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Proxy Voting Information

Shareholders of a company have the right to vote on certain aspects of the company’s business, such as the election of the company’s directors and the appointment of auditors. A proxy is the document that companies send to shareholders to get their voting instructions.

Equity mutual funds, and other mutual funds with an equity component, hold shares of companies. The funds are entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to those shares.

Proxy Voting Policies

In this section, you can find proxy voting policies for the RBC Funds.

RBC Asset Management and its sub-advisors exercise the voting rights attached to securities held by the RBC Funds. Please click here for the proxy voting policies of:

Proxy Voting Records

In this section, you can find out how voting rights were exercised on behalf of the RBC Funds that held voting securities. Records for the period from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2008 are available on a fund-by-fund basis.

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List of RBC Funds

RBC Asset Management and its affiliated sub-advisors exercise the voting rights attached to securities held by the following RBC Funds:

Income Funds

RBC Monthly Income Fund
RBC $U.S. Income Fund

Managed Payout Solution

RBC Managed Payout Solution - Enhanced Plus

Portfolio Solutions

RBC Balanced Fund
RBC Balanced Growth Fund
RBC Jantzi Balanced Fund

Canadian Equity Funds

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund
RBC Canadian Equity Fund
RBC Canadian Diversified Income Trust Fund
RBC Jantzi Canadian Equity Fund

North American Equity Funds

RBC North American Dividend Fund
RBC North American Value Fund
RBC North American Growth Fund

U.S. Equity Funds

RBC U.S. Equity Fund
RBC U.S. Equity Currency Neutral Fund
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Currency Neutral Fund
RBC Life Science and Technology Fund

International Equity Funds

RBC International Equity Fund
RBC Asian Equity Fund
RBC European Equity Fund

Global Equity Funds

RBC Global Dividend Growth Fund
RBC Global Energy Fund
RBC Global Precious Metals Fund
RBC Global Consumer and Financials Fund
RBC Global Health Sciences Fund
RBC Global Resources Fund
RBC Global Technology Fund
RBC Jantzi Global Equity Fund

Sub-advised Funds

O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC exercises the voting rights for the RBC O'Shaughnessy Funds, including:

RBC O'Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy U.S. Growth Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy U.S. Growth Fund II
RBC O'Shaughnessy U.S. Value Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy Global Equity Fund.

State Street Global Advisors, Ltd. exercises the voting rights for the RBC Canadian Index Fund and the RBC U.S. Index Fund.

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