SKY Skyline Champion Corporation

NOTICE OF 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

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By order of the Board of Directors,

Robert M. Spence

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

June 3, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT SKYLINE CHAMPION CORPORATION  ⬛

ABOUT SKYLINE CHAMPION CORPORATION

Date of Distribution: June 23, 2022

Skyline Champion Corporation (“Skyline Champion,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is the result of the merger in 2018 of two longstanding factory-built home builders, Skyline Corporation and Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC (“Champion Holdings”), with manufacturing experience dating back to 1951.

Skyline Champion is transforming construction across the United States and Western Canada. We are making it possible for people to have a home that is built better, builder faster, and is more attainable today. We achieve this by providing offsite construction solutions that are more innovative, affordable, and sustainable housing solutions for our customers and the end consumer. We are the largest independent publicly traded factory-built home builder in the United States.

Skyline Champion Corporation achieved meaningful growth in fiscal 2022. Our net income increased 192% to $248 million, and revenue increased 55% to over $2.2 billion. Our strong results reflect the culture of our experienced operational teams, relationships with our customers and suppliers, broad geographic footprint and the strength of our affordable product offerings across multiple brands. As a result, during fiscal 2022, we provided over 26,000 affordable homes to consumers throughout North America. The team focused on improving production utilization to meet the growing demand for our homes while continuing to execute on our longer-term strategic initiatives that will benefit our shareholders, customers, employees and other stakeholders for years to come.

Our operations across the United States and western Canada were able to increase home sales volumes by over 23% this fiscal year, despite intermittent supply chain challenges, employee turnover and absenteeism. The team worked to streamline product offerings which helped to improve operational efficiencies while offering designed flexibility to our customers. We continued our journey to transform the homebuying experience through the launch of our digital configurator, which allows homebuyers to design, configure and price their home online. That, in addition to opportunities to automate portions of our production processes, will enhance the sustainable value Skyline Champion offers in years to come. During fiscal 2022, we completed the cross-functional integration of our ScotBilt Homes acquisition. More recently, we continued to execute on our growth strategy through the opening and certification of a facility in Navasota, Texas as well as a tuck-in manufacturing and retail acquisition in North Carolina. These expansions will be additive to our results in fiscal 2023.

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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

We demonstrate our commitment to Corporate Responsibility through company-wide and plant specific programs and through our everyday business practices when providing high-quality, affordable homes to U.S. and Canadian homebuyers. During fiscal 2022, we furthered our environmental and social awareness by participating in a reforestation program to plant one tree for every tree we use in construction. Our social responsibility extends across our key stakeholders through our core operating principles, including integrity, respect, honesty, pride and safety for all those we encounter internally and in our communities.

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PROXY SUMMARY

This Proxy Statement contains information related to our 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be conducted via a live webcast on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in the Proxy Statement. Please read the entire Proxy Statement before voting.

Our Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) is soliciting your vote for the following:

PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS  ⬛

PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Board is currently comprised of nine members. Directors are elected annually at Skyline Champion’s annual meeting of shareholders, and each director holds office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. New directors need not be shareholders of Skyline Champion.

Our Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, voted to nominate Keith Anderson, Michael Berman, Timothy Bernlohr, Eddie Capel, Michael Kaufman, Erin Mulligan Nelson, Nikul Patel, Gary Robinette, and Mark Yost for election and re-election at the 2022 annual meeting of our shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). Information relating to each nominee, including his or her period of service as a director of the Company, principal occupation and other biographical material appear later in this proxy statement.

It is intended that the votes authorized by the enclosed proxy will be cast for the election of the nine director nominees. In the event that one or more of the nominees unexpectedly becomes unavailable for election, the votes will be cast, pursuant to authority granted by the enclosed proxy, for such person or persons as may be designated by the current Board, or the Board may be reduced accordingly. All of the nominees have consented to be named in the proxy statement and have indicated their intent to serve if elected.

The Board recommends that shareholders vote FOR all nine director nominees. The voting standard for director elections is a plurality standard. This means that the individuals who receive the highest number of votes are elected as directors up to the maximum number of directors to be elected at the meeting.

		THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEEMS PROPOSAL NO. 1 BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF SKYLINE CHAMPION AND OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH NOMINEE.

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BOARD COMPOSITION AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our Board. The Board strives to identify directors who represent a diverse range of viewpoints, backgrounds, skills, experience and expertise. Directors should possess the attributes necessary to be an effective member of the Board, including personal and professional integrity, high ethical values, sound business judgment, demonstrated business and professional skills, experience, and a commitment to the long-term interests of Skyline Champion and its shareholders. In evaluating candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee also considers potential conflicts of interest, diversity, the extent to which a candidate would fill a present or anticipated need, and a candidate’s willingness and ability to devote adequate time to the activities of the Board. In any particular situation, the Nominating and Governance Committee may focus on individuals possessing a particular background, experience or qualifications that the Nominating and Governance Committee believes would be important to enhance the effectiveness of the Board. To retain flexibility, the Nominating and Governance Committee has not adopted minimum qualifications for director candidates. The Nominating and Governance Committee has engaged third party search firms to identify qualified candidates and will consider director candidates recommended by shareholders. See “Process for Selecting Nominees and Shareholder Nominations” and “Shareholder Proposal Information” below for further information. The Company entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with Champion Holdings and certain funds, the last remaining one of which is affiliated with MAK Capital (“MAK”), a shareholder holding greater than 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares of voting common stock, which included certain agreements relating to the composition of the Board. Under the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company is obligated to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Board to nominate for election: (i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; (ii) up to one affiliated director nominated by MAK (subject to certain ownership thresholds); and (iii) the number of independent directors necessary to satisfy the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). MAK continues to meet the ownership threshold and has nominated Mr. Kaufman.

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The Board acknowledges the value of diversity across a broad spectrum of ethnicity, gender, experience, skills, and several other factors. The Company’s Board continues to evolve as it strives to identify, nominate, and appoint the best possible candidates. In both its adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines and Nominating and Governance Committee Charter, the Board established diversity as an attribute in evaluating potential new directors. On February 2, 2021, the Board renewed its commitment to diversity by adopting an amendment to its By-Laws which requires that, for all open and new seats on the Skyline Champion Corporation Board of Directors, the Nominating and Governance Committee will require that the initial list of candidates from which it will select new management-supported director nominees include qualified diverse candidates, including but not limited to women and minority candidates. The Committee will direct any third-party consultant retained to assist in the selection to include such candidates in its initial list. Of the slate of eight independent director nominees, one is female, one is from an underrepresented racial/ethnic group, and all have served less than five years. The Board’s approach is to seek diversity broadly, including in experience and skillsets, and focus on assisting the Company to achieve its strategic initiatives for all stakeholders. The Board anticipates further board refreshment in fiscal 2024, with the search conducted in accordance with the Company’s By-Laws and objectives.

The Board has determined that Ms. Nelson and Messrs. Anderson, Berman, Bernlohr, Capel, Kaufman, Patel, and Robinette are “independent directors” as that term is defined in the NYSE Listed Company Manual and under the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations.

In making this determination, the Board considered the relationships that Ms. Nelson and Messrs. Anderson, Berman, Bernlohr, Capel, Kaufman, Patel, and Robinette have with the Company and all other facts and circumstances that the Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including ownership interests in the Company and arrangements between the Company and the director or his or her affiliates.

Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries are party to any material proceedings to which any of our directors, officers, affiliates, 5% or more shareholders, or any of their respective associates are a party. We do not believe that any of our directors, officers, affiliates, 5% or more shareholders, or any of their respective associates are adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries or have a material interest that is adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries.

MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES

The Board has three standing committees: Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance. Each committee is composed solely of independent directors as that term is defined in applicable rules of the SEC and the NYSE, and all members of the Compensation Committee qualify as “non-employee directors” as defined by Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Each committee has a charter that describes the committee’s responsibilities. These charters are available under the “Corporate Governance” link on our website at www.skylinechampion.com or upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at Skyline Champion Corporation, 755 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 1000, Troy, Michigan 48084.

