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TABLE OF CONTENTS
5420 Feltl Road
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
2010 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
I cordially invite you to Uroplastys 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We will hold this
meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. (Central Time) at our corporate office located
at 5420 Feltl Road, Minnetonka, Minnesota, 55343.
Please read the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for
more details about the Annual Meeting and the matters to be acted upon at the meeting. In addition
to voting, we will review the major developments of fiscal 2010 and answer your questions. I hope
you will participate in this review of our business and operations. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 is also enclosed.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, your vote is important. Please complete, sign,
date and return the enclosed proxy card as soon as possible in the reply envelope provided.
On behalf of the management and directors of Uroplasty, I want to thank you for your continued
support and confidence in Uroplasty. We look forward to seeing you at our 2010 Annual Meeting.
Very truly yours,
/s/ DAVID B. KAYSEN
David B. Kaysen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 27, 2010
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
PROMPTLY TO SAVE THE COMPANY THE EXPENSE OF ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION
AND TO ASSURE THAT A QUORUM WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING.
UROPLASTY, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
to be held Tuesday, September 14, 2010
To Shareholders of Uroplasty, Inc.:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Uroplasty, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, September 14,
2010, at 1:30 p.m. (Central Time) at Uroplastys corporate office located at 5420 Feltl Road,
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 for the following purposes:
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If you owned common stock at the close of business on July 19, 2010, you are entitled to vote
at the meeting or any adjournments. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, you can be sure
your shares are represented at the meeting by completing, signing, dating and promptly returning
the enclosed proxy card in the reply envelope provided.
On behalf of Uroplastys Board of Directors,
/s/ SUSAN HARTJES HOLMAN
Susan Hartjes Holman
Corporate Secretary
and Chief Operating Officer
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 27, 2010
WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING. IF YOU DO NOT PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING,
PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY MARKING, SIGNING, DATING AND MAILING YOUR
PROXY CARD IN THE REPLY ENVELOPE.
Important notice
regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder
meeting to be held on September 14, 2010.
Our proxy statement, the form of our proxy card, and annual
report on Form 10-K can be viewed online at
http://www.Uroplasty.com.
5420 Feltl Road
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
INTRODUCTION
We will hold the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Uroplasty, Inc. on Tuesday, September
14, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. (Central Time) at our principal executive office located at 5420 Feltl Road,
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343, or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, for the purposes set
forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
We enclose a proxy card for your use. Please complete and return the proxy card in the reply
envelope provided. Any proxy received in time for the Annual Meeting will be voted in accordance
with the instructions given in the proxy card. If you sign a proxy card but do not direct us how
to vote, the proxy will be voted as recommended by our Board of Directors. You may revoke your
proxy at any time before it is voted at our Annual Meeting either by providing written notice of
revocation to our Secretary, by filing a properly executed proxy bearing a later date with our
Secretary or by appearing at the Annual Meeting and filing a written notice of revocation with our
Secretary prior to use of the proxy. No revocation of a proxy will be effective unless written
notice of the revocation is received by us at or prior to the Annual Meeting.
We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies, including the preparation, assembly and mailing
of this proxy statement and the accompanying annual report, as well as the cost of forwarding the
material to beneficial owners of our common stock. Our directors, officers and regular employees
may, without compensation other than their regular compensation, solicit proxies in person, in
writing or by any form of telecommunication. We may reimburse brokerage firms and others for
expenses in forwarding proxy materials to the beneficial owners of common stock.
We are first mailing this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card to Uroplasty
shareholders on or about July 27, 2010.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE PROPOSALS IN OUR NOTICE OF ANNUAL
MEETING.
VOTING OF SHARES
Only holders of record of our common stock at the close of business on July 19, 2010 are
entitled to vote at our Annual Meeting. As of July 19, 2010, we had 15,874,940 shares of common
stock outstanding. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share.
The presence in person or by proxy at the meeting of holders of a majority of our outstanding
shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting (7,937,471 shares) is required for a quorum
for the transaction of business. Provided that a quorum is present at the meeting, directors will
be elected by plurality vote, which means that the directors who receive the most votes will be
elected or reelected, regardless of whether holders of shares present vote in favor of the
director.
If your shares are registered directly in your name, you are considered the holder of record.
If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank, trust or other nominee, then the
broker, bank, trust or other nominee is considered to be the holder of record, you are considered
the beneficial owner of those shares, and your shares are said to be held in street name. If you
hold your shares in street name, you must provide the holder of record with instructions on how
to vote your shares with regard to the items described in this proxy statement. If you do not
provide the holder of record with instructions on how to vote your shares, under certain
circumstances, your brokerage firm may vote your shares for routine matters, such as the
ratification of auditors.
If you abstain from voting on any matter, the abstention will be counted for purposes of
determining whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting for the transaction of business as
well as shares entitled to vote on that particular matter. If you hold your shares in street
name and you do not provide voting instructions to your broker or other nominee as the record
holder on matters that are not routine, your shares will be considered to be broker non-votes
and will not be voted on any proposal on which your broker or other nominee does not have
discretionary voting power, including the election of directors. Broker non-votes are counted as
present for purposes of establishing a quorum for the meeting, but are not considered entitled to
vote on the proposal in question because the broker has no discretionary voting power.
PROPOSAL 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominations
Our Board of Directors is divided into three classes, with each class containing, as nearly as
possible, one-third of the total. The members of each class are elected to serve for a term of
three years. The term of office of each class is staggered so that in any one year the term of
only one class expires. At each annual meeting of shareholders, a class of directors will be
elected for a three-year term.
Our Board currently consists of six directors. The term of our Class III directors will
expire at our 2010 Annual Meeting requiring the election of two Class III directors at the meeting
for a three-year term. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has recommended and our
Board has nominated the individual nominees named below to serve as a Class III director for the
term as indicated below, until his successor has been elected and duly qualified. Both nominees
are current members of the Board.
If the Board should learn that a nominee will be unable to serve by reason of death,
incapacity or other unexpected occurrence prior to the Annual Meeting, the proxies which otherwise
would have been voted for the nominee will be voted for a substitute nominee selected by the
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Governance Committee and elected by the Board. The Board has no reason to believe that a nominee
will be unable to serve.
