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Meeting Information | |||
| QUANTUM CORPORATION | Meeting Type: | Annual | ||
| For holders as of: | 06/22/09 | |||
| Date: 08/19/09 | Time: 8:00 A.M., PDT | |||
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Corporate Headquarters | |||
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 QUANTUM CORPORATION 1650 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE SUITE 800 SAN JOSE, CA 95110 |
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THE DIRECTORS RECOMMEND A VOTE "FOR" ITEMS 1, 2 AND 3. |
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Proposal to elect 01) Paul R. Auvil III, 02) Richard E. Belluzzo, 03) Michael A. Brown, 04) Thomas S. Buchsbaum, 05) Edward M. Esber, Jr., 06) Elizabeth A. Fetter, 07) Joseph A. Marengi, 08) Bruce A. Pasternack and 09) Dennis P. Wolf to the Board of Directors. |
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Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010. | |
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Provided that the Company has not effected a reverse stock split before August 19, 2009, proposal to reauthorize the Company’s Board of Directors to select and file one of several possible amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation which would effect a reverse stock split, pursuant to which any whole number of outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock between and including three and twelve would be combined into one share of such stock. | |
| 4. | Proposal to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. | |
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