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Michael J. Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

MICHAEL J. BROWN co-founded Euronet in 1994 and has served as its chief executive officer ever since. He is also chairman of Euronet's board of directors since 1997. He is actively involved in the day-to-day operations of Euronet while overseeing the Company's business strategy, financial performance and the growth of the business across all markets.

Mr. Brown is an accomplished entrepreneur with 30 years of combined experience in the computer software and electronic payments business. In 1979, he founded Innovative Software, which merged in 1988 with Informix, a leading provider of advanced database software technology. During his time at Informix, he served as president and chief operating officer as well as president of the workstation products division. Annual revenues of Informix grew from $70 million to $170 million by the time Mr. Brown left the company in 1990. In 1993, he was a founding investor of Visual Tools, a company that writes and markets component software for the growing Visual Basic and Visual C++ developer market. Sybase Software acquired Visual Tools in 1996.

Mr. Brown received a Master of Science in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1997 and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1979. He currently serves on the boards of Nexxus Lighting, Inc., North Carolina; Bank of Blue Valley, Kansas and Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.

Holdings: 2,466,195 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 23, 2010	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	2,440	n/a
Feb 23, 2010	Disposition (Non Open Market)	92,272	n/a
Sep 18, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	10,000	n/a
Mar 5, 2009	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,220	n/a
Mar 5, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	460	9.00
Nov 18, 2008	Buy	40,000	8.81 - 9.02
Aug 6, 2008	Option Execute	25,000	5.90
Apr 16, 2008	Option Execute	10,000	5.85
Mar 6, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	76,251	n/a

Kevin J. Caponecchi
President

KEVIN J. CAPONECCHI joined Euronet as president in July 2007. As president, Mr. Caponecchi is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Euronet's EFT and Prepaid Processing business segments on a global basis. He will oversee the growth of the business in addition to exploring new business opportunities and expansion into new markets.

Mr. Caponecchi has 17 years of domestic and international management experience with various GE businesses. Prior to joining Euronet, he served as president for GE Transportation's Global Signaling business. Under his leadership, the Signaling team posted double-digit growth and expanded the business into China, India and South America. During his long and successful stint at GE, Mr. Caponecchi worked in various management capacities within manufacturing, technology and marketing. Mr. Caponecchi is on the board of directors of YouthFriends, a nationally recognized and rapidly growing school-based mentoring network in Kansas and Missouri that connects caring adult volunteers with young people in schools. He holds degrees in physics from Franklin and Marshall College and industrial engineering from Columbia University.

Holdings: 13,737 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 23, 2010	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	438	n/a
Mar 5, 2009	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	219	n/a
Mar 5, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	83	9.00
Jan 1, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	961	11.61
Jul 2, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	13,699	n/a
Jun 19, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	18,264	n/a

Rick L. Weller
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

RICK L. WELLER was named chief financial officer for Euronet Worldwide in November 2002. He is in charge of the Company's financial operations including financial planning and analysis, acquisitions and treasury aspects of the business. Mr. Weller has more than 20 years of business and financial management experience.

Prior to joining Euronet, Mr. Weller held several operating and financial leadership positions with companies ranging from start-up businesses to large, multinational operations. He served as chief operating officer of ionex telecommunications, a competitive local exchange company. Prior to ionex, Mr. Weller served as chief financial officer of Intek Information, Inc., an information technology outsource service provider. His previous experience includes various management roles at Sprint including vice president, finance of Sprint Communications' consumer services long distance group; assistant vice president, finance for the company's business services long distance group; and as assistant vice president of Sprint's corporate-wide internal audit group. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Weller served as senior manager in the financial service industry practice of Price Waterhouse, an international public accounting firm. Mr. Weller is a certified public accountant and received his bachelor's degree from Central Missouri State University.

Holdings: 47,543 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 23, 2010	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	699	n/a
Mar 5, 2009	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	350	n/a
Mar 6, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	21,855	n/a

Jeffrey B. Newman
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

JEFFREY B. NEWMAN joined Euronet as general counsel in January 1997. He is responsible for all of Euronet's worldwide legal functions. Previously, Jeff practiced law in Paris with the law firm of Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn and then with the Washington, D.C. based law firm Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn. He established the Budapest office of Arent Fox in 1991 and became a partner with Arent Fox in 1993. Mr. Newman is a member of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and Paris bars. He received law degrees from Ohio State University and the University of Paris and a bachelor's degree in political science and French from Ohio University.

Holdings: 23,711 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 23, 2010	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	474	n/a
May 6, 2009	Sell	11,000	15.68
May 6, 2009	Option Execute	11,000	5.00 - 5.50
Mar 5, 2009	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	237	n/a
Mar 6, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	14,813	n/a
Dec 6, 2007	Automatic Sell	4,000	33.00
Dec 6, 2007	Option Execute	4,000	5.00
Dec 5, 2007	Automatic Sell	6,000	33.00
Dec 5, 2007	Option Execute	6,000	5.00
Jun 7, 2007	Automatic Sell	5,700	30.01
Jun 7, 2007	Option Execute	5,700	17.66

Juan C. Bianchi
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Money Transfer Segment

JUAN C. BIANCHI joined Euronet subsequent to the Company's acquisition of RIA Envia Inc., the third-largest global money transfer company in April 2007. As managing director, Mr. Bianchi oversees Euronet's money transfer operations worldwide. He is responsible for the financial and operational performance of the Segment in addition to driving the global strategy for the money transfer division. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Bianchi served as the CEO of RIA and has spent his entire career at either RIA or AFEX Money Express, a money transfer company purchased by RIA's founders.

