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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 3, 2011.
SUNPOWER CORPORATION
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:
Annual Meeting
For holders as of:
March 9, 2011
Date: May 3, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m. PDT
Location: Cypress Semiconductor Corp
198 Champion Court
San Jose, California 95134
Meeting Directions: For directions to the Annual Meetingplease call: 408-240-5501
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SUNPOWER CORPORATION 3939 NORTH FIRST STREET SAN JOSE, CA 95134
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Voting Items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
1. Election of Directors
Nominees:
01) Thomas R. McDaniel 02) Thomas H. Werner
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
2. The proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, our named executive officer compensation.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the following proposal:
3. The proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, whether a stockholder advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation should be held every (a) year, (b) two years, or (c) three years.
NOTE: In their discretion, Thomas H. Werner, Dennis V. Arriola, Bruce R. Ledesma, or any of them, each with power of substitution, are authorized to vote upon such other matter or matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
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