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  • 2026 Write-In Candidate Information Packet

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Election Process Highlights

    Annual Meeting and Election Calendar

    Instructions for Write-In Candidates

    Write-In Candidate Agreement

    Write-In Candidate Personal Statement

    Write-In Candidate Disclosure Questionnaire

    To be provided upon receipt of completed application:

    CIRI Election Procedures & Rules of Conduct for Shareholder Meetings

    CIRI Bylaws

  • ELECTION PROCESS HIGHLIGHTS

    • Under CIRI’s Election Procedures, Shareholders who are not chosen as CIRI Board-recommended nominees, but who desire to be considered as write-in candidates and who are eligible* to serve as a CIRI Director pursuant to CIRI’s Bylaws and Election Procedures, may have certain of their materials included in CIRI’s election materials in conjunction with the 2026 CIRI Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at CIRI’s sole discretion.
    • The names, photographs and personal statements of any eligible* write-in candidates who so desire may appear in a section of CIRI’s election materials set aside for write-in candidates (provided a completed Write-In Candidate Information Packet is returned to CIRI on or before noon Alaska Standard Time Feb. 20, 2026).
    • There will be no charge to any write-in candidate for the inclusion of his or her information in CIRI’s election materials; CIRI will pay the cost of printing and mailing the materials sent on behalf of eligible write-in candidates.

    *Director eligibility under CIRI’s Bylaws:

    CIRI Directors must be a voting Shareholder of the Corporation and at least eighteen (18) years of age. In addition, no person shall be qualified to serve as a Director who:

    (1) has been convicted, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, of a felony within five years before the date of the election [June 6, 2026].

    (2) has been found, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have engaged in fraud or illegal business practices.

    (3) has been found, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have breached a confidentiality agreement with the Corporation.

  • 2026 ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION CALENDAR*

    November 2025 – January 2026

    • Information regarding Nominating and Governance Committee call for applications for the CIRI Board-Recommended Slate and regarding Board write-in candidate process distributed via newsletter, posted to CIRI website and available from CIRI Shareholder Relations Department.

    January 2026

    • Jan. 5, 2026 – Deadline for submitting applications for the Board-recommended slate: 3:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.
    • Nominating and Governance Committee selects and interviews finalists.
    • Jan. 27, 2026 – Write-In Candidate Information Packet posted to CIRI website and available from CIRI Shareholder Relations Department.

    February 2026

    • Feb. 13, 2026 – CIRI Board selects five persons for Board-recommended slate, after which applicants for the Board-recommended slate are notified of the Board’s selection
    • Feb. 20, 2026 – Deadline for write-in candidates to submit information to be included in CIRI’s election materials: noon Alaska Standard Time

    April 2026

    • April 7, 2026 – Date of record for 2026 Annual Meeting
    • April 15, 2026 – Planned mailing date for Notice of Annual Meeting, Annual Report, Proxy Statement, Proxy and Voter’s Guide
    • April 25, 2026 – Shareholder Information Meeting, Kenai, Alaska

    May 2026

    • May 2, 2026 – Shareholder Information Meeting, Pacific Northwest
    • May 27, 2026 – Proxy Deadline: 2:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time

    June 2026

    • June 6, 2026 – CIRI Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Anchorage, Alaska

    *Dates and locations are tentative and are subject to change at CIRI’s discretion.

  • INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES

    Under CIRI’s Election Procedures, Shareholders who want to be considered as write-in candidates and who are eligible1 pursuant to CIRI’s Bylaws and CIRI’s Election Procedures may submit certain information to be included in CIRI’s initial proxy mailing to Shareholders.2 CIRI has prepared the following forms to help Shareholders that wish to be considered as write-in candidates comply with Alaska law governing proxy solicitations relative to initial proxy disclosures. 

    DEADLINE: It is your responsibility to ensure your submission is received by the deadline. The forms must be filled out completely and accurately and received by CIRI by noon Alaska Standard Time on Feb. 20, 2026, if you want your candidate information to be included in CIRI’s election materials for the 2026 Annual Meeting. If you fail to fill out the forms completely or miss the deadline, you may still run your own campaign for the CIRI Board of Directors, but your materials will not be included in CIRI mailings. 

