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UNITED STATES

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on January 22, 2013

 

  

PRICESMART, INC

 

LOGO

  

 

Meeting Information

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

For holders as of: November 30, 2012

Date: January 22, 2013            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.

 

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        Voting items           

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following:

 

1.

   Election of Directors
   Nominees

01

   Sherry S. Bahrambeygui    02    Gonzalo Barrutieta    03    Katherine L. Hensley    04    Leon C. Janks    05    Jose Luis Laparte

06

   Mitchell G. Lynn    07    Robert E. Price    08    Edgar Zurcher            

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

 

2.

   To approve the Pricesmart, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Award Plan.

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

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