On January 19, 2018, AmerisourceBergen Corporation announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a proposal from International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Fund, shareholders of the Company urged the board of directors to take the steps necessary to adopt a policy, with amendments to governing documents as needed, so that, to the extent feasible, the chairman of the board shall be an independent director who has not previously served as an executive officer of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on March 1, 2018.