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1. 1. corporate.visa.com

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   Published on: 5/13/2008   Last Visited: 5/13/2008

   Jack CarskyVisa Management: Jack Carsky | About Visa Inc. | Visa Corporate
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   Jack Carsky
   
   Global Head of Investor Relations
   
   Jack Carsky is the head of global investor relations for Visa Inc., with responsibility for all communications with the investment community, including quarterly earnings reports and managing relationships with both sell-side research analysts and buy-side institutional investors.
   
   Carsky has very strong experience in the Investor Relations function.From 1998 until he joined Visa in August 2007, he held leadership roles in Investor Relations at Providian Financial and subsequently Washington Mutual which merged with Providian in 2005.
   
   Prior to Providian/WaMu, Carsky worked at The American Stock Exchange where he was in charge of listed-company investor relations programs.Earlier in his career, Carsky worked for several firms in the areas of investor relations; corporate governance; and proxy consulting.
   
   Carsky received his BS in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

2. 2. www.ciri.org

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   Published on: 9/2/2005   Last Visited: 9/13/2007

   Jack Carsky, senior VP of IR at Providian, was surprised by Putnam's decision to go public with its view. 'When Putnam put out that press release that moved everything up a notch and that was almost unprecedented,' he says. 'I can't think of a case Putnam has ever done that; the CEO, the CFO and myself spoke to Putnam's portfolio mangers and their analysts in a couple of occasions on June 6 [when the offer was first announced] and a couple of days later.'
   
   Carsky notes that communication with Putnam was constant, before and after the press release came out. 'The lines of communications were very good and we understood their point,' he says. 'We respected their point, but we still felt that based on everything we knew that we were getting the best offer for our shareholders.'
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   As for ISS, Carsky defends Providian's choice in taking advice from the proxy firm. 'Whether people deem them to be objective or not, ISS gives you the opportunity to essentially speak your case, and they take their time to understand management,' he says. 'To Glass Lewis' fault they don't do that, they just take whatever is contained in the proxy - they don't talk you.'
   
   At the end of the day, Providian's merger was approved with 83 percent of total voting shares approving the merger (or 67 percent of the total outstanding shares).
   
   There is a lesson learned here, says Carsky. 'Never underestimate. We went into this thinking there shouldn't be much of a problem especially after we got the ISS blessing,' he says. 'You can ever underestimate the possibility of other entities making their voices heard for whatever reason.'

3. 3. Corporate Communications Broadcast Network - News & Events

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   Published on: 11/20/2003   Last Visited: 3/22/2004

   Jack Carsky, vice president of investor relations, Providian Financial