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Capital Partners, an investment banking firm for nonprofit organizations. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Overholser
was Head of Strategy and New Business Development for Capital One, Inc., a company specializing in consumer
lending.
JOHN J. GAVIN, Jr., Director since August 2006
Mr. Gavin, age 52, has served as Chief Financial Officer of BladeLogic, Inc., a provider of data center
automation software, since January 2007. From May 2004 through December 2007, Mr. Gavin was Chief
Financial Officer of Navisite, Inc., a provider of information technology hosting, outsourcing and professional
services. From January 2002 to April 2004, Mr. Gavin was a private investor. From February 2000 through
December 2001, Mr. Gavin served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cambridge
Technology Partners, a consulting firm, which was acquired by Novell, Inc. Prior to his work at Cambridge
Technology Partners, Mr. Gavin spent twelve years at Data General Corporation, a manufacturer of computing
equipment, including serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gavin also spent ten years at
Price Waterhouse LLP, an accounting firm, in various accounting and audit positions including serving as Senior
Manager in charge of multi-national audits. From October 2001 through April 2005, Mr. Gavin also served as a
member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of Ascential Software, a publicly-traded
corporation and provider of integration software. Mr. Gavin is a certified public accountant.
Class III Directors (Terms Expire at the 2008 Annual General Meeting)
ROBERT S. KEANE, Director since January 1995
Mr. Keane, age 44, is the founder of VistaPrint and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of our Board of Directors since he founded the Company in January 1995. From 1988 to 1994,
Mr. Keane was an executive at Flex-Key Corporation, an OEM manufacturer of keyboards, displays and retail
kiosks used for desktop publishing, most recently as General Manager.
DANIEL CIPORIN, Director since September 2005
Mr. Ciporin, age 49, has served as a Venture Partner at Canaan Partners, a venture capital firm, since March
2007. From January 1999 through June 2005, Mr Ciporin served as the Chief Executive Officer of Shopping.com
Ltd., a publicly-traded comparison shopping service, and then as Chairman of Shopping.com Ltd. until its
acquisition by Ebay in August 2005. From August 2005 to March 2007, Mr. Ciporin was self-employed. Prior to
joining Shopping.com Ltd., Mr. Ciporin served as Senior Vice President of MasterCard International, a consumer
credit company, responsible for global debit services. Mr. Ciporin is also a member of the board of directors of
Primedia Inc., a target media company, and Corel Corporation, a computer software company.
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of Messrs. Page and Riley as Class II
directors.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
General
We believe that good corporate governance is important to ensure that VistaPrint is managed for the long-
term benefit of its shareholders. The Board of Directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines to assist the
Board of Directors in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities and to serve the best interests of our Company
and our shareholders. These guidelines, which provide a framework for the conduct of the Board of Director’s
business, provide, among other things, that:
• the principal responsibility of the directors is to oversee our management, including, among other
things, reviewing and approving fundamental operating, financial and other corporate plans, strategies
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