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UNITED STATES SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT of PROXY VOTING RECORD of REGIST Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Form Type: N-PX Period: 06-30-2015 Job Number: efc15-557 Ver: Sequence: 1 Submission: N-PX Document Name: efc15-557_fmnpx.htm Saved: Printed: 8/25/2015 10:37:21 Sidley Austin LLP Description: Created using EDGARfilings PROfile UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number 811-05992 Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Worldwide Plaza, 19th Floor, 309 West 49th 10019 Street, New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Mr. Yutaka Itabashi Worldwide Plaza 19th Floor 309 West 49th Street New York, New York 10019 (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 833-0018 Date of fiscal year end: February 28 Date of reporting period: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Form Type: N-PX Period: 06-30-2015 Job Number: efc15-557 Ver: Sequence: 2 Submission: N-PX Document Name: efc15-557_fmnpx.htm Saved: Printed: 8/25/2015 10:37:21 Sidley Austin LLP Description: Created using EDGARfilings PROfile PROXY VOTING REPORT FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 30, 2015 JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND QUIK MEETING PROPOSED VOTE WITH / AGAINST COMPANY NAME CODE DATE DETAILS BY CAST MANAGEMENT SHARES TSURUHA HOLDINGS INC. 3391 07-Aug-14 AGM 15,400 1.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.5 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.6 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.7 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.8 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.9 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 1.10 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3 Approve Delegation of Authority to the Board of Directors to Determine Details of Share Acquisition Rights Issued as Stock WITH Options for Executive Officers and MGMT FOR MANAGEMENT Employees of the Company and the Company's Subsidiaries DAIKOKUTENBUSSAN CO.,LTD. 2791 19-Aug-14 AGM 108,500 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3 Appoint a Substitute Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT KUSURI NO AOKI CO.,LTD. 3398 19-Aug-14 AGM 16,100 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.5 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.6 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.7 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Form Type: N-PX Period: 06-30-2015 Job Number: efc15-557 Ver: Sequence: 3 Submission: N-PX Document Name: efc15-557_fmnpx.htm Saved: Printed: 8/25/2015 10:37:21 Sidley Austin LLP Description: Created using EDGARfilings PROfile PROXY VOTING REPORT FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 30, 2015 JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND QUIK MEETING PROPOSED VOTE WITH / AGAINST COMPANY NAME CODE DATE DETAILS BY CAST MANAGEMENT SHARES 3.1 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.2 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 4 Appoint a Substitute Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 5 Approve Payment of Bonuses to Corporate MGMT FOR WITH Officers MANAGEMENT 6 Approve Provision of Retirement Allowance WITH for Retiring Directors MGMT FOR MANAGEMENT 7 Approve Issuance of Share Acquisition Rights as Stock Options for Directors, MGMT FOR WITH Executive Officers and Employees MANAGEMENT CREATE SD HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. 3148 22-Aug-14 AGM 127,400 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2 Amend Articles to: Adopt Reduction of Liability System for Outside Directors and MGMT FOR WITH Outside Corporate Auditors MANAGEMENT 3.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.5 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.6 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.7 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 4 Appoint a Substitute Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT MIMASU SEMICONDUCTOR 8155 28-Aug-14 AGM 155,700 INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT AGAINST AGAINST MANAGEMENT ASAHI INTECC CO.,LTD. 7747 26-Sep-14 AGM 27,600 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.5 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.6 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Form Type: N-PX Period: 06-30-2015 Job Number: efc15-557 Ver: Sequence: 4 Submission: N-PX Document Name: efc15-557_fmnpx.htm Saved: Printed: 8/25/2015 10:37:21 Sidley Austin LLP Description: Created using EDGARfilings PROfile PROXY VOTING REPORT FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 30, 2015 JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND QUIK MEETING PROPOSED VOTE WITH / AGAINST COMPANY NAME CODE DATE DETAILS BY CAST MANAGEMENT SHARES 2.7 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.8 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.9 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.10 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT JIN CO.,LTD. 3046 27-Nov-14 AGM 123,100 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT STEP CO.,LTD. 9795 12-Dec-14 AGM 168,800 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.5 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.6 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.7 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.8 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.1 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.2 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 4 Appoint a Substitute Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT EPS CORPORATION 4282 19-Dec-14 AGM 85,600 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2 Approve Absorption-Type Company Split WITH Agreement with the Company's Subsidiaries MGMT FOR MANAGEMENT 3 Amend Articles to: Change Official Company Name to EPS Holdings, Inc., Change Business Lines, Allow Use of Treasury MGMT FOR WITH Shares for Odd-Lot Shares Purchases, MANAGEMENT Approve Minor Revisions 4.1 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Form Type: N-PX Period: 06-30-2015 Job Number: efc15-557 Ver: Sequence: 5 Submission: N-PX Document Name: efc15-557_fmnpx.htm Saved: Printed: 8/25/2015 10:37:21 Sidley Austin LLP Description: Created using EDGARfilings PROfile PROXY VOTING REPORT FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 30, 2015 JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND QUIK MEETING PROPOSED VOTE WITH / AGAINST COMPANY NAME CODE DATE DETAILS BY CAST MANAGEMENT SHARES 4.2 Appoint a Director MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 5 Appoint a Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 6 Appoint a Substitute Corporate Auditor MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT HI-LEX CORPORATION 7279 24-Jan-15 AGM 34,900 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT AGAINST AGAINST MANAGEMENT 2.1 Appoint a Director Teraura, Makoto MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.2 Appoint a Director Nakano, Mitsuhiro MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.3 Appoint a Director Shima, Katsuaki MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.4 Appoint a Director Hirai, Shoichi MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.5 Appoint a Director Teraura, Taro MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.6 Appoint a Director Masaki, Yasuko MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2.7 Appoint a Director Kato, Toru MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3 Approve Payment of Bonuses to Corporate MGMT AGAINST AGAINST Officers MANAGEMENT SENSHU ELECTRIC CO.,LTD. 9824 29-Jan-15 AGM 93,500 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 2 Appoint a Director Kurosu, Mitsuaki MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.1 Appoint a Corporate Auditor Maruoka, MGMT FOR WITH Yoshitaka MANAGEMENT 3.2 Appoint a Corporate Auditor Yamada, Yasuo MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.3 Appoint a Corporate Auditor Mori, Shinichi MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 4 Amend the Compensation to be received by MGMT FOR WITH Directors MANAGEMENT ZOJIRUSHI CORPORATION 7965 19-Feb-15 AGM 1 Approve Appropriation of Surplus MGMT FOR WITH 396,000 MANAGEMENT 2 Amend Articles to: Increase the Board of Directors Size to 10, Adopt Reduction of WITH Liability System for Outside Directors and MGMT FOR MANAGEMENT Outside Corporate Auditors 3.1 Appoint a Director Ichikawa, Norio MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.2 Appoint a Director Iida, Masakiyo MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.3 Appoint a Director Matsumoto, Tatsunori MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.4 Appoint a Director Nakamori, Toshiro MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.5 Appoint a Director Jikyo, Hiroaki MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.6 Appoint a Director Miyakoshi, Yoshihiko MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT 3.7 Appoint a Director Yoshida, Masahiro MGMT FOR WITH MANAGEMENT Filer: Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.
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