During the fiscal year ended April 2, 2022, the Board held six (6) meetings. Each incumbent director during that year attended each of the meetings of the Board and the committees of the Board on which he or she served during the period, except Mr. Berman was excused from attending one Board Meeting. During this same period, six (6) executive sessions of the Board were held. Members of the Board are expected to attend and be present at the annual meeting of shareholders, and all then incumbent directors attended the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW

Skyline Champion is committed to good corporate governance.

We strive to maintain strong corporate governance practices that protect and enhance accountability for the benefit of Skyline Champion and all of its shareholders. We regularly review and continually refine our governance practices and policies to align with evolving practices and issues raised by our shareholders.

Our Board believes that sound governance practices and policies provide an important framework to assist it in fulfilling its duties to shareholders. The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines and relies on the guidelines to provide that framework. The guidelines are not absolute rules and can be modified to reflect changes in Skyline Champion’s organization or business environment. The Board reviews the Corporate Governance Guidelines on an annual basis and, if necessary, modifies the guidelines to reflect current good governance practices and policies.

Skyline Champion’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the charters of the committees of our Board and our Code of Conduct described below may be found in the Governance Documents section under the Governance tab on our website at www.skylinechampion.com or in print upon the submission of a request under the Contact Investor Relations section under the Resources tab on our website. The Company recently revised and restated its By-Laws, which are posted in the Governance Documents section under the Governance tab on our website at www.skylinechampion.com.

We believe part of effective corporate governance includes active engagement with our shareholders. We value the views of our shareholders and other stakeholders, and we communicate with them regularly and solicit input on a number of topics, such as business strategy, capital allocation, corporate governance, and executive compensation.

This section describes key corporate governance facts about our Company and practices that we have adopted.

ROLE OF OUR BOARD

The Board monitors our overall corporate performance, the integrity of our financial controls, risk management and legal compliance procedures. It appoints senior management and oversees succession planning and senior management’s performance and compensation. The Board also oversees our short- and long-term strategic and business planning, and reviews with management its business plan, financing plans, budget, and other key financial and business objectives. The Board recently assigned primary responsibility for review of environmental, social, and corporate compliance risks and opportunities (commonly referred to as Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”)) to the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nomination and Governance Committee, respectively, but retained responsibility for the integration and oversight of ESG policies and practices across the Company.

Members of the Board stay informed about our business through discussions with our Chief Executive Officer and other members of our senior management team, by reviewing materials provided to them by management on a regular basis and in preparation for Board and committee meetings, and by participating in meetings of the Board and its committees. Senior management regularly reviews key portions of our business with the Board. These practices afford Board members the opportunity to actively participate in risk management assessment and raise questions and engage in discussions with management regarding areas of potential risk.

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Skyline Champion’s governance processes address matters relating to Board operations that are fundamental to shareholder interests. The independent directors meet regularly without management present to evaluate Skyline Champion’s results, plans, and challenges, as well as management’s performance and the strength and development of Skyline Champion’s NEOs.

The Board is actively engaged in overseeing and reviewing Skyline Champion’s strategic direction and objectives, taking into account (among other considerations) Skyline Champion’s risk profile and exposures. The Board conducts an annual in-depth review of the business, which includes consideration of strategic, operational, competitive, financial, compliance, and other risk exposures. Skyline Champion currently separates the Board Chair and CEO functions, with each position held by a different individual. The Board considers the current constituency of management in evaluating whether a combined role is efficient and effective. At the present time, it is the assessment of the Board that separating these positions allows the CEO to focus on the Company’s business, while the Board Chair can focus on corporate governance matters.

Although the Board as a whole has responsibility for risk oversight, addressing risk-related issues as appropriate, three standing committees also oversee Skyline Champion’s risk profile and exposures relating to matters within the scope of each committee’s authority, and each reports to the Board about its deliberations. These committees are the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Audit Committee considers audit, accounting, and compliance risk, as well as related matters, and it receives reports from its outside auditors, internal audit staff, and the Chief Financial Officer, among others. The Audit Committee is also responsible for the review of Skyline Champion’s major risk exposures (whether financial, operational, or otherwise), including Environmental risk, and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures, and for evaluating management’s process to assess and manage Skyline Champion’s enterprise risk issues. The Board recently assigned the Compensation Committee broader responsibility for oversight of human capital and social risks, and to continue to evaluate the level of risk implied by Skyline Champion’s compensation programs, including incentive compensation programs in which the CEO and other employees participate. The Nominating and Governance Committee monitors potential risks to the effectiveness of the Board, notably director succession and the composition of the Board, taking into account current best governance practices, and the principal policies that guide Skyline Champion’s governance. Each of these committees operates under a written charter to promote clarity in its responsibilities and accountability among its members. These committees work in a coordinated way to address recurring matters and respond to unanticipated events.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES

