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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K
ON FORM 10-K/A
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended Commission file number
April 30, 1996 1-10555
POLYVISION CORPORATION
(FORMERLY INFORMATION DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INC.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 13-3482597
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
866 North Main Street Extension
Wallingford, Connecticut 06492
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 294-6906
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value American Stock Exchange
$.001 per share
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of July 18, 1996:
$6,637,677
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's class of common stock as of
July 18, 1996:
8,530,073 shares
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None
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POLYVISION CORPORATION
(FORMERLY INFORMATION DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INC.)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1996
ON FORM 10-K/A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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PART I
Item 1. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 2. Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 3. Legal Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. . . . . . . . N/A
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 6. Selected Financial Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant. . . . . . . . . 2
Item 11. Executive Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. . 10
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. . . . . . . . . . 12
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on
Form 8-K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The names and ages of the directors and executive officers of the Company,
and their positions with the Company, as of August 20, 1996, are as follows:
NAME AGE POSITION
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Ivan Berkowitz 50 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Joseph A. Menniti 58 President and Chief Operating Officer
Mel Schrieberg 54 Executive Vice President
Alan J. Nickerson(1) 45 Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Lawrence W. Hay 52 Vice President of Finance
Steven S. Elbaum 47 Chairman of the Board and Director
Stephen C. Knup 53 Director
Bragi F. Schut 54 Director
Lyman C. Hamilton 69 Director
Robert J. Levenson 54 Director
Thomas M. Ramseur 71 Director
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(1) Effective August 7, 1996, Mr. Nickerson resigned as Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary of the Company.
IVAN BERKOWITZ was elected the Chief Executive Officer and a director of
the Company on May 24, 1995. Mr. Berkowitz is also currently a nominee for
election to the Board of Directors of the Company, which election shall take
place at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. From September
1993 to March 1995, he was the Managing General Partner of Steib & Company, a
private investment partnership. Since March 1995, Mr. Berkowitz has also been a
director of Propierre I, a public French real estate mutual fund, and, since
July 1995, a director of Harmony Holdings, Inc., a company engaged in the
commercial film production business. From 1978 through December 1994, Mr.
Berkowitz was a Managing Director of Chestnut Hill Securities, Inc., a
registered broker-dealer in Los Angeles, California.
JOSEPH A. MENNITI was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company on May 24, 1995. From 1989 to May 1995, Mr. Menniti was elected the
President of DNE Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpine which
designs, manufactures, tests and markets electronic and communications products
and systems for the military, government and commercial sectors. Mr. Menniti
held various positions at Grumman Aerospace Corporation prior thereto.
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MEL SCHRIEBERG was elected Executive Vice President of the Company on
May 24, 1995. Mr. Schrieberg had been a full-time marketing consultant with
Alpine from February 1994 to May 1995. Prior to that time, Mr. Schrieberg
served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development of Telxon
Corporation, a manufacturer of hand-held wireless equipment, from May 1993 to
February 1994; Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Strategic Planning of
Applied Graphics Technologies, a computer graphics service company, from January
1992 to May 1993; Vice President of National Accounts of Automatic Data
Processing, Inc., a provider of computerized transaction processing, from 1988
to December 1991; and Region Manager of IBM Corporation, a manufacturer of
computer equipment, from 1982 to 1988.
ALAN J. NICKERSON resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Company effective August 7, 1996, having served in such capacities since
December 21, 1994. Mr. Nickerson also served as a director of the Company from
April 1994 to May 24, 1995.
LAWRENCE W. HAY was appointed Vice President of Finance of the Company
effective August 7, 1996. From September 1985 to January 1996, Mr. Hay served
as Vice President of Finance and Administration and as a director of Ceramicus,
Inc., a manufacturer of ceramic tile located in East Sparta, Ohio. From
February to July 1996, Mr. Hay acted as a freelance business consultant.
STEVEN S. ELBAUM was elected Chairman of the Board and a director of the
Company on December 21, 1994. Mr. Elbaum has been a director of Alpine since
1980 and has served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
since June 1984. Mr. Elbaum is also a director of Interim Services, Inc., a
provider of value-added staffing and health care services, and HumaScan, Inc., a
developer of medical monitoring devices.
