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| GARMIN LTD. | Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual Meeting For holders as of: April 11, 2013 Date:June 7, 2013 Time:10:00 AM CDT Location:1200 East 151st Street Olathe, Kansas 66062 |
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| Voting Items |
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s): | |
| 1. | Election of Directors |
| Nominees | |
| 01) Joseph J. Hartnett | |
| 02) Thomas P. Poberezny | |
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: | |
| 2. | Approval of Garmin Ltd.’s 2012 Annual Report, including the consolidated financial statements of |
| Garmin Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 and the statutory financial statements of | |
| Garmin Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012. | |
| 3. | Approval of the appropriation of available earnings. |
| 4. | Approval of the payment of a cash dividend in the aggregate amount of |
| $1.80 per share out of Garmin Ltd’s general reserve from capital contribution in four equal installments. | |
| 5. | Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Officers from liability for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012. |
| 6. | Approval of amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. |
| 7. | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Garmin Ltd.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year and the re-election of Ernst & Young Ltd. as Garmin Ltd’s statutory auditor for another one-year term. |
| 8. | Advisory vote on executive compensation. |
| 9. | Any other matters that may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereto, including matters incident to its conduct. |