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This excerpt taken from the FFBC DEF 14A filed Apr 23, 2009. Voting in
Person. If you attend the Annual Meeting, you may deliver your completed
proxy card in person or you may vote by completing a ballot, which will be
available at the Annual Meeting.
If you
hold your common shares in “street name” through a broker, a financial
institution or another nominee, then that nominee is considered the shareholder
of record for voting purposes and should give you instructions for voting your
common shares. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct that nominee
how to vote the common shares held in your account. Your nominee may only vote
the common shares of First Financial that it holds for you in accordance with
your instructions. If you have instructed a broker, a financial institution or
another nominee to vote your common shares, the above-described options for
revoking your proxy do not apply and instead you must follow the instructions
provided by your nominee to change your vote.
If you
hold your common shares in “street name” and wish to attend the Annual Meeting
and vote in person, you must bring an account statement or letter from your
broker, financial institution or other nominee authorizing you to vote on behalf
of such nominee. The account statement or letter must show that you were the
direct or indirect beneficial owner of the common shares on April 16, 2009, the
record date for voting at the Annual Meeting.
How
will my common shares be voted?
Those
common shares represented by properly executed proxy cards that are received
prior to the Annual Meeting or by properly authenticated Internet or telephone
votes that are submitted prior to the deadline for doing so, and not
subsequently revoked, will be voted in accordance with your instructions by your
proxy. If you submit a valid proxy card prior to the Annual Meeting, or timely
submit your proxy by telephone or via the Internet, but do not complete the
voting instructions, your proxy will vote your common shares as recommended by
the Board of Directors, except in the case of broker non-votes where applicable,
as follows:
If you
hold your shares in a bank or brokerage account you should be aware that if you
fail to instruct your bank or broker how to vote within 10 days of the Annual
Meeting, the bank or broker is not permitted to vote your shares in its
discretion on your behalf on non-routine items. If you want to assure that your
shares are voted in accordance with your wishes on the non-routine matters in
this proxy statement, you should complete and return your voting instruction
form before June 5, 2009.
No
appraisal rights exist for any action proposed to be taken at the Annual
Meeting. If any other matters are properly presented for voting at the Annual
Meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote on those matters, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, in accordance with their best
judgment.
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