Other Important Information for Our Shareholders
Online Access to Proxy Materials
This Proxy
Statement and the following additional proxy materials are available online at proxyvote.com:
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2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Proxy card and voting instructions
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Attending our Annual Meting
Holders of our shares
at the close of business on March 22, 2021, the record date, are permitted to virtually attend our Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the record date there were 20,567,494 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, each
of which entitles the holder to one vote on each proposal, and 45,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock with voting rights equivalent to 11,688,310 common shares with total combined voting rights equal to 32,255,804 votes.
VOTING
Whether you hold shares directly as a
shareholder of record or beneficially in street name, you may vote your shares without attending the Annual Meeting. Voting instructions, including instructions for both telephonic and internet voting, are outlined in the Notice of Internet
Availability of Proxy Materials and on your proxy card.
Other than voting during the virtual Annual Meeting, the deadline for voting by telephone or using the
internet is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Shares represented by properly executed proxies, received by us or voted by telephone or via the internet,
which are not revoked, will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions contained in such proxies. Subject to the broker non-vote rules, if instructions are not given, proxies will be
voted for the election of each nominee, for every year as the frequency for our advisory vote on executive compensation, for the approval of our executive officer compensation and for the
ratification of our independent auditors. Your shares will not be voted if you do not return a signed proxy card or vote by telephone, via the internet or during the virtual Annual Meeting.
Shareholder of Record / Street Name
Shareholder
of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, you are considered a shareholder of record of those shares.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name. If your shares are held in an account at a bank, brokerage firm or other financial organization, then you are a
beneficial owner of shares held in street name. In that case, you will have received these proxy materials from the organization holding your account and, as a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct that organization as to how to vote the
shares held in your account.
Revocation of Proxies
Any proxy may be revoked at any time before it is exercised by giving written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary, at our address set forth herein, by
executing and delivering a later-dated proxy, either in writing, by telephone or via the internet, or by voting virtually at the Annual Meeting. Virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting will not alone constitute revocation of a proxy. If your shares
are held in a brokerage, bank, or other institutional account, you must obtain a proxy from that entity showing that you were the record holder as of the close of business on March 22, 2021 in order to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting.
Required Votes for Each Proposal
Election of
Directors Our Bylaws require that each director in an uncontested election be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to such director. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted
for a director must exceed the number of votes cast against that director.
Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes to Approve Executive
Compensation The frequency with a plurality of the votes cast will be deemed to be the approved result.
Approval of Executive Officer
Compensation The approval of our Named Executive Officers compensation requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our shares voted on the matter. The vote is advisory and therefore is not binding on the Compensation
Committee, our Board of Directors or us.
Ratification of KPMG LLP as Auditors Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors requires
the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares voted on the matter.
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