UNITED STATES
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ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION
2105 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77042-2839
(281) 933-3339
SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSAL NO. 1
TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held May 22, 2013
The following information relates to the proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) of ION Geophysical Corporation (“ION”), dated April 16, 2013, furnished to stockholders of ION in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of ION (the “Board”) for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This information is in addition to the information required to be provided to ION’s stockholders under the applicable proxy disclosure rules as set forth in the Proxy Statement.
THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROXY STATEMENT.
Supplemental Disclosure Concerning Proposal No. 1
The following chart provides for each current member of the Board the percentage of meetings of the Board and Board committees each director attended during 2012:
Director | Board and Committee Meetings Attended During 2012 | |
James M. Lapeyre, Jr. | 100% | |
David H. Barr | 100% | |
R. Brian Hanson | 90% | |
Hao Huimin | 69% | |
Michael C. Jennings | 100% | |
Franklin Myers | 100% | |
S. James Nelson, Jr. | 94% | |
John N. Seitz | 83% | |