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Check
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previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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Previously Paid:
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(2)
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
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Filing
Party:
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(4)
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Date
Filed:
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Sincerely,
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/s/
Jason Brown
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Jason
Brown
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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By
Order of the Board of Directors
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/s/
Jason Brown
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Jason
Brown
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Page
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Proxy
Statement
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1
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Proposal
No. 1 Election of Directors
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4
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Proposal
No. 2 Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
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9
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Proposal
No. 3 Ratification of Amendment to 2007 Equity Participation
Plan
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10
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Compensation
of Executive Officers and Directors
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15
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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22
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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24
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Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
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24
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Report
of Audit Committee
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26
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Stockholder
Communications
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27
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Availability
of Annual Report on Form 10-K and Householding
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27
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Stockholder
Proposals
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27
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Incorporation
by Reference
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27
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Other
Business
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28
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Appendix
A (Amendment No. 1 to 2007 Equity Participation Plan)
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A-1
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Director
Since
(1)
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Jason
Brown
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50
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Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
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2007
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Dave
Smith
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64
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Director
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2007
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Peter
Meehan
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50
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Director
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2007
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Roy
Bingham (2)
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44
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Director
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2007
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Douglas
Lioon (2)(3)
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50
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Director
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2007
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S.M.
“Hass” Hassan (3)
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58
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Director
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2007
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Gunnar
Weikert
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44
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Director
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2008
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(1)
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Messrs.
Brown, Smith, Meehan, Bingham, Lioon and Hassan were appointed as
directors of Organic To Go Food Corporation in connection with our
merger
with Organic To Go, Inc. in February 2007. Prior to the merger, Messrs.
Brown, Smith, Meehan, Bingham, Lioon and Hassan served as directors
of
Organic To Go, Inc.
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(2)
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Member
of Audit Committee
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(3)
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Member
of Compensation Committee
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•
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The
Company’s executive compensation philosophy and practices.
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•
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The
Company’s performance relative to peers and industry standards.
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•
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Success
in attaining annual and long-term goals and objectives.
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•
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Alignment
of executive interests with stockholder interests through equity-based
awards and performance-based compensation.
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•
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Individual
and team contributions, performance and experience.
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•
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Total
compensation and the mix of compensation elements for each executive
officer.
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•
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Compensation
practices and corporate financial performance of other companies
in the
industries in which the Company
operates.
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Name
of Group
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Number of
Shares
underlying
Options
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Average Per Share
Exercise Price
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|||||
Jason
Brown, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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-
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$
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-
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Mark
Schaftlein, Former Chief Executive Officer
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-
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-
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|||||
Andrew
Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Operations
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461,601
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$
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2.23
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All
executive officers, as a group
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461,601
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$
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2.23
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All
directors who are not executive officers, as a group
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25,000
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$
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1.82
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All
employees, including all current officers who are not executive
officers,
as a group
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268,000
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$
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1.73
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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|||||||
Plan
category
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Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
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Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
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Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance under
equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
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Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders (1)
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1,054,601
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$
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1.90
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2,545,399
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Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders (2)
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1,784,337
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$
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1.08
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N/A
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Total
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2,838,938
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$
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1.38
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2,545,399
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Post
Merger
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||||||||||
Number of Shares of
Organic
Holding Company, Inc.
