<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001386278-16-000122.txt : 20160505
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160504215906
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001386278-16-000122
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160505
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160504
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20160505

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GREEN DOT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001386278
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34819
		FILM NUMBER:		161621371

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3465 E. FOOTHILL BLVD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6267652000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3465 E. FOOTHILL BLVD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
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<div><a name="s34D9AB909B16DB442AD37DFBF9E121D1"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment No.   )</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5%;"></td><td style="width:35%;"></td><td style="width:60%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Filed by the Registrant</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#254;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#254;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Definitive Additional Materials</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167; 240.14a-12</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:180%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:14pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5%;"></td><td style="width:6%;"></td><td style="width:89%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">Green Dot Corporation</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:20px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">N/A</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if Other Than the Registrant)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#254;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">No fee required.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:26px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:26px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Total fee paid:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Amount Previously Paid:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Filing Party:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Date Filed:</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The following are verbatim comments made by Steven W. Streit, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Green Dot Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), during the Company&#8217;s first quarter 2016 earnings conference call on May 4, 2016, a recording of which was made available through the Company&#8217;s investor relations website:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Lastly, the CFPB announced that, while delayed, they intend to soon issue their new rules governing prepaid cards. I want to reiterate what we have previously said&#8230;.that these rules if passed into law as proposed will have no discernable impact on Green Dot&#8217;s business. That&#8217;s not the case for our largest competitor. From the outside looking in, we know that different prepaid firms can look similar. But for those of you who take the time to compare Green Dot and Netspend -- who is a fine company --you should note that without overdraft fees, analysts estimate that NetSpend could lose as  much as 40% or more of their EBITDA, which, based on recent TSYS disclosures, would put Netspend at an adjusted EBITDA margin in the teens. The proposed CFPB rules also require that prepaid providers need to comply with bank-level Reg E consumer protections, which we believe would also add a few million dollars of more additional headwinds to the Netspend model. As a bank, Green Dot has complied with full bank-level Reg E protections for many years now. Furthermore, Netspend&#8217;s fee schedule already puts them at the very top of the prepaid market and at the very bottom of the list for consumer advocates, whereas, as we&#8217;ve proven, Green Dot&#8217;s fee model has plenty of room for upside with a brand reputation that enjoys top consumer ratings. So, if 40% of your profit is going away, and your fees are already maxed-out, what do you do? </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Look, I understand that one of the key tenets of the Harvest proxy campaign is that Netspend is a better company than Green Dot. But when you objectively look at our business and its future prospects and you objectively look at Netspend and their future prospects, if Netspend was still a stand-alone company, do you really think that today, you&#8217;d rather own shares in Netspend than Green Dot? At Green Dot, our willingness to forgo short-term profit in order to do the right thing by consumers has not always won us fans from our own industry, but it has sure won us lots of customers and big new business partnerships and we strongly believe that all good things start with treating customers right.  That is the best way, we think, to build long term trust with your regulators, consumer advocates and partners, and it&#8217;s the best way to build sustainable and long-term value for our shareholders. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Green Dot&#8217;s multi-award winning product suite, its superior technology, its highly respected bank charter, its leading brand name and its strong reputation with consumer advocates and other key stakeholders is why we have been winning deal after deal over our competitors. It&#8217;s great to be recognized for doing great things for customers and we thank all of our new and current business partners for their support of our mission to serve customers with great products and services and to serve shareholders with increasing franchise value.