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MICRO GENERAL CORPORATION
2510 N. REDHILL, SUITE 230
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
JULY 20, 2000
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Micro General Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2000, at 10:00 a.m., local time,
at the offices of Micro General Corporation, 2510 N. Redhill, Suite 230, Santa
Ana, California for the following purposes:
(1) to elect eight directors to serve for the next year or until their
successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal;
(2) to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy
Statement accompanying this Notice. Only stockholders of record at the close of
business on May 31, 2000, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person.
Sincerely,
/s/ WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II
WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II
Co-Chairman of the Board
Irvine, California
June 2, 2000
WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN
THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE TO ASSURE
REPRESENTATION OF YOUR SHARES. ANY STOCKHOLDER GIVING A PROXY MAY REVOKE IT
PRIOR TO THE TIME IT IS VOTED BY FILING WITH THE SECRETARY, M'LISS JONES KANE, A
WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION OR A DULY EXECUTED PROXY BEARING A LATER DATE, OR
BY VOTING IN PERSON AT THE MEETING. NO POSTAGE NEED BE AFFIXED TO THE PROXY IF
IT IS MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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MICRO GENERAL CORPORATION
2510 N. REDHILL, SUITE 230
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705
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PROXY STATEMENT
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INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of Micro General
Corporation (the "Company") for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
"Meeting") to be held Thursday, July 20, 2000, at 10:00 a.m., local time, or at
any adjournment thereof, for the purposes set forth herein and in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Meeting will be held
at the offices of Micro General Corporation, 2510 N. Redhill, Suite 230, Santa
Ana, California.
It is anticipated that such proxy, together with this Proxy Statement, will
be first mailed on or about June 5, 2000, to all stockholders entitled to vote
at the Meeting.
The Company's corporate offices are located at 2510 N. Redhill, Suite 230,
Irvine, California 92705 and its telephone number at that address is (949)
622-4444.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the person
giving it at any time before its use by delivering to the Company's Secretary a
written notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by
attending the Meeting and voting in person.
VOTING AND SOLICITATION
Each share has one vote on each matter properly submitted for a vote at the
Meeting. The cost of this solicitation will be borne by the Company. In
addition, the Company may reimburse brokerage firms and other persons
representing beneficial owners of shares for their expenses in forwarding
solicitation materials to such beneficial owners. Proxies may also be solicited
by certain of the Company's directors, officers and regular employees, without
additional compensation, personally or by telephone or telegram.
Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be counted by the
persons appointed by the Company to act as election inspectors for the Meeting.
The election inspectors will treat shares represented by properly signed and
returned proxies that reflect abstentions as shares that are present and
entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum on all
matters.
The election inspectors will treat shares referred to as "broker non-votes"
(i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees as to which instructions have not been
received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote that the broker
or nominee does not have discretionary power to vote on a particular matter) as
shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the
presence of a quorum.
Abstentions and "broker non-votes" will not affect the outcome of the
director elections. As to other votes, an abstention will have the same effect
as a negative vote and a "broker non-vote" will have no effect on the vote.
RECORD DATE AND STOCK OWNERSHIP
Stockholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 2000, are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. As of May 31, 2000, 12,993,863
shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Common
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Stock"), $.05 par value, were issued and outstanding. On that date, there were
341 stockholders of record. All information in this Proxy Statement has been
adjusted for stock splits and dividends.
As of April 12, 2000, the following table sets forth the beneficial
ownership of the Common Stock of the Company by each director who owns shares,
by the director nominees, all executive officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table, all directors and executive officers as a group and by all
persons known by the Company to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the
Company's Common Stock. The information as to beneficial stock ownership is
based on data furnished by the persons concerning whom such information is
given.
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SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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NUMBER OF PERCENT OF
NAME AND ADDRESS SHARES TOTAL
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc....................... 9,478,364(1) 68.7%
17911 Von Karman Ave., #300
Irvine, CA 92614
William P. Foley, II................................... 617,334(2) 4.5%
3916 State Street., #300
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Patrick F. Stone....................................... 455,794(3) 3.4%
3938 State Street, 2nd Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
John Snedegar.......................................... 1,005,803(4) 7.3%
2510 Redhill Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Dwayne Walker.......................................... 8,334(5) *
c/o ShopNow.com
411 1st Street, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
Richard H. Pickup...................................... 1,301,197(6) 10%
c/o Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc.
