Pep Boys 2011 Annual Report Download - page 7

GENERAL INFORMATION
This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors for use
at this year’s Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at the Pep Boys’ Store
Support Center located at 3111 West Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will begin promptly at 9:00
a.m.
The Company’s Proxy Statement and 2011 Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.
We are pleased to be using a procedure approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that allows
companies to furnish their proxy materials to shareholders over the Internet instead of mailing full sets of the printed
materials. We believe that this procedure will reduce costs, provide greater flexibility to our shareholders and reduce
the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. On or about July 27, 2012, we started mailing to our shareholders
a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. The Notice of Internet Availability contains instructions on
how to access and read our Proxy Statement and our 2011 Annual Report on the Internet and to vote online. If you
received a Notice of Internet Availability by mail, you will not receive paper copies of the Proxy Materials in
the mail unless you request them. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability instructs you on how to access and
read the Proxy Statement and Annual Report and how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you would
like to receive a printed copy of the materials, please follow the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability for
requesting the materials, and we will promptly mail the materials to you.
We are mailing to shareholders, or making available to shareholders via the Internet, this Proxy Statement, form
of proxy card, and our 2011 Annual Report on or about July 27, 2012.
What is the purpose of the meeting?
At the meeting, shareholders will vote on:
•The election of directors.
•An advisory resolution on executive compensation.
•The ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm.
•A shareholder proposal regarding requiring our executive officers to retain Pep Boys Stock following the
termination of their employment, if presented by its proponent.
In addition, we will answer questions posed by shareholders.
Who may vote at the meeting?
Common stock is the only class of stock that Pep Boys has outstanding and is referred to in this Proxy Statement
as “Pep Boys Stock.” You may vote those shares of Pep Boys Stock that you owned as of the close of business on
the record date, July 13, 2012. As of the record date, 52,656,566 shares were outstanding.
What are the voting rights of Pep Boys’ shareholders?
Each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share on all matters including in uncontested elections of directors.
In contested elections of directors, elections where the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be
elected, each shareholder is entitled to vote cumulatively. Cumulative voting entitles each shareholder to the number
of votes equal to the number of shares owned by the shareholder multiplied by the number of directors to be elected.
Accordingly and without satisfying any condition precedent, a shareholder may cast all of his votes for one nominee
for director or allocate his votes among all the nominees.