Company: CMTV
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000534
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Company: COMMUNITY BANCORP /VT
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
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 to vote your shares: (1) via the internet, by following the instructions at http://www.investorvote.com/CMTV; (2) by using a touchtone telephone and calling 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) (toll free in the United States); or (3) if you received a proxy card in the mail, by completing it and returning it by mail in the return envelope provided. If you are a shareholder of record and you do not wish to vote by proxy, you may vote your shares in person by written ballot at the meeting. You are a shareholder of record with respect to shares of Company common stock that you own in your own name on the stock records maintained by our transfer agent, Computershare. How do I vote if my shares are held in the name of a nominee holder, such as a broker or bank? If you hold your shares through a nominee holder such as a broker or bank, your nominee should have given you instructions for how you can direct the voting of your shares. It will then be the responsibility of your nominee to vote your shares for you in the manner you direct. As explained below, unless you provide instructions, your broker will not have authority to vote your shares on Proposals 1 (Election of Directors), 2 (Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation and 3 (Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Votes on Executive Compensation).Alternatively, you may obtain a legal proxy from your nominee holder which will permit you to vote the shares. Please contact your broker or other nominee for instructions. What are “broker non-votes”? Under the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, brokers may generally vote shares they hold for their customers in “street name” on routine matters (as defined under brokerage industry rules), even without specific instructions from the beneficial owner, but cannot vote on non-routine matters unless they have received voting instructions. If there is a non-routine matter presented to shareholders at a meeting (such as election of directors) and Proposals 2 and 3 and your broker does not receive instructions from you on how to vote, your broker will return the proxy card to us, indicating that he or she does not have the authority to vote your shares on the matter, while voting your shares on other (i.e., routine) matters. The “missing” votes on non-routine matters are generally referred to as “broker non-votes” and may affect the outcome of the voting on certain matters. Are