EEI 2018 Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement

adjournment thereof. Accordingly, only shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and shall be entitled to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. Your vote is important. You are requested to carefully read the Proxy Statement and accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting for a more complete statement of matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. Sincerely, Marshall A. Heinberg Chairman of the Board IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18, 2018: The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the form of proxy card and the Company’s 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders are also available at http://www.proxydocs.com/EEI.