Adient plc — Regulatory Filings 2017

Jan 23, 2017

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UNITED STATES

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on March 13, 2017.

	Meeting Information — Meeting Type:	Annual General Meeting
Adient plc	For holders as of:	January 13, 2017
	Date: March 13, 2017	Time: 10:00 AM Local Time
	Location: The Merrion
Hotel
	24 Upper Merrion Street Dublin 2, Ireland
Adient
plc 25-28 NO R TH W ALL QU A Y IFSC, DUBLIN 1 IRELAND
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Voting Items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the
following: 1. Election of Directors Nominees:
1a. John M. Barth	The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:
1b. Julie L. Bushman	4. To consider an advisory vote on the frequency of the
advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
1c. Raymond L. Conner
1d. Richard Goodman	Th e Boa r d o f Di r ector s r ecommend s yo u vote FOR p r oposal 5.
1e. Frederick A. Henderson	5. To approve the material terms of the performance goals
under Adient’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
1f. R. Bruce McDonald
1g. Barbara J. Samardzich	In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on such matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals
2 and 3. 2. To ratify, by non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
as our independent auditor for fiscal year 2017 and to authorize, by binding vote, the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditors’ remuneration. 3. To approve, on an
advisory basis, our named executive officer compensation.