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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting

of Stockholders to be held on May 3, 2018, for NuVasive, Inc.

The 2018 Notice and Proxy Statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of NuVasive, Inc. and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 are available at www.proxydocs.com/NUVA. To submit your proxy while visiting this site, you will need the 12 digit control number in the box below.

 

      

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Company Notice of Annual Meeting
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Date:

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May 3, 2018

8:00 A.M. (Local Time)

7475 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121

 
       
       

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following Director nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors:

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Election of Directors

 

 

      Nominees:

     
   

1a.    Vickie L. Capps

     
   

1b.    John A. DeFord, Ph.D.

     

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

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  Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.  

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  Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.