EX-99.1 3 d314183dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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CRANE OTE
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DESIGNATION (IF ANY) ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4 ADD 5 ADD 6
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2022 Annual Meeting Proxy Card 1234 5678 9012 345
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A Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4.
1. Election of Directors: + For Against Abstain For Against Abstain For Against Abstain
01 - Martin R. Benante 02 - Michael Dinkins 03 - Ronald C. Lindsay
04 - Ellen McClain 05 - Charles G. McClure, Jr. 06 - Max H. Mitchell
07 - Jennifer M. Pollino 08 - John S. Stroup 09 - James L. L. Tullis
For Against Abstain For Against Abstain
2. Ratification of selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as 3. Say on Pay - An advisory vote to approve the compensation independent auditors for Crane Co. for 2022. paid to certain executive officers.
4. Proposal to adopt and approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Crane Co., Crane Holdings, Co. and Crane Transaction Company, LLC.
B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to count. Please date and sign below.
Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give full title.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box.
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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF PROXY MATERIALS
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ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Crane Co. will be held on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time virtually via the internet by accessing www.meetnow.global/MXUNZN9.
To attend the virtual annual meeting, enter the control number printed in the shaded bar on the reverse side of this form at www.meetnow.global/MXUNZN9.
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qIF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q
CRANE CO. + Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 16, 2022
Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting
The undersigned does hereby appoint and constitute M. H. Mitchell and A. M. D’Iorio and each of them, true and lawful agents and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes each of them to vote, as directed on the reverse side of this card, or, if not so directed, in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations, all shares of Crane Co. held of record by the undersigned at the close of business on April 5, 2022 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Crane Co. to be held virtually on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, or at any adjournment thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if then and there personally present, and to vote, in their discretion, upon such other matters as may come before said meeting.
This proxy also covers all shares, if any, for which the undersigned has the right to give voting instructions to Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, Trustee of the Crane Co. Savings and Investment Plan. If voting instructions for such Savings and Investment Plan shares are not received by the proxy tabulator by May 11, 2022 it will be treated as directing the Plan’s Trustee to vote shares held in the Plan in the same proportion as the shares for which the Trustee has received timely instructions from others who do vote.
You are encouraged to specify your choices by marking the appropriate boxes (SEE REVERSE SIDE), but you need not mark any boxes if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. The Proxies cannot vote your shares unless you sign and return this card or use the toll-free telephone number or internet website on the reverse side.
This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR election of all nominees and FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4.
(Items to be voted appear on reverse side)
C Non-Voting Items
Change of Address — Please print new address below.