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Seth W. Hamot
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Meeting Type: Annual

Meeting Location: 

Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.

Meeting Date: 4/15/08

 

3525 Fairystone Park Highway

Meeting Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT

 

Bassett, Virginia 24055

For holders as of: 3/3/08

 

 



Voting items

Costa Brava Partnership III L.P. recommends a
vote FOR each of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.

 

 

1.

Election of Directors

 

Costa Brava Nominees:

 

 

01)

David S. Brody

02)

Neil Chelo

03)

Eugene I. Davis

04)

Seth W. Hamot

05)

Kent F. Heyman

06)

Peter Hirsch

07)

Andrew R. Siegel

 

 

2.

Reimbursement of expenses. To authorize the Company, if any of the Costa Brava Nominees are elected to the Board of Directors, to reimburse the costs and expenses of Costa Brava and the Costa Brava Nominees in undertaking this solicitation, including those incurred in connection with the nomination of the Costa Brava Nominees and the costs associated with the related litigation described in the Proxy Statement.

 

 

3.

Ratification of Selection of Independent Public Accountants. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending November 29, 2008.

 

 

 

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