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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on October 10, 2017

         
    Meeting Information
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.  

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

    For holders as of: August 11, 2017
    Date: October 10, 2017      Time: 2:00 PM CDT
(RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS LOGO)
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD
MICHELLE PERRICONE
40W267 KESLINGER ROAD
P.O. BOX 393
LAFOX, IL 60147-0393
  Location:  

Corporate Headquarters
40W267 Keslinger Road
LaFox, Illinois 60147 

 

   
 

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Voting Items    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:
 
     
1. Election of Directors
  Nominees  
01   Edward J. Richardson              02   Paul J. Plante              03   Jacques Belin              04   James Benham 
05   Kenneth Halverson                06   Robert Kluge
       
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2. and 3..
     
2. To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018.
   
3.

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.  

   

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