STEPHEN C. KNUP was elected a director of the Company on May 24, 1995. Mr.
Knup is also currently a nominee for election to the Board of Directors of the
Company, which election shall take place at the 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company. Mr. Knup has been the Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of MetallGesellschaft Corp., a raw materials company,
from November 1994 to the present. Mr. Knup formerly served as Chief Operating
Officer of Frankel & Co., an insurance brokerage company, from May 1994 to
November 1994, and as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
AMAX Inc., a natural resource and a natural gas producer, from February 1988 to
December 1993 and as a consultant to Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, its successor
by merger, from January 1994 to March 1994.
BRAGI F. SCHUT was elected a director of the Company on December 21, 1994.
Mr. Schut is also currently a nominee for election to the Board of Directors of
the Company, which election shall take place at the 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company. Mr. Schut has been a director of The Alpine Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Alpine"), since 1984 and has been Alpine's
Executive Vice President since 1986 and its Secretary since 1990.
LYMAN C. HAMILTON, JR. was elected a director of the Company on May 24,
1995. Mr. Hamilton is currently a private investor and served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of APV, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company
engaged in the research, development, licensing and initial testing of a
proprietary technology known as PolyVision, from March 1991 to December 1992.
From December 1989 to September 1990, Mr. Hamilton served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Imperial Corporation of America, a public bank holding
company (Imperial Corporation of America filed a petition under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on February 28, 1990); and from 1980 to December 1989,
he served as Chairman and President of Tamco Enterprises, Inc., a private
investment company. Mr. Hamilton currently serves on the Board of Directors of
InterDigital Communications Corp., a manufacturer of wireless telephone
equipment, Scan-Optics, Inc., a manufacturer of optical character recognition
equipment, and a member of the Advisory Boards of Desai Capital Management and
UBS Asset Management. Mr. Hamilton served on Alpine's Board of Directors from
1991 to November 1993.
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ROBERT J. LEVENSON was elected a director of the Company on May 24, 1995.
Mr. Levenson has been an Executive Vice President since May 1993 and a director
since April 1992 of First Data Corp., a provider of information processing and
related services. Mr. Levenson formerly served as the Senior Executive Vice
President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Office of the President and a
Director of Medco Containment Services, Inc., a provider of managed care
prescription benefits (now a part of Merck & Co., Inc.), from October 1990
through December 1992. From 1985 until October 1990, Mr. Levenson was a Group
President and a Director of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a provider of
computerized transaction processing.
THOMAS M. RAMSEUR was elected a director of the Company on May 24, 1995.
He has been retired for more than the past five years. Mr. Ramseur had been
previously a partner of White & Case, a New York City law firm. Mr. Ramseur is
currently active in a number of non-profit organizations.
No family relationship exists among any of the directors or executive
officers of the Company. No arrangement or understanding exists between any
director or executive officer and any other person pursuant to which any
director or executive officer was selected as a director or executive officer of
the Company. All executive officers are appointed annually by the Board of
Directors.
Pursuant to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board
is divided into two classes, with staggered two-year terms, and one class of
directors is elected at each Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On May 24, 1995,
Messrs. Berkowitz, Knup and Schut were elected to the Company's Board of
Directors as Class I directors to hold office until the 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, and Messrs.
Elbaum, Hamilton, Levenson and Ramseur were elected as Class II directors to
hold office until the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their
successors are elected and qualified. It is anticipated that the 1996 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held in October or November 1996.
The Company's Board maintains an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee.
