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1.
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To
elect six (6) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been
elected
and qualified;
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2.
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To
consider and act upon ratifying the appointment of Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year commencing
May 1,
2007; and
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3.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting
or
any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.
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By
order of the Board of Directors
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/s/
HARRY NEWMAN
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HARRY
NEWMAN
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Secretary
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Name
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Principal
Occupation
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Age
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Year
First
Elected Director |
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Joseph
P. Franklin
(Major General, U.S. Army – Ret.) |
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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73
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1990
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Martin
B. Bloch
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and a Director
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71
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1961
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Joel
Girsky
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President,
Jaco Electronics, Inc., and a Director
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68
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1986
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E.
Donald Shapiro
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Dean
Emeritus, New York Law School and a Director
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75
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1998
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S.
Robert Foley, Jr.
(Admiral, U.S. Navy – Ret.) |
Vice
President for Laboratory Management, University of California and
a
Director
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79
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1999
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Richard
Schwartz
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Trustee,
Cooper Union and a Director
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71
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2004
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Name
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Fees
Earned or
Paid in Cash ($) |
Option
Awards (1)(2)
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Total
($)
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E.
Donald Shapiro
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$
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30,000
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$
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0
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$
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30,000
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Joel
Girsky
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17,500
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0
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17,500
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S.
Robert Foley
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17,500
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0
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17,500
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Richard
Schwartz
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20,000
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61,125
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81,125
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(1)
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The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments but
represent
the fair value of stock options awarded in prior years recognized
by the
Company as an expense in fiscal year 2007 for financial accounting
purposes. The fair value of these awards and the amounts expensed
in
fiscal year 2007 were determined in accordance with FASB Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment
(FAS 123R).
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(2)
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Each
non-officer Director has received a stock option grant to acquire
30,000
shares of the Company’s stock. Except for Mr. Schwartz, all Directors were
fully vested in such options prior to fiscal year 2007. The grant
dates
and exercise prices for these grants are listed in note (11) under
the
section Stock Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners
beginning on page 6 of this Proxy
Statement
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Service
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2007
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2006
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Audit
Fees (1)
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$
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254,366
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$
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203,582
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Audit-Related
Fees (2)
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59,992
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56,301
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Tax
Fees
(3)
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41,935
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34,655
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All
Other Fees (4)
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-
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TOTAL
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$
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356,293
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$
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294,538
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(1)
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Audit
fees consist of professional services rendered for the audit of the
Company’s annual financial statements and the reviews of the quarterly
financial statements and issuance of consents and assistance with
and
review of documents filed with the
SEC.
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(2)
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Other
audit-related services provided by Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
include
the annual audit of the Company’s employee benefit plans as well as
accounting consultations regarding significant transactions during
the
fiscal year.
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(3)
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Tax
fees consist of fees for services rendered to the Company for tax
compliance, tax planning and advice.
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(4)
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No
other services were performed by Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP in
connection with financial information systems design and implementation
or
otherwise.
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Name
and Address of Beneficial Holder
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Number of Shares
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Percent of Class (1)
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DePrince
Race & Zollo, Inc. (2)
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201
S. Orange Ave.
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Orlando,
FL 32801
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1,352,299
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15.2
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%
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Dimensional
Fund Advisors, Inc. (3)
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1299
Ocean Ave.
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Santa
Monica, CA 90401
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629,149
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7.3
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%
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Inverness
Counsel, Inc. (4)
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545
Madison Ave.
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New
York, NY 10022
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489,356
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5.6
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%
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Frequency
Electronics, Inc.,
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (5)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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556,794
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6.4
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%
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Martin
B. Bloch (6)(7)(10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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931,244
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10.7
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%
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Joseph
P. Franklin (7)(8)(10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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161,424
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1.9
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%
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Joel
Girsky (11)
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c/o
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
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145
Oser Avenue
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Hauppauge,
NY 11788
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55,000
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*
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E.
Donald Shapiro (11)
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10040
E. Happy Valley Road
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Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
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33,600
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*
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S.
Robert Foley (11)
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One
Lakeside Dr.
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Oakland,
CA 94612
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30,000
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*
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Richard
Schwartz (11)
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4427
Golf Course Dr.
