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Preliminary
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Confidential,
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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Soliciting
Material Pursuant to Section
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No
fee required.
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i) (1) and
0-11.
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
calculated and state how it was determined):
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(4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5)
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Total
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Fee
paid previously with preliminary materials.
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule, and the date of its filing.
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(1)
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Amount
Previously Paid:
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(2)
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
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(3)
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Filing
Party:
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(4)
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Date
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1.
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To
elect four (4) nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company, each to
serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or
until such persons shall resign, be removed or otherwise leave
office;
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2.
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation
increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock from 30,000,000
to 100,000,000; and
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3.
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To
consider and act upon any other proposal as may properly come before the
Annual Meeting.
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submitting
a new proxy with a later date;
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by
voting in person at the annual meeting;
or
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by
filing with our corporate secretary a written revocation of the
proxy.
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Robert
A. Blatt
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Jack
Becker
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Donald
Rabinovitch
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David
Vozick
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Principal
Positions and
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Principal
Position
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Director
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Name
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Age
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Offices with our
Company
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Outside our
Company
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Since
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Robert
A. Blatt
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68
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Director
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Chairman
and majority
owner
of CRC Group, Inc.
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1995
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Jack
Becker
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73
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Director
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Managing
Partner of Snow
Becker
Krauss
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1997
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Daniel
Fields
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59
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Executive
Vice-President of NewTom Sales
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N/A
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N/A
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Brian
Jaffe
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48
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Executive
Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
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N/A
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N/A
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Aida
McKinney
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52
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Executive
Vice-President of Administration
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N/A
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N/A
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Roberto
Molteni
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58
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Executive
Vice-President of Technology
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N/A
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N/A
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Elise
Nissen
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54
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Executive
Vice-President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer
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N/A
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N/A
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Donald
Rabinovitch
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62
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President,
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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N/A
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1978
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David
Vozick
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68
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Chairman
of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and
Treasurer
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N/A
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1978
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All
shares are beneficially owned, and investment and voting power is held by,
the persons named as owners and/or voting power with that individual’s
spouse.
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The
address of each director and Named Executive Officer listed in the table
below is c/o AFP Imaging Corporation, 250 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, New
York 10523.
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Amount
and Nature of
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Percentage
of
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Name
of Beneficial Owner
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Beneficial
Ownership
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Outstanding
Shares
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Directors
and Officers
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David
Vozick (1)
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1,526,603
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(2)
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8.4
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Donald
Rabinovitch (3)
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1,407,803
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(4)
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7.8
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Robert
A. Blatt (5)
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819,963
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(6)
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4.5
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Jack
Becker (7)
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148,022
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(8)
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*
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Elise
Nissen (9)
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106,000
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(10)
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*
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Aida
McKinney (11)
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85,000
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(12)
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*
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Roberto
Molteni (13)
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100,000
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(14)
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*
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Daniel
Fields (15)
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50,000
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(16)
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*
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All
executive officers and directors as a group (eight
persons)
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4,218,391
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(17)
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22.7
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Beneficial
owner of more than 5%
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ComVest
Capital LLC (18)
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2,909,705
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(19)
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14.0
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(1)
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Mr.
Vozick is our chairman of the board, co-chief executive officer, secretary
and treasurer.
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(2)
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Includes
(a) 180,000 shares which are issuable upon exercise of options granted to
Mr. Vozick, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days following the
date of this proxy statement and (b) 140,000 shares of our common stock
owned of record by Mr. Vozick’s family foundation, of which Mr. Vozick has
shared voting and dispositive powers with his spouse. Mr.
Vozick disclaims beneficial ownership to the shares owned by Mr. Vozick’s
family foundation.
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(3)
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Mr.
Rabinovitch is our president, co-chief executive officer and one of our
directors.
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(4)
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Includes
(a) 180,000 shares which are issuable upon exercise of options granted to
Mr. Rabinovitch, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days following
the date of this proxy statement and (b) 125,000 shares of our common
stock owned of record by Mr. Rabinovitch’s family foundation, of which Mr.
Rabinovitch has shared voting and dispositive powers with his
spouse. Mr. Rabinovitch disclaims beneficial ownership to the
shares owned by Mr. Rabinovitch’s family foundation.