The Board is guided by our Corporate Governance Guidelines. We believe our Corporate Governance Guidelines demonstrate our continuing commitment to good corporate governance. The Board reviews our Corporate Governance Guidelines at least annually and occasionally more frequently, as needed. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are posted in the Governance Documents section under the Governance tab on our website at www.skylinechampion.com.

We have recently made several corporate governance enhancements:

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

Skyline Champion’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Conduct”) applies to all members of the Board and all employees of Skyline Champion’s subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including our Chief Executive Officer and senior

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management. The Code of Conduct outlines the principles and policies governing our Company. The standards in this Code of Conduct should be viewed as the minimum standards that the Company expects from its employees, officers, and directors, but the Code of Conduct does not supersede the Company’s specific policies and procedures. Our Code of Conduct is posted in the Governance Documents section under the Governance tab on our website at www.skylinechampion.com. All Company directors and management employees annually certify compliance with the Code.

PROCESS FOR SELECTING NOMINEES AND SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS

Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Skyline Champion may be made in advance of any annual meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the Board or by a proposing shareholder entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting (the “Nominating Shareholder”). Such shareholder nominations must be made pursuant to timely notice given in writing to the Company’s Secretary. See “Shareholder Proposal Information” below. The Nominating Shareholder’s notice must set forth, as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (i) the name, age, business address, and residence address of such person; (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person; (iii) the class and number of shares of Skyline Champion which are beneficially owned by such person, if any; (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (v) the qualifications of the nominee to serve as a director of the Company, as more fully set out in the Company’s By-Laws.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

Skyline Champion has split the roles of CEO and Board Chair.

As non-executive chair of our Board, Mr. Bernlohr is responsible for presiding over Board meetings, executive sessions of the independent directors, and meetings of shareholders, attending meetings of the Board’s committees as appropriate, and assisting management in representing Skyline Champion to external groups as needed and as determined by the Board. The Board elects its chair annually.

Our CEO, Mr. Yost, oversees the day-to-day affairs of Skyline Champion and directs the formulation and implementation of our strategic plans. We believe that this leadership structure is currently the most appropriate for Skyline Champion because it allows our CEO to focus primarily on our business strategy and operations while leveraging the experience of our Board Chair to direct the business of the Board.

Our Board periodically reviews this structure and recognizes that, depending on the circumstances, a different leadership model might be appropriate. The Board has no fixed policy on whether the roles of Board Chair and CEO should be separate or combined, which maintains flexibility based on Skyline Champion’s needs and the Board’s assessment of the Company’s leadership. Our corporate governance guidelines do provide that the Board appoint a lead independent director in the event the CEO is elected Board Chair or the Board Chair otherwise does not qualify as independent.

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regarding transactions between the Principal Shareholder and the Company, see “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” below.

BOARD’S ROLE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING

While the formulation and implementation of Skyline Champion’s strategic plan is primarily the responsibility of management, the Board plays an active role with respect to the Company’s strategy. This includes not only monitoring progress made in executing the strategic plan, but also regularly evaluating the strategy in light of evolving operating, economic, and other conditions. The Board carries out its role primarily through regular reviews of the Company’s strategic plan and discussions with management, which include both broad-based presentations and more in-depth analyses and discussions of specific areas of focus. In addition, regular Board meetings throughout the year include presentations and discussions with management on significant initiatives implementing the strategic plan; developments affecting an area of the Company’s business; and on trends, competition, and emerging challenges and opportunities. The Board also reviews the strategic plan, including actions taken and planned to implement the strategy, as part of its review and approval of the annual budget.

