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1.
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To
elect six (6) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been elected
and qualified;
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2.
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To
consider and act upon ratifying the appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as
independent auditors for the fiscal year commencing May 1, 2010;
and
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3.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or
any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.
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By
order of the Board of Directors
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/s/ Alan Miller
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ALAN
MILLER
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Secretary/Treasurer
& Chief Financial Officer
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Year
First
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Elected
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Name
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Principal Occupation
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Age
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Director
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Joseph
P. Franklin
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Chairman
of the Board
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76
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1990
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of
Directors
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(Major
General,
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U.S.
Army – Ret.)
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Martin
B. Bloch
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President,
Chief
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74
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1961
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Executive
Officer
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and
a Director
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Joel
Girsky
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President,
Jaco
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71
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1986
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Electronics,
Inc., and a
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Director
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E.
Donald Shapiro
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Dean
Emeritus,
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78
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1998
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New
York Law School
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and
a Director
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S.
Robert Foley, Jr.
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Director
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82
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1999
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(Admiral,
U.S.
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Navy
– Retired)
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Richard
Schwartz
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Director
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74
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2004
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Fees Earned or
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Equity-based
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Name
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Paid in Cash ($)
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Awards (1)(2)
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Total ($)
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E.
Donald Shapiro
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$ | 36,500 | $ | 24,000 | $ | 60,500 | ||||||
Joel
Girsky
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28,500 | 24,000 | 52,500 | |||||||||
S.
Robert Foley
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27,000 | 24,000 | 51,000 | |||||||||
Richard
Schwartz
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27,000 | 24,000 | 51,000 |
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(1)
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The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments but represent
the aggregate grant date fair value of stock appreciation rights awarded
during the 2010 fiscal year computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic
718. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair
values of these awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements, which are included in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2010, as filed with the
SEC. No stock options or stock awards were granted to
non-Officer directors during fiscal year
2010.
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(2)
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Each
non-officer Director received stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) to
receive, upon exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
appreciated value of 16,000 shares of Common Stock between the award date
and the exercise date. During fiscal years 2010 and 2009 each
director was granted a SAR based on 10,000 and 6,000 shares,
respectively. Each such award was outstanding at the end of
fiscal year 2010 and each Director was vested in 1,500 shares of such
awards as of April 30, 2010. In addition, Mr. Schwartz has an
option to acquire 30,000 shares of Common Stock in which he is fully
vested as of April 30, 2010. The grant dates and exercise
prices for these awards are listed in notes (10) and (11) under the
section Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
beginning on page 7 of this Proxy
Statement.
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Service
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2010
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2009
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Audit
Fees (1)
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$ | 292,500 | $ | 262,000 | ||||
Audit-Related
Fees (2)
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46,758 | 35,000 | ||||||
Tax
Fees
(3)
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- | - | ||||||
All
Other Fees (4)
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- | - | ||||||
TOTAL
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$ | 339,258 | $ | 297,000 |
(1)
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Audit
fees consist of professional services rendered for the audit of the
Company’s annual financial statements, the reviews of the quarterly
financial statements, issuance of consents and assistance with and review
of documents filed with the SEC. The fiscal year 2009 amount
excludes $59,800 paid to former auditors, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP as
a final billing for the fiscal year 2008 audit. Such amount was
in excess of the amount accrued as of April 30, 2008 and was not included
in the fiscal year 2008 audit
fee.
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(2)
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Other
audit-related services provided by EisnerAmper LLP include the annual
audit of the Company’s employee benefit plans as well as accounting
consultations regarding significant transactions during the fiscal
year.
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(3)
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Tax
fees consist of fees for services rendered to the Company for tax
compliance, tax planning and advice. Beginning in fiscal year
2009, the Company engaged another accounting firm to provide such
services.
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(4)
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No
other services were performed by EisnerAmper LLP in connection with
financial information systems design and implementation or
otherwise.