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Westlake
Village, CA 91362
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20,000
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*
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Markus
Hechler (9)(10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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103,585
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1.2
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%
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Leonard
Martire (10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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60,201
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*
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Oleandro
Mancini (10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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40,437
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*
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Alan
Miller (10)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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45,144
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*
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All
executive officers
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and
directors as a group
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(17
persons) (9)(10)
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1,901,591
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21.8
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%
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(1)
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Based
on 8,704,591 shares outstanding as of August 24,
2007.
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(2)
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As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed
by
DePrince Race & Zollo, Inc., which is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and provides investment
advisory services on a discretionary basis to institutional clients,
most
of whom are pension and profit sharing plans and trusts.
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(3)
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As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed
by
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. (“Dimensional”), which is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Per
a
Schedule 13G filing dated December 31, 2004, Dimensional furnishes
investment advice to four investment companies registered under the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and serves as investment manager
to
certain other commingled group trusts and separate accounts. Per
the Form
13F, in its role as investment advisor or manager, Dimensional possesses
investment power over 629,149 shares and voting authority over 614,523
shares that are owned by such investment companies, commingled group
trusts and separate accounts, and Dimensional disclaims beneficial
ownership of such securities.
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(4)
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As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed
by
Inverness Counsel, Inc. (“Inverness”), which is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. According to
a
Schedule 13D filing dated December 30, 1997, Inverness originally
purchased 854,100 shares of Common Stock for and on behalf of clients
of
Inverness, in the ordinary course of business for investment from
the
personal funds of such clients. Per the Form 13F-HR, (i) Inverness
has the
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of such shares,
(ii)
Inverness does not possess, nor does it share, the power to vote
or to
direct the vote of any of such shares and (iii) various officers
and
directors of Inverness own 35,950 shares, and such persons individually
have the exclusive right to dispose, or to direct the disposition
of, or
to vote, or to direct the vote of, the shares owned by
them.
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(5)
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Includes
435,699 shares of stock held by the Frequency Electronics, Inc. ESOP
Trust
(the “Trust”) for the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, all of
which shares have been allocated to the individual accounts of employees
of the Company (including the Named Executive Officers as defined
on page
15); also includes 121,095 shares held by the Trust under the Company’s
Stock Bonus Plan (converted by amendment to the Employee Stock Ownership
Plan as of January 1, 1990).
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(6)
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Includes
198,000 shares issuable on the full exercise of the following options
granted to Mr. Bloch: 18,000 shares granted on August 31, 1998 at
an
exercise price of $7.125 under the Senior ESOP, as that term is
hereinafter defined, and 180,000 shares granted on March 1, 2001
at an
exercise price of $13.49, per terms of Mr. Bloch’s employment agreement.
(See the discussion on the Chief Executive Officer included in the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
below).
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(7)
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Includes
16,000 shares owned by members of Mr. Bloch’s immediate family, 197,748
shares held by a partnership over which Mr. Bloch maintains discretionary
control and 20,000 shares held in trust for Mr. Bloch’s wife for which
General Franklin is the trustee. Mr. Bloch disclaims beneficial ownership
of such shares.
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(8)
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Includes
61,045 shares held in a family trust and 37,255 shares in a charitable
foundation over which General Franklin retains discretionary control.
General Franklin disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares.
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(9)
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Includes
shares granted to the officers of the Company pursuant to a stock
purchase
agreement in connection with the Company’s Restricted Stock
Plan:
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Name
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Restricted
Stock
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Markus
Hechler
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7,500
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All
Officers as a Group
(12
persons)
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22,500
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(10)
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Includes
the number of shares which, as at August 24, 2007, were deemed to
be
beneficially owned by the persons named below, by way of their respective
rights to acquire beneficial ownership of such shares within 60 days
through (i) the exercise of options; (ii) the automatic termination
of a
trust, discretionary account, or similar arrangement; or (iii) by
reason
of such person's having sole or shared voting powers over such shares.