BOARD’S ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

The Board’s oversight of risk management enhances the directors’ understanding of the risks associated with the Company’s strategic plan and its ability to provide guidance to and oversight of senior management in executing the Company’s strategy.

Our Board undertakes its responsibility to oversee risks to Skyline Champion through a risk governance framework designed to:

The Board does not view risk in isolation. Rather, it considers risks in its business decisions in the ordinary course of the Board’s decisions and as part of the Company’s business strategy. This includes assessing potential cybersecurity risks and an ongoing review of the Company’s cybersecurity program.

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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

On June 1, 2018, the Company, certain principal shareholders, and Champion Holdings entered into the Investor Rights Agreement. MAK is the last of the Principal Shareholders to have rights under the Investor Rights Agreement, which provides for, among other things, certain information rights and certain agreements relating to the composition of the Board of Directors.

RELATED PERSONS TRANSACTIONS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Any proposed arrangement that could give rise to a conflict of interest in which a director, officer or employee of the Company, any immediate member of their family, or any of their close associates is anticipated to receive a payment or other significant benefit, whether directly or indirectly, from the Company is to be reported to the Company’s legal or human resources department. Any such transaction involving an executive officer, director, or any of their respective immediate family members in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which any such persons will have (or may be reasonably expected to have) a direct or indirect material interest is to be reported to the Audit Committee for review and approval, except for employment relationships that have been approved by the Compensation Committee.

The Audit Committee will approve or ratify a related person transaction only if it determines that: (i) the transaction serves the best interests of Skyline Champion and its shareholders; and (ii) the transaction is on terms reasonably comparable to those that could be obtained in arm’s length dealings with an unrelated third party.

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTORS

Shareholders and other interested parties who have questions or concerns should contact our investor relations team. For questions and communications shareholders and other interested parties wish to address directly to the Board, the Board Chair, or independent directors, such parties should address such communications to the Board, Board Chair, independent directors or the particular committee or director, c/o Skyline Champion Corporation, 755 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 1000, Troy, Michigan 48084. All such communications should include a representation from the submitting shareholder setting forth the shareholder’s address and the number of shares of Skyline Champion common stock beneficially owned by the shareholder.

The Secretary is primarily responsible for monitoring communications from shareholders and will provide copies or summaries of such communications to the Board, the relevant committee, or the director to whom such communication is addressed, as the Secretary considers appropriate. Each shareholder communication will be forwarded if it relates to a substantive matter and includes suggestions or comments that the Secretary considers to be important for the directors, or director, to know. In general, shareholder communications relating to corporate governance and long-term corporate strategy are more likely to be forwarded than shareholder communications relating to personal grievances and matters as to which we tend to receive repetitive or duplicative communications. The Board will give appropriate attention to written communications on such issues and will respond as appropriate.

Mark Yost has served as Chief Executive Officer of Skyline Champion since June 1, 2019. Mr. Yost joined Champion Holdings in June 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. From November 2016 until his appointment as CEO he served as President of CHB. Previously Mr. Yost served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Severstal North America. Mr. Yost received his B.S. in finance and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Michigan.

Laurie Hough has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Skyline Champion since June 1, 2018. Ms. Hough was, between October 2016 and June 1, 2018, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Champion Holdings and CHB. Previously, Ms. Hough served as Vice President and Controller of Champion Holdings and CHB from July 2013 to October 2016, and Vice President of Accounting & Financial Reporting from October 2010 to July 2013. Prior to her time at Champion Holdings, Ms. Hough was Manager of Financial Consolidations at Chrysler Group LLC and Audit Manager at PwC. Ms. Hough is a licensed CPA and obtained her B.S. in Accounting from Oakland University.

Tim Larson was named Chief Growth Officer on May 3, 2021. He has significant experience transforming the customer and digital experience across a diverse portfolio of brands and industries. Prior to joining Skyline Champion, Mr. Larson acted in an advisory role for several businesses. Mr. Larson previously served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Customer Excellence for Polaris Industries from August 2013 to January 2018. Prior to that he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Jostens, Inc. from January 2008 to January 2013. Mr. Larson earned his B.A. in Strategic Communications from the University of Minnesota.

