-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, M4xn51itWPvKEhHo0zHZSYDjftPLrRD/6V7TdFUEXs3C8IIm67RkareqBMmb7+NQ 9nyNCn+lsFV5fvnX6cOk1Q== 0001354488-08-000944.txt : 20080516 0001354488-08-000944.hdr.sgml : 20080516 20080516164656 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001354488-08-000944 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEF 14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080627 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080516 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMBIENT CORP /NY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047919 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 980166007 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEF 14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23723 FILM NUMBER: 08842926 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 270 MAIDOSN AVENUE STREET 2: BUILDING ONE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173320004 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 79 CHAPEL ST CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 DEF 14A 1 ambient14a.htm DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT Ambient Form: PRE 14A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)


Filed by Registrant

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Filed by Party other than Registrant

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Check the appropriate box:

 

 

 

 

 

£

   Preliminary Proxy Statement

 

£

   Confidential, for Use of the Commission

 

 

 

   Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

 

 

 

 

T

   Definitive Proxy Statement

 

£

   Definitive Additional Materials

 

 

 

£

   Soliciting Materials Pursuant to §240.14a-12

 

 

AMBIENT CORPORATION

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)


(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)


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(1)

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(2)

Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

 

(3)

Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

 

 

$_____ per share as determined under Rule 0-11 under the Exchange Act.

 

(4)

Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

 

(5)

Total fee paid:

 

 

£

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for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

(1)

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(4)

Date Filed:










AMBIENT CORPORATION

79 CHAPEL STREET

NEWTON, MA 02458


 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2008 annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of the stockholders of AMBIENT CORPORATION (the “Company”) will be held at 9:30 a.m., on June 27, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge at 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 to:


(i)

elect five directors of the Company to hold office until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;


(ii)

amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, that the Company is authorized to issue from 1,250,000,000 to 2,000,000,000;


(iii)

amend the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares;


(iv)

amend the Company’s 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder from 6,000,000 to 12,000,000 shares;


(v)

ratify the appointment of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2008; and


(vi)

transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof.


The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 28, 2008, as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.


If you do not expect to be personally present at the Annual Meeting but wish your stock to be voted for the business to be transacted at the meeting, the Board of Directors requests that you complete, sign, and date the enclosed proxy card and promptly return it by mail in the postage paid envelope provided.


By Order of the Board of Directors

 

/s/ John J. Joyce

John J. Joyce

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

May 22, 2008



PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED. NO POSTAGE IS NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.








AMBIENT CORPORATION

79 CHAPEL STREET

NEWTON, MA 02458



PROXY STATEMENT



For the Annual Meeting of Stockholders

to be held on June 27, 2008

This Proxy Statement is being sent to the stockholders of Ambient Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) for use at the 2008 annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholders”) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge at 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 on June 27, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., and any adjournment(s) thereof. At the Annual Meeting, the Stockholders will be asked to:

(i)

elect five directors of the Company to hold office until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;

(ii)

amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to increase the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), that the Company is authorized to issue from 1,250,000,000 to 2,000,000,000;

(iii)

amend the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares;

(iv)

amend the Company’s 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder from 6,000,000 to 12,000,000 shares;

(v)

ratify the appointment of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. (“Rotenberg”) as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2007; and

(vi)

transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof.

If proxy cards in the accompanying form are properly executed and returned, the shares of Common Stock represented thereby will be voted as instructed on the proxy card. If no instructions are given, the individuals named as proxy will vote your shares (i) FOR the election as directors of the nominees of the Board of Directors named below; (ii) FOR the proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to 2,000,000,000; (iii) the proposal to amend the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder to 50,000,000; (iv) FOR the proposal to amend the 2002 Directors Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder to 12,000,000; (v) FOR the ratification of the appointment of Rotenberg as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending Dece mber 31, 2008; and (vi) in the discretion of the proxies named in the proxy card on any other proposals to properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.

Any stockholder returning the accompanying proxy card may revoke such proxy at any time before it is voted by filing with the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices at the address indicated above a duly executed proxy card bearing a later date or a written instrument revoking the proxy card or by personally appearing at the Annual Meeting and voting in person.

This Proxy Statement, the accompanying proxy card, and the Company’s Annual Report Form 10-KSB are first being mailed to stockholders on or about May 22, 2008.







VOTING RIGHTS

All voting rights are vested exclusively in the holders of Common Stock. Only holders of Common Stock of record at the close of business on April 28, 2008 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were a total of 254,615,704 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each holder of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is entitled to one vote for each share held.

Stockholders representing a majority of the Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Record Date, present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof. Abstentions and shares held of record by a broker for which the broker has discretionary authority or instructions to vote the shares are counted as shares that are present at the annual meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. Assuming a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting for the particular proposal to be acted on, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or by proxy is required for approval of Proposal No. 1 (election of directors), the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding is required for approval of Proposal No. 2 (increase in authorized Common Stock) and the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares in perso n or by proxy is required for approval of Proposal No. 3 (increase in shares of common stock subject to 2000 Equity Incentive Plan), Proposal No. 4 ( increase in shares of common stock subject to 2002 Non- Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, and Proposal No.5 (ratification of independent public accountants). If you hold shares in a brokerage account, then:

·

With respect to Proposal No. 1 (Election of Directors), your broker is entitled to vote your shares on these matters if no instructions are received from you. Abstentions may not be specified as to the election of directors, but you may withhold your vote as to any nominee.

·

With respect to Proposal No. 2 (Increase Authorized Shares of Common Stock) and Proposal No. 5 (Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Auditor), your broker is entitled to vote your shares on these matters if no instructions are received from you. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as votes against Proposal No. 2 and Proposal No. 5.

·

With respect to Proposal No. 3 (Increase in Common Stock Available under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan) and Proposal No. 4 (Increase in Common Stock Available Under 2002 Directors Plan), your failure to give voting instructions to your broker will result in a broker non-vote since your broker is not entitled to vote your shares on these matters unless it receives instructions from you. Broker non-votes and abstentions are not considered as votes cast and, therefore, will be counted neither for nor against Proposals No. 3 and 4.

Proposal No. 3 (Increase in Common Stock Available under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan) and Proposal No. 4 (Increase in Common Stock Available Under 2002 Directors Plan) will be effected only if Proposal No. 2 (Increase Authorized Shares of Common Stock) is approved.




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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN

BENEFICIAL HOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information, as of the Record Date, concerning the ownership of the Common Stock by (a) each person who, to the Company’s knowledge, beneficially owned on that date more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, (b) each of the Company’s directors and the Named Executive Officers (as defined below) and (c) all current directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.  

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Beneficial Owner (1)

 

Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (2)

 

Percent of Common Stock (2)

 

 

 

 

 

John J. Joyce, Chairman, CEO, President, and Director

 

5,665,000

(3)

 

2.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

Ramdas Rao, Chief Technology Officer

 

4,507,000

(4)

 

1.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Widland, Director

 

2,228,334

(5)

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. Howard Pierce, Director

 

2,000,000

(6)

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Higgins, Director

 

1,200,000

(7)

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

35,000,000

 

 

13.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shad Stastney

 

0

(8)(9)

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vicis Capital Master Fund

 

13,372,617

(9)

 

4.99

%

 

 

 

 

 

All directors and executive officers as a group (5 persons) (10)

 

15,600,334

 

 

5.8

%

* Indicates less than 1%.

(1)

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person listed is c/o Ambient Corporation, 79 Chapel Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458.

(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 of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants which are currently exercisable or which become exercisable within 60 days following the Record Date are deemed to be beneficially owned by, and outstanding with respect to, the holder of such option or warrant. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, to the knowledge of the Company, each person listed is believed to have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person.

(3)

Includes (i) 1,040,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 4,625,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options issued under the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2000 Incentive Plan”).

(4)

Includes (i) 1,015,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 3,492,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued under the 2000 Incentive Plan.

(5)

Includes (i) 133,334 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 550,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of non-plan options and (iii) 1,545,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued under the 2002 Directors Plan.

(6)

Includes (i) 200,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of non-plan options and (iii) 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued under the 2002 Directors Plan.




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(7)

Includes (i) 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued under the 2002 Directors Plan.

(8)

Mr. Shad Stastney is a director-nominee. See Proposal No. 1

(9)

Includes only 13,372,617 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of our (i) convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $12.5 million which are convertible into 357,142,857 shares of our Common Stock and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to acquire up to an additional 475,476,191 shares of our Common Stock. The Notes and the Warrants contain a contractual restriction on beneficial share ownership that limits Vicis Capital Master Fund to holding 4.99% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, except upon providing us with not less than 61 days prior notice. All Notes and Warrants are held directly by Vicis Capital Master Fund, for which Vicis Capital LLC acts as investment advisor. Vicis Capital LLC may be deemed to beneficially own any shares held upon conversion of the notes and exercise of the Warrants within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Ac t of 1934, as amended, by virtue of the voting and dispositive power over such shares granted by Vicis Capital Master Fund to Vicis Capital LLC.  The voting and dispositive power granted to Vicis Capital LLC by Vicis Capital Master Fund may be revoked at any time. Vicis Capital LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares reported herein. Shad S. Stastney, a founder and principal of Vicis Capital LLC, together with John Succo and Sky Lucas, have voting and dispositive control of these securities. No single natural person can exercise voting or investment power with respect to the securities owed by Vicis Capital Master Fund and investment decisions with respect to these securities are made by a majority of these persons. If Vicis were to give notice and subsequently convert the Notes and exercise all of the Warrants then it would own, assuming such conversion and exercise were to take place on the Record Date, approximately 76.58% of our issued and outstanding shares, resulting in a change of control.

(10)

See Footnotes 3 through 7.





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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth all compensation for the last fiscal year awarded to, earned by, or paid to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, who were the only executive officers serving as such at the end of 2007 whose total compensation exceeds $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the “Named Executive Officers”).

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Name & Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary ($)

 

Bonus ($)

 

All Other Compensation ($)(1)

 

Total ($)

JOHN J, JOYCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2007

2006

 

316,243

326,057

 

-

-

 

64,527

-

 

380,770

326,057

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAMDAS RAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Technology Officer

 

2007

2006

 

194,336

195,802

 

-

30,000

 

25,811

-

 

220,147

225,802

(1)

Amounts in this column reflect the expense recognized by the Company for accounting purposes calculated in accordance with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R (“FAS 123R”) with respect to employee stock options issued during 2007 under the Company’s 2000 Employee Stock Option plan.  The assumption used to calculate the fair value of stock option grant under FAS 123R, were: expected holding period of 5.75 years, risk free interest rate of 3.67, no dividend yield and volatility of 127.40%.