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Amount
and Nature
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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of Beneficial
Ownership (1)
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Percent
of Class (2)
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Dimensional
Fund Advisors, Inc. (3)
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1299
Ocean Ave.
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Santa
Monica, CA 90401
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684,547 | 8.3 | % | |||||
Frequency
Electronics, Inc.
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (4)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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460,330 | 5.6 | % | |||||
Martin
B. Bloch (5)(6)(9)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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953,035 | 11.6 | % | |||||
Joseph
P. Franklin (6)(7)(9)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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91,323 | 1.1 | % | |||||
Joel
Girsky (10)(11)
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c/o
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
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145
Oser Avenue
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Hauppauge,
NY 11788
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26,500 | * | ||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro (10)(11)
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10040
E. Happy Valley Road
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Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
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5,100 | * | ||||||
S.
Robert Foley (10)(11)
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One
Lakeside Dr.
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Oakland,
CA 94612
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1,500 | * | ||||||
Richard
Schwartz (10)(11)
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4427
Golf Course Dr.
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Westlake
Village, CA 91362
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31,500 | * | ||||||
Markus
Hechler (8)(9)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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86,400 | 1.0 | % | |||||
Oleandro
Mancini (9)
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55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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74,617 | * |
Amount
and Nature
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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of Beneficial
Ownership (1)
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Percent
of Class (2)
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All
executive officers
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and
directors as a group
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(15
persons) (8)(9)
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1,695,864 | 20.6 | % |
(1)
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Each
person has sole voting and investment power over the shares reported,
except as noted.
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(2)
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Based
on 8,241,473 shares outstanding as of August 20,
2010.
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(3)
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As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, filed by
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. (“Dimensional”), which is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of
1940. Per a Schedule 13G filing dated December 31, 2009,
Dimensional furnishes investment advice to four investment companies
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and serves as
investment manager to certain other commingled group trusts and separate
accounts. Per the Form 13F, in its role as investment advisor
or manager, Dimensional possesses investment power over 684,547 shares and
voting authority over 680,286 shares that are owned by such investment
companies, commingled group trusts and separate accounts, and Dimensional
disclaims beneficial ownership of such
securities.
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(4)
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Represents
shares of stock held by the Frequency Electronics, Inc. ESOP Trust (the
“Trust”) for the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, all of which
shares have been allocated to the individual accounts of employees of the
Company (including the Named Executive Officers as defined on page
13).
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(5)
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Includes
180,000 shares issuable on the full exercise of the option granted to Mr.
Bloch on March 1, 2001 to purchase the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $13.49, per terms of Mr. Bloch’s employment
agreement. (See the discussion on the Chief Executive Officer
Employment Agreement on page 15.)
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(6)
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Includes
67,000 shares owned by members of Mr. Bloch’s immediate family, 197,748
shares held by a partnership over which Mr. Bloch maintains discretionary
control and 35,600 shares held in trust for Mr. Bloch’s wife for which
General Franklin is the trustee. Mr. Bloch disclaims beneficial
ownership of such shares.
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(7)
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Includes
42,465 shares held in a family trust and 11,686 shares in charitable
foundations over which General Franklin retains discretionary
control. General Franklin disclaims beneficial ownership of
such shares.
