(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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(4)
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Proposed maximum aggregate value
of transaction:
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(5)
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Total fee
paid:
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¨
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Fee paid previously with
preliminary materials:
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¨
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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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(1)
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Amount Previously
Paid:
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(2)
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Form, Schedule or Registration
Statement 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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Sincerely
yours,
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Edward S.
Fleury
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Chief Executive
Officer
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1.
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To elect as members of Class II of
our Board of Directors the three nominees named in the proxy statement
accompanying this notice, to serve on our Board of Directors until our
2012 annual meeting of shareholders, or until their respective successors
have been duly elected and
qualified;
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2.
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To ratify the selection of
D'Arcangelo & Co., LLP as our independent registered public accounting
firm for our fiscal year ending March 31, 2011;
and
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4.
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To transact such other business as
may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment
thereof. Our Board of Directors is not presently aware of any
other matter that may be raised for consideration at the Annual
Meeting.
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By Order of the Board of
Directors
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Edward S.
Fleury
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Chief Executive
Officer
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Page
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Proposal One—Election of
Directors
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10
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Proposal Two— Ratification of the
Appointment of D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP, as Independent
Accountants
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13
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Information Concerning Executive
Officers
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15
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Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management
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16
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Board Meetings and
Committees
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19
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership
Reporting Compliance
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21
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Executive
Compensation
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22
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Compensation Discussion and
Analysis
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29
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Deadline for Receipt of
Shareholder Proposals
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31
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Other
Matters
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31
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A:
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We sent you this Proxy Statement
and the enclosed proxy card because our Board of Directors (“Board”) is
soliciting your proxy to vote at our 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of Command Security Corporation (referred to herein as “we,”, “us,”,
“Command” or the “Company”). The Proxy Statement also gives you
information on the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as
well as other information so that you can make an informed
decision. You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting to vote
on the proposals, but you do not need to attend in person in order to
vote. You may instead vote by mail using the enclosed proxy
card, or vote by using the internet or the telephone as described in the
instructions printed on your proxy
card.
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A:
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This Proxy Statement will first be
mailed on or about July 29, 2010 to shareholders of the Company by the
Board of Directors (the “Board”) to solicit proxies for use at the Annual
Meeting.
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A:
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The Annual Meeting will be held on
September 16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of
our legal counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, One Bryant
Park, New York, New York.
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A:
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The Board asks that you vote on
the proposals listed in the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The votes will be taken at the Annual Meeting on September 16, 2010 or, if
the Annual Meeting is adjourned, at any later meeting. The
Board recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the proposals presented in
this Proxy Statement.
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A:
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All shareholders of the Company
may attend the Annual Meeting. Only shareholders of record at the
close of business on July 19, 2010, will be entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting. On this record date, there were 10,872,098 shares of common stock
outstanding and entitled to
vote.
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Shareholder of
Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If on July 19, 2010,
your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent,
Computershare Investor Services, then you are a shareholder of
record. As a shareholder of record, you may vote in person at
the meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the
meeting, we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card by
mail or vote by proxy over the telephone or the Internet as instructed
below to ensure your vote is
counted.
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1.
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The election of three (3) Class II
directors to serve on our Board of Directors until our 2012 annual meeting
of shareholders, or until their respective successors have been duly
elected and qualified;
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2.
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The ratification of the
appointment of D'Arcangelo & Co., LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011;
and
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3.
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Such other business as may
properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments
thereof.
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A:
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You may vote by either attending
the Annual Meeting or by appointing a proxy by signing and dating each
proxy card you receive and returning it in the enclosed prepaid
envelope. We encourage you to complete and send in your proxy
card. You may revoke your proxy by sending a written notice of
revocation or another signed proxy with a later date to the Company’s
principal executive offices, P.O. Box 340, 1133 Route 55, Suite D.
Lagrangeville, New York 12540. If you then decide to attend the
Annual Meeting, you may revoke your proxy by voting in
person.