    WRITE-IN CANDIDATE AGREEMENT

    The Write-In Candidate Agreement states your agreement and understanding that you will: 1) abide by all state statutes and regulations governing proxy solicitation; and 2) comply with CIRI's Bylaws and CIRI's Election Procedures. 

    CANDIDATE PERSONAL STATEMENT

    If you want to participate as a write-in candidate, you can have your biographical information and personal campaign statement printed and distributed by CIRI. Your personal statement of 500 words or less will be printed and sent to all voting Shareholders of record before the Annual Meeting. Your photograph will also be included in the printed materials if you wish. 

    CANDIDATE DISCLOSURE QUESTIONNAIRE

    Alaska law (Chapter 08, Article 3 of the Alaska Administrative Code) contains provisions for ANCSA corporation proxy solicitation, including, but not limited to, requiring all shareholders soliciting a proxy for board of directors positions in ANCSA corporations to make certain disclosures about themselves, to communicate that information to shareholders, and to file the disclosures and copies of proxy solicitation materials with the State of Alaska, Division of Banking and Securities. The Alaska Securities Act (Section 45) also contains provisions applicable to ANCSA corporations. 

     

    By submitting statements to Shareholders seeking their votes as a write-in candidate, you will be soliciting proxies from CIRI Shareholders. It is important that you understand Alaska’s proxy solicitation regulations. Failure to make the required disclosures, failing to file or to timely file the required proxy solicitation materials, making a disclosure or other material statement that is false or misleading and/or omitting a material fact, could result in fines and/or the invalidation of any write-in votes Shareholders might submit for you and/or of any proxies voted for you. Any questions pertaining to the regulations should be directed to the State of Alaska, Division of Banking and Securities. 

    Questionnaires can be completed electronically at ciri.com. Alternatively, hard copies can be mailed to: 

    CIRI Shareholder Relations Department
    PO Box 93330
    Anchorage, AK 99509-3330 

    (Completed Questionnaires may also be scanned and emailed to boardapplications@ciri.com or delivered to CIRI Shareholder Relations Department at 725 E. Fireweed Lane, Suite 800, in Anchorage.) 

    Also concurrently file a copy of your Questionnaire with the State of Alaska Division of Banking and Securities via the ANCSA portal:

    https://portal.akdbsstar.us/StarWebPortal/portal.aspx.

    Submissions of proxy materials must also be uploaded to the ANCSA portal. 

    If you or any participants in your campaign, solicit proxies outside of CIRI’s election materials (for example, by social media posts or messages, internet postings, flyers, U.S. mail, fax, phone calls, text messages, emails, letters to the editor, etc.), you must also concurrently file copies of all those communications with the State of Alaska, Division of Banking and Securities via the ANCSA portal. 

    SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
    WHO APPLIED BUT WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THE CIRI BOARD-RECOMMENDED SLATE

    If you applied for the Board-recommended slate, and filled out a Board-Recommended Candidate Information and Disclosure Questionnaire, but were not selected, you will need to fill out and timely submit a Write-In Candidate Disclosure Questionnaire in order to have your candidate information included in CIRI’s election materials. However, where the information requested is identical to information earlier provided in the Board-Recommended Candidate Information and Disclosure Questionnaire, you may attach a copy of the Board-Recommended Candidate Information and Disclosure Questionnaire and refer CIRI to your earlier response. Your Write-In Candidate Disclosure Questionnaire must be received by CIRI by noon Alaska Standard Time on Feb. 20, 2026, and you must concurrently file a copy with the State of Alaska via the ANCSA portal. 

    You must also submit a signed Write-In Candidate Agreement to CIRI by noon Alaska Standard Time on Feb. 20, 2026. Although you are free to submit another personal statement, you need not do so. Your previously submitted personal statement will be used, unless an updated version is received by CIRI by the Feb. 20, 2026, deadline.

    1 Under CIRI’s Bylaws, CIRI Directors must be a voting Shareholder of the Corporation and at least eighteen (18) years of age. In addition, no person shall be qualified to serve as a Director who: (1) has been convicted, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, of a felony within five years before the date of the election; (2) has been found, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have engaged in fraud or illegal business practices; or (3) has been found, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have breached a confidentiality agreement with the Corporation.

