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I. Introduction
It also describes material you will receive from Hercules during the year to keep you informed of company business. If you need help with your stock records, please contact our Transfer Agent, Mellon Investor Services LLC. For questions or comments concerning Hercules, or for a copy of any of our publications, please contact the Office of the Secretary at Hercules in Wilmington, Delaware. Stock Listings. Hercules Incorporated stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange; and is also traded on the Pacific, Midwest, and Philadelphia Exchanges. The trading symbol is HPC. To Buy or Sell Stock. You should contact a stockbroker or a bank. If you know someone who will buy from you or sell to you personally, however, you may do so directly and transfer the certificates between you. Hercules does not purchase or sell its own shares except in special circumstances as authorized by the Board of Directors. To Transfer or Reissue Stock Certificates. You should first complete the transfer form that appears on the back of your certificate. To request a form, contact Mellon Investor Services at (800) 237-9980 A letter of instructions explaining in detail how you want to transfer your shares should be sent with your certificate. If you are transferring fewer than the number of shares on the face of the certificate, the rest will be reissued to you in a new certificate. Lost Stock Certificate. If your certificate is lost, stolen, or destroyed, notify our Transfer Agent immediately in writing so that a stop-transfer instruction can be placed on our records. The Transfer Agent will then send you the necessary forms to permit the issuance of a replacement certificate. A certificate can be replaced only after a surety bond has been posted at your expense to protect all concerned against the possibility that the lost certificate might return to circulation. The insurance cost may vary; recently it was approximately two percent of current market value of the stock. Replacement usually takes six to eight weeks. Should your missing certificate be found prior to issuance of a replacement, please notify the Transfer Agent so the stop-transfer order can be removed. It is important to retain your certificates in a safe place, preferably in a bank safe-deposit box, and to keep a good record of them. To assist in maintaining your records, we have provided a form for your use at the back of this booklet. Consolidation of Accounts. Occasionally, stockholders acquire shares at different times with some variation in the name as it is registered on the certificate -- for example, with an initial at one time and without an initial the next--or with a different address. When this occurs, a separate account must be set up for your protection. We would like to avoid needless duplication and unnecessary expense, as well as inconvenience to you, and will be glad to consolidate your accounts. In many cases, duplicate accounts can be consolidated without reissuing the stock certificates. If there is only a slight difference in the name or address, use the form on the inside back cover to instruct our Transfer Agent to consolidate your accounts. Your cooperation in allowing us to make this correction will be greatly appreciated. If you add to your holdings, be sure to have your new shares registered exactly the same way as those you currently own. The Annual Meeting is held each year in the spring, usually April. All stockholders are invited to attend. The Annual Report, mailed to all stockholders in March, provides financial information as well as a review of our operations and development activities during the preceding calendar year. The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and proxy materials are mailed with the Annual Report in March. The Proxy Statement contains information about the management of the company and describes the items of business to be considered at the meeting. The proxy card is your ballot to vote on items of business considered at the meeting, unless you intend to vote in person. Please sign and return your proxy card promptly so that your shares will be represented at the meeting. Duplicate Mailings are costly, time-consuming, and often unnecessary. They occur when there are two or more shareholders at the same address or when one shareholder has more than one account on our records. If you now receive duplicate mailings, we will be glad to discontinue the mailing of more than one Annual Report. However, in order to comply with regulatory requirements, you must send Mellon Investor Services a written request to discontinue such mailings. This authorization will not affect the distribution of dividend checks or proxy material, which will continue to be mailed to each account, although we urge you to consolidate accounts whenever possible.
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STOCK INFORMATION