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HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
To our Shareholders:
The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of your Company will be held at the Company’s headquarters located
at 701 Crestdale Road, Matthews, North Carolina 28105, on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at 10:00 A.M., local
time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect eleven (11) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
2. To approve the Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. 2013 Cash Incentive Plan;
3. To consider and provide an advisory (non-binding) “Say on Pay” vote to approve the compensation of
the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement;
4. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the
Company for the fiscal year ending October 1, 2013; and
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment
or adjournments thereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, December 14, 2012 has been fixed
as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting,
and accordingly, only holders of record of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at the close
of business on that date will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.
Your vote is extremely important. We appreciate you taking the time to vote promptly. After reading the Proxy
Statement, please vote, at your earliest convenience by Internet, or request that proxy materials be sent to you by
mail. If you request the proxy materials by mail, included therewith will be a proxy card with a telephone number
you may call to cast your vote, or you may complete, sign and return the proxy card by mail.
YOUR SHARES CANNOT BE VOTED UNLESS YOU (I) VOTE BY INTERNET, (II) REQUEST PROXY
MATERIALS BE SENT TO YOU THAT WILL INCLUDE A PROXY CARD WITH A TELEPHONE NUMBER
YOU MAY CALL TO CAST YOUR VOTE, OR YOU MAY COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY
CARD BY MAIL, OR (III) ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE IN PERSON.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Douglas J. Yacenda
Secretary
January 4, 2013