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Meeting Information | ||
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting | ||
For holders as of: March 30, 2010 | ||
Date: May 26, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM EDT | ||
Location:
The Umstead Hotel 100 Woodland Pond Cary, North Carolina 27513 |
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1. | Election of Directors |
01 | Kevin S Crutchfield | 02 | Earnest W Deavenport Jr | 03 | Elizabeth M Greetham | 04 | Philip A Incarnati | 05 | Gregory D Jordan PhD | ||||||
06 | Brian A Markison | 07 | R Charles Moyer PhD | 08 | D Greg Rooker | 09 | Derace L Schaffer MD | 10 | Ted G Wood |
2 | Approval of a proposed amendment to the companys Third Amended and Restated Charter providing for a majority voting standard in uncontested elections of directors and eliminating unnecessary provisions related to our previously classified Board of Directors. |
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Reapproval of the performance goals listed within the companys Incentive Plan, which originally were approved by our shareholders in 2005. |
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4 | Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. |
5 | If properly presented at the meeting, approval of a non-binding shareholder proposal requesting that the companys Board of Directors take steps to eliminate supermajority voting provisions applicable to shareholders. |
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