Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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13-1964841
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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180 Marcus Blvd., Hauppauge, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
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11788
(Zip Code)
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(631) 231-7750
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class:
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Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
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Class A Common Stock $.01 par value
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Class
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Outstanding
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Class A common stock $.01 par value
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20,622,905
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Class B common stock $.01 par value
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2,260,954
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Name
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Age
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Date First Elected Officer
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Present Title
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Patrick M. Lavelle
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58
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1980
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Charles M. Stoehr
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63
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1979
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Thomas Malone
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55
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1986
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Senior Vice President of Sales
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C. David Geise
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59
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2007
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Senior Vice President of Sales
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Loriann Shelton
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53
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1994
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Senior Vice President of Accounting and Credit
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Chris Lis Johnson
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58
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1986
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Vice President of Employee Programs and Corporate Secretary
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Change in
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Pension
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Value and
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Fees
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Nonqualified
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Earned or
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Non-Equity
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Deferred
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Paid in
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Stock
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Option
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Incentive Plan
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Compensation
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All Other
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Cash
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Awards
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Awards
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Compensation
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Earnings
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Compensation
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Total
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Name
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($)
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($)
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($) (1)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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Paul C. Kreuch
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$ | 69,000 | $ | - | $ | 40,350 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 109,350 | ||||||||||||||
Dennis F. McManus
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$ | 46,500 | $ | - | $ | 40,350 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 86,850 | ||||||||||||||
Peter A. Lesser
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$ | 53,500 | $ | - | $ | 40,350 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 93,850 | ||||||||||||||
Philip Christopher
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$ | 39,833 | $ | - | $ | 72,250 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 112,083 |
(1)
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This column represents the aggregate fair value of stock options granted to each of our independent directors. The fair value per option of the grants on July 23, 2009 and September 14, 2009 were $2.94 and $2.69, respectively. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the 2010 grants, refer to note 1 of the Company’s financial statements in the Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2010. The amount disclosed is exclusive of forfeiture estimates and represents the maximum value of the grant for each director, as the grant did not contain performance conditions. All of the granted options indicated above were outstanding as of February 28, 2010.
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Non-Equity
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Option
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Incentive Plan
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All Other
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Name and
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Salary
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Bonus
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Awards
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Principal Position
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Year
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Total
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Patrick M. Lavelle
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2010
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$ | 812,602 | $ | - | $ | 605,250 | $ | 500,000 | $ | 18,48)2 | $ | 1,936,334 | ||||||||||||
President and Chief
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2009
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$ | 925,160 | $ | - | $ | 36,000 | $ | - | $ | 24,620 | $ | 985,780 | ||||||||||||
Executive Officer
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2008
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$ | 982,691 | $ | - | $ | 81,500 | $ | 500,000 | $ | 24,489 | $ | 1,588,680 | ||||||||||||
Charles M. Stoehr
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2010
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$ | 360,000 | $ | - | $ | 302,625 | $ | 102,204 | $ | 17,961 | $ | 782,790 | ||||||||||||
Senior Vice President and
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2009
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$ | 360,000 | $ | - | $ | 18,000 | $ | - | $ | 25,632 | $ | 403,632 | ||||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer
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2008
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$ | 393,846 | $ | - | $ | 40,750 | $ | 89,887 | $ | 28,087 | $ | 552,570 | ||||||||||||
Thomas C. Malone
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2010
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$ | 191,250 | $ | - | $ | 67,250 | $ | 233,750 | $ | 17,465 | $ | 509,715 | ||||||||||||
Senior Vice President
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2009
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$ | 202,500 | $ | - | $ | 18,000 | $ | 247,500 | $ | 22,644 | $ | 490,644 | ||||||||||||
2008
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$ | 209,769 | $ | - | $ | 40,750 | $ | 196,667 | $ | 32,546 | $ | 479,732 | |||||||||||||
Loriann Shelton
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2010
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$ | 270,000 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 107,600 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 14,619 | $ | 492,219 | ||||||||||||
