specific proposal. Therefore, it is very important that beneficial owners instruct their broker, trust, bank or other nominee how they wish to vote their shares. On the other hand, if you do not provide your broker, trust, bank or other nominee with voting instructions with respect to Proposal 2 (ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm), your broker, trust, bank or other nominee has discretion to vote your shares on this proposal, which is considered a “routine” management proposal.
Withheld votes and broker non-votes will have no effect on Proposal 1. Abstentions will have the same effect as votes against Proposal 2. Broker non-votes are inapplicable to Proposal 2.
Solicitation of Proxies
The Company will bear the cost of the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders. In addition to solicitation by mail, the directors, officers and employees of the Company, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies from stockholders by telephone, by letter, by email or facsimile, in person or otherwise.
Voting Proxies, Attending the Annual Meeting and Other Matters
This year’s Annual Meeting will be conducted in a completely virtual format via live audio webcast. There is no in-person meeting for you to attend. Stockholders in attendance will be in “listen only” mode during the Annual Meeting.
Voting in advance of the Annual Meeting
Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, at your earliest convenience please vote, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card, or vote through the Internet or by telephone in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card. If you hold your shares through an account with a broker, trust, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from them as to how to vote your shares.
Attending the Annual Meeting
In order to register to be able to attend the Annual Meeting via live audio webcast and vote one’s shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, stockholders of record and beneficial owners (whose shares are held by a broker, trust, bank or other nominee) will need to follow the applicable instructions below.
Registered Holders
If you are a stockholder of record (also known as a “registered holder”), you must:
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Follow the instructions provided on your proxy card to first register at https://viewproxy.com/pfina/2023/htype.asp no later than 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on May 23, 2023. You will need to click on “Registration for Registered Holders” and enter your name, phone number, and email address as part of the registration, following which you will receive an email confirming your registration, as well as the password to attend the Annual Meeting.
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On the day of the Annual Meeting, if you have properly registered, you may enter the Annual Meeting by logging in using the link and password you received via email in the registration confirmation you received (see the previous paragraph).
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If you wish to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, you will need to visit https://www.FCRvote.com/PFIN during the Annual Meeting while the polls are open, and you will need the virtual control number included on your proxy card.
Beneficial Owners
If your shares were held by a broker, trust, bank or other nominee at the close of business on the record date, you are considered a “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street name.” As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, trust, bank or other nominee how to vote the shares in advance of the Annual Meeting by following the instructions you receive from them. If your shares are held by a broker, trust, bank or other nominee and you wish to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, you must: