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April 21, 2016

The 2016 Annual Meeting of NextEra Energy Shareholders will be held on May 19 — about a month from now. As you may have seen in the proxy statement released earlier this month, the business of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders includes three non-routine shareholder proposals. The board of directors of NextEra Energy has recommended that shareholders vote “AGAINST” all three shareholder proposals, and the reasons for the board’s recommendations are described in the proxy statement.

Of particular concern to me is the shareholder proposal that asks the board to adopt a proxy access bylaw (Proposal 6). In brief, the proposed proxy access bylaw would give an owner (or owners) of 3 percent of NextEra Energy’s outstanding shares the right to nominate 25 percent of the board members for election as directors. This is a bad idea. Such a bylaw puts disproportional influence in the hands of a very modest amount of outstanding shares. It circumvents the board’s judgment about who is best to serve as members of the board and represent the interests of all shareholders. This exposes NextEra Energy to governance by directors who may not share our long-term vision for our company.

I ask each of you who are shareholders to vote your NextEra Energy shares in support of the board and management. Every vote is important, and if you have questions about how to cast your vote, you can find that information here or by reaching out to Aimee Williams in Investor Relations.

Sincerely,

 

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NextEra Energy Annual Meeting

Proxy voting instructions

 

On April 8, 2016, employees who are shareholders of NextEra Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries received an email from id@ProxyVote.com with a customized link to access proxy voting instructions and view shareholder material.

Follow these simple steps to submit your annual meeting votes by proxy.

 

 

1.      Click on the customized link in the email.     2.      Enter your pin (the last 4 digits of your social security number) and click submit.   3.      Make your selections for each proposal by clicking one of the blue buttons by each ballot option. The option you choose will turn green.   •    The board of directors’ voting recommendations are listed here.   4.      Click the submit button at the bottom of the page.   5.      View confirmation page. This page gives the option to review and/or change your votes.