500 Newport Center Drive, Suite 550
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Carl A. Strunk......................................... 6,667(7) *
17911 Von Karman Ave., Suite 300
Irvine, CA 92614
Bradley Inman.......................................... 0 *
c/o HomeGain, Inc.
1250 45th Street, Suite 200
Emeryville, CA 94608
John McGraw............................................ 0 *
c/o Hatchery Works
1001 Bayhill Drive, 2nd Floor
San Bruno, CA 94066
All directors and executive officers as a group (11
persons)............................................. 3,408,459 25.3%
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* Represents less than 1%.
(1) Represents 8,689,364 shares held of record by Fidelity National Financial,
Inc. and 12,500 warrants to purchase 12,500 shares of Common Stock of Micro
General Corporation at $1.50, 250,000 warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of
Common Stock of Micro General Corporation at $1.00 per share and a
convertible note convertible into 526,500 shares of Common Stock of Micro
General Corporation.
(2) Includes the right to acquire shares pursuant to presently exercisable
options under the 1991, 1995 and 1998 Stock Option Plans as follows: 200,000
shares at $4.81, 200,000 shares at $3.63 and 100,000 shares at $3.00 under
the 1998 Stock Option Plan and 33,334 shares at $4.87 and 100,000 shares at
$15.25 under the 1999 Stock Option Plan.
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(3) Represents the right to acquire shares pursuant to presently exercisable
options under the 1999 and 1998 Stock Option Plans as follows: 200,000
shares at $4.81, 200,000 shares at $3.63 and 22,460 shares at $3.00 under
the 1998 Stock Option Plan and 33,334 shares under the 1999 Stock Option
Plan.
(4) Represents warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock of Micro
General Corporation at $1.00 per share, and the right to acquire shares
pursuant to presently exercisable options under the 1999 and 1998 Stock
Option Plans as follows: 200,000 shares at $4.75, 250,000 shares at $3.63
and 72,470 shares at $3.00 under the 1998 Stock Option Plan and 150,000
shares at $4.875 and 100,000 at $15.25 under the 1999 Stock Option Plan.
(5) Represents the right to acquire 8,334 shares at $4.875 under the 1999 Stock
Option Plan.
(6) Represents 149,900 shares held of record by Mr. Pickup's Trust. Includes the
right to acquire 50,002 shares pursuant to presently exercisable options
under the 1995 and 1998 Stock Option Plans. Additionally, 5,000 shares held
of record by Dito Devcar Corporation, and 200,000 shares are held by Dito
Carree LLP, entities which Mr. Pickup is affiliated with. Includes 225,000
warrants which are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at
$1.50.
(7) Represents the right to acquire 6,667 shares pursuant to presently
exercisable options under the 1999 Stock Option Plan.
(8) This number includes 1,889,934 currently exercisable stock options for all
directors and executive officers of the Company.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Proposals of stockholders that are intended to be presented by such
stockholders at the Company's 2001 Annual Meeting must be received by the
Company no later than May 16, 2000, in order that they may be considered for
inclusion in the Company's Proxy Statement and form of proxy relating to that
meeting. The Board of Directors of the Company will determine whether any such
proposal will be included in its 2001 proxy solicitation materials. An eligible
stockholder is one who is the record or beneficial holder of at least 1% or
$1,000 in market value of securities entitled to be vested at the 2001 Annual
Meeting and has held such securities for at least one year, and who shall
continue to own such securities through the date on which the meeting is held.
Any stockholder who intends to present a proposal at the next Annual
Meeting of the Company's stockholders without requesting the Company to include
such proposal in the Company's proxy statement must deliver or mail a notice to
the Company's Secretary, together with a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the meeting. To be timely, such notice must be
received at the Company's principal executive offices not less than 60 days nor
more than 90 days prior to the meeting, if at least 70 days notice or prior
public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to the Company's
stockholders. If such prior notice or disclosure shall not have been given or
made, the stockholder's notice will be timely if received not later than the
close of business on the tenth day following the date on which notice of the
date of the next annual meeting is mailed or such public disclosure was made. If
the stockholder's notice is not timely made, the Company may exercise
discretionary voting with respect to such stockholder proposal pursuant to
authority conferred by proxies to be solicited by the Company's Board of
Directors and delivered to the Company in connection with such meeting.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1 TO THE ANNUAL MEETING -- ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
NOMINEES
Under the Bylaws, the Company may have up to directors. The Board of
Directors currently consists of eight members. The following persons are
standing for election for the ensuing year:
William P. Foley, II
Patrick F. Stone
Bradley Inman
John McGraw
Carl A. Strunk
Richard H. Pickup
John Snedegar
Dwayne M. Walker
In the event that a nominee of the Company is unable or declines to serve
as a director at the time of the Meeting, proxies will be voted for any nominee
who shall be designated by the present Board of Directors to fill the vacancy.
