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April 17 2018 - 4:04PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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April 17, 2018
Dear Shareholders:
We previously provided you with notice
of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bemis Company, Inc. to be held on May 3, 2018 and with a copy of, or internet access
to, our proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
As described in the proxy statement, the
Company’s Board of Directors determined that all of the nominees for election as Directors at the Annual Meeting, other than our
Chief Executive Officer, are independent under the NYSE independence rules. We also reported in the proxy statement that the Board
reviewed certain relationships as part of this independence assessment. In particular, the Board considered that Katherine C.
Doyle, a Director-nominee, has a spouse who is a Sr. Vice President of Marsh ClearSight, and certain information about transactions
between the Company and Marsh Clearsight and its parent company, Marsh Inc.
Proxy advisory firm ISS expressed concern
that Ms. Doyle, who is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, would not be an Independent Director under ISS’s own
standards on the assumption that the services provided by Marsh ClearSight, which exceeded $10,000 in 2017, constituted “professional
services” under ISS’s standards. Accordingly, ISS recommended that shareholders withhold their votes for Ms. Doyle. ·
ISS defines professional services as services
that are advisory in nature. The only services provided by Marsh ClearSight to the Company in 2017 were access to cloud-based
risk management information software and related software support, for which the Company paid Marsh ClearSight $110,960.
We have explained to ISS the more detailed
description of the services provided by Marsh ClearSight referred to above and that these services are not advisory in nature
and, therefore, should not constitute professional services, as defined by ISS. We also indicated to ISS that the broader information
we provided about Marsh, the parent company, was intended to provide fulsome disclosure about ancillary transactions even though
Ms. Doyle’s husband does not hold a position with the parent company. Based on this information, we believe that Ms. Doyle should
be considered independent by ISS.
Your
vote is important to us.
We ask that you consider the information included in this letter
and our proxy statement when casting your vote.
Our Board recommends a vote “FOR”
all nominees to serve as Directors.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Bemis.
Sheri H. Edison
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Bemis (NYSE:BMS)
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