Nominees for Election at the 2010 Annual Meeting
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has nominated the following two individuals
for election at the Annual Meeting:
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Thomas E. Jamison became a director of our company in August 2000. Mr. Jamison is a member of
Fruth, Jamison & Elsass, PLLC, a business litigation firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1996 to
1999, Mr. Jamison served as an investment banker in the Corporate Finance Department of R.J.
Steichen & Company. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Jamison practiced law at Fruth & Anthony, P.A. in
Minneapolis. As an investment banker for a regional broker dealer, Mr. Jamison worked with
emerging companies to raise capital, analyzed their markets, their management and their business
strategies and monitored their growth and business success. In addition to skills in these areas,
Mr. Jamisons legal practice in business disputes, securities litigation, business valuation, and
contract disputes allows him to assist us in business negotiations and to identify and evaluate the
potential litigation risks we face.
James P. Stauner has been a director of our company since August 2006. Mr. Stauner has over
28 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Since July 2005, he has been an Operating
Principal with Roundtable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused on the healthcare
industry. Prior to joining Roundtable Healthcare Partners, Mr. Stauner held various positions
between 1999 and 2005 at Cardinal Health, Inc., most recently as President of the Manufacturing
Business Groups and a member of the Senior Management Operating Committee. Mr. Stauner has
extensive knowledge of the healthcare industry and of the characteristics sought by a private
equity firm for investment in the healthcare industry, and experience in operating and managing a
medical products business and in finance.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of the two director
nominees.
Directors Continuing in Office
The following information concerns our other directors whose terms of office extend beyond the
2010 Annual Meeting.
Class II
(Terms Ends 2011)
Sven A. Wehrwein, age 59, has been a director of our company since August 2006. He has over
30 years of experience in accounting, corporate finance and investment banking. Mr. Wehrwein, a
CPA (inactive), started his career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand. After receiving his
masters of science in management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Mr. Wehrwein spent 14 years as an investment banker with Dean Witter Reynolds, Drexel
Burnham Lambert and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Chief Financial
Officer of two public companies. Since 1999, he has provided financial-consulting services to
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companies, and is also a freelance financial journalist. Mr. Wehrwein serves on the board of
directors of Compellent Technologies, Inc., Image Sensing Systems, Inc., SPS Commerce, Inc.,
Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., and Vital Images, Inc., all of which are publicly held companies.
Within the last five years, Mr. Wehrwein also served as a director of six mutual funds in the Van
Wagoner group. Mr. Wehrwein has the most experience as a public company director of our directors,
has both management and auditing experience in financial accounting, has considerable experience in
investment banking, and has been involved with multiple companies in the medical-products industry.
R. Patrick Maxwell, age 66, a lawyer and accountant, has served as Chairman of our Board since
June 2006 and has served as a director of our company since April 1994. Mr. Maxwell has over 30
years of experience as a turn around management specialist, an entrepreneur and executive in both
the business and non-profit sectors. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Tele Resources,
Inc. since October 1996. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Entronix Inc.,
Northern Supply, Inc., and Telnet Systems, Inc. He also previously served as Chief Financial
Officer of Magnum Tire Corporation, Midwest Legal Services, Inc. and Templeton and Associates, Inc.
Mr. Maxwell serves on the board of directors of Tele Resource, Inc., and Telnet Services, Ltd., a
New Zealand company. Mr. Maxwell brings to our board not only extensive financial and executive
management expertise with smaller companies, but experience with financial restructuring and,
importantly, the legal requirements applicable to various businesses.
Class I
(Terms End 2012)
David B. Kaysen, age 60, has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a
director since May 2006. From July 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Kaysen served as President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Advanced Duplication Services, LLC, a privately-held replicator
and duplicator of optical media, such as CDs and DVDs. Between December 2002 and June 2005, he
served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Diametrics Medical, Inc., then a
publicly-traded manufacturer and marketer of critical care blood analysis systems that provide
continuous diagnostic results at point of care. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Kaysen served as Chief
Executive Officer, President and a director of Rehabilicare Inc., then a publicly-traded
manufacturer and marketer of electromedical rehabilitation and pain management products for
clinician, home and industrial use. Mr. Kaysens extensive experience as an executive officer of
publicly traded medical device companies, as a director of public companies, and as a sales manager
of multi-national medical product companies, as well as his significant knowledge of our operations
as our Chief Executive Officer, make him an essential member of our Board.
Lee A. Jones, age 53, has been a director of our company since August 2006. Ms. Jones is
currently the Chief Administrative Officer of the Schulze Diabetes Institute of the University of
Minnesota. She has more than 25 years of healthcare and medical device industry experience. From
1997 to 2005, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Inlet Medical, Inc. (a Cooper
Surgical company since November 2005), specializing in minimally interventional laparoscopic
products. Prior to joining Inlet, she had a 14-year career at Medtronic, Inc. where she held
various technical and operating positions, most recently serving as Director, General Manager of
Medtronic Urology/Interstim division. Ms. Jones also served as a member of the board of directors
of BioHeart, Inc. until June 2010. Ms. Jones has specialized knowledge of our industry, in
operating a company in the urology device business and as an executive officer of a medical product
company.
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Board Meetings and Attendance
Our business and affairs are managed by our Board, which met ten times during the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2010. Each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and any
committee on which the director is a member. We encourage all Board members to attend our Annual
Meetings and each attended the fiscal 2009 Annual Meeting.
Director Independence/ Independent Chairman
Our Board reviews the independence of each director. During this review, our Board considers
transactions and relationships between each director (and his or her immediate family and
affiliates) and Uroplasty and its subsidiaries, as well as transactions with our management, to
determine whether any such transactions or relationships are inconsistent with a determination that
the director was independent. We circulated questionnaires among our Board members and conducted
an annual review of director independence in June 2010. Based upon this review, our Board
determined that no transactions or relationships existed that would disqualify any of our directors
under applicable rules and listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital Markets (Nasdaq) or require
disclosure under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules, with the exception of Mr.
