/s/
Gregory D. Frost
|
|||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
|||
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
/s/
Gregory D. Frost
|
|||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
|||
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
·
|
for
the election of the nominated slate of Directors (see proposal
no. 1).
|
|
·
|
for
the ratification of the appointment of Marcum & Kliegman LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accountants for fiscal
2007 (see
proposal no. 2).
|
Name
and Address*
|
Title
|
Aggregate
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (1)
|
Percent
of Class
Outstanding
(2)
|
|
|||||||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
CEO
and
Chairman
|
1,000,000
|
(3)
|
|
31.8
|
%
|
|||||
Christopher
P. Westad
|
President
and Director
|
35,000
|
(4)
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|||||
Patrick
O'Neill
|
Director
|
3,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Edward
C. Miller, Jr.
|
Director
|
3,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Steven
Chalk
|
Director
|
3,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Alan
E. Richards
|
Director
|
5,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Solange
Charas
|
Director
|
5,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Mark
Barbera
|
Director
|
5,000
|
(5)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Frank
Nocito
|
VP
Business Development
|
1,000,000
|
(6)
|
|
31.8
|
%
|
|||||
John
L. Vrabel
|
COO
|
2,300
|
(7)
|
|
**
|
||||||
Jeffrey
S. Feld
|
Acting
CFO
|
0
|
**
|
||||||||
Officers
and Directors as a Group (11 persons)
|
1,061,300
|
(8)
|
|
33.2
|
%
|
||||||
All
American Plazas, Inc.
1267
Hilltop Lane
Myerstown,
PA 17067
|
1,000,000
|
(9)
|
|
31.8
|
%
|
(1)
|
The
number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each stockholder
is
determined under rules promulgated by the SEC. Under these rules,
a person
is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares over which that
person has or shares voting or investing power, plus any shares
that the
person has the right to acquire within 60 days, including through
the
exercise of stock options. To our knowledge, unless otherwise indicated,
all of the persons listed above have sole voting and investment
power with
respect to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority
is
shared by spouses under applicable law.
|
(2)
|
The
percentage ownership for each stockholder is calculated by dividing
(a)
the total number of shares beneficially owned by the stockholder
on May
15, 2007 by (b) 3,141,423 shares (the number of shares of our common
stock
outstanding on May 15, 2007, plus any shares that the stockholder
has the
right to acquire within 60 days after May 15, 2007).
|
(3)
|
Includes
1,000,000 shares owned by All American Plazas, Inc., of which Mr.
Frost
disclaims beneficial ownership. The shares owned by All American
Plazas,
Inc., are owned 85% by the Chelednik Family Trust, a trust established
by
Frank Nocito, a Vice-President of the Company, and his wife for
the
benefit of their family members. The remaining 15% of such shares
are
owned by a limited liability company owned by Mr. Frost and his
wife. See
Note (9) below.
|
(4)
|
Represents
5,000 shares owned by Mr. Westad and 30,000 which may be acquired
upon the
exercise of outstanding stock options.
|
(5)
|
Represents
shares, which may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable
options
(or options that will become exercisable within sixty (60) days
of May 15,
2007).
|
(6)
|
Includes
1,000,000 shares owned by All American Plazas, Inc., of which Mr.
Nocito
disclaims beneficial ownership. Mr. Nocito is Vice President of
All
American Plazas, Inc., and approximately 85% of the outstanding
common
stock of All American Plazas, Inc., are beneficially held by the
Chelednik
Family Trust, a trust established by Mr. Nocito and his wife for
the
benefit of their family members. See Note (9) below.
|
(7)
|
Includes
2,300 shares held directly.
|
(8)
|
Includes
7,300 shares owned by the officers and directors and 49,000 shares,
which
may be obtained upon the exercise of outstanding options held by
the
officers and directors. Also includes 1,000,000 shares owned by
All
American Plazas, Inc., of which Messrs. Frost and Nocito disclaim
beneficial ownership. See Note (9) below.
|
(9)
|
Includes
1,000,000 shares owned by All American Plazas, Inc. Approximately
85% of
the outstanding common stock of All American Plazas, Inc., are
beneficially held by the Chelednik Family Trust, a trust established
by
Frank Nocito and his wife for the benefit of their family members.
