Donaldson Company, Inc. Additional Definitive Proxy Materials

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DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

 

 

Stockholder Meeting to be held on 11/21/08

 

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• Notice and Proxy Statement
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DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
P.O. BOX 1299
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440-1299

 

 

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Meeting Information

 

 

 

How To Vote

 

 

Meeting Type:       Annual
Meeting Date:        11/21/08
Meeting Time:       1:00 p.m. Local Time
For holders as of:  09/23/08

 

 

 


 

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Meeting Location:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donaldson Company
2001 West 94th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Meeting Directions:

 

 

 

You will be admitted to the Meeting if you are a stockholder of record as of the record date of September 23, 2008. At the Meeting you will need to request a ballot to vote these shares.

 

For Meeting Directions Please Visit:
http://ir.donaldson.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting items

 

The Board of Directors recommends votes FOR:

 

 

1.

Election of Directors

Nominees:

01) F. Guillaume Bastiaens
02) Janet M. Dolan
03) Jeffrey Noddle

 

 

2.

Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Donaldson Company, Inc’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2009.