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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on January 27, 2014.

 

 

DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC.

 

 

 

Meeting Information

   

 

Meeting Type:        Annual Meeting

     

 

For holders as of:  November 29, 2013

     

 

Date: January 27, 2014         Time: 3:30 P.M.

     

 

Location:    Minneapolis Marriott Southwest

     

      5801 Opus Parkway

     

      Minnetonka, Minnesota

       

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DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC.

ATTN: OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

11001 BREN RD. EAST

MINNETONKA, MN 55343

     
     

 

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    Voting Items           
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following:

        
 

 

1.    

 

 

Election of Directors

        
   

 

Nominee for the term expiring in 2015

        
   

 

01)     Girish Rishi

             
   

 

Nominees for the term expiring in 2017

        
   

 

02)     Joseph T. Dunsmore

             
   

03)     Satbir Khanuja, Ph.D.

             
 

 

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

        
 

 

2.

 

 

Company proposal to approve the Digi International Inc. 2014 Ominbus Incentive Plan.

     
 

 

3.

 

 

Company proposal to approve the Digi International Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as Amended and Restated as of October 29, 2013.

     
 

 

4.

 

 

Company proposal to cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

     
 

 

5.

 

 

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the 2014 fiscal year.

     
 

 

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