STOCK OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
Our mission is to create value for you, our stockholders, over the long term. We are pleased to have you as a stockholder and grateful for the confidence you have demonstrated by entrusting us with your investment. This section of our Web site is designed to provide important information about stock ownership in our company.
OUR STOCK
Our ticker symbol is WAVE
In the United States, our stock is listed and traded on the NASDAQ Global Market Exchange, the principal market for our common stock. For information about the trading of WAVE on this exchange, please consult your broker.
DIRECT VS. INDIRECT OWNERSHIP
Direct Stock Ownership:
Your stock is registered directly on the books of the company as a stockholder of record. (You may hold your shares in certificate form or in book-entry form through the Direct Registration System. See DIRECT REGISTRATION for more details.) You receive stockholder communications directly. Your name appears on the company's stockholder of record list.
Indirect Stock Ownership:
Your stock is held through a bank or brokerage firm in the broker's name for your benefit. Indirect ownership is generally referred to as "beneficial" or "street-name" ownership. A stock certificate is not registered in your name, and the company does not have a record of you as a stockholder. Financial reports and proxy materials are mailed by the company to brokers for distribution to beneficial stockholders
DIRECT REGISTRATION
Under the Direct Registration System, physical certificates are not issued to stockholders. Instead, each stockholder is provided with a statement at least once a year reflecting the number of shares registered in his or her name on the company's books. This form of ownership, known as "book entry," provides benefits to you and the company.
These benefits include the reduction of:
You may revert to certificate form at any time by contacting our Registrar and Transfer Agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. For further details on the Direct Registration System, please contact Computershare.
STOCKHOLDER SERVICES
Our company has retained Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as our Registrar and Transfer Agent. At our request, Computershare, maintains a telephone response center as a convenience to our stockholders. Automated information is available 24 hours a day. Representatives are available from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, to assist you with the following:
When contacting the telephone response center, please provide your name as it appears on your account, your Social Security or tax identification number and the address of record of your stock.
STOCKHOLDER INTERNET ACCOUNT ACCESS
Stockholders of record may access their accounts via the Internet to obtain share balance, conduct secure transactions, request printable forms and view current market value of their investment as well as historical stock prices.