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SCHEDULE 14A
(Rule 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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ROMTECH, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
Ellen Pulver Flatt, Esquire
MCCAUSLAND, KEEN & BUCKMAN
Radnor Court
259 Radnor-Chester Road, Suite 160
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-5240
(610) 341-1000
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ROMTECH, INC.
2000 CABOT BOULEVARD, SUITE 110
LANGHORNE, PA 19047-1833
November 10, 1997
Dear Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the 1997 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of RomTech, Inc. (the "Company") which will be held at 2:00 p.m.
(Philadelphia time) on December 17, 1997 at the Company's executive offices
located at 2000 Cabot Boulevard, Suite 110, Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The
official notice of the meeting together with a proxy statement and form of proxy
are enclosed. Please give this information your careful attention.
Your participation in the Company's affairs is important. To assure
your representation at the meeting, whether or not you expect to be present,
please date and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it as soon as possible
in the envelope provided. Also, please indicate on the proxy card whether you
plan to attend the meeting.
Your copy of the Company's 1997 Annual Report also is enclosed. We
appreciate your interest in the Company. Thank you for your attention to this
important matter.
Sincerely,
JOSEPH A. FALSETTI
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please date and sign your proxy
card and promptly return it in the reply envelope provided (which requires no
postage if mailed in the United States). Thank you.
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ROMTECH, INC.
2000 CABOT BOULEVARD, SUITE 110
LANGHORNE, PA 19047-1833
(215) 750-6606
Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
December 17, 1997
To Our Shareholders:
The 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of RomTech, Inc. (the
"Company") will be held at 2:00 p.m. (Philadelphia time) on Wednesday, December
17, 1997, at the Company's executive offices located at 2000 Cabot Boulevard,
Suite 110, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, for the following purposes:
1. To elect five (5) directors;
2. To amend the Company's 1995 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan;
3. To vote on ratification of the appointment of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
as the Company's auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998; and
4. To act upon such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
The Board of Directors has fixed October 27, 1997 as the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on that date will be entitled to
receive notice of the meeting and to vote at the meeting.
You are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person. Whether or
not you expect to attend the meeting in person, you are urged to date and sign
the enclosed proxy card and promptly return it in the envelope provided (which
requires no postage if mailed in the United States).
By Order of the Board of Directors,
JOYCE FALSETTI
Secretary
November 10, 1997
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE DATE AND SIGN YOUR PROXY
CARD AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE REPLY ENVELOPE PROVIDED (WHICH REQUIRES NO
POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES). THANK YOU.
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ROMTECH, INC.
2000 CABOT BOULEVARD, SUITE 110
LANGHORNE, PA 19047-1833
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PROXY STATEMENT
This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card are being
furnished to the shareholders of RomTech, Inc. (the "Company") in connection
with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of the
Company for use in voting at the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Meeting") to be held at the Company's executive offices located at 2000 Cabot
Boulevard, Suite 110, Langhorne, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1997 at 2:00 p.m.
(Philadelphia time), or at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. These
proxy materials are first being mailed to shareholders on or about November 10,
1997.
VOTE REQUIRED AND PROXY INFORMATION
Proxies in the form enclosed, if properly submitted and not revoked,
will be voted as directed on the proxies. Any proxy not directing to the
contrary will be voted "for" the Company's nominees as directors and "for"
approval of each of the other proposals. Sending in a signed proxy will not
affect a shareholder's right to attend the meeting and vote in person, since the
proxy is revocable.
A proxy statement given pursuant to the solicitation may be revoked at
any time before it is voted. Proxies may be revoked by: (i) filing with the
Secretary of the Company, at or before the meeting, a written notice of
revocation bearing a later date than the proxy; (ii) duly executing a subsequent
proxy relating to the same shares and delivering it to the Secretary of the
Company at or before the meeting; or (iii) attending the Meeting and voting in
person (although attendance at the Meeting will not in and of itself constitute
revocation of a proxy). Any written notice revoking a proxy should be delivered
to Joyce Falsetti, Secretary, RomTech, Inc., 2000 Cabot Boulevard, Suite 110,
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047-1833.
The presence, in person or represented by proxy, of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock will constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business at the Meeting. All shares of the Company's Common
Stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the
meeting, no matter how they are voted or whether they abstain from voting, will
be counted in determining the presence of a quorum. If the Meeting is adjourned
because of the absence of a quorum, those shareholders entitled to vote who
attend the adjourned meeting, although constituting less than a quorum as
provided herein, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of
electing directors. If the Meeting is adjourned for one or more periods
aggregating at least 15 days because of the absence of a quorum, those
shareholders entitled to vote who attend the reconvened Meeting, if less than a
quorum as determined under applicable law, shall nevertheless constitute a
quorum for the purpose of acting upon any matter set forth in the Notice of
Annual Meeting.
