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Your Vote Counts! COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, SUITE
D CHARLOTTE NC 28277 COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by August 14, 2025 11:59 PM ET You invested in COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the
Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on August 15, 2025. Get informed before you vote View the Proxy Statement and 2025 Annual Report to Shareholders
online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to August 1, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit
www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a
paper or email copy. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* August 15, 2025 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CMCO2025 *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting
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Vote at www.ProxyVote.com THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the
proposals being presented at the upcoming shareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click
“Delivery Settings”. 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. Chad R. Abraham For 1b. Aziz S. Aghili For 1c. Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn For 1d. Kathryn V. Bohl For 1e. Gerald G. Colella For 1f. Michael Dastoor For 1g. Chris J.
Stephens, Jr. For 1h. David J. Wilson For 1i. Rebecca Yeung For 2. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers For 3. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 For 4. To approve the elimination of restrictions on the issuance of common stock in connection with the conversion of the Preferred Shares and
on the voting of Preferred Shares for the purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 (the “Nasdaq Listing Rules Proposal”) For 5. To amend the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of common stock (“the Authorized Shares Proposal”) For 6. To amend the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation to permit exercise of preemptive rights by the CD&R Investors (the “Preemptive Rights Proposal”) For 7. To
approve a proposal to adjourn the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to a later date, or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of 2025 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to adopt the Nasdaq Listing Rules Proposal, the Authorized Shares Proposal, or the Preemptive Rights Proposal For NOTE: To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the 2025 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders or any adjournment thereof. Voting Items Board Recommends V76491-P33019
