UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 |
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ______________________________ to ______________________________ |
Commission file number 0-19724
PROTEIN POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of small business issuer in its charter)
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Delaware |
33-0311631 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
10655 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Issuers telephone number: (858) 558-6064
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock
(Title of Class)
Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. |_|
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No ___
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of the registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. |_|
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ___ No X
The issuers revenues for the most recent fiscal year were $867,000.
The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of March 21, 2006 was $13,101,399. Stock held by directors, officers and shareholders owning 5% or more of the outstanding common equity (as reported on Schedules 13D and 13G) were excluded as they may be deemed affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not a conclusive determination for any other purpose.
The number of shares of the registrants common equity outstanding as of March 21, 2006 was 67,311,408.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format: Yes ___ No X
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1, or the Amendment, to its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, on March 31, 2005, or the Annual Report, to include Items 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 to the Annual Report. These Items were not included in the Annual Report because the Company anticipated that such information would be provided in the Companys Proxy Statement for its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after then end of the Companys 2005 fiscal year.
The complete text of Items 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 are included in this Amendment pursuant to Rule 12b-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
In addition, Item 13 of Part III of the Annual Report is being updated hereby solely to reflect the inclusion with this Amendment of the certifications required pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and Rules 13a-14(b)/15d-14(b) of the Exchange Act, which have been re-executed and re-filed as of the date of this Amendment. The certifications of our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director of Finance, Controller (principal financial officer) are attached to this Amendment as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, and 32.1.
With the exception of the inclusion of Items 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 to the Annual Report, this Amendment continues to speak as of the date of the Annual Report and we have not updated the disclosure contained herein to reflect events that have occurred since the filing of the Annual Report.
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PROTEIN POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FORM 10-KSB
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 9. |
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; |
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Item 10. |
Executive Compensation. |
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Item 11. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and |
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Item 12. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. |
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Item 13. |
Exhibits |
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Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
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Signatures |
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Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, history of operating losses, raising adequate capital for continuing operations, early stage of product development, scientific and technical uncertainties, competitive products and approaches, reliance upon collaborative partnership agreements and funding, regulatory testing and approvals, patent protection uncertainties and manufacturing scale-up and required qualifications. While these statements represent managements current judgment and expectations for the company, such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results suggested herein. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date hereof.
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Item 9. |
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance With Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act |
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons.
The table below sets forth certain information regarding our directors, our executive officers, and other significant employees as of April 28, 2006.
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Name |
Age |
Position |
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J. Thomas Parmeter |
66 |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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William N. Plamondon III |
58 |
Director and Chief Executive Officer |
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Donald S. Kaplan, Ph.D. (4) |
59 |
Director |
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Kerry L. Kuhn, M.D. (1)(4) |
56 |
Director |
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Steven M. Lamon (1) (2) (3) |
59 |
Director |
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Steve Peltzman (2) (3)(4) |
59 |
Director |
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James B. McCarthy (1)(2) |
54 |
Director |
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Joseph Cappello, Ph.D. |
49 |
Vice President, Research and Development, Chief Technical Officer and Director, Clinical Research |
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Franco A. Ferrari, Ph.D. |
55 |
Vice President, Laboratory Operations and Polymer Production and Director, Molecular Genetics |
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John E. Flowers |
49 |
Vice President, Planning and Operations |
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R. Steven Reitzler |
54 |
Vice President, Regulator Affairs/Quality Assurance |
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Janis Y. Neves |
55 |
Director of Finance and Administration, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary |
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Member of the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of Board of Directors. | ||||
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Member of the Audit Committee of Board of Directors. |
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Member of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors. |
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Member of the Program Review Committee of the Board of Directors. |
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J. Thomas Parmeter has served as the Companys Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Companys inception in July 1988. Mr. Parmeter served as the Companys Chief Executive Officer, from its inception until April 2005, as its President, from its inception until April 2004, and as its Chief Financial Officer from its inception until July 1992. From 1982 to November 1987, Mr. Parmeter was President, Chief Executive Officer and, from June 1987 to June 1988, Chairman of the Board, of Syntro Corporation.
William N. Plamondon III has served as a director of the Company since March 2005. Mr. Plamondon currently serves as the Companys Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held since April 2005. Mr. Plamondon also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of R.I. Heller & Co., LLC, a management consulting firm, a position he has held since 1998. Previously, Mr. Plamondon served as President and CEO of ANC Rental Corporation, from October 2001 until October 2003, as CEO of First Merchants Acceptance Corp., from May 1997 until May 1998, and as President and CEO of Budget Rent-a-Car from June 1992 until February 1997. He was a founding member of the National Tourism Organization and formerly served on the Board of American Car Rental Association and the International Franchise Association. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Tribridge, LLC, a consulting firm, and the Board of Trustees of North Central
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College. He is a seven-year member of the Executive Advisory Committee for Give Kids the World, and is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association.