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Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the
election of directors. In all matters other than the election of directors, the
affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the
shareholders. With regard to the election of directors, votes may be cast in
favor of or withheld from any or all nominees. Votes that are withheld will be
excluded entirely from the vote and will have no effect, other than for purposes
of determining the presence of a quorum. Abstentions will be considered present
and entitled to vote at the meeting, but will not be counted as votes cast in
the affirmative. Abstentions on proposals other than the election of directors
will have the effect of a negative vote because these proposals require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote. Broker non-votes will have no effect
on the vote and will therefore not be counted in determining whether the
proposal has received the required shareholder vote.
The cost of this solicitation will be borne by the Company. In addition
to solicitation by mail, proxies may be solicited in person or by telephone,
telegraph or facsimile by directors, officers or employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries without additional compensation. The Company will, on request,
reimburse shareholders of record who are brokers, dealers, banks or voting
trustees, or their nominees, for their reasonable expenses in sending proxy
materials and annual reports to the beneficial owners of the shares they hold of
record.
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VOTING SECURITIES
At the close of business on October 27, 1997, the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the
meeting, the Company's outstanding voting securities consisted of 8,960,673
shares of Common Stock. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per
share. The following table sets forth information, according to information
supplied to the Company regarding the number and percentage of shares of the
Company's Common Stock beneficially owned on October 21, 1997: (i) by those
persons or entities known by management to beneficially own more than five
percent of the Common Stock; (ii) each nominee for director and director of the
Company; (iii) each of the Company's executive officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table; and (iv) all directors and executive officers of the Company
as a group.
Amount and Nature
Name of of Beneficial Percent of Class
Beneficial Owner (1) Ownership (2) Beneficially Owned
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John E. Baer (3) 570,000 6.3%
Joseph A. Falsetti (4) 580,000 6.4%
Gerald W. Klein (5) 227,500 2.5%
Lance H. Woeltjen 694,168 7.7%
370 Hill Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
John Paul Kirwin, III (6) 1,659,674 18.4%
Odyssey Capital Group, L.P.
950 West Valley Road, Suite 2902
Wayne, PA 19087
Thomas D. Parente (7) 20,000 *
133 Union Mill Terrace
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Lambert C. Thom (8) 102,809 1.1%
Bangert Dawes Reade Davis & Thom
220 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Odyssey Capital Group, L.P. (9) 1,639,674 18.2%
950 West Valley Road, Suite 2902
Wayne, PA 19087
John J. Brown (10) 941,000 10.3%
1217 Foxglove Lane
West Chester, PA 19380
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All officers and directors as
a group (7 persons) 3,824,342 40.8%
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*Less than 1%.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each named holder is c/o
RomTech, Inc., 2000 Cabot Boulevard, Suite 110, Langhorne, PA 19047.
(2) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and generally includes
voting or investment power with respect to securities. In accordance with
SEC rules, shares which may be acquired upon exercise of stock options
which are currently exercisable or which become exercisable within sixty
days of the date of the information in the table are deemed to be
beneficially owned by the optionee. Except as indicated by footnote, and
subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons or
entities named in the table above have sole voting and investment power
with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by
them.
(3) Includes 65,000 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired through the
exercise of options which were exercisable as of October 21, 1997 or became
exercisable within 60 days of that date. Of the 65,000 shares, 7,500
shares of Common Stock are subject to options held by Mr. Baer's wife.
(4) Includes 75,000 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired through the
exercise of options which were exercisable as of October 21, 1997 or became
exercisable within 60 days of that date. Of the 65,000 shares, 17,500
shares of Common Stock are subject to options held by Mr. Falsetti's wife.
(5) Includes 177,500 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired through the
exercise of options which were exercisable as of October 21, 1997 or became
exercisable within 60 days of that date.
(6) The shares listed include securities owned by Odyssey Capital Group, L.P.
("Odyssey"). Mr. Kirwin is the President of the corporate general partner
of Odyssey, but Mr. Kirwin disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities
owned by Odyssey. Includes 303,030 shares of Common Stock which were issued
to Odyssey upon conversion of the shares of the Company's Class One
Preferred Stock held by Odyssey. Includes 71,429 shares of Common Stock
which were issued to Odyssey upon conversion of shares of the Company's
Class Two Preferred Stock held by Odyssey. Also, includes 28,000 shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants (held by Odyssey) and
20,000 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired through the exercise of
options which were exercisable as of October 21, 1997, which options are
held by Mr. Kirwin.