Kaysen, who is our executive employee. Based upon that finding, our Board determined that Messrs.
Jamison, Maxwell, Stauner, and Wehrwein, and Ms. Jones are independent. Our Chairman, currently
R. Patrick Maxwell, is not an employee or officer but is instead an independent director who
receives no compensation from Uroplasty except compensation for his service as a director.
Risk Management
Because of the scope of our operations, we have not established a separate risk management
committee. Our Board as a whole monitors and considers policies to manage risk as part of its
regular activities. Committees of the Board focus on, and manage, specific forms of risk and
report their activities to the Board. Our Audit Committee is primarily responsible for the
identification and review of financial risk. Our Compensation Committee works to minimize risks
associated with the executive compensation plans and stock benefit plans that it establishes. Our
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers risks presented by changing law and
regulation and recommends changes in governance and operations to comply.
Committees and Nominations
Our Board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee. Our Board believes all members of the Audit Committee,
Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meet the Nasdaqs rule
governing committee composition, including the requirement that committee members all be
independent directors as that term is defined by Nasdaq rules. The written charters for the
Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
are available on the investor relations page of our website at www.uroplasty.com.
Audit Committee. The current members of our Audit Committee are Messrs. Wehrwein (Chair),
Maxwell and Jamison. The Audit Committee assists the Board by reviewing the integrity of our
financial reporting processes and controls, the qualifications, independence and performance of our
independent registered public accounting firm and our compliance with certain legal and regulatory
requirements. Our Audit Committee has the sole authority to retain, compensate, oversee and
terminate our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee reviews our
annual audited financial statements, quarterly financial statements and filings with the SEC. The
Audit Committee reviews reports on various
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matters, including our critical accounting policies, significant changes in our selection or
application of accounting principles and our internal control processes. The Audit Committee also
pre-approves all audit and non-audit services performed by our independent registered public
accounting firm.
Our Audit Committee administers our Code of Ethics and reviews all related party transactions.
The Audit Committee generally requires any transaction between Uroplasty and a director or
officer, the immediate family of a director or officer, or any entity that a director or officer
controls to be reported to our Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, in turn, is
obligated to report the transaction to the Committee. Although it has not adopted written
standards of approval, the Audit Committee generally considers these transactions consistent with
its fiduciary obligations and approves transactions only if they are fair and reasonable, in the
best interests of the corporation, and on terms no less favorable than could be obtained from an
unaffiliated third party.
During fiscal 2010, the Audit Committee held six meetings. A report of the Audit Committee is
set forth below in this Proxy Statement.
Our Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are independent directors
under the rules of the Nasdaq and the SEC and has determined that Mr. Wehrwein and Mr. Maxwell
qualify as an audit committee financial expert under such rules.
Compensation Committee. The current members of our Compensation Committee are Messrs. Jamison
(Chair) and Stauner and Ms. Jones, each of whom is independent with the definition employed by
the Nasdaq, is an outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
and is a non-employee director for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to our full Board all compensation
arrangements with our executive officers and other management employees, administers and interprets
our employee benefit plans, and provides guidance to management and to the Board in matters
relating to the organizational structure of Uroplasty. The Board has adopted a policy of requiring
the Compensation Committee to report its recommendations to, and receive ratification of its
decisions by, the full Board. Generally, our Chief Executive Officer formulates proposals for the
compensation of our executive officers and management other than himself, and presents those
proposals to the Compensation Committee. He does not, however, formulate proposals with respect to
his own compensation or participate in discussions or approval of that compensation. During fiscal
2010, the Compensation Committee met six times.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The charter of our Nominating Committee was
amended in November 2009 to assign to the Committee the obligation of monitoring our corporate
governance function, which had formerly been assigned to the Board as a whole, and renaming the
Committee as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In addition to monitoring our
corporate governance function, the responsibilities of the Committee include identifying
individuals qualified to become Board members, recommending to the Board nominees to fill vacancies
in membership of the Board as they occur and recommending a slate of nominees for election as
directors at the Annual Meeting. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee currently
consists of Messrs. Maxwell (Chair) and Stauner and Ms. Jones.
Both director-nominees up for election at our 2010 Annual Meeting have been recommended for
the Boards selection by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Generally, the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the entirety of each candidates
credentials and does not have any specific minimum qualifications that must be met in order for a
candidate to be recommended as a nominee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also
considers the diversity of Board members, including diversity of experience, gender and ethnicity,
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candidates, but has not adopted any formal diversity policies in considering the nomination of
candidates for director.
Historically, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has been able to locate
suitable candidates for nomination as Board members through the recommendations of members of our
Board and our professional advisors, rather than through the use of search firm. Mr. Jamison was
initially recommended for nomination in 2001 by a non-management director and Mr. Stauner was
initially recommended by the Companys Chief Executive Officer. The Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee determines, in the first instance, the characteristics desired for new
candidates for Board members and solicits suggestions from our Board, our management, from our
counsel and accountants and from other contacts. After candidates are identified, a background
check is completed and the resume of each candidate is circulated among members of the Committee.
If the Committee believes that it is advisable to proceed with a candidate, the candidate is
interviewed by several members of the Committee and the results reported to, and acted upon, by the
Committee as a whole
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider for inclusion in its
nominations of new Board nominees, candidates who are recommended by shareholders. Candidates
recommended by shareholders will be considered on the same basis as candidates referred from other
sources. To be considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, nominations must
be in writing and addressed to our Secretary at the following address: 5420 Feltl Road, Minnetonka,
Minnesota 55343, and must be received by us on or before the deadline for the receipt of
shareholder proposals as set forth in Shareholder Proposals for 2010 Annual Meeting below.
Candidates, or the nominating person, must also submit a brief biographical sketch of the
candidate, a document indicating the candidates willingness to serve if elected and evidence of
the nominating persons ownership of our stock. No nominees were recommended by shareholders for
election at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may, but has no current plans to, hire and
pay a fee to consultants or search firms to assist in the process of identifying and evaluating
candidates. No such consultants or search firms have been used in connection with this years
election and, accordingly, no fees have been paid to consultants or search firms in the past year.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees,
including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and other finance
organization employees. The Code of Ethics is publicly available on the investor relations page of
our website at www.uroplasty.com. We plan to disclose any substantive amendments to the Code of
Ethics or grant of any waiver from a provision of it to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer or the Controller in a report on Form 8-K.