Common
Stock Underlying
Options
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Weighted Average
Exercise Price
of Options
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Number of Shares
of our Common Stock
Underlying Options
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Weighted Average
Exercise Price
of Options (1)
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939,432
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$
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0.38
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655,545
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$
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0.54
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Jason
Brown
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50
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Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
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Michael
Gats
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49
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Andrew
Jacobs
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50
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Senior
Vice President of Operations
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Name
and principal
position
(a)
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Year
(b)
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Salary
($)
(c)
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Bonus
($)
(d)
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Stock Awards
($)
(e)
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Option Awards
($)
(f) (4)
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All Other
Compensation ($)
(i)
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Total ($)
(j)
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|||||||||||||||
Jason
Brown, Chief Executive Officer
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2007
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224,998
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—
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—
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658,732
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(5)
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5,000
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(6)
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888,730
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and Chairman (2) |
2006
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156,924
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—
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—
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3,600
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(7)
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5,000
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(8)
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165,524
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Mark
Schaftlein, Former Chief Executive
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2007
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Officer (3) |
2006
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Andrew
Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Operations (9)
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2007
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131,538
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—
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—
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514,500
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(10)
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—
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646,038
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OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END (1)
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OPTION
AWARDS
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Name
(a)
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Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
(b)
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Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
(c)
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Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
(d)
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Option
Exercise
Price
($)
(e)
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Option
Expiration
Date
(f)
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Jason
Brown
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38,380
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(2)
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3,489
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(2)
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-0-
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$
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0.17
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2-29-16
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-
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1,246,674
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(3)
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-0-
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$
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1.38
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2-11-16
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|||||||||
Mark
Schaftlein
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Andrew
Jacobs
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-
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461,601
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(4)
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-0-
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$
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2.23
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5-15-17
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Name
(a) (2)
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Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)
(b)
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Option Awards
($)
(d) (3)
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All
Other
Compensation
($)
(g)
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Total ($)
(j)
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|||||||||
Dave Smith
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$
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5,000
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$
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-
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36,000
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(4)
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$
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41,000
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Peter
Meehan
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$
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5,000
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$
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-
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-
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$
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5,000
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||||||
Roy
Bingham
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$
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5,000
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$
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-
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-
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$
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5,000
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||||||
Douglas
Lioon
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$
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5,000
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$
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-
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-
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$
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5,000
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||||||
S.M.
“Hass” Hassan
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$
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5,000
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$
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22,000
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(5)
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-
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$
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27,000
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·
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25%
is based on Mr. Brown achieving certain performance goals mutually
agreed
upon by him and the Board of Directors each
year;
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·
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25%
is determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors;
and
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·
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50%
is based on achievement of performance goals by the Company, which
will be
mutually agreed upon by Mr. Brown and the Board of Directors each
year.
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·
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competing
with us during his employment and for a period of 3 years after
termination of his employment;
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·
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soliciting
any person employed by us, any of our sales representatives or consultants
or any of our customers or suppliers during his employment and for
a
period of 3 years after termination of his employment; and
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·
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using
our confidential business information at any time, except in connection
with the performance of his duties for the Company.
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·
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25%
is based on Mr. Jacobs achieving certain performance goals mutually
agreed
upon by him and our Chief Executive Officer each
year;
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·
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25%
is determined at the discretion of our Chief Executive Officer;
and
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·
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50%
is based on achievement of performance goals by the Company, which
will be
mutually agreed upon by Mr. Jacobs and our Chief Executive Officer,
at the
beginning of each year.
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·
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competing
with us during his employment and for a period 12 months after termination
of his employment, subject to certain
exceptions;
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·
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soliciting
any person employed by us, any of our sales representatives or
consultants, or any of our clients, customers or suppliers during
his
employment and for a period of 9 to 12 months after termination of
his
employment; and
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·
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using
our confidential business information at any time, except in connection
with the performance of his duties.
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Name
of Beneficial Owner (1)
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Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
common
stock
(2)
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Percent of Class
of Common
Stock
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Officers and
Directors:
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Jason
Brown (3)
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2,669,122
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7.2
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%
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Michael
Gats (4)
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39,375
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*
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Andrew
Jacobs (5)
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243,300
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*
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Dave
Smith (6)
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124,687
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*
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Peter
Meehan (7)
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100,403
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*
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Roy
Bingham (8)
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226,153
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*
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Douglas
Lioon (9)
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570,990
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1.5
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%
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S.M.
“Hass” Hassan (10)
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142,967
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*
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Gunnar
Weikert (11)
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10,416
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*
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All
directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons)
(12)
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4,127,413
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11.0
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%
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More
than 5% Beneficial Owners:
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W.Health
L.P. (13)
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11,428,572
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28.13
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%
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Adam
Usdan (14)
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3,039,473
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8.2
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%
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Trellus
Management Company, LLC (14)
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3,039,473
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8.2
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%
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*
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Less
than 1%
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(1)
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Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of the beneficial owner is c/o Organic
To
Go Food Corporation, 3317 Third Avenue South, Seattle, Washington
98134.
