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stock are represented at the Special Meeting. This may save the expense of further proxy solicitation. If you own shares of both the common stock and Class A common stock, you will receive two proxies, each of which must be dated, signed and returned as described above. If you do attend the Special Meeting, you may revoke your prior proxy and vote your shares in person if you wish.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">If you have any questions or need assistance in voting your shares, please call Georgeson Inc. toll-free at (800) 868-1347.</div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SPECIAL MEETING INFORMATION</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Your proxies are solicited by the Board of Directors of Benihana Inc. (&#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; &#8220;our&#8221; or &#8220;the Company&#8221;) for use at our Special Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Special Meeting&#8221;) to be held at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[____________________] </font>at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[_____]
[</font>a.m.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">]</font>/<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[</font>p.m.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">] </font>on <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[________]</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[________]</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[__]</font>,<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>2010 and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof for the purposes
set forth in the attached notice of meeting. This proxy statement and the forms of proxy are being mailed to stockholders on or about December <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[__]</font>, 2009.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholders owning our common stock, Class A common stock or preferred stock at the close of business on December 15, 2009 are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.&#160;&#160;Each holder of common stock has one vote per share, and each holder of Class A common stock has 1/10 of a vote per share, on all matters
to be voted on.&#160;&#160;Additionally, the holder of our Series B convertible preferred stock is entitled to vote on an &#8220;as if converted&#8221; basis together with the holders of our common stock. At the close of business on December 15, 2009 there were 5,634,764 shares of common stock and 9,769,761 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, and there were 800,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock outstanding, which, in the aggregate, are convertible into 1,578,943 shares of common stock.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Board recommends a vote FOR the approval of the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sign and date each proxy card you receive and return it in the prepaid envelope. If you sign your proxy, but do not mark your choice, your proxies will vote in favor of amending our Certificate of Incorporation. You can revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised. To do so, you must give written notice of revocation to the Assistant
Secretary, Benihana Inc., 8685 Northwest 53<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">rd</font> Terrace, Miami, Florida 33166, submit another properly signed proxy with a more recent date or vote in person at the Special Meeting. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Should you have any questions about attending
the Special Meeting in person, you may contact the Assistant Secretary at (305) 593-0770</font></font></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">.</font></font></div></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There must be a quorum for any action to be taken at the Special Meeting.&#160; One-third of the voting power of each of Class A common stock, common stock and preferred stock, represented in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum for purposes of the holders of each class of stock approving the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation.
In addition, one-third of the voting power of the common stock, the Class A common stock and preferred stock, represented in person or by proxy, voting together as one class, will constitute a quorum for purposes of approving the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation and all other matters brought before the meeting.&#160; Abstentions will be counted to determine the presence or absence of a quorum at the Special Meeting.&#160; Under Delaware law, &#8220;broker non-votes&#8221; (if any) are also counted
to determine if a quorum is present at the Special Meeting but are not considered a vote cast. Broker non-votes occur when shares held in street name are not voted because the broker holding the shares has not received instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and does not have or exercise discretionary authority to vote with respect to a particular proposal.&#160;</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Approval of the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote thereon; a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock entitled to voter thereon; a majority of the outstanding shares of preferred stock entitled to vote
thereon; and a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock, Class A common stock and preferred stock, entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class. The sole holder of our outstanding preferred stock is BFC Financial Corporation, of which two members of our Board of Directors, John E. Abdo and Alan B. Levan, are directors, officers and significant stockholders. Any other matter to be considered at the Special Meeting will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at
the Special Meeting that votes affirmatively or negatively on such matter. Abstentions and broker non-votes (if any) will have no effect on the outcome of any matter, to be considered at the Special Meeting.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stockholders may submit proposals on matters appropriate for stockholder action at future annual meetings by following the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).&#160;&#160;Proposals intended for inclusion in the proxy statement and proxy card for next year&#8217;s annual meeting must be received by no later than March 26,
2010. If next year&#8217;s annual meeting is held on a date more than 30 calendar days before or after August 20, 2010, a stockholder proposal must be received by a reasonable time before we begin to print and mail our proxy solicitation for such annual meeting. In addition, our By-Laws provide that no proposal may be properly raised at next year's annual meeting unless we receive notice of the proposal not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting. However, in the event that less than 70 days&#8217;
notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given to stockholders, notice of a proposal must be received not later than the 10<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or public disclosure is made. All proposals and notifications should be addressed to the Assistant Secretary, Benihana Inc., 8685 Northwest 53<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">rd</font> Terrace,
Miami, Florida 33166.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We are paying all costs of soliciting our proxies for the Special Meeting, including the costs of preparing, printing and mailing this notice of meeting and proxy statement.&#160;&#160;Certain of our officers and regular employees may solicit the return of proxies by telephone, mail or personal interview without additional consideration.