(7) Includes 20,000 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired through the
exercise of options which were exercisable as of October 21, 1997.
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(8) Includes 46,685 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
convertible subordinated debt.
(9) Voting and investment power of the shares of Common Stock held by Odyssey
Capital Group. L.P. ("Odyssey") are controlled by Odyssey Capital Group,
Inc., the corporate general partner of Odyssey. Includes 303,030 shares of
Common Stock which were issued upon conversion of shares of the Company's
Class One Preferred Stock. Also, includes 71,429 shares of Common Stock
which were issued upon conversion of shares of the Company's Class Two
Preferred Stock, which Class Two Preferred. Includes 28,000 shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants.
(10) Includes 145,000 shares of Common Stock subject to warrants which are
immediately exercisable.
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PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Five directors are to be elected at the 1997 Annual Meeting to serve
for one-year terms until the 1998 Annual Meeting and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified. The Board of Directors has recommended and
approved the nominees identified in the following table. It is intended that the
proxies solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors (other than proxies in
which the vote is withheld as to a nominee) will be voted at the Meeting "for"
the election of the nominees identified below. If a nominee is unable to serve,
the shares represented by all valid proxies will be voted for the election of
such substitute nominee as the Board of Directors may recommend. At this time,
the Board of Directors knows of no reason why any nominee may be unable to
serve, if elected. Except as disclosed herein, there are no arrangements or
understandings between the nominee and any other person pursuant to which the
nominee was selected.
The following information about the Company's nominees for election as
directors is based, in part, upon information furnished by the nominees.
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<CAPTION>
Director
Name Age Title Since
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Joseph A. Falsetti 41 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and 1994
Director
Gerald W. Klein 49 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director 1994
Thomas D. Parente(1) 50 Director 1995
John Paul Kirwin, III(1) 41 Director 1995
Lambert C. Thom 52 Nominee for Director
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(1) Member of Audit Committee
The principal occupation of each of the nominees for director of the
Company is set forth below.
Joseph A. Falsetti has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company since February 1994 and served as Vice
President - Business Development from January 1993 to February 1994. Mr.
Falsetti served as the Director of Desktop Systems for Unisys Corporation from
1989 to 1990 and from 1982 through 1989 held various senior management positions
in engineering, marketing and business development for Unisys' Micro and
Personal Computer divisions.
Gerald W. Klein joined the Company as Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer in February 1996 and has been a Director since August 1994.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Klein was President, Chief Executive Officer
and a Director of Megamation Incorporated, a publicly traded
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company that manufactured automation work cells used in various industries. From
August 1991 to October 1994, Mr. Klein served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of PricePoint, Inc., a start-up company engaged in the development of
electronic retail pricing systems developed to replace paper shelf labels in
supermarkets and other retail markets. From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Klein was employed
by Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a provider of security and access control systems
to retailers, commercial businesses, and libraries and was President and Chief
Operating Officer of that company from April 1986 to July 1991. Mr. Klein is a
certified public accountant.
Thomas D. Parente joined the Company as a Director in June 1995. Mr.
Parente is Director of Corporate Development for Ole Hanson & Sons, Inc., a
privately owned holding company, a position he has held since December 1996.
From May 1995 to November 1996, he was self-employed as a financial consultant
to businesses. From April 1988 until April 1995, he was a Vice President and the
Chief Financial Officer of Suvar Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty
chemicals for the printing and coatings markets. From June 1970 until April
1988, Mr. Parente was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (formerly Main Hurdman)
and was a partner with that firm from April 1979 until April 1988. Mr. Parente
is a certified public accountant.
John Paul Kirwin, III has been a Director of the Company since June
1995. Mr. Kirwin has been a principal since August 1989 in Odyssey Capital
Group, L.P., a private investment fund located in Wayne, Pennsylvania and a
principal stockholder in the Company. As of January 1996, Mr. Kirwin became an
employee of Odyssey Capital Group, L.P. From June 1985 to January 1996, Mr.
Kirwin was employed by McCausland, Keen & Buckman, a Radnor, Pennsylvania
business law firm and had been a principal in that firm since January 1987.
Lambert C. Thom has served as Vice President of Bangert, Dawes, Reade,
Davis & Thom, Incorporated, a private investment firm, since 1975. From 1989 to
1995, Mr. Thom served as Vice President of John Hancock Capital Growth
Management, Inc., an investment management firm.
MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors met five times during fiscal 1997. During fiscal
1997, no incumbent director of the Company attended fewer than 75% of the
aggregate of the total number of Board of Directors meetings and the total
number of meetings held by the committees of the Board of Directors on which he
served.
The Board of Directors of the Company has a standing Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee has the authority and duty to recommend to the
Board of Directors the auditors to be engaged as the Company's independent
public accountants and to review the results and scope of the audit and other
services provided by the Company's independent accountants and to take such
other action as it deems appropriate to ensure the appropriate safeguarding of
the Company's assets and appropriate accounting of its assets and liabilities.
The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Parente and Kirwin. This
committee met 2 times during fiscal 1997.
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
The non-employee members of the Board of Directors receive $500 per
meeting attended. Additionally, the members of the Audit Committee receive $500
for each committee meeting attended. No other directors receive cash or other
compensation for services on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof.
All directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties as Board members. Additionally, the Company's
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan provides that all non-employee
members of the Board of Directors receive an initial grant of options to
purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock upon appointment or election to the
Board, and thereafter receive options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock
on January 1 of each year that such person is a non-employee director. The
options have terms of five years and have an exercise price equal to the fair
market value on the date of grant.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF ALL
NOMINEES.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the
compensation paid during the fiscal years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995 to
the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Company's other executive officer
whose salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 during the 1997 fiscal year.
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Annual Compensation Long-Term Compensation
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Securities
Fiscal Other Annual Underlying
Name & Principal Position Year Salary ($) Bonus ($) Compensation Options (#)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Joseph A. Falsetti 1997 124,232 40,000 (1) 50,000
Chairman of the Board and 1996 107,000 20,000 (1) --
Chief Executive Officer 1995 84,500 -- -- --
Gerald W. Klein (2) 1997 108,299 10,000 -- 205,000
Vice President and 1996 38,077 -- -- 105,000(3)
Chief Financial Officer
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(1) Amount does not exceed $50,000 or 10% of salary and bonus.
(2) Mr. Klein was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in
February 1996.
(3) The stock options granted to Mr. Klein during the 1996 fiscal year have
been canceled and were regranted in the 1997 fiscal year in order to reduce
the exercise price of such options.
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Option Grants During 1997 Fiscal Year
The following table provides information related to options granted to the named
executive officers during fiscal 1997. The Company does not have any outstanding
stock appreciation rights.
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Number of Percent of Total
Securities Options Granted Exercise
Underlying To Employees Price Expiration
Name Options Granted In Fiscal Year ($/Sh) Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Joseph A. Falsetti 50,000 (1) 8.6% $3.50 5/22/02
Gerald W. Klein 205,000( 2) 17.2% $3.50 5/22/02
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(1) All of these options were immediately exercisable.
(2) Of the 205,000 options granted, 155,000 were immediately exercisable, and
25,000 become exercisable on each of May 22, 1998 and May 22, 1999.
Aggregated option exercises in last fiscal year and fiscal year-end option
values
The following table provides information related to employee options exercised
by the named executive officers during fiscal 1997 and the value of such options
at year-end.
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Number of
Securities Value of
Underlying Unexercised
Unexercised In-The-Money
Options at Options
Shares FY-End (#) at FY-End ($)
Acquired On Value Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name Exercise (#) Realized ($) Unexercisable Unexercisable
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Joseph A. Falsetti 0 0 57,500/-0- *
Gerald W. Klein 0 0 177,500/50,000 *
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* None of the options held by either Mr. Falsetti or Mr. Klein were
in-the-money as of the end of the 1997 fiscal year.
Repricing of Options
In fiscal 1997, the Board of Directors approved the cancellation and
reissuance of certain outstanding stock options, including certain options held
by Gerald W. Klein, the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in
order to align the exercise price of such options to the current market price
for the Company's Common Stock. Mr. Klein surrendered 105,000 options for
cancellation and received new options for the purchase of 105,000 shares, all
with an exercise price of $3.50, which was equal to the market price of the
Company's Common Stock on the date of grant. The terms of the new options,
including vesting and termination dates, were the same as the canceled options.
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LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS
There were no long-term incentive awards given to any executive officers
during fiscal 1997.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Company has entered into a three-year employment contract, which
expires on October 18, 1998, with Mr. Falsetti providing for an annual base
salary and annual bonuses based on achieving certain revenue targets. Mr.
Falsetti's original base salary under the terms of the employment contract was
$95,000, which base salary has been increased to $145,000. Mr. Falsetti's
employment agreement provides for automatic renewal on a year-to-year basis at
the end of its term unless terminated by either party upon written
notice given three months prior to the expiration of the current term. His
employment agreement also contains confidentiality and non-competition
provisions.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
On April 5, 1996, the Company acquired Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc.