Shareholder Communications with the Board of Directors
We do not have a formal policy by which shareholders may communicate directly with directors,
but any shareholder who wishes to send communications to the Board should deliver such
communications to the attention of the chairman of our Audit Committee at our principal executive
offices located at 5420 Feltl Road, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343. The Audit Committee chairman will
relay to the full Board all shareholder communications he receives that are addressed to the Board.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive Officers
Our executive officers as of the date of this Proxy Statement are as follows:
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Biographical information for Mr. Kaysen is set forth in Proposal 1 Election of Directors
in this Proxy Statement. Biographical information for our other executive officers is set forth
below.
Mahedi A. Jiwani has served as our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since
November 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Jiwani served as Chief Financial Officer of M.A. Gedney
Company. Between 1997 and 2003, he was employed by Telex Communications, Inc., most recently as
Vice President of Finance.
Susan Hartjes Holman has served as our Chief Operating Officer since November 2002 and as
Secretary since September 1996. She served as our Vice President of Operations and Regulatory
Affairs from November 1994 to October 2002. Ms. Holman is a Senior Member and a Certified Quality
Auditor of the American Society for Quality, has served several years on its Executive Board and
subcommittees, and is a member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society and its Ethics Task
Force, and the Henrici Society for Microbiologists.
Arie J. Koole joined us in 1993 and has served as our Managing Director and Controller of our
operations in The Netherlands since January 2000. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Koole was a financial
auditor with the international accounting firm Deloitte & Touche in The Netherlands.
Larry Heinemann has served as our Vice President of Global Sales since June 2007. He joined
us in September 1998 as Director of Sales for North and South America and since then has served in
a range of senior executive positions, primarily as a Vice President in the area of sales,
marketing and business development. He is a member of the Society of Urological Nursing
Association (SUNA), and served on the board as an industry liaison for the Upper Midwest Chapter.
He is also a board trustee of SUNA foundation.
Marc Herregraven has served as our Vice President of Manufacturing since November 2002. He
joined Bioplasty, Inc. in April 1992 as Plant Manager, and became Director of Manufacturing in 1994
and Director of Operations in 1999. Previously, he served with Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Inc., a
Minnesota-based medical device developer, as Director of Manufacturing, and with Bio-Vascular,
Inc., a Minnesota-based medical device manufacturer, in an engineering function.
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Compensation
We compensate our executive officers through an annual cash salary that is set by our
Compensation Committee at a meeting during the first quarter of our fiscal year, and normally
effective as of June 1. We also provide incentive compensation through a Management Incentive Plan
that is annually established by our Compensation Committee and that pays cash incentive
compensation for each executive based upon the achievement of pre-established financial goals, and
also based on individual performance goals. Our Compensation Committee and Board reserves the
right to grant discretionary bonuses, and we granted such bonuses to three of our executive
officers for fiscal 2010.
To provide a longer term incentive, we grant stock options and restricted stock to executives.
Our stock options carry exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the
date of grant. Historically these options have been one-third vested on the date of grant and
one-third on the following two anniversaries of the date of grant, and expire five years from the
date of grant. Starting is fiscal 2011, we have revised these forms to have them vest with respect
to one-third of the shares on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date and
expire seven years from the grant date. Although we have also granted restricted stock on a
selective basis in the past, granted restricted stock to some executives in fiscal 2009 and have
made restricted stock grants in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, we did not grant any restricted
stock in fiscal 2010 and we had no unvested restricted stock outstanding at the end of the fiscal
year. We do not maintain any defined benefit pension plans or non-qualified deferred compensation
plans for executive officers and do not provide significant perquisites to our officers.
The level of compensation for our executive officers is generally set by reference to
competitive compensation in the industry and by the officers experience and duties. Our
Compensation Committee did not use a compensation consultant or obtained benchmark data for our
executive compensation plans for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 or 2010, but instead relied
upon experience of its members in setting compensation.
Although we attempt to provide competitive compensation, during the past two years we were
focused on cash preservation and the cash consumption that would be caused by increased
compensation. Although we increased salary levels, as well as incentive compensation targets for
fiscal 2009 after significantly improved performance during fiscal 2008, because of decreased
financial performance during the second half of fiscal 2009 and the prospect of continued lower
sales caused by the economy and the effect of decisions regarding reimbursement for our Urgent PC
product, we froze salary levels for executives for fiscal 2010, and set incentive targets in fiscal
2010 at the same level as for fiscal 2009. For fiscal 2011, we have increased salaries for most
executives by 2%, and for two executives, including our Chief Executive Officer, by 9%, reflecting
both exceptional efforts in fiscal 2010 and improved prospects for fiscal 2011.
Our Management Incentive Plan for the year ended March 31, 2010 paid incentive compensation
based on achievement of objectives at a threshold, at target and at a maximum, with the targeted
performance effectively equal to our budget for the year. Mr. Kaysen and Mr. Jiwani were entitled
to incentive compensation of 25% of their salaries at the threshold, 50% at the target and 60% at
the maximum. For Mr. Kaysen, 60% of his incentive compensation was based on achievement of sales
goals, 20% was based on achievement of operating profit goals and 20% was based on individual
performance goals. For Mr. Jiwani, 36% was based upon sales goals, 24% was based upon operating
profit goals and 40% was based on individual performance goals. Because our financial performance
did not meet the threshold level required under our 2010 Management Incentive Plan, we did not pay
any incentive compensation based on sales or operating profit for the year. The incentive
compensation for fiscal 2010 reflected in the table below represents partial payout of the portion
of incentive compensation that is
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based on individual performance goals, to the extent the Compensation Committee determined that
such goals were achieved.
Because of the exceptional performance in completing our SuMIT clinical trial ahead of
schedule, and in making application for and being notified of the issuance, in Fiscal 2011, of a
category 1 CPT Code, our Compensation Committee also approved, and our Board ratified,
discretionary bonuses to four of our officers, including three of our executive officers. Mr.
