UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all Director Nominees listed below.
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees: 01) Joel M. Evans, M.D. 04) John B. Nano
02) Richard D. Hornidge, Jr. 05) William L. Reali
03) Rustin Howard
For Withold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual
All All Except nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the
number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Item 2. For Against Abstain
2. RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING [ ] [ ] [ ]
FIRM MHM Mahoney Cohen, CPAs
A majority of the members of said Proxy Committee who shall be present in
person or by substitute at said meeting, or in case but one shall be present,
then that one, shall have and exercise all of the powers of said Proxy
Committee.
This Proxy will be voted as directed, but if no direction is indicated, it
will be voted FOR election of the nominees in proposal one, and FOR the
ratification of the independent public accounting firm in proposal two. On other
matters that may come before said meeting, this proxy will be voted in the
discretion of the afore-named Proxy Committee indicated on the reverse side.
NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name or names appear(s) on this Proxy. When
shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as
executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full
title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate
name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
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ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
APRIL 17, 2009
PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND MAIL
YOUR PROXY CARD IN THE
ENVELOPE PROVIDED AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
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COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, APRIL 17, 2009
The undersigned shareholder of COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. hereby
appoints Donna J. Mays and John P. Rafferty (the "Proxy Committee"), each with
full power of substitution, as attorneys and proxies to vote all the shares of
stock of said Company which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of said Company to be held on Friday, April 17, 2009, at
11:00 a.m. local time at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center,
1 First Stamford Place, Stamford, Connecticut 06902 or at any adjournments
thereof, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, as
indicated on the reverse side, and for transacting of such other business as may
properly come before said meeting or any adjournment thereof, all as set forth
in the March 2, 2009 Proxy Statement.
(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)
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