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S
ECURITY
O
WNERSHIP OF
C
ERTAIN
B
ENEFICIAL
O
WNERS
The table below shows information for persons known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our
Common Stock based on their filings with the SEC through March 16, 2015.
Shares Beneficially
Owned
Name and Address Number Percent(1)
Capital World Investors .................................................
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
42,939,153(2) 9.4
William H. Gates III ....................................................
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
29,894,679(3) 6.5
BlackRock, Inc. ........................................................
40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
27,013,916(4) 5.9
(1) Percentage is calculated using the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 16, 2015.
(2) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2015. Capital World
Investors reports that it is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 42,939,153 shares of Common Stock as a
result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies. Capital World Investors disclaims
beneficial ownership of all shares.
(3) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2015. Mr. Gates reports
that he has sole voting and dispositive power over 11,261,007 shares of Common Stock held by Cascade
Investment, L.L.C., as the sole member of such entity. Additionally, the Schedule 13G/A reports that
Mr. Gates and Melinda French Gates share voting and dispositive power over 18,633,672 shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
(4) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 30, 2015. BlackRock, Inc.
reports that it has sole voting power over 23,228,069 shares of Common Stock and sole dispositive power
over 27,013,916 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned.
S
ECTION
16(A) B
ENEFICIAL
O
WNERSHIP
R
EPORTING
C
OMPLIANCE
The federal securities laws require our executive officers and directors to file reports of their holdings and
transactions in our Common Stock with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. Based on a review of the
forms and written representations from our executive officers and directors, we believe that all applicable
requirements were complied with in 2014.
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