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LENED, INC.
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LENED, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD
December 14, 2000
To All Stockholders:
You are hereby notified that the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
LENED, INC. (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Harriet Harkavy,
Esq., Suite 2310, 317 Madison Avenue, New York, New York on December 14, 2000 at
10:00 a.m., for the following purposes:
1. To elect four (4) Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualify.
2. To consider and act upon the selection of the firm of Stuart M. Fried,
C.P.A. as independent auditors of the Company.
3. To consider and transact such other business as may properly come before
the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on November 3, 2000
as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of,
and to vote at, the meeting. Accordingly, only stockholders of record on such
date will be entitled to vote at the meeting.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please complete, date, sign
and return the enclosed proxy sheet to assure representation of your shares and
a quorum of the meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is
voted, by written notice to the Company before the meeting or by attending the
meeting and voting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Joseph Flusfeder
Joseph Flusfeder
Secretary
Dated: November 3, 2000
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MANAGEMENT
PROXY STATEMENT
2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
OF LENED, INC.
TO BE HELD December 14, 2000
This statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by LENED,
INC. (the "Company") of proxies to be voted at the 2000 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, to be held on December 14, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of
Harriet Harkavy, Esq., 317 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, or at any
adjournment thereof. The Company's principal office is at 16 Schoolhouse Lane,
Morristown, New Jersey 07960.
The approximate date of the mailing of this Proxy Statement is November 17,
2000. A stockholder who submits a proxy on the accompanying form has the power
to revoke it by written notice of revocation received by the Company at any time
before it is voted. All properly executed proxies will be voted as specified in
the proxy. Unless authority to vote is withheld or a contrary choice is
specified, proxies will be voted in favor of the proposals. Although a
stockholder may have given a proxy, such stockholder may neverthe less attend
the meeting, revoke his proxy and vote in person.
Stockholders of record at the close of business on November 3, 2000 will be
entitled to receive notice of and vote at the meeting. Each share of stock is
entitled to one vote.
A copy of the financial statement of the Company as at September 30, 2000
is enclosed.
VOTING SECURITIES
The Company had 200 shares of Class A Common Stock and 18,760 shares of
Class B Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date,
November 3, 2000. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on
all matters to be brought before the meeting.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP
Set forth below is the number of shares of each class of the Company's
Common Stock and the percentage of total outstanding shares beneficially owned
by each Director of the Company, all Directors and Officers as a group and all
persons beneficially owning 5% or more of the Company's Common Stock as of
November 3, 2000.
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Class A % of Class B % of
Name Shares Class Shares Class
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Palmer Partnership #1, L.P. 100 50% 8,908(1) 47.5%
Joseph Flusfeder 100 50% 8,909(2) 47.5%
Mark M. Byron - -
Stephen M. Siegel - 1
All Directors and
Officers as a Group 200 100% 17,818 95.0%
(1) Includes 1490 shares owned by Paula Palmer, wife of Leonard Palmer, but
does not include the 416 shares owned by the two children of Mr. Palmer.
Mr. Palmer disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by his wife
and his two children.
(2) Includes 1491 shares owned by Lila Flusfeder, wife of Joseph Flusfeder, but
does not include the 416 shares owned by the two children of Mr. Flusfeder.
Mr. Flusfeder disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by his
wife and his two children.
Proposal 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
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It is proposed that a Board of four (4) Directors be elected, each Director
to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or
her successor is elected and qualified. It is the intention of the person named
in the accompany ing form of proxy to vote such proxy for the election of the
persons listed below unless stockholders specifically indicate in their proxies
their desire to withhold authority to vote for elections to office. The Board of
Directors does not contemplate that any nominee will be unable to serve as a
Director for any reason, but if that should occur prior to the meeting, the
proxy holders reserve the right to substitute another person or persons of their
choice as nominee or nominees. Each nominee who is deemed an "interested person"
of the Company, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"), is
indicated by an asterisk. Mr. Flusfeder and Mr. Palmer are deemed "interested
persons" of the Company because each is an officer of Lened, Inc. Each person
listed below has consented to being named in the proxy and has indicated a
willingness to serve as a Director if elected.
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Shares of Common
Stock of the
Director Company on
Name Occupation Age Since November 3, 2000
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Leonard Palmer * President 82 1/03/57 100 shares of Class A **
of Lened, 7,418 shares of Class B **
Inc.
Joseph Flusfeder * Secretary 78 1/03/57 100 shares of Class A
and 7,418 shares of Class B
Treasurer
of Lened,
Inc.
