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1. |
Electing
Directors of the Company.
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2. |
Considering
and voting upon a proposal to appoint Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2008.
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3. |
Considering
all other matters as may properly come before the
meeting.
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Solicitation
of Proxy
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2
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Purpose
of Meeting
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2
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Voting
Rights
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2
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Corporate
Governance
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3
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Election
of Directors
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3
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Directors
and Executive Officers
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3
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Meetings
and Committees of Directors
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5
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Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
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6
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Compensation
Committee Report on Executive Compensation
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6
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Report
of the Audit Committee
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6
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Director
Compensation
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7
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Management
Compensation
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7
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Summary
Compensation Table
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7
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Employee
Incentive Stock Option Plans
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8
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Equity
Compensation Plan Information
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8
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Option
Grants in Last Fiscal Year
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8
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Aggregated
Option Exercises in Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year-End Option
Values
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9
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Fiscal
Year End Equity Awards
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9
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Performance
Graph
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10
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
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Audit
Fees and Services
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12
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Ratification
of Selection of Independent Auditors
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12
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Access
to Reports
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12
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Stockholders
Proposals for Next Annual Meeting
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12
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Householding
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12
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Other
Matters
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13
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1.
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Electing Directors of the Company; |
2.
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Considering
and voting upon a proposal to appoint Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008;
and
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3.
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Considering all other matters as may properly come before the meeting. |
Thomas R. Craddick | Jack D. Ladd | Nicholas C. Taylor | ||
Thomas Graham, Jr. | Jeffry A. Smith |
Donna
Gail Yanko
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||
Arden
R. Grover
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Name |
Age
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Position with the Company | ||
Thomas
R. Craddick
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63
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Director
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||
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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73
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Chairman
of the Board and Director
|
||
Arden
R. Grover
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81
|
Director
|
||
Jack
D. Ladd
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57
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Director
|
||
Tamala
McComic
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38
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Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary
|
||
Jeffry
A. Smith
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60
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Director
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||
69
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
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Donna
Gail Yanko
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63
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Vice
President, Secretary and Director
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Director
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Audit
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Compensation
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Nominating
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Thomas
R. Craddick
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||||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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X
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X
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X
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Arden
R. Grover
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X
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Chair
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Chair
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Jack
D. Ladd
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Chair
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X
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X
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Jeffry
A. Smith
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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||||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
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2007
Meetings
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4
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4
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4
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July 12, 2007 |
Compensation
Committee
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Arden
R. Grover
Jack
D. Ladd
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
|
July 12, 2007 | Audit Committee | |
Jack
D. Ladd
Arden
R. Grover
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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Director
|
Fees
Paid in Cash (2)
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Stock
Option Awards (5)
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Stock
Awards
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All
Other Compensation
|
Total
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|||||||||||
Thomas
R. Craddick
|
$
|
6,000
|
$
|
368
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,368
|
||||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr. (3)
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$
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28,500
|
$
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22,079
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
50,579
|
||||||
Arden
R. Grover
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$
|
4,500
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,500
|
||||||
Jack
D. Ladd
|
$
|
4,500
|
$
|
4,480
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
8,980
|
||||||
Jeffry
A. Smith
|
$
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4,500
|
$
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38,123
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$
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14,100
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(1)
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$
|
18,000
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(4)
|
$
|
74,723
|
(1) |
Mr.
Smith was granted a stock award of 2,000 shares as provided by the
Company’s Employee Incentive Stock Plan described
below.
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(2) |
Director’s
fees are paid at the rate of $1,500 per director quarterly. The Directors’
fees for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 were paid in fiscal 2008.
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(3) |
Thomas
Graham, Jr. ceased being a salaried Chairman of the Board and became
non-executive Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2007 for
which he
is to be paid a fee of $2,000 per month for his services.