In
addition, pursuant to an agreement between Mr. Frost and the Chelednik
Family Trust, Mr. Frost, through Crystal Heights, LLC an entity
controlled
by Mr. Frost and his wife, is the beneficial owner of the balance
of the
outstanding common stock of All American.
|
Annual
Compensation
|
Long-Term
Compensation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Fiscal
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Other
Annual Compensation
(1)
|
Restricted
Stock
Awards
|
Securities
Underlying
Options/
SARs
|
LTIP
Pay-
out
|
All
Other Compensation
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
2006
|
$
|
216,900
|
-
|
$
|
4,200
|
-
|
-/-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer (3)
|
2005
|
$
|
27,700
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
50,000/0
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher
P. Westad,
|
2006
|
$
|
141,600
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
President
(4)
|
2005
|
$
|
136,479
|
-
|
$
|
2,585
|
-
|
-/-
|
-
|
$
|
40,640(2
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
2004
|
$
|
100,000
|
$
|
13,877
|
$
|
5,973
|
-
|
$
|
15,000/0
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
John
Vrabel,
|
2006
|
$
|
141,600
|
-
|
$
|
6,000
|
-
|
-/-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Chief
Operating Officer
|
2005
|
$
|
138,046
|
-
|
$
|
6,000
|
-
|
-/-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
2004
|
$
|
120,000
|
-
|
$
|
6,000
|
-
|
$
|
10,000/0
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Steven
M. Vella
|
2006
|
$
|
130,800
|
-
|
$
|
5,000
|
-
|
$
|
12,500/0
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer (5)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank
Nocito
|
2006
|
$
|
120,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-/-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
Vice
President of Business Development
|
2005
|
$
|
27,700
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
50,000/0
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
Represents
car allowance and travel expense reimbursements pursuant to his
employment
agreement with the Company.
|
(2)
|
Represents
amounts paid to Mr. Westad related to board compensation of $20,000
and
the market value of 2,000 shares issued to Mr. Westad of the Company’s
common stock valued on the date of issue.
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Frost served as Chief Executive Officer from August 13, 2005 to
September
28, 2006. On May 24, 2007 he resumed his position as Chief Executive
Officer.
|
(4)
|
Mr.
Westad served as Acting Chief Financial Officer from June 23, 2006
to
September 28, 2006. Mr. Westad served as Acting Chief Executive
Officer
from September 28, 2006 to May 24, 2007.
|
(5)
|
Mr.
Vella served as Chief Financial Officer from Aug 15, 2005 to June
23,
2006.
|
Name
|
Number
of
Options
Granted
|
%
of Total
Options
Granted
to
Employees
|
Exercise
Price
($/Share)
|
Expiration
Date
|
Potential
Realizable
Value
at Grant
Date
at 5% (1)
|
Potential
Realizable
Value
at Grant
Date
at 10% (2)
|
|||||||||||||
Steven
M. Vella
|
12,500
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
4.36
|
June
22, 2011
|
$
|
15,057
|
$
|
33,273
|
(1)
|
The
potential realizable value at grant date of options granted during
fiscal
year 2006 has been calculated using the assumption that the value
of the
stock will appreciate 5% per year during the option term from the
grant
price on the date of grant.
|
|
(2)
|
The
potential realizable value at grant date of options granted during
fiscal
year 2006 has been calculated using the assumption that the value
of the
stock will appreciate 10% per year during the option term from
the grant
price on the date of grant.
|
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
Upon
Exercise
of
|
Value
Realized
Upon
|
Number
of
Unexercised
Options
6/30/06
|
Value
of Unexercised
In-the-Money
Options
6/30/06
|
|||||||||||||||
Name
|
Options
|
Exercise
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
|||||||||||||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
50,000
|
$
|
432,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Christopher
P. Westad
|
-
|
-
|
30,000
|
-
|
$
|
85,050
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Frank
Nocito
|
50,000
|
$
|
507,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Steven
M. Vella
|
-
|
-
|
12,500
|
0
|
$
|
16,625
|
-
|
Fiscal
Year Ending
|
|||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY/INDEX/MARKET
|
6/29/2001
|
6/28/2002
|
6/30/2003
|
6/30/2004
|
6/30/2005
|
6/30/2006
|
|||||||||||||
Able
Energy Inc
|
100.00
|
64.81
|
58.59
|
45.37
|
269.07
|
105.37
|
|||||||||||||
Peer
Group
|
100.00
|
97.90
|
131.23
|
153.86
|
26.00
|
20.67
|
|||||||||||||
NASDAQ
Market Index
|
100.00
|
67.83
|
75.43
|
95.93
|
95.82
|
101.99
|
·
|
The
integrity of the Company's consolidated financial statements;
|
|
·
|
The
adequacy of the Company's system of internal controls;
|
|
·
|
The
Company's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
|
|
·
|
The
qualifications and independence of the Company's independent registered
public accountants; and
|
|
·
|
The
performance of the Company's independent registered public accountants
and
of the Company's internal audit function.
|
·
|
Monitors
preparation of quarterly and annual financial reports by the Company's
management;
|
|
·
|
Supervises
the relationship between the Company and its independent registered
public
accountants, including: having direct responsibility for their
appointment, compensation and retention; reviewing the scope of
their
audit services; approving audit and non-audit services; and confirming
the
independence of the independent registered public accountants;
and
|
|
·
|
Oversees
management's implementation and maintenance of effective systems
of
internal and disclosure controls, including review of the Company's
policies relating to legal and regulatory compliance, ethics and
conflicts
of interests and review of the Company's internal auditing program.
|
(1)
|
Filed
a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency
law,
nor had a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer appointed by
a court
for the business or property of such person, or any partnership
in which
he or she was a general partner at or within two years before the
time of
such filing, or any corporation or business association of which
he or she
was an executive officer at or within two years before the time
of such
filing;
|
(2)
|
Was
convicted in a criminal proceeding or named the subject of a pending
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offenses);
|
|
|
(3)
|
Was
the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently
reversed,
suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently
or temporarily enjoining him or her from or otherwise limiting
his or her
involvement in any type of business, commodities, securities or
banking
activities;
|
|
|
(4)
|
Was
found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or
by the SEC
or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to have violated any
federal or state securities law or Federal commodities law, and
the
judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or CFTC has
not been
subsequently reversed, suspended, or
vacated.
|
Name
|
Age
|
Title
|
||||||
Gregory
D. Frost, Esq.
|
59
|
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ||||||
Christopher
P. Westad
|
53
|
President and Director | ||||||
Stephen
Chalk
|
62
|
Director | ||||||
Patrick
O'Neill
|
47
|
Director | ||||||
Edward
C. Miller, Jr.
|
39
|
Director | ||||||
Alan
E. Richards
|
70
|
Director |
|
|||||
Solange
Charas
|
45
|
Director |
(i)
|
On
January 4, 2006, Able Energy, Inc. (the "Company") dismissed Simontacchi
& Company LLP ("Simontacchi") as its independent registered public
accounting firm.
|
|
(ii)
|
The
report of Simontacchi on the Company's financial statements and
financial
statement schedule for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2005 and
June 30,
2004 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and
was not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
|
|
(iii)
|
The
Company's Audit Committee recommended and approved the decision
to change
independent registered public accounting firms.
|
|
(iv)
|
In
connection with the audits of the Company's financial statements
for each
of the two most recently completed fiscal years and through June
30, 2005,
there have been no disagreements with Simontacchi on any matter
of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure
or
auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved
to the
satisfaction of Simontacchi, would have caused it to make reference
to the
subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its audit
report.
There were no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v)
of
Regulation S-K.
|
|
(v)
|
The
Company has given permission to Simontacchi to respond fully to
the
inquiries of the successor auditor, including those concerning
the subject
matter of its dismissal.
|
|
(vi)
|
The
Company has requested that Simontacchi furnish the Company with
a letter
addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the above statements.
Such letter was filed hereunder as Exhibit 16.1 to the Current
Report on
Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on January 9, 2006.
|
(i)
|
On
January 9, 2006 and effective the same date, on the recommendation
of the
Company's Audit Committee, the Company engaged Marcum & Kliegman LLP
("Marcum") as its independent registered public accounting firm
to audit
the Company's financial statements as of and for the fiscal year
ending
June 30, 2006 and to perform procedures related to the financial
statements included in the Company's quarterly reports on Form
10-Q,
beginning with the quarter ended December 31, 2005.
|
|
(ii)
|
During
the two most recent fiscal years and through January 9, 2006, the
Company
has not consulted with Marcum regarding either the application
of
accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed
or
proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on
the
financial statements of the Company, as well as any matters or
reportable
events described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) or (ii) of Regulation S-K.
|
For
the Year Ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Audit
Fees (1)
|
$
|
655,147
|
$
|
104,913
|
|||
Tax
Fees (2)
|
15,000
|
11,874
|
|||||
All
Other Fees (3)
|
129,302
|
79,039
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
799,449
|
$
|
195,826
|
(1)
|
These
are fees for professional services performed for the audit of the
Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and services that are
normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings
or
engagements.
|
(2)
|
Principally
fees for preparation of the Company’s federal and state corporate tax
returns.
|
(3)
|
Principally
fees for SEC inquiries.
|
/s/
Gregory D. Frost
|
|||
Gregory
D. Frost
|
|||
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
1. | ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |
FOR
|
WITHHOLD
|
|
Nominees:
|
||||
Gregory D. Frost |
o
|
o
|
||
Christopher P. Westad |
|
|
||
Patrick O'Neill |
|
|
||
Edward C. Miller, Jr. |
|
|
||
Stephen Chalk |
|
|
||
Alan E. Richards |
|
|
||
|
Solange Charas |
|
|
|
(Except
nominee(s) written above)
|
2. | To ratify the selection of Marcum & Kliegman LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accountants |
FOR
|
AGAINST
|
ABSTAIN
|
||
o
|
o
|
o
|