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(8)
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Includes
15,000 shares granted to the officers of the Company, including 7,500
shares granted to Markus Hechler, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement
in connection with the Company’s Restricted Stock
Plan:
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(9)
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Includes
the number of shares which, as at August 20, 2010, were deemed to be
beneficially owned by the persons named below, by way of their respective
rights to acquire beneficial ownership of such shares within 60 days
through (i) the exercise of options or stock appreciation rights (“SARs”);
(ii) the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account, or
similar arrangement; or (iii) by reason of such person's having sole or
shared voting powers over such shares. The following table sets
forth for each person named below the total number of shares which may be
so deemed to be beneficially owned by him and the nature of such
beneficial ownership:
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Name
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ESOP Shares
(a)
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Profit Sharing
Plan & Trust
401(k) (b)
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ISO or NQSO
or SAR
Shares (c)
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Martin
B. Bloch
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26,522 | 4,180 | 43,000 | |||||||||
Joseph
P. Franklin
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4,031 | 366 | 6,500 | |||||||||
Markus
Hechler
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8,675 | 4,037 | 60,625 | |||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
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-0- | 3,617 | 71,000 | |||||||||
All
Directors and
Officers
as a Group
(15
persons)
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53,887 | 29,669 | 379,188 |
(a)
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Includes
all shares allocated under the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan
("ESOP") to the respective accounts of the named persons, ownership of
which shares was fully vested in each such person as at April 30,
2010. ESOP shares are generally not distributable to the
respective vested owners thereof until after their termination of
employment with the Company. However, upon the attainment of
age 55 and completion of 10 years of service with the Company, a
participant may elect to transfer all or a portion of his vested shares,
or the cash value thereof, to a Directed Investment
Account. Upon the allocation of shares to an employee's ESOP
account, such employee has the right to direct the ESOP trustees in the
exercise of the voting rights of such
shares.
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(b)
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Includes
all shares allocated under the Company’s profit sharing plan and trust
under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This
plan permits eligible employees, including officers, to defer a portion of
their income through voluntary contributions to the plan. Under
the provisions of the plan, the Company made discretionary matching
contributions of the Company’s Common Stock. All participants
in the plan become fully vested in the Company contribution after six
years of employment. All of the officers named above are fully
vested in the shares attributable to their
accounts.
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(c)
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All
amounts in this column represent the number of shares that may be obtained
upon exercise of incentive stock options (“ISO”), non-qualified stock
options (“NQSO”) or SARs in which the officers are fully vested or may
become vested within 60 days of August 20, 2010. Such grants
have been made under the Company’s 1993 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan,
2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and 2005 Stock Award Plan. The
individual grants, exercise prices and expiration dates for the Named
Executive Officers are listed in the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal
Year-End Table on page 16 of this Proxy
Statement.
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(10)
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Includes
30,000 shares issuable on the exercise of options granted to Mr. Schwartz
on December 10, 2004 at an exercise price of $14.76 under the Independent
Contractors Stock Option Plan. Previous option grants to the
other non-officer Directors of the Company expired unexercised during
fiscal year 2009.
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(11)
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The
Company awarded SARs to each of the Directors based on 10,000 shares at an
exercise price of $4.60 on October 27, 2009, and based on 6,000 shares at
an exercise price of $3.15 on January 31, 2009. As of August
20, 2010, the Directors were each vested in 1,500 shares under the SAR
awards from fiscal year 2009. None of the rights under the
fiscal year 2010 award were vested as of August 20,
2010.
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E.
Donald Shapiro, Chairman, Audit Committee
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S.
Robert Foley
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Joel
Girsky
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Richard
Schwartz
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Members
of the Audit
Committee
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Name and Principal
Position
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Year
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Salary
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Bonus
(1)
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Option
and SAR
Awards
(2)(3)
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Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
(4)
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All Other
Compen-
sation
(5)
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Total
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Martin B. Bloch
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2010
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$ | 366,923 | $ | 75,000 | $ | 83,385 | $ | (319,979 | ) | $ | 87,868 | $ | 293,197 | ||||||||||||
President,
CEO
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2009
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415,385 | - | 72,503 | 212,165 | 99,513 | 799,566 | |||||||||||||||||||
Principal
Executive Officer
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Markus Hechler
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2010
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209,962 | 20,000 | 35,361 | 99,461 | 43,687 | 408,471 | |||||||||||||||||||
Executive
Vice
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2009
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199,985 | 0 | 42,661 | 63,507 | 39,013 | 345,166 | |||||||||||||||||||
President
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Oleandro Mancini
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2010
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185,096 | 50,250 | 37,868 | 97,669 | 34,256 | 405,139 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President,
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2009
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189,808 | 11,881 | 62,167 | 48,514 | 40,807 | 353,177 | |||||||||||||||||||
Business
Development
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(1)
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The
Company pays bonuses based on operating profits at each of its operating
units or, in the case of Mr. Bloch, on consolidated pretax
profits. In fiscal year 2009, no Named Executive Officer was
awarded a bonus based on the operating losses recorded at the FEI-NY
segment and the consolidated pre-tax loss. Mr.