The following table sets forth information concerning unexercised options for each of our executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table that are outstanding as of December 31, 2007.

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END — DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Securities

Underlying Options (#)

 

Number of Securities Underlying Options (#)

 

Option Exercise Price

 

Option Expiration

Name

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

($)

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Joyce

 

1,000,000 

 

 

 

$0.50

 

11/17/2011

 

 

375,000 

 

 

 

$0.10

 

9/11/2012

 

 

1,000,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

1/23/2014

 

 

500,000 

 

 

 

$0.30

 

5/25/2014

 

 

500,000 

 

 

 

$0.50

 

5/25/2014

 

 

 

 

2,500,000 (1)

 

  $0.045

 

11/17/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ramdas Rao

 

242,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

12/3/2010

 

 

1,000,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

1/16/2012

 

 

200,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

9/12/2012

 

 

800,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

1/26/2014

 

 

375,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

8/12/2014

 

 

375,000 

 

 

 

$0.20

 

8/12/2014

 

 

 

 

1,000,000 (1)

 

  $0.045

 

11/17/2017

(1)

The option with respect to 50% of the underlying shares has vested on January 31, 2008 and the options with respect to the remaining shares underlying the options are scheduled to vest on July 31, 2008.




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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

We and John J. Joyce are parties to an amended and restated employment agreement dated as of July 8, 2004, pursuant to which Mr. Joyce is employed as our Chief Executive Officer. Under the agreement, Mr. Joyce was entitled to be paid an annual salary of $285,000 subject to the annual cost of living adjustment. Effective January 1, 2007, Mr. Joyce’s salary was $314,141. By its terms, the agreement provided for an initial term ending December 31, 2007. After expiration of the initial term, the agreement will automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless terminated by us upon written notice given not less than 90 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. The agreement is currently in effect through December 31, 2008. The agreement also contains certain provisions for early termination, including in the event of a change in control, which may result in a severance payment equal to two years of base salary then in effe ct and the continuation of certain benefits. Our compensation committee is currently considering amendments to the employment agreement with Mr. Joyce.

We and Ramdas Rao are parties to an amended and restated employment agreement dated as of August 11, 2004, pursuant to which Mr. Rao is employed as our Chief Technology Officer at an annual salary of approximately $171,000, subject to review. Effective January 1, 2007 Mr. Rao’s salary was $200,000. The employment agreement had an initial term of two years and renews automatically for successive one-year terms unless either party gives notice of its election to not renew to the other at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. The agreement also contains certain provisions for early termination, which may result in a severance payment equal to base salary for the remaining term of the agreement not to exceed twelve month. Our compensation committee is currently considering amendments to the employment with Mr. Rao.

Each of these agreements includes certain customary confidentiality and non-compete provisions that prohibit the executive from competing with us for one year, or soliciting our employees for one year, following the termination of his employment.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

We paid each outside director $2,500 per quarter for service on our Board of Directors in 2007, and an additional $1,500 was paid quarterly for heading the Audit Committee. In addition, we have granted stock options to directors to compensate them for their services.

The following table summarizes data concerning the compensation of our non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Fees Earned or Paid ($)

 

Option Awards ($) (1)

 

Total ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Widland

 

10,000

 

15,486

 

25,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard D. Pierce

 

10,000

 

15,486

 

25,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Michael Higgins

 

16,000

 

15,486

 

31,486

(1)

Amounts in this column reflect the expense recognized by the Company for accounting purposes calculated in accordance with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R (“FAS 123R”) with respect to employee stock options issued during 2007  under the Company’s 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan. Options are discussed in further detail in the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End Table. The assumption used to calculate the fair value of stock option grant under FAS 123R, were: expected holding period of 3 years, risk free interest rate of 3.67%, no dividend yield and volatility of 127.40%.




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INFORMATION RELATING TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND KEY

EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT DIRECTOR NOMINEES

Below is certain information relating to current the sole executive officer of the Company who is not also a member of the Board of Directors or a director nominee:

Ramdas Rao, age 43, has been the Company’s Chief Technology Officer since September 2000. From March 2000 until he joined the Company, Mr. Rao was the Chief Information Officer at Mullen, one of the larger advertising agencies in North America. From November 1995 through February 2000, he was the President and Co-Founder of Gaialinks Inc., a company engaged in the development of network management software tools and providing network analysis and consulting services for large heterogeneous, multi-vendor, multi-protocol networks and systems. From January 1990 through November 1995, he was affiliated with Boston University where he was Associate Director (from January 1995 through November 1995) and a Network Systems Manager (from July 1990 through December 1994). Mr. Rao received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering (cum laude) from Boston University College of Engineering in 1988.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The Company’s retains the law firm of Shipman & Goodwin LLP (“S&G”), of which Mr. Michael Widland, a non-employee director, is a partner, to perform legal services from time to time. The Company paid S&G $93,118.30 and $69,501.60 for legal services rendered during 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Vicis Capital Master Fund, the founding partner of which, Mr. Shad Stastney, a director nominee, holds convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $12.5 million which are currently potentially convertible into 357,142,857 shares of our Common Stock. Vicis also holds warrants (the “Warrants”) to acquire up to an additional 475,476,191 shares of our Common Stock. The Notes and the Warrants contain a contractual restriction on beneficial share ownership that limits Vicis to holding 4.99% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock except upon providing us with not less than 61 days prior notice. All Notes and Warrants are held directly by Vicis Capital Master Fund, for which Vicis Capital LLC acts as investment advisor.  Vicis Capital LLC may be deemed to beneficially own any shares held upon conversion of the Note and exercise of the Warrants within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by virtue of the voting and dispositive power over such shares granted by Vicis Capital Master Fund to Vicis Capital LLC.  The voting and dispositive power granted to Vicis Capital LLC by Vicis Capital Master Fund may be revoked at any time.  Vicis Capital LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares reported herein. If Vicis were to give notice and subsequently convert the Notes and exercise all of the Warrants then it would own, assuming such conversion and exercise were to take place on the Record Date, approximately 76.58% of our issued and outstanding shares and 67% of our shares on a fully diluted basis.


SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires officers and directors of the Company and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent (10%) of the Common Stock outstanding to file initial statements of beneficial ownership of Common Stock (Form 3) and statements of changes in beneficial ownership of Common Stock (Forms 4 or 5) with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all such forms they file.

Based solely on review of the copies of such forms received by the Company with respect to 2007, or written representations from certain reporting persons, the Company believes that all filing requirements applicable to its directors and officers and persons who own more than 10% of the Common Stock have been complied with except that Messrs. Joyce, Rao, Widland, Pierce and Higgins were each late in filing Form 4’s with respect to stock options that were granted to them in November 2007.  Such Form 4’s were filed in April 2008.





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PROPOSAL NO. 1


ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

INFORMATION AS TO NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR

The persons named below have been nominated for election as directors by the Board of Directors. If elected, each nominee will hold office until the 2009 annual meeting of the stockholders.

It is the intention of the person named in the accompanying proxy card to vote FOR the election of the five persons named in the table below as directors of the Company, unless authority to do so is withheld. If events not now known or anticipated make any of the nominees unwilling or unable to serve, the proxy card will be voted (in the discretion of the persons named therein) for other nominees not named herein in lieu of those unwilling or unable to serve. The Board is not aware of any circumstances likely to cause any nominee to become unavailable for election.

The following table sets forth the name, age and position of each director nominee:

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

 

 

 

 

John J. Joyce

 

56

 

Chairman of the Board, CEO, Treasurer and Director

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Widland

 

66

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

D. Howard Pierce

 

66

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Michael Higgins

 

51

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Shad Stastney

 

38

 

Director Nominee

The business experience, principal occupations and employment, as well as the periods of service, of each of the Company’s directors during at least the last five years are set forth below.

JOHN J. JOYCE has been the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since September 2001 and served as Chief Operating Officer from November 2000 through August 2001. From September 1996 to October 2000, Mr. Joyce served as Senior Vice President of ABB Financial Services Inc. and President of ABB Financial Consulting, the Americas, where he also led the global energy consulting practice within Financial Services. Mr. Joyce developed the Americas branch of ABB Financial Consulting, the financial management consultancy business of ABB Financial Services. From December 1993 to August 1996, Mr. Joyce served with The Capital Markets & Treasury Practice of Price Waterhouse LLP. Returning to the firm he had previously served for more than five years in the general audit practice, Mr. Joyce assumed the responsibilities of Manager, in which he advised corporations on a variety of business issues and strategies. Mr. Joyce was promoted to Director in June 1995. Mr. Joyce is a CPA and holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University, where he majored in Finance and International Business.

MICHAEL WIDLAND joined the Board in November 2000. Mr. Widland has been actively practicing law since 1965 and is presently a partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP of Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Widland practices in the areas of commercial and corporate transactions, including financing. He is a former Connecticut Chairman of the Public Contract Section and Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.

D. HOWARD PIERCE joined the Board in November 2004. Until his retirement in June 2001, he served as President and CEO of ABB, Inc., the $5 billion US subsidiary of global industrial, energy and automation provider ABB. Prior to assuming leadership of ABB, Inc., Mr. Pierce served in a number of key executive positions, including President of ABB’s Steam Power Plants and Environmental Systems and President of ABB China Ltd.




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THOMAS MICHAEL HIGGINS joined the Board on September 28, 2006. Mr. Higgins has served as the Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the College Board since June 2003. Prior to the College Board, Mr. Higgins was a partner in the New York City accounting firm of Silverman Linden Higgins LLP from February 1993 to June 2003. Previously, Mr. Higgins worked in the New Jersey offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from January 1992 to January 1993 and Ernst & Young LLP from 1977 to 1991. Mr. Higgins is a member of the American Institute of CPAs as well as the New Jersey and New York State Society of CPAs.

SHAD L. STASTNEY is a founding partner of Vicis Capital, LLC, the investment advisor to Vicis Capital Master Fund, a multi-strategy fund with approximately $4 billion in assets under management.  Mr. Stastney has been managing Vicis Capital since June 2004. Prior to Vicis Capital, from July 2001 through May 2004 Mr. Stastney served in the same capacity at Victus Capital.  Before Victus Capital, Mr. Stastney was a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, and his B.A. from the University of North Dakota. Since October 2007, Mr. Stastney has sat on the Board of Directors for Medical Solutions Management Inc a publicly traded Company.


Pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Company and the Vicis Capital Maser Fund (“Vicis”), Vicis was granted the right to nominate a director to the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Stastney is being nominated for a directorship at the annual meeting in compliance with our contractual undertakings.

There are no family relationships between any of the above directors, and, except as described above, there is no arrangement or understanding between any of the above directors and any other person pursuant to which the director was elected to hold office.

