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Very
truly yours,
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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President
and Chief Executive
Officer
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1.
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Electing
Directors of the Company.
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2.
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Considering
and voting upon a proposal to appoint Grant Thornton LLP as the
independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for
the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.
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3.
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Considering
all other matters as may properly come before the
meeting.
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DONNA
GAIL YANKO, SECRETARY
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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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Proposal
1: 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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Employee
Incentive Stock Option Plans
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6
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Equity
Compensation Plan Information
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6
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Director
Compensation
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6
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Compensation
Discussion & Analysis
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7
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Compensation
Committee Report
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9
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Executive
Compensation
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9
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Option
Exercises for Fiscal 2008
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10
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Option
Grants for Fiscal 2008
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10
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Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2008
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10
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Defined
Benefit Plans and Other Arrangements
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11
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Potential
Payments upon a Change of Control or Termination
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11
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Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
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11
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
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11
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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12
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Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
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12
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Proposal
2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
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12
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Audit
Fees and Services
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13
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Report
of the Audit Committee
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13
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Performance
Graph
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14
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Access
to Reports
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14
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Stockholders
Proposals for Next Annual Meeting
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14
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Householding
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15
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Other
Matters
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15
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1. |
Electing
Directors of the Company;
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2.
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Considering
and voting upon a proposal to appoint Grant Thornton LLP as the
independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for
the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2009;
and
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3. |
Considering
all other matters as may properly come before the
meeting.
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Thomas
R. Craddick
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Arden
R. Grover
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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Jack
D. Ladd
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Thomas
R. Craddick
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64
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Director
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Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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74
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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Arden
R. Grover
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82
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Director
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Jack
D. Ladd
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58
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Director
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Tamala
McComic
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39
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Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary
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Jeffry
A. Smith
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61
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Director
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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70
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Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
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Donna
Gail Yanko
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64
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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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2008
Meetings
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4
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4
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1
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Number of Shares
Authorized for Issuance
under plan
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Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options
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Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding options
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Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
plan
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||||||||||
1997
Plan
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350,000
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225,000
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$
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5.95
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-
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2004
Plan
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375,000
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65,000
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$
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6.43
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303,000
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Total
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725,000
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290,000
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$
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6.06
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303,000
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Director
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Fees Paid in Cash
(1)
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Stock Option
Awards (4)
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All Other
Compensation
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Total
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Thomas
R. Craddick (6)
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$
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6,000
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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6,000
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Thomas
Graham, Jr. (2)
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$
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30,000
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$
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10,575
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$
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-
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$
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40,575
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Arden
R. Grover
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$
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6,000
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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6,000
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Jack
D. Ladd
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$
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6,000
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$
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824
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$
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-
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$
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6,824
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Jeffry
A. Smith (7)
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$
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6,000
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$
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27,972
(5
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)
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$
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94,772
(3
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)
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$
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128,744
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(1)
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Director’s
fees are paid at the rate of $1,500 per director quarterly.
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(2)
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Thomas
Graham, Jr. is a non-executive Chairman of the Board for which he
is paid
a fee of $2,000 per month for his services.
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(3)
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Amount
consisted of consulting fees and
bonuses.
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(4)
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The
amounts in this column reflect the compensation cost recognized by
the
Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, in accordance with
SFAS
No. 123(R) for option awards granted pursuant to the 1997 and 2004
Employee Incentive Stock Plans and may include amounts from option
awards
granted in and prior to fiscal 2008. 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, 2008.
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(5)
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Stock
Option grant to Mr. Smith was made on December 10, 2007 with a strike
price of $4.35 per share and a SFAS No. 123(R) grant date fair value
of
$2.20.
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(6)
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Thomas
R. Craddick received from the Company a finders fee in kind, equal
to 2.5%
of the total interest purchased of the mineral acres in the Newark
East
Field in Tarrant County, Texas.
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(7)
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Jeff
Smith, as part of his consulting agreement with the Company, received
from
the Company an initial overriding royalty interest of 0.50%, adjusted
to
0.25%, in our well in Loving County, Texas and a 0.5% overriding
interest
in our well in Reeves County,
Texas.
