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Voting:
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| | Shareholders as of the record date are entitled to vote. Each share of Arconic common stock is entitled to one vote for each of the proposals to be voted on. | |
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| | An admission ticket is required to attend Arconic’s special meeting. See Question 5 in the “Questions and Answers About the Special Meeting and Voting” section regarding how to obtain a ticket. | |
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Voting Matters
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| | A proposal to approve the Reincorporation Merger with Arconic Delaware in order to effect the Reincorporation. | | |
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Provision
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Shareholder Approval of Certain Business Combinations
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directors not associated with the interested shareholder, (ii) the transaction satisfies a statutory minimum price standard, or (iii) the transaction is effected as a statutory short-form merger by an 80% shareholder.
Sections 2551 – 2556 of the PBCL prohibit ‘‘business combinations’’ with ‘‘interested shareholders’’ holding at least 20% of a company’s voting power, unless (i) the board of directors had approved either the transaction or the interested shareholder’s acquisition of its 20% or more interest, (ii) the interested shareholder holds at least 80% of the corporation’s voting power and the transaction satisfies specified minimum-price and other requirements and is approved by a majority of the shares not held by the interested shareholder, or (iii) at least five years have passed after the interested shareholder acquired its 20% or more interest, and (A) the transaction is approved by a majority of the shares not held by the interested shareholder, or (B) the transaction is approved by a majority of all shares and the transactions satisfies specified minimum-price and other requirements. Arconic Pennsylvania has not opted out of these requirements.
In addition, the Pennsylvania Articles provide that the Company shall not knowingly engage in any stock repurchase from an ‘‘interested shareholder’’ without the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares which are beneficially owned by persons other than such interested shareholder.
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directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholding becoming an interested stockholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the outstanding voting stock, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (A) by persons who are directors and also officers and (B) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or (iii) at or following the time that such stockholder become an interested stockholder, the board of directors and two-thirds of the shares (other than owned by the interested stockholder) approve the transaction. A corporation may ‘‘opt out’’ of Section 203 of the DGCL in its certificate of incorporation. The Company currently expects that Arconic Delaware will be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL.
The Delaware Certificate does not include an analogous provision to the Pennsylvania Articles requiring shareholder approval for stock repurchases from interested stockholders.
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Pennsylvania Anti-Takeover Provisions
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shareholder and to a Pennsylvania court, and shareholders may make a written demand on the controlling person or group for payment of the fair value of their shares, subject to certain appraisal rights.
Under Section 2564 of the PBCL, shares of certain registered corporations acquired in a ‘‘control-share acquisition” (in which an acquirer first gains voting power of at least 20%, 33 1/3% or 50%) have no voting rights unless a resolution approved by a vote of a majority of the disinterested shares restores their voting rights.
Arconic Pennsylvania has not opted out of either of these provisions.
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Directors’ Fiduciary Duties
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Under Section 1712 of the PBCL, directors of Pennsylvania corporations owe their fiduciary duties to the corporation, and must perform their duties as a director in good faith, in a manner they reasonably believe to be in the best interests of the corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances.
Under Section 1715 of the PBCL, in discharging the duties of their respective positions, the board of directors, committees of the board and individual directors may, in considering the best interests of the corporation, consider to the extent they deem appropriate: (1) the effects of any action upon any or all groups affected by such action, including shareholders, employees, suppliers, customers and creditors of the corporation, and upon communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation are located, (2) the short-term and long-term interests of the corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the corporation, (3) the resources, intent and conduct (past, stated and potential) of any person seeking to acquire control of
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Board Size
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Shareholder Action by Written Consent
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Section 1766 of the PBCL permits shareholder action by unanimous consent unless a corporation’s bylaws provide otherwise. For ‘‘registered corporations’’ such as Arconic Pennsylvania, shareholders may take action by the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting only if the articles of incorporation affirmatively provide for it.