All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and the election and qualification of a successor.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD MEETINGS

The Board met eleven times during the year ended December 31, 2007. No director who served during the 2007 fiscal year attended fewer than 75% of the meetings of the Board or of the committees of the Board of which he was a member.

The Board does not have a formal policy with respect to Board members attendance at annual stockholder meetings, though it encourages directors to attend such meetings.

CODE OF ETHICS

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to its senior executive officers and senior financial officers, including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. A copy of this code has been filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005.

BOARD COMMITTEES

The Company has two standing committees: the audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) and the compensation/stock option committee (the “Compensation Committee”).  Mr. Pierce since November 2004 and Mr. Higgins since September 2006 serves on the Audit committee.  Mr. Widland since January 2000 serves on the Compensation Committee

The Company currently does not have a nominating committee. Instead, nominations for the election of directors have been handled by the full Board of Directors, which permits all directors to participate in the process. Due to the small size of the Company and its Board of Directors, the Company believes that this is appropriate.

In identifying and evaluating candidates to be nominated for election as directors, the Board seeks individuals with relevant experience who can add to the ability of the Board to fulfill its fiduciary obligations and




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stated business goals. Director candidates must also have high personal and professional ethics, integrity and values. Additionally, director nominees must have sufficient time to devote to the Company’s affairs.

As a small company, the Company has generally used an informal process to identify and evaluate director candidates. The Company has encouraged both independent directors and directors that are not independent to identify nominees for the Board of Directors. The Company has not paid any third party a fee to assist in the nomination process or to identify or evaluate candidates.

The Company will consider candidates that are nominated by its stockholders. The name, business experience and other relevant background information of a candidate should be sent to the Chief Executive Officer who will then forward such information to the independent directors for their review and consideration. The process for determining whether to nominate a director candidate put forth by a stockholder is the same as that used for reviewing candidates submitted by directors. Other than candidates submitted by its directors and executive officers, the Company has never received a proposed candidate for nomination from any security holder that beneficially owned more than 5% of the Common Stock.

The Company has not, to date, implemented a policy or procedure by which its stockholders can communicate directly with its directors. Due to the small size of the Company and its resources, the Company believes that this is appropriate.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting the Company’s independent auditors, reviewing the Company’s accounting policies, financial procedures and internal controls, the engagement of independent auditors and the general scope of the annual audit and any other services that the auditors may be asked to perform, and review with the auditors their report on the Company’s financial statements following the completion of each audit.

The Audit Committee currently consists of Mr. Pierce and Mr. Higgins. The Company believes that each of Mr. Pierce and Mr. Higgins meets the independence criteria set out in Rule 4200(a) (15) of the NASDAQ Stock Market. The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Higgins qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in the rules of the SEC. Security holders should understand that this designation is a disclosure requirement of the SEC relating to Mr. Higgins’ experience and understanding with respect to certain accounting and auditing matters.  The designation does not impose on Mr. Higgins any duties, obligations or liability that is greater than is generally imposed on him as a member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors, and his designation as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this SEC requirement does not affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the Audit Co mmittee or Board of Directors.

In 2007, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings.

The Company’s Board of Directors adopted a charter governing the duties and responsibilities of the Audit Committee in December 2002. A copy of the Audit Committee charter was attached as an exhibit to the Company’s definitive proxy statement in connection with our 2006 annual stockholders meeting that was filed on March 22, 2006.




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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The following report of the Audit Committee does not constitute soliciting material and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates this report by reference therein.

The Audit Committee acts under a written charter, which was adopted by the Board of Directors in December 2002. Pursuant to the charter, which includes standards set forth in SEC regulations and rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the Audit Committee oversees the:  

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auditing and integrity of the Company’s financial statements;

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qualification and independence of the Company’s independent accountants;

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performance of the Company’s independent accountants;

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compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory requirements promulgated by the SEC; and

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accounting and financial reporting process.

As part of its oversight of the auditing and integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with both management and the Company’s independent public accountants all financial statements prior to their issuance. Management advised the Audit Committee in all cases that all financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States and reviewed any significant accounting issues with the Audit Committee. These reviews included discussions with the independent public accountants of matters required to be discussed pursuant to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Communication with Audit Committees).

The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent accountants required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1(Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and also discussed with the Company’s independent public accountants matters relating to its independence, including a review of audit fees and the disclosures made to the Audit Committee pursuant to Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees).

Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Board approve the inclusion of the Company’s audited financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, for filing with the SEC.

Dated: April 18, 2008

SUBMITTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

D. HOWARD PIERCE

THOMAS HIGGINS




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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the compensation arrangements in effect for the Company’s executive officers and for administering the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. Mr. Widland is the sole member of the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee met twice during 2007.

The Compensation Committee sets compensation policy and administers the Company’s cash and equity incentive programs for the purpose of attracting and retaining skilled executives who will promote the Company’s business goals and build shareholder value. The Committee is also responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to the Board regarding all forms of compensation to be provided to the Company’s named executive officers, including stock compensation and bonuses. The Compensation Committee does not have a written charter.

The policy of the Compensation Committee is to attract and retain key personnel through the payment of competitive base salaries and to encourage and reward performance through bonuses and stock ownership. The Committee’s objectives are to ensure that:

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there is an appropriate relationship between executive compensation and the creation of shareholder value;

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the total compensation program will motivate, retain and attract quality executives; and

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current cash and equity incentives are competitive with comparable companies.

ELEMENTS OF COMPENSATION

Compensation for officers and key executives includes:

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Annual cash compensation in the form of base salary;

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Discretionary or contractual bonuses; and

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Equity elements through the issuance of stock and stock options.

SALARY AND BONUS

Cash compensation consists of base salary, which is determined based upon the level of responsibility, expertise and experience of the executive and the competitive conditions of the industry.

EQUITY ELEMENTS

Ownership of the Company’s Common Stock is a key element of executive compensation. The Committee believes that a significant portion of executive compensation should be dependent upon the value created for the shareholders. Officers and other employees of the Company are eligible to participate in the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. These plans allow the Board or the Committee to grant stock options to employees on such terms as the Board or the Committee may determine. In addition, employees may be granted stock awards or stock options outside of these plans.

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DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

As the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, director John Joyce is not considered “independent” based on the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market if the securities of the Company were so listed (which they are not).  The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded that each other director is “independent” based on such listing standards, having concluded that any relationship between such director and the Company, in its opinion, does not interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The Board of Directors of the Company has also concluded that the directors serving on the audit committee, namely Mr. Pierce and Mr. Higgins are “independent” based on the more stringent independence standard of the NASDAQ Stock Market applicable to directors serving on audit committees.

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION AS DIRECTORS OF ALL OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.





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PROPOSAL NO. 2

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

THAT THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE TO 2,000,000,000

The Certificate of Incorporation presently authorizes the Company to issue up to 1,250,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of Record Date, there were 254,615,704 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. We also have approximately 994,059,812 shares of Common Stock reserved for possible future issuance in connection with outstanding options, warrants, and convertible debentures. Of the 994,059,812 shares that are reserved for issuance, 832,619,048 shares (approximately 83.76% of the shares currently reserved for issuance) are issuable to Vicis Capital Master Fund (“Vicis”) in connection with the transactions between us and Vicis described below. Some of the shares reserved for issuance may never actually be issued. For example, many of the outstanding options and warrants, except for the warrants held by Vicis, have per share exercise prices well in excess of the current market price of the Common Stock, making their exercise un likely. Nevertheless, we must keep reserved for future issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to meet the Company’s obligations to issue Common Stock in the event these options or warrants are exercised or convertible debentures are converted

Between July 31, 2007 and January 15, 2008, we raised gross proceeds of $12.5 million from the private placement to Vicis of our Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (collectively the “Notes”). The Notes, which mature on the third anniversary of issuance, are convertible into shares of our Common Stock at a fixed conversion price of $0.035 (subject to adjustment upon certain specified conditions). Accordingly, we have reserved for issuance 357,142,857 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of these Notes. In connection with the issuance of the Notes, we also issued to Vicis, in the aggregate, warrants to purchase up to an additional 340,476,191 shares of our Common Stock, exercisable through the fifth anniversary of issuance. Additionally, on April 23, 2008, we raised gross proceeds of $3,000,000 from the issuance to Vicis of warrants, exercisable through the fifth anniversary of issuance, to purchase up to an additional 135,000,000 shares of our Common Stock (together with the warrants we previously issued in connection with the placement of the Notes, the “Warrants”). In connection with the April 2008 transaction, the previously issued Warrants, as well as the newly issued Warrants, have a per share exercise price of $0.001. We have thus reserved an aggregate of 475,476,191 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants. Under the documents with Vicis, we are required to reserve 110% of the shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes. Accordingly, we intend to use a portion of the newly authorized shares to satisfy this reservation requirement.

The remaining 161,440,764 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance relate to shares issuable upon exercise of stock options held by employees (including officers) and non-employee directors, with per share exercise prices ranging between $0.035 and $0.50. The table below summarizes information relating to the number of shares of our Common Stock currently outstanding, reserved and available for issuance and the number of shares of Common Stock that would be reserved and available for issuance immediately following approval of the increase in authorized shares of Common Stock.

 

 

Before
Amendment

 

After
Amendment

 

 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding  (as of April 28, 2008)

 

254,615,704

 

254,615,704

 

 

 

 

 

Shares reserved for issuance

 

994,059,812

 

1,060,774,098(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Total of the above as a % of the maximum number of authorized shares *

 

99.9%

 

65.77%

 

 

 

 

 

Shares available for issuance

 

1,324,484

 

684,610,198

(1)

Assumes that Proposals No. 3 (Increase in shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan) and No.4 (Increase in shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan) are approved and accordingly, the amount of shares reserved for issuance include the 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issuable under the 2000 Equity




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Incentive Plan and the 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issuable under the 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan.  

Because of the limited number of shares of Common Stock available to be issued by the Company, the Board believes it is in the best interest of the Company and the stockholders to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Board has unanimously approved, and voted to recommend that the Stockholders approve, the proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (in the form attached hereto as APPENDIX A, the “Common Stock Amendment”) whereby the number of shares of Common Stock that we would be authorized to issue from time to time would be increased to 2,000,000,000 shares. If the Common Stock Amendment is approved by the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting, we intend to file the Common Stock Amendment with the Secretary of State of Delaware as soon as reasonably practicable after such approval and it will become effective upon filing.

