Shareholders request our Board of directors take the steps necessary to enable shareholders, without limits on group size, to aggregate their shares to equal 3% of our stock owned continuously for 3 years to enable shareholder proxy access with the following essential provision: • Nominating shareholders and unlimited groups of shareholders must have owned at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock continuously for a period of at least 3 years. • The essential feature requested may allow employee owners to combine with institutional investors to nominate candidates.