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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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Soliciting
Material Pursuant to ss.240.14a-12
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No
fee required.
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i) and
0-11.
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(1)
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Title of each class of securities
to which transaction
applies:
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(2)
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Aggregate number of securities to
which transaction
applies:
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(3)
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Per unit price or other
underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state
how it was
determined):
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(4)
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Proposed maximum aggregate value
of the transaction:
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(5)
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Total fee
paid:
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(1)
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Amount Previously
Paid:
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(2)
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Form Schedule or Registration
No.:
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(3)
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Filing
Party:
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(4)
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Date
Filed:
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1
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To
elect a Board of Directors consisting of five
directors;
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2
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To
consider and vote upon a proposal recommended by the Board of Directors to
ratify the selection of Hein & Associates LLP to serve as our
certified independent accountants for the year ending December 31, 2010;
and
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3
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To
transact any other business that properly may come before the Annual
Meeting.
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned (1)
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Percent of Class
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Jason
Young, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
671,304 | (2)(7) | 21.7 | % | |||
Brean
Murray Carret Group, Inc.
40
West 57th Street, 20th Floor
New
York, NY 10019
|
671,304 | (3)(7) | 21.7 | % | |||
Paul
J. Rini
7376
Johnnycake Rd
Mentor,
Ohio 44060
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456,799 | (4) | 14.8 | % | |||
Randall
P. Marx
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
167,165 | (5) | 5.4 | % | |||
Steven
C. Olson, Chief Technology Officer and
Acting
Chief Financial Officer
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
25,751 | (6) | * | ||||
Marco
Vega, Director
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
0 | * | |||||
Lynn
Wunderman, Director
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
0 | * | |||||
Jonathan
Bernstein, Director
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
0 | * | |||||
Viktor
Nemeth, Director
ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc.
6330
North Washington Street, Unit #13
Denver, CO 80216-1146 |
0 | * | |||||
All
officers, directors and director- nominees as a group (6
persons)
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697,055 | (2)(3)(7) | 22.5 | % |
(1)
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“Beneficial ownership” is defined
in the regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission as having or sharing, directly or indirectly (1) voting power,
which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, or (2)
investment power, which includes the power to dispose or to direct the
disposition, of shares of the common stock of an issuer. The definition of
beneficial ownership includes shares underlying options or warrants to
purchase common stock, or other securities convertible into common stock,
that currently are exercisable or convertible or that will become
exercisable or convertible within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the
beneficial owner has sole voting and investment
power.
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(2)
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Consists of 671,304 shares
beneficially owned by the Brean Murray Carret Group, Inc. Mr. Young, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, serves as a
representative of Brean Murray Carret Group, Inc., and he is deemed to
share voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned by
the Brean Murray Carret Group,
Inc.
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(3)
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Consists of 671,304 shares
beneficially owned by Brean Murray Carret Group, Inc. Mr. Young, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, serves as a
representative of Brean Murray Carret Group, Inc. and he holds voting and
investment power over these shares on behalf of the Brean Murray Carret
Group, Inc.
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(4)
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Consists of shares owned by Mr.
Paul J. Rini as reported on April 30,
2010.
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(5)
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Includes 163,816 shares directly
held by Randall Marx, the Company's former Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board, 1,980 shares in his ARC Wireless 401(k) account,
800 shares held by his spouse's IRA and 570 shares owned beneficially
through a 50% ownership of an LLC. This does not include 2,170 shares
owned by the Harold and Theora Marx Living Trust, of which Mr. Marx's
father is the trustee, as Mr. Marx disclaims beneficial ownership of these
shares. This also does not include 3,100 shares owned by Warren E. Spencer
Living Trust, of which Mr. Marx's mother-in-law is trustee, as Mr. Marx
disclaims beneficial ownership of these
shares.
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(6)
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Consists of 1,751 shares in Mr.
Olson's ARC Wireless 401(k) account and options to purchase 24,000 shares
at $5.41 per share until September 21, 2017, granted under the 2007 Stock
Incentive Plan which are currently
exercisable.
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(7)
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The
shares owned by Brean Murray Carret Group, Inc. are included three times
in the table in accordance with the rules governing disclosure of
beneficial ownership. In addition to being shown as owned by Brean Murray
Carret Group, Inc., these same shares are included as being within the
scope of the definition of beneficial ownership of Jason Young and by all
officers and directors as a
group.