    2 “Initial Proxy Mailing,” as used here, generally refers to the mailing in which CIRI mails its own proxy statement to Shareholders. However, CIRI reserves the right to include write-in materials in other election materials and mailings at CIRI’s sole discretion.

  • WRITE-IN CANDIDATE AGREEMENT

  • I,   *   *   , am a Shareholder of CIRI, 18 years of age or older and am a write-in candidate for the Board of Directors of CIRI. I wish to have certain of my materials included in CIRI’s election materials in conjunction with the 2026 CIRI Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

     

    I acknowledge that upon completion of my Questionnaire, I will be provided with copies of CIRI’s Bylaws and CIRI’s Election Procedures and Rules of Conduct for Shareholders’ Meetings and understand that copies of any updates made to these documents at the Feb. 13, 2026, meeting of the CIRI Board of Directors will be provided to me. I agree that in consideration of receiving a copy of the Bylaws and Election Procedures and Rules of Conduct for Shareholders’ Meetings that I will not directly or indirectly disclose, publish, communicate or make available those documents, in whole or part, or allow those documents to be disclosed, published, communicated, or made available, in whole or in part, to any other person that is not a CIRI Shareholder. This includes, but is not limited to, publishing or posting CIRI’s Bylaws and Election Procedures and Rules of Conduct for Shareholders’ Meetings in electronic format and/or on the internet.

     

    I have been made aware that there are State of Alaska regulations governing proxy solicitations. I understand that these rules and regulations govern my campaign for the Board of Directors. I understand and acknowledge that, although CIRI has, as a courtesy, included certain of my materials in its election materials, CIRI is not soliciting proxies on my behalf, and I am not a nominee of the Board. I agree that I am solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all statements concerning my write-in candidacy and for compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to my solicitation, all at my own expense.

     
    In consideration for CIRI printing and mailing my biographical information, disclosures, photograph and candidate’s statement in CIRI’s election materials, I hereby agree that I will comply in all respects with the rules and regulations described above.

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  • 2026 WRITE-IN CANDIDATE PERSONAL STATEMENT

    (500 words or less)

  • I,   *   *   , am a write-in candidate for the Board of Directors of CIRI and hereby request the inclusion of the following personal statement of 500 words or less in CIRI’s election materials. I certify that the contents are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and express opinions that are my own.

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  • 2026 WRITE-IN CANDIDATE DISCLOSURE QUESTIONNAIRE

    As a write-in candidate for the Board of Directors, you have requested that CIRI include your name, biographical information and personal statement in its election materials to Shareholders. In order to permit CIRI to include your materials in its mailing, you must make certain disclosures, as required by Alaska law (Chapter 08, Article 3 of the Alaska Administrative Code). Please carefully read the instructions for each question, answer every question fully and accurately, refrain from using acronyms and use additional paper if necessary. Unless stated otherwise, your answers should reflect the actual circumstances as of the date you complete this Questionnaire. If any of your answers change after turning this Questionnaire in, please immediately email the changes to boardapplications@ciri.com. Your answers will be included with your write-in materials; however, please note that you are solely responsible for compliance with Alaska state law regarding the solicitation of proxies. CIRI shall not, by submitting this Questionnaire or printing your materials, accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of your disclosures or their compliance with applicable law. Your Questionnaire must be received on or before noon Alaska Standard Time Feb. 20, 2026. It is your responsibility to ensure your submission is received by CIRI by the deadline. 

    Questionnaires can be completed electronically at ciri.com. Alternatively, hard copies can be mailed to: 

    CIRI Shareholder Relations Department
    PO Box 93330
    Anchorage, AK 99509-3330

    (Completed Questionnaires may also be scanned and emailed to boardapplications@ciri.com or delivered to CIRI Shareholder Relations Department at 725 E. Fireweed Lane, Suite 800, in Anchorage.) 

    Also concurrently file a copy of your Questionnaire with the State of Alaska Division of Banking and Securities via the ANCSA portal:

    https://portal.akdbsstar.us/StarWebPortal/portal.aspx. Submissions of proxy materials must also be uploaded to the ANCSA portal. 

    Failure to make the required disclosures or making a disclosure or other material statement that is false or misleading, or omitting a material fact, could result in fines and/or the invalidation of any write-in votes Shareholders might submit for you and/or of any proxies voted for you. For that reason, please be certain to fill out the form completely and accurately. If you have questions about the State proxy regulations, contact a Securities Examiner at the State Division of Banking and Securities.