The balance of the  750,000,000 additional authorized shares of Common Stock that is not needed to satisfy our reserve obligations to Vicis referred to above may be issued for any proper corporate purpose approved by the Board of Directors. Among the reasons for having additional authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock are the ability to sell shares in capital raising transactions during advantageous market conditions, issue shares in connection with acquisitions of the assets, operating businesses or securities of other companies, and issue stock as stock dividends, stock splits and to use shares for other general corporate purposes. The additional shares of Common Stock, when issued, would have the same rights and privileges as the shares of Common Stock now issued. There are no pre-emptive rights relating to the Common Stock. Except in respect of the reservation requirements for the notes referred to above, we do not presently have any agreements, understandings or arrangements regarding the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock from any of the additional authorized shares.

However, the Board of Directors believes the Company will need to secure financing in the near term for working capital, which financing could involve the issuance or reserve for future issuance of additional shares of Common Stock. Our Board of Directors believes that the complexity of modern business financing and acquisition transactions requires greater flexibility in our capital structure than now exists. The Board of Directors believes that an increase in the authorized Common Stock would provide us with increased flexibility in the future to issue capital stock in connection with public or private offerings, stock dividends, financing and acquisition transactions, employee benefit plans and other proper corporate purposes. Moreover, having such additional authorized shares of Common Stock available will give us the ability to issue stock without the expense and delay of a special meeting of stockholders, which delay might deprive us of the flexibility the Board views as important in facilitating the effective use of our stock. Except as otherwise required by applicable law or any applicable stock exchange rules, authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock may be issued at such time, for such purpose and for such consideration as the Board of Directors may determine to be appropriate, without further authorization by stockholders.

Any issuance of additional shares of Common Stock would increase the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and (unless such issuance was pro-rata among existing stockholders) the percentage ownership of existing stockholders would be diluted accordingly. The dilutive effect of such an issuance could discourage a change in control by making it more difficult or costly.

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE TO 2,000,000,000..




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PROPOSAL NO. 3

AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RESERVED

FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER TO 50,000,000 SHARES.

At the Annual Meeting, the Stockholders will be asked to approve an amendment to the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2000 Equity Incentive Plan”) to increase by twenty five million (25,000,000) the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to a total of fifty million  (50,000,000) shares. This proposal will be effected only if Proposal No. 2 (Increase Authorized Shares of Common Stock) is approved.

A summary of the principal terms of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan is set forth below.

The Board believes that equity based awards are an important incentive for attracting, retaining and motivating employees and officers through the opportunity of equity participation in the Company. The amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan is intended to enable the Company to continue to have an adequate number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of stock options to attract new employees, as well as retain current employees.

Of the total of 25,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as of the Record Date, options to purchase 22,854,500 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and awards with respect to 784,600 shares remained available for future grants to employees and other service providers. With the expansion of our employee base, the relatively small number of shares remaining under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan will not be adequate for future needs.

Although the Company cannot currently determine the number of options that may be granted in the future to the executive officers of the Company, each of the executive officers and key employees of the Company has an interest in the approval of the amendment to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan in so far as they are eligible recipients of options under the plan.

SUMMARY OF THE TERMS OF THE 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

The summary of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan below is qualified in its entirety by the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan attached hereto as Appendix B.

THE 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN ADMINISTRATION

The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Board of Directors of the Company or, at the discretion of the Board, by a committee composed of at least one member of the Board. The Compensation Committee of the Board, established in December 2001, administers the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. Such committee, and the Board itself acting in its capacity as administrator of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, is referred to herein as the “Committee.” The Committee is authorized, among other things, to construe, interpret and implement the provisions of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, to select the key employees to whom awards will be granted, to determine the terms and conditions of such awards and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.

SHARES AVAILABLE

If Proposal No. 3 is approved by the stockholders, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance, subject to adjustment as described below, under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan will be 50,000,000. Such shares may be authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. If Proposal No. 3 is approved, shares reserved for issuance for grants under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan will represent approximately 19.6 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as of the Record Date. Together with the shares reserved for issuance under the 2002 Directors Plan (assuming Proposal No. 4 is approved), the shares reserved for issuance under these plans will represent approximately 24.4% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock as of the Record Date. If all of the shares reserved for issuance under the foregoing plans are actually issued, such shares will represent 19.6% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stoc k. If any shares of Common Stock subject to an award




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are forfeited or an award is settled in cash or otherwise terminates for any reason whatsoever without an actual distribution of shares, the shares subject to such award will again be available for awards. If any Performance Units awarded under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan are forfeited or canceled, the Performance Units will again be available for awards. If the Committee determines that any stock dividend, recapitalization, split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, repurchase, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Common Stock or the book value of the Company such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of participants, then the Committee shall adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock which may thereafter be issued in connection with awards, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of outstanding awards, (iii) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock available, (iv) the number of Performance Units which may thereafter be granted and the book value of the Company with respect to outstanding Performance Units, and (v) the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price relating to any award. If deemed appropriate, the Committee may also provide for cash payments relating to outstanding awards, provided, however, in each case that no adjustment shall be made which would cause the plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) with respect to ISOs (defined below) or would adversely affect the status of a Performance-Based Award (defined below) as “performance based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may also adjust performance conditions and other terms of awards in response to unusual or nonrecurring events or to changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, except to the extent that such adjustment would adversely affect the status of any outstanding Performance-Based Awards as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

ELIGIBILITY

Persons eligible to participate in the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan include all key employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries, as determined by the Committee. While the specific individuals to whom awards will be made in the future cannot be determined at this time, it is anticipated that currently approximately three key employees presently are eligible for participation in the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.

AWARDS

The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan is designed to give the Committee the maximum flexibility in providing incentive compensation to key employees and consultants. The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, bonus stock, awards in lieu of cash obligations, other stock-based awards and Performance Units. The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan also permits cash payments either as a separate award or as a supplement to a stock-based award, and for the income and employment taxes imposed on a participant in respect of any award.

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

The Committee is authorized to grant stock options, including both incentive stock options (“ISOs”), which can result in potentially favorable tax treatment to the participant, and nonqualified stock options. The Committee can also grant stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) entitling the participant to receive the excess of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR. The exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to an option and the grant price of an SAR are determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise price of an ISO or SAR may not be less than the fair market value (110% of the fair market value in the case of an ISO granted to a 10% shareholder) of the Common Stock on the date of grant. However, the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan also allows the Committee to grant an option, an SAR or other award allowing the purchase of Common Stock at an exercis e price or grant price less than fair market value when it is granted in substitution for some other award or retroactively in tandem with an outstanding award. In those cases, the exercise or grant price may be the fair market value at that date, at the date of the earlier award or at that date reduced by the fair market value of the award required to be surrendered as a condition to the receipt of the substitute award. The terms of each option or SAR, the times at which each option or SAR will be exercisable, and provisions requiring forfeiture of unexercised options or SARs and relating to exercisability or following termination of employment will be fixed by the Committee. However, no ISO or SAR granted in tandem will have a term exceeding ten years (or shorter period applicable under Section 422 of the Code). Options may be exercised by payment of the exercise price in cash or in Common Stock, outstanding awards or other property (including notes or




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obligations to make payment on a deferred basis, or through “cashless exercises”) having a fair market value equal to the exercise price, as the Committee may determine from time to time. The Committee also determines the methods of exercise and settlement and certain other terms of the SARs.

RESTRICTED STOCK

The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan also authorizes the Committee to grant restricted stock. Restricted stock is an award of shares of Common Stock which may not be disposed of by participants and which may be forfeited in the event of certain terminations of employment or certain other events prior to the end of a restriction period established by the Committee. Such an award entitles the participant to all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares and the right to receive any dividends thereon, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS, BONUS STOCK AND AWARDS IN LIEU OF CASH OBLIGATIONS

In order to enable the Company to respond to business and economic developments and trends in executive compensation practices, the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to grant awards that are denominated or payable in, or valued in whole or in part by reference to the value of, Common Stock. The Committee will determine the terms and conditions of such awards, including consideration to be paid to exercise awards in the nature of purchase rights, the period during which awards will be outstanding and forfeiture conditions and restrictions on awards. In addition, the Committee is authorized to grant shares as a bonus, free of restrictions, or to grant shares or other awards in lieu of Company obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under other plans or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as the Committee may specify.

CASH PAYMENTS

The Committee may grant the right to receive cash payments whether as a separate award or as a supplement to any stock-based awards. Also, to encourage participants to retain awards payable in stock by providing a source of cash sufficient to pay the income and employment taxes imposed as a result of a payment pursuant to, or the exercise or vesting of, any award, the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to grant a Tax Bonus in respect of any award.

PERFORMANCE UNITS

The Committee is also authorized to grant Performance Units. A Performance Unit is a right to receive a payment in cash equal to the increase in the book value of the Company if specified performance goals during a specified time period are met. The Committee has the discretion to establish the performance goals and the performance periods relating to each Performance Unit. A performance goal is a goal expressed in terms of growth in book value, earnings per share, return on equity or any other financial or other measurement selected by the Committee, in its discretion, and may relate to the operations of the Company as a whole or any subsidiary, division or department, and the performance periods may be of such length as the Committee may select. Neither the performance goals nor the performance periods need be identical for all Performance Units awarded at any time or from time to time.

PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS

The Committee may (but is not required to) grant awards pursuant to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to a participant who, in the year of grant, may be among the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the two other most highly compensated executive officers (“Covered Employees”), which are intended to qualify as a Performance-Based Award. If the Committee grants an award as a Performance-Based Award, the right to receive payment of such award, other than stock options and SARs granted at not less than fair market value on the date of grant, will be conditional upon the achievement of performance goals established by the Committee in writing at the time such Performance-Based Award is granted. Such performance goals may vary from participant to participant and Performance-Based Award to Performance-Based Award. The goals will be based upon (i) the attainment of specific amounts of, or increases in, one or more of the following, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to another company or companies: revenues, earnings, cash flow, net worth, book value, stockholder’s equity, financial return ratios, market performance or total stockholder return, and/or (ii) the completion of certain business or capital transactions. Before any Performance-Based Award is paid, the Committee will certify in writing that the performance goals applicable to the Performance-Based Award were in fact satisfied.




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OTHER TERMS OF AWARDS

The maximum amount which may be granted as Performance-Based Awards to any participant in any calendar year shall not exceed (i) 500,000 Performance Units,  (ii) a Tax Bonus payable with respect to the stock-based awards and Performance Units and (iii) cash payments (other than Tax Bonuses) of $1,000,000. The Committee has the discretion to grant an award to a participant who may be a Covered Employee which is not a Performance-Based Award.

