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Dear Hometown Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder: The 2009 Annual Stockholders Meeting for Hometown Bancorp, Inc. will be held at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time on May 13, 2009 at Walden Federal Savings and Loan Association, 12 Main Street, Walden, New York 12586. The Annual Meeting is for the purpose of considering and acting upon: 1. the election of three directors of Hometown Bancorp, Inc., each to serve for a three-year period; 2. the ratification of the appointment of Beard Miller Company LLP as Hometown Bancorp’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009; and such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting, or any adjournments thereof. The Board of Directors is not aware of any other such business. Stockholders of record at the close of business on March 20, 2009 are the stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Your Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” each of the above proposals. This year we are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders over the internet. You may access the following proxy materials at www.cfpproxy.com/6263: (i) Notice of the Annual Meeting, (ii) the 2008 Annual Report to Stockholders and (iii) the Annual Meeting Proxy Statement. If you would like a paper copy of the proxy materials mailed or emailed to you, you may request one: • by calling 800-951-2405 (please have handy your Stockholder Control Number, which is printed at the bottom of this notice), or • by sending an email to fulfillment@rtco.com and by inserting your Stockholder Control Number in the subject line, or • by making your request online at http://www.cfpproxy.com/6263 and inserting your Stockholder Control Number when prompted. | IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 13, 2009 This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The Annual Meeting Proxy Statement and 2008 Annual report to Stockholders are available at http://www.cfpproxy.com/6263 If you want to receive a paper copy of these documents, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed in this notice on or before May 1, 2009 to facilitate timely delivery. |
You will have the opportunity to make your request for paper copies apply to all future annual stockholder meetings (which you may later revoke at any time) or only for the 2009 Annual Stockholders Meeting. In approximately ten days you will receive by mail a proxy card. In order to vote, simply cast your vote on the proxy card you receive and mail it in the accompanying Business Reply Envelope. If you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you will need personal identification and, unless you are a registered holder of common stock, evidence of your ownership of Hometown Bancorp, Inc. common stock as of the close of business on the record date. | |
