ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Why have I received these materials?The Board of Directors is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the company to be held on May 30, 2019.
Who may vote?You are entitled to vote if our records show you held one or more shares of the company’s common stock at the close of business on April 5, 2019, which we refer to as the record date. At that time, there were 51,231,627 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share will entitle you to one vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. For ten days prior to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, during normal business hours, a complete list of all shareholders on the record date will be available for examination by any shareholder at the company’s offices at 1220 Pacific Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326-1589. The list of shareholders will also be available at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
How do I vote shares registered in my name?Under rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we are primarily furnishing proxy materials to our shareholders on the Internet, rather than mailing paper copies of the materials (including our 2018 Annual Report to Shareholders (“annual report”)) to each shareholder. If you received only a Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) by mail or electronic mail, you will not receive a paper copy of these proxy materials unless you request one. Instead, the Notice will instruct you as to how you may access and review the proxy materials on the Internet. The Notice will also instruct you as to how you may access your proxy card to vote over the Internet. If you received a Notice by mail or electronic mail and would like to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, free of charge, please follow the instructions included in the Notice.
We anticipate that the Notice will be mailed to our shareholders on or about April 18, 2019, and will be sent by electronic mail to our shareholders who have opted for such means of delivery on or about April 18, 2019. The Internet and telephone voting facilities for shareholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on May 29, 2019.
About the proxy statement.The words “company,” “WABCO,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to WABCO Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation. We refer to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the “SEC” and the New York Stock Exchange as the “NYSE.” We were spun off from American Standard on July 31, 2007. We refer to this event as the“Spin-off.” Lastly, the words “common stock,” “stock” and “shares” refer to the company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, which trades on the NYSE under the symbol WBC.
How will the company representatives vote for me?The company representatives, Jacques Esculier, Mazen Mazraani and Lisa J. Brown or anyone else they choose as their substitutes, have been chosen to vote in your place as your proxies at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Whether you vote by proxy card, Internet or telephone, the company representatives will vote your shares as you instruct them. If you do not indicate how you want your shares voted, the company representatives will vote as the Board recommends. If there is an interruption or adjournment of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders before the agenda is completed, the company representatives may still vote your shares when the meeting resumes. If a broker, bank or other nominee holds your common stock, they will ask you for instructions and instruct the company representatives to vote the shares held by them in accordance with your instructions.
Can I change my vote after I have returned my proxy card or given instructions over the Internet or telephone?Yes. After you have submitted a proxy, you may change your vote at any time before the proxy is exercised by submitting a notice of revocation or a proxy bearing a later date. Whether or not you vote using a traditional proxy card, through the Internet or by telephone, you may use any of those three methods to change your vote. Accordingly, you may change your vote either by submitting a proxy card prior to or at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders or by voting again before 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on May 29, 2019, the time at which the Internet and telephone voting facilities close. The later submitted vote will be recorded and the earlier vote revoked.
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