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Stratasys Ltd. BT Group Vote Summary Report Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 to 06/30/2015 Stratasys Ltd. Meeting Date: 07/10/2014 Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction 1 Elect Ziva Patir as Independent Director, to Serve as an Unclassified Director, Until the End of the Next Annual General Meeting 2 Approve Cash Bonus to David Reis, CEO and Director, for 2013 3 Approve Cash Bonus to S. Scott Crump, Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer, for 2013 4 Approve Cash Bonus to Ilan Levin, Director and Chairman of Makerbot, Subsidiary, for 2013 5.1 Grant Edward J. Fierko, Director, Options to Purchase 22,000 Shares 5.2 Grant John J. McEleney, Director, Options to Purchase 22,000 Shares 5.3 Grant Clifford H. Schwieter, Director, Options to Purchase 22,000 Shares 6 Increase Liability Coverage of D&O Policy 7 Reappoint Kesselman & Kesselman as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration 8 Discuss Financial Statements and the Report of the Board for 2013 9 Other Business (Voting if Applicable) A Vote FOR if you are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest in one or several resolutions, as indicated in the proxy card; otherwise, vote AGAINST. You may not abstain. If you vote FOR, please provide an explanation to your account manager BT Group plc Meeting Date: 07/16/2014 Vote Summary Report Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 to 06/30/2015 BT Group plc Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction Meeting for ADR Holders 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report Against 3 Approve Remuneration Policy Against 4 Approve Final Dividend For 5 Re-elect Sir Michael Rake as Director For 6 Re-elect Gavin Patterson as Director For 7 Re-elect Tony Chanmugam as Director For 8 Re-elect Tony Ball as Director For 9 Re-elect Phil Hodkinson as Director For 10 Re-elect Karen Richardson as Director For 11 Re-elect Nick Rose as Director For 12 Re-elect Jasmine Whitbread as Director For 13 Elect Iain Conn as Director For 14 Elect Warren East as Director For 15 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For Auditors 16 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors For 17 Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive For Rights 18 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive For Rights 19 Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares For 20 Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two For Weeks' Notice 21 Approve EU Political Donations and Expenditure Withhold Sun Communities, Inc. Meeting Date: 07/22/2014 Vote Summary Report Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 to 06/30/2015 Sun Communities, Inc. Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction 1a Elect Director Stephanie W. Bergeron Against 1b Elect Director Brian M. Hermelin Against 1c Elect Director Paul D. Lapides Against 1d Elect Director Clunet R. Lewis Against 1e Elect Director Ronald L. Piasecki Against 1f Elect Director Gary A. Shiffman Against 1g Elect Director Arthur A. Weiss Against 2 Ratify Auditors For 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Officers' Compensation National Grid plc Meeting Date: 07/28/2014 Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction Meeting for ADR Holders 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Reports 2 Approve Final Dividend For 3 Re-elect Sir Peter Gershon as Director Against 4 Re-elect Steve Holliday as Director Against 5 Re-elect Andrew Bonfield as Director Against 6 Re-elect Tom King as Director Against 7 Elect John Pettigrew as Director Against 8 Re-elect Philip Aiken as Director Against 9 Re-elect Nora Mead Brownell as Director Against 10 Re-elect Jonathan Dawson as Director Against 11 Elect Therese Esperdy as Director Against Vote Summary Report Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 to 06/30/2015 National Grid plc Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction 12 Re-elect Paul Golby as Director Against 13 Re-elect Ruth Kelly as Director Against 14 Re-elect Mark Williamson as Director Against 15 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For Auditors 16 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors For 17 Approve Remuneration Policy Against 18 Approve Remuneration Report Against 19 Amend Long Term Performance Plan For 20 Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive For Rights 21 Approve Scrip Dividend Scheme For 22 Authorise Directors to Capitalise the Appropriate For Nominal Amounts of New Shares of the Company Allotted Pursuant to the Company's Scrip Dividend Scheme 23 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive For Rights 24 Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares For 25 Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two For Weeks' Notice Vodafone Group plc Meeting Date: 07/29/2014 Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction Meeting for ADR Holders 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Reports 2 Re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as Director For 3 Re-elect Vittorio Colao as Director For 4 Elect Nick Read as Director For 5 Re-elect Stephen Pusey as Director For Vote Summary Report Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 to 06/30/2015 Vodafone Group plc Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction 6 Elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director For 7 Elect Dame Clara Furse as Director For 8 Elect Valerie Gooding as Director For 9 Re-elect Renee James as Director For 10 Re-elect Samuel Jonah as Director For 11 Re-elect Omid Kordestani as Director For 12 Re-elect Nick Land as Director For 13 Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as Director For 14 Re-elect Philip Yea as Director For 15 Approve Final Dividend For 16 Approve Remuneration Policy Against 17 Approve Remuneration Report Against 18 Approve Incentive Plan For 19 Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For Auditors 20 Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to Fix For Remuneration of Auditors 21 Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive For Rights 22 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive For Rights 23 Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares For 24 Authorise EU Political Donations and For Expenditure 25 Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two For Weeks' Notice McKesson Corporation Meeting Date: 07/30/2014 Proposal Vote Number Proposal Text Instruction 1a Elect Director Andy D. 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