Company: WCC
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-078098
Chunk: 70

Company: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 70
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 ownership of an aggregate of not less than 25% of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation that is entitled under applicable law to vote on the matter proposed to be brought before the proposed special meeting, provided such one or more requesting holders and such request fully complies with the procedures and other requirements for calling a special meeting of stockholders as set forth in the Corporation’s By-laws, as may be amended from time to time. The stockholders of the Corporation shall have no authority to call a special meeting of the stockholders, subject to the rights of the holders Notwithstanding anything in this Article XI to the contrary, the rights of any class or series of capital stock having a preference over the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation shall not be affected by this Article XI. The foregoing provisions of this Article XI shall be subject to all provisions of the Corporation’s By-laws,as amended from time to time, that limit the ability of stockholders of the Corporation to make a request for a special meeting or that specify the circumstances pursuant to which a request for a special meeting will be deemed to be revoked. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, and except as otherwise provided in this Article XI, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. The Board’s Rationale While the Board recognizes that special meetings of the stockholders can be an important corporate governance practice, special meetings should be extraordinary events that require substantial stockholder support. Special meetings impose significant administrative and operational costs on the Company and require substantial time and attention from our Board and management team, potentially diverting resources from their primary focus of operating our business and creating long-term stockholder value. The Board believes that requiring a 25% ownership threshold strikes an appropriate balance between enhancing stockholder rights and protecting the long-term interests of the Company and all stockholders. This threshold helps ensure that special meetings are called for matters of genuine concern to a significant portion of our stockholders while preventing a small minority of stockholders from using special meetings to advance narrow interests that may not be shared by the broader stockholder base. The Board also believes that this approach aligns with market practice. According to recent FactSet data, approximately 55% of S&P 500 companies that provide stockholders with special meeting rights have set the ownership threshold at 25% or higher,

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