- Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials - Non-Management (definitive) (DFAN14A)

 

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TIER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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DISCOVERY EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P., DISCOVERY GROUP I, LLC, DANIEL J. DONOGHUE AND MICHAEL R. MURPHY
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On February 27, 2009, Discovery Equity Partners, L.P., Discovery Group I, LLC, Daniel J. Donoghue and Michael R. Murphy (collectively, the “Discovery Group”) issued a press release in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Discovery Group from holders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01, of Tier Technologies, Inc. (“Tier”), announcing that PROXY Governance, Inc., an independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that Tier stockholders vote for the election of the Discovery Group nominees, Daniel J. Donoghue and Michael R. Murphy, to the Tier Board of Directors at Tier’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and vote for the Discovery Group’s proposals that the Tier Board terminate Tier’s “poison pill” rights plan and reinstate stockholders’ ability to call special meetings.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

 

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Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Press Release dated February 27, 2009

 

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