For

For

Management

9

Re-elect Christine Morin-Postel as Director

For

For

Management

10

Re-elect Jorma Ollila as Director

For

For

Management

11

Re-elect Linda Stuntz as Director

For

For

Management

12

Re-elect Jeroen van der Veer as Director

For

For

Management

13

Re-elect Peter Voser as Director

For

For

Management

14

Re-elect Hans Wijers as Director

For

For

Management

15

Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

For

For

Management

16

Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors

For

For

Management

17

Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

18

Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

For

For

Management

19

Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares

For

For

Management

20

Authorise EU Political Donations and Expenditure

For

For

Lincoln National Corporation

LNC

534187109

USA

24-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director George W. Henderson, III

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Eric G. Johnson

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director M. Leanne Lachman

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Isaiah Tidwell

For

For

Management

5

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

6

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

GS

38141G104

USA

24-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director M. Michele Burns

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Gary D. Cohn

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Claes Dahlback

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Stephen Friedman

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director William W. George

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director James A. Johnson

For

Against

Management

8

Elect Director Lakshmi N. Mittal

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director James J. Schiro

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Debora L. Spar

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

12

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

13

Provide for Cumulative Voting

Against

Against

Share Holder

14

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

Against

Share Holder

15

Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy

Against

Against

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

IPG

460690100

USA

24-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Jocelyn Carter-Miller

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Jill M. Considine

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Richard A. Goldstein

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Mary J. Steele Guilfoile

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director H. John Greeniaus

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Dawn Hudson

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director William T. Kerr

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Michael I. Roth

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director David M. Thomas

For

For

Management

10

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Share Holder

12

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

Against

Unum Group

UNM

91529Y106

USA

24-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Pamela H. Godwin

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Thomas Kinser

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director A.S. MacMillan, Jr.

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Edward J. Muhl

For

For

Management

5

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

6

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

For

For

Management

7

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Raytheon Company

RTN

755111507

USA

31-May-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director James E. Cartwright

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director Vernon E. Clark

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director John M. Deutch

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Stephen J. Hadley

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Frederic M. Poses

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Michael C. Ruettgers

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Ronald L. Skates

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director William R. Spivey

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Linda G. Stuntz

For

Against

Management

10

Elect Director William H. Swanson

For

For

Management

11

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

12

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

13

Stock Retention/Holding Period

Against

Against

Share Holder

14

Submit SERP to Shareholder Vote

Against

Against

Share Holder

15

Provide Right to Act by Written Consent

Against

Against

Ingersoll-Rand plc

IR

G47791101

Ireland

07-Jun-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Ann C. Berzin

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director John Bruton

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Jared L. Cohon

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Gary D. Forsee

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director Peter C. Godsoe

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Edward E. Hagenlocker

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Constance J. Horner

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Michael W. Lamach

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director Theodore E. Martin

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Richard J. Swift

For

For

Management

11

Elect Director Tony L. White

For

For

Management

12

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Management

13

Ratify Auditors

For

For

General Motors Company

GM

37045V100

USA

12-Jun-12

Annual

Management

1

Elect Director Daniel F. Akerson

For

For

Management

2

Elect Director David Bonderman

For

For

Management

3

Elect Director Erroll B. Davis, Jr.

For

For

Management

4

Elect Director Stephen J. Girsky

For

For

Management

5

Elect Director E. Neville Isdell

For

For

Management

6

Elect Director Robert D. Krebs

For

For

Management

7

Elect Director Philip A. Laskawy

For

For

Management

8

Elect Director Kathryn V. Marinello

For

For

Management

9

Elect Director James J. Mulva

For

For

Management

10

Elect Director Patricia F. Russo

For

For

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Company Name

Ticker

Security ID

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

Management

11

Elect Director Thomas M. Schoewe

For

For

Management

12

Elect Director Carol M. Stephenson

For

For

Management

13

Elect Director Theodore M. Solso

For

For

Management

14

Elect Director Cynthia A. Telles

For

For

Management

15

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

16

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

For

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company

KYN

486606403

USA

13-Jun-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Steven C. Good

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Kevin S. McCarthy

For

For

Management

2

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Management

3

Approve Issuance of Shares Below Net Asset Value (NAV)

For

For

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

FCX

35671D857

USA

14-Jun-12

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Richard C. Adkerson

For

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Robert J. Allison, Jr.

For

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Robert A. Day

For

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Gerald J. Ford

For

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director H. Devon Graham, Jr.

For

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director Charles C. Krulak

For

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Bobby Lee Lackey

For

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Jon C. Madonna

For

For

Management

1.9

Elect Director Dustan E. McCoy

For

For

Management

1.10

Elect Director James R. Moffett

For

For

Management

1.11

Elect Director B. M. Rankin, Jr.

For

For

Management

1.12

Elect Director Stephen H. Siegele

For

For

Management

2

Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation

For

Against

Management

3

Ratify Auditors

For

For

Share Holder

4

Request Director Nominee with Environmental Qualifications

Against

For

---

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund

Symphony Asset Management

 

Company Name

Ticker

CUSIP

Country

Meeting Date

Meeting Type

Proponent

Item Number

Proposal

Management Recommendation

Vote Instruction

MGM Holdings Inc.

USA

19-Dec-11

Annual

Management

1.1

Elect Director Gary Barber

For

Management

1.2

Elect Director Ann Mather

For

Management

1.3

Elect Director Roger Birnbaum

For

Management

1.4

Elect Director Christopher Pucillo

For

Management

1.5

Elect Director James Dondero

For

Management

1.6

Elect Director Frederic G. Reynolds

For

Management

1.7

Elect Director Jason O. Hirschhorn

For

Management

1.8

Elect Director Kevin Ulrich

For

Management

2

Elect Independent Director Peter Liguori

For

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SIGNATURES:

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

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Nuveen Tax - Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund

 

By		/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
		Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer
Date

 

August 29, 2012