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On September 29th, MFDF, the independent membership organization for fund independent directors, received a “no-action” letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management on the Directed Voting Program. The relief, modeled after the no-action relief granted to Exxon, allows shareholders to give standing, revocable voting instructions for votes to be cast in favor of proposals approved by all of the fund’s independent directors.