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Proxy Memorandum
To: Amazon Shareholders
Date: April 21, 2022
Contact: Robert Silverman, [email protected]
Written materials are submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-6(g)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Submission is not required of this filer under the terms of the Rule, but is made voluntarily in the interest of public disclosure and consideration of these important issues.
Oxfam America urges you to vote FOR Item 7, the proposal on the Policy to Include Hourly Associates as Director Candidates, at Amazon’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 25, 2022.
I. Summary of Resolution
RESOLVED, that shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) urge the board to adopt a policy of promoting significant representation of employee perspectives among corporate decision makers by requiring that the initial list of candidates from which new board nominees are chosen (the “Initial List”) by the Nominating and Governance Committee include (but need not be limited to) hourly employees. The Policy should provide that any third-party consultant asked to furnish an Initial List will be requested to include such candidates.
Supporting Statement
| · | Retailers such as Amazon can benefit operationally and financially from employee representation on the Board of Directors. |
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