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SOLARWINDS, INC.

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 19, 2011

 

 

SOLARWINDS, INC.

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SOLARWINDS, INC.

3711 SOUTH MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, BUILDING TWO AUSTIN, TX 78746

ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

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Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

 

 

For holders as of: March 21, 2011

 

 

Date: March 19, 2011        Time: 8:30 AM CDT

 

 
Location: Four Seasons Hotel  

98 San Jacinto Boulevard

Austin, TX 78701

 

 

 

 

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                             Voting items                                         

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following:

        

 

1.

  Election of Directors         
 

 

Nominees

           

 

01

  Mark Bonham    02    Steven M. Cakebread                03    Roger J. Sippl      

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

  

 

2

 

 

Ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

  

 

3

 

 

Approve, by non-binding vote, the Company’s overall executive compensation program, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narratives and other materials in the Proxy Statement.

  

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the following proposal:

  

 

4

 

 

To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes.

  

 

NOTE: And to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

  
  

 

   

 

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