Edgar Filing: BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY INC

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. X 01B3ID 1 U PX + Annual Meeting Proxy Card . Authorized Signatures This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. Date and Sign Below Please date this proxy card and sign above exactly as your name appears on this card. Joint owners should each sign personally. Corporate proxies should be signed by an authorized officer. Executors, administrators, trustees, etc., should give their full titles. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Please print date below. Signature 1 Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 Please keep signature within the box. Non Voting Items Proposals Our Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the directors listed below and a vote FOR proposals 2 and 3. Meeting Attendance Mark box to the right if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. Change of Address Please print new address below. 01 Federico Pignatelli 04 Gregory E. Lichtwardt 02 Dr. Alex K. Arrow 03 Dr. Norman J. Nemoy 1. To elect four directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. For Against Abstain For Against Abstain For Against Abstain THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, WILL BE VOTED FOR THE DIRECTORS LISTED ABOVE AND FOR THE PROPOSAL LISTED ABOVE. IMPORTANT ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION For Against Abstain 3. To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. 2. To approve the amendment to the 2002 Stock For Against Abstain Incentive Plan. 1234 5678 9012 345 MMMMMMMMMMMM 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext MMMMMMM MR A SAMPLE (THIS AREA IS SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE 140 CHARACTERS) MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MMMMMMMMM C123456789 C 1234567890 J N T 1 1 2 9 8 2 1 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 000004 MR A SAMPLE DESIGNATION (IF ANY) ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4 ADD 5 ADD 6 ENDORSEMENT_LINE SACKPACKIF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE._ Electronic Voting Instructions You can vote by Internet or telephone! Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the two voting methods outlined below to vote your proxy. VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR. Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by 1:00 a.m., Central Time, on May 5, 2011. Vote by Internet • Log on to the Internet and go to www.investorvote.com/BLTI • Follow the steps outlined on the secured website. Vote by telephone • Call toll free 1 800 652 VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories & Canada any time on a touch tone telephone. There is NO CHARGE to you for the call. • Follow the instructions provided by the recorded message.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 5, 2011 Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement/Annual Report on Form 10 K are available on the Investors Section of the Biolase website at www.biolase.com. This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors of BIOLASE Technology, Inc. The undersigned revokes all previous proxies, acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 5, 2011 and the Proxy Statement, and appoints Federico Pignatelli and Frederick Furry and each of them, the Proxy of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of Common Stock of BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) which the undersigned is entitled to vote, either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of any entity or entities, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 4 Cromwell, Irvine, CA, 92618, on May 5, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. local time (the “Annual Meeting”), and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with the same force and effect as the undersigned might or could do if personally present thereat. The shares represented by this Proxy shall be voted in the manner set forth on this proxy card. By executing this Proxy, the undersigned hereby grants the named proxy holders discretionary authority to act upon all other matters incident to the conduct of the meeting or as may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournment thereof. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that the attorneys and proxies, or any of them, or their substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof, and hereby revokes any and all proxies heretofore given by the undersigned to vote at the meeting. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and the Proxy Statement accompanying such notice. CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE . Proxy — BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. _IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE._