(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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paid previously with preliminary
materials.
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing.
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FREQUENCY
ELECTRONICS, INC.
|
1.
|
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;
|
2.
|
To
consider and act upon ratifying the appointment of Eisner LLP as
independent auditors for the fiscal year commencing May 1, 2009;
and
|
3.
|
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
|
HARRY
NEWMAN
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Secretary
|
Year First
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||||||
Elected
|
||||||
Name
|
Principal Occupation
|
Age
|
Director
|
|||
Joseph
P. Franklin
|
Chairman
of the Board
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75
|
1990
|
|||
of
Directors
|
||||||
(Major
General,
|
||||||
U.S.
Army – Ret.)
|
||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
President,
Chief
|
73
|
1961
|
|||
Executive
Officer
|
||||||
and
a Director
|
||||||
Joel
Girsky
|
President,
Jaco
|
70
|
1986
|
|||
Electronics,
Inc., and a
|
||||||
Director
|
||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro
|
Dean
Emeritus,
|
77
|
1998
|
|||
New
York Law School
|
||||||
and
a Director
|
||||||
S.
Robert Foley, Jr.
|
Director
|
81
|
1999
|
|||
(Admiral,
U.S.
|
||||||
Navy
– Retired)
|
||||||
Richard
Schwartz
|
Director
|
73
|
2004
|
Fees Earned or
|
Equity-based
|
|||||||||||
Name
|
Paid in Cash ($)
|
Awards (1)(2)
|
Total ($)
|
|||||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro
|
$ | 39,000 | $ | 8,820 | $ | 47,820 | ||||||
Joel
Girsky
|
31,000 | 8,820 | 39,820 | |||||||||
S.
Robert Foley
|
28,500 | 8,820 | 37,320 | |||||||||
Richard
Schwartz
|
28,500 | 8,820 | 37,320 |
(1)
|
The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments but represent
the fair value of stock appreciation rights awarded in the current year
recognized by the Company as an expense in fiscal year 2009 for financial
accounting purposes. The fair value of these awards and the
amounts expensed in fiscal year 2009 were determined in accordance with
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R,Share-Based Payment
(FAS 123R), except the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions have been disregarded in accordance with
SEC rules. In addition, since all directors are “retirement
eligible” the full fair value of the stock compensation expense has been
recognized rather than amortizing it over the vesting
period. 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, 2009, as filed with the
SEC.
|
(2)
|
Each
non-officer Director received a stock appreciation right to receive, upon
exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the appreciated
value of 6,000 shares of Common Stock between the award date and the
exercise date. Each such award was outstanding at the end of
fiscal year 2009 and no Directors were vested in such awards as of April
30, 2009. In addition, Mr. Schwartz has an option to acquire
30,000 shares of Common Stock in which he is fully vested as of April 30,
2009. The grant dates and exercise prices for these awards are
listed in note (10) under the section Stock Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management beginning on page 7 of this Proxy
Statement.
|
Service
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Audit
Fees (1)
|
$ | 321,800 | $ | 260,138 | ||||
Audit-Related
Fees (2)
|
35,000 | 73,016 | ||||||
Tax
Fees
(3)
|
- | 54,259 | ||||||
All
Other Fees (4)
|
- | - | ||||||
TOTAL
|
$ | 356,800 | $ | 387,413 |
(1)
|
Audit
fees consist of professional services rendered for the audit of the
Company’s annual financial statements, the reviews of the quarterly
financial statements, issuance of consents and assistance with and review
of documents filed with the SEC. The fiscal year 2009 amount
includes $59,800 paid to HRR as a final billing for the fiscal year 2008
audit. Such amount was in excess of the amount accrued as of
April 30, 2008 and was not included in the fiscal year 2008 audit fee
above.
|
(2)
|
Other
audit-related services provided by Eisner LLP or 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.