It is not expected any nominee will be unable or will decline to serve as a
director.
Any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting
may nominate persons for election as directors only if written notice of the
stockholder's intent to make such nomination is given, either by personal
delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid and addressed to: Secretary,
Micro General Corporation, 17911 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300, Irvine,
California 92614, not later than: (i) with respect to any election to be held at
an Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 90 days in advance of such Meeting, and (ii)
with respect to any election to be held at a Special Meeting of Stockholders for
the election of directors, the close of business on the 10th day following the
date on which notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders. Each such
notice must set forth: (a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends
to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a
representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
Company entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by
proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice;
(c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder
and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by such
stockholder; (d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such
stockholder as would have been required to be included in a Proxy Statement
filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission if
such nominee had been nominated or intended to be nominated by the Board of
Directors; and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the
Company, if elected. The Chairman of a stockholders' meeting may refuse to
acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the
foregoing procedure.
The names of the director nominees, all directors, and all executive
officers, and certain information about them, are set forth below:
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DIRECTOR
NAME AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION SINCE
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William P. Foley, II 55 Co-Chairman of the Board 1994
Patrick F. Stone 52 Co-Chairman of the Board 1998
John Snedegar 50 Chief Executive Officer, President and Director 1998
Dwayne Walker 38 Director 1999
Bradley Inman 47 Director 2000
John McGraw 38 Director 2000
Richard H. Pickup 64 Director 1996
Carl A. Strunk 62 Director 1994
Jeff Sanderson 42 Executive Vice President -- ACS Division Product N/A
Development
Andrew F. Puzder 49 Executive Vice President, Legal N/A
Dale Christensen 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial N/A
Officer
Joseph E. Root 55 Senior Vice President, General Counsel N/A
M'Liss Jones Kane 47 Vice President and Corporate Secretary N/A
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WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II
Mr. Foley has been Co-Chairman of the Board since March 28, 2000. He has
been a director of the Company since June 1994. Mr. Foley was the Chairman of
the Board of the Company from June 1994 until April 9, 1999. Mr. Foley is
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity National
Financial, Inc. and has been since its formation in 1984. Mr. Foley is also
currently serving as Chairman of the Board of CKE Restaurants, Inc., Checkers
Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. and Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc.
Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of American National
Financial, Inc., Miravant Medical Technologies, Inc. and Fresh Foods, Inc.
PATRICK F. STONE
Mr. Stone has been a director of the Company since 1998. Mr. Stone became
Chairman of the Board on April 9, 1999, and Co-Chairman of the Board on March
28, 2000. Mr. Stone is Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity National Financial,
Inc. and has been since March 1997. From May 1995 through March 1997 he was an
Executive Vice President of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. He is also
President of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and the four other
underwriters of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. From February 1989 to May 1995
he was President of Fidelity National Title Company of Oregon.
JOHN SNEDEGAR
Mr. Snedegar has been a director of the Company since August, 1998. Mr.
Snedegar became Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company on April 9,
1999. Mr. Snedegar was the President of United Digital Network, Inc. from 1990
until April 1, 1999. Prior to his involvement with United Digital Network, Inc.,
Mr. Snedegar was the President and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriTel
Management, Inc. Mr. Snedegar also serves as President of Kendall Venture
Funding, Ltd., a reporting company in Alberta, Canada. Mr. Snedegar is also
currently a director of StarBase Corporation and Star Telecommunications, Inc.
DWAYNE M. WALKER
Mr. Walker is currently the President and CEO of ShopNow.com, Inc. and has
been since March 1996. Prior to that he served as Chairman of the Board of
ShopNow.com, Inc. During 1995 and 1996, Mr. Walker was also Chairman of US
Connect which was acquired by IKON Office Systems. Mr. Walker is also an
investor and advisor to NETDelivery, Inc. and other technology service
companies. In 1989, Mr. Walker began his seven year tenure with Microsoft
Corporation where he held several positions including, General Manager of Sales
and Marketing, Director of Windows NT and Networking Products, Director of SQL
Server and Network Products, and other senior management positions. Mr. Walker
was recruited by Microsoft Corporation to spearhead the launching of the first
two versions of SQL Server and Windows NT. In addition, Mr. Walker designed and
led the worldwide deployment of the Microsoft Solutions Channel program.
