PROXY STATEMENT AND
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 18, 1998
To the Stockholders:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Group, Inc. (the "Company") will be held at 2:00
p.m., on Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at the Watergate Towers Building, 2000
Powell Street, Fourteenth Floor Conference Room, Emeryville, California for the
following purposes:
1. To elect directors to serve until the 1999 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and thereafter until their successors are elected and
qualified.
2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditors for the 1999 fiscal year.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on Monday, October 5,
1998 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or any postponement or
adjournment thereof. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting will be available for inspection at the Watergate Towers Building, 2000
Powell Street, Suite 1203, Emeryville, California for at least 10 days prior to
and during the meeting.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person.
However, to assure your representation at the meeting, you are urged to
complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy as promptly as possible in
the postage prepaid envelope enclosed for that purpose. Any stockholder
attending the meeting may vote in person even if he or she has returned a proxy.
Sincerely,
Harvey W. Glasser
Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Emeryville, California
October 15, 1998
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
In order to assure your representation at the meeting, you are requested to
complete, sign and date the enclosed proxy as promptly as possible and return it
in the enclosed envelope (to which no postage need be affixed if mailed in the
United States).
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Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Group, Inc.
2000 Powell Street, Suite 1203
Emeryville, California 94608
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PROXY STATEMENT
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This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by
and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Group,
Inc. (the "Company") of proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of the Company (the "Annual Meeting") to be held on Wednesday, November 18,
1998, and any postponement or adjournment thereof. A copy of the Company's
Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, which
includes the Company's financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1998, accompanies this Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of
proxy and each are being mailed to stockholders on or about October 15, 1998.
The shares represented by the proxies received pursuant to this
solicitation and not revoked will be voted at the Annual Meeting. A stockholder
who has given a proxy may revoke it by giving written notice of revocation to
the Secretary of the Company, or by giving a duly executed proxy bearing a later
date. Attendance in person at the Annual Meeting does not of itself revoke a
proxy; however, any stockholder who does attend the Annual Meeting may revoke a
proxy previously submitted by voting in person. Subject to any such revocation,
all shares represented by properly executed proxies will be voted in accordance
with specifications on the enclosed proxy. When a proxy is properly signed and
returned but no such specifications are made, such proxies will be voted FOR the
election of the five nominees for director listed in this Proxy Statement, and
FOR ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's
independent auditors for the 1999 fiscal year.
The Company will bear the expense of preparing, printing and mailing this
Proxy Statement and the proxies solicited hereby and will reimburse banks,
brokerage firms and nominees for their reasonable expenses in forwarding
solicitation materials to beneficial owners of shares held of record by such
banks, brokerage firms and nominees. In addition to the solicitation of proxies
by mail, officers and regular employees of the Company may communicate with
stockholders either in person or by telephone or telegraph for the purpose of
soliciting such proxies; no additional compensation will be paid for such
solicitation.
OUTSTANDING SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on October 5, 1998
(the "record date") are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
At the close of business on the record date, the Company had outstanding
2,672,911 shares of Class A Common Stock and 1,159,500 shares of Class B Common
Stock. The Class A Common Stockholders are entitled to one vote per share. The
Class B Common Stockholders are entitled to ten votes per share. A plurality of
the votes cast is required for the election of the five nominees for director
listed in this Proxy Statement. The affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the aggregate voting power of the shares of Class A Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class, present or represented
at the meeting, is required for ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the
Company's independent auditors for the 1999 fiscal year or to transact such
other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting, or any
adjournment thereof. Abstentions with respect to any matter are treated as
shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on that matter and
thus have the same effect as negative votes. Broker non-votes and other
circumstances in which proxy authority has been withheld do not constitute
abstentions.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Company's
executive officers and directors:
Officer or
Director
Name Age Office Since
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Harvey Wm. Glasser 63 Chairman of the Board and Chief 1986
Executive Officer
Ali Al-Dahwi 43 President and Chief Operating 1998
Officer
Wm. Samuel Veazey 37 Vice President of Finance, Chief 1998
Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Secretary
Robert G. Rush 46 Director 1994
John P. McCracken 36 Director 1997
Philip R. Chapman 36 Director 1998
Gari M. Grimm 58 Director 1998
The following is a summary of the business experience of each executive
officer and director of the Company:
Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D. founded the Company in 1986 and since that time he
has served as Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company. Dr. Glasser
has been Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 1994 and was Co-Chief
Executive Officer from July 1993 until December 31, 1993. Dr. Glasser also
served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President from the date of
its founding until June 1992. From 1972 to 1986, Dr. Glasser was the founder and
President of Western Hospital Corporation. Dr. Glasser served in the Board of
Directors of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (B.A.R.T.) from 1974 to 1980 serving as
President in 1979. He is presently a member of the California World Trade
Commission. Dr. Glasser received his M.D. degree from the University of Chicago
School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Stanford University
Medical Center and Mt. Zion Hospital.