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  • 9.1 If the answer to Question 9 is “Yes,” state the name of the family member, the nature of the family relationship, the full name of the company, Tribe or organization and the position(s) held, or sought on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. For positions no longer held, include the ending date of service.

  • 10.1 If the answer to Question 10 is “Yes,” give the full legal name of each such firm, corporation or other entity involved, list the position(s) held, describe the competing businesses and provide an estimate of the annual sales of such firm, corporation or other entity that are competitive on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 11.1 If the answer to Question 11 is “Yes,” give the full legal name of each such firm, corporation or other entity involved, list the position(s) held, state the circumstances of the transaction and the amount involved on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. If the transaction relates to a family member, please also provide the full name of that family member and list the family relationship.

  • 12.1 If the answer to Question 12 is “Yes,” give the full legal name of each such firm, corporation or other entity involved, list the position(s) held, state the circumstances of the transaction and the amount involved on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. If the transaction relates to a family member, please also provide the full name of that family member and list the family relationship.

  • 13.1 If the answer to Question 13 is “Yes,” list the full legal name of any such firm, corporation or other business or professional entity, and describe the interest, shares or option to acquire an interest or shares. If the interest, shares or option to acquire an interest or shares relates to a family member, please also provide the full name of that family member and list the family relationship on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. If the interest or shares are no longer owned, be sure to note the date of the sale.

  • 13.3 If the answer to Question 13.2 is “Yes,” provide the full legal name of each such firm, corporation, business or other entity involved, and state the circumstances of the transaction (including the purpose and the amount involved) on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 14.1 If the answer to Question 14 is “Yes,” provide the details of each such instance on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 15.1 If the answer to Question 15 is “Yes,” provide the details of each such instance on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 16.1 If the answer to Question 16 is “Yes,” provide the details of each such instance on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 17.1 If the answer to Question 17 is “Yes,” provide the details of each such instance on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 18.1 If the answer to Question 18 is “Yes,” provide the details of each such instance on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 19.1 Describe your postsecondary educational background relevant to serving on the CIRI Board of Directors that you have completed on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. Include the full name of the school, school address, years attended and degree(s), including degree type and field of study.

  • 19.2 Please describe any training programs relevant to serving on the CIRI Board of Directors that you have completed on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire. Include the training program name, full name of organization that offered the program, duration of training, completion date and certification received.

  • 19.4 Describe any arrangements or understandings between you and any other person, group or entity regarding your nomination or election as a director on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire, listing any committee or group involved in the election of directors or other matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting with which you are affiliated.

  • 19.5 List the name and address of any person, group or entity that will, or to your knowledge intends to, solicit proxies on your behalf (other than CIRI) on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire, and describe any methods to be employed to solicit proxies (for example, U.S. mail, fax, phone calls, text messages, emails, social media posts or messages, flyers, internet postings, letters to the editor, etc.). Also, list the total amount you expect to spend on soliciting proxies, along with the amount you have already expended, if any, and state whether you will seek reimbursement of your solicitation expenses from CIRI.

  • 19.6 List the name and address of any person, group or entity that has financed, or to your knowledge intends to finance, directly or indirectly, your solicitation of proxies (other than CIRI, and other than one that will contribute less than $500 in the aggregate and that is not otherwise a participant) on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

  • 19.7 If you or any of the “participants” identified above have an arrangement or understanding with any entity for future employment by CIRI, or a CIRI subsidiary or affiliate, or future financial transactions to which CIRI, or a CIRI subsidiary or affiliate, will be or may become a party, please state the terms of and the names of the parties to each such arrangement or understanding on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire (see definitions of “affiliate” and “transaction” at the end of this Questionnaire).

  • 19.10 If there is any other information you would like CIRI to include in your proxy disclosures in order to comply with the State of Alaska proxy regulations referenced above, please provide that information on a separate document and attach it to this Questionnaire.

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  • I understand that the information that I am furnishing herein will be relied upon by CIRI in the preparation of its Proxy Statement and election materials for the upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In that connection, I hereby affirm to CIRI that the information set forth above is complete and accurate and does not contain any material misrepresentation (as such term is defined in 3 AAC 08.315; see definitions of “material representation” at the end of this Questionnaire).

