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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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Florida
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59-3410522
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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13700
Progress Blvd., Alachua, Florida
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32615
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common stock, par value $.001 per share
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NYSE Euronext Paris Exchange
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Name
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Age as of
April 27,
2009
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Position
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Dr. Jeffrey D. Hillman
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60
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Chief Scientific Officer and Director
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Richard T. Welch
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57
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Chairman of the Board
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Derek G. Hennecke
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42
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Director
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Dr. Marc K. Siegel
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52
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Director
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Kevin H. Sills
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49
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Director
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David B. Hirsch
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40
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Acting Chief Executive Officer and
President and Chief Financial Officer
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Gerard “Gerry” David
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56
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Executive Vice-President of Sales and
Marketing
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Name
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Option
Awards ($)
(1)
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All Other
Compensation
($) (2)
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Total ($)
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Richard
T. Welch
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40,150 | - | 40,150 | |||||||||
Derek
G. Hennecke
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37,550 | - | 37,550 | |||||||||
Marc
K. Siegel
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35,600 | - | 35,600 | |||||||||
Kevin
H. Sills
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29,100 | - | 29,100 |
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(1)
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The
compensation amount reflected with respect to these awards represents the
2008 compensation expense associated with outstanding option grants to our
non-employee directors. Upon joining our board of directors
Messrs. Welch and Hennecke received one-time grants, in lieu of cash fees,
consistent with our director compensation program approved by our board of
directors. Mr. Welch and Mr. Hennecke were granted options at
$0.44 and $0.41 per share, respectively, the closing price on the date of
grant. These options were immediately
exerciseable. Mr. Sills joined the board on April 8, 2008 and
received a one-time option award of 65,000 shares as his compensation for
service on our board of directors at an exercise price of $0.57 per share,
which was the closing price of our stock on the date of
grant. Mr. Siegel joined the board on April 27, 2008 and
received a one-time option award of 65,000 shares of common stock
exerciseable at $0.76 per share, the closing price on the date of grant.
The board compensation was subsequently revised to increase the number of
option shares awarded for service on our board of directors by
non-employee directors from 65,000 shares to 100,000
shares. Messrs. Welch, Hennecke, Sills and Siegel each received
additional option grant awards of 35, 000 shares at an exercise price of
$0.70 per share, which was the closing price on the date of
grant. The amounts reflected in the table with respect to these
awards represent the 2008 compensation expense associated with such
grants. The Company uses a Black-Scholes option-pricing model
to estimate the fair value of the stock option grant. The use
of a valuation model requires the Company to make certain assumptions with
respect to selected model inputs. The average expected life is
based on the contractual term of the option and on the simplified approach
provided by SAB 107. The risk-free interest rate is based on
the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues equal to the expected life assumed at
the date of the grant.
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(2)
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No
other compensation was paid to the non-employee Directors except for
reimbursement for travel expenses to Board meetings, which did not exceed
$10,000 individually or in the aggregate for our non-employee
directors.
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Name and
Principal Position
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Year
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Salary ($)
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Bonus $
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Option
Awards ($)
(7)
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All Other
Compensation ($)
(8)
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Total ($)
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David
Hirsch, Chief
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2008
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$ | 94,903 | $ | 50,000 | $ | 16,348 | $ | 23,744 | $ | 184,995 | |||||||||||
Financial
Officer, Acting President and CEO and Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”)
and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) (1)
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2007
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Jeffrey
D. Hillman
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2008
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$ | 180,000 | — | $ | 34,069 | $ | 5,400 | $ | 219,469 | ||||||||||||
Chief
Scientific Officer (2)
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2007
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$ | 180,000 | $ | 8,004 | $ | 1,500 | $ | 189,504 | |||||||||||||
Former Officers
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Ronald
Evans,
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2008
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$ | 20,248 | — | — | — | $ | 20,248 | ||||||||||||||
Former
President, CEO and PEO (3)
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2007
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Stanley
Stein
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2008
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$ | 145,833 | $ | 75,000 | $ | 54,050 | $ | 40,000 | $ | 314,833 | |||||||||||
Former
President, CEO and PEO (4)
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2007
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Dotti
Delfino, Former
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2008
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$ | 61,703 | — | — | $ | 50,000 | $ | 111,703 | |||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer and PFO (5)
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2007
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$ | 84,406 | — | — | — | $ | 84,406 | ||||||||||||||
Robert
T. Zahradnik
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2008
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$ | 80,000 | — | $ | 64,500 | $ | 89,757 | $ | 234,257 | ||||||||||||
Former
Acting Chief Operating Officer (6)
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2007
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$ | 180,000 | $ | 16,606 | $ | 1,800 | $ | 198,406 |
(1)
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Mr.
