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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on January 28, 2015.

 

     VISA INC.   

 

Meeting Information

     

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

     

For holders as of:   December 1, 2014

     

Date:    January 28, 2015

  

   Time: 8:30 AM PT

     

Location:     Crowne Plaza Hotel

     

    1221 Chess Drive

     

    Foster City, CA 94404

 

     

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

VISA INC.

P.O. BOX 8999

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94128-8999

ATTN: VICTORIA HYDE-DUNN

  

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Voting Items     
    

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each
of the nominees listed in Proposal 1.

    

 

1.

    

 

Election of Directors

    
    

 

Nominees:

    
    

 

1a.

    

 

Mary B. Cranston

    
    

 

1b.

    

 

Francisco Javier Fernández-Carbajal

    
    

 

1c.

    

 

Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.

    
    

 

1d.

    

 

Robert W. Matschullat

    
    

 

1e.

    

 

Cathy E. Minehan

    
    

 

1f.

    

 

Suzanne Nora Johnson

    
    

 

1g.

    

 

David J. Pang

    
    

 

1h.

    

 

Charles W. Scharf

    
    

 

1i.

    

 

William S. Shanahan

    
    

 

1j.

    

 

John A. C. Swainson

    
    

 

1k.

    

 

Maynard G. Webb, Jr.

    
            
            

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2 through 6.

         

 

2.

    

 

Approval of amendments to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to facilitate stock splits.

       

 

3.

    

 

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

       
            

 

4.

    

 

Approval of the Visa Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

       

 

5.

    

 

Approval of amendments to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws to remove all supermajority vote requirements and replace them with majority vote requirements for the following actions:

 

(a) Exiting our core payment business

 

(b) Future amendments to sections of the Certificate of Incorporation

 

(c) Approval of exceptions to transfer restrictions

 

(d) Removal of directors from office

 

(e) Future amendments to the advance notice provisions in the By-Laws

       

 

6.

    

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015.

       

 

NOTE: In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote on such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

       
       
 

 

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