JOHN MCGRAW
Mr. McGraw is the Co-Founder of HatcheryWorks and Internet Incubator.
HatcheryWorks was founded in December 1999 and has successfully launched over
eight companies in the financial services arena. Prior to HatcheryWorks, McGraw
served as President of Portola Dimensional Systems, a company that pioneered the
use of 3D technology in business intelligence. Mr. McGraw got his start in
technology when he Co-Founded InsWeb.com, the first mover in the insurance on
the internet space. Prior to InsWeb, Mr. McGraw founded Pacific Specialty
Insurance Company, Western Service Contract Corporation, Pacific Loan
Administrators and McGraw Commercial Insurance Services.
BRADLEY INMAN
Mr. Inman is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of HomeGain.com, the
internet's first complete home selling resource center. He also has a news
service called Inman News Features which delivers real estate stories to more
than 3,000 newspapers and Web sites.
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RICHARD H. PICKUP
Mr. Pickup was elected to the board in December 1996. Mr. Pickup is
currently a Senior Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange Member Firm of
Wedbush Morgan Securities. For the past 36 years, he has been involved with
major ownership of numerous public companies.
CARL A. STRUNK
Mr. Strunk has been a director of the Company since June 1994. Mr. Strunk
is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CKE Restaurants, Inc.
and has been since February 1997. Additionally, Mr. Strunk is Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of American National Financial, Inc. Mr.
Strunk began with Fidelity National Title Insurance Company in February 1992 as
an Executive Vice President. He was elected an Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in March 1992 and
served in this capacity until September 15, 1997. In September, 1997 he became
Executive Vice President -- Finance of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. until
March 1998. Prior to his employment with Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Mr.
Strunk was President of Land Resources Corporation from 1986 to 1991. Mr. Strunk
is a certified public accountant. Mr. Strunk is also currently a director of
American National Financial, Inc.
ANDREW F. PUZDER
Mr. Puzder is Executive Vice President, Legal of the Company and has been
since March, 2000, and has served in various capacities including Executive Vice
President and General Counsel since 1995. He has been Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. since February 1997. Mr.
Puzder also serves as Chief Executive Officer of SBRG, where he has been since
August 1997. From March 1994 to December 1994, he was a partner with the law
firm of Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth. Prior to that, he was a partner with
the law firm of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgard, from September 1991 through
March 1994, and he was a partner of the Stolar Partnership from February 1984
through September 1991. Mr. Puzder is a member of the Board of Directors of
Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc., Fresh Foods Inc., Aspeon, Inc. and
Checkers.
JEFF SANDERSON
Mr. Sanderson, Executive Vice President of the Company, was one of the
original founders of ACS Systems, Inc. in 1985. In May 1998, ACS Systems, Inc.
was merged into the Company. Prior to this position, Mr. Sanderson served as
President, System Development Division, of ACS Systems, Inc. since 1994. Prior
to forming ACS Systems, Inc., Mr. Sanderson was a Senior Systems Programmer for
Pacific Bell from June 1980 until November 1990.
JOSEPH E. ROOT
Mr. Root is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of the Company and has
been since April 12, 2000. Mr. Root was General Counsel of Marquip, Inc. from
1994 to April of 2000.
DALE CHRISTENSEN
Mr. Christensen is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company and has been since June 14, 1999. Mr. Christensen was Chief
Financial Officer and Controller of Teltrust, Inc. from February 1999 to June
1999. He was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of United
Digital Network, Inc. from June 1992 through February 1999.
M'LISS JONES KANE
Ms. Kane became Secretary of the Company on June 3, 1998. Ms. Kane joined
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in March 1995 as a Senior Vice President and
Corporate Counsel of the Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and became Corporate
Secretary in April 1995 serving in these capacities until September 15,
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1997. From September 15, 1997 to March 17, 1999 she was Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Prior to that she was with the ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. group of companies from
March 1990 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of ICN Biomedicals,
Inc. and subsequently became Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of
SPI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act require the Company's officers and directors,
and persons who own more than 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company's common stock, to file reports of their ownership, and changes in
ownership, of such securities with the SEC on SEC Forms 3, 4 or 5, as
appropriate. Officers, directors and greater-than-ten-percent stockholders are
required by the SEC's regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all
forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a).
Based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto
furnished to the Company during its most recent fiscal year end, and any written
representations provided to it, the Company is advised that all filings were
timely and correctly made.
BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors held a total of three formal meetings during the
year ended December 31, 1999. No director attended fewer than 100% of the
aggregate of all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee in 1999.
The Board presently has an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee,
but does not have a Nominating Committee. The Audit Committee, which consists of
Messrs. Foley, Pickup and Strunk, did not meet during 1999. The Audit Committee
meets independently with the internal audit staff, representatives of the
Company's independent auditors and representatives of senior management. The
Audit Committee reviews the general scope of the Company's annual audit, the fee
charged by the independent auditors and other matters relating to internal
control systems. In addition, the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing
and monitoring the performance of non-audit services by the Company's auditors.
The Committee is also responsible for recommending the engagement or discharge
of the Company's independent auditors.
The Compensation Committee currently consists of Messrs. Pickup and Strunk.
The Compensation Committee, either alone or in conjunction with other Board
committees, reviews and reports to the Board the salary, fee and benefit
programs designed for senior management, officers and directors with a view to
ensure that the Company is attracting and retaining highly-qualified individuals
through competitive salary, fee and benefit programs and encouraging continued
extraordinary effort through incentive rewards. The Compensation Committee did
not meet during 1999.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
The Company entered into a three-year employment agreement (the
"Agreement") with its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Snedegar,
effective April 15, 1999, replacing all other agreements entered into between
the parties, but not superceding the Inducement Agreement dated August 1998. His
minimum annual base salary is $250,000. The Agreement includes other
compensation and executive fringe benefits, including an annual bonus equal to
ten percent (10%) of the audited pre-tax profits for each calendar year, but no
less than $150,000 for 1999. For calendar year 2002, the bonus calculation shall
be prorated for the period from January 1, 2002 through the end of the term.
There will be a transactional bonus paid equal to 5% of the net transaction
proceeds , as defined in the agreement for the sale of all or a majority
interest in the Company's subsidiaries, or all or substantially all of the
assets of any material division of the Company or its subsidiaries. In the event
of termination of the agreement for Good Reason (as defined in the agreement as
a change in control) or if Mr. Snedegar's employment is terminated due to a
breach of this Agreement then he shall receive (i) his salary through the date
of termination, (ii) severance pay in an amount equal to his annual
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salary in effect as of the date of termination multiplied by the greater number
of years remaining in the term of employment, including partial years, or 2
years, any pro-rated bonus earned, any transaction bonus due and accrued and
unpaid expense reimbursement, and (iii) any transaction bonus owing. The
Agreement allows the Company to terminate Mr. Snedegar upon written notice
without cause with terms specified in the Agreement. Upon Mr. Snedegar's death,
his estate will receive a payment in the amount of the base salary through date
of death, any pro-rated bonus, any transaction bonus and unpaid expense
reimbursement. Upon incapacity or disability for a continuous period of four
months, the Company may terminate the employment contract with Mr. Snedegar upon
payment of an amount equal to his minimum annual base salary, without offset for
the remainder of the Agreement.
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Pursuant to recent SEC regulations, listed below is the performance of the
cumulative total return to shareholders (stock price appreciation) during the
previous 5 years in comparison to returns on the NASDAQ Stock Market index and
NASDAQ Computer Manufacturers Stock index.
COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG MICRO GENERAL CORPORATION, NASDAQ
COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS STOCK
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NASDAQ COMPUTER
MICRO GENERAL CORP NASDAQ US MANUFACTURING
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Dec 94 100.00 100.00 100.00
Dec 95 70.59 141.33 157.45
Dec 96 82.35 173.89 211.09
Dec 97 64.71 213.07 255.35
Dec 98 200.00 300.25 553.26
Dec 99 767.67 542.43 1163.21
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ASSUMES $100 INVESTED ON JANUARY 1, 1995. ASSUMES DIVIDEND REINVESTED.
FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1999
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The Company and FNFI completed the merger of Micro General Corporation with
ACS Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FNFI on May 14, 1998. As a
result of the merger, all of the outstanding shares of ACS were exchanged for
4.6 million shares of Micro General Corporation common stock. The transaction
was valued at $1.3 million. Following the merger of Micro General Corporation
and ACS, FNFI owned approximately 81.4% of the common stock of the Company on an
undiluted basis. The transaction has been treated as a reverse merger, i.e.,
Micro General Corporation has been acquired by Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
as a majority-owned subsidiary through a merger with and into ACS Systems, Inc.,
with Micro General Corporation as the surviving entity. As of December 31, 1999,
FNFI owned 69.3% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
On November 17, 1998, the Company completed the acquisition of
LDExchange.com, Inc. ("LDExchange"), an emerging multinational carrier focused
primarily on the international long distance market. LDExchange is a
facilities-based, wholesale long distance carrier providing low cost
international telecommunications services primarily to U.S. based long distance
carriers. The range of services offered by
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LDExchange complements the domestic long distance services offered by ACS. The
LDExchange purchase price was $3.1 million, payable $1.1 million in cash and
$2.0 million in Micro General restricted common stock (1,000,000 shares).
