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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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EMERGING VISION, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
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EMERGING VISION, INC.
1500 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE
EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK 11554
(516) 390-2100
SUPPLEMENT TO
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND
PROXY STATEMENT
With respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
To be Held on May 26, 2000
To the Shareholders of Emerging Vision, Inc.:
Reference is made to the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
Emerging Vision, Inc. (the "Company"), dated April 28, 2000 (the "Original
Notice"), with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to
be held on May 26, 2000 (the "Annual Meeting"), and the Proxy Statement of the
Company with respect to the Annual Meeting which accompanied such Original
Notice.
The purpose of this Supplement is to advise you of certain changes that
have been made by the Company's Board of Directors in the composition of each of
the Executive, Compensation and Independent Committees of the Board, effective
May 2, 2000. As a result of those changes, these Committees now consist of the
following members:
Executive Committee Compensation Committee
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William F. Stasior William F. Stasior
Gregory T. Cook Gregory T. Cook
Dr. Alan Cohen Dr. Robert Cohen
Independent Committee
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William F. Stasior
Suresh V. Mathews
Joel L. Gold
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph Silver,
Secretary
East Meadow, New York
May 3, 2000
