UNITED STATES
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Portland General Electric Company
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Meeting Information | ||||
| PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting | |||
| For holders as of: March 08, 2010 | ||||
| Date: May 13, 2010 | ||||
| Time: 10:00 a.m., PDT | ||||
| Location: Conference Center Auditorium | ||||
| 25 SW Salmon Street | ||||
| Portland, OR 97204
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| PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
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| The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Portland General Electric Company will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Conference Center Auditorium located at Two World Trade Center, 25 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204, for the following purposes: | ||||||||||||
| The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” all director nominees: | ||||||||||||
| 1. Election of Directors |
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| Nominees |
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| 01) John W. Ballantine | 07) Corbin A. McNeill, Jr. | |||||||||||
| 02) Rodney L. Brown, Jr. | 08) Neil J. Nelson | |||||||||||
| 03) David A. Dietzler | 09) M. Lee Pelton | |||||||||||
| 04) Kirby A. Dyess | 10) James J. Piro | |||||||||||
| 05) Peggy Y. Fowler | 11) Robert T. F. Reid | |||||||||||
| 06) Mark B. Ganz | ||||||||||||
| The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the following proposal: | ||||||||||||
| 2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010. |
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| The items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement. The record date for the annual meeting is March 8, 2010. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on such date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. | ||||||||||||
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