Joseph Kimmell was named Executive Vice President, Operations for Skyline Champion effective July 1, 2019. Mr. Kimmell re-joined CHB in July 2010 as Regional Vice President of the Northeast Region. Previously, Mr. Kimmell served as General Manager at various CHB facilities from 1997 until 2009, and as Regional Vice President, US Northeast Region of CHB from January 2011 to July 2019. Mr. Kimmell earned his B.S. in Economics from Indiana University.

Wade Lyall was named Executive Vice President, Sales and Business Development for Skyline Champion effective July 1, 2019. Mr. Lyall joined CHB in 2000 as a Sales Manager. Previously, Mr. Lyall served as a General Manager at two plants in Georgia from 2002 until 2005, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 2005 until 2012, Regional Vice President of the South Region from 2012 until 2015 and was named Vice President of Sales and Business Development in 2015. Mr. Lyall received his B.S. of Business Administration from East Carolina University.

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Robert Spence has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Skyline Champion since July 30, 2019. Previously, he served as Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President Administration of Neenah Enterprises, Inc. from May 2011 to May 2019 and General Counsel and Vice President of Business Development for SPX Corporation, Test and Measurement from September 2001 to April 2011. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and J.D. from Wayne State University. Mr. Spence also serves as a Director of Neenah Enterprises, Inc.

Timothy Burkhardt has served as Vice President and Controller of Skyline Champion since June 1, 2018. Previously,

Mr. Burkhardt served as the Vice President and Controller of Champion Holdings and CHB from October 2016 to June 2018 and Director of Financial Reporting of Champion Holdings from October 2012 to October 2016. Mr. Burkhardt is a licensed CPA and obtained his B.A. and M.B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University.

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CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

We believe that commitment to all stakeholders is critical to creating value for our customers, our shareholders, our employees, and in the communities in which we do business. This past year proved yet again that we need to recognize and adapt to our ever-changing environment. But as we react and adjust to external influences, we most hold steadfast to our culture and mission as we strive to be good corporate stewards on our journey.

We demonstrate our commitment to Corporate Sustainability through company-wide and plant-specific programs and through our everyday business practices when providing high-quality, affordable homes to U.S. and Canadian homebuyers. Manufactured and modular homes cost up to 50% less per square foot than conventional site-built homes, expanding the opportunity for individuals to live the “American Dream” and own a home despite an ever-growing housing affordability gap.

ENVIRONMENTAL

We manage our operations to minimize resource consumption and environmental impacts.

Skyline Champion continues to identify opportunities to reduce our environmental impact across our operations by reducing raw material waste, designing and constructing energy efficient homes, conserving our natural resources through recycling programs and reducing our carbon footprint by producing our homes in factories close to where our customers and employees live. Many of our U.S. manufacturing facilities are certified to produce Energy Star^® energy efficient rated homes through a special EPA program for manufactured housing. Environmental sustainability is at the forefront of what we do every day.

We construct manufactured homes in controlled environments. Our efficient construction process results in less energy usage and material waste when compared to traditional on-site manufacturing. In many of our plants, we have transitioned to LED lighting, and we recycle insulation material, lumber, metals, paper and many other products. In the course of executing our expansion plans, we have repurposed older buildings, both revitalizing the local community and preserving vacant land. This reduces the need for new building materials and extensive deployment of construction equipment, and thus reduces carbon emissions.

We partnered with The Arbor Day Foundation to participate in reforestation considering forestry products are central to the construction of our homes. The program we initiated last year will result in over 450,000 trees being planted in the U.S. and Canada for our fiscal 2022 production alone. We have pledged to plant one tree for every tree used in construction of our homes in future periods as well. Reforestation contributes to the environment by replenishing forests, reducing greenhouse gases, and protecting the watershed.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

As a nationwide provider of affordable housing, we acknowledge a social responsibility not only to the buyers of our homes, our retail and community customers and our employees, but also to the communities in which they live and work.