Ali Al-Dahwi has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company since September 1998. From June 1998 to September 1998, Mr. Al-Dahwi
served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cambio Networks, Inc. From
1982 to 1998, Mr. Al-Dahwi held various positions at Accugraph Corporation, one
of the Company's competitors. From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Al-Dahwi was Vice President
and General Manager - Global Complex Enterprise Network Business Unit and from
1992 to 1996 he was Manager of International Operations. Mr. Al-Dahwi holds a BS
in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas El Paso.
Wm. Samuel Veazey has been Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary of the Company since March 1998. From January 1990 to
March 1998 he was Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary for Sparta Surgical Corporation, a medical products
manufacturer and distributor. From January 1988 to December 1989, he was Vice
President of Corporate Finance for Interco Funding Group, Inc., an investment
banking firm. Mr. Veazey earned a BS degree in Biology and Chemistry, an MS
degree in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA degree in Finance and General
Management, all from the University of Miami.
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Robert G. Rush has been a director of the Company since February 1994. In
1992, he founded Rush Enterprises, Inc., which acquires and/or invests in local
businesses. From 1989 to 1992, he was the Executive Vice President, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer for MedRehab, a medical rehabilitation service
company which was engaged in providing physical, occupational, speech and
respiratory therapies through outpatient clinics and contracts in nursing homes
and hospitals. Mr. Rush holds a BA in Accounting and a Masters degree in
Accountancy both from Florida State University.
John P. McCracken has been a director of the Company since April 1997.
Since January 1998 Mr. McCracken has been the Vice President of OEM sales for
Compressent Corporation, a computer software company. In 1996, he founded First
Step Consulting which provides sales and marketing consulting services within
the computer industry. From 1995 to 1996, he was President and Chief Executive
Officer of WitchDesk, Inc., a computer software company. From 1993 to 1995 he
served as Director of New Business Development for Award Software International,
a computer software company. From 1991 to 1993 he was International Sales
Manager for Star Signal Corporation, a computer hardware manufacturer.
Philip R. Chapman has served as director of the Company since September
1998. From April 1997 to September 1998, Mr. Chapman was a director of Cambio
Networks, Inc. Mr. Chapman is currently a General Partner of Adler & Company and
Euro-America II, two of the Company's major shareholders. Mr. Chapman is
presently a director of Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation and Shells
Seafood Restaurants as well as several privately held companies. Mr. Chapman
holds a BS in Psychology and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia
University.
Gari Grimm has served as director of the Company since September 1998. Ms.
Grimm served as Chairman of the Board of Cambio Networks, Inc. from June 1998 to
September 1998 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from March 1997
until June 1998. Ms. Grimm has over 25 years of senior management experience
with technology companies, having served as President and CEO for Optimedics
Corporation from 1994 through 1996, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer
for Attachmate Corporation from 1991 to 1993, and Chief Operating Officer for
Electronics for Imaging from 1990 to 1991. Ms. Grimm holds a BA from the
University of Colorado, an MBA from Harvard University, and an LLD from the
University of Washington.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
The Board of Directors of the Company currently consists of five members.
The following five persons have been nominated by the Board of Directors to
serve as directors until the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter
until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D.
Robert G. Rush
John P. McCracken
Philip R. Chapman
Gari M. Grimm
In connection with the Company's acquisition of Cambio Networks, Inc.
("Cambio"), the Company's majority stockholder, Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D.,
entered into a voting agreement with the former stockholders of Cambio, pursuant
to which Dr. Glasser agreed to vote his shares in favor of the election of three
designees of such former Cambio stockholders to the Board of Directors of the
Company. The voting agreement terminates in September 2001 or such earlier time
as such former Cambio stockholders beneficially own less than twenty percent of
the Company's outstanding voting securities. The former Cambio stockholders have
designated Philip R. Chapman and Gari M. Grimm for election to the Board of
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Directors, but have indicated that they do not intend to designate a third
person at this time. Accordingly, the size of the Board of Directors currently
is fixed at five.
