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Bellinger, Alessandro Bogliolo, Gina R. Boswell, Lucy O. Brady, Francis A. Hondal, Thomas J. Kuhn, Danielle M. Lee, Michael G. Morris, Sarah E. Nash, Juan Rajlin, Stephen D. Steinour, J.K. Symancyk and Steven E. Voskuil were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) for a term of one year. Of the 205,552,918 shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, the number of shares voted for, the number of shares voted against, the number of shares abstained and the number of broker non-votes were as follows, with respect to each of the nominees: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Patricia S. Bellinger 183,474,788 7,850,433 681,211 13,546,487 Alessandro Bogliolo 188,659,393 2,660,331 686,708 13,546,487 Gina R. Boswell 190,761,740 569,656 675,036 13,546,487 Lucy O. Brady 190,809,151 517,054 680,226 13,546,487 Francis A. Hondal 188,598,309 2,735,048 673,075 13,546,487 Thomas J. 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