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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 15, 2016.
Shares Beneficially
Owned
Name and Address Number Percent1
William H. Gates III .....................................................
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
31,894,67927.2
Capital World Investors ...................................................
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
28,081,12836.3
BlackRock, Inc. .........................................................
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
27,800,71546.3
The Vanguard Group .....................................................
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, PA 19355
24,980,29055.6
(1) Percentage is calculated using the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 15, 2016.
(2) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 12, 2016. Mr. Gates reports
that he has sole voting and dispositive power over 13,261,007 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.
(3) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 16, 2016. Capital World
Investors reports that it is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 28,081,128 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.
(4) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 10, 2016. BlackRock, Inc.
reports that it has sole voting power over 23,990,645 shares of Common Stock and sole dispositive power
over 27,800,715 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned.
(5) This information is based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 11, 2016. The Vanguard
Group reports that it has sole or shared voting power over 834,954 shares of Common Stock and sole or
shared dispositive power over 24,980,290 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 2015, except that, due to administrative errors, (a) Mr. Mark Schwartz,
Senior Vice President – Human Resources, was late in filing one Form 4 following a vesting of restricted stock
units and related sale of shares to cover taxes and (b) Mr. John Morris, Senior Vice President — Operations, was
late in filing one Form 4 following an exercise of stock options and sale of shares to cover option costs and taxes.
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