If any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director (a contingency
which the Company does not foresee), the proxies in the accompanying form will
be voted for any nominee who may be nominated by the present Board of Directors
to fill such vacancy or the size of the Board may be reduced accordingly.
Officers are elected at the first Board of Directors meeting following the
Annual Meeting at which the directors are elected and serve until their
successors are elected and qualified. There are no family relationships between
any of the directors, nominees for director, and executive officers.
Board and Committee Meetings
The Company has standing Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board of
Directors.
The Audit Committee consists of Robert G. Rush, Chairman, John P. McCracken
and Gari M. Grimm. The Audit Committee monitors the effectiveness of the audit
conducted by the Company's independent auditors and the Company's internal
financial and accounting controls, and reports its findings to the Board of
Directors. The committee meets with management and the independent auditors as
may be required. The independent auditors have full and free access to the Audit
Committee without the presence of management. The Audit Committee held one
meeting during fiscal 1998.
The Compensation Committee consists of John P. McCracken, Chairman, Robert
G. Rush, and Philip R. Chapman. This committee determines the compensation of
the officers of the Company and senior level managers. The members of the
Compensation Committee also administer the 1994 Incentive Stock Plan of the
Company (the "Stock Plan"). This committee held one meeting in fiscal 1998.
During the past fiscal year, there were three regular meetings of the Board
of Directors and six special meetings. Each incumbent director attended more
than 75% of the aggregate number of all board meetings and meetings of
committees on which he served.
Compensation of Directors
During fiscal 1998, each director of the Company who is not an officer of
the Company received $1,000 per month.
Under the Stock Plan, non-employee directors are eligible to receive
non-qualified stock options. The Stock Plan provides that each non-employee
director of the Company in office on the first business day of January in each
year shall receive a non-qualified stock option to purchase 2,500 shares of
Class A Common Stock, which will vest over a three year period. The Stock Plan
also provides that each new non-employee director will receive a one time grant
of a non-qualified stock option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Such
stock options become exercisable in their entirety on the first anniversary of
the date of grant. The exercise price of all such options is equal to the fair
market value of the shares on the date of grant and all such options vest in
full in the event of the optionee's death, disability or retirement after age
65. In each case, the option term is 10 years unless the optionee's service
terminates earlier.
Non-employee directors are not eligible for any grants or awards other than
the grants and awards described above.
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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of the Company's Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of
October 5, 1998, by (i) each of the Company's directors and nominees for
director, (ii) each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table
below, (iii) all executive officers and directors of the Company as a group, and
(iv) each person known to the Company who beneficially owns more than 5% of the
outstanding shares of either class of the Company's Common Stock.
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Percentage
Beneficially
Owned
of Total Votes
Entitled to be
Class A Common Stock Class B Common Stock Cast
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Number of Number of Common Stock
Shares Shares Voting as a
Directors, Executive Beneficially Percentage Beneficially Percentage Single
Officers and 5% Stockholders Owned (1) of Class (2) Owned (1) of Class Class (2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D. 48,892 (3) 1.8% 1,159,500 100.0% 81.6%
Ali Al-Dahwi -- -- -- -- --
Wm. Samuel Veazey -- -- -- -- --
Robert G. Rush 17,500 (4) * -- -- *
John P. McCracken 5,000 (4) * -- -- *
Philip R. Chapman 3,141 * -- -- *
Gari M. Grimm 1,538 (5) * -- -- *
Frederick R. Adler (6) 1,171,789 43.7% -- -- 8.2%
All officers and directors
as a group (seven persons) 76,071 2.8% 1,159,500 100.0% 81.7%
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* Less than 1%
(1) To the Company's knowledge, the persons named in the table have sole voting
and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as
beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where
applicable and the information contained in the footnotes to this table.
(2) Percentages are calculated with respect to a holder of stock options
exercisable on or prior to December 5, 1998 as if such holder had exercised
such options. Shares deemed issued to a holder of stock options pursuant to
the preceding sentence are not included in the percentage calculation with
respect to any other stockholder.
(3) Excludes 29,453 shares held in irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Dr.
Glasser's adult children. Dr. Glasser does not act as a trustee of any of
the trusts. Dr. Glasser disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. Dr.
Glasser's Address is in care of the Company at 2000 Powell Street, Suite
1203, Emeryville, California 94608.