Mr. Bianchi has more than 15 years of experience in the money transfer industry. He began his career at AFEX in Chile in 1992 and in 1996, he moved to the U.S. to join AFEX USA's operations. While at AFEX USA, first as assistant manager and then as general manager, the company grew from processing 5,000 money transfer transactions per month to 300,000 per month. Subsequently, Mr. Bianchi became the chief operating officer of AFEX-RIA in 2003 and was instrumental in integrating the two companies. Mr. Bianchi studied business at the Universidad Andres Bello in Chile and completed the Executive Program in Management at UCLA's John E. Anderson School of Business.

Holdings: 33,535 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Jun 11, 2010	Disposition (Non Open Market)	3,792	13.14
Jun 11, 2010	Option Execute	10,338	n/a
Feb 23, 2010	Disposition (Non Open Market)	24,121	n/a
Jun 11, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	3,696	19.36
Jun 11, 2009	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	10,338	n/a
Jun 8, 2009	Disposition (Non Open Market)	27,817	0.00 - 18.15
Jul 8, 2008	Disposition (Non Open Market)	25,000	n/a
Jun 11, 2008	Disposition (Non Open Market)	3,484	18.65
Jun 11, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	10,338	n/a
Jun 11, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	232,142	n/a

Nikos Fountas
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe EFT Processing Segment

NIKOS FOUNTAS joined Euronet subsequent to the Company's 2005 acquisition of Instreamline S.A. (now Euronet Card Services) in Greece. He was the founder of Card Business in ABC Professional Services, an affiliated Piraeus Bank company (the third largest private bank in Greece) and equity shareholder. Since October 2005, Mr. Fountas has served as managing director of the Company's Greece EFT subsidiary, responsible for Euronet's European card processing and cross-border acquiring operations.

In September 2009, Mr. Fountas was named managing director of the Company's Europe EFT Segment. He has direct P&L responsibility for the business and oversees the commercial sales initiatives including provision of ATM, POS and card related services to customers throughout Europe. In addition to day-to-day operations management, he is responsible for strategic planning, operations and management of Euronet's EFT Segment across Europe. Prior to joining Euronet, Mr. Fountas spent over 20 years working in management and executive-level positions in the IT field for several companies, including IBM for 12 years. He has a degree in computer science (Honors) from York University in Canada and post graduate studies in business administration from Henley Management School and IBM Business Professional Institute.

Holdings: 18,390 shares View Transactions
Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Jul 8, 2010	Option Execute	6,667	n/a
Jun 11, 2010	Option Execute	500	n/a
May 14, 2010	Sell	4,000	15.00 - 15.27
Mar 23, 2010	Option Execute	3,000	n/a
Feb 23, 2010	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	300	n/a
Feb 23, 2010	Option Execute	1,000	n/a
Dec 3, 2009	Sell	4,000	21.98 - 22.06
Sep 9, 2009	Statement of Ownership	0	n/a

Anthony Grandidge
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific EFT Processing Segment

ANTHONY GRANDIDGE joined Euronet in 2002 as vice president of the Company's EFT operations in the Asia Pacific region. He has been instrumental in launching operations for Euronet in Asia including India and China, two of the largest markets in the world. Mr. Grandidge continues to oversee Euronet's growth and expansion in the Asia Pacific region while strengthening the Company's position as a leading ATM, POS and card services provider to financial institutions.

Before joining Euronet, Mr. Grandidge worked for NCR Financial Solutions Group as vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa. He also served as NCR's vice president in various capacities in the Asia Pacific region for five years and was responsible for its advancement as NCR's fastest growing region. Mr. Grandidge has extensive business experience in Asia having worked previously in Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan and now Singapore. Mr. Grandidge received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bath, U.K. in 1977.

Charles T. Piper
Vice President and Managing Director, Prepaid Processing Segment

CHARLES T. PIPER joined Euronet in March 2010 as managing director of the Company's Prepaid Processing business segment. Mr. Piper is responsible for the strategic planning, operations and management of Euronet's Prepaid segment on a global basis. Mr. Piper has more than 20 years of business and operational management experience.

Prior to joining Euronet, Mr. Piper held several leadership and operating positions with companies ranging from successful start-ups to a Fortune 500 company. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer and president of DVDPlay, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of automated and remotely managed DVD rental kiosks. Prior to DVDPlay, Mr. Piper was senior vice president of operations for Blackhawk Network, Inc., a market leader in prepaid and payments network and card-based financial solutions. His previous experience also includes various management roles at Safeway, Inc., including vice president of corporate retail operations. He received a Master in Business Administration in finance and accounting and a Bachelor of Science in finance from Regis University in Colorado. Mr. Piper currently serves on the advisory boards of ISTS Worldwide, Inc. and Evincii, Inc.

Cindy Ashcraft
Vice President and Managing Director, Payments Software

CINDY ASHCRAFT joined Euronet in 1998 subsequent to the company's acquisition of ARKSYS. Appointed Managing Director of the Company's Payments Software segment in 2004, Cindy is responsible for the management, operations and strategic planning for the Software segment servicing over 120 global financial institutions in addition to the EFT business segments. Previously, Cindy held various positions within the Software segment group including vice president of implementations and project services and vice president of customer support.

Prior to joining ARKSYS in 1989, Cindy spent 15 years as a programmer/analyst and designer/architect for several companies, covering the manufacturing, oil and gas, and vacation ownership industries. Cindy studied business administration at Louisiana State University and received her degree from the University of Arkansas.