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Before I turn it over to Mark, I want to bring you up to date on our proxy contest with Harvest Capital. Following numerous good faith attempts to settle with Harvest, we are disappointed that we have not been able to come to some reasonable resolution. At the same time, we greatly appreciate the many investors who have met with Mark and me along with a number of our board members - Tim Greenleaf and Mary Dent - to discuss their thoughts about our company and to offer their input on various topics. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;We all greatly value of the input of our investors and are pleased to announce that based on that input, we have made a number of governance changes that we believe are in the best interests of our company and our investors.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;First, on our Q4 earnings call in February, we announced that Green Dot had commenced a search process with the goal of expanding our board and would solicit input and potential director candidate names from our ten largest unaffiliated shareholders. As you can imagine, it is extremely difficult to find quality and qualified board members for a company that is in the middle of a proxy contest. Nevertheless, the strong reputation of our company and the admiration from many of our business model yielded a field of highly qualified potential board candidates from which our Board ultimately appointed three world class members - Chris Brewster, Raj Date and Bill Jacobs. All three have extensive experience in the payments and financial services industries and all are known for being strategic and independent voices. I am thrilled to welcome them all to Green Dot&#8217;s Board of Directors. As part of these appointments, our non-independent board member, Sam Altman -- who is amazingly talented by the way.  He&#8217;s the President of Y Combinator, which is a leading technology incubator in Silicon Valley -- Sam voluntarily agreed to step down from the Board in order to make room for one more independent director without having to expand our seats beyond two.  Thank you, Sam, for doing that. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;As part of this Board expansion process, Green Dot&#8217;s Nom Gov Committee also evaluated the Harvest nominees and determined that, of the three, Mr. Livingston and Mr. Fanlo were both judged to be unfit to serve on our regulated board based, in part, on negative findings relating to their professional backgrounds uncovered by an independent third-party investigative firm. As such, Green Dot sought to appoint the one remaining candidate, Mr. Gresham as part of its selection process, but Mr. Gresham declined our board&#8217;s offer. </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;By publicly announcing and conducting an open search and proposing to add qualified and independent board members now, our Board hoped that these changes would serve to create an even stronger board that was in the best interests of all shareholders. Additionally, the Company believed that by offering to appoint at least one of Harvest&#8217;s own board candidates to our board, that Harvest would be willing to settle and save the Company from wasting millions of dollars on a proxy contest. While this strategy did not result work and it did not result in a settlement, the Company did end up with the addition of three great new board members, for whom many of our investors have expressed strong support.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;In other governance news, we&#8217;re pleased to let you know that based on your feedback, our board has committed to adopting Proxy Access with that provision to take effect so that it can be used for the next year&#8217;s annual meeting of stockholders.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Next, we&#8217;re pleased to let you know that our board has put the matter of majority voting on our proxy ballot which we have urged our investors to approve.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Further, we have completely re-engineered the compensation programs for me and all other NEOs and executive management to be 100% performance-based with no incentive awards granted for anything but achieving specific annual financial goals. In summary, the Company&#8217;s incentive bonus plan structure has been simplified to solely reward cash bonus payments in exchange for meeting certain annual revenue generation targets and to solely award long-term equity incentive restricted shares in exchange for meeting certain annual non-GAAP EPS targets, except for me as CEO, where I have the higher hurdle of only being granted long-term equity incentive awards based upon achieving a certain 3-year &#8220;TSR&#8221; target. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Given the aggregate of all of these governance improvements, including the Company&#8217;s new highly shareholder-friendly compensation policies, the significant additions to our board, the Company&#8217;s clear commitment to growing EPS to at least $1.75 in 2017 and the company&#8217;s strong operating and revenue performance thus far in 2016</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">, </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">we believe the evidence is ample that our long term</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">strategic roadmap and all the new initiatives that we announced well before the Harvest 13D filing are working as designed.  We firmly believe we have the right board to keep the great momentum going and we are asking for your support by voting for Tim Greenleaf, Mike Moritz and me so that we can continue to stay on track and can continue to execute our Six Step Plan. If we fail to hit that plan, or if we lose key deals in the pipeline or if we lose key leadership as a result of all this activity, we worry that our company could suffer long-term damage to our growing franchise value.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;As our investors, you&#8217;re important to me and our board and we want you to know we&#8217;re listening and that we care about you and we want your vote so that we can continue to focus on making you money.&#8221; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div>	</body>
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