CASH 2018 Proxy Statement

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 ANNUAL MEETING Under Rule 14a ‑ 8 under the Exchange Act, stockholder proposals to be presented at Meta Financial’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received by our Secretary no later than August 16, 2019, to be eligible for inclusion in Meta Financial’s proxy statement and form of proxy related to the 2019 Annual Meeting. Any such proposal will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Exchange Act, and as with any stockholder proposal (regardless of whether such proposal is included in Meta Financial’s proxy materials), Meta Financial’s Certificate of Incorporation and By ‑ laws and Delaware law. To be considered for presentation at the next Annual Meeting, but not for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for that meeting, proposals must be received by the Company by the Deadline. As reflected in Meta Financial’s By ‑ laws, the “Deadline” means the date that is 60 days prior to the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than 50 days from such anniversary date, to be timely, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Pursuant to Meta Financial’s By ‑ laws, stockholders may nominate a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected by delivering timely notice in writing to its Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered or mailed to and received at the Company’s principal executive offices not less than 30 days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 40 days’ notice or prior disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, to be timely, notice by the stockholder must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL MEETING 50 Meta Financial Group, Inc. | 2018 Proxy Statement