UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on May 16, 2013.
Meeting Information | |||
CORE LABORATORIES N.V. | Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting | |
For holders as of: | April 18, 2013 | ||
Date: May 16, 2013 | Time: 2:30 pm CET | ||
Location: | Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center | ||
Schiphol Boulevard 101, 1118 BG | |||
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
CORE LABORATORIES N.V. | You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company. | |
C/O COMPUTERSHARE TRUST CO., N.A. ATTN: JENNIFER HARLA 250 ROYALL STREET CANTON, MA 02021 | This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. | |
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Voting Items | ||||||
The Board of Supervisory Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following: | ||||||
1. | To re-elect one Class II Supervisory Director and to elect two new Class II Supervisory Directors to serve until our annual meeting in 2016 and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified; | |||||
1a) D. John Ogren | ||||||
1b) Lucia van Geuns | ||||||
1c) Charles L. Dunlap | ||||||
The Board of Supervisory Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: | ||||||
2. | To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our Company's independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2013; | 6. | To approve and resolve the extension of the existing authority to repurchase up to 10% of our issued share capital from time to time for an 18-month period, until November 16, 2014, and such repurchased shares may be used for any legal purpose; | |||
3. | To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation, philosophy, policies and procedures described in the CD&A, and the compensation of Core Laboratories N.V.'s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the SEC's compensation disclosure rules, including the compensation tables; | 7. | To approve and resolve the extension of the authority to issue shares and/or to grant rights (including options to purchase) with respect to our common and preference shares up to a maximum of 10% of outstanding shares per annum until November 16, 2014; | |||
4. | To confirm and adopt our Dutch Statutory Annual Accounts in the English language for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012; | 8. | To approve and resolve the extension of the authority to limit or exclude the preemptive rights of the holders of our common shares and/or preference shares up to a maximum of 10% of outstanding shares per annum until November 16, 2014. | |||
5. | To approve and resolve the cancellation of our repurchased shares held at 12:01 a.m. CET on May 16, 2013; | |||||
NOTE: Such other business as may come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof shall be voted in accordance with the discretion of the attorneys and proxies appointed hereby. | ||||||