As of August 15, 1996, Messrs. Hamilton, Knup and Elbaum serve on the Audit
Committee, and Messrs. Levenson, Ramseur and Schut serve on the Compensation
Committee.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Based solely upon its review of the copies of reports required by Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
received by the Company, or representations from certain reporting persons that
no year-end Forms 5 were required for those persons, the Company believes that,
during the year ended April 30, 1996, all filing requirements applicable to its
executive officers, directors and greater than ten percent beneficial owners
under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were complied with, except that, due to
administrative oversight, one report on Form 4 for Steven S. Elbaum was
inadvertently filed later than ten days after the close of the month in which he
had a reportable event.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth the cash compensation (including cash
bonuses) paid or accrued by the Company for its fiscal year ended April 30, 1996
and the two prior fiscal years to its Chief Executive Officer and to the three
other executive officers of the Company whose compensation exceeded $100,000 at
April 30, 1996 (the "Named Executive Officers").
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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ANNUAL LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
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COMMON
OTHER ANNUAL RESTRICTED STOCK
NAME AND PRINCIPAL FISCAL SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION STOCK UNDERLYING
POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($)(6) AWARDS (#) OPTIONS (#)
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Ivan Berkowitz (1) 1996 $200,000 -- -- 25,000 175,000
Chief Executive Officer 1995 -- -- -- -- --
and Director 1994 -- -- -- -- --
Joseph A. Menniti (2) 1996 $185,000 -- $32,000(3) 15,000 75,000
President and Chief 1995 -- -- -- -- --
Operating Officer 1994 -- -- -- -- --
N. Roy Anderson (4) 1996 $150,000 -- -- -- --
President of Greensteel 1995 150,000 -- -- -- --
subsidiary 1994 150,000 -- -- -- --
Alan J. Nickerson (5) 1996 $151,000 -- -- -- --
Chief Financial Officer 1995 -- -- -- -- --
and Secretary 1994 -- -- -- -- --
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(1) Mr. Berkowitz was elected the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
effective May 1, 1995.
(2) Mr. Menniti was elected the President and Chief Operating Officer of
the Company effective May 1, 1995.
(3) This amount was received as a signing bonus under Mr. Menniti's
employment agreement. See "Employment Agreements" below.
(4) Mr. Anderson resigned as President of the Company's Greensteel
subsidiary effective May 1, 1996.
(5) Mr. Nickerson was elected the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of
the Company effective December 21, 1994. Mr. Nickerson resigned from
such positions effective August 7, 1996.
(6) The aggregate value of benefits to be reported under the "Other Annual
Compensation" column did not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of
the total of annual salary and bonus reported for the Named Executive
Officer.
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STOCK OPTIONS
The following table sets forth information with respect to grants of
options ("Options") to purchase Common Stock under the Company's 1994 Stock
Option Plan to the Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended April
30, 1996.
OPTION GRANTS IN FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1996
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POTENTIAL REALIZED
VALUE AT ASSUMED
% OF TOTAL ANNUAL RATE OF STOCK
OPTIONS APPRECIATION FOR
GRANTED TO EXERCISE OPTION TERM(2)
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------
NAME GRANTED IN FISCAL YEAR ($/SH)(1) DATE 5% 10%
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Ivan Berkowitz 175,000 64.8% $3.86 May 2005 $0 $0
Joseph A. Menniti 75,000 27.8% $3.86 May 2005 $0 $0
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(1) All options were granted at market value on the date of grant.
(2) These amounts represent certain assumed rates of appreciation only. Actual
gains, if any, on option exercises are dependent upon other factors,
including the future performance of the Common Stock and overall stock
market conditions.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES DURING FISCAL 1996 AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
The following table sets forth with respect to the Named Executive Officers
information with respect to options exercised, unexercised options and year-end
option values in each case with respect to options to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock.
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NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
UNEXERCISED OPTIONS AT IN THE MONEY OPTIONS
SHARES VALUE APRIL 30, 1996(#) AT APRIL 30, 1996(1)
ACQUIRED ON REALIZED --------------------------- ---------------------------
NAME EXERCISE(#) ($) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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Ivan Berkowitz -0- -0- 43,750 131,250 $0 $0
Joseph A. Menniti -0- -0- 18,750 56,250 $0 $0
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(1) Represents the difference between the last sale price of the Common Stock
on April 30, 1996, and the exercise price of the option multiplied by the
applicable number of options.
