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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 11, 2017.

 

      

 

Meeting Information

  EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY       
       Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting
       For holders as of:    March 13, 2017
       Date:  May 11, 2017            Time:    8:00 a.m., CDT
       Location:   

Principal Executive Offices of the Company

          One Express Way
 

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    EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY

    ONE EXPRESS WAY

    SAINT LOUIS, MO 63121

         

Saint Louis, Missouri 63121

 

      

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

      

 

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Voting Items   

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the following nominees:

 

  1. Election of Directors

Nominees:

 

  1a. Maura C. Breen

 

  1b. William J. DeLaney

 

  1c. Elder Granger, MD, MG, USA (Retired)

 

  1d. Nicholas J. LaHowchic

 

  1e. Thomas P. Mac Mahon

 

  1f. Frank Mergenthaler

 

  1g. Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., MD

 

  1h. Roderick A. Palmore

 

  1i. George Paz

 

  1j. William L. Roper, MD, MPH

 

  1k. Seymour Sternberg

 

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

 

2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2017.

 

3. To approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote for
“EVERY 1 YEAR” on the following proposal:

 

4. To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST each of the following proposals:

 

5. Stockholder proposal requesting the Board adopt a policy and amend the Company’s governance documents, as necessary, to require the Chairman of the Board, whenever possible, to be an independent member of the Board.

 

6. Stockholder proposal requesting the Company to report annually to the Board and stockholders, identifying whether there exists a gender pay-gap among the Company’s employees, and if so, the measures being taken to eliminate any such pay disparities and to facilitate an environment that promotes opportunities for equal advancement of women.
 


 

 

 

 

 

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