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SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION

         Meeting Type:     Annual Meeting    
           For holders as of:     March 6, 2015    
          

 

Date:    May 5, 2015

  

 

  Time: 10:00 AM CDT

    
          

 

Location:   Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

    
          

  Life Science and Technology Center

    
       

  2909 Laclede Avenue

  St. Louis, Missouri 63103

 

    

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  ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY

  3050 SPRUCE STREET

  ST. LOUIS, MO 63103-2564

    

 

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This proxy will be voted FOR all of the director nominees listed in item 1 and FOR items 2 and 3 unless otherwise directed, and in the discretion of the proxies on whatever other business may properly come before the meeting.

 

  
 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each of the director nominees and FOR proposals 2 and 3.

 

1.     Election of Directors:

 

     
 

        Nominees:

 

                 
 

           1a.

  

Rebecca M. Bergman

                       
             
 

           1b.

  

George M. Church

      

2.    

  

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015

  
             
 

           1c.

  

Michael L. Marberry

          
         

3.

  

Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation

  
 

           1d.

  

W. Lee McCollum

          
             
 

           1e.

  

Avi M. Nash

                
                      
 

 

           1f.

  

 

Steven M. Paul

          
             
 

           1g.

  

J. Pedro Reinhard

          
             
 

           1h.

  

Rakesh Sachdev

        
           
 

           1i.

  

D. Dean Spatz

          
             
 

           1j.

  

Barrett A. Toan

          
             
             
             
             
             
                   
             
                      
             
                   
             
                      
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