Dr. Kaplan has served as a director of the Company since April 2004. Dr. Kaplan retired from his positions as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company on March 31, 2006. He had held such positions since April 2004. Dr. Kaplan is the founder and has been the president of Matrix Technology since 2001, a start-up medical device development company. From 1998 to 2000 Dr. Kaplan was a chief consultant to International Surgical Technology Inc., a surgical device start-up company. From 1980 to 1995 Dr. Kaplan was employed by the US Surgical Corporation, initially as vice president materials science, and from 1992 to 1995 as senior vice president of operations and technology.
Kerry L. Kuhn, M.D. has served as a director of the Company since April 2000. Dr. Kuhn is currently a partner and Board certified practicing physician at the Omega Obstetrics and Gynecology Center in Coral Springs, Florida, a position he has held since 1986. Dr. Kuhn also serves as an adjunct professor in biology at the Nova University Department of Science, Math and Technology.
Steven M. Lamon has served as a director of the Company since May 2004. Mr. Lamon currently serves as a consultant to several educational, religious and municipal organizations and serves on the board of directors of two privately-held companies, VasSol Inc., and Cordillera Asset Management. From 1976 to January 2005, Mr. Lamon was employed by Merrill Lynch, initially as an equity institutional salesman and from 1984 to 2002 as Head of the Chicago Institutional Equity Sales desk and Director of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
Steve Peltzman has served as a director of the Company since May 2004. Mr. Peltzman currently works as the Chairman and CEO of StatSure Diagnostics Systems, Inc. (SSUR), a Massachusetts company making and marketing rapid diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted and other infectious diseases. Mr. Peltzman is on the Board and is interim CEO of InterPath Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private, Houston based cancer therapy company. Mr. Peltzman is on the Board of Overseers of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. During the past several years he has been active in several small health care and technology start-ups as their interim CEO or COO or in an advisory capacity to their Boards of Directors.
James B. McCarthy has served as a director of the Company since April 2005. He currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gemini Consulting Group, Inc., a position he has held since its inception in 1991. Mr. McCarthy addresses legal, organizational and financial issues for Gemini Consulting Group clients and partners. His thirty years experience in the health care field has ranged from analysis and planning to senior management roles. His expertise is in developing hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in both the U.S. and overseas, developing and implementing hospital and physician joint venture strategies and implementing domestic and international medical supply and equipment arrangements. Prior to forming Gemini, Mr. McCarthy was the Executive Vice President of First Health Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based health care consulting company from 1984 until 1991. He has also held positions as Vice President and General Manager of a medical device manufacturing company in the Chicago area, and spent five years in increasingly responsible planning positions with the Medical Products Division of 3M Company. Mr. McCarthy is a member of various state and national organizations, including the American Health Lawyers Association and the National Strategy Forum. Mr. McCarthy also serves on the National Advisory Council of the Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale, Illinois; Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC, NASDAQ), Lake Forest, Illinois; Sirigen Corporation, Santa Barbara, California; and Initiatives Healthcare, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Cappello has been the Companys Vice President, Research and Development since February 1997 and Chief Technical Officer since February 1993. He has been the Companys Director, Clinical Research, since July 2002. From September 1988 to February 1993, he was the Companys Senior Research Director, Protein Engineering.
Dr. Ferrari has been the Companys Vice President, Laboratory Operations and Director, Molecular Genetics since February 1993. From September 1988 to February 1993, he was the Companys Senior Research Director, Genetic Engineering.
Mr. Flowers has been the Companys Vice President, Planning and Operations, since February 1993. From September 1988 to February 1993, he was the Companys Vice President, Commercial Development.
Mr. Reitzler has been the Companys Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, responsible for strategic and executional oversight for all U.S. clinical and regulatory matters, including filings and interaction with regulatory authorities, since September 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Reitzler served as V.P. Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance for INNERCOOL therapies from March 2002 to October 2005 and previously was V.P. Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance for NuVasive Incorporated from January 1999 to September 2001.
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Ms. Neves has been the Companys Director of Finance since November 1998, Controller since January 1990 and Corporate Secretary since June 2004. From July 1988 until January 1990, Ms. Neves was the Companys Business Office Manager.
