If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, you may vote by mail by completing, signing and dating
the voting instructions in the notice provided by your broker, bank or other intermediary and mailing it in the accompanying pre-addressed envelope.
If you are a stockholder of record and you submit your proxy to us, you direct certain of our officers to vote your shares of Tesla common stock in accordance with
the voting instructions in your proxy.
If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, please check
the voting instructions in the notice provided by your broker, bank or other intermediary for telephone voting availability.
Not exact matches
In order to minimize the number of broker non-votes, Apple encourages you to provide voting instructions on each proposal to the organization that holds your shares by carefully following the instructions provided in the Notice and the voting instruction for
In order to minimize the number of broker non-votes, Apple encourages you to provide
voting instructions on each proposal to the organization that holds your shares by carefully following the
instructions provided
in the Notice and the voting instruction for
in the Notice and the
voting instruction form.
For specific
instructions on how to
vote your shares, please refer to the
instructions on the Notice you received
in the mail, the section titled «Questions and Answers About the Proxy Materials and the Annual Meeting» beginning on page 11 of this proxy statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.
Please note that since brokers may not
vote your shares on «non-routine» matters, including the election of directors (Proposal Number 1), the proposal to amend Alphabet's 2012 Stock Plan (Proposal Number 3), and each of the stockholder proposals (Proposals Number 4 through Number 10),
in the absence of your specific
instructions, we encourage you to provide
instructions to your broker regarding the
voting of your shares.
Please note that since brokers may not
vote your shares on «non-routine» matters, including the election of directors (Proposal Number 1), the proposal to amend Google's 2012 Stock Plan (Proposal Number 3), and each of the stockholder proposals (Proposals Number 4 through Number 8),
in the absence of your specific
instructions, we encourage you to provide
instructions to your broker regarding the
voting of your shares.
If you hold shares beneficially
in street name and do not provide your broker with
voting instructions, your shares may constitute «broker non-votes.»
If you are a beneficial owner of shares held
in street name and do not provide the organization that holds your shares with specific
voting instructions then, under applicable rules, the organization that holds your shares may generally
vote your shares
in their discretion on «routine» matters but can not
vote on «non-routine» matters.
A broker or other nominee can not
vote without
instructions on non-routine matters, and therefore broker non-votes may exist
in connection with Proposal No. 1 and Proposals No. 3 through No. 8.
For example, if you are a beneficial owner with shares
in more than one brokerage account, you may receive a separate notice or
voting instruction card for each brokerage account
in which you hold shares.
For participants
in the IBM Stock Fund investment alternative under the IBM 401 (k) Plus Plan: In order to have the Trustee vote your shares as you direct, you must timely furnish your voting instructions over the Internet or by telephone by 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 25, 2016, or otherwise ensure that your card is signed, returned and received by such time and dat
in the IBM Stock Fund investment alternative under the IBM 401 (k) Plus Plan:
In order to have the Trustee vote your shares as you direct, you must timely furnish your voting instructions over the Internet or by telephone by 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 25, 2016, or otherwise ensure that your card is signed, returned and received by such time and dat
In order to have the Trustee
vote your shares as you direct, you must timely furnish your
voting instructions over the Internet or by telephone by 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 25, 2016, or otherwise ensure that your card is signed, returned and received by such time and date.
By telephone — Stockholders of record who live
in the United States or Canada may request a paper proxy card from Tesla by following the procedures
in the Notice of Internet Availability, and submit proxies by telephone by following the «
Vote by Telephone»
instructions on the proxy card until 1:00 a.m., Central time on June 5, 2018.
If your shares are held
in street name, you may change your
vote by submitting new
voting instructions to your brokerage firm, bank, or other similar entity.
Because of a change
in New York Stock Exchange rules, unlike previous annual meetings, your broker will NOT be able to
vote your shares with respect to the election of directors if you have not given your broker specific
instructions to do so.
Therefore, you must give your broker
instructions in order for your
vote to be counted.
If your shares are held
in the 401 (k) Plan or Stock Purchase Plan, you may change your
vote as indicated above, except that any changes to your
voting instructions must be provided by the applicable deadline shown below.
If you hold your Salesforce common stock through a broker, the broker may be prevented from
voting shares held
in your brokerage account if you have not given the broker
voting instructions with respect to your shares (resulting
in what is referred to as a «broker non-vote»).
If you (i) sign and return this form but do not give any direction or (ii) fail to sign and return this form or
vote by Internet or telephone, your shares will be
voted in the same proportion as the shares held under the Plan for which
instructions are received, unless otherwise required by law.
If you are a beneficial owner and you follow the
voting instructions provided
in the notice you receive from your broker, bank or other intermediary, you direct such organization to
vote your shares
in accordance with your
instructions.
The written document you sign to designate someone as your proxy is usually called a «proxy card» or a «
voting instruction form» depending on how the ownership of your shares is reflected
in our records.
If you do not provide
voting instructions to the plan trustee, your shares will be
voted in the same proportion as the shares beneficially owned through our 401 (k) Plan for which
voting instructions are received, unless otherwise required by law.
THIS CARD WILL ALSO BE USED TO PROVIDE
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE FOR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION HELD
IN THE IBM STOCK FUND INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE UNDER THE IBM 401 (k) PLUS PLAN ON THE RECORD DATE, AS SET FORTH
IN THE NOTICE OF 2016 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.