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“FOR” the election of each of the
three (3) persons identified in “Proposals for Election of Directors” as
nominees for election as Class II directors of the Company for terms
expiring in 2012;
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·
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“FOR” the ratification of
D'Arcangelo & Co., LLP as the independent registered public accounting
firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011;
and
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·
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At the discretion of the proxy
holders with regard to any other matter that may properly come before the
Annual Meeting.
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·
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sending a written notice of
revocation or another signed proxy with a later date to the Company’s
principal executive offices, P.O. Box 340, 1133 Route 55, Suite D.
Lagrangeville, New York 12540;
or
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·
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attending the Annual Meeting and
voting in person.
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A:
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If you receive more than one proxy
card, it is because your shares are held in more than one
account. You will need to sign and return all proxy cards to
insure that all your shares are
voted.
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A:
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If your shares are held in the
name of a broker, then only your broker can execute a proxy and vote your
shares and only after receiving your specific
instructions. Remember that your shares cannot be voted unless
you return a signed and executed proxy card to your
broker. However, please be advised that broker non-votes with
respect to any matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting will not be
voted but will be counted as present to determine whether there is a
quorum for voting purposes on such matters at the Annual
Meeting. Broker non-votes occur when a broker, bank or other
nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a
particular proposal because the broker, bank or other nominee does not
have discretionary voting power for that particular proposal and has not
received instructions from the beneficial owner of the
shares. Please sign, date and promptly mail the enclosed proxy
card in the envelope provided by your
broker.
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A:
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Barry I. Regenstein, our President
and Chief Financial Officer, will tabulate the votes and act as inspector
of election.
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A:
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As of the Record Date, 10,872,098
common shares of the Company were issued, outstanding and entitled to vote
at the Annual Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy, of
shareholders holding at least fifty percent (50%) of the issued and
outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will
constitute a quorum for purposes of the matters to be voted upon at the
Annual Meeting. If you submit a properly executed proxy card,
then the common shares covered by that proxy card will be considered part
of the quorum. Votes that are withheld and broker non-votes
will be counted towards a
quorum.
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A:
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In accordance with our By-laws,
members of our Board will be elected by a plurality of the affirmative
votes cast in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting. Accordingly, the three (3) nominees for Class
II director receiving the highest number of affirmative votes for such
class will be elected. A shareholder may, with respect to the election of
directors, (i) vote for the election of all of the nominees, (ii) withhold
authority to vote for any one or more of the nominees or (iii) withhold
authority to vote for all of the nominees by so indicating in the
appropriate spaces on the enclosed proxy card. Because the
nominees will be elected by a plurality vote, neither broker non-votes nor
shares abstaining from the vote on the proposal to elect the slate of
nominees will have an effect on the outcome of the vote on Proposal One.
If you are in favor of the slate of nominees, you are urged to vote “for”
each nominee identified in Proposal
One.
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A:
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The affirmative vote of a majority
of the votes cast in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote
at the Annual Meeting is required to ratify the Board’s selection of our
independent public accounting firm. With respect to the
approval of the ratification of the appointment of the independent
accountants, abstentions are considered to be shares present and entitled
to be cast and will have the effect of a negative vote on the matter, and
broker “non-votes” are not counted as shares eligible to vote and will
have no effect on the outcome of the matter. If you are in
favor of the ratification of the appointment of our independent
accountants, you are urged to vote “for” Proposal
Two. Shareholder ratification of the selection of D'Arcangelo
& Co., LLP as our independent public accountants is not required by
our By-laws or other applicable legal requirement. However, the
Board is submitting the selection of D'Arcangelo & Co., LLP to the
shareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate
governance. If the shareholders fail to ratify the selection,
the audit committee of our Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) will
reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the
selection is ratified, the Audit Committee at its discretion may direct
the appointment of a different independent accounting firm at any time
during the year if it determines that such a change would be in our and
our shareholders' best
interests.
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A:
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Proxies may be solicited by mail,
advertisement, telephone, via the Internet or in person. Solicitations may
be made by directors, officers, investor relations personnel and other
employees of the Company, none of whom will receive additional
compensation for such solicitations. Banks, brokerage houses
and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries will be requested to
forward the Company's solicitation material to their customers for whom
they hold shares. We will reimburse brokerage firms and others
for their reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy materials to the
beneficial owners of our common shares and obtaining voting instructions
from beneficial owners of our common
shares.
