IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Mar 23, 2017

DEFA14A 1 idexx3192321-defa14a.htm DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITING MATERIALS

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IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

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IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.

IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. ONE IDEXX DRIVE WESTBROOK, ME 04092**

Meeting Information
Meeting
Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: March 10, 2017
Date: May 3,
2017 Time: 1:00 PM EST
Location:	Meeting live via the Internet-please
visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/IDXX2017.
The company will be
hosting the meeting live via the Internet this year. To attend the meeting
via the Internet please visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/IDXX2017
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the arrow ➔ XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX (located on the following
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| Voting
Items | | |
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| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: | | |
| 1. | Election of Directors | |
| | Nominees: | |
| | 1a. | Rebecca M.
Henderson, PhD |
| | 1b. | Lawrence D.
Kingsley |
| | 1c. | Sophie V.
Vandebroek, PhD |
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the
following proposals: | | |
| 2. | Ratification of Appointment of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. To ratify the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm for the current fiscal year (Proposal Two). | |
| 3. | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
To approve a nonbinding advisory resolution on the Company's executive
compensation (Proposal Three). | |
| The
Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following
proposal: | | |
| 4. | Advisory Vote
on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation. To
recommend, by nonbinding advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory
votes on the Company's executive compensation (Proposal
Four). | |