Mancini is awarded a bonus based on the revenues and operating profits
generated by the FEI-NY, Gillam-FEI and FEI-Zyfer
segments.
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(2)
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The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments to the Named
Executive Officers. Each value represents the aggregate grant
date fair value of stock option and SARs awarded by the Company during
fiscal years 2010 and 2009 computed in accordance with FASB ASC TOPIC
718. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair
values of these awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements, which are included in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the years ended April 30, 2010 and 2009, as filed with
the SEC.
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(3)
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Other
than contributions of Common Stock to the accounts of participants in the
Company’s profit sharing plan and trust under section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Company did not make any awards of
Common Stock to any employees during fiscal years 2010, 2009 and
2008. The fair market value of contributions to the accounts of
participants, including the Named Executive Officers, may not exceed
$3,000 in a calendar year.
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(4)
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The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments to the Named
Executive Officers. The Company has entered into certain
deferred compensation agreements with key employees (including the Named
Executive Officers) providing for the payment of benefits upon retirement
or death or upon the termination of employment not for
cause. The values in the table above reflect the change in the
actuarially calculated deferred compensation liability for each of the
Named Executive Officers for fiscal years 2010, 2009 and
2008. These non-cash amounts are included in the Company’s
general and administrative expenses for the fiscal years ended April 30,
2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The fiscal year 2010 amount
for Mr. Bloch, shown as a credit, reflects a declining liability for the
Company due to Mr. Bloch’s age and the number of years of his employment
past normally expected retirement
age.
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(5)
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The
amounts shown in this column are composed of the
following:
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Name
|
Costs of
Leased
Automobile
|
Health, Life,
Disability
Insurance &
Medical
Reimbursement
(a)
|
Additional
Life
Insurance
Premiums
(b)
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Financial
Planning
Advice
and other
(b)
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Total All Other
Compensation
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Martin
Bloch
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2010
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$ | 6,705 | $ | 45,644 | $ | 24,063 | $ | 11,456 | $ | 87,868 | ||||||||||
2009
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10,177 | 41,880 | 24,063 | 23,393 | 99,513 | |||||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
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||||||||||||||||||||
2010
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12,641 | 31,046 | 0 | 0 | 43,687 | |||||||||||||||
2009
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14,120 | 24,893 | 0 | 0 | 39,013 | |||||||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2010
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10,144 | 24,112 | 0 | 0 | 34,256 | |||||||||||||||
2009
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14,751 | 26,056 | 0 | 0 | 40,807 |
(a)
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All
employees of the Company are eligible for health, term life and disability
insurance the premiums for which are partially paid by the
Company. Reimbursement of medical costs is available only to
officers.
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(b)
|
Mr.
Bloch’s compensation includes financial planning advice and Company-paid
premiums for additional whole life insurance policies, the beneficiaries
of which are Mr. Bloch’s heirs.