("VRLI"), a California corporation, in a transaction structured as a merger of
VRLI with a newly formed subsidiary of the Company ("RomTech subsidiary"), with
the RomTech subsidiary as the surviving corporation. In connection with the
acquisition, the Company issued 771,296 shares and 408,137 shares of its Common
Stock, in exchange for all of the equity interests of VRLI held by Lance and
Susan Woeltjen and Clint Woeltjen, respectively, which equity interest included
Common Stock, stock options, convertible subordinated debt and a $100,000
promissory note to Lance Woeltjen. In connection with the acquisition of VRLI,
the Company assumed a $350,000 note to Heller First Capital Corporation. This
note bears interest at the prime rate plus 2.75% and matures on March 25, 2003.
This note is guaranteed by Lance Woeltjen, Susan Woeltjen, Clint Woeltjen and
the Small Business Administration.
In April of 1995, Odyssey Capital Group, L.P. ("Odyssey"), a principal
shareholder of the Company, invested $200,000 in the Company as part of a
$300,000 bridge financing to provide capital to RomTech pending the completion
of an initial public offering. Odyssey loaned $200,000 to the Company under a
12% promissory note (the "Promissory Note"). The Promissory Note was paid on
October 25, 1996. In connection with the issuance of the Promissory Note,
Odyssey received 80,241 shares of Common Stock. Odyssey also acquired, at a
purchase price of $100,000, a warrant to acquire 220,662 shares of Common Stock
at any time on or before May 1, 2000 at an exercise price of $.45 per share. The
warrant grants unlimited piggyback registration rights to Odyssey with respect
to the underlying Common Stock, subject to the standard underwriters cutback and
provided that the rights do not apply to RomTech's initial public offering or
registration statements relating to acquisitions by RomTech and employee benefit
plans.
During the years 1990 through 1995, John J. Brown made subordinated loans
to Applied Optical Media Company ("AOMC") of approximately $400,000 and received
Common Stock of AOMC and promissory notes in exchange therefore. On October 18,
1995, the Company merged
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with AOMC. As a condition precedent to this merger transaction, Mr. Brown
accepted a $300,000 note (the "Brown Note") in exchange for all of AOMC's
indebtedness to Mr. Brown. Simultaneously with the merger transaction,
Ballyshannon Partners, L.P. ("Ballyshannon"), another shareholder of the
Company, (a limited partner of which is a principal of Odyssey), acquired the
Brown Note.
During the third quarter of fiscal 1997, Odyssey acquired $200,000 of the
Brown Note from Ballyshannon, and exchanged $100,000 of the debt for 100,000
shares of the Company's Class Two Convertible Preferred Stock and 28,000
warrants to purchase Common Stock. Odyssey then exchanged the remaining $100,000
of the debt to pay the exercise price of warrants to purchase 198,687 shares of
Common Stock.
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PROPOSAL TWO
AMENDMENT OF 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
On April 28, 1995 the Company adopted the 1995 Stock Option Plan (the
"1995 Option Plan") which provided for the issuance of up to 150,000 options
granted to employees. On June 30, 1995 the Company amended the 1995 Option Plan
to, among other things, increase the number of options subject to grant
thereunder from 150,000 to 350,000. On August 20, 1996, the Board of Directors
approved an amendment to the 1995 Option Plan to increase the number of shares
issuable pursuant to options granted thereunder to 950,000. In addition, the
Board of Directors amended the 1995 Option Plan to provide that the 1995 Option
Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
shareholders approved such amendments at the Company's 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. On October 22, 1997, the Board of Directors approved an amendment
to the 1995 Option Plan to increase the number of shares issuable pursuant to
options granted thereunder to 1,950,000. The Board of Directors is submitting
for shareholder approval the amendment to the 1995 Option Plan.
The general provisions of the 1995 Option Plan are described below:
Eligibility. Employees, officers, directors and independent contractors
of particular merit are eligible to receive options under the 1995 Plan.
Types of Options. The 1995 Option Plan authorizes: (i) the granting of
incentive stock options ("Incentive Options") to purchase Common Stock, and (ii)
the granting of nonqualified stock options ("Nonqualified Options") to purchase
Common Stock. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Option" includes
both Incentive Options and Nonqualified Options.