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DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
In addition to grants made pursuant to the Company's 1995 Directors Stock
Option and Stock Grant Plans, non-employee directors receive $500 for each board
or committee meeting attended. All expenses in connection with attendance at
such meetings are paid by the Company.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Pursuant to Employment Agreements, dated as of May 1, 1995, between the
Company and each of Ivan Berkowitz, Joseph A. Menniti and Mel Schrieberg,
Messrs. Berkowitz, Menniti and Schrieberg have agreed to serve as the Chief
Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer and the Executive
Vice President, respectively, of the Company until either the respective
executive or the Company elects to terminate such employment upon prior written
notice. Under the terms of the Employment Agreements, Messrs. Berkowitz and
Menniti are entitled to an annual base salary, subject to annual reviews, of
$200,000 and $185,000, respectively, for services rendered in such positions,
plus an annual bonus of not less than 35% and 30%, respectively, of such base
salary in the event the Company achieves annual targeted performance objectives
set by the Company's Board of Directors. Under the terms of Mr. Schrieberg's
Employment Agreement, he is entitled to an annual base salary, subject to
periodic reviews, of $90,000 for services rendered in such position, plus
incentive compensation in fiscal 1997 of up to 100% of his annual base salary
for meeting and exceeding the Company's planned "order book" for such year.
In addition, pursuant to the Employment Agreements, the Company agreed to
grant to Messrs. Berkowitz, Menniti and Schrieberg stock options to purchase
175,000, 75,000 and 20,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise
price of $3.82 and vesting in five equal annual installments. The Company also
agreed to make restricted stock grants to Messrs. Berkowitz, Menniti and
Schrieberg in amounts of 25,000, 15,000 and 6,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, respectively, to be held by the Company and released at a rate of 5,000,
3,000 and 1,500 shares per year, respectively. In addition, if Mr. Berkowitz's
or Mr. Menniti's employment is terminated by the Company for any reason other
than for "Cause" (as defined) or by Mr. Berkowitz or Mr. Menniti, respectively,
for "Good Reason" (as defined), each such executive is entitled to payment of
one times his base salary if his termination occurs on or before May 1, 1999 and
one and one-half his salary if his termination occurs thereafter, in each case
together with the annual bonus that he would have been entitled to had his
employment not been so terminated. Mr. Schrieberg's Employment Agreement
contains similar provisions with respect to compensation upon termination,
except that he is entitled to payment of one-half his salary if he is terminated
at any time under such circumstances. Messrs. Berkowitz, Menniti and Schrieberg
have each agreed not to compete with the Company during their term of employment
and for two years thereafter and not to disclose any part of the Company's
proprietary technology in perpetuity.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors are
Robert J. Levenson, Thomas M. Ramseur and Bragi F. Schut. No member of the
Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee has any interlocking
relationship with any other corporation that requires disclosure under this
heading.
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BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of
the Company was established in 1990 and did not hold any meetings during the
fiscal year ended April 30, 1996. The duties and responsibilities of the
Committee include the following:
(a) approval of annual salaries and other benefits provided for executive
officers of the Company;
(b) approval of the adoption of compensation plans in which the executive
officers of the Company may be participants and awarding of benefits
under such plans; and
(c) undertaking studies and making recommendations with respect to the
Company's compensation structure and policies and the development of
management personnel.
The Committee's policies with respect to executive compensation are
intended to achieve the following goals. First, they are intended to create
base compensation levels sufficient to attract and retain talented and dedicated
executive officers. Second, the compensation policies are intended to provide a
direct link between performance during the year (both the performance of the
Company as a whole and the performance of the individual officer) as a part of
the officer's compensation. Third, the compensation policies are intended to
provide executive officers with the opportunity to acquire an equity stake in
the Company through the grant of options pursuant to the Company's stock-based
incentive plan.
During the fiscal year ended April 30, 1996, the full Board approved
bonuses and granted options to certain of its executive officers and certain
employees. In each case, the Board's decision was based upon the principles and
procedures outlined above.