|
Martin
Bloch, CEO
|
$ | 200,000 | ||
Markus
Hechler, Exec VP
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80,000 | |||
Oleandro
Mancini, VP
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60,000 |
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options or
SARs
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options or
SARs
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option or SARs
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option or SARs
Expiration
Date (1)
|
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Martin B. Bloch
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180,000 | -0- | $ | 13.490 |
2/28/11
|
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40,000 | -0- | 7.835 |
3/16/18
|
||||||||||
3,000 | 9,000 | 3.150 |
1/29/19
|
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-0- | 55,000 | 4.60 |
10/26/19
|
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Markus
Hechler
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10,000 | -0- | $ | 23.75 |
8/7/10
|
||||||||
15,000 | -0- | 11.10 |
10/29/11
|
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8,000 | -0- | 6.615 |
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
8,000 | -0- | 9.575 |
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
7,500 | -0- | 14.40 |
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
7,500 | 2,500 | 11.95 |
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
3,750 | 3,750 | 11.16 |
7/23/17
|
||||||||||
5,000 | 5,000 | 9.67 |
12/10/17
|
||||||||||
1,500 | 4,500 | 3.15 |
1/29/19
|
||||||||||
-0- | 10,000 | 4.60 |
10/26/19
|
||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
10,000 | -0- | $ | 23.75 |
8/7/10
|
||||||||
10,000 | -0- | 11.10 |
10/29/11
|
||||||||||
7,000 | -0- | 6.615 |
7/25/12
|
||||||||||
10,000 | -0- | 9.575 |
7/31/13
|
||||||||||
7,500 | -0- | 14.40 |
12/21/14
|
||||||||||
10,000 | -0- | 11.22 |
4/24/15
|
||||||||||
11,250 | 3,750 | 11.95 |
7/30/16
|
||||||||||
5,000 | 5,000 | 9.91 |
8/28/17
|
||||||||||
2,500 | 2,500 | 9.67 |
12/10/17
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1,500 | 4,500 | 3.15 |
1/29/19
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-0- | 10,000 | 4.60 |
10/26/19
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(1):
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Stock
options and SARs are generally exercisable cumulatively at 25% per year
beginning one year after the date of grant. In the case of Mr.
Bloch’s award of 40,000 SARs on March 17, 2008, the SAR was 50%
exercisable one year after the grant date and fully exercisable two years
after the grant date. In general, awards expire ten years after
the date of grant but such terms may be modified at the discretion of the
Company’s Compensation Committee. Grants are made at the market
value of Common Stock on the date of
grant.
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Number of securities
|
||||||||||||
remaining available for
|
||||||||||||
Number of securities to
|
Weighted-average
|
future issuance under
|
||||||||||
be issued upon exercise
|
exercise price of
|
equity compensation plans
|
||||||||||
of outstanding options
|
outstanding options
|
(excluding securities
|
||||||||||
Plan Category
|
warrants and rights
|
warrants and rights
|
reflected in column (a))
|
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(see
Notes below)
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(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
1,116,775 | $ | 8.28 | 81,342 | ||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
338,000 | $ | 16.38 | - | ||||||||
TOTAL
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1,454,775 | $ | 10.17 | 81,342 |
i-
|
Independent Contractor
Stock Option Plan- Under the terms of this plan, adopted in fiscal
year 1998, options to acquire shares of the Company’s Common Stock may be
granted to individuals who provide services to the Company but who are not
employees. The option price, number of shares, timing and
duration of option grants is at the discretion of the Independent
Contractor Stock Option Committee. In recent grants, the option
price was equal to the then fair market value of the Company’s Common
Stock, a portion of each grant was immediately exercisable and the options
expire in ten years from date of grant. With the adoption of
the 2005 Stock Award Plan, no additional shares may be issued from this
plan.
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1993
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan- Under the terms of this
plan, adopted in fiscal year 1993, stock options may be granted to
employees, officers and directors of the Company at a price at least equal
to the fair market of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of
grant. Options generally are exercisable over a four-year
period beginning one year after date of grant and expire ten years after
the grant date. After fiscal year 2003, no additional shares
were issuable from this plan.
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President’s Employment
Contract- Under the terms of an employment contract, entered into
in fiscal year 2001, Mr. Bloch was granted an option to acquire 180,000
shares of the Company’s Common Stock at the then fair market value of
$13.49. The option became exercisable 25% per year in each of
the four years after the date of grant and expires in ten years from date
of grant.
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By
Order of the Board of Directors,
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/s/ Alan Miller
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ALAN
MILLER
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Secretary/Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
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