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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FRANKS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 19, 2017.
FRANKS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
FRANKS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
MASTENMAKERSWEG 1
1786 PB DEN HELDER, THE NETHERLANDS
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Meeting Information |
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Meeting
Type: Annual Meeting |
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For holders as of: April 21,
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Date: May 19, 2017 Time:
2:00 P.M. CET |
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Location: Hotel Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam |
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Oudezijds Voorburgwal 197 |
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1012 EX Amsterdam, The
Netherlands |
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Voting Items |
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The Board of Supervisory Directors and the Board of
Managing Directors recommend that you vote FOR all of the nominees:
1. Election of Directors
Nominees:
1a. Michael C. Kearney
1b. William B. Berry
1c. Robert W. Drummond
1d. Michael E. McMahon
1e. D. Keith Mosing
1f. Kirkland D. Mosing
1g. S. Brent Mosing
1h. Douglas Stephens
1i. Alexander
Vriesendorp The Board of Supervisory Directors and the Board of Managing Directors
recommend you vote FOR the following proposals:
2. To replace Franks International Management B.V. (FIM BV) as managing
director of the Company with the appointment of Alejandro Cestero, Burney J. Latiolais, Jr. and Kyle McClure as managing directors of the Company to serve for an indefinite period of time;
3. To adopt the
Companys annual accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and authorize the preparation of the Companys Dutch statutory annual accounts and annual report in the English language;
4. To discharge the
members of the Companys Supervisory Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended in December 2016;
5. To discharge the sole member of the Companys Management Board, FIM BV, from
liability in respect of the management conducted by it, as appears from the books and records of the Company and with respect to its responsibilities vis-a-vis the Company and to grant FIM BV full and final discharge;
6. To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as our auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017;
7. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our international
independent registered public accounting firm to audit our U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017;
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To ratify and approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board granted for the period from the 2016 annual meeting until the date of the 2017 annual meeting, and to approve the remuneration of the
members of the Supervisory Board for the period from the 2017 annual meeting up to and including the annual meeting in 2018; |
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To approve the remuneration policy for the Management Board as proposed by the Supervisory Board; |
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To authorize the Companys Management Board to repurchase shares up to 10% of the issued share capital, for any legal purpose, at the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, at a price between $0.01
and 105% of the market price on the New York Stock Exchange, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the 2017 annual meeting, subject to Supervisory Board approval; |
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To approve and resolve to amend the articles of association of the Company (the Articles) in conformity with the draft approved by the Supervisory Board, in order to: |
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delete the references to preference shares, since all issued preference shares have been converted into common shares, and to comply with changes in Dutch law since the date of the current Articles; |
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renew the five year period during which the Management Board is designated as the body authorized to issue shares, subject to the prior consent of the Supervisory Board; and |
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authorize the Chairman of our Supervisory Board and each employee of our outside Dutch counsel, Van Campen Liem, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to sign the notarial deed of amendment to our Articles in front of a civil-law
notary officiating in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and to undertake all other activities the holder of this power of attorney deems necessary or useful with respect to the present amendment to our Articles. |
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment thereof shall be voted in accordance with the discretion of the
proxies appointed hereby.