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Your Vote Counts! STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. 2022 Annual Meeting Vote by May 24, 2022 11:59 PM ET |
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You invested in STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. and it’s time to vote!
You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the stockholder meeting to be held on May 25, 2022.
Get informed before you vote
View the Notice and Proxy Statement and 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to May 11, 2022. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.
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| To vote your shares you must go online or request a paper copy of the proxy materials to receive a proxy card. During the Annual Meeting, a list of our stockholders as of the record date will be available for viewing by stockholders at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SHOO2022. This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. |
| Voting Items | Board Recommends | ||||||
| 1. | To elect eleven directors to the Board of Directors. | ||||||
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| 01) | Edward R. Rosenfeld | 05) | Maria Teresa Kumar | 09) | Ravi Sachdev |  For | |
| 02) | Peter A. Davis | 06) | Rose Peabody Lynch | 10) | Robert Smith | ||
| 03) | Al Ferrara | 07) | Peter Migliorini | 11) | Amelia Newton Varela | ||
| 04) | Mitchell S. Klipper | 08) | Arian Simone Reed | ||||
| 2. | TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2022. | For | |||||
| 3. | TO APPROVE, BY NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE, THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DESCRIBED IN THE STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. PROXY STATEMENT. | For | |||||
| NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly be presented at the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. | |||||||
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