Administration. The 1995 Option Plan is administered by the Board of
Directors of the Company, although the Board of Directors reserves the right to
delegate such administration to a Committee of the Board comprised of such
Directors as the Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors in its
sole discretion shall determine the eligible persons to be awarded Options, the
number or shares subject thereto and the exercise price thereof, subject to
certain limitations. In addition, the determinations and the interpretation and
construction of any provision of the 1995 Option Plan by the Board of Directors
shall be final and conclusive.
Common Stock Subject to the Option Plan. If the proposed amendment is
approved by the shareholders, a total of 1,950,000 shares of Common Stock
(subject to adjustment as discussed below) will be issuable upon exercise of
Options granted under the 1995 Option Plan. As of the date hereof, Options to
purchase 772,972 shares of Common Stock have been granted under the 1995 Option
Plan.
Granting of Options. The Board of Directors grants Options from time to
time in its discretion. Accordingly, it is impossible at this time to indicate
the number, names or positions of eligible persons who will receive Options or
the number of shares for which Options will be granted to any eligible persons
under the Option Plan.
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The 1995 Option Plan also provides for automatic grants of Options to
non-employee directors of the Company. Each non-employee director receives an
initial grant of Options for 10,000 shares of Common Stock and will receive
Options for 5,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1 of each year such person
is a director.
Exercise Price of Options. Options may not be granted with an exercise
price per share that is less than the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of grant. The options granted to non-employee directors will
have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock
on the date of grant.
Payment of Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option may be paid in
cash, by certified or cashier's check, money order, personal check, the delivery
of already owned shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the
exercise price, or by the use of the cashless exercise features of the 1995
Option Plan; provided, however, that such person shall have owned such stock to
be surrendered for six months prior to tendering such stock for the exercise of
an Option.
Special Provisions for Incentive Options. The maximum aggregate fair
market value of the shares of Common Stock (determined when the Incentive Option
is granted) with respect to which Incentive Options are first exercisable by an
employee in any calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. In addition, no Incentive
Option may be granted to an employee owning directly or indirectly stock
possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company, unless the exercise price is set at not less than 110% of
the fair market value of the shares subject to such Incentive Option on the date
of the grant and such Incentive Option expires not later than five years from
the date of grant. Awards of Nonqualified Options are not subject to these
special limitations.
Nontransferability of Options. No Incentive Option granted under the 1995
Option Plan is assignable or transferable, otherwise than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.
The Board of Directors may, however, grant Nonqualified Options that are
transferable without consideration to immediate family members.
Exercisability of Options. The Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, may set the vesting period of Options granted under the 1995 Option
Plan. The Board of Directors also has the right, exercisable in its sole
discretion, to accelerate the date on which all or any portion of an Option may
be exercised. The 1995 Option Plan provides that, upon the occurrence of certain
changes in control, mergers or sales of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, each Option shall immediately become exercisable in full.
Expiration of Options. The expiration date of an Option will be
determined by the Board of Directors at the time of the grant, but in no event
will an Option be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from the date of
grant of the Option.
If an optionee's employment is terminated for cause, all rights of such
optionee under the 1995 Option Plan shall cease and the Options granted to such
optionee shall immediately terminate for all purposes. The 1995 Option Plan
further provides that in most instances an Option may be exercised by the
optionee only within 30 days after the termination of an optionee's employment
with the
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Company (for any reason other than termination for cause, mental or physical
disability or death), if and to the extent such Option was exercisable on the
date of such termination. If the optionee is a director and is not otherwise
employed by the Company, his Option may be exercised only within 30 days of the
date he ceases to be a director. The termination provisions of Options granted
to optionees who are independent contractors shall be determined at the
discretion of the Board of Directors. Generally, if an optionee's termination of
employment is due to mental or physical disability, the optionee will have the
right to exercise the Option (to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date of
termination) for a period of one year from the date on which the optionee
suffers the mental or physical disability. If an optionee dies while employed by
the Company, the Option may be exercised (to the extent otherwise exercisable on
the date of death) within one year of the date of the optionee's death by the
optionee's legal representative or heirs.
Expiration of the 1995 Option Plan. The 1995 Option Plan will expire on
July 1, 2005, and any Option outstanding on such date will remain outstanding
until it has either expired or has been fully exercised.
Adjustments. The 1995 Option Plan provides for adjustments to the number
of shares for which Options may be granted, to the number of shares subject to
outstanding Options and to the exercise price of such outstanding Options in the
event of a declaration of a stock dividend or any recapitalization resulting in
a stock split, combination or exchange of shares of Common Stock.