Currently, all directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors. There are no family relationships among our directors and officers. There currently are no legal proceedings, and during the past five years there have been no legal proceedings, that are material to the evaluation of the ability or integrity of any director or director nominee of the Company.
The Board of Directors has determined that the audit committee does not have an audit committee financial expert as that term is defined in Item 401(e)(2) of Regulation S-B because the Board of Directors did not believe that any of the members of the Audit Committee met the qualifications of an audit committee financial expert.
In fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Board had an Audit Committee established in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Audit Committee currently consists of Messrs. McCarthy, Peltzman and Lamon.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Companys officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Companys equity securities (Section 16 Participants), to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required to furnish the Company with copies of all forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on review of the copies of such forms furnished to the Company, or written representations that no such forms were required, the Company believes that during 2005 all Section 16 Participants complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements except for the inadvertent failure of the following Section 16 Participants: (1) Joseph Cappello, Franco Ferrari, John Flowers, Janis Neves, Edward Cape, Kerry Kuhn, Steve Lamon, James McCarthy, Steve Peltzman, and Donald Kaplan each respectively failed to file one Form 4 covering one transaction and (2) Stephen R. Reitzler and William N. Plamondon, III each respectively failed to file one Form 3 and one Form 4 covering one transaction in a timely manner.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a written Code of Conduct that applies to everyone in the Company, including our Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and Director of Finance, Controller (the principal financial officer). A copy of our Code of Conduct is attached as exhibit 14.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Commission on March 31, 2005, and is incorporated by reference.
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Item 10. |
Executive Compensation. |
The following table shows for the periods indicated the compensation paid to or accrued to, or for the benefit of, each of the named executive officers of the Company for services rendered to the Company during 2005.
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Summary Compensation Table | |||||||
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Annual Compensation |
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Long Term Compensation | |||
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Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary |
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Restricted |
Securities | |
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William N. Plamondon, III |
2005 |
$300,000 |
- |
- |
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- |
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2004 |
-0- |
- |
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- |
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2003 |
-0- |
- |
- |
- |
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J. Thomas Parmeter |
2005 |
$250,000 |
- |
- |
- |
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2004 |
230,000 |
- |
- |
- |
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2003 |
230,000 |
- |
- |
- |
1,250,000 | ||
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Donald S. Kaplan |
2005 |
$280,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- | |
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2004 |
$140,000 |
- |
- |
- |
2,000,000 | ||
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2003 |
-0- |
- |
- |
- |
100,000 | ||
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Joseph Cappello, Ph.D. |
2005 |
$167,860 |
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- |
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25,000 |
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2004 |
154,000 |
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2003 |
137,000 |
- |
- |
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1,350,000 | ||
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R. Stephen Reitzler Affairs |
2005 |
$155,000 |
- |
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250,000 |
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2004 |
n/a |
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2003 |
n/a |
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Option Grants In Last Fiscal Year
The following table provides information about the number of options granted to each of the named executive officers of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. No stock appreciation rights were granted to any executive officer during the last fiscal year.
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Name |
Number of Securities |
% of Total Options |
Exercise |
Expiration |
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William N. Plamondon, III |
- |
- |
- |
n/a |
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J. Thomas Parmeter |
- |
- |
- |
n/a |
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Donald S. Kaplan |
- |
- |
- |
n/a |
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Joseph Cappello, Ph.D. |
25,000 |
100% |
$0.65 |
1/3/15 |
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R. Stephen Reitzler |
250,000 |
100% |
$0.36 |
9/23/15 |
(1) Commencing on the 25th day of each month following the Grant Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the Options may be exercised to the extent of one-thirty-sixth (1/36) of the shares subject to the Option per month, plus any shares with respect to which the Option has previously become exercisable.
Aggregated Option Exercises In Last Fiscal Year And Fiscal Year-End Option Value
The following table provides information about the number of unexercised options held by each of the named executive officers of the Company at December 31, 2005. None of the executive officers exercised options during the fiscal year. The Company has not granted stock appreciation rights to any named executive officer.
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Shares |
Value |
Number of Securities |
Value of Unexercised |
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Unexercisable |
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Unexercisable | |||||
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William N. Plamondon, III |
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$ - |
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$ - |
$ - | |||||
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J. Thomas Parmeter, Ph.D. |
- |
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1,341,111 |
158,889 |
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Donald S. Kaplan, Ph.D. |
- |
- |
1,211,112 |
888,888 |
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Joseph Cappello, Ph.D. |
- |
- |
1,512,639 |
187,361 |
- |
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R. Stephen Reitzler |
- |
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20,833 |
229,167 |
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(1) calculated using the closing price of $0.24 per share as of December 31, 2005.
