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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Filed by the Registrant  x                             Filed by a Party other than the Registrant  ¨

Check the appropriate box:

 

¨   Preliminary Proxy Statement
¨   Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
¨   Definitive Proxy Statement
x   Definitive Additional Materials
¨   Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-11(c) or §240.14a-2

SQUARE, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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LOGO

 

SQUARE, INC.

1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103

 

VOTE BY INTERNET

Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

 

During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SQ2016

 

You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site.

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

 

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:   
E11798-P80041    KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS

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DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

   SQUARE, INC.  

For

All

 

 Withhold

All

  For All Except       To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.                           
     The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following Class I nominees:                             
     
     1.   Election of Directors   ¨     ¨   ¨    

 

                  
       Nominees:                        
   
       01)    Jack Dorsey                                              
       02)    Director Withdrawn                                              
       03)    David Viniar                                              
       04)    Paul Deighton                                              
                                      
     The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:            For   Against   Abstain     
    

 

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ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

 

    

 

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     The Board of Directors recommends you vote ONE YEAR on the following proposal:          One Year    Two
Years 
  Three
Years
  Abstain     
    

 

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ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE STOCKHOLDER ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

 

  

 

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     The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:            For   Against    Abstain     
    

 

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RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016.

    

 

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

             
                  
                  
                  
                                           
                                                                                
                                           
     Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.                        
                                           
                                                         
                                                         
      

Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]

 

  

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Signature (Joint Owners)                    

 

  

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

The Notice and Proxy Statement and Form 10-K are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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SQUARE, INC.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

June 23, 2016 11:00 AM PDT

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

    
    

 

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Jack Dorsey, Sarah Friar and Dana Wagner, or any of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of SQUARE, INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held at 11:00 AM PDT on June 23, 2016, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SQ2016, and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations.

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side