At the discretion of the Committee, awards may be settled in cash, Common Stock, other awards or other property. .Subject to Section 409A of the code the Committee may require or permit participants to defer the distribution of all or part of an award in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish, including payment of reasonable interest on any amounts deferred under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. Awards granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan may not be pledged or otherwise encumbered. Generally, unless the Committee determines otherwise, awards are not transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (except in the case of an ISO) otherwise if permitted under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and by the Committee. The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan grants the Committee broad discretion in the operation and administration of the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. This discretion includes the au thority to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in performance conditions related to, any awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles. However, no such adjustment may adversely affect the status of any outstanding award as a Performance-Based Award. The Committee can waive any condition applicable to any award, and may adjust any performance condition specified in connection with any award, if such adjustment is necessary, to take account of a change in the Company’s strategy, performance of comparable companies or other circumstances. However no adjustment may adversely affect the status of any outstanding award as a Performance-Based Award. Awards under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan generally will be granted for no consideration other than services. Subject to Section 409A of the code the Committee may, however, grant awards alone, in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for, any other award under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, other awards under other Company plans, or other rights to payment from the Company. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other awards may be granted either at the same time or at different times. If an award is granted in substitution for another award, the participant must surrender such other award in consideration for the grant of the new award.

CHANGE OF CONTROL

In the event of a change of control of the Company, all awards granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (including Performance-Based Awards) that are outstanding and not yet vested or exercisable or which are subject to restrictions, will become immediately 100% vested in each participant or will be free of any restrictions, and will be exercisable for the remaining duration of the award. All awards that are exercisable as of the effective date of the change of control will remain exercisable for the remaining duration of the award. Under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, a change of control occurs upon any of the following events: (i) the acquisition, in one or more transactions, of beneficial ownership by any person or group, (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a subsidiary), of any securities of the Company such that, as a result of such acquisition, such person or group, either (A) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities entitled to vote on a regular basis for a majority of the members of the Board or (B) otherwise has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of the Board; (ii) a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the members of the Board are not Continuing Directors (as defined in the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan); or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger o r consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company, in one or more transactions, of all or substantially all the Company’s assets. The foregoing events will not be deemed to be a change of control if the transactions causing such change are approved in advance by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors.




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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan is of indefinite duration continuing until all shares and performance units reserved therefor have been issued or until terminated by the Board. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant awards thereunder without further stockholder approval or the consent of the participants, except stockholder approval must be obtained within one year after the effectiveness of such action if required by law or regulation or under the rules of the securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then quoted or listed or as otherwise required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless approved by the stockholders, no amendment will: (i) change the class of persons eligible to receive awards; (ii) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan; or (iii) in crease the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.

CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THE COMPANY AND THE PARTICIPANT

The following discussion is a brief summary of the principal United States Federal income tax consequences under current Federal income tax laws relating to awards under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and, among other things, does not describe state, local or foreign income and other tax consequences.

Stock options and SARs granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan are intended to satisfy the stock rights exception to Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”); other types of awards are intended either to satisfy another exception to Section 409A (such as the short-term deferral exception) or to be granted and administered in compliance with Section 409A. the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan may be amended for Section 409A. the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan may be amended for Section 409A compliance by December 31, 2008. A participant will not realize any income upon the award of an option (including any other stock-based award in the nature of a purchase right), an SAR or a Performance Unit, nor will the Company be entitled to any tax deduction. When a participant who has been granted an option which is not designated as an ISO exercises that option and receives Common Stock which is either “transferable” or not subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” under Section 83(c) of the Code, the participant will realize compensation income subject, in the case of an employee, to withholding taxes. The amount of that compensation income will equal the excess of the fair market value of the Common Stock (without regard to any restrictions) on the date of exercise of the option over its exercise price, and the Company will generally be entitled to a tax deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the compensation income is realized by the participant. The participant’s tax basis for the Common Stock so acquired will equal the sum of the compensation income realized and the exercise price. Upon any subsequent sale or exchange of the Common Stock, the gain or loss will generally be taxed as a capital gain or loss and will be a long-term capital gain or loss if the Common Stock has been held for more than one year after the date of exercise.

If a participant exercises an option which is designated as an ISO and the participant has been an employee of the Company or its subsidiaries throughout the period from the date of grant of the ISO until three months prior to its exercise, the participant will not realize any income upon the exercise of the ISO (although alternative minimum tax liability may result), and the Company will not be entitled to any tax deduction. If the participant sells or exchanges any of the shares acquired upon the exercise of the ISO more than one year after the transfer of the shares to the participant and more than two years after the date of grant of the ISO, any gain or loss (based upon the difference between the amount realized and the exercise price of the ISO) will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss to the participant. If such sale, exchange or other disposition takes place within two years of the grant of the ISO or within one year of the t ransfer of shares to the participant, the sale, exchange or other disposition will generally constitute a “disqualifying disposition” of such shares. In such event, to the extent that the gain realized on the disqualifying disposition does not exceed the difference between the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise of the ISO over the exercise price, such amount will be treated as compensation income in the year of the disqualifying disposition, and the Company will be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the compensation income is realized by the participant. The balance of the gain, if any, will be treated as capital gain and will not result in any deduction by the Company.

With respect to other awards (including an SAR or a Performance Unit) granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan that may be settled either in cash or in Common Stock or other property that is either transferable or




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not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture under Section 83(c) of the Code, the participant will realize compensation income (subject, in the case of employees to withholding taxes) equal to the amount of cash or the fair market value of the Common Stock or other property received. The Company will be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the compensation income is realized by the participant.

With respect to awards involving Common Stock or other property that is both nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, unless an election is made under Section 83(b) of the Code, as described below, the participant will realize compensation income equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock or other property received at the first time the Common Stock or other property is either transferable or not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. The Company will be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the compensation income is realized by the participant. Even though Common Stock or other property may be nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, a participant may elect (within 30 days of receipt of the Common Stock or other property) to include in gross income the fair market value (determined without regard to such restrictions) of such Common Stock or other pro perty at the time received. In that event, the participant will not realize any income at the time the Common Stock or other property either becomes transferable or is not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, but if the participant subsequently forfeits such Common Stock or other property, the participant’s loss would be limited only to the amount actually paid for the Common Stock or other property. While such Common Stock or other property remains nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, any dividends or other income will be taxable as additional compensation income.

Finally, special rules may apply with respect to participants subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

The Committee may condition the payment, exercise or vesting of any award on the payment of the withholding taxes and may provide that a portion of the Common Stock or other property to be distributed will be withheld (or previously acquired stock or other property surrendered by the participant) to satisfy such withholding and other tax obligations. Finally, amounts paid pursuant to an award which vests or becomes exercisable, or with respect to which restrictions lapse, upon a Change in Control may constitute a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code. To the extent any such payment constitutes an “excess parachute payment,” the Company would not be entitled to deduct such payment and the participant would be subject to a 20 percent excise tax (in addition to regular income tax).

SECTION 162 PROVISIONS

The 2000 Equity Incentive Plan was designed to permit the deduction by the Company of the compensation realized by certain officers in respect of long-term incentive compensation granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan which is intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a deduction to the Company for compensation paid in any year in excess of $1 million to any Covered Employee. Certain compensation, including compensation that meets the specified requirements for “performance-based compensation,” is not subject to this deduction limit. Among the requirements for compensation to qualify as “performance-based compensation” is that the material terms pursuant to which the compensation is to be paid be disclosed to, and approved by, the stockholders of the Company in a separate vote prior to the payment . Accordingly, because the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan has been approved by the Stockholders, the compensation payable pursuant to awards granted to officers who in the year of grant may be Covered Employees and which are intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” should not be subject to the deduction limit of Section 162(m) of the Code, provided the Plan continues to be administered by a Committee consisting solely of two or more “outside directors” and the other requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code are satisfied. Nonqualified stock options granted with an option price less than the fair market value at the time of grant will not qualify as performance-based compensation. Not withstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in the exercise of its discretion, issue stock option grants that would be subject to the deductibility limit where it deems such issuance to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

NEW PLAN BENEFITS

Because awards under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan are discretionary, the Company cannot currently determine the number of options that may be granted under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. In 2007, the following individuals and groups had been granted options under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to purchase shares in the amounts indicated: John J. Joyce (Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer): 2,500,000 shares; Ramdas Rao




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(Chief Network Architect) 1,000,000 shares;  all current executive officers as a group: 3,500,000 shares; all current non-executive officer directors as a group: 0 shares; and all employees, including officers other than executive officers, as a group: 5,192,500 shares.  

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2007, certain information relating to the Company’s equity compensation plans.

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

securities to

 

 

 

 

 

be issued

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

upon

 

average

 

 

 

exercise of

 

exercise price of

 

Number of

 

outstanding

 

outstanding

 

securities

 

options,

 

options,

 

remaining

 

warrants and

 

warrants

 

available for

 

rights

 

and rights

 

issuance

Plan Category

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plan approved by security holders

28,587,000

 

$0.171

 

812,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plan not approved by security holders

3,620,000(1)

 

$0.203

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

32,207,000

 

$0.174

 

812,100


(1)

Comprised of (i) 350,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in September 2006 to advisory board members and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20, (ii) 125,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in August 2005 to advisory board members and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.30, (iii) 1,050,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in January  2005 to non-employee directors and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20, (iv) 150,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in January 2004 to advisory board members and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20, (v) 45,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in January 2002 to non-employee directors a nd exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20 (vi) 950,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in December 2001 to employees of the Company and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20, and (vii) 950,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of non-plan options issued in December 2001 to employees of the Company and exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.20.

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN.





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PROPOSAL NO. 4


AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY’S

2002 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE THEREUNDER TO 12,000,000

At the Annual Meeting, the Stockholders will be asked to approve an amendment to the Company’s 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Directors Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2002 Directors Plan from 6,000,000 to 12,000,000. This proposal will be effected only if Proposal No. 2 (Increase Authorized Shares of Common Stock) is approved.

A summary of the principal terms of the 2002 Directors Plan is set forth below.

The Board believes that stock options are an important incentive for attracting and retaining on individuals to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors who are not otherwise employed by the Company or any subsidiary. The amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2002 Directors Plan is intended to enable the Company to continue to have an adequate number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of stock options to attract and retain qualified non-employee directors.

Of the total 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2002 Directors Plan, options to purchase 5,445,000 shares of Common Stock have been issued under the 2002 Directors Plan as of the Record Date.

Although the Company cannot currently determine the number of options that may be granted in the future to non-employee directors of the Company, each of the non-employee directors of the Company has an interest in the approval of the amendment to the 2002 Directors Plan in so far as they are eligible recipients of options under the plan.

SUMMARY OF THE 2002 DIRECTORS PLAN

The summary of the 2002 Directors Plan below is qualified in its entirety by the 2002 Directors Plan attached hereto as APPENDIX C.

