Annual Meeting Coming. Talking about Board Members, and raises
This would mean a jump in PPS. At Least to $3
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2020
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“we”, “us”, “our” and the “Company”), will be held on June 5, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). There will be no physical location for stockholders to attend. Stockholders may only participate by logging in at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BGFV2020. To participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need your unique control number included on your proxy card (printed in the box and marked by the arrow) or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon:
1.
the re-election of Jennifer H. Dunbar and Steven G. Miller as Class C directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), each to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (and until each such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified);
2.
an advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers;
3.
the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020; and
4.
the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Only stockholders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 16, 2020 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, please consider voting prior to the meeting at www.proxyvote.com, or by calling 1-800-690-6903 or completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card. Voting prior to the Annual Meeting does not deprive you of your right to attend and to vote your shares during the Annual Meeting. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for inspection at the principal executive offices of the Company, 2525 East El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245 for at least ten days prior to the Annual Meeting and will also be available for inspection on the virtual meeting website during the meeting.
YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL MEETING, TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SHARES ARE REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE URGE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR PROXY AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE EITHER (I) THROUGH THE INTERNET, (II) BY TELEPHONE OR (III) BY MARKING, SIGNING AND DATING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURNING IT IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