We have engaged <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Georgeson </font>Inc. to assist us in the distribution and solicitation of proxies. We have agreed to pay Georgeson a fee of $20,000, plus expenses for their services. Brokerage houses will be requested to forward these soliciting materials to beneficial owners of our stock, and we will reimburse the brokerage houses for their expenses.</font></div>
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with the rules applicable to such voting by brokers, brokers will have discretionary authority to vote with respect to any shares as to which no instructions are received from beneficial owners regarding the approval of the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The following tables set forth information relating to the beneficial ownership of our common stock and Class A common stock by all persons we know to beneficially own more than 5% of either our common stock or our Class A common stock outstanding on December 15, 2009<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>and by all
of our executive officers and directors.&#160;&#160;As of the close of business on December 15, 2009, there were 5,634,764 shares of common stock, 9,769,761 shares of Class A common stock and 800,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock (convertible into 1,578,943 shares of common stock) outstanding. Except as otherwise noted, the named person owns directly and exercises sole voting power and investment discretion over the shares listed as beneficially owned.</font></div>
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<td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Name (and address if applicable) of</font></div></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Percent of </font></div></font></td></tr><tr>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div></td>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.8%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">232 East 63<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">rd</font> Street</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">New York, New York 10021</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Kyle Aoki <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.8%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Grace Aoki <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.8%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Kevin Y. Aoki <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div></td>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;2,148,252</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.8%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Kenneth Podziba <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;2,148,252</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">29.8%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
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<td valign="top" width="19%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amount and Nature of </font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Percent of </font></div>
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Class</font></div></font></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Named Executive Officers and Directors</font></font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Taka Yoshimoto <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;158,700</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
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<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
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<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.0%</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">John E. Abdo <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;79,500</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.1%</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;115,667</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.2%</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Juan C. Garcia <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;48,875</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;124,250</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.3%</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Norman Becker <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;39,375</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;96,417</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.0%</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Darwin C. Dornbush <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;16,737</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;11,975</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Richard Stockinger <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;15,237</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;16,667</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="26%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Lewis Jaffe <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(10) (11)</font></font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;15,000</font></div></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%">
<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></div></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%">
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td></tr><tr>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="26%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
<td valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160; </font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="19%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For purposes of the beneficial ownership and the percentage ownership of each person, the shares of our common stock which BFC Financial Corporation would own upon conversion of the entirety of its holdings of our convertible preferred stock are considered outstanding.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shares of our common stock are convertible at any time into shares of our Class A common stock at the option of the holder.&#160;&#160;Therefore, each beneficial owner of our common stock may be deemed the beneficial owner of the same number of shares of our Class A common stock. The holdings listed in the table setting forth beneficial ownership of Class A common stock do not include holdings of common