The Pennsylvania Articles and Pennsylvania By-Laws permit shareholders to take action by written consent, provided that a consent or consents in writing to such action, setting forth the action so taken, be (1) signed by the shareholders who would have been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting and (2) filed with the secretary of the Company.
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Under Delaware law, shareholders are generally permitted to act by written consent in lieu of a shareholder meeting unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise.
Section 228 of the DGCL permits stockholder action by the written consent of the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, unless otherwise provided in a corporation’s certificate of incorporation.
The Delaware Certificate provides that stockholders may take action without a meeting if a consent or consents shall be signed by the holders of stock of Arconic Delaware having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of Arconic Delaware entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
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Provision
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Special Meetings of Shareholders
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Vacancies on the Board of Directors
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Under Section 1725 of the PBCL, vacancies in the board of directors of a corporation, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the board though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
The Pennsylvania Articles provide that vacancies in the board of directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled only by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, though less than a quorum, except that vacancies resulting from removal from office by a vote of the shareholders may be filled by the shareholders at the same meeting at which such removal occurs. Under the Pennsylvania Articles, the affirmative vote of 80% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company is required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with, this provision.
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Under Section 223 of the DGCL, vacancies and newly created directorships may be filled by a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, unless otherwise provided for in a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or unless the certificate of incorporation directs that a particular class of stock is to elect such director(s), in which case a majority of the directors elected by such class, or a sole remaining director so elected, shall fill such vacancy or newly created directorship).
Like the Pennsylvania Articles, the Delaware Certificate and Delaware Bylaws provide that vacancies in the board of directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled only by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, though less than a quorum. However, under the Delaware Certificate, amendments to this provision are subject to amendment by the affirmative vote of a majority (rather than 80%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Arconic Delaware entitled to vote thereon.
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Provision
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Classification of Board of Directors
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Section 1724 of the PBCL provides that each director of a corporation will be selected for the term of office provided in the bylaws, which must be one year and until his successor has been selected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal, unless the board is classified. If the board is classified, except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation: (1) each class must be as nearly equal in number as possible, (2) the term of office of at least one class must expire each year and (3) the members of a class cannot be elected for a longer period than four years.
The Pennsylvania Articles provide that directors are classified into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with directors elected to three-year terms.
Under the Pennsylvania Articles, the affirmative vote of 80% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company is required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with, this provision.
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Section 141 of the DGCL permits a board of directors, by the certificate of incorporation or by an initial bylaw, or by a bylaw adopted by a vote of the stockholders, to be divided into one, two or three classes; the term of office of those of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting held after such classification becomes effective; of the second class one year thereafter; of the third class two years thereafter; and at each annual election held after such classification becomes effective, directors to be chosen for a full term, as the case may be, to succeed those whose terms expire.
The Delaware Certificate provides that all directors will be elected annually to one-year terms. If the Reincorporation is effected, the terms of all directors serving on the Board as of December 31, 2017 (and the terms of any directors appointed to fill any vacancies thereafter) will expire at the 2018 annual meeting. Under the Delaware Certificate, amendments to this provision are subject to amendment by the affirmative vote of a majority (rather than 80%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Arconic Delaware entitled to vote thereon.
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Removal of Directors
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Under Section 141 of the DGCL, any director or the entire board of directors of a corporation that does not have a classified board of directors or cumulative voting may be removed with or without cause with the approval of at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
The Delaware Certificate and Delaware Bylaws provide that subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any or all of Arconic Delaware’s directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Arconic Delaware entitled to vote in the election of directors. Under the Delaware Certificate, amendments to this provision are subject to amendment by the affirmative vote of a
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Advance Notice of Director Nominations
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The Delaware Bylaws provide that a stockholder’s notice of a director nomination must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
In addition, under the Delaware Bylaws, amendments to this provision will be subject to amendment by the board of directors or by the affirmative vote of a majority (rather than 80%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Arconic Delaware entitled to vote thereon.