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(2)
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Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and
generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
Shares of common stock which are purchasable under options or warrants
which are currently exercisable, or which will become purchasable
or
exercisable no later than 60 days after March 31, 2008, are deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such
options or warrants, but not deemed outstanding for computing the
percentage of any other person. Except as indicated by footnote and
subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons
named in
the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all
shares
of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
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(3)
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Mr.
Brown’s holdings consist of 2,183,161 shares of common stock, options to
purchase 474,093 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase
11,868
shares of common stock.
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Mr.
Gats’ holdings consist of 39,375 shares of restricted
stock.
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(5)
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Mr.
Jacobs’ holdings consist of options to purchase 243,300 shares of common
stock.
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(6)
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Mr.
Smith’s holdings consist of 58,255 shares of common stock, options to
purchase 66,283 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 149
shares
of common stock.
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(7)
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Mr.
Meehan’s holdings consist of 41,868 shares of common stock and options to
purchase 58,535 shares of common stock.
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(8)
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Mr.
Bingham’s holdings consist of 167,380 shares of common stock, options to
purchase 58,535 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 238
shares
of common stock.
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(9)
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Mr.
Lioon’s holdings consist of 500,587 shares of common stock, options to
purchase 58,535 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 11,868
shares of common stock.
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(10)
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Mr.
Hassan’s holdings consist of 66,000 shares of common stock, options to
purchase 48,067 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 28,900
shares of common stock.
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(11)
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Dr.
Weikert’s holdings consist of options to purchase 10,416 shares of common
stock.
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(12)
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Consists of
3,056,626 shares of common stock, 39,375 shares of restricted stock,
options to purchase 1,017,764 shares of common stock and warrants
to
purchase 53,023 shares of common stock.
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(13)
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Consists
of 7,142,857 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 4,285,715
shares of common stock. The address of the beneficial owner is c/o
Inventages Whealth Management Inc., Winterbotham Place, Marlborough
&
Queen Streets, P. O. Box N-3026, Nassau, The Bahamas.
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(14)
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Consists
of 2,239,473 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 800,000
shares of common stock. Adam Usdan and Trellus Management Company
LLC
share voting and investment control over the shares. The address
of each
beneficial owner is 350 Madison Avenue, 9 Floor, New York, New York
10017.
The company is reporting this stock ownership based upon a Schedule
13G
filed with the SEC.
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Type
of Fees
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2007
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200
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Audit
Fees
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$
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-
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$
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23,110
|
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Audit-Related
Fees
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-
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-
|
|||||
Tax
Fees
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-
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-
|
|||||
All
Other Fees
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-
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-
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Type
of Fees
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2007
|
2006
|
|||||
Audit
Fees
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$
|
109,500
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$
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55,000
|
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Audit-Related
Fees
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$
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46,500
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$
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20,500
|
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Tax
Fees
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9,000
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-
|
|||||
All
Other Fees
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23,200
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-
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AUDIT
COMMITTEE
|
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Roy
Bingham
Douglas
Lioon
|
By
Order of the Board of Directors
|
/s/
Jason Brown
|
Jason
Brown
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
Jason
Brown, Chairman
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Dated
_____________, 2008
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PROXY
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PROXY
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1.
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To
elect the following directors to serve until the 2009 Annual Meeting
of
Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and
qualified:
|
2.
|
To
ratify the appointment of Rose, Snyder & Jacobs as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December
31,
2008.
|
3.
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To
ratify the amendment of the Company’s 2007 Equity Participation Plan to
increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance
under the plan by 2,000,000 shares.
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4.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting
or
any adjournment or postponement thereof.
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¨
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NEW
ADDRESS:
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Signature:
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Dated:
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Signature:
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Dated:
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