On October 1, 1999, Micro General entered into an Intellectual Property
Transfer Agreement that provided the financing to launch escrow.com, Inc. as a
new company. Under the agreement, the Company sold the escrow.com name and
trademark, the escrow.com internet URL, a license for the Micro General
proprietary escrow trust accounting software, the Company's computer services
provider business unit and approximately $535,000 of related computer equipment.
Under the terms of the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement, the Company
received from escrow.com a $4.5 million note with a term of seven years and an
accrued interest rate of three percent. The Company also received a warrant
giving the Company the right to purchase 15.0 million shares of escrow.com
common stock at a price of $0.40 per share.
Certain officers and directors of the Company are also officers and
directors of escrow.com, Inc. They include John Snedegar -- Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board; William P. Foley -- Vice Chairman of the
Board; Patrick F. Stone -- Director; and Dwayne Walker -- Director.
INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS
None.
TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS
None.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act require the Company's officers and directors,
and persons who own more than 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company's common stock, to file reports of their ownership, and changes in
ownership, of such securities with the SEC on SEC Forms 3, 4 or 5, as
appropriate. Officers, directors and greater-than-ten-percent stockholders are
required by the SEC's regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all
forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a).
Based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto
furnished to the Company during its most recent fiscal year end, and any written
representations provided to it, the Company is advised that all filings were
timely and correctly made.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
KPMG LLP are the Company's auditors of record and have audited the
Company's financial statements annually from 1988 through December 31, 1999. The
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has not made a recommendation with
respect to retention of auditors by the Company for year ending December 31,
2000. Representatives of KPMG LLP are expected to be present at the Meeting with
the opportunity to make a statement, if they desire to do so, and are expected
to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
OTHER MATTERS
The Company knows of no other matters to be submitted at the Meeting. If
any other matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the
persons named in the enclosed proxy card to vote the shares they represent as
the Board of Directors may recommend.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company files Annual Reports on Form 10-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. A copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1999 (except for certain exhibits thereto), may be
obtained, free of charge, upon written request by any stockholder to Micro
General Corporation, 2510 N. Redhill, Suite 230, Santa Ana, California 92705,
Attention: Secretary. Copies of all exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
are available upon a similar request, subject to payment of a $.15 per page
charge to reimburse the Company for its expenses in supplying any exhibit.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ M'LISS JONES KANE
M'LISS JONES KANE
Corporate Secretary
June 2, 2000
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Proxy
Micro General Corporation
2510 N. Redhill, Suite 230, Santa Ana, California 92705
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints William P. Foley, II and Patrick F. Stone as
proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent and to vote, as designated below, all shares of common
stock of Micro General Corporation held of record by the undersigned on June 9,
2000 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on August 3, 2000, or any
adjournment thereof.
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS [ ] FOR the nominees listed [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
below (except as marked to to vote for the
the contrary below) nominees listed
below
(INSTRUCTION: to withhold authority to vote for an individual nominee, strike a
line through the nominee's name below)
William P. Foley, II, Patrick F. Stone, Carl A. Strunk, Bradley Inman,
John McGraw, Richard H. Pickup, John Snedegar, Dwayne M. Walker
2. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE COMPANY
NOMINEES AND FOR ALL PROPOSALS.
DATED:
, 2000
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(SIGNATURE)
, 2000
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(SIGNATURE)
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEARS
BELOW. WHEN SHARES ARE HELD BY MORE THAN
ONE OWNER, ALL SHOULD SIGN. WHEN SIGNING
AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR,
TRUSTEE, OR GUARDIAN, PLEASE GIVE FULL
TITLE AS SUCH. IF A CORPORATION, PLEASE
SIGN IN FULL CORPORATE NAME BY PRESIDENT
OR AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF A PARTNERSHIP,
PLEASE SIGN IN PARTNERSHIP NAME BY
AUTHORIZED PERSON.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER.