(4) All shares subject to stock options exercisable on or prior to December 5,
1998.
(5) Includes 1,522 shares subject to stock options exercisable on or prior to
December 5, 1998.
(6) Mr. Adler's address is in care of Venad Administrative Services, Inc., 315
Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06880.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information concerning compensation
earned by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers of
the Company as of June 30, 1998 for services rendered in all capacities to the
Company during the last three fiscal years.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Annual Compensation
Fiscal ----------------------------
Name and Principal Position Year Salary Bonus
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Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D. 1998 $100,010 $ 0
Chief Executive Officer 1997 $100,010 $ 0
1996 $164,023 $ 0
Wm. Samuel Veazey (1) 1998 $ 32,645 $ 0
Vice President of Finance and 1997 $ 0 $ 0
Chief Financial Officer 1996 $ 0 $ 0
James F. Murphy (1) 1998 $128,584 $ 0
Vice President of Finance and 1997 $132,505 $ 20,262
Chief Financial Officer 1996 $132,505 $ 15,100
(1) Mr. Murphy resigned his employment with the Company in March 1998. Mr.
Veazey was appointed Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company in March 1998.
The following tables set forth certain information as of June 30, 1998 and
for the year then ended with respect to stock options granted to the executive
officers named in the Summary Compensation Table above.
OPTION GRANTS AND AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUE LAST FISCAL YEAR
None of the named executive officers were granted any stock options during
the 1998 fiscal year. None of the named executive officers held any options at
June 30, 1998.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
There were no material interests, direct or indirect, of directors,
executive officers or senior officers of the Company or any known associate or
affiliate of any of the foregoing in any transaction since the commencement of
the Company's last fiscal year, or in any proposed transaction which has
materially affected or would materially affect the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and which is not otherwise disclosed herein except for the
following:
A corporation previously owned and controlled by the Company's Chief
Executive Officer, Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D., purchased and leased to the Company
several facilities which the Company was not able to purchase due to its lack of
capital and borrowing capacity prior to its initial public offering in February
1992. One such lease, for the Company's rehabilitation hospital in Gardner,
Kansas, was in effect during fiscal 1997 and a portion of fiscal 1998. Dr.
Glasser sold the Kansas facility leased to the Company in conjunction with the
Company's sale of its Kansas operations. Such lease provided for a base rent
plus a percentage of the leased facility's net revenues. Under the lease
agreement, the Company was responsible for all taxes and expenses associated
with the ownership and operation of the property. The Company made payments in
the amount of $382,000 during fiscal 1997 and $31,809 during fiscal 1998 under
the lease for such hospital.
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During fiscal 1994, the Company closed the operations of its San Jose,
California subacute facility, which also was leased from a corporation
previously controlled by Dr. Glasser. In December 1994, the Company sold its
lease for the San Jose facility to an investment partnership for a nominal sum
and the investment partnership's rent obligation commenced on February 15, 1995.
The Company, however, remains obligated to make lease payments of $19,500 per
month to the lessor until August 1998 in the event that the investment
partnership defaults on its obligations under the lease. The Company made no
rent payments under such lease during fiscal 1997 or 1998.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Based on a review of forms submitted to the Company during and with respect
to the 1998 fiscal year and the written representation of reporting persons, the
Company believes that all reports required to be filed under Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for transactions occurring during fiscal
1998 were timely filed.
APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Company has appointed Grant Thornton LLP as its independent auditors
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 on the recommendation of the Audit
Committee. Representatives of Grant Thornton LLP are expected to be present at
the Annual Meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement if they so
desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. If the
stockholders do not approve the selection of Grant Thornton LLP, the selection
of other independent auditors will be considered by the Board of Directors,
although the Board of Directors would not be required to select different
independent auditors.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors does not know of any business to be presented at the
Annual Meeting other than the matters set forth above, but if other matters
properly come before the meeting it is the intention of the persons named in the
proxies to vote in accordance with their best judgment on such matters.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the Company's 1999
Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received at the Corporate Secretary's
Office, 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1203, Emeryville, California 94608, no later
than June 18, 1999 to be considered for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and
form of proxy for that meeting. A proxy solicited by the Board of Directors of
the Company for the 1999 Annual Meeting may confer discretionary voting
authority with respect to any matter which arises at such meeting as to which
the Company does not receive notice on or before August 31, 1999.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Harvey Wm. Glasser
Harvey Wm. Glasser, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: October 15, 1998
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