BRUNSWICK CORP

Regulatory Filings • Mar 24, 2011

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	Meeting Information
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
	Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
	For holders as of: March
7, 2011
	Date: May
4, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m. CDT
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 1 N. FIELD COURT LAKE FOREST, IL
60045	Location: Brunswick Corporation 1 N. Field
Court Lake
Forest, IL 60045
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	Voting Items
	The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR
	the following nominees:
	1.	Election of Directors
		1a.	Cambria W. Dunaway
		1b.	Dustan E. McCoy
		1c.	Ralph C. Stayer
	The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following proposal:
	2. Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive
officers.
	The Board of Directors recommends a vote for 1 YEAR on the following proposal:
	3. Advisory vote on the frequency of the vote on the compensation of the
Company’s named executive officers.
	The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following proposal:
	4. The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
●	NOTE: In their discretion, on such other business as may properly come before the meeting.