Hirsch joined the Company as an executive on May 14, 2008 and was
subsequently appointed to Chief Operating Officer and entered into an
employment agreement with the Company. On July 1, 2008, Mr.
Hirsch also assumed the role of our Chief Financial Officer and Principal
Financial Officer due to the resignation of Mrs. Delfino. On
March 18, 2009, Mr. Hirsch relinquished his position as Chief Operating
Officer to Dr. Zahradnik and assumed the positions of acting President,
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer. In
connection with his employment, Mr. Hirsch was awarded a bonus of $50,000
of which $16,667 was paid and $33,333 was deferred. Mr. Hirsch
received $11,097 for pre-employment services and $9,600 for relocation
expenses, which are both included under “other
compensation.”
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(2)
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At
December 31, 2008, none of Dr. Hillman’s reflected salary was
deferred.
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(3)
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Our
former director, Mr. Ronald Evans, succeeded Dr. Zahradnik as our
President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer in
January 2008 and served briefly until February 12, 2008 at which time Mr.
Stein became our interim President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Executive Officer.
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(4)
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Our
former director, Mr. Stanley Stein succeeded Mr. Evans as our acting
President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer and
subsequently became our President Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Executive Officer on April 8, 2008. On March 18, 2009, Mr.
Stein resigned as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Executive Officer and was succeeded by Mr. Hirsch as our acting President,
Chief Executive Officer and Principle Executive Officer. Mr.
Stein received a $75,000 bonus, of which, $25,000 was paid and $50,000 was
deferred. Mr. Stein’s deferred bonus is subject to being paid upon the
Company attaining a certain level of additional capital funding see
“Employment Contracts and Change in Control Arrangements”
below. Mr. Stein received $30,000 for pre-employment services
and $10,000 for relocation expenses, which are both included under “other
compensation.”
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(5)
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Mrs.
Delfino served as our Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial
Officer until July 1, 2008. Mrs. Delfino retired and resigned
and thereafter became a consultant to the Company on an as needed
basis. Mrs. Delfino was not paid any compensation as a
consultant to the Company during 2008. In connection with
her separation from the Company Mrs. Delfino was paid a lump sum severance
of $50,000 in July 2008, which is included under “other
compensation.”
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(6)
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On
December 31, 2007, Dr. Zahradnik resigned his position as CEO
and President and as a Director. On January 15, 2008,
Dr. Zahradnik was paid the portion of his salary that had previously
been deferred of $26,250 as well as for his accrued vacation of $21,106
and is included under the “other compensation” column. Following
Dr. Zahradnik’s departure as a director and executive officer, the
Board determined that Dr. Zahradnik’s experience with, and knowledge
of, the Company’s technologies was important and that Dr. Zahradnik
could make a valuable contribution to the Company as a consultant.
Accordingly, on January 20, 2008, Dr. Zahradnik and the Company
entered into a twelve month consulting agreement whereby
Dr. Zahradnik provided certain consulting and advisory services to
the Company, which the Board approved. Dr. Zahradnik’s paid
compensation pursuant to the consulting agreement was $40,000, included
under “other compensation” and included a grant of 150,000 stock options
that vested in three events of 50,000 shares each based upon certain
future milestones. In May 2008, Dr. Zahradnik subsequently
became our vice president of business development, and the consulting
agreement was terminated. On March 18, 2009, Dr. Zahradnik also
assumed the role of Acting Chief Operating Officer. Dr.
