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| OCTAVE SPECIALTY GROUP, INC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 Annual Meeting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| OCTAVE SPECIALTY GROUP, INC. REID POWELL 40 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NY 10005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Voting Items | Board Recommends | ||||||||||
| 1 | Election of Directors | ||||||||||
| Nominees: | |||||||||||
| 1a. | Ian D. Haft | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1b. | Lisa G. Iglesias | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1c. | Joan Lamm-Tennant | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1d. | Claude LeBlanc | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1e. | Kristi A. Matus | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1f. | Michael D. Price | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 1g. | Jeffrey S. Stein | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 2 | To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation for our named executive officers | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 3 | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young as Octave's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 | ![]() | For | ||||||||
| 4 | To approve Octave’s 2026 Incentive Compensation Plan | ![]() | For | ||||||||
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