Progress Energy 2009 Annual Report Download - page 218

PROXY STATEMENT
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our 2009 Annual Report, which includes financial statements as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009, together with the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
our independent registered public accounting firm, was mailed to those who were shareholders of record as of the
close of business on March 5, 2010.
FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Shareholder proposals submitted for inclusion in the proxy statement for our 2011 Annual Meeting must be
received no later than December 1, 2010, at our principal executive offices, addressed to the attention of:
John R. McArthur
Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Progress Energy, Inc.
P.O. Box 1551
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551
Upon receipt of any such proposal, we will determine whether or not to include such proposal in the proxy
statement and proxy in accordance with regulations governing the solicitation of proxies.
In order for a shareholder to nominate a candidate for director, under our By-Laws timely notice of the
nomination must be received by the Corporate Secretary of the Company either by personal delivery or by United
States registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid, not later than the close of business on the 120th calendar day
before the date our proxy statement was released to shareholders in connection with the previous year’s annual
meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the
fact that an annual meeting is held after the anniversary of the preceding annual meeting commence a new time period
for a shareholder’s giving of notice as described above. The shareholder filing the notice of nomination must include:
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