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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Item 1 on Proxy or Voting Instruction Card)
The first proposal for consideration at the meeting is the election of each of the 11 candidates named below
as a director for a one-year term expiring at our 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, or until his or her
successor is duly elected and qualified.
Acting upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board has
nominated the 11 below-named directors to stand for re-election to one-year terms at the meeting. Unless
authority is withheld, all votes attributable to Voting Shares represented by each duly executed and delivered
proxy will be cast for the election of each of the 11 below-named nominees. Under our bylaw nominating
procedures, these nominees are the only individuals who may be elected at the meeting. For additional
information on our nomination process, see “Corporate Governance — Director Nomination Process.” If for any
reason any such nominee should decline or become unable to stand for election as a director, which we do not
anticipate, the persons named as proxies may vote instead for another candidate designated by the Board, without
re-soliciting proxies.
As discussed further under “Additional Information About the Meeting — Vote Required to Elect
Directors,” each of the 11 nominees must receive an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast to be elected
at the meeting.
Nominees For Election to the Board:
Listed below is information on each of the 11 individuals nominated to stand for election to the Board.
The Board recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the following nominees:
Martha H. Bejar, age 53; a director since January 2016; co-founder and principal of Red
Bison Advisory Group LLC, a telecommunications and technology advisory firm founded
in early 2014; Chief Executive Officer and director of Flow Mobile, Inc., a
telecommunications company offering rural broadband wireless access services, from
January 2012 to December 2015; venture partner at The Prometheus Partners, a business
services company, from April 2012 to May 2014; Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
of Wipro Infocrossing Inc., a U.S.-based cloud services affiliate of Wipro Limited, from
January 2011 to March 2012; President of Worldwide Sales and Operations at Wipro
Technologies Inc., an IT services affiliate of Wipro Limited, from June 2009 to January
2011; Corporate Vice President for the communications sector at Microsoft Corporation,
from June 2007 to June 2009; held various positions at Nortel Networks Corporation, a
telecommunications and data networking company, from 1997 to 2007, including Regional
President and President of North America Sales, Sales Engineering and Sales Operations;
currently a director of Polycom, Inc.
Key Qualifications, Experiences and Skills:
• Executive experience in communications and technology industries
• Experience as a former chief executive officer
• Director of another publicly-held company
• International business and engineering experience
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