We manage our business in accordance with Skyline Champion’s Core Operating Principles:

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We appreciate each member of the Skyline Champion team and the unique skills and diversity of thought each provides to the overall success of the Company. We maintain an Affirmative Action Plan and strive for an inclusive environment and reward individual contributions that foster innovative ideas for improving our work product and workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind including, but not limited to, discrimination or harassment on the basis of gender identity, race, religion, age or disabilities. We are committed to the development of our employees. The Company follows standard onboarding and training protocols for our direct labor team members and offers management and OSHA training for our supervisors. We are committed to improving employee engagement and reducing turnover through these onboarding, training and mentoring activities. Depending on availability, our plants participate in local outreach programs and hire disadvantaged members of the local community.

In furtherance of our commitments to our employees and communities, the Company has adopted an internal Anti-Human Trafficking Policy applicable to all its operations and further engaged a third-party vendor to audit our supply chain annually to identify any potential risk of human trafficking occurring in our supply chain. A copy of our Anti-Human Trafficking Policy is available on our website under the Governance tab at www.skylinechampion.com.

We have built a diverse team with a wide range of experiences. At April 2, 2022, we employed 8,400 full and part time employees. Our human capital resource objectives include identifying, recruiting, training, retaining and incentivizing our employees. We offer our employees a competitive compensation package, including an array of benefits and we deem our relationship with our employees to be generally good. At April 2, 2022, our manufacturing facilities in Canada employed approximately 950 workers and most of the workers belong to trade associations that operate under collective bargaining agreements. There are five collective bargaining agreements (one for each Canadian manufacturing facility) each having a separate expiration date. The agreements are set to expire at various dates between June 2022 and June 2024.

OUR U.S. WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHIC

We are committed to conducting our business with integrity and in compliance with all applicable laws in the cities, states and countries in which we operate. Our above-referenced written Code of Conduct assists employees in this regard. We encourage employees to report concerns through a variety of channels, including a compliance and ethics line which allows for anonymous reporting. All reports are investigated and resolved. We also maintain an anti-retaliation policy such that any employee who reports a concern in good faith is protected from harassment, retaliation or any adverse employment consequence. The Company introduced a Preventing Discrimination and Harassment course that is mandatory for all

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employees. This course outlines the behaviors expected of each Company employee to create and maintain a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and bullying.

At many of our manufacturing facilities, team members volunteer throughout the community, sharing time and resources. We participate in local programs and support local food, clothing and bread drives, holiday programs for those with special needs, Habitat for Humanity and other local charities as well as work-study programs with local community colleges and high schools.

We take the health and safety of our employees seriously. We expect each employee to follow our safety standards and protocols. Each of our locations performs regular safety audits to ensure that proper safety policies are in place and appropriate safety training is provided. In addition to training and development, we measure and report monthly safety metrics and regularly review our safety performance with our Board. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented standards to operate in accordance with social-distancing protocols and public health authority guidelines.

We measure our safety performance based on how many OSHA Recordable incidents and Lost Time Accidents occur in any given fiscal year as compared to the prior year and the industry as a whole. Since fiscal 2018 our OSHA Incident Rate has been declining, from 10.6 to 8.5 in fiscal 2022. Below is a measure of our safety performance under those two metrics in fiscal 2022 as measured against our performance in fiscal 2021 and the industry. Our incident rate declined again in fiscal 2022 to 8.5, which represents an overall decline of 19.8% since fiscal 2018. The industry numbers are from calendar year 2020. The 2021 calendar year industry statistics will not be available until approximately November 2022.

⬛  PROPOSAL TWO: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

PROPOSAL TWO: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee has selected EY as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending April 1,2023. The Board of Directors has directed that the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm be submitted for ratification by the shareholders at the 2022 Annual Meeting. If a quorum is present, the proposal to ratify the appointment of EY as independent registered public accounting firm will require approval by a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Shareholder ratification of the appointment is not required by law or otherwise. The Board is submitting this proposal to our shareholders for ratification because it believes it to be a good corporate practice.

If our shareholders do not ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether to retain EY, but may still retain the firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that a change would be in the best interests of Skyline Champion and our shareholders. Representatives of EY are expected to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate shareholder questions.

		THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEEMS PROPOSAL NO. 2 TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF SKYLINE CHAMPION AND OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL THEREOF.