The
following table sets forth for each person named below the total
number of
shares which may be so deemed to be beneficially owned by him and
the
nature of such beneficial
ownership:
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Name
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Stock Bonus
Plan Shares
(a)
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ESOP Shares
(b)
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Profit Sharing
Plan & Trust
401(k) (c)
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ISO or NQSO or
SAR
Shares (d)
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Martin
B. Bloch
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22,317
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4,205
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2,289
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30,000
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Joseph
P. Franklin
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-0-
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4,031
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93
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5,000
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|||||||||
Alan
Miller
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-0-
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2,465
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2,006
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37,000
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Markus
Hechler
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2,707
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5,968
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2,248
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77,250
|
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Oleandro
Mancini
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-0-
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-0-
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1,814
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49,500
|
|||||||||
Leonard
Martire
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-0-
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5,968
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2,233
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42,500
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All
Directors and Officers
as a Group (17
persons)
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26,060
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40,320
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17,762
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446,750
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(a) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company's Stock Bonus Plan ("Bonus
Plan")
to the respective accounts of the named persons, ownership of which
shares
is fully vested in each such person. No Bonus Plan shares are
distributable to the respective vested owners thereof until after
their
termination of employment with the Company. As of January 1, 1990,
the
Bonus Plan was amended to an "Employee Stock Ownership Plan" (see
footnote
(b) to the table).
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(b) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company's Employee Stock Ownership
Plan
("ESOP") to the respective accounts of the named persons, ownership
of
which shares was fully vested in each such person as at April 30,
2007.
ESOP shares are generally not distributable to the respective vested
owners thereof until after their termination of employment with the
Company. However, upon the attainment of age 55 and completion of
10 years
of service with the Company, a participant may elect to transfer
all or a
portion of his vested shares, or the cash value thereof, to a Directed
Investment Account. Upon the allocation of shares to an employee's
ESOP
account, such employee has the right to direct the ESOP trustees
in the
exercise of the voting rights of such
shares.
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(c) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company’s profit sharing plan and trust
under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This plan
permits eligible employees, including officers, to defer a portion
of
their income through voluntary contributions to the plan. Under the
provisions of the plan, the Company made discretionary matching
contributions of the Company’s Common Stock. All participants in the plan
become fully vested in the Company contribution after six years of
employment. All of the officers named above are fully vested in the
shares
attributable to their accounts.
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(d) |
All
amounts in this column represent the number of shares that may be
obtained
upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options (“ISO”), Non-qualified Stock
Options (“NQSO”) or Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARS”) in which the
officers are fully vested or may become vested within 60 days of
August
24, 2007. Such grants have been made under the Company’s 1993 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan, the 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and the 2005
Stock
Award Plan. The individual grants, exercise prices and expiration
dates
for the Named Executive Officers are listed in the Outstanding Equity
Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table on page 18 of this Proxy
Statement.
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(11)
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Includes
shares issuable on the exercise of options granted to the non-officer
directors of the Company under the Independent Contractors Stock
Option
Plan.
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Name
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Exercisable
Share
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Grant
Date
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Exercise
Price
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Joel
Girsky
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30,000
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June 29, 1998
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$
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12.81
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E.
Donald Shapiro
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30,000
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June 29, 1998
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$
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12.81
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S.
Robert Foley
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30,000
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March
12, 1999
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$
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7.34
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Richard
Schwartz
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20,000
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December 10, 2004
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$
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14.76
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Pay
Element
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What
the Pay Element Rewards
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Purpose
of the Pay Element
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Base
Salary
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Core
competence in the executive role relative to skills, experience
and
contributions to the Company
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Provide
fixed compensation based on competitive market practice
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Other
Compensation
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Recognition
of skills and contributions to the Company in the management
role
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Provides
the Company with a competitive advantage for retaining management
talent.
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Short-term
Incentives
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Contributions
toward the Company’s achievement of operating profit and other relevant
performance criteria. In the case of the CEO, consolidated pre-tax
profit
is the measurement factor.
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• Provides
focus on meeting annual goals that lead to long-term success
• Provides
annual performance-based cash incentive compensation
• Motivates
achievement of critical annual performance metrics
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Long-Term
Incentives
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Stock
Appreciation Rights (SARs) and/or Incentive
Stock Options (ISO):
• Sustained
stock price appreciation,
• Focus
on stock price performance
• Continued
employment with the Company during a four year vesting
period.