Senior Vice President
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2009
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$ | 268,350 | $ | 54,000 | $ | 18,000 | $ | - | $ | 25,737 | $ | 366,087 | ||||||||||||
2008
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$ | 280,246 | $ | - | $ | 40,750 | $ | 74,546 | $ | 26,244 | $ | 421,786 | |||||||||||||
C. David Geise
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2010
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$ | 191,250 | $ | - | $ | 67,250 | $ | 95,000 | $ | 14,000 | $ | 367,500 | ||||||||||||
Senior Vice President
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2009
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$ | 202,500 | $ | - | $ | 18,000 | $ | - | $ | 20,935 | $ | 241,435 | ||||||||||||
2008
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$ | 220,764 | $ | - | $ | 40,750 | $ | 22,500 | $ | 22,910 | $ | 306,924 | |||||||||||||
John J. Shalam (5)
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2010
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$ | 149,224 | $ | - | $ | 605,250 | $ | 417,874 | $ | 33,870 | $ | 1,206,218 | ||||||||||||
Chairman of The Board
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2009
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$ | 345,000 | $ | - | $ | 36,000 | $ | - | $ | 61,827 | $ | 442,827 | ||||||||||||
2008
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$ | 438,461 | $ | - | $ | 81,500 | $ | 359,547 | $ | 58,321 | $ | 937,829 |
(1)
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The Company deferred $250,000 in Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 and $244,230 in Fiscal Year 2008 of Mr. Lavelle’s salary into a special deferred compensation account (the “Lavelle Account”), see further discussion in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan table.
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(2)
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Refer to CD&A for a further discussion on the non-equity incentive plan and bonus calculations for our Chairman and NEOs.
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(3)
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This column represents the aggregate fair value of stock options granted to each of our NEO’s. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the 2010 grants, refer to note 1 of the Company’s financial statements in the Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2010. The amount disclosed is exclusive of forfeiture estimates and represents the maximum value of the grant for each NEO, as the grant did not contain performance conditions. The amounts presented do not represent the actual value that will be recognized by the NEO’s upon exercise, as applicable.
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See the All Other Compensation Table in our Proxy Statement for additional information.
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Mr. Shalam, Chairman of the Board, is not an executive officer of the Company.
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(6)
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In January 2008, our PEO put into place a broad overhead reduction plan across all internal departments for the remainder of Fiscal 2008, Fiscal 2009, and continuing into Fiscal 2010 (see Overhead Reduction Program for further details). The plan consisted of various components including temporary mandated reductions in base salary of all employees relative to position.
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Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
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All Other Awards
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All Other
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Awards:
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Awards:
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Number of
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Number of
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or Base
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Grant Date
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Shares of
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Securities
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Price of
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Fair Value
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Stock or
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Underlying
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Grant
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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Units
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Options (1)
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Awards (2)
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Awards (3)
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Date
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($)
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Lavelle
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2010
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$ | 250,000 | $ | 500,000 | $ | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 225,000 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 605,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stoehr
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2010
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$ | - | $ | 102,204 | $ | 102,204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 112,500 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 302,625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Malone
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2010
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$ | 275,000 | $ | 233,750 | $ | 233,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 25,000 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 67,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Shelton
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2010
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$ | - | $ | 90,000 | $ | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 40,000 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 107,600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geise
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2010
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$ | - | $ | 95,000 | $ | 145,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 25,000 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 67,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Shalam
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2010
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$ | - | $ | 417,874 | $ | 417,874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/14/2009
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- | 225,000 | $ | 6.37 | $ | 605,250 |
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This column shows the number of stock options granted in Fiscal 2010 to our Chairman and NEOs. These options vested one-half on November 30, 2009 and one-half on November 30, 2010, and expire three years from the respective vesting dates.
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(2)
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This column shows the exercise price for the stock options granted, which was the closing price of Audiovox stock on September 11, 2009.
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(3)
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These options had an aggregate fair value on the grant date of $1,755,225 for the above participants in the award, which was calculated using the Black Scholes value on the grant date of $2.69 per option. For additional information on the valuation assumptions, refer to note 1 of the Company’s financial statements in the Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2010.
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I have reviewed this report on Amendment No. 2 to the annual report on Form 10-K of Audiovox Corporation (the “Company”);
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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I have reviewed this report on Amendment No. 2 to the annual report on Form 10-K of Audiovox Corporation (the “Company”);
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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The Report fully complies with Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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(2)
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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The Report fully complies with Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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