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UNITED STATES

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HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.

7930 JONES BRANCH DRIVE

SUITE 1100

MCLEAN, VA 22102

   

 

Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

 

For holders as of:     March 15, 2018

 

Date:   May 10, 2018     Time:  9:30 A.M. Eastern Time

 

Location:   Hilton McLean Tysons Corner

                     7920 Jones Branch Drive

                     McLean, VA 22102

 

     

 

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Voting Items   

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the election of the following ten director nominees:

 

1.  Election of Directors

 

Nominees:

 

1a.   Christopher J. Nassetta

 

1b.  Jonathan D. Gray

 

1c.   Charlene T. Begley

 

1d.  Melanie L. Healey

 

1e.   Raymond E. Mabus, Jr.

 

1f.   Judith A. McHale

 

1g.  John G. Schreiber

 

1h.  Elizabeth A. Smith

 

1i.   Douglas M. Steenland

 

1j.   Zhang Ling

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the proposals 2 and 3.

 

2.  Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.

 

3.  Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

 

NOTE: To consider such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

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