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The
use of SARs or ISOs provides a blended focus on
• Stock
price performance, aligning executives’ interest with those of
shareholders;
• Executive
ownership of Company stock; and
• Retention
in a challenging business environment and competitive labor market
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Retirement
Benefits
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• Executive
officers are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) plan and
ESOP, available to all eligible employees.
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These
benefits are part of the Company’s competitive total compensation program.
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• The
Deferred Compensation benefit is a nonqualified deferred compensation
program under which the Company provides specified retirement payments
to
key employees, including executive officers or to their beneficiaries.
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• Provides
retirement benefits to executive officers and other key employees.
•
Retains experienced, key employees through retirement.
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Welfare
Benefits
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• Executives
participate in employee benefit plans generally available to all
employees, including medical, health, life insurance and disability
plans.
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These
benefits are part of the Company’s competitive total compensation program.
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• Continuation
of welfare benefits may occur as part of severance upon certain
terminations of employment.
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This
ensures retention of an officer currently and through any transition
period.
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Change
in Control and Termination Benefits
|
The
Company has change in control agreements with certain officers,
including
Named Executive Officers. The agreements provide severance benefits
if an
officer’s employment is terminated within two years after a change in
control.
|
Change
in control arrangements are designed to retain executives and provide
continuity of management in the event of an actual or threatened
change in
control. The change in control agreements are described in more
detail on
page 20 of this proxy statement.
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Martin
Bloch, CEO
|
$
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170,000
|
||
Alan
Miller, CFO
|
45,000
|
|||
Markus
Hechler, Exec VP
|
75,000
|
|||
Oleandro
Mancini, VP
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50,000
|
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Leonard
Martire, VP
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50,000
|
Name and Principal
Position |
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
(1)
|
Option
Awards (2)(3)
|
Change in
Pension Value
and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings (4)
|
All Other
Compensation
(5)
|
Total
|
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Martin
B. Bloch
|
2007
|
$
|
400,000
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
202,972
|
$
|
79,548
|
$
|
682,520
|
|||||||||
President,
CEO
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal
Executive Officer
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan
Miller,
Treasurer
& CFO
|
2007
|
127,919
|
-0-
|
24,366
|
53,280
|
22,209
|
227,775
|
|||||||||||||||
Principal
Financial Officer
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
2007
|
215,683
|
-0-
|
38,908
|
50,072
|
25,157
|
329,820
|
|||||||||||||||
Executive
Vice
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
President
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
2007
|
162,019
|
9,759
|
62,495
|
61,856
|
21,433
|
317,562
|
|||||||||||||||
Vice
President,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Business
Development
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Leonard
Martire
|
2007
|
152,885
|
-0-
|
74,872
|
49,124
|
22,920
|
299,801
|
|||||||||||||||
Vice
President, Program Management
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(1) |
The
Company pays bonuses based on operating profits at each of its
operating
units or, in the case of Mr. Bloch, on consolidated pretax profits.
In
fiscal year 2007, no Named Executive Officer was awarded a bonus
based on
the losses recorded at the FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer segments. Mr.
Mancini was
awarded a bonus based on the operating profits generated by the
Gillam-FEI
segment. The Company does not have a Non-equity Incentive Plan.
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(2) |
The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments
to the Named
Executive Officers. Each value represents the proportionate amount
of the
total fair value of stock option and stock appreciation rights
recognized
by the Company as an expense in fiscal year 2007 for financial
accounting
purposes. The fair value of these awards and the amounts expensed
in
fiscal year 2007 were determined in accordance with FASB Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment
(FAS 123R). The awards for which expense is shown in this table
include
the awards described in the 2007 Grants of Plan-Based Awards
Table on page
17 of this Proxy Statement, as well as awards granted in prior
fiscal
years for which the Company continued to recognize expense in
fiscal year
2007. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair
values of
these awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s consolidated
financial statements, which are included in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 30, 2007 as filed with the
SEC.
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(3) |
The
Company did not make any awards of stock to any employees during
fiscal
year 2007.
