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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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A. Schulman Inc.

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on December 08, 2017

 

     

 

Meeting Information            

 

     

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

 

  

A. SCHULMAN, INC.

    For holders as of: October 13, 2017
     

 

Date: December 08, 2017    Time: 10:00 AM EST

 

     

Location:  Hilton Inn West

     

      3180 West Market St

     

      Akron OH 44333

 

 

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    SHAREOWNER SERVICES

    PO BOX 64945

    ST. PAUL, MN 55164-0945

    

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR Proposals 1, 2, 4 and 5:

         
             The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:   
 

1.    Election of Directors

      

 

3     The approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation.

   
 

       Nominees

         
 

1a.  Eugene R. Allspach

 

         
 

1b.  David G. Birney

 

      

4     The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

   
 

1c.   Carol S. Eicher

 

         
 

1d.  Joseph M. Gingo

 

      

5     The approval of the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.

   
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1e.  Lee D. Meyer

 

      

 

The transaction of any other business as may properly come before the stockholders at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

   
 

1f.    James A. Mitarotonda

 

         
 

1g.  Ernest J. Novak, Jr.

 

         
 

1h.  Kathleen M. Oswald

 

         
 

1i.    Allen A. Spizzo

 

         
 

2     The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2018.

         

 

    
    
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