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Shareowner Services P.O. Box 64945 St. Paul, MN 55164-0945 |
| PPL CORPORATION
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREOWNERS Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
PPL Center 701 Hamilton Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101
Directions to the PPL Corporation Annual Meeting are available in the proxy statement, which can be viewed at www.pplweb.com/PPLCorpProxy |
Important Notice
Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Annual Meeting of Shareowners to be Held on May 25, 2016.
You are receiving notice that the proxy materials for PPL Corporation’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareowners are available on the Internet in place of printed materials. This is not a proxy card. Please follow the instructions below to view the materials and vote online or request a copy of the materials by mail or e-mail.
This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet or by mail. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
The proxy statement and annual report to shareowners are available at:
www.pplweb.com/PPLCorpProxy
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Vote Via the Internet. If you have access to the Internet, you can view the proxy materials and vote immediately online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 11:59 p.m. (CT) on May 24, 2016. | |||
| Step 1: | Go to www.proxypush.com/ppl | |||
| Step 2: | Enter the 11-digit control # listed in the box of the upper right-hand corner of this page and have the last four digits of your Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number | |||
| Step 3: | Click on the links to view our proxy materials | |||
| Step 4: | To vote, follow the prompts on the site | |||
| Your Internet vote authorizes the Named Proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card. | ||||
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Vote by Mail. You can vote by mail only by requesting a paper copy of the proxy materials, which will include a proxy card. | |||
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Vote in Person. If you choose to vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting, please bring this Notice, which will serve as your admission ticket to the meeting. At the meeting, you will need to request a ballot to vote your shares. | |||
If you want to receive a paper copy or e-mail copy of the proxy materials, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed below on or before May 13, 2016 to facilitate timely delivery.
| To request paper or e-mail copies of the proxy materials for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or proxy materials for future shareowner meetings, please contact us via: | ||
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Internet – Access the Internet and go to www.investorelections.com/ppl . Follow the instructions to log in, and order copies. | |
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Telephone – Call us free of charge at 866-870-3684 in the U.S. or Canada, using a touch-tone phone, and follow the instructions to log in and order copies. | |
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E-mail – Send us an e-mail at paper@investorelections.com with “PPL Materials Request” in the subject line. | |
| • The e-mail must include: | ||
| – The 11-digit control # located in the box in the upper right hand corner on the front of this Notice. | ||
| – Your preference to receive printed materials via mail -or- to receive an e-mail copy of the proxy materials. | ||
| • If you choose e-mail delivery, you must include your e-mail address. | ||
| • If you would like this election to apply to delivery of material for all future meetings, write the word “Permanent” and include the last four digits of your Social Security Number or Tax ID number in the e-mail. | ||
| At the Annual Meeting, shareowners of record at the close of business on February 29, 2016 will be asked: | ||
| 1. To elect nine directors, as listed in the Proxy Statement, for a term of one year. | ||
| 2. To conduct an advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers. | ||
| 3. To approve the 2016 Short-term Incentive Plan, an annual cash incentive compensation plan compliant with Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). | ||
| 4. To amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. | ||
| 5. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. | ||
| 6. To consider a shareowner proposal to adopt a policy to require an independent chairman of the board, if properly presented. | ||
| 7. To consider a shareowner proposal to assess and report on distributed resources deployment, if properly presented. | ||
Shareowners may also be asked to consider such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all of the directors in Item 1, FOR Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 and AGAINST Items 6 and 7.
THIS IS NOT A FORM FOR VOTING
THIS NOTICE WILL SERVE AS YOUR ADMISSION TICKET TO THE ANNUAL MEETING.