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Time and the Annual General Meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.
Atlantic Time.
How do I vote? You can vote in the following ways:
•By Mail: If you are a holder of record, you can vote by
marking, dating and signing your proxy card and returning
it by mail in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you
hold your common shares in street name, you can vote by
following the instructions on your voting instruction card.
•At the Annual General Meeting: If you are planning to attend
the Annual General Meeting and wish to vote your
common shares in person, we will give you a ballot at the
meeting. Shareholders who own their common shares in
street name are not able to vote at the Annual General
Meeting unless they have a proxy, executed in their favor,
from the holder of record of their shares.
Even if you plan to be present at the Annual General Meeting,
we encourage you to complete and mail the enclosed card to
vote your common shares by proxy.
What if I return my proxy or voting Your common shares will be voted according to the
instruction card but do not mark it to show instructions you have indicated on your proxy or voting
how I am voting? instruction card. If you sign and return your proxy card or
voting instruction card but do not indicate instructions for
voting, your common shares will be voted: ‘‘FOR’’ the
election of all nominees to the Board named on the proxy
card; ‘‘FOR’’ proposals two and three; and, with respect to
any other matter which may properly come before the Annual
General Meeting, and any adjournment or postponement
thereof, at the discretion of the proxy holders.
May I change or revoke my vote after I You may change your vote in one of three ways at any time
return my proxy or voting instruction card? before it is exercised:
• Notify our Secretary in writing before the Annual General
Meeting that you are revoking your proxy or, if you hold
your shares in street name, follow the instructions on the
voting instruction card;
• Submit another proxy card (or voting instruction card if you
hold your common shares in street name) with a later date;
or
• If you are a holder of record, or a beneficial holder with a
proxy from the holder of record, vote in person at the
Annual General Meeting.
What does it mean if I receive more than It means you have multiple accounts at the transfer agent
one proxy or voting instruction card? and/or with banks and stockbrokers. Please vote all of your
common shares. Beneficial shareholders sharing an address
who are receiving multiple copies of the proxy materials,
Annual Report and Form 10-K will need to contact their
broker, bank or other nominee to request that only a single
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