On December 20, 2013, Clarke Inc announced that it has sent a requisition to Sherritt International Corporation requesting a special meeting to allow the Company's shareholders to vote on the following proposals: 1) reducing the size of the Board of Directors from 9 individuals to 7 individuals and 2) approving a policy whereby payments made to directors of the Company to compensate them for effects of the Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 of the United States are only paid if directors are actually affected by such legislation in the form of being banned from entering into the United States.