Shenandoah Telecommunications Co DEFA14A, filed Mar 28, 2024
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (SHEN)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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March 27, 2024
Dear Shareholder:
We have previously sent you proxy materials for the important Annual Meeting of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company shareholders taking place on April 30, 2024. Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR Proposals 1-5.
Among other items on the agenda at the Annual Meeting is Proposal 4 - an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the maximum size of the board of directors. Among the reasons set forth in the proxy statement, the Board believes that increasing the maximum number of Board seats will provide the Board with greater flexibility to add new qualified directors to the Board if a strong candidate is identified, while retaining the benefits of the current directors’ skills, qualifications, experience, diversity, and institutional knowledge of the Company.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR Proposal 4. Proposal 4 requires the affirmative vote of the holders of more than two thirds of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Failure to vote on Proposal 4 will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST Proposal 4. Therefore, your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you may own. If you have not already done so, please vote TODAY by telephone, via the Internet, or by signing, dating, and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form in the postage-paid envelope provided.
For the Board of Directors,
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| Christopher E. French | Edward H. McKay |
| Chairman and President | Executive Vice President |
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