|
(3)
|
Tax
fees consist of fees for services rendered to the Company for tax
compliance, tax planning and advice. Beginning in fiscal year
2009, the Company has engaged another accounting firm to provide such
services.
|
(4)
|
No
other services were performed by either Eisner LLP or Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick LLP in connection with financial information systems design and
implementation or otherwise.
|
Amount and Nature of
|
||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Beneficial Ownership (1)
|
Percent of Class (2)
|
||||||
Dimensional
Fund Advisors, Inc. (3)
|
||||||||
1299
Ocean Ave.
|
||||||||
Santa
Monica, CA 90401
|
688,247 | 8.4 | % | |||||
Frequency
Electronics, Inc.
|
||||||||
Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (4)
|
||||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
|
||||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
|
481,865 | 5.9 | % | |||||
Martin
B. Bloch (5)(6)(9)
|
||||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
|
||||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
|
977,518 | 12.0 | % | |||||
Joseph
P. Franklin (6)(7)(9)
|
||||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
|
||||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
|
157,878 | 1.9 | % | |||||
Joel
Girsky (10)
|
||||||||
c/o
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
|
||||||||
145
Oser Avenue
|
||||||||
Hauppauge,
NY 11788
|
25,000 | * | ||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro (10)
|
||||||||
10040
E. Happy Valley Road
|
||||||||
Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
|
3,600 | * | ||||||
S.
Robert Foley (10)
|
||||||||
One
Lakeside Dr.
|
||||||||
Oakland,
CA 94612
|
- | * | ||||||
Richard
Schwartz (10)
|
||||||||
4427
Golf Course Dr.
|
||||||||
Westlake
Village, CA 91362
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30,000 | * | ||||||
Markus
Hechler (8)(9)
|
||||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
|
||||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
|
117,336 | 1.4 | % | |||||
Oleandro
Mancini (9)
|
||||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
|
||||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
|
74,900 | * | ||||||
All
executive officers
|
||||||||
and
directors as a group
|
||||||||
(15
persons) (8)(9)
|
1,875,470 | 22.9 | % |
(1)
|
Each
person has sole voting and investment power over the shares reported,
except as noted.
|
(2)
|
Based
on 8,175,550 shares outstanding as of August 21,
2009.
|
(3)
|
As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, 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, 2008,
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 688,247 shares and
voting authority over 685,302 shares that are owned by such investment
companies, commingled group trusts and separate accounts, and Dimensional
disclaims beneficial ownership of such
securities.
|
(4)
|
Includes
360,770 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
13); 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).
|
(5)
|
Includes
198,000 shares issuable on the full exercise of the following options
granted to Mr. Bloch: an option to purchase 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 an option to purchase 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 Employment Agreement on page
15.)
|
(6)
|
Includes
57,000 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 35,600 shares held in trust for Mr. Bloch’s wife for which
General Franklin is the trustee. Mr. Bloch disclaims beneficial
ownership of such shares.
|
(7)
|
Includes
61,045 shares held in a family trust and 37,255 shares in charitable
foundations over which General Franklin retains discretionary
control. General Franklin disclaims beneficial ownership of
such shares.
|
(8)
|
Includes
the following shares granted to the officers of the Company pursuant to a
stock purchase agreement in connection with the Company’s Restricted Stock
Plan:
|
Name
|
Restricted
Stock
|
|||
Markus
Hechler
|
7,500 | |||
All
Officers as a Group (11
persons)
|
15,000 |
(9)
|
Includes
the number of shares which, as at August 21, 2009, 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 or stock appreciation rights (“SARs”);
(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:
|
Name
|
Stock Bonus
Plan Shares
(a)
|
ESOP Shares
(b)
|
Profit Sharing
Plan & Trust
401(k) (c)
|
ISO or
NQSO or
SAR
Shares (d)
|
||||||||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
22,317 | 4,205 | 3,438 | 50,000 | ||||||||||||
Joseph
P. Franklin
|
-0- | 4,031 | 276 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
2,707 | 5,968 | 3,348 | 92,250 | ||||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
-0- | -0- | 2,900 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||
All
Directors and Officers
as a Group (15
persons)
|
25,831 | 34,573 | 26,557 | 453,375 |
(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 be an "Employee Stock Ownership Plan"
(see footnote (b) to the table).