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Name
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Age
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Position with the Company
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Expiration of Term as
Director
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Initial Date as Director
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Jason
T. Young
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32
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Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
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Next
Annual Meeting
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Appointed
to the Board October 2008
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Viktor
Nemeth
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34
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Director
Chairman
of the Audit Committee Chairman of the Compensation
Committee
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Next
Annual Meeting
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Appointed
to the Board: November 2008
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Marco
Vega
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40
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Director
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Next
Annual Meeting
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Appointed
to the Board: November 2008
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Lynn
Wunderman
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56
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Director
Audit
Committee Member
Compensation
Committee Member
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Next
Annual Meeting
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Appointed
to the Board: April 2010
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||||
Jonathan
Bernstein
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31
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Director
Audit
Committee Member
Compensation
Committee Member
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Next
Annual Meeting
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Appointed
to the Board: June
2010
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Name
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Age
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Position with the Company
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Initial Date as Officer
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Steven
C. Olson
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54
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Chief
Technology Officer and
Acting
Chief Financial Officer
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2001
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·
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They
own at least 3 percent of the total voting power of the company’s
securities that are entitled to be voted on the election of directors at
the annual meeting. Shareholders would be able to aggregate holdings
to meet this threshold.
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·
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Shareholders
would be required to have held their shares for at least three years and
would be required to continue to own at least the required amount of
securities through the date of the meeting at which directors are
elected.
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·
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Shareholders
would not be eligible to use the Rule if they are holding the securities
for the purpose of changing control of the company, or to gain a number of
seats on the board of directors that exceeds the number of nominees a
company could be required to include under new Rule
14a-11.
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Name
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Number of
Late Reports
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Transactions
Not Timely Reported
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Known Failures to
File a Required
Form
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||||
Jason
Young
Chief
Executive Officer
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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2
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2
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-
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||||
Viktor
Nemeth
Director
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1
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1
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-
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||||
Marco
Vega
Director
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1
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1
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-
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||||
Javier
Baz
Director
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1
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1
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-
|
||||
Amit
Chatwani
Director
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1
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1
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-
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||||
Paul
Rini
10%
Shareholder
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1
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1
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-
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||||
Evansville
Limited
10%
shareholder
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1
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1
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-
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||||
Brean
Murray Carret Group, Inc.
10%
shareholder
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1
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1
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-
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·
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base
salary;
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·
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annual cash or equity incentive
awards;
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·
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long-term equity incentive
compensation; and
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·
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other health, welfare and pension
benefits.
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Name and Principal
Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)(2)
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Option
Awards
($)(2)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
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Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
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All Other
Compensation
($)(3)
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Total
($)
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||||||||||
(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(h)
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(i)
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(j)
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||||||||||
Jason
T. Young,
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2009
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25,250 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25,250 | ||||||||||
Chair,
Chief
|
2008
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6,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6,000 | ||||||||||
Executive
Officer,
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|||||||||||||||||||
Secretary
(1)
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|||||||||||||||||||
Randall
P. Marx,
|
2009
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
former Chair, Chief
|
2008
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287,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 328,000 | 615,000 | ||||||||||
Executive
Officer,
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|||||||||||||||||||
Monty R. Lamirato,
|
2009
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
former
Chief
|
2008
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154,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 123,846 | 277,846 | ||||||||||
Financial
Officer,
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|||||||||||||||||||
Treasurer
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|||||||||||||||||||
Steven
C. Olson,
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2009
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225,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 225,000 | (4) | |||||||||
Chief
Technology
|
2008
|
215,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 215,000 | ||||||||||
Officer
and Acting
Chief Financial Officer |
|||||||||||||||||||
Richard
A.
|
2009
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Anderson,
former
|
2008
|
110,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 120,000 | 230,000 | ||||||||||
Executive
Vice
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|||||||||||||||||||
President
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(1)
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Mr. Young was appointed as a
director in October 2008 and was appointed as the Company’s Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer in November 2008. Mr. Young received
no compensation as an employee during 2008; he was owed $6,000 for his
services as a director during 2008, which was paid in 2009. Mr.
Young received $25,250 in fees for his services as a director during
2009. The Company may compensate Mr. Young in the
future.
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(2)
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The amounts in columns
(e) and (f) reflect the dollar amounts recognized in each of
2007 and 2006 for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance
with FAS 123R with respect to stock awards and stock options granted in
each such year, and the dollar amount required to be recognized in each
such year in accordance with FAS 123R. These options were granted pursuant
to the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan described
above.
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(3)
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The amounts in the column titled
“All Other Compensation” for 2008 include accrued severance obligations
for Randall P. Marx, Monty R. Lamirato, and Richard A. Anderson, who
resigned in November 2008. Such payments were made by the Company from
November 2008 through May
2009.
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(4)
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Mr.
Olson’s salary for the year 2009 was $225,000, of which he deferred
$10,000 to be received in 2010.