If you are a beneficial owner holding your shares
in street name and you do not give
voting instructions to your broker, bank or other intermediary, that organization will leave your shares unvoted on this matter.
If you are a shareholder of record and you indicate that you wish to
vote as recommended by our Board or if you sign, date and return a proxy card but do not give specific
voting instructions, then the proxy holders will
vote your shares
in the manner recommended by our Board on all matters presented
in this Proxy Statement, and the proxy holders may determine
in their discretion regarding any other matters properly presented for a
vote at our Annual Meeting.
If your shares are held
in street name, you may
vote your shares before the meeting over the internet by following the
instructions on the Notice you received or, if you received a
voting instruction form from your brokerage firm, bank, or other similar entity by mail, by completing, signing, and returning the form you received.
The proxy holders (that is, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card) will
vote your shares of Common Stock
in accordance with your
instructions at the Annual Meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof).
These Internet and telephone
voting procedures are designed to authenticate your identity
in order to allow you to provide your
voting instructions, and to confirm that your
instructions have been recorded properly.
For shares you hold beneficially
in the name of a broker, trustee or other nominee, you may change your
vote by submitting new
voting instructions to your broker, trustee or nominee, or, if
If you
vote by proxy card or
voting instruction card and sign the card without giving specific
instructions, your shares will be
voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board (FOR all of HP's nominees to the Board, FOR ratification of the appointment of HP's independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the approval of the compensation of HP's named executive officers, FOR the approval of an annual advisory
vote on executive compensation, FOR the Hewlett - Packard Company 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and FOR the approval of an amendment to the Hewlett - Packard Company 2005 Pay - for - Results Plan to extend the term of the plan).
If you have Shares held
in one or more «street names,» you must complete, sign, date, and return to each bank, broker, or other nominee through which you hold Shares each
voting instruction form received from that bank, broker, or other nominee (or obtain a proxy from each such nominee holder if you wish to
vote in person at the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting).
Management Incentive Plan, as amended; and (iv) each of the shareholder proposals described
in this proxy statement are not matters on which a broker may
vote without your
instructions.
If you participate
in the Company Plans, you may change your
vote by submitting new
voting instructions to the trustee or custodian of the plan before the applicable deadline shown below.
As a result, brokers who do not receive
instructions from you as to how to
vote on that matter generally may
vote on that matter
in their discretion.
Banks, brokers, and other nominees who do not receive
instructions from you regarding the ratification of the appointment of independent accountants may generally
vote on that matter
in their discretion.
What's more, to get legislation through Congress relying only on Republican
votes, the majority must rely on reconciliation
instructions contained
in a budget resolution.
If your Shares are held of record by a bank, broker, or other nominee, we urge you to give
instructions to your bank, broker, or other nominee as to how you wish your Shares to be
voted so you may participate
in the shareholder
voting on these important matters.
If your Shares are held
in the name of a broker, bank, or other nominee (that is, you hold your Shares
in «street name»), you should receive separate
instructions from the holder of your Shares describing how to
vote.
If you are a beneficial owner of Shares and your Shares are held
in street name as described above, you will be admitted to the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting only if you present either a valid legal proxy from your bank, broker, or other nominee as to your Shares, the notice of internet availability of the proxy materials (if you received one), a
voting instruction form that you received from your bank, broker, or other nominee (if you have not already completed and returned the
voting instruction form), or a recent bank, brokerage, or other statement showing that you owned Shares as of the close of business on April 10, 2015.
Under the NYSE rules for member organizations: (i) the election of directors; (ii) the non-binding advisory
vote to approve the compensation of the company's NEOs; (iii) the approval of the Stock Incentive Plan of 2015; and (iv) each of the shareholder proposals described
in this proxy statement are not matters on which a broker may
vote without your
instructions.
We urge all shareholders to express their choices on each
voting matter described on the proxy card or the
voting instruction form (which you will receive from your broker, bank, or other nominee, if your Shares are held
in «street name»).
As a result, brokers who do not receive
instructions from you as to how to
vote on that matter generally may
vote your Shares on that matter
in their discretion.
For example, if you hold your Shares
in more than one brokerage account, you may receive a separate notice of availability, a separate e-mail notification, or a separate
voting instruction form for each brokerage account
in which you hold Shares.
If you do not provide such
instructions by that time, your Shares will be
voted by the Retirement Plans Committee of the respective plan
in accordance with the rules of the applicable plan.
If you own common stock of record, you may revoke your proxy or change your
voting instructions at any time before your shares are
voted at the Annual Meeting by delivering to the Secretary of Amazon.com, Inc. a written notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy (via the Internet, mobile device, or telephone or by returning a proxy card) bearing a later date or by attending the Annual Meeting and
voting in person.
If you own common stock
in street name and do not either provide
voting instructions or
vote at the Annual Meeting, the institution that holds your shares may nevertheless
vote your shares on your behalf with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, but can not
vote your shares on any other matters being considered at the meeting.
qIF YOU HAVE NOT
VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.q Electronic Voting
Instructions Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
You must follow the
voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee
in order to direct your broker, bank or other nominee on how to
vote your shares.
In this proxy statement, we refer to the notice of the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders, this proxy statement, our annual report to stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and the proxy card or
voting instruction form as our «proxy materials.»
A broker or other nominee can not
vote without
instructions on non-routine matters, and therefore broker non-votes may exist
in connection with Proposals No. 1 through No. 3, Proposals No. 6 through No. 11, and the Floor Proposal.