Mark M. Byron President 70 11/30/83 0
of New
Jersey Life
and Casualty
Associates
Stephen M. Siegel President 75 11/30/83 1 share of Class B
of Town
Engineering
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The Company's Board of Directors has no standing audit, nominating or
compensation committee or any committee performing similar functions.
** as a general partner of Palmer Partnership #1, L.P.
Remuneration of Directors, Officers and Others
The Officers and Directors receive no compensation from their services.
Proposal 2. RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OR SELECTION OF
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Investment Company Act of 1940 requires that the Company's independent
auditors be selected by a majority of those Directors who are not "interested
persons" (as defined in the Act) of the Company; that such selection be
submitted for ratification or rejection at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders;
and that the employment of such independent auditors be conditioned on the right
of the Company, by vote of a majority of its outstanding securities at any
meeting called for that purpose, to terminate such employment forthwith without
penalty. The Board of Directors of the Company, including those Directors who
are not "interested persons" of the Company, approved the selection of the firm
of Stuart M. Fried, CPA for the present fiscal year by Unanimous Written Consent
dated
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November 3, 2000. Accordingly, the selection by the Company's Board of Directors
of the firm of Stuart M. Fried, CPA as independent auditors for the present
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 is submitted to stockholders for
ratification or rejection. Apart from its fees received as independent auditors,
neither the firm of Stuart M. Fried, CPA nor any partners thereof has a direct,
or material indirect, financial interest in the Company or affiliates of the
Company.
The Board of Directors believes that the employment of the services of
Stuart M. Fried, CPA for the current fiscal year would be in the best interests
of the Company.
The Board of Directors, Including All "Non-Interested Directors",
Recommends That Stockholders Vote "For" Ratification of the
Selection of the Firm of Stuart M. Fried, CPA as Independent
Auditors of the Company.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters which may come
before the meeting. However, should any such matters properly come before the
meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of
proxy to vote the proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matters.
The Company will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to the
use of the mails, proxies may be solicited personally, by telephone or by
telegraph, and the Company may pay persons holding shares of the Company in
their names or those of their nominees for their expenses in sending soliciting
material to their principals.
Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the next Annual
Meeting of the Company must be received by the Company for inclusion in the
Company's proxy statement relating to that meeting at the principal executive
offices of the Company at 16 Schoolhouse Lane, Morristown, New Jersey 07960 not
later than November 1, 2001.
NOTICE TO BANKS, BROKER/DEALERS AND VOTING
TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES
Please advise the Company, at 16 Schoolhouse Lane, Morristown, New Jersey,
whether other persons are the beneficial owners of the shares for which proxies
are being solicited from you and, if so, the number of copies of the proxy
statement, other soliciting material and Annual Reports you wish to receive in
order to supply copies to the beneficial owners of shares.
It is important that proxies be returned promptly. Therefore,
Stockholders who do not expect to attend the meeting in person
are urged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy sheet in
the enclosed stamped envelope.
Dated: November 3, 2000
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LENED, INC.
PROXY
2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
[THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS]
The undersigned stockholder of LENED, INC. hereby appoints Harriet Harkavy
and Sidney Friedman, and each of them, the attorneys and proxies of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote, as indicated herein, all
of the shares of Common Stock of LENED, INC. standing in the name of the
undersigned at the close of business on November 3, 2000, at the 2000 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, to be held at the offices of Harriet
Harkavy, Esq., Suite 2310, 317 Madison Avenue, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m.
on December 14, 2000, and at any and all adjournments thereof, with all of the
powers the undersigned would possess if then and there personally present and
especially (but without limiting the general authorization and power hereby
given) to vote as indicated on the proposals, as more fully described in the
Proxy Statement for the meeting, on the following matters:
1) FOR [ ] WITHHOLD VOTE [ ] the election of all the following nominees
for the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until each successor is duly elected and qualified:
Leonard Palmer Joseph Flusfeder
Stephen M. Siegel Mark M. Byron
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, strike a
line through the nominee's name. Unless authority to vote for all the
foregoing nominees is withheld, this Proxy will be deemed to confer
authority to vote for every nominee whose name is not struck;
2) FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] WITHHOLD VOTE [ ] the selection of Stuart M.
Fried, CPA as independent public auditors of the Company for the
fiscal year 2000-2001; and
3) In their discretion, on any other matters which may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS
MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ELECTION OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTORS
AND FOR ITEM 2.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Annual Report to
Stockholders, Proxy Statement, and Notice of Annual Meeting dated November 3,
2000.
Date , 2000
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