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materials. You will have the opportunity to vote your common shares online at www.proxyvote.com
until May 25, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. When voting online, you must follow the instructions
posted on the website and you will need the control number included on your Notice of Internet
Availability (or proxy card, if applicable). If, after receiving the Notice of Internet Availability, you
request (via toll-free telephone number, e-mail or online) that we send you paper or electronic copies of
our proxy materials, you may vote your common shares by completing, dating and signing the proxy
card included with the materials and returning it in accordance with the instructions provided. Your
common shares will be voted as you direct if (1) you properly complete your proxy online, (2) you
complete, date, sign and return your proxy card no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 25, 2016 or
(3) you are a registered shareholder, attend the Annual Meeting and deliver your completed proxy card
in person.
A registered shareholder may revoke a proxy at any time before it is exercised by filing with our
Corporate Secretary a written notice of revocation or duly executing and delivering to the Company a
proxy bearing a later date. A registered shareholder may also revoke a proxy by attending the Annual
Meeting and giving written notice of revocation to the secretary of the meeting. Attendance at the
Annual Meeting will not by itself revoke a previously granted proxy.
Beneficial Owners
Beneficial shareholders should follow the procedures and directions set forth in the materials they
receive from the broker, bank or other holder of record who is the registered holder of their common
shares to instruct such registered holder how to vote those common shares or revoke previously given
voting instructions. Please contact your broker, bank or other holder of record to determine the
applicable deadlines. Beneficial shareholders who wish to vote at the Annual Meeting will need to
obtain and provide to the secretary of the meeting a completed form of proxy from the broker, bank or
other holder of record who is the registered holder of their common shares.
Brokers, banks and other holders of record who hold common shares for beneficial owners in street
name may vote such common shares on “routine” matters (as determined under New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”) rules), such as Proposal Three, without specific voting instructions from the
beneficial owner of such common shares. Such brokers, banks and other holders of record may not,
however, vote such common shares on “non-routine” matters, such as Proposal One and Proposal
Two without specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner of such common shares. Proxies
submitted by such brokers, banks and other holders of record that have not been voted on “non-
routine” matters are referred to as “broker non-votes.” Broker non-votes will not be counted for
purposes of determining the number of common shares necessary for approval of any matter to which
broker non-votes apply (i.e., broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of such matter).
Householding
SEC rules allow multiple shareholders residing at the same address the convenience of receiving a
single copy of the Annual Report to Shareholders, proxy materials and Notice of Internet Availability if
they consent to do so (“householding”). Householding is permitted only in certain circumstances,
including when you have the same last name and address as another shareholder. If the required
conditions are met, and SEC rules allow, your household may receive a single copy of the Annual
Report to Shareholders, proxy materials and Notice of Internet Availability. Upon request, we will
promptly deliver a separate copy of the Annual Report to Shareholders, proxy materials and Notice of
Internet Availability, as applicable, to a shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the
document(s) was delivered. Such a request should be made in the same manner as a revocation of
consent for householding.
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