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Note to
Shareholders
Terms &
Conditions
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Put your dividend to work building capital– automatically
Carlisle Companies Incorporated’s (“Carlisle”) Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan,” or “Carlisle Plan”) is a simple,
no-cost way of using your dividends to make your capital grow. The
Plan provides you the opportunity to systematically invest your
dividends in additional shares of Carlisle common stock. The Plan
allows you to increase your shares of Carlisle stock without an
outlay of cash. The Plan, administered by Computershare Investor
Services (the “Bank”), is available to all registered shareholders
of Carlisle common stock. When you authorize your participation,
the Carlisle Plan works almost transparently; The Bank buys shares
of common stock for you – at the current market price – based on
the dividends to which you are entitled. You are credited with
both full and fractional shares computed to three decimal places.
A complete Plan statement is provided for each dividend period and
shows total cash dividends received, shares purchased, and total
shares held for your account. For added convenience and
protection, the Plan’s administrator holds all purchased shares
for you while you are a Plan participant.
Optional share purchase
After your first dividend investment, you have the option to
purchase additional Carlisle shares. Cash investments of a minimum
of $10 to a maximum of $3,000 may be made each quarter. To make an
additional purchase, simply return the Cash Investment Form on
your Plan statement, along with a check or money order in the
amount of your investment, payable to Computershare Investor
Services. You may make these additional payments at any interval
you choose, and they may vary in amount within the required
limits. You will receive credit for these cash payments and the
Bank will purchase the additional shares for you as promptly as
practicable, and in any event within 30 days after receipt
thereof. (Note: You are not able to purchase shares directly
through or from Carlisle.) In the calendar month a dividend is
payable, your additional voluntary cash payments will be added to
the dividends received that month, and additional shares will be
purchased as soon as practicable following the dividend payment
date. To avoid unnecessary accumulation of your cash during a
month dividends are payable, you should transmit voluntary cash
payments shortly before the dividend payment date. No interest is
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No cost to participants
Carlisle pays all brokerage commissions and bank service charges
when shares (or fractions of shares) are purchased through the
Plan. Your entire dividend is used to buy additional shares of
Carlisle common stock for maximum return. Income tax information
All account dividends invested for you under the Plan are still
taxable as ordinary income. Account data will be furnished to you
for your personal tax return. This data will include the amount of
your dividends invested, broker commissions, and bank service
charges.
Benefits of the Plan
Systematic investment
Most financial advisors agree the best long-term investment
strategy is a systematic one that results in dollar cost
averaging. Dollar cost averaging is where an investor buys shares
at regular intervals, regardless of the share price. In this way,
an investor buys at both market lows and highs and will usually
maximize their investment value. The Plan accomplishes dollar cost
averaging by investing your dividends at regular intervals –
automatically – with nothing for you to remember and with no
paperwork to fill out.
You can buy fractional shares
With the Carlisle Plan, every dollar counts. When a dividend isn’t
large enough to buy a whole share of Carlisle stock, a fractional
share computed to three decimal places is credited to your
account. Fractional shares start earning dividends with the next
dividend payment – just the way full shares do – compounding
investment value.
Additional voluntary investment
You may make additional cash payments on a regular basis or from
time to time. You save on broker commissions and bank service
charges. Carlisle absorbs all brokerage commissions and bank
service charges, thereby permitting the entire amount of your
dividend to be invested.
Easy record-keeping
Your purchased shares are held by the Bank for safekeeping, and
statements are issued after a change in the number of shares in
your account.
No permanent commitment
You may terminate participation at any time by sending written
notice to the Bank. Termination will become effective upon receipt
of the written notice. To be effective for any given dividends,
the Bank must receive the termination notice at least seven days
prior to the record date for that payment. Future dividends
thereafter will be sent directly to you. Upon termination, stock
certificates for full shares will be issued in your name, or if
you desire, the full shares in your account may be sold, affording
you the proceeds, less applicable broker commissions. Any
fractional shares at the time of termination will be liquidated at
the prevailing price, and you will receive a check for the
proceeds.
How to participate
Only shareholders of record are eligible to participate in the
Plan. If your Carlisle shares are registered in a name other than
your own – for example, a broker, clearing association, bank, or
other nominee – you must become a shareholder of record by having
all or part of your shares registered in your name. Call the Bank
at 1-800-897-9071 to start your participation in the Plan. The
Bank will then send you an authorization card that you must
complete and return to the Bank. This directs Carlisle to pay the
Bank all or part of the quarterly cash dividends on shares
registered in your name and on those in your Plan account. It
appoints the Bank as agent of the participating shareholder and
directs the Bank to apply the designated dividend amount to the
purchase of additional shares.
All correspondence or questions about the Plan, including
information on becoming a shareholder of record, should be
directed to the Bank at 1-800-897-9071 and should include a
reference to Carlisle. Please do not send correspondence to
Carlisle. To start your investment with a specific dividend, the
Bank must receive your authorization card by the record date for
that dividend. The record dates are generally between the 15th and
20th day of February, May, August, and November. If cards are
received after the record date, your participation in the Plan
will begin with the next dividend. The usual dividend payment
dates are the first day of March, June, September, and December.
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