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(5)
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Mr.
Blatt is one of our directors. The address for Mr. Blatt is
1890 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, New York 10538.
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(6)
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Includes
116,000 shares which are issuable upon exercise of options granted to Mr.
Blatt, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days following the date
of this proxy statement.
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(7)
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Mr.
Becker is one of our directors. The address for Mr. Becker c/o
Snow Becker Krauss P.C., 605 Third Avenue, 25th
Floor, New York, New York 10158.
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(8)
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Includes
(a) 25,000 shares owned of record by Snow Becker Krauss P.C., a law firm
which acts as our outside general counsel and of which Mr. Becker is a
principal, and (b) 116,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon
exercise of options granted to Mr. Becker, which shares are exercisable
within the 60 days following the date of this proxy
statement.
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(9)
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Ms.
Nissen is our executive vice-president of finance and chief financial
officer.
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(10)
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Includes
15,000 shares which are issuable upon exercise of options granted to Ms.
Nissen, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days following the date
of this proxy statement.
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(11)
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Ms.
McKinney is our executive vice-president of
administration.
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(12)
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Includes
15,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options
granted to Ms. McKinney, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days
following the date of this proxy
statement.
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(13)
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Dr.
Molteni is our executive vice-president of
technology.
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(14)
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Includes
100,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options
granted to Dr.
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Molteni,
which shares are exercisable within the 60 days following the date of this
proxy statement.
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(15)
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Mr.
Fields is our executive vice-president of NewTom
sales.
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(16)
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Includes
50,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options
granted to Mr. Fields, which shares are exercisable within the 60 days
following the date of this proxy
statement.
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(17)
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Includes
those shares of our common stock owned by our current executive officers
and directors, as set forth in notes (2), (4), (6), (8), (10), (12), (14)
and (16).
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(18)
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The
address of ComVest Capital, LLC is One North Clematis Street, Suite 300,
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
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(19)
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Represents
shares of our common stock beneficially owned as of April 20, 2007 as
indicated on the report on Schedule 13G filed by ComVest Capital,
LLC. Includes 800,000 shares of our common stock which are
issuable upon exercise of currently exercisable warrants and 2,109,705
shares of our common stock which are issuable upon the conversion of the
initial principal amount of a currently exercisable convertible term
note.
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SECTION
16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE
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To
attract, retain, motivate and incentivize our employees to help us achieve
our business objectives,
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To
encourage and reward superior individual
performance,
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To
encourage teamwork, and
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To
align the interest of our executives with those of our shareholders by
incentivizing increases in the long-term value of our
company
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Name
and principal position
(a)
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Year
(b)
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Salary
($)
(c)
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Bonus
($)
(1)
(d)
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Option
Awards
($)
(2)
(f)
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All
Other
Compensation
($)
(i)
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Total
($)
(j)
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David Vozick, Chairman of
the Board, Co-Chief
Executive Officer,
Secretary and
Treasurer
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2008
2007
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317,500
317,500
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21,534
(3)
21,295
(4)
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339,034
338,795
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Donald
Rabinovitch, Co-
Chief
Executive Officer and
President
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2008
2007
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317,500
317,500
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24,095
(5)
25,051
(6)
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341,595
342,551
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Elise
Nissen, Chief
Financial
Officer, Executive
Vice-President
Finance
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2008
2007
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150,000
150,000
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25,000
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20,388
(7)
28,954
(8)
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170,390
203,956
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Daniel
Fields,
Executive
Vice-President
NewTom
Sales (8)
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2008
2007
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240,000
46,154
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40,131
40,132
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27,320
(9)
1,828
(9)
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267,320
88,114
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(1)
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There
were no bonuses earned or accrued in fiscal year 2008. The
bonus in fiscal year 2007 was accrued and earned in fiscal year 2007, and
paid in fiscal year 2008.
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(2)
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The
amounts in option awards reflect the dollar amount of expense recognized
for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal years ended June
30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, in accordance with FAS 123 (R) of option
awards pursuant to the company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and includes
an amount from option awards granted in fiscal 2007. The
assumptions used in the calculation of this amount are included in the
footnotes to the company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2008, included in the company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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(3)
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This
amount includes (i) $6,710 for a car allowance and related expenses, (ii)
$6,731 for 401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $5,049 for
life insurance and long-term disability insurance premiums, and (iv)
$3,044 for certain other miscellaneous
expenses.