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Limitation of Liability
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Pennsylvania law permits a corporation to adopt a provision in its articles of incorporation eliminating or limiting, with exceptions, the monetary liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for breach of the director’s fiduciary duties.
The Pennsylvania Articles and By-Laws include provisions that eliminate the liability of directors to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law.
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Delaware law similarly permits a corporation to adopt a provision in its certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting, with exceptions, the monetary liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for breach of the director’s fiduciary duties.
The Delaware Certificate includes provisions that eliminate the liability of directors to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
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Provision
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The Pennsylvania Articles permit, and the Pennsylvania By-Laws provide for, indemnification of directors, officers and employees and advancement of expenses in accordance with Pennsylvania law.
Pennsylvania law generally provides for similar indemnification of directors and officers as Delaware law, except that Pennsylvania law prohibits indemnification only in circumstances where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted ‘‘willful misconduct or recklessness,’’ and permits corporations to provide supplementary indemnification coverage that, unlike Delaware, is not limited to actions ‘‘in good faith and in a manner [...] reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.’’
Arconic Pennsylvania has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors.
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The Delaware Certificate permits and the Delaware Bylaws provide for, indemnification of directors and officers and advancement of expenses in accordance with Delaware law.
Delaware law generally provides for similar indemnification of directors and officers as Pennsylvania law, except that Delaware law provides that, in an action or suit by or in the right of the company, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation (unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses).
In connection with the Reincorporation, Arconic Delaware will assume Arconic Pennsylvania’s obligations under its indemnification agreements with its officers and directors or will enter into new agreements to indemnify its officers and directors pursuant to the DGCL.
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Inspection of Books and Records
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Dividends and Repurchases of Shares
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Under Section 1551 of the PBCL, a corporation is generally authorized to make distributions to shareholders, but may not make a distribution if: (i) the corporation would be unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of its business; or (ii) the total assets of the corporation would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus (unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation) the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to be dissolved at the time as of which the distribution is measured, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution.
Section 1552 of the PBCL authorizes a corporation to acquire its own shares, and Section 1103 of the PBCL defines ‘‘distribution’’ to include payments made to acquire a corporation’s own shares.
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Amendment of Organizational Documents
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Under Sections 1914 and 1504 of the PBCL, in general, the amendment of a corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders entitled to vote thereon, except for certain limited amendments to articles of incorporation which may be adopted by a board of directors without shareholder approval, unless otherwise restricted in the articles of incorporation.
The Pennsylvania Articles provide that amendments to certain provisions relating to fair price protection, director elections, director removal and the classified structure of the Board require the approval of the holders of 80% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
In general, the Pennsylvania By-Laws may be altered, amended, added to or
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Under Delaware law, the provisions of a corporation’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws generally may be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on such an amendment.
In addition, the Delaware Certificate provides that the Delaware Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws enacted, by the Board. The Delaware Certificate and the Delaware Bylaws will not contain supermajority stockholder voting requirements for amendments.
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Voting on Statutory Mergers
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Dissenters’ Rights
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Under Pennsylvania law, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, shareholders are generally not entitled to dissenters’ rights if the shares held by such shareholders that would otherwise give rise to such rights are (i) listed on a national securities exchange or (ii) held beneficially or of record by more than 2,000 persons; provided, that dissenters rights are nevertheless available to shareholders of any preferred or special class or series unless all shareholders of the class or series are entitled to vote on the plan or transaction and the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders of the class or series is required for the adoption of the plan or the effectuation of the transaction.
Neither the Pennsylvania Articles nor the Pennsylvania By-Laws diverge from default Pennsylvania law with respect to dissenters’ rights.
Pennsylvania law does not have an analogous exception to Delaware law pursuant to which the entitlement to appraisal rights may depend on the form of consideration to be received in a merger.
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Forum Selection
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exclusively in any or all Delaware courts, and that no provision of a certificate of incorporation or bylaws may prohibit bringing such claims in Delaware courts.
