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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 02, 2017

 

 

  
                      
             Meeting Information        
   FAMOUS DAVE’S OF AMERICA, INC.       

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

       
            

 

For holders as of:    March 07, 2017

       
            

 

Date: May 02, 2017        Time: 3:00 PM CDT

       
            

 

Location:  Company Office

                  12701 Whitewater Drive

                  Minnetonka, MN 55343

 

 

       
                           
                  
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FAMOUS DAVE’S OF AMERICA, INC.

12701 WHITEWATER DRIVE

SUITE 200

MINNETONKA, MN 55343

         

 

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  Voting items         
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:         
  1.    Election of Directors         
     Nominees         
  01    Anand D. Gala        02    Joseph M. Jacobs        03    Charles W. Mooty        04    Richard A. Shapiro        05    Patrick D. Walsh   
  06    Bryan Wolff            
 

 

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

  
 

 

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To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as independent auditors of the Company for Fiscal 2017.

  
  3.    To approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation.   
       
       
    
       
    
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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