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  • If any of your answers change after you have submitted your Questionnaire, please email the changes to boardapplications@ciri.com immediately.

  • Certain interpretations and definitions

    Affiliate. For purposes of this form, “affiliate” includes all CIRI-affiliated nonprofit organizations and all entities to whom CIRI has delegated its Tribal authority. 

    Executive Officer. “Executive Officer” means the president, secretary, treasurer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief legal officer, general counsel and any vice president. 

    Family member. For purposes of this form, “family member” means anyone who is now, or was at any time during 2025, your spouse, parent, child or sibling by blood or adoption. 

    Material misrepresentation. “Material misrepresentation” has the meaning given in 3 AAC 08.315(a), which reads as follows: 

    A misrepresentation is a statement that, at the time and under the circumstances in which it is made (1) is false or misleading with respect to a material fact; (2) omits a material fact necessary in order to make a statement made in the solicitation not false or misleading; or (3) omits a material fact necessary to correct a statement, in an earlier communication regarding the solicitation of a proxy for the same meeting or subject matter, which has become false or misleading. A misrepresentation is material if there is substantial likelihood that a reasonable shareholder would consider it important in deciding how to vote. A series of statements or omissions that are objectively false or misleading, but which might not be material misrepresentations if considered separately, might be material misrepresentations if there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable shareholder would consider the series important in deciding how to vote. Subjective proof that one or more shareholders actually granted a proxy because of a misrepresentation is not required. 

    Minor offense. “Minor offense” has the meaning given in the Alaska Rules of Minor Procedure, which reads as follows: 

    Any offense that meets one of the definitions below is a minor offense, including an offense that is classified as a misdemeanor by statute, regulation or ordinance. An offense is not a minor offense under these rules if the only penalty is a civil penalty. As used in these rules, “minor offense” means

    (a) an offense classified by statute as an infraction or a violation; or

    (b) any offense for which a bail forfeiture amount has been authorized by statute and established by supreme court order; or

    (c) any municipal motor vehicle or traffic offense for which a fine amount has been established in a fine schedule adopted by municipal ordinance under AS 28.05.151; or

    (d) any offense under a municipal ordinance for which a conviction cannot result in incarceration or the loss of a valuable license and for which a fine schedule has been established under AS 29.25.070(a); or

    (e) any offense under statute or municipal ordinance for which a conviction cannot result in incarceration, a fine greater than $500, or the loss of a valuable license; or

    (f) any fish and game offense in 5 AAC charged as a strict liability offense; or

    (g) any commercial fishing offense listed in AS 16.05.722 or 5 AAC charged as a strict liability offense (classified in AS 16.05.722 as a violation).

    Participants. As defined in 3 AAC 08.365 (11), a “participant”:

    (A) means the board and the corporation;

    (B) means a nominee for whose election as director proxies are solicited;

    (C) means a committee or group which solicits proxies or a member of the committee or group;

    (D) means a person who finances, directly or indirectly, the solicitation of proxies, except a person who contributes not more than $500 and who is not otherwise a participant;

    (E) means a person who solicits proxies;

    (F) does not include

    (i) a person or organization retained or employed by a participant to solicit shareholders whose activities are limited to the performance of the person’s duties in the course of employment;

    (ii) a person who merely transmits proxy soliciting material or performs other ministerial or clerical duties;

    (iii) a person employed by a participant in the capacity of attorney, accountant, or as an advertising, public relations, or financial adviser, whose activities are limited to the performance of the person’s duties in course of employment; or

    (iv) a person regularly employed as an officer or employee of a participant who is not otherwise a participant.

    Residence. “Residence” means residence for purpose of voting, as determined under AS 15.05.020. 

    Transaction. The term “Transaction” is to be understood in its broadest sense and includes the direct or indirect receipt of anything of value. Please note that indirect as well as direct material interests in material transactions are to be disclosed, so that transactions in which you would have an interest would include your purchasing or leasing anything (stock in business acquired by CIRI, office space, services, computers, raw materials, natural resources, finished goods, etc.) from or selling or leasing anything to, or borrowing or lending cash or other property from or to, CIRI, or any CIRI subsidiary or affiliate, or selling, purchasing or leasing to or from any third party anything claimed by CIRI to be its property.

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