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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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Meta Financial Group, Inc.

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on January 22, 2018

 

    

 

 

META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

   

 

Meeting Information

 

        

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

        

For holders as of: November 24, 2017

        

Date: January 22, 2018         Time: 1:00 PM CST

        

Location:

 

MetaBank Corporate Services

5501 South Broadband Lane

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57108

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META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

5501 S. BROADBAND LANE

SIOUX FALLS, SD 57108

   

 

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  Voting items         
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following:

 

1.     Election of Directors

 

Nominees

 

01    Frederick V. Moore         02    Becky S. Shulman

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

2.     To approve by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of our “named executive officers” (a Say-on-Pay vote).

 

3.     To approve an amendment to Article Fourth of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation which would increase the total number of authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, to 30 million shares from 15 million shares.

 

4.     To approve the amendment to the Amended and Restated Meta Financial Group, Inc. 2002 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”) to increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the 2002 Plan from 1,150,000 shares to 1,600,000 shares.

 

5.     To ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of independent registered public accounting firm KPMG LLP as the independent auditors of the Company’s financial statements for the year ending September 30, 2018.

 

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

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