Kaysen received a discretionary bonus of $15,000.
Summary Compensation Table. The following table contains information regarding all
compensation earned during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 by our Chief Executive
Officer and our two other most highly compensated executive officers serving at the end of fiscal
year 2010.
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David Kaysen |
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2010 |
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293,600 |
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15,000 |
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61,200 |
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32,296 |
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15,125 |
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417,221 |
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Officer |
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2009 |
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291,450 |
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18,900 |
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102,400 |
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31,259 |
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13,528 |
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457,537 |
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Mahedi A. Jiwani |
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2010 |
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200,000 |
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18,360 |
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43,600 |
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4,624 |
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266,584 |
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198,500 |
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40,960 |
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46,449 |
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1,385 |
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287,294 |
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Susan Hartjes Holman |
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2010 |
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198,800 |
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10,000 |
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24,480 |
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31,808 |
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5,511 |
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270,599 |
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197,350 |
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6,300 |
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20,480 |
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30,787 |
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1,376 |
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256,293 |
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months later. |
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Represents the full grant date fair value of the options as computed by Black-Scholes in the
year of grant. Details of the assumptions used in valuing these awards are set forth in Note
3, Shareholders Equity, to our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. The amounts reflected does not
necessarily represent the annual amount we recognize as compensation expense for accounting
purposes because of such grants. |
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Represents cash bonuses earned under our Management Incentive Plan. |
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Represents employer discretionary 401(k) contributions and, for Mr. Kaysen, reimbursement for
premium for personal life and disability insurance as well. All other perquisites and
benefits for each named executive officer were less than $10,000 in the fiscal year reported. |
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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2010 Fiscal Year End. The following table sets forth
certain information concerning equity-based awards outstanding to the named executive officers at
March 31, 2010. None of our named executive officers has any outstanding restricted stock or other
stock awards as of March 31, 2010.
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David B. Kaysen |
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300,000 |
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2.50 |
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50,000 |
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4.31 |
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33,334 |
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16,666 |
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3.15 |
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33,333 |
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66,667 |
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0.85 |
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100,000 |
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3.00 |
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11/14/2015 |
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17,500 |
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2.65 |
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20,000 |
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4.31 |
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13,334 |
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6,666 |
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3.15 |
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6/23/2013 |
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10,000 |
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20,000 |
(2) |
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0.85 |
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6/4/2014 |
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Susan Hartjes Holman |
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100,000 |
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5.19 |
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12,500 |
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2.65 |
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10,000 |
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4.31 |
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6,666 |
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3,334 |
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3.15 |
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6/23/2013 |
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13,333 |
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26,667 |
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0.85 |
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Vested with respect to the remaining shares on June 24, 2010. |
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Vested with respect to half of the remaining shares on each of June 5, 2010 and will vest
with respect to the balance on June 5, 2011. |
Employment Agreements and Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control Provisions
Employment Agreements and Other Arrangements. We have employment agreements with each of Mr.
Kaysen, Mr. Jiwani and Ms. Holman.
David B. Kaysen. Effective May 17, 2006, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr.
Kaysen, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The agreement provides for an annual base
salary of $255,000, which was increased to $293,600 effective July 1, 2008 and was maintained at
that level for the year ending March 31, 2010. The agreement also provides that Mr. Kaysen is
entitled to an annual cash incentive bonus under our Management Incentive Plan based on the
achievement of annual corporate financial and individual performance objectives approved by our
Compensation Committee. The agreement requires that we reimburse Mr. Kaysen for up to $11,500
annually for his personal life and disability insurance policies, and required that we grant him
options, with a 10-year term, to acquire 300,000 shares of our common stock. These options were
granted with an exercise price of $2.50 per share and vested in one-third installments on the start
date of his employment and on the first and second anniversaries of his employment.
Mr. Kaysens employment agreement prohibits him, for one year after his employment terminates,
from engaging in competition, directly or indirectly, with us in the development, manufacturing,
licensing, marketing or distribution of products or services for diagnosis or treatment of
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urinary or fecal voiding dysfunctions, and prohibits him during that period from soliciting our
employees or customers.
The employment agreement has a one-year term, unless terminated earlier, and will continue to
automatically renew on a year-to-year basis. If we terminate the agreement without good cause
(as defined in the agreement), we will pay Mr. Kaysen an amount equal to 100% of his then annual
base salary as severance pay. However, if we terminate his employment without good cause in
connection with a change in control, we will pay him an amount equal to 160% of his then annual
base salary as severance pay.
Mahedi A. Jiwani. Effective November 14, 2005, we entered into an employment agreement with
Mr. Jiwani, our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The agreement provides for an annual
base salary of $175,000, which was increased to $200,000 effective July 1, 2008 and was maintained
at that level for the year ending March 31, 2010. The agreement also provides that Mr. Jiwani is
entitled to an annual cash incentive bonus under our Management Incentive Plan based on the
achievement of annual corporate financial and individual performance objectives approved by our
Compensation Committee. The agreement required that we grant Mr. Jiwani options to purchase
100,000 shares of our common stock, which we granted at an exercise price of $3.00 per share and
which originally vested 25% on his start date and on each of the first, second and third
anniversaries of his start date. On February 2, 2006, the vesting of Mr. Jiwanis options, and all
other options, was accelerated to avoid the accounting charge to our earnings associated with the
vesting of these options upon our adoption of FAS 123(R).
Mr. Jiwanis employment agreement prohibits him, for one year after his employment terminates,
from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business in competition with Uroplastys business and
prohibits him during that period from soliciting our employees or customers.
The employment agreement has a one-year term, unless terminated earlier, and will continue to
automatically renew on a year-to-year basis. If we terminate the agreement without good cause
(as defined in the agreement) including if we do not annually renew his employment agreement, we
will pay Mr. Jiwani an amount equal to 100% of his then annual base salary and a prorated share of
his annual bonus earned as of the termination date assuming 100% milestone achievement as severance
pay. We will pay this amount in twelve equal monthly installments provided Mr. Jiwani is not
subsequently employed.