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SHAREHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION
The following chart compares the value of $100 invested in the Company's
Common Stock from July 1990, the first full month during which the Company's
stock was listed on the AMEX, through April 30, 1996, with a similar investment
in the Dow Jones Equity Market Index and the Dow Jones Heavy Construction Index.
COMPARISON OF 64 MONTH CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG POLYVISION CORPORATION, THE DOW JONES EQUITY MARKET INDEX
AND THE DOW JONES HEAVY CONSTRUCTION INDEX
POLYVISION CORPORATION
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
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12/90 12/91 12/92 12/93 12/94 4/95 12/95 4/96
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PolyVision Corporation PLI 100 111 67 61 56 50 12 12
DJ Equity Market IDOW 100 132 144 158 159 180 221 236
DJ Heavy Construction ICON 100 119 115 121 116 133 162 166
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information as to the shares of Common Stock
owned as of August 20, 1996, by (i) each person known to the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Common Stock; (ii) each director and
executive officer of the Company who owns shares of Company Common Stock; and
(iii) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group. Unless
otherwise indicated in the table or footnotes following the table, (a) the
persons as to whom the information is given had sole voting and investment power
over the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by them, and (b) the
business address of each such person is c/o the Company, 866 North Main Street
Extension, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492.
Percent of
Number of Shares Common Stock
Name and Address of Beneficially Beneficially
Beneficial Owner Owned (1) Owned (1)
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The Alpine Group, Inc. 1,576,345 18.5%
1790 Broadway
New York, NY 10017
Steven S. Elbaum 421,610(2)(3) 4.9%
c/o The Alpine Group, Inc.
1790 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Ivan Berkowitz 104,181(4) 1.2%
Lyman C. Hamilton, Jr. 45,264(2)(3) *
69 Byron Drive
Avon, CT 06001
Stephen C. Knup 19,166(2)(3) *
c/o MetallGesellschaft Corp.
520 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Robert J. Levenson 19,166(2)(3) *
c/o First Data Corporation
401 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
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Percent of
Number of Shares Common Stock
Name and Address of Beneficially Beneficially
Beneficial Owner Owned (1) Owned (1)
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Thomas M. Ramseur 19,166(2)(3) *
584 West Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
Bragi F. Schut 128,219(2)(3) 1.5%
c/o The Alpine Group, Inc.
1790 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Joseph A. Menniti 25,179(5) *
Alan J. Nickerson (7) 10,534 *
Mel Schrieberg 6,500(6) *
All executive officers and 798,985(2)-(6) 9.4%
directors as a group
(10 persons)
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* Percentage ownership is less than 1%.
(2) Includes, in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), 8,530,073 shares of
Common Stock outstanding as of August 14, 1996, and to the extent set forth
in the next sentence only, includes shares issuable upon the exercise of
options within 60 days of such date under the Company's stock option plans
held by the persons included in the table. For the purpose of computing the
percentage of outstanding shares beneficially owned by a particular person,
any securities not outstanding which are subject to options, warrants,
rights or conversion privileges exercisable by that person within 60 days
of August 14, 1996, have been deemed to be outstanding, but have not been
deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the class
beneficially owned by any other person.
(3) Pursuant to the Company's 1995 Directors Stock Grant Plan, each of Messrs.
Elbaum, Hamilton, Knup, Levenson, Ramseur and Schut were granted 10,000
shares of Common Stock on October 2, 1995, subject to the approval of such
plan by the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Under the terms
of the 1995 Directors Stock Grant Plan, one-third of such shares vested on
the date of the 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, one-third of such
shares vest on the date of the Annual Meeting and one-third of such shares
will vest on the date of the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, so long
as such director remains a director of the Company following the respective
dates.
(4) Pursuant to the Company's 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan, each of Messrs.
Elbaum, Hamilton, Knup, Levenson, Ramseur and Schut were granted stock
options to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock on October 2, 1995 at an
exercise price of $3.86 per share, subject to the approval of such plan by
the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Under the terms of the
1995 Directors Stock Option Plan, one-fourth of such shares were
exercisable on the date of the 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, one-
fourth of such shares are exercisable on the date of the Annual Meeting and
one-fourth of such shares will be exercisable on the date of each of the
1997 and 1998 Annual Meetings of Shareholders, so long as such director
remains a director of the Company following the respective dates.