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(4)
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This
amount includes (i) $8,448 for a car allowance and related expenses, (ii)
$6,750 for 401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $5,049 for
life insurance and long-term disability insurance premiums, and (iv)
$1,048 for certain other miscellaneous
expenses.
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(5)
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This
amount includes (i) $4,990 for a car allowance and related expenses, (ii)
$6,731 for 401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $9,564 for
life insurance and long-term disability insurance premiums, and (iv)
$2,810 for certain other miscellaneous
expenses.
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(6)
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This
amount includes (i) $8,118 for a car allowance and related expenses, (ii)
$6,750 for 401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $9,647 for
life insurance and long-term disability insurance premiums, and (iv) $536
for certain other miscellaneous
expenses.
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(7)
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This
amount includes (i) $4,520 for auto related expenses, (ii) $5,552 for
401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $8,654 for payment in
lieu of vacation, and (iv) $1,662 for life insurance and long-term
disability insurance premiums.
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(8)
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This
amount includes (i) $4,292 for auto related expenses, (ii) $5,421 for
401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii) $17,308 for payment in
lieu of vacation, and (iv) $1,933 for life insurance and long-term
disability insurance premiums.
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(9)
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This
named executive officer joined the company in April 2007. The
amount in fiscal year 2008 includes (i) $8,100 for auto related
expenses, (ii) $4,015 for 401(k) Savings Plan matching contribution, (iii)
$13,846 for payment in lieu of vacation, and (iv) $1,358 for life
insurance and long-term disability insurance
premiums.
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Option
Awards
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Name
(a)
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Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
(b)
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Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
(c)
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Option
Exercise
Price
($)
(e)
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Option
Expiration
Date
(f)
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David
Vozick
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150,000
(1)
30,000
(1)
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1.265
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9/7/2009
5/13/2009
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Donald
Rabinovitch
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150,000
(1)
30,000
(1)
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.31
1.265
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9/7/2009
5/13/2009
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Elise
Nissen
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15,000
(1)
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1.15
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5/13/2014
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Daniel
Fields
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50,000
(1)
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1.63
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4/15/2017
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Name
(a)
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Fees
earned or
paid
in cash
($)
(b)
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Option
awards
($)
(d)
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All
other
compensation
($)
(g)
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Total
($)
(h)
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Robert
Blatt (1)
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18,000
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48,000
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66,000
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Jack
Becker (2)
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18,000
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18,000
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(1)
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Robert
Blatt serves as a paid consultant to our company on various business
matters. In our fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, he earned
$48,000 in consulting fees.
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(2)
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Jack
Becker is a principal of Snow Becker Krauss P.C. We paid Snow
Becker Krauss P.C., our outside general counsel, approximately $94,945
during our fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 for services rendered and
reimbursement of expenses incurred on our
behalf.
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Category
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2008
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2007
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Audit
fees (1)
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Audit-related
fees (2)
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Tax
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All
other fees
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(1)
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Consists
of fees billed or incurred for the audit of our annual financial
statements, review of financial statements included in our Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the
accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or
engagements.
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(2)
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Consists
of assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the
performance of the audit and reviews of our financial statements and are
not included in “audit fees” in this table. Audit related fees
for 2007 and 2008 include advisory services related to the
acquisition of QR srl in April 2007 and specific consolidation
matters.
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receive
notice of the proposal before the close of business on September 30, 2009
and advise our shareholders in our proxy statement for next year’s annual
meeting about the nature of the matter and how management intends to vote
on such matter, or
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do
not receive notice of the proposal prior to the close of business on
September 30, 2009.
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A
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting, the text of the proposal or business and the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting;
and
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Any
material interest of the shareholder in such
business.
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NOMINEES:
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1.
Election of Directors:
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o David
Vozick
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o Donald
Rabinovitch
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(
)FOR ALL NOMINEES
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o Jack
Becker
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o Robert
A. Blatt
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( )
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
FOR
ALL NOMINEES
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(
)FOR ALL EXCEPT
(See
instructions below)
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