The 2002 Directors Plan is administered by the Board or, if so determined by the Board, by a committee consisting solely of two or more non-employee directors of the Company. The body administrating the 2002 Directors Plan is referred to herein as the “Administrative Body.” The Administrative Body is authorized to construe, interpret and implement the provisions of the 2002 Directors Plan, to select the non-employee directors to whom awards will be granted, to determine the amount, terms and conditions of such awards and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2002 Directors Plan. The shares available for grant under the 2002 Directors Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. If any shares of Common Stock subject to an award are forfeited or the award otherwise terminates for any reason whatsoever without an actual distribution of shares, the shares subject t o such award will again be available for awards. Only directors not employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the 2002 Directors Plan.

Under the 2002 Directors Plan, the Administrative Body may issue only non-qualified options. Each option granted under the 2002 Directors Plan will, unless earlier terminated as provided in the 2002 Directors Plan, expire six years from the date of grant. If a non-employee director ceases to serve as a director of the Company, options issued to such a director under the 2002 Directors Plan will:

(i)

in the case of removal for cause, terminate immediately;

(ii)

in the case of death or disability, terminate two years after the date on which such director ceased to serve; and

(iii)

in all other the cases (including failure to be re-nominated or reelected), terminate 12 months after such director ceased to serve.




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The exercise price of each option will be the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant of the option. The number of options and prices at which they are exercisable are subject to adjustment in the case of certain transactions such as mergers, recapitalizations, stock splits or stock dividends. The 2002 Directors Plan continues in effect through December 31, 2012. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the 2002 Directors Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders if such approval is required by any applicable law or regulation or any applicable stock exchange rule. Additionally, without the consent of the an affected non-employee director, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination of the 2002 Directors Plan may materially, adversely affect the rights of such non-employee director under any option theretofore granted.

FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES

Set forth below is a description of the federal income tax consequences under the Code, of the grant and exercise of the benefits awarded under the 2002 Directors Plan. This description does not purport to be a complete description of the federal income tax aspects of the 2002 Directors Plan. The summary does not include any discussion of state, local or foreign income tax consequences or the effect of gift, estate or inheritance taxes, any of which may be significant to a particular director eligible to receive options. Stock options and SARs granted under the 2002 Directors Plan are intended to satisfy the stock right exceptions to Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”). The 2002 Directors Plan may be amended for Section 409A compliance by December 31, 2008.


A director to whom an option is granted under the 2002 Directors Plan will not recognize any taxable income upon the grant of an option. Upon the exercise of such option, an optionee will generally recognize ordinary compensation income equal to the difference between the exercise price of the option and the fair market value of the Common Stock acquired on the date of exercise. The tax basis of such Common Stock to the optionee will equal the amount includable in the optionee’s income as compensation, and the optionee’s holding period for such Common Stock will commence on the day on which the optionee recognizes the compensation income in respect of such Common Stock. Any additional gain or any loss recognized on the subsequent disposition of the shares of Common Stock will be a capital gain or loss and will be a long-term gain or loss if the shares are held for more than one year. Generally, the Company will be entitled to a tax deduction upon the exercise of an option under the 2002 Directors Plan at the same time and in the same amount as the ordinary income recognized by the optionee.

NEW PLAN BENEFITS

Because awards under the 2002 Directors Plan are discretionary, the Company cannot currently determine the number of options that may be granted under the 2002 Directors Plan. In 2007, the following Directors had been granted options under the 2002 Directors Plan to purchase shares in the amounts indicated: Thomas Higgins: 600,000 shares, Michael Widland: 600,000 shares; D. Howard Pierce: 600,000 shares.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2002 DIRECTORS PLAN





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PROPOSAL NO. 5

RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Audit Committee has selected Rotenberg as the Company’s independent public accountants for the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2008. The Board of Directors has directed that such appointment be submitted for ratification by the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

While stockholder ratification is not required for the appointment of Rotenberg since the Audit Committee has the responsibility for appointing the Company’s independent auditors, the appointment is being submitted for ratification with a view toward soliciting the stockholders’ opinion, which the Audit Committee will take into consideration in the future.

It is not anticipated that a representative of Rotenberg will be present at the Annual Meeting.

FEES

The following table presents fees for professional audit services rendered by Rotenberg, for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for 2007 and 2006. No other fees were billed, nor were other services rendered, by Rotenberg during 2007 and 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of Service/Fee

 

Fiscal 2007

 

Fiscal 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit Fees (1)

 

$

112,067 

 

$

74,681 

(1)

Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and the review of the interim financial statements included in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB, and for the services that are normally provided in connection with regulatory filings or engagements.

The Audit Committee reviews non-audit services rendered for each year and determines whether such services are compatible with maintaining the accountants’ independence. The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit services and all non-audit services that the Company’s independent public accountants are permitted to perform for the Company under applicable federal securities regulations. As permitted by the applicable regulations, the Audit Committee’s policy utilizes a combination of specific pre-approval on a case-by-case basis of individual engagements of the independent public accountants and general pre-approval of certain categories of engagements up to predetermined dollar thresholds that are reviewed annually by the Audit Committee. Specific pre-approval is mandatory for, among other things, the annual financial statement audit engagement.

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.





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OTHER MATTERS

At the Annual Meeting, management does not intend to present any matters other than matters referred to herein, and as of this date management does not know of any matter that will be presented for a vote thereat.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Under the rules of the SEC, stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders must be made in accordance with the by-laws of the Company and received by the Company, at its principal executive offices, for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement for that meeting, no later than February 27, 2009. The Board of Directors will review any stockholder proposals that are filed as required and will determine whether such proposals meet applicable criteria for inclusion in its 2009 proxy statement.

ANNUAL REPORT

Enclosed is the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, including audited financial statements. This Annual Report on Form 10-KSB does not form any part of the material for the solicitation of proxies.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The Company will pay the cost of the solicitation of proxies. Solicitation of proxies may be made in person or by mail, telephone, or telecopy by directors, officers, and employees of the Company. The Company may also engage the services of others to solicit proxies in person or by telephone or telecopy. In addition, the Company may also request banking institutions, brokerage firms, custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries to forward solicitation material to the beneficial owners of Common Stock held of record by such persons, and the Company will reimburse such persons for the costs related to such services.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. If you are unable to be present in person, you are respectfully requested to sign the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed stamped and addressed envelope as promptly as possible.


 By Order of the Board of Directors

 

/s/ John J. Joyce

John J. Joyce

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

May 22, 2008




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APPENDIX A


PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK

AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE TO 2,000,000,000





Paragraph FOURTH of the certificate of incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:


FOURTH: The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated respectively as “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue consists of one billion seven hundred fifty million (2,000,000,000) shares of Common Stock and five million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock. Each share of Common Stock and Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $.001.





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APPENDIX B


AMBIENT CORPORATION

2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


Section 1. Purpose of the Plan


The purpose of the Ambient Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to further the interests of Ambient Corporation (the “Company”) and its shareholders by providing long-term performance incentives to those key employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are largely responsible for the management, growth and protection of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.


Section 2. Definitions


For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:


(a) “Award” means any Option, Performance Unit, SAR (including a Limited SAR), Restricted Stock, Stock granted as a bonus or in lieu of other awards, other Stock-Based Award, Tax Bonus or other cash payments granted to a Participant under the Plan.


(b) “Award Agreement” shall mean the written agreement, instrument or document evidencing an Award.


(c) “Change of Control” means and includes each of the following: (i) the acquisition, in one or more transactions, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by any person or entity or any group of persons or entities who constitute a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, of any securities of the Company such that, as a result of such acquisition, such person, entity or group either (A) beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule l3d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities entitled to vote on a regular basis for a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or (B) otherwise has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of the Board; (ii) a change in the composi tion of the Board of Directors of the Company such that a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one or more transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preceding events shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control if, prior to any transaction or transactions causing such change, a majority of the Continuing Directors shall have voted not to treat such transaction or transactions as resulting in a Change of Control.


(d) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.


(e) A “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such Board on the effective date of the Plan or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such Board with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.


(f) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.




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(g) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to Stock, Awards, or other property, the fair market value of such Stock, Awards, or other property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee in good faith and in accordance with applicable law. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of Stock shall mean the mean of the high and low sales prices of Stock on the relevant date as reported on the stock exchange or market on which the Stock is primarily traded, or if no sale is made on such date, then the Fair Market Value is the weighted average of the mean of the high and low sales prices of the Stock on the next preceding day and the next succeeding day on which such sales were made, as reported on the stock exchange or market on which the Stock is primarily traded.


(h) “ISO” means any Option designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(i) “Limited SAR” means an SAR exercisable only for cash upon a Change of Control or other event, as specified by the Committee.

(j) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(b) to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an ISO or a non-statutory Option (an Option not designated as an ISO).

(k) “Performance Unit” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to

Section 6(c) to receive a payment in cash equal to the increase in the book value of the Company during specified time periods if specified performance goals are met.

(l) “Restricted Stock” means Stock awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(d) that may be subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

(m) “Stock-Based Award” means a right that may be denominated or payable in, or valued in whole or in part by reference to the market value of, Stock, including, but not limited to, any Option, SAR (including a Limited SAR), Restricted Stock, Stock granted as a bonus or Awards in lieu of cash obligations.

(n) “SAR” or “Stock Appreciation Right” means the right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(e) to be paid an amount measured by the appreciation in the Fair Market Value of Stock from the date of grant to the date of exercise of the right, with payment to be made in cash, Stock or as specified in the Award, as determined by the Committee.

(o) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which 50% or more of the outstanding voting power is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

(p) “Tax Bonus” means a payment in cash in the year in which an amount is included in the gross income of a Participant in respect of an Award of an amount equal to the federal, foreign, if any, and applicable state and local income and employment tax liabilities payable by the Participant as a result of (i) the amount included in gross income in respect of the Award and (ii) the payment of the amount in clause (i) and the amount in this clause (ii). For purposes of determining the amount to be paid to the Participant pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Participant shall be deemed to pay federal, foreign, if any, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of tax imposed upon ordinary income for the year in which an amount in respect of the Award is included in gross income, after giving effect to any deductions there from or credits available with respect to the payment of any such taxes.

Section 3. Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company or, at the discretion of the Board, by a committee which may be comprised of one or more members of the Board. Any such committee designated by the Board, and the Board itself acting in its capacity as administrator of the Equity Incentive Plan, is referred to herein as the “Committee.” After any such designation, no member of the Committee while serving as such shall be eligible for participation in the Plan. Any action of the Committee in administering the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, it’s Subsidiaries, employees, Participants, persons claiming rights from or through Participants and stockholders of the Company.