Susan Hartjes Holman. We also have an employment agreement with Ms. Holman, which was entered
into on December 7, 1999. The employment agreement specifies a base salary, which is subject to
annual adjustment and was increased to $198,800 effective July 1, 2008 and was maintained at that
level for the year ending March 31, 2010. Ms. Holman is also eligible to receive an annual cash
incentive bonus under our Management Incentive Plan based on the achievement of annual corporate
financial and individual performance objectives approved by our Compensation Committee.
Either party may terminate Ms. Holmans employment at any time, with or without cause, by
providing 30 days written notice to the other party. If Ms. Holmans employment is terminated by
us without cause, we would continue to pay her monthly base salary for a period of 12 months.
Contemporaneously with the execution of the employment agreement, Ms. Holman executed an
Employee Confidentiality, Inventions, Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete Agreement, under which she
agreed not to disclose confidential information, to assign to us without charge all intellectual
property relating to our business which is created or conceived during the term of employment, to
not encourage employees to leave our employment for any reason and to not compete with us during
the term of employment and for a period of 18 months thereafter.
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Definition of Good Cause, Without Good Cause and Change of Control. Under our employment
agreements with Messrs. Kaysen and Jiwani, termination for good cause generally means one or more
of the following events: (i) the executives willful breach of his employment agreement; (ii) the
executives gross negligence in the performance or nonperformance of his duties which remains
uncured for 30 days; (iii) the executives willful dishonesty, fraud or misconduct which materially
and adversely affect our operations or reputation; or (iv) the executives conviction of a felony
crime which materially and adversely affects our operations or reputation. Termination without
good cause generally means one or more of the following events: (i) we impose material and adverse
changes, without the executives consent, in his principal duties (including upon a change of
control); (ii) we reduce the executives base salary without the executives consent by more than
the weighted average percentage reduction made contemporaneously by us of the base salaries of all
other executive officers (including upon a change of control); (iii) we do not renew our
executives employment agreement or offer a replacement employment agreement on substantially
similar terms; (iv) we relocate the offices at which the executive is principally employed to a
location more than 50 miles from the prior location; or (v) we terminate the executives employment
without good cause.
Under the employment agreement with Ms. Holman, cause means one of the following events: (i)
the employee is convicted of a felony; (ii) the employee has committed theft or fraudulent act or
has acted dishonestly with respect to any business of our company; (iii) the employee has engaged
in substance abuse or (iv) the employee has breached any agreement made between the employee and
our company.
Under our employment agreements with our executive officers, a change of control generally
means any of the following events:
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a majority of our Board no longer consists of individuals who were directors,
or who were appointed by directors or successors of directors, who served at the time
the applicable agreement was executed; |
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the acquisition of our securities that results in any person owning more than
50% of either our outstanding voting securities or our common stock; |
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a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of our
company (with certain exceptions); or |
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the approval by our shareholders of a complete liquidation or our dissolution. |
Payments Made Upon Termination Due to Death or Disability. Generally, in the event a named
executive officers employment is terminated due to death or disability, such officer is entitled
to (a) salary and any earned, but unpaid, annual cash bonus, through the date of termination, and
(b) exercise all vested options as of the termination date for a period of one year after such
termination.
Acceleration of Stock Options Upon Change in Control. All stock option awards to our named
executive officers which are currently 100% vested were granted under our prior plans. All stock
option awards to our named executive officers which are not currently 100% vested were granted
under our 2006 Stock and Incentive Plan. Under the 2006 Stock and Incentive Plan, in the event of
a change in control, whether or not an executive officers employment is terminated, 100% of the
remaining unvested portion of their stock options will immediately vest and be exercisable for the
remaining term of the option.
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Director Compensation
Effective October 1, 2008, our non-employee directors receive an annual retainer of $10,000,
payable in cash in four equal quarterly installments of $2,500, for service on our Board of
Directors. In addition, non-employee directors receive $1,200 for each board meeting attended
in-person, $600 per telephonic meeting, and $750 for each committee meeting attended. The Chairs
of the Board, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee are paid an additional quarterly fee of
$1,750, $1,000 and $750, respectively. Payments are made in cash on the last business day of each
calendar quarter.
Historically, we have had a policy to automatically grant all non-employee directors stock
options upon the directors initial appointment or election to the Board for 45,000 shares of
common stock, one-third of which vests on the date of grant and the first and second anniversaries
thereafter. Each non-employee director has historically also been granted an annual stock option
for 15,000 shares of common stock in conjunction with our annual meeting of shareholders, all of
which are vested on the date of grant except that such annual grant does not commence for newly
appointed or elected directors until one year following full vesting of the initial grant.
Director option grants have an exercise price equal to the closing market price on the date of the
grant.
Our Compensation Committee recommended, and our Board of Directors adopted revised fees for
our non-employee directors effective July 1, 2010. After July 1, the fees for each member of the
Board of Directors who is not also an employee, payable quarterly, will consist of:
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annual fees of $4,000 for each member of the Compensation Committee, $5,000 to
each member of the Audit Committee and $2,000 for each member of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee; and |
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annual fees (in addition to the Board retainer and committee fees) of $8,000
for the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, $5,000 to the Audit Committee Chair,
$4,000 for the Compensation Committee Chair and $2,000 for the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee Chair. |
Further, effective at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held September 14, 2010, and at each
subsequent annual meeting of shareholders, and in lieu of the options we previously granted, each
director will receive (1) a non-qualified stock option to purchase, at an exercise price equal to
the closing price on the Nasdaq on such date, a number of shares of the Companys common stock such
that the option has a grant date value, based upon a Black-Scholes model (or whatever model then
used by the Company to compute compensation expense for such equity awards), equal to $20,000, and
(2) the number of shares of restricted stock as are equal to $15,000 divided by such closing price.
The options will vest with respect to 100% of the shares on the first anniversary of the date of
grant and expire seven years from the date of grant and the restricted stock will vest six months
from the date of grant.
We do not provide any form of incentive compensation or other form of stock-based or cash
based compensation to our directors, and do not provide perquisites or other forms of compensation,
although we do reimburse directors for out-of-town travel to and from board meetings.
