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UNITED STATES

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Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on November 04, 2010.

 

ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.

       

Meeting Information            

 

   
       

Meeting Type:

 

 

  Annual Meeting

 

   
           For holders as of:     September 14, 2010    
          

 

Date:  November 04, 2010    Time: 9:00 AM local  time

   
          

 

Location:   Allscripts Principal Offices

   
          

 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza

   
       

 Suite 2024

 Chicago, Illinois 60654

For meeting directions please call (312) 506-1230

   
            

 

      ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS,INC.

       222 MERCHANDISE MART, SUITE 2024

      CHICAGO, IL 60654

 

 

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Voting Items      

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR

ALL of the following:

    

 

1.      Election of Directors

  

         Nominees

     

 

         01)  Dennis Chookaszian

  

 

         06)  John King

 

         02)  Eugene V. Fife

  

 

         07)  Michael J. Kluger

 

         03)  Marcel L. “Gus” Gamache

  

 

         08)  Philip M. Pead

 

         04)  Philip D. Green

  

 

         09)  Glen E. Tullman

 

         05)  Edward A. Kangas

  

 

         10)  Stephen Wilson

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

  

 

2.       Approval of the amendment to the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan to, among other items, increase the number of shares available for grant thereunder by 250,000.

  

 

3.       Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.

  

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  

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