Donaldson Company, Inc. Additional Definitive Proxy Materials

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Meeting Information

 

 

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

For holders as of: September 23, 2009

 

Date: November 20, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM CST

 

Location:

Donaldson Company, Inc.
Campus West


DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
ATTN: NORMAN LINNELL
P.O. BOX 1299
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440-1299

 

2001 West 94th Street

 

Minneapolis, Minnesota
  

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Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote

FOR the following:

 

1.  Election of Directors

 

Nominees

01  Jack W. Eugster  

02  John F. Grundhofer  

03  Paul David Miller

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

 

2

Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Donaldson Company, Inc’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2010.

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 




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