If the merger is completed, we will have no public stockholders and there will be no public participation in any future meetings of stockholders of LinkedIn. However, if the merger is not completed, stockholders will continue to be entitled to attend and participate in stockholder meetings.
LinkedIn will hold an annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 only if the merger has not already been completed.
In accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and as provided in Section 2.4 of our bylaws, any stockholder who intends to submit a proposal at our annual meeting in 2017, if held, and who wishes to have the proposal considered for inclusion in the proxy statement for that meeting must, in addition to complying with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulations governing submission of such proposals, deliver the notice of the proposal to us for consideration by December 27, 2016.
Pursuant to Section 2.4 of our bylaws, if a stockholder intends to submit a proposal or director nomination for consideration at our annual meeting in 2017, if held, that is not intended to be included in the proxy statement for that meeting, the stockholder must give notice in accordance with the requirements set forth in our bylaws no later than the 45th day and no earlier than the 75th day prior to the one year anniversary of the mailing of the proxy statement for the previous year's annual meeting of stockholders, or not earlier than February 10, 2017 and not later than March 12, 2017. If the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be received no earlier than 120 days prior to our annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 and no later than the later of (1) the 90th day prior to the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 or (2) the 10th day following the date on which public announcement of the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 is first made by LinkedIn. Such notice should be sent to us, care of our Corporate Secretary, at LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043. In addition, our bylaws require that certain information and acknowledgments with respect to the proposal or the nominee and the stockholder making the proposal or nomination be set forth in the notice. Our bylaws have been publicly filed with the SEC and can also be found in the Corporate Governance section of our Investor Relations webpage by visiting investors.linkedin.com and clicking Corporate Governance (https://investors.linkedin.com/results-and-financials/corporate-governance/default.aspx).
