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: 811-22530 NAME OF REGISTRANT: Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 4265 San Felipe, Suite 800 Houston, TX 77027 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: A. Haag Sherman Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund 4265 San Felipe, Suite 800 Houston, TX 77027 REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: (713) 993-4675 DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: 11/30 DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2012 Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P. Agenda Number: 933632160 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 106776107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 21-Jun-2012 Ticker: BBEP ISIN: US1067761072 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR JOHN R. BUTLER, JR. Mgmt For For GREGORY J. MORONEY Mgmt For For 2. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF Mgmt For For PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. Agenda Number: 933615241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 118230101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 05-Jun-2012 Ticker: BPL ISIN: US1182301010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR PIETER BAKKER Mgmt For For C. SCOTT HOBBS Mgmt For For MARK C. MCKINLEY Mgmt For For 2. THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF Mgmt For For DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. Agenda Number: 933559594 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 15189T107 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 26-Apr-2012 Ticker: CNP ISIN: US15189T1079 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1A. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: DONALD R. CAMPBELL Mgmt For For 1B. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: MILTON CARROLL Mgmt For For 1C. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: O. HOLCOMBE CROSSWELL Mgmt For For 1D. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: MICHAEL P. JOHNSON Mgmt For For 1E. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: JANIECE M. LONGORIA Mgmt For For 1F. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: DAVID M. MCCLANAHAN Mgmt For For 1G. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: SUSAN O. RHENEY Mgmt For For 1H. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: R.A. WALKER Mgmt For For 1I. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: PETER S. WAREING Mgmt For For 1J. ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: SHERMAN M. WOLFF Mgmt For For 2. RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE Mgmt For For LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR 2012. 3. APPROVE THE ADVISORY RESOLUTION ON Mgmt For For EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EAGLE ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS Agenda Number: 933589573 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 26985R104 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 08-Jun-2012 Ticker: EROC ISIN: US26985R1041 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR WILLIAM A. SMITH Mgmt For For H.C. WILLIAMSON, III Mgmt For For 2. ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE Mgmt For For OFFICER COMPENSATION. 3. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP Mgmt For For AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE PARTNERSHIP TO EXAMINE, AUDIT AND REPORT TO UNITHOLDERS ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KINDER MORGAN INC Agenda Number: 933576259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 49456B101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 09-May-2012 Ticker: KMI ISIN: US49456B1017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR RICHARD D. KINDER Mgmt For For C. PARK SHAPER Mgmt For For STEVEN J. KEAN Mgmt For For HENRY CORNELL Mgmt Withheld Against DEBORAH A. MACDONALD Mgmt For For MICHAEL MILLER Mgmt For For MICHAEL C. MORGAN Mgmt For For KENNETH A. PONTARELLI Mgmt Withheld Against FAYEZ SAROFIM Mgmt For For JOEL V. STAFF Mgmt For For JOHN STOKES Mgmt For For R. BARAN TEKKORA Mgmt For For GLENN A. YOUNGKIN Mgmt For For 2 THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF Mgmt For For PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2012. 3 THE APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE Mgmt For For COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. 4 THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH WE WILL HOLD AN Mgmt 1 Year Against ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP Agenda Number: 933620280 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 570759100 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 01-Jun-2012 Ticker: MWE ISIN: US5707591005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1. DIRECTOR FRANK M. SEMPLE Mgmt For For DONALD D. WOLF Mgmt For For KEITH E. BAILEY Mgmt For For MICHAEL L. BEATTY Mgmt For For CHARLES K. DEMPSTER Mgmt For For DONALD C. HEPPERMANN Mgmt For For RANDALL J. LARSON Mgmt For For ANNE E. FOX MOUNSEY Mgmt For For WILLIAM P. NICOLETTI Mgmt For For 2. TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE Mgmt For For PARTNERSHIP'S 2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMON UNITS AVAILABLE FOR ISSUANCE UNDER THE PLAN FROM 2.5 MILLION TO 3.7 MILLION. 3. RATIFICATION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS Mgmt For For THE PARTNERSHIP'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P. Agenda Number: 933520315 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: Y62267102 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 22-Nov-2011 Ticker: NMM ISIN: MHY622671029 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 01 DIRECTOR SERAFEIM KRIEMPARDIS Mgmt For For 02 PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF Mgmt For For PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2011. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TARGA RESOURCES CORP. Agenda Number: 933596542 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security: 87612G101 Meeting Type: Annual Meeting Date: 25-May-2012 Ticker: TRGP ISIN: US87612G1013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prop.# Proposal Proposal Proposal Vote For/Against Type Management 1 DIRECTOR IN SEON HWANG Mgmt For For JOE BOB PERKINS Mgmt For For ERSHEL C. REDD, JR. Mgmt For For 2 TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF Mgmt For For PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR 2012. Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund - C-Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The fund held no voting securities during the reporting period and did not vote any securities or have any securities that were subject to a vote during the reporting period. * Management position unknown 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. (Registrant) Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund By (Signature) /s/ Greg A. Reid Name Greg A. Reid Title Principal Executive Officer Date 08/10/2012