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Non-Employee Director Compensation. The following table shows, for each of our non-employee
directors, information concerning annual compensation earned for services in all capacities during
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Mr. Kaysen, our President and Chief Executive Officer, does
not receive separate compensation for his services as a director.
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Thomas E. Jamison |
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31,150 |
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8,250 |
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39,400 |
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Lee A. Jones |
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20,650 |
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8,250 |
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28,900 |
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R. Patrick Maxwell |
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31,100 |
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8,250 |
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39,350 |
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James P. Stauner |
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23,050 |
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8,250 |
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31,300 |
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Sven A. Wehrwein |
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28,100 |
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8,250 |
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36,350 |
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Represents the grant date fair value of options to purchase 15,000 shares of
common stock, as computed using the Black-Scholes formula. For a description of the
assumptions in such calculation, see Note 3, Shareholders Equity, to our audited
financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2010. As of March 31, 2010, each of Ms. Jones, Mr. Wehrwein and Mr.
Stauner held options to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock and each of Messrs.
Jamison and Maxwell held options to purchase 45,000 shares. |
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
The following table presents the beneficial ownership of our common stock on June 14,
2010, by each person we know to own more than five percent of our common stock, by each director
and executive officer, and by all directors and executive officers as a group. Unless indicated by
footnotes, each shareholder possesses sole voting and investment power over its shares. Shares
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options within 60 days of June 14, 2010, are
considered outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage of common stock owned by each
person, but not for the purpose of calculating the percentage of common stock owned by any other
person.
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner |
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Beneficially Owned |
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Percent of Common Stock |
Beneficial Owners of More Than 5% |
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CystoMedix, Inc.(1)
c/o Frank Harvey ESQ
7900 Xerxes Ave S, Suite 1500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431 |
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1,387,144 |
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8.7 |
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SF Capital Partners Ltd (2)
c/o Stark Offshore Management, LLC
3600 South Lake Drive
St. Francis, Wisconsin 53235 |
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1,232,714 |
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7.8 |
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Perkins Capital Management (3)
730 East Lake Street
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 |
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1,114,602 |
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7.0 |
% |
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Executive Officers and Directors (4) |
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David B. Kaysen |
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510,216 |
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3.1 |
% |
Thomas E. Jamison |
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93,100 |
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Lee A. Jones |
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67,100 |
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* |
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R. Patrick Maxwell |
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151,484 |
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* |
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James P. Stauner |
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67,100 |
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* |
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Sven A. Wehrwein |
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61,400 |
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* |
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Larry Heinemann |
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122,700 |
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* |
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Susan Hartjes Holman |
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492,925 |
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3.1 |
% |
Mahedi A. Jiwani |
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198,850 |
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1.2 |
% |
Arie J. Koole |
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50,766 |
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Marc Herregraven |
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98,200 |
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All directors and executive officers as
a group (4)(11 Persons) |
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1,913,841 |
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11.2 |
% |
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Less than 1%. |
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Based on an amendment to Schedule 13G filed February 15, 2008. |
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Based on an amendment to Schedule 13G filed February 16, 2010.
Excludes 704,167 shares of common stock underlying warrants that were
subject to exercise caps that precluded the holder from exercising to
the extent that it would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% of our
outstanding common stock, of which warrants to purchase 500,000 shares
expired in April 2010, and warrants to purchase 204,167 shares were
exercised in May 2010. Michael A. Roth and Brian J. Stark are the
managing members of Stark Offshore Management, LLC, which acts as
investment manager and has sole power to direct the management of SF
Capital Partners. Messrs. Roth and Stark disclaim beneficial ownership. |
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(3) |
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Based on an amendment to Schedule 13G filed February 1, 2010. Richard
C. Perkins is Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager of
Perkins Capital Management a registered investment advisor. Includes
282,500 shares underlying exercisable warrants as of the date of the
Schedule 13G, of which 80,000 expired in April 2010 and 202,500 were
exercised in May 2010. |
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Includes for Mr. Kaysen 466,666 shares, for Mr. Jamison 45,000 shares,
for Ms. Jones 60,000 shares, for Mr. Maxwell 45,000 shares, for Mr.
Stauner 60,000 shares, for Mr. Wehrwein 60,000 shares, for
Mr. Heinemann 70,000 shares, for Ms. Holman 159,166 shares, for Mr.
Jiwani 177,500 shares, for Mr. Koole 45,000 shares, for Mr.
Herregraven 85,000 and for all officers and directors as a group
1,273,332 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of options that
were exercisable on, or became exercisable within 60 days of, June 14,
2010. Also includes for Mr. Kaysen 20,300 shares, for Mr. Heinemann
5,100 shares, for Ms. Holman 5,100 shares, for Mr. Jiwani 7,100
shares, for Mr. Koole 4,100 shares and for Mr. Herregraven 5,100
shares of restricted stock subject to risk of forfeiture upon
termination of employment. |
Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans
is set forth under the caption Item 5. Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder
Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities of the original filing of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors
and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock, to file with the SEC
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other
equity securities. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by
SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
To our knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us
during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and on written representation by each of our officers
and directors, we believe all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our executive
officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders were complied with for such fiscal year.
AUDITING MATTERS
Audit Committee Report
The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling
its oversight responsibilities relating to our accounting, reporting practices and the quality and
integrity of our financial reports and our other publicly disseminated financial information.
Management is responsible for internal controls and our financial reporting process. Our
independent accountants are responsible for performing an independent audit of our consolidated
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and to issue a report
on those financial statements. In this context, the Audit Committee has met with management
(including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) and Grant Thornton, LLP, our
independent registered public accounting firm (Independent Auditors), both independently and in
concert.