The Delaware Certificate will generally provide that the sole and exclusive forum for any (i) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) action asserting a claim for or based on a breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or to the Company’s stockholders, (iii) action asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director or officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Delaware Certificate or the Delaware Bylaws, (iv) action asserting a claim related to or involving the Company that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or (v) action asserting an ‘‘internal corporate claim’’ as that term is defined under Delaware law, will be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal court for the District of Delaware).
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Dissolution
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Loans to Officers and Employees
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Proxy Access
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| | The Pennsylvania By-Laws provides that eligible shareholders or groups of up to 20 shareholders, who have maintained continuous qualifying ownership of at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding common stock for at least three years and have complied with the other requirements set forth in the Pennsylvania By-Laws, may include director nominees for up to the greater of two candidates or 20% of the Board in the Company’s proxy materials for an annual meeting of shareholders. | | | The Delaware Bylaws will contain a substantively similar proxy access provision as the Pennsylvania By-Laws. | |
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Title of Class
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Amount and Nature of
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Percentage of Class
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Elliott Associates, L.P.
40 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 |
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Common Stock
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| | | | 51,102,133(1) | | | | | | 11.6% | | |
Elliott International, L.P.
c/o Maples & Calder P.O. Box 309 Ugland House, South Church Street George Town Cayman Islands, British West Indies |
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Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc.
40 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 |
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The Vanguard Group
100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, PA 19355 |
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Common Stock
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| | | | 40,317,253(2) | | | | | | 9.19% | | |
BlackRock, Inc.
55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10022 |
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Common Stock
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| | | | 32,493,063(3) | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Name of Beneficial Owner
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Shares of
Common Stock(1) |
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Deferred Share
Units(2) |
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Deferred
Restricted Share Units(3) |
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Total
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Directors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
James F. Albaugh
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,409 | | | | | | 4,409 | | |
Christopher L. Ayers
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| | | | 7,425 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,409 | | | | | | 11,834 | | |
Arthur D. Collins, Jr.
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| | | | 16,666 | | | | | | 66,679 | | | | | | 10,373 | | | | | | 93,718 | | |
Elmer L. Doty
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,409 | | | | | | 4,409 | | |
Rajiv L. Gupta
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,521 | | | | | | 7,521 | | |
Sean O. Mahoney
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| | | | — | | | | | | 7,250 | | | | | | 7,521 | | | | | | 14,771 | | |
Patrice E. Merrin
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| | | | 10,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,409 | | | | | | 14,409 | | |
E. Stanley O’Neal
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| | | | — | | | | | | 45,866 | | | | | | 10,190 | | | | | | 56,056 | | |
John C. Plant
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| | | | 10,000(4) | | | | | | 3,565 | | | | | | 7,521 | | | | | | 21,086 | | |
Julie G. Richardson
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,521 | | | | | | 7,521 | | |
Patricia F. Russo
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| | | | 3,333(5) | | | | | | 31,938 | | | | | | 7,928 | | | | | | 43,199 | | |
Ulrich R. Schmidt
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| | | | 3,333 | | | | | | 3,384 | | | | | | 7,521 | | | | | | 14,238 | | |
Named Executive Officers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
David P. Hess*
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| | | | 10,481(6) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 711 | | | | | | 11,192 | | |
Kenneth J. Giacobbe
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| | | | 18,639 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,639 | | |
Christoph Kollatz
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Klaus Kleinfeld
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| | | | 2,295,627 | | | | | | 11,576 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,307,203 | | |
William F. Oplinger
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Kay H. Meggers
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| | | | 282,872 | | | | | | 284 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 283,156 | | |
Karl Tragl
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Olivier Jarrault
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| | | | 141,997 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 141,997 | | |
Audrey Strauss
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| | | | 237,217 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 237,217 | | |
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (21 individuals)
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| | | | 265,552 | | | | | | 176,983 | | | | | | 84,443 | | | | | | 526,978 | | |
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