Note to Shareholders
Terms & Conditions
 
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 paid on cash being held for investment.
 

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.


Note to Shareholders
Terms & Conditions