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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Chief
Executive Officer, President
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Tamala
L. McComic
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Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary
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D.
Gail Yanko
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Vice
President, Secretary
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Form
of Compensation
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Purpose
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Base
Salary
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Cash
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Provide
competitive, fixed compensation to attract and retain executive
talent.
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Short-Term
Incentive
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Cash
Bonus
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Create
a strong financial incentive for achieving financial success and
for the
competitive retention of executives.
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Long-Term
Incentive
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Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Grants
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Provide
incentives to strengthen alignment of executive team interests with
Company interests, reward long-term Achievement and promote executive
retention.
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Insurance
Benefits
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Eligibility
to participate in the plan generally available to our employees,
including
major medical, dental, life and disability plans.
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Plan
is part of broad-based employee
benefits.
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Compensation
Committee
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Arden
R. Grover
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Jack
D. Ladd
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Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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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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Option Awards
(1)
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All Other
Compensation (2)
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Total
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Nicholas
C. Taylor
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2008
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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6,000
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$
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6,000
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CEO
& President
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2007
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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4,500
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$
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4,500
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2006
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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6,100
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$
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6,100
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Donna
Gail Yanko
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2008
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$
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25,440
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$
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3,000
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$
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9,185
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$
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6,000
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$
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43,625
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Vice
President & Secretary
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2007
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$
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23,355
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$
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3,000
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$
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11,725
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$
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4,500
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$
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42,580
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2006
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$
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21,165
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$
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3,000
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$
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-
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$
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6,000
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$
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30,165
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Tamala
L. McComic (3)
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2008
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$
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128,340
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$
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8,000
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$
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22,710
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$
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-
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$
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159,050
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CFO,
Vice President,
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2007
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$
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109,176
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$
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26,000
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$
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27,924
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$
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-
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$
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163,100
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Treasurer
& Asst. Secretary
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2006
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$
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92,326
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$
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12,500
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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104,826
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(1)
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Stock
Option grant to Ms. McComic for 2008 was made on December 10, 2007
with a
strike price of $4.35 per share and a SFAS No. 123(R) value of $2.20.
Stock Option grants to Ms. Yanko and Ms. McComic for 2007 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, 2008, 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 2008. 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, 2008.
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(2)
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All
other compensation is comprised of director’s 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 sole compensation
received by the President and CEO of the Company for such period
consisted
of director's fees.
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(3)
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Salary
amounts include accrued vacation not taken and sold back to the Company
as
follows: $9,660, $3,768 and $3,952 for fiscal 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
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Name
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# of Options
Granted
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Grant Date
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Exercise Price
per Share
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Grant Date Fair Value of
Option Award
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Tamala
L. McComic
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10,000
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12/10/2007
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$
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4.35
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$
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22,000
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Jeffry A. Smith |
10,000
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12/10/2007
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$
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4.35
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$
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22,000
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Name
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Number of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options (#)
Exercisable
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Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable
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Option
Exercise Price
($/sh)
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Option
Expiration
Date
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Nicholas C.
Taylor (1)
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-
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-
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$
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-
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-
|
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Donna
Gail Yanko
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10,000
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-
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$
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7.75
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4/2/2008
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||||||||
10,000
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-
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$
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7.50
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3/3/2009
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10,000
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-
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$
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5.25
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3/21/2010
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10,000
|
-
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$
|
6.75
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1/23/2011
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5,000
|
-
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$
|
6.00
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7/10/2013
|
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1,250
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3,750
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
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Tamala
L. McComic
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10,000
|
-
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$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
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20,000
|
-
|
$
|
6.00
|
7/10/2013
|
|||||||||
2,500
|
7,500
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
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|
- |
10,000
|
$
|
4.35
|
12/10/2012
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(1)
|
At
March 31, 2008, Mr. Taylor did not hold any options to purchase shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock.
