UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934
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TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION
The undersigned stockholder of Towerstream Corporation hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement with respect to the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 88 Silva Lane, Middletown, Rhode Island 02842 on November 2, 2012 at 9:00am Eastern Standard time, (ii) appoints Jeffrey M. Thompson and Joseph P. Hernon, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with full powers of substitution and revocation, to vote all shares of Common Stock of Towerstream Corporation owned by the undersigned at such meeting and at any adjournments thereof, and in their discretion with respect to any other matters which properly come before the meeting (and any such adjournments), and (iii) revokes any proxy heretofore given.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OR, IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, FOR THE BOARD’S NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1, FOR PROPOSALS 2 THROUGH 5 AND FOR THE OPTION OF EVERY THREE YEARS ON PROPOSAL 6.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, OR IF NO
DIRECTION IS INDICATED, WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE PROPOSALS.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be held on November 2, 2012. The 2012 Proxy Statement and the 2011
Annual Report are available at:http://viewproxy.com/towerstream/2012
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed in Proposal 1, FOR Proposal 2 through 5 and 3 YEARS for Proposal 6.
1. | Election of five (5) directors: | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||||||
(01) Philip Urso | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | 3. | Amendment of the Company’s 2007 Incentive Stock | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ||||||||
(02) Jeffrey M. Thompson | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock | ||||||||||||
(03) Howard L. Haronian, M.D. | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | reserved for issuance from 2,500,000 to 5,000,000. | ||||||||||||
(04) Paul Koehler | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | 4. | Ratification of Marcum LLP as the Company's | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ||||||||
(05) William J. Bush | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | independent registered public accounting | ||||||||||||
2. | Amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. | |||||||||||
increase the authorized number of shares of common stock | 5. | Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | |||||||||||
from 70,000,000 to 95,000,000. | the Company’s executive officers. | |||||||||||||||
3 YEARS | 2YEARS | 1YEAR | ABSTAIN | |||||||||||||
6. | Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | |||||||||||
�� | stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation. | |||||||||||||||
7. | Transaction of such other business as may properly | |||||||||||||||
come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof. |
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