|
(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,
2009. 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.
|
(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.
|
(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 SARs in which the officers are fully vested or may
become vested within 60 days of August 21, 2009. Such grants
have been made under the Company’s 1993 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan,
2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and 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 16 of this Proxy
Statement.
|
(10)
|
Includes
30,000 shares issuable on the exercise of options granted to Mr. Schwartz
in December 2004 at an exercise price of $14.76 under the Independent
Contractors Stock Option Plan. Previous option grants to the
other non-officer Directors of the Company expired unexercised during
fiscal year 2009. During fiscal year 2009, the Company awarded
SARs to each of the Directors based on 6,000 shares at an exercise price
of $3.15. None of these rights were vested as of August 21,
2009.
|
E.
Donald Shapiro, Chairman, Audit Committee
|
S.
Robert Foley
|
Joel
Girsky
|
Richard
Schwartz
|
Members
of the Audit Committee
|
Name and Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
(1)
|
Option
Awards
(2)(3)
|
Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
(4)
|
All Other
Compen-
sation
(5)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Martin B. Bloch
|
2009
|
$ | 415,385 | $ | - | $ | 72,503 | $ | 212,165 | $ | 99,513 | $ | 799,566 | |||||||||||||
President,
CEO
|
2008
|
423,077 | 55,000 | 8,925 | 502,848 | 141,291 | 1,131,141 | |||||||||||||||||||
Principal
Executive Officer
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
2009
|
199,985 | 0 | 42,661 | 63,507 | 39,013 | 345,166 | |||||||||||||||||||
Executive
Vice
|
2008
|
201,807 | 0 | 41,849 | 92,620 | 44,761 | 381,037 | |||||||||||||||||||
President
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleandro Mancini
|
2009
|
189,808 | 11,881 | 62,167 | 48,514 | 40,807 | 353,177 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President,
|
2008
|
181,539 | 9,044 | 63,824 | 69,609 | 30,307 | 354,323 | |||||||||||||||||||
Business
Development
|
(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 years 2009 and 2008, no Named Executive
Officer was awarded a bonus based on the operating losses recorded at the
FEI-NY segment. Mr. Bloch’s fiscal year 2008 bonus is based on
the consolidated pretax profit of the Company. The bonus amount
reported above for fiscal year 2008 differs from the amount reported in
the Company’s fiscal year 2008 proxy as Mr. Bloch voluntarily surrendered
$37,700 of the bonus to which he was entitled. Mr. Mancini is
awarded a bonus based on the revenues and operating profits generated by
the Gillam-FEI and FEI-Zyfer
segments.
|
(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 SARs recognized by the
Company as an expense in fiscal years 2009 and 2008 for financial
accounting purposes. The fair value of these awards and the
amounts expensed were determined in accordance with FASB Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based Payment
(FAS 123R), except the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions have been disregarded in accordance with
SEC rules. The awards for which expense is shown in this table
include the awards described in the 2009 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table
on page 16 of this Proxy Statement, as well as awards granted in prior
fiscal years for which the Company continued to recognize expense in
fiscal year 2009. 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, 2009 as filed with
the SEC. For pre-fiscal year 2008 awards for which expense
amounts are included in 2009 and 2008 compensation, refer to the
assumptions for determining the fair value of such awards disclosed in the
notes to financial statements included in the Form 10-K for the year(s)
such awards were granted.
|
(3)
|
Other
than contributions of Common Stock to the accounts of participants in the
Company’s profit sharing plan and trust under section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Company did not make any awards of
Common Stock to any employees during fiscal years 2009 and
2008. The fair market value of contributions to the accounts of
participants, including the Named Executive Officers, may not exceed
$3,000 in a calendar year.