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Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full and final authority in its discretion (a) to select the key employees and consultants who will receive Awards pursuant to the Plan (“Participants”), (b) to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant, (c) to determine the number of shares of Stock to which an Award will relate, the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, restrictions as to transferability or forfeiture, exercisability or settlement of an Award and waivers or accelerations thereof, and waivers of or modifications to performance conditions relating to an Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee shall determine) and all other matters to be determined in connection with an Award; (d) to determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, or the exercise pric e of an Award may be paid, in cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered; (e) to determine whether, and to certify that, performance goals to which the settlement of an Award is subject are satisfied; (f) to correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, and to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as, in its opinion, may be advisable in the administration of the Plan; and (g) to make all other determinations as it may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may delegate to officers or managers of the Company or any Subsidiary or to unaffiliated service providers the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform administrative functions and to perform such other functions as the Committee may determine, to the extent permitted under Rule 16b-3, Section 162(m) of the Code and applicable law.

Section 4. Participation in the Plan

Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee from among the key employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided, however, that only key employees shall be eligible to receive ISOs under the Plan.

Section 5. Plan Limitations; Shares Subject to the Plan

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8(a) hereof, the aggregate number of shares of common stock, $.001 par value, of the Company (the “Stock”) available for issuance as Awards under the Plan shall not exceed 50,000,000 shares.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 8(a) hereof, the aggregate number of Performance Units which may be awarded under the Plan shall not exceed 500,000. If any Performance Units awarded under the Plan shall be forfeited or canceled, such Performance Units shall thereafter be available for award under the Plan.

No Award may be granted if the number of shares to which such Award relates, when added to the number of shares previously issued under the Plan and the number of shares which may then be acquired pursuant to other outstanding, unexercised Awards, exceeds the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Plan. If any shares subject to an Award are forfeited or such Award is settled in cash or otherwise terminates for any reason whatsoever without an actual distribution of shares to the Participant, any shares counted against the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, settlement, or termination, again be available for Awards under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may adopt procedures for the counting of shares relating to any Award to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting, and provide for adjustments in any case in which the number of shares actually distributed differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with such Award.

Section 6. Awards

(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this

Section 6. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 8(a)), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of employment by the Participant; provided, however, that the Committee shall retain full power to accelerate or waive any such additional term or condition as it may have previously imposed. All Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.



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(b) Options. The Committee may grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

(i)

Exercise Price. The exercise price of each Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option is granted, but (except as provided in Section 7(a)) the exercise price of any ISO shall not be less than the Fair Market Value (110% of the Fair Market Value in the case of a 10% shareholder, within the meaning of Section 422(c)(5) of the Code) of the shares covered thereby at the time the Option is granted.

(ii)

Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, whether the exercise price shall be paid in cash or by the surrender at Fair Market Value of Stock, or by any combination of cash and shares of Stock, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property (including notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred basis, such as through “cashless exercise” arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the methods by which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants.

(iii)

Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any Option granted under the Plan as an ISO shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, the requirement that no ISO shall be granted more than ten years after the effective date of the Plan.

(c) Performance Units. The Committee is authorized to grant Performance Units to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

(i)

Performance Criteria and Period. At the time it makes an award of Performance Units, the Committee shall establish both the performance goal or goals and the performance period or periods applicable to the Performance Units so awarded. A performance goal shall be a goal, expressed in terms of growth in book value, earnings per share, return on equity or any other financial or other measurement deemed appropriate by the Committee, or may relate to the results of operations or other measurable progress of either the Company as a whole or the Participant’s Subsidiary, division or department. The performance period will be the period of time over which one or more of the performance goals must be achieved, which may be of such length as the Committee, in its discretion, shall select. Neither the performance goals nor the performance periods need be identical for all Performance Units awarded at any time or from time to time. The Committee s hall have the authority, in its discretion, to accelerate the time at which any performance period will expire or waive or modify the performance goals of any Participant or Participants. The Committee may also make such adjustments, to the extent it deems appropriate, to the performance goals for any Performance Units awarded to compensate for, or to reflect, any material changes which may have occurred in accounting practices, tax laws, other laws or regulations, the financial structure of the Company, acquisitions or dispositions of business or Subsidiaries or any unusual circumstances outside of management’s control which, in the sole judgment of the Committee, alters or affects the computation of such performance goals or the performance of the Company or any relevant Subsidiary, division or department.

(ii)

Value of Performance Units. The value of each Performance Unit at any time shall equal the book value per share of the Company’s Stock, as such value appears on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of valuation.

(d) Restricted Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

(i)

Restricted Period. Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions for such periods as shall be established by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time of such Award, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, or otherwise, as the Committee may determine.



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(ii)

Forfeiture. Restricted Stock shall be forfeitable to the Company upon termination of employment during the applicable restricted periods. The Committee, in its discretion, whether in an Award Agreement or anytime after an Award is made, may accelerate the time at which restrictions or forfeiture conditions will lapse or remove any such restrictions, including upon death, disability or retirement, whenever the Committee determines that such action is in the best interests of the Company.

(iii)

Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, such certificates may bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

(iv)

Rights as a Shareholder. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Award Agreement, the Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to shares of Restricted Stock awarded to him or her, including, without limitation, the right to vote such shares and the right to receive all dividends or other distributions made with respect to such shares. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Stock, the Stock shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which the Stock has been distributed.

(e) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

(i)

Right to Payment. An SAR shall confer on the Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee as of the date of grant of the SAR, which grant price (except as provided in Section 7(a)) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of grant.

(ii)

Other Terms. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an SAR may be exercised in whole or in part, the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, whether or not an SAR shall be in tandem with any other Award, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR. Limited SARs may be granted on such terms, not inconsistent with this Section 6(e), as the Committee may determine. Limited SARs may be either freestanding or in tandem with other Awards.

(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Cash Obligations. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock as a bonus, or to grant Stock or other Awards in lieu of Company or Subsidiary obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under other plans or compensatory arrangements; provided that, in the case of Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, such cash amounts are determined under such other plans in a manner that complies with applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 so that the acquisition of Stock or Awards hereunder shall be exempt from Section 16(b) liability. Stock or Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to such other terms as shall be determined by the Committee.

(g) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Stock-Based Awards in addition to those provided in Sections 6(b) and (d) through (e) hereof, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(g) shall be purchased for such consideration and paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.

(h) Cash Payments. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants Tax Bonuses and other cash payments, whether awarded separately or as a supplement to any Stock-Based Award. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards.



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Section 7. Additional Provisions Applicable to Awards

(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for, any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any business entity acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any Subsidiary. If an Award is granted in substitution for another Award or award, the Committee shall require the surrender of such other Award or award in consideration for the grant of the new Award. Awards granted in addition to, or in tandem with other Awards or awards may be granted either as of the same time as, or a different time from, the grant of such other Awards or awards. The per share exercise price of any Option, grant price of any SAR, or purchase price of any other Award conferring a right to purchase Stock:

(i)

granted in substitution for an outstanding Award or award, shall be not less than the lesser of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the date such substitute Award is granted or (B) such Fair Market Value at that date, reduced to reflect the Fair Market Value at that date of the Award or award required to be surrendered by the Participant as a condition to receipt of the substitute Award; or

(ii)

retroactively granted in tandem with an outstanding Award or award, shall not be less than the lesser of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the date of grant of the later Award or at the date of grant of the earlier Award or award.

(b) Exchange and Buy Out Provisions. The Committee may at any time offer to exchange or buy out any previously granted Award for a payment in cash, Stock, other Awards (subject to Section 7(a)), or other property based on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine and communicate to a Participant at the time that such offer is made.

(c) Performance Conditions. The right of a Participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee.

(d) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall, except as provided herein, be for such period as may be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in no event shall the term of any ISO, or any SAR granted in tandem therewith, exceed a period of ten years from the date of its grant (or such shorter period as may be applicable under Section 422 of the Code).

(e) Form of Payment. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or a Subsidiary upon the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property (and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis), in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the discretion of, the Committee. (Such payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installments or deferred payments.) The Committee, in its discretion, may accelerate any payment or transfer upon a change in control as defined by the Committee. The Committee may also authorize payment upon the exercise of an Option by net issuance or other cashless exercise methods.

(f) Loan Provisions. With the consent of the Committee, and subject at all times to laws and regulations and other binding obligations or provisions applicable to the Company, the Company may make, guarantee, or arrange for a loan or loans to a Participant with respect to the exercise of any Option or other payment in connection with any Award, including the payment by a Participant of any or all federal, state, or local income or other taxes due in connection with any Award. Subject to such limitations, the Committee shall have full authority to decide whether to make a loan or loans hereunder and to determine the amount, terms, and provisions of any such loan or loans, including the interest rate to be charged in respect of any such loan or loans, whether the loan or loans are to be with or without recourse against the borrower, the terms on which the loan is to be repaid and the conditions, if any, under which the loan or loans may be forgiven.



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(g) Awards to Comply with Section 162(m). The Committee may (but is not required to) grant an Award pursuant to the Plan to a Participant who, in the year of grant, may be a “covered employee,” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, which is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code (a “Performance-Based Award”). The right to receive a Performance-Based Award, other than Options and SARs granted at not less than Fair Market Value, shall be conditional upon the achievement of performance goals established by the Committee in writing at the time such Performance-Based Award is granted. Such performance goals, which may vary from Participant to Participant and Performance-Based Award to Performance-Based Award, shall be based upon the attainment by the Company or any Subsidiary, division or department of specific amounts of, or increases in, one or mo re of the following, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to another company or companies: revenues, earnings, cash flow, net worth, book value, stockholders’ equity, financial return ratios, market performance or total stockholder return, and/or the completion of certain business or capital transactions. Before any compensation pursuant to a Performance-Based Award is paid, the Committee shall certify in writing that the performance goals applicable to the Performance-Based Award were in fact satisfied.

The maximum amount which may be granted as Performance-Based Awards to any Participant in any calendar year shall not exceed (i) Stock-Based Awards for 500,000 shares of Stock (whether payable in cash or stock), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8(a) hereof, (ii) 500,000 Performance Units, (iii) a Tax Bonus payable with respect to the Stock-Based Awards described in clause (i) and Performance Units described in clause (ii), and (iv) cash payments (other than Tax Bonuses) of $1,000,000.

(h) Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control of the Company, all Awards granted under the Plan (including Performance-Based Awards) that are still outstanding and not yet vested or exercisable or which are subject to restrictions shall become immediately 100% vested in each Participant or shall be free of any restrictions, as of the first date that the definition of Change of Control has been fulfilled, and shall be exercisable for the remaining duration of the Award. All Awards that are exercisable as of the effective date of the Change of Control will remain exercisable for the remaining duration of the Award.