In connection with our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010,
the Audit Committee has:
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Reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management and
with representatives of Grant Thornton LLP, our Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm; |
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Discussed with our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm the matters
required to be discussed by PCAOB AU sec. 380, Communications with Audit Committees and
SEC Rule 2-07, Communications with Audit Committees; and |
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Received the written disclosures and letter from Grant Thornton LLP required by
applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding
Grant Thornton LLPs communication with the audit committee concerning independence,
and has discussed with Grant Thornton LLP its independence. |
Based upon the Audit Committees discussion with management and the independent accountants
and the Audit Committees review of the representation of management and the report of the
independent accountants to the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of
Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Thomas E. Jamison
R. Patrick Maxwell
Sven A. Wehrwein, Chair
Fees
The following table presents the aggregate fees for professional services provided by Grant
Thornton, LLP, in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
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Fiscal Year 2009 |
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Fiscal Year 2010 |
Audit Fees (1) |
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$ |
126,363 |
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$ |
125,312 |
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Audit-Related Fees (2) |
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3,120 |
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6,450 |
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Tax Fees (3) |
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30,613 |
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13,971 |
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Total |
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$ |
160,096 |
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$ |
145,733 |
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Audit fees consist of fees for the audit of our annual consolidated financial
statements, review of our interim consolidated financial statements, services
rendered relative to regulatory filings and attendance at Audit Committee meetings. |
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Audit-related fees are principally for technical accounting research. |
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Tax fees principally consist of fees for the preparation of tax returns and
advice on tax audit. |
There were no other services provided by Grant Thornton, LLP not included in the captions
above during 2009 or 2010.
Pre-Approval Process
The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed
for us by its Independent Auditors.
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PROPOSAL 2 RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Our Audit Committee is asking shareholders to ratify its appointment of Grant Thornton
LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011, in order to ascertain the
views of our shareholders on this appointment. In the event the shareholders fail to ratify the
appointment, the Audit Committee will reconsider this appointment. Even if the appointment is
ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may appoint a different independent registered
public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a
change would be in the best interests of Uroplasty and its shareholders.
Representatives of Grant Thornton LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting and will have the
opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so. These representatives will also be
available to respond to appropriate questions after the meeting.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote FOR the
ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as our independent registered public
accounting firm for our fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. Proxies solicited by the Board of
Directors will, unless otherwise directed, be voted for the ratification of the appointment.
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present and
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on this item of business is required for the approval of the
proposal (provided that the number of shares voted in favor of the proposal constitutes more than
25% of the outstanding shares of our common stock). If a shareholder abstains from voting on this
proposal, then the shares held by that shareholder will be deemed present at the Annual Meeting for
purposes of determining a quorum and for purposes of calculating the vote with respect to this
proposal, but will not be deemed to have been voted in favor of this proposal. Brokers and other
nominees have discretionary authority to vote on this matter as they choose unless they receive
specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner. If you hold shares in any brokerage
account or through a bank, trust or other nominee and wish to assure those shares are voted on this
proposal in a specific manner, then you should instruct the broker, bank, trust or other nominee
how to vote the shares using the instructions provided.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2011 ANNUAL MEETING
If you want to submit a proposal for our 2011 annual meeting and wish to have your
proposal included in our proxy statement for the 2011 meeting, you must submit your proposal to us
before March 29, 2011. If you wish to nominate an individual for election as a director, or have
any other proposal considered at the annual meeting that is not included in our proxy statement,
our bylaws require that you submit your proposal to us no earlier than May 17, 2011 and no later
than June 16, 2011. In either case, your proposal must be in writing, must include your name and
record address and the name and record address of any other person for whom you are submitting the
proposal, the number of shares you own, beneficially or of record, and the number of shares owned
by any person for whom you are submitting the proposal.
If you wish to nominate an individual to serve as a director, you must also include in the
written notification (i) the name, age, principal occupation and employment of the nominee, (ii)
the number of shares of the company owned by the nominee, (iii) both the business and residence
address of the nominee, (iv) any relationship with any person that would provide the nominee or any
associate of the nominee the opportunity to profit from an increase in the value of our common
stock, and (v) information regarding your relationship with the nominee. If you wish to have
another proposal considered at the
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2011 meeting, you must also include in your written notification (i) a complete description of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons you believe this business
should be conducted at the annual meeting, and (ii) any material interest in that business that you
have and or that the person on whose behalf you are making the proposal might have.
In addition to the requirements described above, in order for your proposal, including any
director nomination, to be considered at the 2011 Annual Meeting, you must be a shareholder of
record of our common stock as of the date you provide us written notice of your proposal, and must
remain a shareholder of record on the record date for our 2011 Annual Meeting. If you do not
comply with these requirements, we may refuse to consider your proposal at the 2011 Annual Meeting.
Other Matters
We do not know of any other matters that are likely to be brought before the 2010 Annual
Meeting. However, if any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, the persons
named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to vote such proxy in accordance with
their best judgment on such matters.
Annual Report to Shareholders
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 (including audited
financial statements) accompanies this Proxy Statement.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
/s/ SUSAN HARTJES HOLMAN
Susan Hartjes Holman
Corporate Secretary
and Chief Operating Officer
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 27, 2010
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Front of Proxy Card
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010, 1:30 P.M.
(CENTRAL TIME) THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints David B. Kaysen and Mahedi A. Jiwani, and each of them, with power
to appoint a substitute, to vote all shares the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of Uroplasty, Inc. to be held on September 14, 2010, and any adjournments
thereof, as specified below on the matters referred to, and, in their discretion, upon any other
matters which may be brought before the meeting.
The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote FOR Proposal 1 and FOR Proposal 2.
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Election of Directors: To elect two directors: Thomas E. Jamison and James P. Stauner |
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FOR all nominees listed
(except as marked to the contrary)
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WITHHOLD authority (Instructions: To withhold
authority to vote for a nominee, write the name(s) of the
nominee(s) in the space
provided below.) |
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(2) Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public auditors
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
(3) The undersigned authorizes the proxies in their discretion to vote upon such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
PLEASE TURN OVER TO SIGN THIS PROXY ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
Back of Proxy Card
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED
SHAREHOLDER. IF PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR EACH
DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSAL 2.
Please sign exactly as your name appears below. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full
title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by President or other
authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
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Dated:
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, 2010 |
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Signature
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NOTE: The number shown to the right of your
name on this label signifies how many shares
you have on record according to StockTrans,
Inc. |
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Signature (if held jointly) |
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PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD
PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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