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(4) |
The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments to the
Named
Executive Officers. The Company has entered into certain deferred
compensation agreements with key employees (including the Named Executive
Officers) providing for the payment of benefits upon retirement or
death
or upon the termination of employment not for cause. (See Termination
and
Change in Control Provision on page 20.) The values in the table
above
reflect the change in the actuarially calculated deferred compensation
liability for each of the Named Executive Officers for fiscal year
2007.
These non-cash amounts are included in the Company’s general and
administrative expenses for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2007.
|
(5) |
The
amounts shown in this column are composed of the
following:
|
Name
|
Costs of
Leased
Automobile
|
Health, Life,
Disability Insurance & Medical
Reimbursement
(a) |
Additional
Life
Insurance Premiums (b) |
Financial
Planning Advice (b)
|
Total All Other
Compensation |
|||||||||||
Martin
Bloch
|
$
|
15,312
|
$
|
20,523
|
$
|
24,063
|
$
|
19,650
|
$
|
79,548
|
||||||
Alan
Miller
|
11,916
|
10,293
|
0
|
0
|
22,209
|
|||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
11,382
|
13,775
|
0
|
0
|
25,157
|
|||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
10,190
|
11,243
|
0
|
0
|
21,433
|
|||||||||||
Leonard
Martire
|
8,957
|
13,963
|
0
|
0
|
22,920
|
(a)
|
All
employees of the Company are eligible for health, term life and disability
insurance the premiums for which are partially paid by the Company.
Reimbursement of medical costs is available only to
officers.
|
(b)
|
Beginning
in 2006, Mr. Bloch’s compensation includes financial planning advice and
Company-paid premiums for additional whole life insurance policies,
the
beneficiaries of which are Mr. Bloch’s
heirs.
|
Name
|
Grant
Date (2)
|
|
All Other
Option
Awards No.
of
Securities Underlying
Options
|
|
|
Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
|
|
|
Grant Date Fair Value
of Stock and Option Awards
($) (3)
|
|
|||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
-
|
-0-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Alan
Miller
|
7/31/06
|
5,000
|
$
|
11.95
|
$
|
6,131
|
|||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
7/31/06
|
10,000
|
$
|
11.95
|
$
|
12,263
|
|||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
7/31/06
|
15,000
|
$
|
11.95
|
$
|
18,394
|
|||||||
Leonard
Martire
|
7/31/06
|
10,000
|
$
|
11.95
|
$
|
12,263
|
1)
|
The
Company does not have a Non-equity Incentive Plan and no awards were
granted as an Equity Incentive under the 2005 Stock Award Plan during
fiscal year 2007.
|
2)
|
During
fiscal year 2007, the Company awarded Stock Appreciation Rights (SARS)
to
certain key employees, including the Named Executive Officers above
under
the 2005 Stock Award Plan. Upon vesting and the employees’ decision to
exercise, the Company will settle such SARS with the number of shares
of
its common stock equal in value to the appreciated value of a single
share
of its common stock on the exercise date as compared to the exercise
price
indicated in the table above, multiplied by the number of shares
underlying the SAR grant.
|
3)
|
The
Grant Date Fair Value of the SARS has been computed in accordance
with FAS
123R.
