2018 Annual Proxy Guide

©2018 Mediant Communications Inc. Proprietary & Confidential Information. All Rights Reserved. 26 2018 Proxy Guide Glossary of Terms Fiscal Year – Twelve consecutive months used by a business entity to account for and report on its business operations. Holder of Record – Owner of a company's securities as recorded on the books of the issuing company or its Transfer Agent as of a particular date. Householding – Householding rules allow companies and mutual funds to make delivery of a single prospectus, annual and semi-annual reports, and proxy information to investors who reside at the same address. Inspector of Elections – An official responsible to ensure elections are conducted in an open and honest manner and determine that ballots are properly cast. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) – An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. Issuer – A legal entity that registers and sells securities for the purpose of financing its operations. A publicly traded company is an issuer of securities. Meeting Date – The date that the proposed meeting is scheduled. NCOA – National Change of Address “is a secure dataset of permanent change-of-address (COA) records consisting of the names and addresses of individuals, families and businesses who have filed a change-of-address with the USPS".[1] It is maintained by the United States Postal Service and access to it is licensed to service providers and made available to mailers. The use of NCOALink is required in order to obtain bulk mail rates, as it minimizes the number of UAA (Undeliverable As Addressed) mail pieces. Nominee Name – A nominee name is the name under which a security is registered and held in trust for a beneficial owner. Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner (NOBO) – A Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner is a security holder who has given permission to a financial intermediary to release the owner's name and address to a public company that he or she has invested in for the purpose of receiving proxy mailings and shareholder communications.