The Company does not have a defined benefit or actuarial pension plan. The Company does not have a long-term incentive plan and did not make any long term awards in 2005.
Compensation of Directors
Non-employee, non-affiliate directors are entitled to receive $10,000 for their services as directors during the 2005 fiscal year. All directors were reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses in attending meetings of the Board or committees thereof.
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Directors who are also not employees of the Company are granted options to purchase Company common stock under the Companys 1996 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the 1996 Option Plan). Under the 1996 Option Plan, each such director is granted an annual option to purchase 80,000 shares of common stock of the Company upon his or her election to the Board and on the first business day in June of each calendar year thereafter. Such options have a duration of ten years and are exercisable six months after the date of grant at a price equal to the fair market value of the Companys common stock on the date of grant.
Employment Agreements
On December 31, 2002, the Company entered into a employment agreement with Mr. Parmeter calling for an initial annual base salary of $212,000, as well as certain other customary benefits. The initial base salary is subject to adjustment by the Board of Directors. This agreement, which was set to expire on December 31, 2005 unless terminated prior to that date by the Company or Mr. Parmeter, was extended by the Board to the end of April 2006. This agreement provides that if Mr. Parmeters employment is terminated by the Company without cause and the Company has cash and cash equivalents of at least $800,000, as reflected on the Companys most recent balance sheet as set forth in its most recent periodic filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, then Mr. Parmeter will be entitled to continue to receive his base salary until the expiration date of the agreement. Furthermore, Mr. Parmeter may terminate his employment for a good reason following a change in control of the Company. A good reason means a reduction in salary, a material reduction in position, duties or responsibilities or the failure of the Company to have its successor assume the Companys obligations under the employment agreement. If Mr. Parmeter were to terminate his employment for a good reason, the Company would be obligated to pay Mr. Parmeter a lump sum payment equal to 2.99 times his base salary then in effect, plus any other vested benefits.
Each of the other employment agreements that the Company had with any of its named executive officers has expired.
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Item 11. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters. |
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans.
The following table provides information as of December 31, 2005 regarding equity compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance.
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Plan Category |
Number of securities |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) |
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(b) |
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Equity Compensation Plans approved by security holders |
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Stock Option Plans1 |
10,954,032 |
$0.712 |
1,795,968 |
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan2 |
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24,374 |
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Equity Compensation Plans not approved by security holders3 |
1,684,050 |
$0.732 |
n/a |
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Includes shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise of stock options granted under the 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan, the 1992 Employee Stock Option Plan, the 2002 Employee Stock Option Plan, and the 1996 Non-employee Director's Stock Option Plan. |
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(2) |
Includes shares of common stock available for future issuance under the Employees Stock Purchase Plan. |
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(3) |
Includes shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise of out-of-plan non-qualified options granted. The 1,684,050 shares issuable that are not pursuant to equity compensation plans approved by security holders are all pursuant to options granted in connection with consulting agreements with non-employees, and options granted to employees and Directors during lapses between approved option plans. There were no out-of-plan non-qualified options granted in 2005. Out-of-plan non-qualified options to purchase 1,000,000 shares were granted in 2004, |
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140,000 shares were granted in 2003, and 257,550 shares were granted in 2002. The remainder of outstanding options were issued on or before 2001.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of the Companys common stock as of December 31, 2005 by (i) all persons known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Common Stock, Series G Preferred Stock (on an as converted basis) and Series I Preferred Stock (on an as converted basis), if any, (ii) all Directors, (iii) each executive officer named below and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. The business address of each of the Companys directors and named executive officers is the Companys address unless otherwise stated in the table below.
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Title of Class |
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)(2) |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Owner |
Percentage of Class |
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Common |
William M. Plamondon (3) (4) (5) |
2,000,000 |
2.89% |
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J. Thomas Parmeter (3) (4) (6) |
2,222,888 |
3.24% |
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Donald S. Kaplan (3) (7) |
2,584,748 |
3.75% |
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Kerry L. Kuhn, M.D.(3) (8) |
740,000 |
1.09% |
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Steven M. Lamon (3) (9) |
1,483,989 |
2.19 |
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Steve Peltzman (3) (10) |
240,000 |
* |
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James B. McCarthy (11) |
80,000 |
* |
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Janis Y. Neves (4) (12) |
316,407 |
* |
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Joseph Cappello, Ph.D.(4) (13) |
1,588,117 |