|
Name
|
|
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
|
|
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
|
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
|
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|
Martin
B. Bloch
|
18,000
|
-0-
|
$
|
7.125
|
8/30/08
|
||||||||
30,000
|
-0-
|
7.625
|
7/6/09
|
||||||||||
180,000
|
-0-
|
13.49
|
2/28/11 | ||||||||||
Alan
Miller
|
3,000
|
-0-
|
$
|
10.167
|
7/24/07
|
||||||||
4,750
|
-0-
|
7.125
|
8/30/08
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
7.625
|
7/6/09
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
23.75
|
8/7/10
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
11.10
|
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
7,000
|
-0-
|
6.615
|
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
5,250
|
1,750
|
9.575
|
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
2,000
|
2,000
|
14.40
|
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
-0-
|
5,000
|
11.95
|
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
7,500
|
-0-
|
$
|
10.167
|
7/24/07
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-0-
|
7.125
|
8/30/08
|
||||||||||
20,000
|
-0-
|
7.06
|
4/27/09
|
||||||||||
10,000
|
-0-
|
23.75
|
8/7/10
|
||||||||||
15,000
|
-0-
|
11.10
|
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
8,000
|
-0-
|
6.615
|
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
6,000
|
2,000
|
9.575
|
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
3,750
|
3,750
|
14.40
|
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
-0-
|
10,000
|
11.95
|
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
10,000
|
-0-
|
$
|
23.75
|
8/7/10
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-0-
|
11.10
|
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
7,000
|
-0-
|
6.615
|
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
7,500
|
2,500
|
9.575
|
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
3,750
|
3,750
|
14.40
|
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
5,000
|
11.22
|
4/24/15
|
||||||||||
-0-
|
15,000
|
11.95
|
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
Leonard
Martire
|
4,500
|
-0-
|
$
|
10.167
|
7/24/07
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-0-
|
7.125
|
8/30/08
|
||||||||||
10,000
|
-0-
|
7.625
|
7/6/09
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
23.75
|
8/7/10
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
11.10
|
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
5,000
|
-0-
|
6.615
|
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
3,750
|
1,250
|
9.575
|
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
-0-
|
10,000
|
11.95
|
7/30/16
|
Plan Category
(see Notes below)
|
|
|
Number of securities
to
be issued upon
exercise
of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
(a)
|
|
|
Weighted-average
exercise
price of
outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
(b)
|
|
|
Number of securities remaining
available
for future issuance
under
equity compensation
plans
(excluding securities
reflected
in column (a))
(c)
|
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
631,900
|
$
|
10.33
|
226,500
|
||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
797,237
|
$
|
12.94
|
-
|
||||||
Total
|
1,429,137
|
$
|
11.79
|
226,500
|
1. |
2005
Stock Award Plan-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 2006 and approved
by
shareholders on September 29, 2005, stock options, stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock and other equity interests may be granted
to
employees, officers and directors of the Company as well as consultants
and independent contractors. The exercise price is generally at least
equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date
of grant. Equity awards generally are exercisable over a four-year
period
beginning one year after date of grant and expire ten years after
the
grant date. After fiscal year 2015, no additional shares may be issued
from this plan.
|
2. |
2001
Incentive Stock Option Plan-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 2002 and approved
by
shareholders on October 3, 2001, stock options may be granted to
employees, officers and directors of the Company at a price at least
equal
to the fair market of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.
Options generally are exercisable over a four-year period beginning
one
year after date of grant and expire ten years after the grant date.
With
the adoption of the 2005 Stock Award Plan, no additional shares may
be
issued from this plan.
|
3. |
Senior
Executive Stock Option Plan (Senior ESOP)-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 1989 and approved
by
shareholders on October 13, 1988, stock options may be granted to
the
Company’s President, Chairman of the Board and the president of any
subsidiary with gross sales in excess of $30 million. Stock options
may be
granted at a price at least equal to the fair market value of the
Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant. Vesting and the terms of
exercise of the stock options are at the discretion of the Company’s Board
of Directors. No additional options were granted under the plan after
December 14, 1997 and no option awards may be exercised after August
2008.
|
4. |
Restricted
Stock Plan-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 1990 and
approved by
shareholders on October 12, 1989, the Company may sell its Common
Stock to
certain key management employees, including officers and directors,
at a
purchase price as determined by the Board of Directors but not
less than
the par value of the Common Stock. Any shares acquired under
the plan may
not be sold or transferred, except in the event of a change in
control as
defined. No additional restricted stock may be sold under the
plan after
December 31, 1998.
|
i- |
Independent
Contractor Stock Option Plan-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 1998, options
to
acquire shares of the Company’s Common Stock may be granted to individuals
who provide services to the Company but who are not employees. The
option
price, number of shares, timing and duration of option grants is
at the
discretion of the Independent Contractor Stock Option Committee.
In recent
grants, the option price was equal to the then fair market value
of the
Company’s Common Stock, a portion of each grant was immediately
exercisable and the options expire in ten years from date of grant.
