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This excerpt taken from the FL DEF 14A filed Apr 8, 2005. Votes will be counted and certified by independent inspectors of election. New York law and our By-laws require that a majority of the votes that shareholders are entitled to cast be present either in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Under New York law, abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in determining the votes cast for any proposal. Votes withheld for the election of one or more of the nominees for director will not be counted as votes cast for those individuals. Broker non-votes occur when brokers or other entities holding shares for an owner in street name do not receive voting instructions from the owner on non-routine matters and, consequently, have no discretion to vote on those matters. If a proposal is routine under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, then the brokers or other entities may vote the shares held by them even though they have not received instructions from the owner. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws do not contain any provisions on the effect of abstentions or broker non-votes. |
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