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A:
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Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
shareholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in a company's
proxy statement and for consideration at the next annual meeting of its
shareholders by submitting their proposals to us in a
timely manner.
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A:
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If you have any questions about
the Annual Meeting you should contact Barry I. Regenstein, our President
and Chief Financial Officer, at (845)
454-3703.
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Name
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Age
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Position with the Company
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Director Since
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Class II nominees for terms ending
in 2012
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Thomas P.
Kikis
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49
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Director
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2004
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Robert S.
Ellin
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45
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Director
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2004
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Barry I.
Regenstein
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53
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President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
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2007
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Continuing Class I
Directors:
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Edward S.
Fleury
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68
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Chief Executive Officer and
Director
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2008
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Peter T.
Kikis
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87
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Director and Chairman of the
Board
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2004
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Martin C. Blake,
Jr.
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56
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Chief Operating Officer and
Director
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2004
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Laurence A.
Levy
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62
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Director
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2008
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Fee Category
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Fiscal
2009
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Fiscal
2010
|
||||||
Audit Fees
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$ | 202,460 | $ | 201,287 | ||||
Audit-Related
Fees
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18,000 | 20,275 | ||||||
Tax Fees
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82,600 | 105,400 | ||||||
All Other
Fees
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21,624 | 3,780 | ||||||
$ | 324,684 | $ | 330,742 |
Name
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Age
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Position with the
Company
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Edward S.
Fleury
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68
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Chief Executive
Officer
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Barry I.
Regenstein
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53
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President and Chief Financial
Officer
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Martin C. Blake,
Jr.
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56
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Chief Operating
Officer
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John C.
Reed
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45
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Regional Vice President –
Northeast
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William A.
Vigna
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48
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Regional Vice President –
Mid-Atlantic
|
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Joseph T.
Conlon
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50
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Regional Vice President –
Western
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Ralph A.
Diaz
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41
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Regional Vice President -
Southern
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·
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each person known by us to
beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding common
shares;
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·
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individuals serving as our Named
Executive Officers;
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·
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each of our directors and nominees
for director; and
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·
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all executive officers, directors
and director nominees as a
group.
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Name
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Amount and Nature of Beneficial
Ownership (1)
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Percent of Class (2)
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Certain
Beneficial Owners
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||||||||
David
E. Smith
2450
Colorado Avenue
Suite
100E
Santa
Monica, California 90404
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1,374,585 | 12.6 | % | |||||
Norman
H. Pessin
366
Madison Avenue
14th
Floor
New
York, NY 10017
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831,300 | 7.6 | % | |||||
Trinad
Capital, L.P.(3)
2121
Avenue of the Stars
Suite
410
Los
Angeles, California 90067
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1,194,040 | 11.0 | % | |||||
Named
Executive Officers
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||||||||
Edward
S. Fleury(10)
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373,333 | 3.3 | % | |||||
Barry
I. Regenstein(4)
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531,718 | 4.7 | % | |||||
Martin
C. Blake, Jr.(5)
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133,500 | 1.2 | % | |||||
John
C. Reed
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5,000 | * | ||||||
William
A. Vigna
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6,000 | * | ||||||
Joseph
T. Conlon
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6,000 | * | ||||||
Ralph
A. Diaz
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3,000 | * | ||||||
Directors
and Director Nominees**
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Robert
S. Ellin(6)
2121
Avenue of the Stars
Suite
410
Los
Angeles, California 90067
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1,284,040 | 11.7 | % | |||||
Thomas
P. Kikis(7)
Arcadia
Securities
720
Fifth Avenue
10th
Floor
New
York, New York 10019
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1,047,736 | 9.5 | % | |||||
Peter
T. Kikis(8)
Arcadia
Securities
720
Fifth Avenue
10th
Floor
New
York, New York 10019
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1,593,327 | 14.5 | % | |||||
Laurence
A. Levy(9)
HoltzmanVogel
PLLC
1177
Avenue of the Americas
19th Floor
New
York, New York 10036
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113,671 | 1.0 | % | |||||
All
Executive Officers and Directors
(including
Director Nominees)
as
a Group (12 Persons)
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5,102,325 | 41.3 | % |
Name and Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)(2)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All Other
Compensation
($)(1)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
(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)
|
(i)
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(j)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward S. Fleury
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2010
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301,154 | — | 21,024 | 25,000 | 347,178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CEO
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry
I. Regenstein
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2010
|
285,577 | — | — | 21,024 | — | — | 30,000 | 336,601 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