|
(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. 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 years 2009 and 2008. These
non-cash amounts are included in the Company’s general and administrative
expenses for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
|
(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
and other
(b)
|
Total All Other
Compensation
|
|||||||||||||||
Martin
Bloch
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2009
|
$ | 10,177 | $ | 41,880 | $ | 24,063 | $ | 23,393 | $ | 99,513 | ||||||||||
2008
|
20,472 | 80,751 | 24,063 | 16,005 | 141,291 | |||||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2009
|
14,120 | 24,893 | 0 | 0 | 39,013 | |||||||||||||||
2008
|
21,596 | 23,165 | 0 | 0 | 44,761 | |||||||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
14,751 | 26,056 | 0 | 0 | 40,807 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
9,994 | 20,313 | 0 | 0 | 30,307 |
(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)
|
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.
|
Martin
Bloch, CEO
|
$ | 200,000 | ||
Markus
Hechler, Exec VP
|
80,000 | |||
Oleandro
Mancini, VP
|
60,000 |
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
|
01/29/09
|
12,000 | $ | 3.15 | $ | 17,640 | ||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
01/29/09
|
6,000 | $ | 3.15 | $ | 8,820 | ||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
01/29/09
|
6,000 | $ | 3.15 | $ | 8,820 |
|
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 2009.
|
|
2)
|
During
fiscal year 2009, the Company awarded 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 Common Stock
equal in value to the appreciated value of a single share of 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 or
SARs
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options or
SARs
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option or SARs
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option or SARs
Expiration
Date (NOTE)
|
|||||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
18,000 | -0- | $ | 7.125 |
*
10/01/09
|
||||||||
30,000 | -0- | 7.625 |
*
10/01/09
|
||||||||||
180,000 | -0- | 13.490 |
2/28/11
|
||||||||||
20,000 | 20,000 | 7.835 |
3/16/18
|
||||||||||
-0- | 12,000 | 3.150 |
1/29/19
|
||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
10,000 | -0- | 7.125 |
*
10/01/09
|
|||||||||
20,000 | -0- | 7.06 |
*
10/01/09
|
||||||||||
10,000 | -0- | 23.75 |
*
8/07/10
|
||||||||||
15,000 | -0- | 11.10 |
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
8,000 | -0- | 6.615 |
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
8,000 | -0- | 9.575 |
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
7,500 | -0- | 14.40 |
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
5,000 | 5,000 | 11.95 |
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
1,875 | 5,625 | 11.16 |
7/23/17
|
||||||||||
2,500 | 7,500 | 9.67 |
12/10/17
|
||||||||||
-0- | 6,000 | 3.15 |
1/29/19
|
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options or
SARs
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options or
SARs
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option or SARs
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option or SARs
Expiration
Date (NOTE)
|
|||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
10,000 | -0- | $ | 23.75 |
*
8/07/10
|
||||||||
10,000 | -0- | 11.10 |
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
7,000 | -0- | 6.615 |
7/25/12
|
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10,000 | -0- | 9.575 |
7/31/13
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7,500 | -0- | 14.40 |
12/21/14
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10,000 | -0- | 11.22 |
4/24/15
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7,500 | 7,500 | 11.95 |
7/30/16
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2,500 | 7,500 | 9.91 |
8/28/17
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1,250 | 3,750 | 9.67 |
12/10/17
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-0- | 6,000 | 3.15 |
1/29/19
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Stock Awards
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Name
|
Number of Shares
Acquired on
Vesting (#)
|
Value Realized on
Vesting
($)(1)
|
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Martin B. Bloch
|
20,000 | 54,200 | ||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
8,750 | 37,450 | ||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
11,875 | 49,675 |
(1)
|
The value realized equals the
fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date,
multiplied by the number of shares that
vested.
|
/s/ Harry Newman |
Secretary
|