IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING THE INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
THE
PROXY STATEMENT, PROXY CARD AND 2009 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE
COLLECTORS
UNIVERSE, INC. ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD ON DECEMBER 8, 2009
ARE
AVAILABLE AT:
www.stocktrans.com/eproxy/collectorsuniverse2009
Dear
Stockholder:
The 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Collectors Universe,
Inc. (referred to below as “we”, “our” or “us”) will be held at 10:00 A.M.
Pacific Time on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at our offices located at 1921 E.
Alton Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Ana, California 92705. The Annual
Meeting has been called to consider and vote on the following
matters:
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Election
of seven nominees to serve as directors until our 2010 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders or until their successors are elected and have
qualified.
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Ratification
of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2010.
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Any
other business as may properly come before the Annual
Meeting.
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Our Board
of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of
each of the seven director nominees listed in our proxy materials and “FOR” the ratification
of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
Complete
proxy materials, including our Proxy Statement, proxy card and 2009 Annual
Report, are available to you on-line at www.stocktrans.com/eproxy/collectorsuniverse2009. We
encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in
those proxy materials before voting. To do so, you will need to enter
your “Stockholder Control Number” (located at the bottom right hand corner of
this Notice). However, if you prefer, you can have us send you
printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, as we have done in prior years,
or by email, by sending us a request in accordance with the instructions set
forth on the second page of this Notice.
Voting
Your Shares. You may vote on the Internet, by mail or in
person. If you wish to vote on the Internet, you will only need your
Stockholder Control Number, and no other personal information of any kind, to
access the proxy materials and vote your shares at the above Internet website
address. In the alternative, you may vote by mail by
either: (1) printing out the proxy card from the above Internet
website, and then completing, signing and mailing your proxy card to us at the
address indicated on the proxy card, or (2) requesting, in accordance with
the instructions on the second page of this Notice, that we send you, via mail
or email, printed proxy materials including the proxy card, which you should
complete, sign and return by mail in accordance with the instructions on the
proxy card. If you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting,
simply check the box on the proxy card indicating that you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting. In that event, however, we urge you to also vote your
shares by proxy, either over the Internet or by mail, to ensure that your vote
is counted. If you do attend and vote your shares in person at the
Annual Meeting, your proxy card will not be used.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR
THE COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
TO
BE HELD ON DECEMBER 8, 2009
(1) This
communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials
that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access
and review all of the important information contained in our proxy materials
before voting.
(2) Our
Proxy Statement, proxy card and 2009 Annual Report are available on the Internet
at www.stocktrans.com/eproxy/collectorsuniverse2009. Please
follow the instructions on the prior page to access those proxy materials and to
vote your shares online.
(3) If
you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, you must request
one. There is no charge to you for requesting or receiving a paper
copy of the proxy materials. Please make your request as instructed
below on or before November 27, 2009 to facilitate timely delivery of the
proxy materials to you.
You may
request a paper copy of the proxy materials to be sent to you via mail or email,
or you may request directions to the Annual Meeting should you choose to attend
the Annual Meeting and vote in person, as follows:
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Call our toll-free number at (866) 360-7311;
or
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Make your request on our website at www.stocktrans.com/eproxy/collectorsuniverse2009;
or
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Please be
prepared to clearly identify our company name, your name, your “Stockholder
Control Number” (located in the lower right hand corner of this Notice), the
name and address or email address to which the proxy materials should be sent,
as well as the specific documents you are requesting.
By Order of the
Board of Directors
October
28,
2009 Michael
J. McConnell
Chief
Executive Officer