President
& CFO
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martin
C. Blake, Jr.
|
2010
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285,577 | — | — | 21,024 | — | — | — | 306,601 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
COO
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John
C. Reed
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2010
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110,000 | — | — | 2,628 | — | — | 14,971 | 127,599 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RVP
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William
A. Vigna
|
2010
|
108,000 | — | — | 3,154 | — | — | 27,750 | 138,904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RVP
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph
T. Conlon
|
2010
|
165,000 | — | — | 3,154 | — | — | — | 168,154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RVP
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rafael
A. Diaz
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2010
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100,000 | — | — | 1,577 | — | — | 5,100 | 106,677 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RVP
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(1)
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The amounts in this column reflect
applicable automobile allowances, license holder allowances, commissions
and unused vacation pay for each named executive officer in the amounts
set forth in the table
above.
|
(2)
|
The amounts in this column reflect
stock options awarded on May 27, 2010 in respect of service for our fiscal
year ended March 31,
2010.
|
Option Awards
|
|||||||||||||
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
|||||||||
Edward
S. Fleury(3)
|
250,000 | 250,000 | 3.368 |
9/28/2018(3)
|
|||||||||
Barry
I. Regenstein(1)
|
491,618 | — | $ | 1.35 |
8/29/2014(1)
|
||||||||
Martin
C. Blake, Jr.(2)
|
93,500 | — | $ | 1.35 |
8/29/2014(2)
|
Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
|||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired On
Exercise
(#)
|
Value
Realized
On
Exercise
($)
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
On
Vesting
(#)
|
Value
Realized
On
Vesting
($)
|
||||||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
||||||||||||
Barry
I. Regenstein(1)
|
915 | 1,967 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Martin
C. Blake, Jr.(2)
|
66,500 | 105,558 | — | — |
Name
|
Fees
Earned
or
Paid in
Cash
($)(1)
|
Option Awards
($)(2)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(d)
|
(h)
|
|||||||||
Robert
S. Ellin(3)
|
$ | 22,000 | $ | 4,953 | $ | 26,953 | ||||||
Thomas
P. Kikis(4)
|
$ | 28,000 | $ | 8,476 | $ | 36,476 | ||||||
Peter
T. Kikis(5)
|
$ | 29,000 | $ | 4,953 | $ | 33,953 | ||||||
Laurence
A. Levy(6)
|
$ | 25,000 | $ | 4,657 | $ | 29,657 |
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE
|
|
Laurence A. Levy
(Chairman)
|
|
Peter T.
Kikis
|
|
Robert S.
Ellin
|
·
|
reviewed and discussed the
Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2010 with the Company's management and the Company's
independent accountants;
|
·
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discussed with the Company's
independent accountants those matters required to be discussed by
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, “Communications with Audit
Committees”, as amended by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 90
“Audit Committee Communications”;
and
|
·
|
received and reviewed the written
disclosures and the letter from the Company's independent accountants
required by Independence Standard No. 1, “Independence Discussions with
Audit Committees,” and discussed with the Company's independent
accountants their independence from the
Company.
|
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
|
|
Thomas P. Kikis
(Chairman)
|
|
Peter T.
Kikis
|
|
Robert S.
Ellin
|
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
|
|
Edward S.
Fleury
|
|
Chief Executive
Officer
|
|
July 29,
2010
|
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Lagrangeville, New
York
|