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BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
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Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: December 13, 2011
Date: February 08, 2012           Time: 10:00 AM EST
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Boston
200 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
     
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    Voting items                 
                 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:		    
                 
1.
  Election of Directors                
    Nominees    
01
  A. Clinton Allen   02   Joseph R. Martin   03   John K. McGillicuddy   04   Krishna G. Palepu   05   C.S. Park
06
  Kirk P. Pond   07   Stephen S. Schwartz   08   Alfred Woollacott; III   09   Mark S. Wrighton    
 
                    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.    
                 
2   To approve an amendment to the Company’s 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance thereunder by 1,000,000 shares, from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000.
                 
3   To approve, on an advisory basis, the overall compensation of Brooks’ executive officers.
 
                    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:    
                 
4   To recommend, on an advisory basis, the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.
 
                    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:    
                 
5   To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year.
                 
NOTE: The stockholders will also act on any other business as may properly come before the meeting.    
     
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