Company: CRD-A
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-004509
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Company: CRAWFORD & CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
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itors, brokerage firms have authority under NYSE rules to vote their beneficial holders’ shares if the beneficial holders do not provide voting instructions. If a brokerage firm votes a beneficial holder’s shares on a routine matter without receiving voting instructions, these shares are counted both for establishing a quorum to conduct business at the Annual Meeting and in determining the number of shares voted for or against the routine matter. At the Annual Meeting, the proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year is considered a routine matter.

On “non-routine” matters, if a brokerage firm has not received voting instructions from a beneficial holder, the brokerage firm cannot vote the shares on that proposal, which is considered a “broker non-vote”. Broker non-votes are counted for purposes of establishing a quorum to conduct business at the Annual Meeting, but not for determining the number of shares voted for or against the non-routine matter. At the Annual Meeting, the proposals relating to i) the election of directors, ii) the approval of an amendment to the Crawford & Company 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan which authorizes 1,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance under the plan, and iii) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in 2024 are considered non-routine matters.

How can I obtain a copy of the 2024 Annual Report?

Our Annual Report (Form 10-K), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is available free of charge upon written request to the Corporate Secretary, Legal Department, Crawford & Company, 5335 Triangle Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092 and on the Company’s website, www.crawco.com under the “Financials” link located under the “Investors” page.**

#### Who is paying the expenses of this solicitation?
The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. To have as large a representation at the Annual Meeting as possible, special solicitation of proxies may, in certain instances, be made personally, or by telephone, electronic mail or by mail by one or more of our officers, employees or directors. We will also reimburse brokers, banks, nominees, or other fiduciaries for the reasonable clerical expenses of forwarding the proxy material to the beneficial owners of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.

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