stock (as converted).</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. (the &#8220;Benihana of Tokyo Stock&#8221;) is owned by a trust of which Kevin Y. Aoki, Kyle Aoki, Grace Aoki and Kenneth Podziba are the named trustees.&#160;&#160;By reason of such position, such individuals may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Benihana of Tokyo Stock and the shares of our stock owned by Benihana
of Tokyo.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Represents common stock which BFC Financial Corporation would own upon conversion of its 800,000 shares of our Series B convertible preferred stock.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based solely on a Schedule 13G filed jointly by Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A. and Columbia Management Advisors, LLC on June 10, 2009.&#160;&#160;Each of Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. has shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 983,739 shares of common stock. Columbia Management Advisors, LLC has sole voting power with respect to 950,182 shares
of common stock, sole dispositive power with respect to 976,149 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,644 shares of common stock.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div>Based solely on Schedule 13Gs filed jointly by Dane Andreeff and Andreeff Equity Advisors, L.L.C. on February 13, 2009.&#160;&#160;Each of Mr. Andreeff and Andreeff Equity Advisors, L.L.C. has shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 598,508 shares of common stock and 739,668 shares of Class A common stock.</div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div>Mr. Andreeff is a control person of Andreeff Equity Advisors, L.L.C., in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.&#160;&#160;Mr. Andreeff also owns interest in Maple Leaf Capital I, L.L.C., which is the general partner of certain limited partnerships which own shares of common stock, including, Maple Leaf Partners, L.P. and Maple Leaf Offshore, Ltd.&#160;&#160;Andreeff Equity Advisors, L.L.C. is the investment adviser of each such limited partnership.</div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div>On February 13, 2009, a Schedule 13G was (i) filed by Maple Leaf Offshore, Ltd. indicating that such person has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 342,627 shares of common stock; (ii) filed by Maple Leaf Partners, L.P. indicating such person has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 243,134 shares of common stock; and (iii) filed jointly by Maple Leaf Capital I, L.L.C. (with Dane Andreeff and Andreeff Equity Advisors, L.L.C., as otherwise described
above) indicating Maple Leaf Capital I, L.L.C. has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 255,881 shares of common stock. On February 13, 2009, a Schedule 13G was filed jointly by Maple Leaf Capital I, L.L.C. and Maple Leaf Offshore, Ltd. indicating Maple Leaf Capital I, L.L.C. has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 276,970 shares of Class A common stock, and Maple Leaf Offshore, Ltd. has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 462,698
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<div>Beneficial ownership on this table includes the following common stock which may be purchased upon exercise of options which are presently exercisable or which will become exercisable within 60 days after December 15, 2009: Mr. Yoshimoto &#8211; 46,000 shares; Mr. Abdo &#8211; 36,500 shares; Mr. Garcia &#8211; 48,875 shares; Mr. Becker &#8211; 33,625 shares; Mr. Jaffe &#8211; 15,000 shares; Mr. West &#8211; 10,000 shares; Mr. Castell &#8211; 10,000 shares; all executive officers and directors as a group
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<div>Beneficial ownership on this table also includes the following shares of Class A common stock which may be purchased upon exercise of options which are presently exercisable or which will become exercisable within 60 days after December 15, 2009:&#160;&#160;Mr. Yoshimoto &#8211; 97,433 shares; Mr. Garcia &#8211; 111,450 shares; Mr. Abdo &#8211; 89,667 shares; Mr. Becker &#8211; 83,917 shares; Mr. Jaffe &#8211; 43,667 shares; Mr. Castell &#8211; 36,667 shares; Mr. West &#8211; 36,667 shares; Mr. Stockinger
&#8211; 16,667 shares; Mr. Dornbush &#8211; 10,000 shares; Mr. Ortega &#8211; 4,767; all executive officers and directors as a group &#8211; 530,900 shares.</div></td></tr></table></div></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[</font>__________<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">]</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[</font>___<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">]</font>, 2009, our Board of Directors adopted resolutions to approve an amendment to our<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>Certificate
of Incorporation to increase the number of shares which we have authority to issue of (i) all classes of stock from 37,000,000 shares to 49,500,000 shares; and (ii) shares of Class A common stock, par value $.10 per shares (Class A Stock), from 20,000,000 shares to 32,500,000 shares, and directed that a proposal to approve the amendment be submitted to our stockholders.&#160;&#160;Our Board of Directors will retain the right to abandon effecting the increase in authorized shares after stockholder approval if
it is determined by our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, that effecting the increase in authorized shares is no longer in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.&#160;&#160;Assuming the resolution is approved by our stockholders, the increase in authorized shares will become effective upon the filing of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.&#160;&#160;The form of the proposed amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A. We currently plan to file the amendment effecting the increase as soon as reasonably practicable.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Our current Certificate of Incorporation authorized the issuance of up to 37,000,000 shares of all classes of stock, of which 20,000,000 shares may be Class A Stock, 12,000,000 shares may be Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares may be Preferred Stock.&#160;&#160;As of December 15, 2009, a total of 9,769,761 shares of Class A Stock, 5,634,764
shares of Common Stock and 800,000 shares of Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.&#160;&#160;Furthermore, as of such date, (i) 1,808,447 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon conversion of outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and upon the exercise of outstanding stock options; (ii) 8,348,553 shares of Class A Stock were reserved for issuance upon conversion on a share-for-share basis of outstanding and reserved Common Stock and upon the exercise of outstanding stock options;
