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3COM CORPORATION

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:        Annual
For holders as of:   7/27/09
Date:     9/23/09     Time: 8:00 a.m.
Location:   Company’s Headquarters
350 Campus Drive
Marlborough, MA 01752
 

 
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3COM CORPORATION
C/O AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & CO.
59 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK, NY 10038
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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT - 3COM CORPORATION
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Voting Items
 

 
         
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS    
 
        
1.
 
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of five Class I Directors: Each to hold office for a two-year term (or a one-year term if Proposal No. 2 is approved).
    
 
        
 
  Nominees:    
 
        
 
  01) KATHLEEN A. COTE    
 
  02) DAVID H. Y. HO    
 
  03) ROBERT Y. L. MAO    
 
  04) J. DONALD SHERMAN    
 
  05) DOMINIQUE TREMPONT    
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
2.  
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
3.  
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending May 2010.
     
     
 
    


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