On February 16, 2024, PPG Industries, Inc. filed a preliminary proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, asking the board to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of the Company outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting regardless of length of stock ownership, submitted by John Chevedden at the Company?s annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on April 18, 2024.