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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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   Meeting Type:           Annual Meeting    
      For holders as of:    September 7, 2018    
     

Date:    November 9, 2018

 

 

        Time:   3:00 PM Local Time

 

   
      Location:   5000 Ericsson Drive    
     

    Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086

 

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  Voting Items   
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

    
 

1.  Election of three Class One Directors nominated by the Board of Directors for a three-year term to expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2021.

    
 

       Nominees:

  
   

       1a.  Vincent D. Mattera, Jr.

    
   

       1b.  Marc Y. E. Pelaez

    
   

       1c.  Howard H. Xia

    
 

2.  Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2018.

  
 

3.  Approval of the 2018 Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

  
 

4.  Approval of the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

  
 

5.  Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

 

  
 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  
    

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