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(4) |
Amount
consisted of consulting fees.
|
(5) |
The
amounts in this column reflect the compensation cost recognized by
the
Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007,
in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R) for option awards granted pursuant
to
the 2004 Incentive Stock Plan and may include
amounts from option awards granted in and prior to fiscal 2007. For
a
discussion of valuation assumptions, see Note
10 - Stock Options of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
year ended March 31, 2007.
|
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
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Salary
|
Bonus
|
Option
Awards (1)
|
All
Other Compensation (2)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Nicholas
C. Taylor
|
2007
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,500
|
$
|
4,500
|
||||||||
CEO
& President
|
2006
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,100
|
$
|
6,100
|
||||||||
2005
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
500
|
|||||||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
2007
|
$
|
23,355
|
$
|
3,000
|
$
|
11,725
|
$
|
4,500
|
$
|
42,580
|
||||||||
Vice
President & Secretary
|
2006
|
$
|
21,165
|
$
|
3,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,000
|
$
|
30,165
|
||||||||
2005
|
$
|
20,400
|
$
|
2,500
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
22,900
|
|||||||||
Tamala
L. McComic (3)
|
2007
|
$
|
109,176
|
$
|
26,000
|
$
|
27,924
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
163,100
|
||||||||
CFO,
Vice President,
|
2006
|
$
|
92,326
|
$
|
12,500
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
104,826
|
||||||||
Treasurer
& Asst. Secretary
|
2005
|
$
|
85,475
|
$
|
10,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
95,475
|
(1) |
Stock
Option grants to Ms. Yanko and Ms. McComic were made on July 12,
2006 with
a strike price of $8.24 per share and
a SFAS No. 123(R) value of $5.15. The amounts in this column reflect
the
compensation cost recognized by the Company
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, in accordance with SFAS
No.
123(R) for option awards granted pursuant
to the 2004 Incentive Stock Plan and may include amounts from option
awards granted in and prior to fiscal 2007.
For a discussion of valuation assumptions, see Note 10 - Stock Options
of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended March 31,
2007.
|
(2) |
All
other compensation is comprised of director fees. There are no employment
agreements or retirement benefit plans. Director’s
fees are paid at the rate of $1,500 per director quarterly. The Director’s
fee for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 was
paid in fiscal 2008. The sole compensation received by the President
and
CEO of the Company for such period consisted
of director's fees.
|
(3) |
Salary
amounts include accrued vacation not taken and sold back to the Company
as
follows: $3,768, $3,952 and $4,500 for
fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
|
Number
of Shares Authorized for Issuance under plan
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding
options
|
Weighted
average exercise price of outstanding options
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under
plan
|
||||||||||
1997
Employee Incentive Stock Plan
|
350,000
|
260,000
|
$
|
6.10
|
-
|
||||||||
2004
Employee Incentive Stock Plan
|
375,000
|
45,000
|
$
|
7.78
|
328,000
|
||||||||
Total
|
725,000
|
305,000
|
$
|
6.35
|
328,000
|
Name
|
#
of Securities Underlying Options
Granted
|
Individual
Grants % to Total Options Granted to Employees
|
Exercise
Price per Share
|
Expiration
Date
|
After
5 Years Stock Price Appreciation
5%
per year
|
After
5 Years Stock Price Appreciation
10%
per year
|
|||||||||||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
5,000
|
14.29%
|
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
$
|
11,383
|
$
|
25,153
|
|||||||||
Tamala
L. McComic
|
10,000
|
28.57%
|
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
$
|
22,766
|
$
|
50,306
|
Name
|
Number
of Option Awards Acquired on Exercise
|
Value
Realized Upon Exercise (1)
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(Exercisable)
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(Unexercisable)
|
Value
of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at 3/31/07
(Exercisable)
(2)
|
Value
of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at 3/31/07
(Unexercisable)
(2)
|
|||||||||||||
Nicholas
C. Taylor (4)
|
10,000
|
$
|
12,400
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
43,750
|
6,250
|
$
|
-
|
(3)
|
$
|
-
|
(3)
|
||||||||
Tamala
L. McComic
|
10,000
|
$
|
14,190
|
25,000
|
15,000
|
$
|
11,500
|
$
|
-
|
(3)
|
(1) |
The
realized value is based on the difference between the market value
of the
shares purchased on the date of exercise
and the option exercise price multiplied by the number of shares
covered
by the exercised option.
|
(2) |
The
closing price per share on March 31, 2007, was $5.15 as reported
by the
American Stock Exchange.
|
(3)
|
At
March 31, 2007, no stock options were
in-the-money.
|
(4)
|
At
March 31, 2007, Mr. Taylor did not hold any options to purchase shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock.
