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     VISA INC.   

 

Meeting Information

     

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

     

For holders as of:   December 5, 2011

     

Date:    January 31, 2012

  

Time: 8:30 AM PST

     

Location:     The Commonwealth Club

     

    595 Market Street

     

    2nd Floor

    San Francisco, CA 94105

 

     

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

VISA INC.

P.O. BOX 8999

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94128-8999

ATT: 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 and FOR Proposals 2, 3, and 4:

                    
  

 

1.

    

 

Election of Directors

                  
       

 

Nominees:

                  
       

 

1a.

    

 

Gary P. Coughlan

                  
       

 

1b.

    

 

Mary B. Cranston

                  
       

 

1c.

    

 

Francisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal

                  
       

 

1d.

    

 

Robert W. Matschullat

                  
       

 

1e.

    

 

Cathy E. Minehan

                  
       

 

1f.

    

 

Suzanne Nora Johnson

                  
       

 

1g.

    

 

David J. Pang

                  
       

 

1h.

    

 

Joseph W. Saunders

                  
       

 

1i.

    

 

William S. Shanahan

                  
       

 

1j.

    

 

John A. Swainson

                  
  

 

2.

    

 

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

  
  

 

3.

    

 

To approve the Visa Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated.

  
  

 

4.

    

 

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012.

  
  

 

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

  
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