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    <reportingOwner>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Summit Partners PE VII, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001507545</rptOwnerCik>
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            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
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            <rptOwnerName>MANNION MARTIN J</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SUMMIT PARTNERS, L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock</value>
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                <value>2005-06-29</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series E Convertible Preferred Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares are held as follows: 10,655,742 in the name of Summit Ventures VI-A, L.P., 221,610 in the name of Summit VI Advisors Fund, L.P., 340,245 in the name of Summit VI Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P., 4,443,870 in the name of Summit Ventures VI-B, L.P., 89,845 in the name of Summit Investors VI, L.P., and 364,135 in the name of Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II, L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. common stock on a two and one-half-for-one basis and has no expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The shares underlying the Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock are held as follows: 5,842,167 in the name of Summit Ventures VI-A, L.P., 121,500 in the name of Summit VI Advisors Fund, L.P., 186,545 in the name of Summit VI Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P., 2,436,417 in the name of Summit Ventures VI-B, L.P., and 47,990 in the name of Summit Investors VI, L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Series E Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. common stock on a two and one-half-for-one basis and has no expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The shares underlying the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock are held as follows: 305 in the name of Summit Investors VI, L.P., 63,020 in the name of Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II, L.P., 2,626,060 in the name of Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-A, L.P., 1,577,252 in the name of Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-B, L.P., 15,110 in the name of Summit Investors I, LLC and 1,585 in the name of Summit Investors I (UK), L.P.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The entities mentioned in Footnotes 1, 3 and 5 are collectively referred to as the &quot;Summit Entities.&quot;  Summit Partners, L.P. is (i) the managing member of Summit Partners VI (GP), LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners VI (GP), L.P., which is the general partner of each of Summit Ventures VI-A, L.P., Summit Ventures VI-B, L.P., Summit VI Advisors Fund, L.P., Summit VI Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P. and Summit Investors VI, L.P.; (ii) the managing member of Stamps, Woodsum &amp; Co. IV, which is the managing member of Summit Partners SD II, LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II, L.P.; (iii) the managing member of Summit Partners PE VII, LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners PE VII, L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-A, L.P. and Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-B, L.P., and (iv) the manager of Summit Investors Management, LLC, which is manager of Summit Investors I, LLC and the general partner of Summit Investors I (UK), L.P.  Summit Partners, L.P., through a two-person investment committee currently composed of Martin J. Mannion and Bruce R. Evans, has voting and dispositive authority over the shares held by the Summit Entities, and therefore may beneficially own such shares.  Mr. Mannion, as a member of the two person investment committee, may beneficially own such shares.  Each of the Summit Entities and Mr. Mannion disclaim beneficial ownership of shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of the shares for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except, in each case, to the extent of each such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.

Exhibits:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Summit Partners VI (GP), LLC, By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Partners VI (GP), L.P., By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stamps, Woodsum &amp; Co. IV, By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Partners SD II, LLC, By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Partners PE VII, LLC, By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Partners PE VII, L.P., By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Investors Management, LLC, By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact for Martin Mannion</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Summit Partners, L.P., By /s/ Robin W. Devereux, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-14</signatureDate>
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