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Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 18, 2019.

 

 

            

 

 

GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC.

   

 

Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

 

For holders as of:   April 22, 2019

 

Date: June 18, 2019            Time:   8:00 AM PDT

 

Location:   Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.

     171 Oyster Point Boulevard

     Suite 300

     South San Francisco, California 94080

 

   
     

 

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GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC.

171 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD

SUITE 300

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

 

 

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  Voting Items        
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following Class I Directors in Proposal 1:

 

 

1.  Election of Directors.

 

Nominees:

 

01) Ted Love, M.D.

02) Glenn Pierce, M.D., Ph.D.

03) Dawn Svoronos

  
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3:

 

2.  Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy

    statement.

 

3.  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending

    December 31, 2019.

 

4.  Transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

NOTE: The proxy, when properly executed, will be voted as directed herein by the undersigned Stockholder. If no direction is made, the

proxy will be voted “FOR ALL” in Proposal 1 and “FOR” Proposals 2 and 3.

 

 

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