|
Name
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#
Exercisable)
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#
Unexercisable)
|
Option
Exercise Price
($/sh)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
|||||||||
Nicholas
C. Taylor (1)
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.75
|
4/2/2008
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.50
|
3/3/2009
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
6.75
|
1/23/2011
|
|||||||||
3,750
|
1,250
|
$
|
6.00
|
7/10/2013
|
|||||||||
|
-
|
5,000
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
||||||||
Tamala
L. McComic
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
||||||||
15,000
|
5,000
|
$
|
6.00
|
7/10/2013
|
|||||||||
-
|
10,000
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
(1)
|
At
March 31, 2007, Mr. Taylor did not hold any options to purchase shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock.
|
Name
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#
Exercisable)
|
#
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#
Unexercisable)
|
Option
Exercise Price
($/sh)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
|||||||||
Thomas
R. Craddick
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.50
|
3/3/2009
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
|||||||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.75
|
4/2/2008
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.50
|
3/3/2009
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
6.75
|
1/23/2011
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
10,000
|
$
|
6.70
|
7/2/2014
|
|||||||||
5,000
|
5,000
|
$
|
6.17
|
9/14/2009
|
|||||||||
Arden
R. Grover
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
10/23/2011
|
||||||||
Jack
D. Ladd
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
|||||||||
7,500
|
2,500
|
$
|
6.00
|
7/10/2013
|
|||||||||
Jeffry
A. Smith
|
7,500
|
2,500
|
$
|
7.00
|
11/20/2013
|
||||||||
|
-
|
10,000
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||
MEXCO
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
130
|
$
|
196
|
$
|
223
|
$
|
223
|
$
|
134
|
|||||||
$
|
100
|
$
|
74
|
$
|
98
|
$
|
103
|
$
|
113
|
$
|
124
|
||||||||
PEER
GROUP
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
98
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
139
|
$
|
149
|
$
|
153
|
Number
of Shares of CommonStock Beneficially Owned (1)
|
|
Percent
of Class
(2)
|
|||||
BENEFICIAL
OWNERS OF MORE THAN 5% OF COMMON STOCK
|
|
||||||
Howard
E. Cox, Jr., Box 2217, 800 Winter St., #300, Waltham, MA
02451
|
213,400
|
12.05
|
|||||
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
|
|||||||
Thomas
R. Craddick
|
30,000
|
1.69
|
|||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr. (4)
|
133,500
|
(3)
|
7.29
|
||||
Arden
R. Grover (4)
|
25,900
|
1.45
|
|||||
Jack
D. Ladd (4)
|
29,675
|
1.65
|
|||||
Tamala
L. McComic
|
34,380
|
1.91
|
|||||
Jeffry
A. Smith
|
17,000
|
0.95
|
|||||
Nicholas
C. Taylor
|
888,811
|
50.18
|
|||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
57,862
|
(3)
|
3.18
|
||||
Officers
and directors as a group (8 persons)
|
1,217,128
|
61.24
|
%
|
(1)
|
Included
in the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned are shares
that
such persons have the right to acquire within 60 days of July 12,
2007,
pursuant to options to purchase such Common Stock (Mr. Craddick,
30,000;
Ms. McComic, 32,500; Mr. Smith, 10,000; Mr. Graham, 60,000; Mr. Grover,
10,000; Mr. Ladd, 27,500; and Ms. Yanko,
46,250).
|
(2)
|
Securities
not outstanding, but included in the beneficial ownership of each
such
person, are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing
the
percentage of outstanding securities of the class owned by such person,
but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing
the
percentage of the class owned by any other
person.
|
(3) |
Includes
shares beneficially owned as follows: Mr. Graham’s spouse - 7,000; Ms.
Yanko’s spouse - 944.
|
(4) |
Denotes
a non-employee, “independent” director as defined in Section 121A of the
American Stock Exchange rules and the
Exchange Act as of January 1, 2007.
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FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR | WITHHOLD | ||
THOMAS R. CRADDICK | o | o | DONNA GAIL YANKO | o | o |
THOMAS GRAHAM, JR. | o | o | JACK D. LADD | o | o |
ARDEN R. GROVER | o | o | NICHOLAS C. TAYLOR | o | o |
JEFFRY A. SMITH | o | o |
2. Proposal to ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as independent public accountants of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. |
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