PRICESMART INC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Dec 14, 2017

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on January 24, 2018

	PRICESMART, INC	Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual Meeting For holders as of: December 01, 2017 Date: January 24, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM PST Location: Company’s Corporate Headquarters 9740 Scranton Road San Diego, California, 92121
●	PRICESMART, INC 9740 SCRANTON
ROAD SAN DIEGO, CA 92121-1745	You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication
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Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following:

1.
Nominees

01	Sherry S. Bahrambeygui	02	Gonzalo Barrutieta	03	Gordon H. Hanson	04	Beatriz V. Infante	05	Leon C. Janks
06	Jose Luis Laparte	07	Mitchell G. Lynn	08	Gary Malino	09	Pierre Mignault	10	Robert E. Price
11	Edgar Zurcher

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

1. To approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

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

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

1. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Accountants.

NOTE: The proxies of the undersigned may vote according to their discretion on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting.