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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2011

 

                   

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HIGHER ONE HLDGS INC

         

 

Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

 

For holders as of : March 23, 2011

 

Date: May 18, 2011        Time: 9:00 AM EST

 

Location:  Higher One Holdings, Inc.

25 Science Park.

New Haven, CT 06511

 

 
                  
                               
                       
   

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The Board of Directors recommends that you      

vote FOR the following:

 

     
1.   Election of Directors      
  Nominees         
01   Mark Volchek   

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   David Cromwell                03         Stewart Gross   

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

 

  

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Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

 

  

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  Resolution approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Summary Compensation Table, and other related tables and disclosures in the Company’s proxy statement.   

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the following proposal:

 

  
4.   To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes.   
          

 

NOTE:   Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

  
          
          
          

 

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