Certain Corporate Transactions. All outstanding Options automatically
become immediately exercisable upon a change in control, as defined in the 1995
Option Plan. In general, a change in control is deemed to have occurred if
existing members of the Board of Directors nominated by existing members cease
to constitute a majority of the Board, any person becomes a 50% or more
shareholder of the Company (unless the acquisition is approved by a majority of
the existing members of the Board), the Company becomes a party to a merger in
which it will not be the surviving company or the shareholders approve the
disposition of all ors substantially all of the assets, or 50% or more of the
capital stock, of the Company.
Amendments. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the 1995 Option
Plan subject to shareholder approval in certain instances. The Board of
Directors may amend any Option, provided that such action may not, without the
consent of the optionee, impair the rights of an optionee under an outstanding
Option. The Board of Directors may not amend the 1995 Option Plan without
shareholder approval to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance, to change the class of employees eligible to participate in the
1995 Option Plan, to permit the granting of Options with more than a 10-year
term or to extend the termination date of the Option Plan.
Federal Income Tax Consequences. Under current tax laws, the grant of an
Option will not be a taxable event to the recipient optionee and the Company
will not be entitled to a deduction with respect to such grant.
Upon the exercise of a Nonqualified Option, an optionee will recognize
ordinary income at the time of exercise equal to the excess of the then fair
market value of the Company's Common Stock received over the exercise price.
The taxable income recognized upon exercise of a Nonqualified Option will be
treated as compensation income subject to withholding and the Company will be
entitled to deduct as a compensation expense an amount equal to the ordinary
income an optionee recognizes with respect to such exercise. When shares of the
Common Stock received upon the exercise of an Nonqualified Option subsequently
are sold or exchanged in a taxable transaction, the holder thereof generally
will recognize capital gain (or loss) equal to the difference between the total
amount realized and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the
exercise; the character of such gain or loss as long-tern or short-term capital
gain or loss will depend upon the holding period of the shares following
exercise.
The exercise of an Incentive Option will not be taxable to the optionee,
and the Company will not be entitled to any deduction with respect to such
exercise. However, to qualify for this favorable tax treatment of incentive
stock options under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), the optionee
may not dispose of the Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive
Option until after the later of two years following the date of grant or one
year following the date of exercise. The surrender of shares of the Company's
Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive Option in payment of the
exercise price of an Option within the required holding period for incentive
stock options under the Code will be a disqualifying disposition of the
surrendered shares. Upon any subsequent taxable disposition of the Company's
Common Stock received upon exercise of an Incentive Option, the optionee
generally will recognize long-term or short-term capital gain (or loss) equal to
the difference between the total amount realized and the exercise price of the
Option.
If an Option that was intended to be an incentive stock option under the
Code does not qualify for favorable incentive stock option treatment under the
Code due to the failure to satisfy the holding period requirements, the optionee
may recognize ordinary income in the year of the disqualifying disposition.
Provided the amount realized in the disqualifying disposition exceeds the
exercise price, the ordinary income an optionee shall recognize in the year of a
disqualifying disposition shall be the lower of (i) the excess of the amount
realized over the exercise price or (ii) excess of the fair market value of the
Company's Common Stock at the time of the exercise over the exercise price. In
addition, the optionee shall recognize capital gain on the disqualifying
disposition in the amount, if any, by which the amount realized in the
disqualifying disposition exceeds the fair market value on the Company's Common
Stock at the time of the exercise. Such capital gain shall be taxable as
long-term or short-term capital gain, depending on the optionee's holding period
for such shares.
Notwithstanding the favorable tax treatment of Incentive Options for
regular tax purposes, as described above, for alternative minimum tax purposes,
an Incentive Option is generally treated in the same manner as Nonqualified
Option. Accordingly, an optionee must generally include in alternative minimum
taxable income for the year in which an Incentive Option is exercised the excess
of the fair market value of the date of exercise of the Company's Common Stock
received over the exercise price. If, however, an optionee disposes of the
Company's Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive Option in the
same calender year as the exercise, only an amount equal to the optionee's
ordinary income for regular tax purposes with respect to such disqualifying
disposition will be recognized for the optionee's calculation of alternative
minimum taxable income in such calender year.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" THE AMENDMENT TO
THE 1995 OPTION PLAN.
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PROPOSAL THREE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
The Board of Directors has renewed the Company's arrangement for KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP to be its auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998,
subject to the ratification of the appointment by the Company's shareholders. A
representative of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP is expected to attend the Annual Meeting
to respond to appropriate questions and will have an opportunity to make a
statement if he or she so desires.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" THE RATIFICATION
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Shareholder proposals intended to be presented at the Company's 1998
Annual Meeting must be submitted by July 7, 1998 to receive consideration for
inclusion in the Company's 1998 proxy materials.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the
Company's directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten
percent of the Company's Common Stock, to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission reports about their beneficial ownership of the Company's Common
Stock. All such persons are required by the Commission to furnish the Company
with copies of all reports that they file.