With
the adoption of the 2005 Stock Award Plan, no additional shares may
be
issued from this plan.
|
ii-
|
1993
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan-
Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal year 1993, stock
options
may be granted to employees, officers and directors of the Company
at a
price at least equal to the fair market of the Company’s Common Stock on
the date of grant. Options generally are exercisable over a four-year
period beginning one year after date of grant and expire ten years
after
the grant date. After fiscal year 2003, no additional shares were
issuable
from this plan.
|
iii- |
President’s
Employment Contract-
Under the terms of an employment contract, entered into in fiscal
year
2001, Mr. Bloch, the Company’s President, CEO and Chief Scientist, was
granted an option to acquire 180,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
at the then fair market value of $13.49. The option became exercisable
25%
per year in each of the four years after the date of grant and expires
in
ten years from date of grant.
|
Name
|
|
|
Voluntary
Termination (1)
|
|
|
Involuntary
Termination (1)
|
|
|
Severance
(2)
|
|
|
Accelerated
Vesting
(3)
|
|
|
Death
(4)
|
|
|
Disability
(5)
|
|
|
Insurance
(6)
|
|
Martin
Bloch
|
$
|
1,700,000
|
$
|
2,740,000
|
$
|
791,234
|
-
|
$
|
1,700,000
|
$
|
1,700,000
|
$
|
23,737
|
|||||||||
Alan
Miller
|
$
|
59,400
|
$
|
111,375
|
$
|
183,554
|
$
|
2,196
|
$
|
450,000
|
$
|
59,400
|
-
|
|||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
$
|
750,000
|
$
|
750,000
|
$
|
299,000
|
$
|
2,510
|
$
|
750,000
|
$
|
750,000
|
-
|
|||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
$
|
43,500
|
$
|
91,000
|
$
|
240,681
|
$
|
3,138
|
$
|
500,000
|
$
|
43,500
|
-
|
|||||||||
Leonard
Martire
|
$
|
500,000
|
$
|
500,000
|
-
|
$
|
1,569
|
$
|
500,000
|
$
|
500,000
|
-
|
(1) |
Termination
payments are as specified in the deferred compensation agreements
for each
Named Officer. For those officers fully vested in their deferred
compensation benefit, the termination benefit is equal to ten times
their
annual retirement benefit, with the exception of Martin Bloch whose
involuntary termination benefit is equal to the actuarially determined
value of the Company’s accrued liability for his deferred
compensation.
|
(2) |
Severance
is paid to the Named Executive Officers only under a Change in Control
situation. Except for Mr. Bloch’s severance, the amounts indicated for the
other officers is payable only if they are terminated within the
first
year of a change in control. Should termination occur in the second
year
after a change of control, the amounts are reduced to two-thirds
(2/3) of
the amounts indicated above.
|
(3) |
Accelerated
Vesting- Upon a Change in Control, unvested stock options under the
1993
and 2001 stock option plans become immediately vested and exercisable.
Unexercised, vested options will be “cashed out” at the Change in Control
price. For purposes of this disclosure, the closing price of the
Company’s
stock at April 30, 2007, is used as the measurement price. The values
in
this column are computed by subtracting the exercise price of unvested
options from $10.83 (the year end closing price) and multiplying
the
result by the number of unvested option
shares.
|
(4) |
Death-
The Named Executive Officers’ designated beneficiary or estate will
receive the indicated amount over a 10-year period.
|
(5) |
Disability-
If a Named Executive Officer becomes disabled after the age of 65
and is
still employed by the Company, payments under the deferred compensation
agreement will commence as if the officer retired on the date he
became
disabled. If a Named Executive Officer becomes disabled before attaining
the age of 65, the officer may begin receiving deferred compensation
payments at age 65 as if he had been actively employed by the Company
through his retirement age. Alternatively, a disabled officer under
age 65
may voluntarily terminate his employment and receive the amount indicated
under the Voluntary Termination heading
above.
|
(6) |
Insurance-
Represents the current annual cost to the Company to continue to
pay the
premiums of Mr. Bloch’s health, dental and life insurance. Such insurance
premiums are payable for the remainder of Mr. Bloch’s life and that of his
wife.
|
/s/
HARRY NEWMAN
|
Secretary
|