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Proxy Services Firms Recommend Election of Board’s Nominees at Myers Industries

Dépèche transmise le 24 avril 2009 par Business Wire

Proxy Services Firms Recommend Election of Board’s Nominees at Myers Industries

AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) today announced that four leading proxy services firms – RiskMetrics Group Inc.; Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC; PROXY Governance, Inc.; and Egan-Jones Proxy Services – have issued recommendations in favor of all of the Company’s Board of Directors nominees for election at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on April 30, 2009. The firms also recommended shareholder approval of the adoption of the 2008 Incentive Stock Plan. The recommendations were issued to each proxy firm’s respective subscribers.

The Board has also proposed to shareholders the ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditors (Proposal 2) and adoption of an amendment to the Company’s Code of Regulations (Proposal 4).

About Myers Industries

Myers Industries, Inc. is an international manufacturer of polymer products for industrial, agricultural, automotive, commercial and consumer markets. The Company is also the largest wholesale distributor of tools, equipment and supplies for the tire, wheel and undervehicle service industry in the U.S. The Company reported 2008 net sales of $867.8 million. Visit www.myersind.com to learn more.