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Name and Principal Position
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Grant Date
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Estimated Future Payouts Under
Equity Incentive Plan Awards
|
All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
Units 4
(#)
|
All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
|
Exercise or
Base Price
of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
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Grant Date
Fair Value
of Awards
($)
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Threshold
$
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Target
$
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Maximum
$
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jason
T. Young, Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Randall
P. Marx, Former Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monty
R. Lamirato, Former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven
C. Olson, Chief Technology Officer and Acting Chief Financial
Officer
|
9/21/07
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- | - | - | - | 40,000 | (1) | $ | 5.40 | $ | 134,000 |
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
(1)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number
of
Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
(2)(3)
|
Market
Value
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a)
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(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
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(f)
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(g)
|
(h)
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(i)
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(j)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jason
T. Young
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven
C. Olson
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24,000 | (a) | 16,000 | (a) | - | $ | 5.40 |
9/21/2017
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- | - | - |
(a)
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These
options were granted pursuant to the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan. The
options vests at a rate of 20% per year with vesting dates of 12/31/07,
12/31/08, 12/31/09, 12/31/10, 12/31/11. These total 40,000 options are
reported in the Summary Compensation and the Grant of Plan Based Awards
Table.
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(a)
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(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
(h)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Name(1)
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Fees Earned
or
Paid in Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($) (1)
|
Option
Awards
($)(2)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total ($) (7)
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|||||||||||||||||||||
Jason
T. Young
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$
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
25,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Viktor
Nemeth
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$
|
40,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
40,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Marco
Vega
|
$
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
25,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Javier
Baz (3)
|
$
|
37,765
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
37,765
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Amit
Chatwani (4)
|
$
|
37,765
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
37,765
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Lynn Wunderman (5)
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan
Bernstein (6)
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$
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Reflects the dollar amount
recognized and expensed for financial statement reporting purposes for the
year ended December 31, 2008 in accordance with FAS 123R, and thus
may include amounts from awards granted in and prior to
2009.
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(2)
|
Reflects the dollar amount
recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the year ended
December 31, 2009 in accordance with FAS 123R, and thus includes
amounts from options granted in and prior to
2009.
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Baz resigned from the Board of Directors in June
2010.
|
(4)
|
Mr. Chatwani resigned from the
Board of Directors in March
2010.
|
(5)
|
Ms. Wunderman was appointed to
the Board of Directors in April
2010.
|
(6)
|
Mr.
Bernstein was appointed to the Board of Directors in July
2010.
|
(7)
|
In addition to the director fees
mentioned above, some of the directors received payments in 2009 for fees
which were owed to them for their services as a director during 2008.
Particularly, Mr. Young received $6,000, Mr. Nemeth received $5,000, and
Mr. Vega received $3,125 in fees for their services as directors rendered
during 2008.
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
Audit
fees
|
$
|
63,850
|
(1)
|
$
|
91,000
|
(1)
|
$
|
78,000
|
(1)
|
|||
Audit-related
fees
|
—
|
(2)
|
—
|
(2)
|
—
|
(2)
|
||||||
Tax
fees
|
$
|
5,000
|
(3)
|
18,000
|
(3)
|
22,000
|
(3)
|
|||||
All
other fees
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Total
audit and non-audit fees
|
$
|
68,850
|
$
|
109,000
|
$
|
100,000
|
(1)
|
Includes
fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual
financial statements and review of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year 2009, 2008 and 2007 and for reviews of the financial statements
included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the first three
quarters of fiscal 2009, 2008 and 2007 and related SEC registration
statements.
|
(2)
|
Includes
fees billed for professional services rendered in fiscal 2009, 2008 and
2007, in connection with acquisition planning and due
diligence.
|
(3)
|
Includes
fees billed for professional services rendered in fiscal 2009, 2008 and
2007, in connection with tax compliance (including U.S. federal and state
returns) and tax
consulting.
|
|
·
|
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31,
2009.
|
|
·
|
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
|
|
·
|
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2010.
|
|
·
|
Our
audited Consolidated Balance Sheets for the years ended December 31, 2009
and December 31, 2008, our audited Consolidated Statements of Income for
the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, our audited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008 and the Notes to our audited Consolidated
Financial Statements, in each case that are contained in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009;
|
|
·
|
Our
unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets for the three months ended March 31,
2010, our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, our unaudited Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flow for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
March 31, 2009, and the Notes to our unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements, in each case that are contained in our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31,
2010;
|
|
·
|
Our
unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2010, our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, our unaudited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, and the Notes to our unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements, in each case that are contained in our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
2010;
|
Dated: October
22, 2010
|
Jason
T. Young
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|