Pitney Bowes Board of Directors Issues Statement to Shareholders
05 Maio 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Urges Shareholders to Vote FOR all Pitney Bowes’ Eight Director Nominees as
well as Katie May on the GOLD Proxy
Card
Pitney Bowes (the “Company”) (NYSE:PBI), a global shipping and
mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial
services, today issued the following statement to Pitney Bowes
shareholders in connection with the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on May 9,
2023:
Your vote is critical and more important than
ever. As we enter the final days before Pitney Bowes’ May 9 Annual
Meeting, we urge you to vote FOR
all Pitney Bowes nominees and Katie May on the GOLD proxy card.
We thank all of our shareholders who have
spoken with us and shared their perspectives over these last
several months. Throughout these conversations with shareholders,
we have appreciated hearing your insights into our businesses,
leadership, and future. Our goal remains to continue the strategic
transformation of Pitney Bowes and to drive sustainable value for
our shareholders.
As you consider your vote for the 2023 Annual
Meeting, we urge you to remember that our Board is comprised of
individuals with deep experience and diverse backgrounds who
maintain a relentless focus on consistently challenging management
and each other, with respect to both current plans and in
developing new ideas. We have always sought a proper balance of
directors with deep institutional and industry knowledge, as well
as newer voices with fresh viewpoints on the Company. Both new
ideas and a rooted understanding of the business are important
assets for Board decision making. The changes we have made since
2015 reflect this commitment. With our continued Board refreshment,
we are confident that our recommended director nominees are the
right individuals to drive Pitney Bowes forward, ensure the
long-term success of our businesses, and enhance value for
shareholders.
We look forward to your participation at our
2023 Annual Meeting in just a few days. Please be sure to vote
ahead of this meeting to ensure that your vote is received and
counted. Every vote is important, no matter how many shares you may
hold.
VOTE THE GOLD
PROXY CARD TODAY FOR ALL PITNEY BOWES’ RECOMMENDED NOMINEES
TODAY
The Board recommends all shareholders to vote “FOR” all the
nominees recommended by the Pitney Bowes Board (all eight Company
nominees and the recommended Hestia nominee, Katie May) on the
GOLD proxy card today. All
Pitney Bowes shareholders of record as of the close of business on
March 10, 2023, are entitled to vote in connection with the Annual
Meeting. Please vote using one of the following methods:
Vote Online
Go to the website identified on the
enclosed GOLD proxy card or
voting instruction form.
Vote by Mail
If you received your Annual Meeting
material by mail, you also may choose to grant your proxy by
completing, signing, dating, and returning the enclosed
GOLD proxy card.
For more information about the 2023 Annual Meeting, please
visit: www.VoteforPitneyBowes.com. Shareholders who have any
questions or need assistance voting may contact the Company’s proxy
solicitor, Morrow Sodali LLC, toll-free at 1 (800) 662-5200.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global shipping and mailing company
that provides technology, logistics, and financial services to more
than 90 percent of the Fortune 500. Small business, retail,
enterprise, and government clients around the world rely on Pitney
Bowes to remove the complexity of sending mail and parcels. For the
latest news, corporate announcements and financial results visit
https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/newsroom.html. For additional
information visit Pitney Bowes at www.pitneybowes.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains “forward-looking statements” about the
Company’s expected or potential future business and financial
performance. Forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, statements about future revenue and earnings guidance
and future events or conditions. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected. In particular, we continue to navigate the
impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic (Covid-19) as well as the risk of
a global recession, and the effects that they may have on our and
our clients’ business. Other factors which could cause future
financial performance to differ materially from expectations, and
which may also be exacerbated by Covid-19 or the risk of a global
recession or a negative change in the economy, include, without
limitation, declining physical mail volumes; changes in postal
regulations or the operations and financial health of posts in the
U.S. or other major markets or changes to the broader postal or
shipping markets; the loss of, or significant changes to, United
States Postal Service (USPS) commercial programs, or our
contractual relationships with the USPS or USPS’ performance under
those contracts; our ability to continue to grow and manage
volumes, gain additional economies of scale and improve
profitability within our Global Ecommerce segment; changes in labor
and transportation availability and costs; and other factors as
more fully outlined in the Company’s 2022 Form 10-K Annual Report
and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”). Pitney Bowes assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result
of new information, events or developments.
Important Additional Information and Where
to Find It
Pitney Bowes has filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy
Statement”) and other documents with the SEC in connection with its
solicitation of proxies from shareholders in respect of the Annual
Meeting. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY
HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING PITNEY
BOWES’ PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO
AND THE ACCOMPANYING GOLD PROXY CARD, FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN, OR WILL CONTAIN, IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOUT PITNEY BOWES. Shareholders may obtain free copies
of the Proxy Statement and other relevant documents that Pitney
Bowes files with the SEC and on Pitney Bowes’ website at
www.pitneybowes.com or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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