Zahradnik’s employment with us is at will and his compensation as our
Acting Chief Operating Officer was similar to the terms of his former
consulting agreement. Dr. Zahradnik resigned as our Chief Operating
Officer on April 24, 2009.
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(7)
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Represents
the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes
with respect to the 2008, and 2007 fair value of the stock awards and
option awards to purchase our common stock in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard 123R “Share Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”).
Under SEC rules relating to executive compensation disclosure, the amounts
shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service based
vesting conditions. Fair values relating to share grants have been
determined under SFAS 123R and were calculated using the common stock
closing price on the date of grant and multiplying that price by the
number of shares subject to the share grant. The equity-based compensation
expense relating to the stock grants is recognized over the requisite
service period of the grant. For option awards, we utilize the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value on the date
of the grant multiplied by the number of options subject to the option
grants in accordance with SFAS 123R. The equity-based compensation expense
relating to the stock option grants is recognized over the requisite
service period of the grant. For information on the assumptions used to
calculate the fair value of stock option grants, refer to Footnote 1,
“Organization and Significant Accounting Policies,” to our financial
statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, as amended. These amounts reflect our accounting
expense for these awards, and do not necessarily correspond to the actual
value that will be recognized by the executive officers. No stock option
awards received by our named executives above were forfeited or cancelled
during 2008.
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(8)
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The
Company’s Simple IRA retirement plan requires the Company to match
employee contributions up to the first 3% of compensation earned and
amounts presented also include the Company’s matching contribution and the
amounts in this column for Mr. Hirsch, Mr. Zahradnik and Mr. Hillman
include such contributions. This column excludes certain
payments for personal benefits for Mr. Hirsch and Mr. Hillman that do not
exceed $10,000 individually or in the
aggregate.
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Option Awards
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Name
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
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Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
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Option
Exercise
Price
($)
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Option
Expiration
Date
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David Hirsch (1)
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66,667
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433,333
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—
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0.49
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5/30/2018
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Jeffrey Hillman (2)
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50,000
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25,000
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—
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0.74
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09/08/2011
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200,000
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500,000
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—
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0.85
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5/21/2018
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Former Officers:
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Ronald Evens
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65,000
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—
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—
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0.53
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7/2/2008
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30,000
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—
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—
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0.41
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7/2/2008
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Stanley Stein (3)
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65,000
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—
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—
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0.49
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6/18/2009
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100,000
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650,000
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—
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0.48
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3/31/2010
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Dotti Delfino (4)
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30,000
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—
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—
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0.32
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10/15/2008
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100,000
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—
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0.53
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10/15/2008
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Robert Zahradnik (5)
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50,000
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—
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—
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0.44
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5/24/2009
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—
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50,000
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—
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1.00
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5/24/2009
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—
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50,000
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—
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2.00
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5/24/2009
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(1)
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David
Hirsch received options in connection with entering into an employment
agreement with us.
See
“Employment Contracts and Change in Control
Arrangements.”
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(2)
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Dr.
Hillman was awarded options to acquire 700,000 share of common stock on
May 21, 2008. These options vest as follows: 200,000 shares
immediately and the remaining 500,000 share vest when the Company’s stock
price reaches certain levels (150,000 shares vest at $1.00 per share,
150,000 shares vest at $2.00 per share and 200,000 share vest at $3.00 per
share).
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(3)
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Mr.
Stein was originally granted 65, 000 upon becoming a director which vested
immediately. These shares expire on June 18, 2009 following Mr.
Stein’s resignation as a director on March 18, 2009. Mr.
Stein’s other option grant of 750,000 shares consist of 100,000 of the
option shares that became exercisable on April 9, 2008 and the remaining
650,000 option shares become exercisable, upon the Company's stock
reaching certain share prices as follows: 150,000 option shares if reaches
$1.00 per share, 150,000 option shares if reaches $2.00 per share, 150,000
option shares if reaches $3.00 per share and 200,000 option shares if
reaches $5.00 per share. This option award was amended to continue forth
in connection with Mr. Stein’s consultant agreement with the
Company.
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(4)
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Mrs.
