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UNITED STATES

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   Meeting Type:     Annual Meeting    
      For holders as of:     September 2, 2016    
      Date:    November 4, 2016  

 

      Time: 1:30 PM Local Time    

   
     

 

Location:   Marriott Pittsburgh North

   
     

    100 Cranberry Woods Drive

   
  

    Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066

 

   
   

 

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  Voting Items                   
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

1.   Election of three Class II Directors nominated by the

      Board of Directors for a three-year term to expire at the

      annual meeting of shareholders in 2019.

 

      Nominees:

 

1a.    Francis J. Kramer

 

1b.    Wendy F. DiCicco

 

1c.    Shaker Sadasivam

 

2.   Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2016; and

 

3.   Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

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