Based solely upon a review of the copies of such reports furnished to the
Company, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no other
reports were required, the Company believes that during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1997, all of its officers and directors complied with all filing
requirements applicable to them, except with respect to the following:
Lance H. Woeltjen reported late on Form 5 two sales of shares of the
Company's Common Stock, which sales occurred in May and June, 1997; Odyssey
Capital Group, L.P. ("Odyssey") reported late on Form 5 the following
transactions: the exchange of shares owned directly for the right to receive
shares of Common Stock pursuant to an irrevocable assignment of shares, which
transaction occurred in March, 1997, and the acquisition of the Company's Class
Two Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock Warrants in January, 1997; John
P. Kirwin, III reported late the same transactions as Odyssey, which shares are
beneficially owned by him as a result of his ownership of a limited partnership
interest in Odyssey; Joseph A. Falsetti reported late on Form 5 the transfer by
irrevocable assignment of shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of an
outstanding debt to the transferee, which transaction occurred in March, 1997;
and Thomas Murphy filed late a Form 3.
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OTHER MATTERS
The Company currently knows of no other business that will be presented
for consideration at the 1997 Annual Meeting. Nevertheless, the enclosed proxy
confers discretionary authority to vote with respect to those matters described
in Rule 14a-4(c) under the Exchange Act, including matters that the Board of
Directors does not know, a reasonable time before proxy solicitation, are to be
presented at the meeting. If any such matters are presented at the meeting, then
the proxy agents named in the enclosed proxy card will vote in accordance with
their judgment.
EVERY PERSON SOLICITED HEREUNDER CAN OBTAIN A COPY (WITHOUT EXHIBITS) OF THE
COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1997, AS
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, WITHOUT CHARGE, BY SENDING A
WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY AT THE COMPANY'S CORPORATE OFFICES.
By order of the Board of Directors,
JOYCE FALSETTI
Secretary
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REVOCABLE PROXY
ROMTECH, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
DECEMBER 17, 1997
The undersigned hereby appoints Joseph A. Falsetti and Gerald W. Klein,
with full powers of substitution, to act as attorneys and proxies for the
undersigned to vote all shares of capital stock of RomTech, Inc. ("the Company")
which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
(the "Meeting") to be held at the Company's office located at 2000 Cabot
Boulevard, Suite 110, Langhorne, PA on December 17, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. and at any
and all adjournments and postponements thereof.
I. The election as directors of all nominees listed below (except as marked to
the contrary).
/ / FOR / / VOTE WITHHELD
INSTRUCTION: To withhold your vote for any individual nominee, strike a
line in that nominee's name below.
JOSEPH A. FALSETTI GERALD W. KLEIN LAMBERT C. THOM
THOMAS D. PARENTE JOHN PAUL KIRWIN III
II. The approval of the amendment to the 1995 Stock Option Plan.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
III. The ratification of the appointment of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as auditors
for the Company.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on any other
business that may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or
postponement thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, BUT IF NO INSTRUCTIONS ARE
SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSALS AND THE NOMINEE
LISTED ABOVE. IF ANY OTHER BUSINESS IS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING, THIS PROXY WILL
BE VOTED BY THOSE NAMED IN THIS PROXY IN THEIR BEST JUDGMENT. AT THE PRESENT
TIME, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS KNOWS OF NO OTHER BUSINESS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE
MEETING.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the proposals and
the election of the nominees listed above.
(Continued and to be SIGNED on Reverse Side)
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Should the undersigned be present and choose to vote at the Meeting or at
any adjournments or postponements thereof, and after notification to the
Secretary of the Company at the Meeting of the shareholder's decision to
terminate this proxy, then the power of such attorneys or proxies shall be
deemed terminated and of no further force and effect. This proxy may also be
revoked by filing a written notice of revocation with the Secretary of the
Company or by duly executing a proxy bearing a later date.
The undersigned acknowledges receipt from the Company, prior to the
execution of this proxy, of notice of the Meeting, a Proxy Statement and an
Annual Report to Shareholders.
Date:___________________________ , 1997
(Please date this Proxy)
_______________________________________
Signature of Shareholder
_______________________________________
Signature of Shareholder
Please sign exactly as your name(s)
appear(s) to the left. When signing as
attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give your
full title. If shares are held jointly,
each holder should sign.
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL THIS PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
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