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UNITED STATES

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SCHEDULE 14A

 

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    CELGENE CORPORATION    

 

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 18, 2014

 

              

 

    Meeting Information            

        Meeting type:     

 

    Annual Meeting

                    CELGENE CORPORATION      For holders as of:     

 

    April 21, 2014

   
        Date:    June 18, 2014          Time: 1:00 PM EDT
       

 

Location:      Celgene Corporation

       

 

      86 Morris Avenue

      Summit, NJ 07901

 

Meeting directions:        For directions to the Annual Meeting, please call Investor Relations at (908) 673-9000.

 

 

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CELGENE CORPORATION

86 MORRIS AVENUE

SUMMIT, NJ 07901

    

 

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Voting Items     

 

The Board of Directors

recommends you vote FOR the

following:

    

 

1.       Election Of Directors

    

 

         Nominees:

    

 

         01)  Robert J. Hugin

  06)  Michael A. Friedman, M.D.

 

         02)  Richard W. Barker, D. Phil.

  07)  Gilla Kaplan, Ph.D.

 

         03)  Michael D. Casey

  08)  James J. Loughlin

 

         04)  Carrie S. Cox

  09)  Ernest Mario, Ph.D.

 

         05)  Rodman L. Drake

    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5:   

2.       Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for

          the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

  

3.       Amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common

          stock and to effect a stock split.

  

4.       Approval of an Amendment of the Company’s 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.

  

5.       Approval, by non-binding vote, of executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

  
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST proposal 6:   

6.       Stockholder proposal described in more detail in the proxy statement.

  
NOTE: The shares represented by the proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed therein by the undersigned Stockholder(s) and, in the discretion of the proxies, upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting. If no direction is given, the proxy will be voted FOR the nominees for the Board of Directors listed in proposal 1, FOR proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5, and AGAINST proposal 6.   

 

 

 

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