HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2019

Apr 26, 2019

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Shareholders Meeting to Be Held on June 13, 2019.

| | Meeting
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| | Meeting Type: Annual Meeting |
| | For holders as of: April 4, 2019 |
| | Date: June 13, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM EDT |
| | Location: The Benjamin Hotel |
| SUN HYDRAULICS
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Voting Items

1.	Election of Directors
	Nominees:
	01)	Marc Bertoneche
	02)	Douglas M. Britt
	03)	Philippe Lemaitre
	04)	Kennon H. Guglielmo
The  Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 through
6.
2.	Approve an amendment to the Corporation’s articles of incorporation to change the name of the Corporation to Helios Technologies, Inc.
3.	Approve an amendment to the Corporation’s articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to 100,000,000 shares.
4.	Approve the Helios Technologies 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.	Ratify Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Corporation for 2019.
6.	Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
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