General Information About the Annual Meeting
Questions and Answers About Voting
Why am I receiving these materials?
State Street’s Board of Directors is soliciting your vote by proxy at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. This proxy statement includes information that we are required to provide to you under the rules of the SEC and is designed to assist you in voting your shares.
Can I access State Street’s proxy materials and annual report electronically?
This proxy statement and our annual report, including our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, are available to our shareholders on the Internet. On April 6, 2022, we mailed to our U.S. shareholders as of March 22, 2022, the record date for the annual meeting, a notice containing instructions on how to access these proxy materials online and how to vote. Also, on April 6, 2022, we began mailing printed copies of these proxy materials to shareholders that have requested printed copies and to shareholders outside the United States. If you received a notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you request a copy. Instead, the notice instructs you on how to access and review online all of the important information contained in the proxy statement and annual report. The notice also instructs you on how you may submit your vote over the Internet. If you received a notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the notice.
How do I request a printed copy of the proxy materials?
To request a printed copy of the proxy statement, annual report and form of proxy relating to this shareholder meeting or future shareholder meetings, visit www.proxyvote.com, call 1-800-579-1639 or send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. You must have available the 16-digit control number from the notice described above.
How do I change my preference and only receive materials electronically?
If you currently receive printed copies of the proxy materials and would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards, annual reports and related materials electronically via email or the Internet visit www.proxyvote.com, call 1-800-579-1639 or send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. You must have available the 16-digit control number from the notice described above. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions on the proxy card using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy and related materials electronically in future years.
What is the record date for the meeting?
Our Board of Directors has fixed the record date for the annual meeting as of the close of business on March 22, 2022.
How many votes can be cast by all shareholders?
As of the record date, 367,444,318 shares of our common stock were outstanding and entitled to be voted at the meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter.
How do I vote?
If your shares are registered in your name, you may vote online while virtually attending the annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STT2022 or by proxy without attending the meeting. Registered shareholders may also vote by telephone or on the Internet prior to the meeting by following the instructions included with your proxy card or the notice we mailed to you on April 6, 2022. In addition, if you received a printed proxy card, you may mark, sign, date and mail the proxy card you received from State Street in the postage-paid return envelope. If you vote in accordance with any of the available methods, your shares will be voted at the meeting pursuant to your instructions. If you sign and return the proxy card or vote by telephone or on the Internet but do not provide voting instructions on some or all of the proposals, your shares will be voted by the persons named in the proxy card on all uninstructed proposals in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors given below.
If your shares are held in “street name” by a broker, bank or other nominee, that person, as the record holder of your shares, is required to vote your shares according to your instructions. Your bank, broker or other nominee will send you directions on how to vote those shares, which may include the ability to instruct the voting of your shares by telephone or on the Internet prior to the meeting.
