AAON INC
For the period ended May 13, 2025. Filed Apr 2, 2025.
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What shareholders are asked to vote on at a company's meeting. It is where to find what directors and top executives are paid, and who owns the most shares.
May 13, 2025 · Filed Apr 2, 2025
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Proxy Statement Summary
Determination of whether a proposal specified in the Notice
of Annual Meeting has been approved will be determined,
assuming a quorum is present either in person or by proxy,
as follows:
Proposal No. 1.
A nominee for director will be elected if a majority of the votes
cast are in favor of such nominee’s election. Accordingly,
abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the
outcome of the vote on the director nominees.
Proposal No. 2.
The proposal to ratify Grant Thornton LLP as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending
December 31,2025, will require the affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly,
abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on
this proposal. Brokers have discretionary authority and may
vote on the proposal without having instructions from the
beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote thereon.
Proposal No. 3.
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the
compensation of our named executive officers will require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal.
Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no
effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.
YOU MAY VOTE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS:
In Person at the Annual Meeting
You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting. You may
also be represented by another person at the meeting by
executing a proxy properly designating that person. If you are
the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” you must
obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other holder of
record and present it to the inspectors of election with your
ballot to be able to vote at the meeting.
By Telephone
You may vote by calling the toll-free telephone number
indicated on the voting instructions you will receive.
Easy-to-follow voice prompts allow you to vote your
shares and confirm that your voting instructions have been
properly recorded.
By Internet
You may vote by going to the Internet website indicated
on the voting instructions you will receive. Confirmation that
your voting instructions have been properly recorded will
be provided.
By Mail
You may vote by completing, signing, dating and returning a
proxy card which will be mailed to you if you request delivery
of a full set of proxy materials. A postage-paid envelope will
be provided along with the proxy card.
Telephone and Internet voting for stockholders of record will
be available until 11:59 p.m. Central time on May 12, 2025. A
mailed proxy card must be received by May 12, 2025, in order
to be voted at the Annual Meeting. The availability of
telephone and Internet voting for beneficial owners of other
shares held in “street name” will depend on your broker, bank
or other holder of record and we recommend that you follow
the voting instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability that
you receive from them.
If you are mailed a set of proxy materials and a proxy card or
voting instruction card and you choose to vote by telephone or
by Internet, you do not have to return your proxy card or
voting instruction card. However, even if you plan to attend
the Annual Meeting, we recommend that you vote your shares
in advance so that your vote will be counted if you later decide
not to attend the meeting.
Proxies received in advance of the meeting may be revoked
at any time prior to the voting thereof, either by giving notice
to the Secretary of AAON or by personal attendance at the
meeting.
We have adopted a procedure approved by the SEC called
“householding” pursuant to which stockholders of record who
have the same address and last name and who request a
written copy of our Annual Report and Proxy Statement will
receive only one copy of such materials unless one or more of
these stockholders notify us that they wish to receive
individual copies. Stockholders who participate in
householding will continue to receive separate proxy cards.
We will pay the costs of the solicitation of proxies. We may
reimburse brokerage firms and other persons for expenses
incurred in forwarding the proxy materials to their customers
who are beneficial owners and obtaining their voting
instructions. Stockholders electing to vote over the Internet
should understand that there may be costs associated with
electronic access (such as charges from their Internet access
provider) and that these costs must be borne by the
stockholder.
Stockholders currently receiving multiple copies of our Annual
Report and Proxy Statement at their household can request
householding by contacting our transfer agent at
1-800-736-3001 or writing to Computershare, PO Box 43006,
Providence, RI 02940-3006. Stockholders now participating
in householding who wish to receive a separate document in
the future may do so in the same manner. Those owning
shares through a bank, broker or other nominee may request
householding by contacting the nominee.
This Proxy Statement, the Notice of Annual Meeting and
accompanying proxy card, as well as our 2024 Annual Report
(which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31,2024), can also be found at our website
(www.aaon.com). Copies of exhibits omitted from the Annual
Report on Form 10-K are available without charge upon
written request to Investor Relations, 2425 S. Yukon Avenue,
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107, or may also be obtained at the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at
www.sec.gov.
We recognize the importance our stockholders place on the
Annual Meeting and also appreciate the opportunity it affords
for them to engage with senior management. We also
understand that it provides a convenient forum for our
stockholders to acquire first-hand exposure to, and ask
questions of our management. In an attempt to preserve the
benefits of the traditional meeting format, while also
recognizing not all stockholders can attend in person, we
suggest that our stockholders not able to attend in person
consider availing themselves of the following opportunities:
Questions for Management
Stockholders are encouraged to submit questions for
management without having to attend the Annual Meeting in
person. To do so, questions may be submitted to
annualmeeting@aaon.com. Appropriate questions will be
presented for management to respond at the Annual Meeting.
We retain discretion to reject questions that are improper,
irrelevant, substantially similar to questions submitted by other
stockholders or are otherwise derogatory or not in good taste.
Recording of Management Presentation and Q&A
Session.
We plan to record the management presentation and question
and answer portions of the Annual Meeting and make these
recordings available on our website (www.aaon.com) promptly
following the Annual Meeting.
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