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ROGERS CORPORATION | |
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Meeting Information | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | ||
For holders as of: | 03/11/09 | ||
Date: 05/07/09 | Time: 10:30 a.m. | ||
Location: | Hartford Marriott Downtown Hotel | ||
200 Columbus Blvd. | |||
Hartford, CT 06103 |
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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A
VOTE |
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To elect the
following nominees as directors. |
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To approve the Rogers Corporation 2009 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan. |
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3. | To approve the Section 162(m) Amendment to the Annual Incentive Compensation Plan. | |||||||
4. | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Rogers Corporation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. | |||||||
5. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. | |||||||