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IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.





IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
ONE IDEXX DRIVE
WESTBROOK, ME 04092

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting
 For holders as of:   March 10, 2017
Date: May 3, 2017       Time: 1:00 PM EST

Location:

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Voting Items
  
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
 
1.     Election of Directors
 
Nominees:
 
  1a.      Rebecca M. Henderson, PhD            
       
  1b.   Lawrence D. Kingsley    
             
  1c.   Sophie V. Vandebroek, PhD        

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:
 
2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year (Proposal Two).
 
3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. To approve a nonbinding advisory resolution on the Company's executive compensation (Proposal Three).
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:
   
4. Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation. To recommend, by nonbinding advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company's executive compensation (Proposal Four).