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Name
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Number of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise Price
($/sh)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|||||||||
Thomas R. Craddick
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10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.50
|
3/3/2009
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
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$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
|||||||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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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
|
|||||||||
15,000
|
5,000
|
$
|
6.70
|
7/2/2014
|
|||||||||
7,500
|
2,500
|
$
|
6.17
|
9/14/2009
|
|||||||||
Arden
R. Grover
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10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
10/23/2011
|
||||||||
Jack
D. Ladd
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10,000
|
-
|
$
|
5.25
|
3/21/2010
|
||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
4.00
|
5/28/2012
|
|||||||||
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
6.00
|
7/10/2013
|
|||||||||
Jeffry
A. Smith
|
10,000
|
-
|
$
|
7.00
|
11/20/2013
|
||||||||
2,500
|
7,500
|
$
|
8.24
|
7/12/2011
|
|||||||||
|
- |
10,000
|
$
|
4.35
|
12/10/2012
|
Number of Shares of Common
|
Percent of
|
||||||
Stock Beneficially Owned (1)
|
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
|
11.44
|
|||||
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
|
|||||||
Thomas
R. Craddick
|
30,000
|
1.59
|
|||||
Thomas
Graham, Jr. (4)
|
120,100
|
(3)
|
6.29
|
||||
Arden
R. Grover (4)
|
15,900
|
-
|
* | ||||
Jack
D. Ladd (4)
|
20,440
|
1.08
|
|||||
Tamala
L. McComic
|
18,880
|
1.01
|
|||||
Jeffry
A. Smith
|
18,000
|
-
|
* | ||||
Nicholas
C. Taylor
|
888,811
|
47.66
|
|||||
Donna
Gail Yanko
|
23,862
|
(3)
|
1.27
|
||||
Officers
and directors as a group (8 persons)
|
1,135,993
|
57.20
|
%
|
(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 15,
2008,
pursuant to options to purchase such Common Stock (Mr. Craddick,
20,000;
Ms. McComic, 5,000; Mr. Smith, 11,000; Mr. Graham, 43,000; Mr. Grover,
10,000; Mr. Ladd, 20,000; and Ms. Yanko,
12,250).
|
(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.
|
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Audit
Fees (1)
|
|||||||
Audit
|
$
|
57,184
|
$
|
55,578
|
|||
Quarterly
Reviews
|
$
|
34,155
|
$
|
31,697
|
|||
Total
Audit Fees
|
$
|
91,339
|
$
|
87,275
|
|||
Audit
Related Fees (2)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Tax
Service Fees (3)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
91,339
|
$
|
87,275
|
(1)
|
The
audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements included
in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, review of the Company’s quarterly
financial statement included in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
and
review of the Company’s other filings with the SEC, including consents and
other research work necessary to comply with generally accepted auditing
standards for the years ended March 31, 2008 and
2007.
|
(2)
|
There
were no fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for assurance
and related services by Grant Thornton LLP that are reasonably related
to
the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial
statements and are not reported “Audit Fees”
above.
|
(3)
|
There
were no fees billed for the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for professional
services rendered by Grant Thornton LLP, for tax compliance, tax
advice
and tax planning.
|
July
15, 2008
|
Audit
Committee
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Jack
D. Ladd
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Arden
R. Grover
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Thomas
Graham, Jr.
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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MEXCO
|
$
|
151
|
$
|
172
|
$
|
172
|
$
|
103
|
$
|
84
|
||||||
S&P
500
|
$
|
133
|
$
|
139
|
$
|
153
|
$
|
168
|
$
|
156
|
||||||
PEER
GROUP
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
162
|
$
|
176
|
$
|
187
|
$
|
216
|
BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Donna
Gail Yanko, Secretary
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FOR
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WITHHOLD
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FOR
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WITHHOLD
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THOMAS
R. CRADDICK
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o
|
o
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JACK
D. LADD
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o
|
o
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THOMAS
GRAHAM, JR.
|
o
|
o
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NICHOLAS
C. TAYLOR
|
o
|
o
|
|
ARDEN
R. GROVER
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o
|
o
|
|
|
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2.
Proposal to ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as independent
public accountants of the Company for the fiscal year ended March
31,
2009.
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For
o
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Against
o
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Abstain
o
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Signature
1
|
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Signature
2
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