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The Board of Trustees of the Trust has delegated responsibility
for decisions regarding proxy voting for securities held by the Fund to
the Fund’s Adviser, KCO Investments, Inc. KCO Investments, Inc. will vote
such proxies in accordance with its proxy policies and procedures.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
(Adopted April 22, 2005)
Pursuant to rules established by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Board of Trustees of Presidio Funds
(the “Trust”)
has adopted the following formal, written guidelines for proxy voting by
the Trust. The Board of Trustees of the Trust oversees voting policies
and decisions for each series of the Trust (the “Funds”).
Each Fund exercises its proxy voting rights with regard to the companies
in the Fund’s investment portfolio, with the goals of maximizing the
value of the Fund’s investments, promoting accountability of a company’s
management and board of directors to its shareholders, aligning the interests
of management with those of shareholders, and increasing transparency of a
company’s business and operations.
In general, the Board of Trustees of the Trust believes that each Fund’s
investment adviser, or sub-adviser, if applicable, which selects the individual
companies that are part of the Fund’s portfolio, is the most knowledgeable
and best suited to make decisions about proxy votes. Therefore, the
Trust defers to and relies on the Funds’ investment advisers or sub-advisers,
as appropriate, to make decisions on casting proxy votes.
In some instances, an adviser (or sub-adviser) may be asked to cast a proxy
vote that presents a conflict between the interests of a Fund’s shareholders,
and those of the adviser (or sub-adviser) or an affiliated person of the adviser
(or sub-adviser). In such a case, the adviser (or sub-adviser) is instructed
to abstain from making a voting decision and to forward all necessary proxy
voting materials to the Trust to enable the Board of Trustees to make a voting
decision. The adviser (or sub-adviser) shall make a written recommendation
of the voting decision to the Board of Trustees, which shall include: (i)
an explanation of why it has a conflict of interest; (ii) the reasons for
its recommendation; and (iii) an explanation of why the recommendation is
consistent with the adviser’s (or sub-adviser’s) proxy voting
policies. The Board of Trustees shall make the proxy voting decision
that in its judgment, after reviewing the recommendation of the adviser (or
sub-adviser), is most consistent with the adviser’s (or sub-adviser’s)
proxy voting policies and in the best interests of Fund shareholders. When
the Board of Trustees is required to make a proxy voting decision, only the
Trustees without a conflict of interest with regard to the security in question
or the matter to voted upon shall be permitted to participate in the decision
of how the Fund’s vote will be cast.
A copy of these Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures are available, without
charge, upon request, by calling the Trust’s toll-free telephone number
at 800-595-3166 on the Trust’s website at http://www.presidiofunds.com,
and on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust
will send a copy of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
within three business days of receipt of a request, by first-class mail or
other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.
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