and (iii) 204,829 shares of Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance of Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Series A-2 Junior Participating Preferred Stock under our rights agreement with American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Taking into consideration our outstanding shares and shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding convertible securities and stock options, we have only 1,881,686 shares of Class A Stock currently available for future use, and all of these shares are currently reserved for issuance upon the future grant of equity awards
under our 2007 Equity Plan.&#160;&#160;The number of shares of Class A Stock available for issuance also limits the issuance of any shares of Common Stock because the Common Stock is convertible into Class A Stock on a share-for-share basis.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, one share of Class A Stock must be reserved for each share of Common Stock that is authorized for issuance.&#160;&#160;For the same reason, the number of shares of any convertible Preferred Stock that we might wish to issue is limited because any such
Preferred Stock would be convertible into Common Stock or Class A Stock.</font></div>
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to do so.&#160;&#160;In this connection, our Board has authorized the filing (and we have filed) with the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the sale of up to $30,000,000 of our Common Stock, Class A Stock, subscription rights to purchase either or both classes of our stock and/or debt securities.&#160;&#160;No decision has yet been made by our Board as to whether to proceed with the offer of securities, the form of such offer or the terms and conditions thereof.</font></div>
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resolves to undertake any such capital raise on an expedited basis and must avoid the time and expense of seeking stockholder approval in connection with the specifically-contemplated issuance of shares.&#160;&#160;Any such additional shares authorized under the Certificate of Amendment would also be available for a number of other corporate purposes, including acquisition of another company and establishment of a strategic relationship with corporate partners.&#160;&#160;If the amendment is approved by the stockholders,
our Board of Directors does not intend to solicit further stockholder approval prior to the issuance of any additional shares, except as may be required by applicable law.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The increase in the number of authorized shares is not being proposed as a means of preventing or dissuading a change in control or takeover of us; however, use of these additional shares for such a purpose is possible in the future.&#160;&#160;If approved, the effect of the increase in proportion of authorized but unissued shares to issued
and outstanding shares could enable our Board of Directors to render it difficult, or discourage an attempt, to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of present management.&#160;&#160;Our Board of Directors would, unless prohibited by applicable law or listing requirements, have additional shares available to effect transactions in which the number of outstanding shares would be increased and would thereby dilute the interest of
any party attempting to gain control of us as well as the interests of our existing stockholders, possibly having a negative effect on the market price of our Class A Stock and Common Stock.&#160;&#160;Further, such action could discourage an acquisition of us which the stockholders might view as desirable.&#160;&#160;The amendment is not being proposed in response to any known effort or threat to acquire control of us and is not part of a plan by management to adopt a series of amendments to our Certificate
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on our stockholders at such time.&#160;&#160;To the extent that additional authorized shares are issued in the future, such issuance will decrease existing stockholders&#8217; percentage equity ownership interests and, depending upon the price at which such shares are issued, could be dilutive to existing stockholders.</font></div>
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potentially provides extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.&#160;&#160;We and some brokers household proxy materials, delivering a single proxy statement to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders.&#160;&#160;Once you have received notice from your broker or our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company (&#8220;AST&#8221;), that they or we will be householding materials to your address,
householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent.&#160;&#160;However, we will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of this proxy statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single proxy statement was delivered.&#160;&#160;If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement, or if you are receiving multiple proxy statements and would like to request delivery of
a single proxy statement, please notify your broker if your shares are held in a brokerage account or AST if you hold registered shares.&#160;&#160;You can notify AST by calling (800) 937-5449 or by sending a written request to American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Proxy - For the Special Meeting of Stockholders &#8211; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">on </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">[</font>________<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">] [</font>__<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">]</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2010.</font></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING</font>: The notice of meeting and proxy statement are available at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">www.benihana.com</font>.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The undersigned stockholder of BENIHANA INC., revoking any previous proxy for such stock, hereby appoints Darwin C. Dornbush and Norman Becker, or any one of them, the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes them to vote all shares of Common Stock of BENIHANA INC. which the undersigned
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