<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001097149-23-000041.txt : 20230501
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001097149-23-000041
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230501
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230501

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001097149
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				943267295
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-32259
		FILM NUMBER:		23874429

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 1300
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85288
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408-470-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 1300
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85288
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i9553ba42c7b546e8b0a6563f7e6bce34_1"></div><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#253;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&#160;14a-6(e)(2))</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#253;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Soliciting Material under &#167;240.14a-12</font></div><div style="margin-top:18pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></div><div style="margin-top:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply)&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#253;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No fee required</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules&#160;14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i9553ba42c7b546e8b0a6563f7e6bce34_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL 5, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">TO BE HELD ON MAY 17, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The following information supplements and amends the proxy statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) of Align Technology, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2023 and furnished to stockholders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on May 17, 2023 and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Capitalized terms used in this supplement to the Proxy Statement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;) and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company is filing this Supplement solely to clarify the treatment of broker non-votes with respect to Proposal Two. The text below replaces, in its entirety, the paragraph of Proposal Two under the heading &#8220;VOTING REQUIRED&#8221; on page 23 of the Proxy Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8220;Approval of the Amendment to provide officer exculpation requires that the holders of at least 66-2&#47;3% of our outstanding voting stock vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; this Proposal Two. An abstention vote or a broker non-vote will have the same effect as an &#34;Against&#34; vote in this Proposal Two.&#34;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The text below replaces in its entirety the sixth paragraph on page 91 under the heading &#8220;Q&#58;    What if I don&#8217;t give specific voting instructions&#63;&#8221; of the Proxy Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#34;If you do not provide voting instructions to your broker and the broker has indicated that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal, your shares will be considered &#8220;broker non-votes&#8221; with regard to that matter. Broker non-votes will be considered as represented for purposes of determining a quorum but </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">will not be considered as entitled to vote with respect to a particular proposal and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">are not counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to a particular proposal. Thus, a broker non-vote will make a quorum more readily obtainable, but the broker non-vote will not otherwise affect the outcome of the vote on Proposal One or on the proposals that require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and present in person or represented by proxy (Proposals Three, Four, Five and Six). For Proposal Two, which requires 66 2&#47;3% of the Outstanding Shares of Voting Stock to vote &#34;FOR&#34;, a broker non-vote will have the same effect as an &#34;AGAINST&#34; vote.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">For information regarding the required vote for each proposal, see &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Q&#58;  What are we voting on and what vote is required to approve each item&#63;</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;&#34;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Except as described above, this Supplement to the Proxy Statement does not modify, amend, supplement, or otherwise affect the Proxy Statement. This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again unless you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal. If you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal, please refer to the Proxy Statement for instructions on how to do so.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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