CASH 2017 Proxy Statement

STOCK OWNERSHIP STOCK OWNERSHIP Except as otherwise noted, the following table presents information regarding the beneficial ownership of Meta Financial Common Stock as of the Record Date, by: • those persons or entities (or group of affiliated persons or entities) known by management to beneficially own more than 5% of outstanding Meta Financial Common Stock; • each director and director nominee of Meta Financial; • each “named executive officer” of Meta Financial named in the Summary Compensation Table appearing under “Executive Compensation” below; and • all of the current executive officers and directors of Meta Financial as a group. To our knowledge, the persons named in the table below have sole voting power for all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable and except as indicated in the footnotes to the table. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Common Stock which that person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the applicable date, including through the exercise of options or other rights or the conversion of another security, are deemed outstanding for that person. Such shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Percentage ownership is based upon 9,666,462 shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date. Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership Percent of Class 5% Beneficial Owners BlackRock, Inc. (2) 1,148,476 11.88% Named Executive Officers & Directors J. Tyler Haahr (3) 262,356 2.71% Bradley C. Hanson (4) 162,917 1.68% Glen W. Herrick 75,582 * Sheree Thornsberry 10,000 * Cynthia Smith 577 * Elizabeth G. Hoople 4,000 * Douglas J. Hajek 2,527 * Frederick V. Moore 1,493 * Kendall E. Stork 1,471 * Becky S. Shulman 933 * Directors and executive officers of Meta Financial as a group (10 persons) (5) 524,279 5.40% * Indicates less than 1%. 6 Meta Financial Group, Inc. | 2017 Proxy Statement