Delfino was granted option in connection with her employment with us and
the options were continued as Mrs. Delfino agreed to provide consulting
services to us on an as needed basis for a one year
period. Mrs. Delfino’s options expire 90 days after the
termination of the consulting
agreement.
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(5)
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Dr.
Zaharadnik’s options were awarded in connection with his consulting
agreement and were continued in connection with his employment
status. These options vest as follows: 50,000 shares
immediately and the remaining 100,000 share vest when the Company’s stock
price reaches certain levels (50,000 shares vest at $1.00 per share,
50,000 shares vest at $2.00 per share
).
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Name and Address (1)
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Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
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Percentage of
Ownership(2)
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5%
Shareholder
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George
T. Hawes (3)
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14,041,323 | 34.35 | % | |||||
Directors
and Officers
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David
B. Hirsch (4)
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66,667 | * | ||||||
Jeffrey
D. Hillman (5)
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4,456,914 | 11.55 | % | |||||
Richard
T. Welch (6)
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100,000 | * | ||||||
Kevin
H. Sills (6)
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100,000 | * | ||||||
Marc
K. Siegel (6)
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100,000 | * | ||||||
Derek
G. Hennecke (6)
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100,000 | * | ||||||
All
Officers and Directors as a Group (6 Persons)
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4,923,581 | 12.61 | % | |||||
Former
Officers
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Robert
T. Zahradnik (7)
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981,000 | 2.55 | % | |||||
Stanley
Stein, former Principal Executive Officer (8)
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165,000 | * | ||||||
Dorothy
Delfino, former Principal Financial Officer (9)
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155,000 | * |
*
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less
than one percent
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(1)
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Except
as indicated, the address of the person named in the table is c/o 13700
Progress Boulevard, Alachua, Florida
32615.
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(2)
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For
each person and group included in this table, percentage ownership is
calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such
person or group by the sum of 38,316,585 shares of common stock
outstanding as of April 27, 2009, plus the number of shares of common
stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days after April
27, 2009.
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(3)
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Based
upon information provided by Mr. Hawes in his Schedule 13D/A filing with
the SEC on July 8, 2008. The amount of shares includes
2,557,778 shares issuable pursuant to currently exerciseable warrants and
excludes 100,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 100,000
shares of common stock owned by Mr. Hawes wife for which he disclaimed
beneficial ownership. Mr. Hawes address, as reflected in Schedule 13D/A,
is 390 Plandome Road, Suite
222, Manhasset, New York
11030.
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(4)
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Represents
currently exerciseable options awarded to Mr. Hirsch in connection with
his employment with us and excludes 433,333 options, not currently
exerciseable.
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(5)
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Includes
4,056,914 shares held by the 2002 Jeffrey Hillman Trust, 150,000 shares
held directly by Jeffrey D. Hillman, currently exerciseable outstanding
options for 250,000 shares and excludes options to acquire 525,000 shares
that are not currently
exerciseable.
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(6)
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The
share amounts reflected represent currently exerciseable outstanding
options granted in connection with service on our board of directors to
our non-employee directors.
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(7)
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Includes
881,000 shares held by Dr. Zaharadnik and outstanding options to acquire
100,000 shares that are currently
exerciseable.
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(8)
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Represents
currently exerciseable options.
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(9)
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Represents
currently exerciseable options.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Plan Category
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Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
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Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
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Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance
under equity compensation plans
(excluding securities reflected in
column (a))
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Equity
compensation plans
approved by security
holders
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4,570,000
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$ |
0.60
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430,000
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Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders(¹)
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–
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–
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–
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Total
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4,570,000
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$ |
0.60
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430,000
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Type of Fees
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2008
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2007
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Audit Fees
(1)
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$ | 110,150 | $ | 88,000 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees
(2)
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8,075 | 18,428 | ||||||
Tax Fees
(3)
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3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
All Other Fees
(4)
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— | 7,443 | ||||||
Total
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$ | 121,225 | $ | 116,871 |
ORAGENICS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
David B. Hirsch
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David
B. Hirsch, Acting President and
Chief
Executive Officer, and Chief
Financial
Officer and Principal Executive
Officer.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
of Document
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31.1*
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Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification
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31.2*
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Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification
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*Filed
herewith
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