UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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Core Laboratories N.V.

 

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

IMPORTANT NOTICE Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials

for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on May 20, 2020

 

           

 

 

Meeting Information

CORE LABORATORIES N.V.

 

Meeting Type:

Annual Meeting

 

 

For holders as of:

April 22, 2020

 

 

Date: May 20, 2020

Time:  9:00 am CEST

 

 

Location:

Hotel Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam

 

 

 

Oudezijds Voorburgwal 197, 1012 EX

 

 

 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

           

CORE LABORATORIES N.V.

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

 

 

 

C/O CORE LABORATORIES LP

6316 WINDFERN ROAD

HOUSTON, TX  77040

 

This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Board of Supervisory Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following:

 

 

 

 

1.

To elect two new Class I Supervisory Directors, Harvey Klingensmith and Monique van Dijken Eeuwijk, to serve until our annual meeting in 2023 under the terms and conditions described within the proxy statement and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;

 

 

 

 

 

 

1a) Harvey Klingensmith

 

 

 

 

 

1b) Monique van Dijken Eeuwijk

 

 

 

The Board of Supervisory Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

To appoint KPMG, including its U.S. and Dutch affiliates, (collectively, "KPMG") as Core Laboratories N.V.'s (the "Company") independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2020.

 

 

7.

To approve and resolve the extension of the authority to limit or exclude the preemptive rights of the holders of our common shares and/or preference shares up to a maximum of 10% of outstanding shares per annum until November 20, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

To confirm and adopt our Dutch Statutory Annual Accounts in the English language for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, following a discussion of our Dutch Report of the Management Board for that same period.

 

 

8.

To:

(a) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation philosophy, policies and procedures described in the section entitled Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”), and the compensation of Core Laboratories N.V.’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s compensation disclosure rules, including the compensation tables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

To approve and resolve the cancellation of our repurchased shares held at 12:01 a.m. CEST on May 20, 2020.

 

 

 

(b) cast a favorable advisory vote on the remuneration report referred to in Section 2:135b of the Dutch Civil Code for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019;

 

(c) adopt the remuneration policy for the Management Board and the Supervisory Board in line with new Dutch legal requirements, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

To approve and resolve the extension of the existing authority to repurchase up to 10% of our issued share capital from time to time for an 18-month period, until November 20, 2021, and such repurchased shares may be used for any legal purpose.

 

 

9.

To approve and resolve the amendment and restatement of the Core Laboratories N.V. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”), the principal purposes of which are to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder, to extend the term of the LTIP through May 20, 2030, and for other purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

6.

To approve and resolve the extension of the authority to issue shares and/or to grant rights (including options to purchase) with respect to our common and preference shares up to a maximum of 10% of outstanding shares per annum until November 20, 2021.

 

 

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment thereof shall be voted in accordance with the discretion of the attorneys and proxies appointed hereby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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