(5) Includes (i) 15,000 of the 25,000 "restricted" shares of Common Stock
granted to Mr. Berkowitz under the terms of his
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employment agreement with the Company, with the remaining shares to be
earned in equal 5,000 share installments on May 1, 1997 and 1998, subject
to certain conditions in the event of Mr. Berkowitz's earlier termination
of employment, and (ii) stock options to purchase 43,750 of the 175,000
shares of Common Stock granted to Mr. Berkowitz under the terms of the
Company's 1994 Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $3.86, with the
remaining options to be exercisable in equal 43,750 share installments on
May 1, 1997, 1998 and 1999, subject to certain conditions in the event of
Mr. Berkowitz's earlier termination of employment.
(5) Includes (i) 3,000 of the 15,000 "restricted" shares of Common Stock
granted to Mr. Menniti under the terms of his employment agreement with the
Company, with the remaining shares to be earned in equal 3,000 share
installments on May 1, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, subject to certain
conditions in the event of Mr. Menniti's earlier termination of employment,
and (ii) stock options to purchase 18,750 of the 75,000 shares of Common
Stock granted to Mr. Menniti under the terms of the Company's 1994 Stock
Option Plan at an exercise price of $3.86, with the remaining options to be
exercisable in equal 18,750 share installments on May 1, 1997, 1998 and
1999, subject to certain conditions in the event of Mr. Menniti's earlier
termination of employment.
(6) Includes (i) 1,500 of the 6,000 "restricted" shares of Common Stock granted
to Mr. Schrieberg under the terms of his employment agreement with the
Company, with the remaining shares to be earned in equal 1,500 share
installments on May 1, 1997, 1998 and 1999, subject to certain conditions
in the event of Mr. Schrieberg's earlier termination of employment, and
(ii) stock options to purchase 5,000 of the 20,000 shares of Common Stock
granted to Mr. Schrieberg under the terms of the Company's 1994 Stock
Option Plan at an exercise price of $3.86, with the remaining options to be
exercisable in equal 5,000 share installments on May 1, 1997, 1998 and
1999, subject to certain conditions in the event of Mr. Schrieberg's
earlier termination of employment.
(7) Effective August 7, 1996, Mr. Nickerson resigned as Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary of the Company.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
On May 24, 1995, the Company entered into an agreement with Alpine, the
Company's largest single shareholder, pursuant to which the Company may borrow
from time to time, prior to May 24, 1997, up to $5,000,000 from Alpine to be
used by the Company to fund its working capital needs, including research,
development and commercialization activities in connection with the display
technology of APV, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Borrowings
under the agreement will be unsecured and will bear interest at a market rate
reflecting Alpine's cost of borrowing such funds (currently approximately 12
1/4%), with interest payable semiannually in cash (but added to the outstanding
principal amount for the first 18 months). The principal balance outstanding
will be due on May 24, 2005, subject to mandatory prepayment of principal and
interest, in whole or in part, from the net cash proceeds of any public or
private, equity or debt financing made by the Company at any time before
maturity. Alpine's obligation to lend such funds to the Company is subject to a
number of conditions, including review by Alpine of the proposed use of such
funds by the Company. As of April 30, 1996, approximately $3,335,000 was
outstanding under such agreement.
The Board of Directors of the Company and Alpine contain some of the same
members. See "Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant."
Adience, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpine, performs certain
management and administrative services for the Company. These services include
the use of Adience's management information system. The fee paid by the Company
for these services, as previously agreed to by the respective Boards of Adience
and the Company, is at the current rate of $300,000 per year.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
POLYVISION CORPORATION
Date: August 26, 1996 By:/s/ Lawrence W. Hay
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Lawrence W. Hay
Vice President of Finance
(as both a duly authorized officer
of the registrant and the principal
financial officer or chief accounting
officer of the registrant)
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