Section 8. Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization; Acceleration in Certain Events

(a) In the event that the Committee shall determine that any stock dividend, recapitalization, forward split or reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase or share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Stock or the book value of the Company such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Stock which may thereafter be issued in connection with Awards, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Stock issuable in respect of outstanding Awards, (iii) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock available under the Plan, (iv) the number of Performance Units which may thereafter be granted and the book value of the Company with respect to outstanding Performance Units, and (v) the exercis e price, grant price, or purchase price relating to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment with respect to any outstanding Award; provided, however, in each case, that no adjustment shall be made which would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code with respect to ISOs or would adversely affect the status of a Performance-Based Award as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(b) In addition, the Committee is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, events described in the preceding paragraph) affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made in any outstanding Performance-Based Awards to the extent that such adjustment would adversely affect the status of that Performance-Based Award as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.



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Section 9. General Provisions

(a) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board of Directors of the Company may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards under the Plan without the consent of the Company’s stockholders or Participants, except that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders within one year after such Board action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other such changes to the Plan to the stockholders for approval; provided, however, that without the consent of an affected Participant, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination of the Plan may materially and ad versely affect the rights of such Participant under any Award theretofore granted and any Award Agreement relating thereto. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate, any Award theretofore granted and any Award Agreement relating thereto; provided, however, that without the consent of an affected Participant, no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination of any Award may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under such Award.

The foregoing notwithstanding, any performance condition specified in connection with an Award shall not be deemed a fixed contractual term, but shall remain subject to adjustment by the Committee, in its discretion at any time in view of the Committee’s assessment of the Company’s strategy, performance of comparable companies, and other circumstances, except to the extent that any such adjustment to a performance condition would adversely affect the status of a Performance-Based Award as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan is ratified by the stockholders of the Company at the Company’s 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, then unless approved by the stockholders of the Company, no amendment will: (i) change the class of persons eligible to receive Awards; (ii) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, or (iii) increase the number of shares of Stock or the number of Performance Units subject to the Plan.

(b) No Right to Award or Employment. No employee or other person shall have any claim or right to receive an Award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary.

(c) Taxes. The Company or any Subsidiary is authorized to withhold from any Award granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of Stock or any payroll or other payment to a Participant amounts of withholding and other taxes due in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award. This authority shall include authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participant’s tax obligations.



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(d) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries. No Award or other right or interest of a Participant under the Plan shall be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to, or in favor of, or subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participants to, any party, other than the Company or any Subsidiary, or assigned or transferred by such Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Awards and rights shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide that Awards or other rights or interests of a Participant granted pursuant to the Plan (other than an ISO) be transferable, without consideration, to immediate family members (i.e., children, grandchildren or spouse), to trusts for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnershi ps in which such family members are the only partners. The Committee may attach to such transferability feature such terms and conditions as it deems advisable. In addition, a Participant may, in the manner established by the Committee, designate a beneficiary (which may be a person or a trust) to exercise the rights of the Participant, and to receive any distribution, with respect to any Award upon the death of the Participant. A beneficiary, guardian, legal representative or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.

(e) No Rights to Awards; No Stockholder Rights. No Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants. No Award shall confer on any Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until Stock is duly issued or transferred to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award.

(f) Discretion. In exercising, or declining to exercise, any grant of authority or discretion hereunder, the Committee may consider or ignore such factors or circumstances and may accord such weight to such factors and circumstances as the Committee alone and in its sole judgment deems appropriate and without regard to the affect such exercise, or declining to exercise such grant of authority or discretion, would have upon the affected Participant, any other Participant, any employee, the Company, any Subsidiary, any stockholder or any other person.

(g) Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan is July 21, 2000.

(h) Shareholder Approval. Unless and until the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company at the Company’s 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, no Stock-Based Award may be granted to any officer of the Company.




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APPENDIX C


AMBIENT CORPORATION

2002 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

STOCK OPTION PLAN


1. Purpose. The Ambient Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is designed to aid Ambient Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in retaining and attracting non-employee directors (directors who are not employees of the Company or of any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting power is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company) of exceptional ability by enabling such non-employee directors to purchase a proprietary interest in the Company, thereby stimulating in such individuals an increased desire to render greater services that will contribute to the continued growth and success of the Company.

2. Amount and Source of Stock. The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Stock”), which may be the subject of options granted pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed 12,000,000, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 10. Such Stock may be reserved or made available from the Company’s authorized and unissued Stock or from Stock reacquired and held in the Company’s treasury. In the event that any option granted hereunder shall terminate prior to its exercise in full for any reason, then the Stock subject to such option shall be added to the Stock otherwise available for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options under the Plan.

3. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or, if determined by the Board, a committee selected by the Board and comprised solely of two or more members of the Board, who are “Non-Employee Directors” as that term is defined in Rule 16b-3(b) (3) (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The corporate body administering the Plan is hereinafter referred to as the “Administrative Body.” The Administrative Body shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan. Such powers include the authority to select the participants who will receive options under the Plan, to prescribe the form of the individual option agreements, to grant options under the Plan, to fix the vesting and other terms of each option grant, to construe the Plan, to determine all questions arising thereunder, and to adopt and amen d such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan as it may deem desirable. Any decisions of the Administrative Body in the administration of the Plan shall be final and conclusive.

4. Option Grants.

(a) Each non-employee director shall be eligible to receive grants of options at such time or times and for such number of shares of Stock as the Administrative Body, in its discretion, shall determine. The date on which an option is granted under this subparagraph to a specified individual shall constitute the date of grant of such option (the “Date of Grant”).

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5. Option Price. The exercise price of the Stock purchasable under any option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Date of Grant. For purposes of the Plan, the “Fair Market Value” of a share of Stock shall mean (i) if the Stock is traded on a national securities exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System (“NMS”), the per share closing price of the Stock on the principal securities exchange on which they are listed or on NMS, as the case may be, on the Date of Grant (or if there is no closing price for such Date of Grant, then the last preceding business day on which there was a closing price); or (ii) if the Stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and quotations are published on the NASDAQ quotations system (but not on NMS), the per share closing bid price of the Stock on the Date of Grant as reported by NASDAQ (or if there is no closing bid pr ice for such Date of Grant, then the last preceding business day on which there was a closing bid price); or (iii) if the Stock is traded on the over-the-counter market but bid quotations are not published on NASDAQ, the closing bid price per share for the Stock as furnished by a broker-dealer which regularly furnishes price quotations for the Stock; or (iv) if the Stock is not traded on a securities exchange or the over-the-counter market, the valuation accorded to each share of Stock by the Administrative Body.

6. Term of Option.

(a) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to the other provisions herein, the option hereby granted shall terminate at the close of business on the date six (6) years from the Date of Grant (the “Expiration Date”).

(b) If the non-employee director is removed as a director of the Company for cause (as determined in accordance with applicable law) by the stockholders of the Company, the unexercised portion of the option will terminate simultaneously with the non-employee director’s removal as a director.

(c) If a non-employee director ceases to be a director of the Company on account of his or her death or disability, then the option may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the Expiration Date and24 months after the date that the non-employee director ceases to be a director of the Company, and any part of the option which is not so exercised within such period shall thereupon terminate.

(d) If a non-employee director ceases to be a director of the Company for any reason (other than cause, death or disability), then the option may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the Expiration Date and 12 months after the date that the non-employee director ceases to be a director of the Company, and any part of the option which is not so exercised within such period shall thereupon terminate.

(e) No option granted hereunder shall be exercisable unless and until the non-employee director has entered into an individual option agreement with the Company that shall set forth the terms and conditions of such option. Each such agreement shall expressly incorporate by reference the provisions of this Plan (a copy of which shall be made available for inspection by the optionee during normal business hours at the principal office of the Company), and shall state that in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such agreement, the provisions of this Plan shall govern.



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7. Exercise of Options. An option shall be exercised when written notice of such exercise, signed by the person entitled to exercise the option, has been delivered or transmitted by registered or certified mail to the Secretary (or such other officer as is specified in the individual option agreement) of the Company at its then principal office. Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock for which the option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by (i) such documentation, if any, as may be required by the Company as provided in subparagraph 11(b), and (ii) payment of the aggregate option price. The Administrative Body shall determine whether the exercise price for an option shall be paid in cash, by the surrender at Fair Market Value of Stock (held for at least six (6) months), by any combination of cash and shares of Stock, including, without limitation, cash, Stock or other property (including notes or other contr actual obligations of non-employee directors to make payment on a deferred basis), the means or methods of payment, including through “cashless exercise” arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and the methods by which, or the time or times at which, Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to non-employee directors upon the exercise of such option. Delivery of such notice shall constitute an irrevocable election to purchase the Stock specified in such notice, and the date on which the Company receives the last of such notice, documentation and the aggregate option exercise price for all of the Stock covered by the notice shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph 11 hereof, be the date as of which the Stock so purchased shall be deemed to have been issued. The person entitled to exercise the option shall not have the right or status as a holder of the Stock to which such exercise relates prior to receipt by the Company of the payment, notice and documentation expressly referred to in this paragraph 7.

8. Right of the Company to Terminate Services of a Non-Employee Director. Nothing contained herein or in any individual option agreement shall be construed to confer on any non-employee director any right to continue as a director of the Company or derogate from any right of the Company, the Board or the stockholders of the Company to remove or not renominate such non-employee director as a director of the Company, with or without cause.

9. Non-transferability of Options. No option granted under the Plan shall be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to, or in favor of, or subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such non-employee director to, any party, other than the Company, or assigned or transferred by such non-employee director otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such option shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the non-employee director only by the non-employee director or his or her guardian or legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Body may, in its discretion, provide that an option of a non-employee director granted pursuant to the Plan be transferable, without consideration, to immediate family members (i.e., children, grandchildren or spouse), to trusts for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners. The Administrative Body may attach to such transferability feature such terms and conditions as it deems advisable. In addition, a non-employee director may, in the manner established by the Administrative Body, designate a beneficiary (which may be a person or a trust) to exercise the rights of the non-employee director, and to receive any distribution, with respect to any option upon the death of the non-employee director. A beneficiary, guardian, legal representative or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any non-employee director shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any individual option agreement applicable to such non-employee director, except as otherwise determined by the Administrative Body, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrative Body.

10. Adjustments Upon Certain Events. In the event that the Administrative Body shall determine that any stock dividend, recapitalization, forward split or reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase or share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of non-employee directors under the Plan, then the Administrative Body shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Stock that may thereafter be issued in connection with options, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Stock issuable in respect of outstanding options, (iii) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock available under the Plan, and (iv) the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price relating to any option or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash paym ent with respect to any outstanding option.



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11. General Restrictions.

(a) No option granted hereunder shall be exercisable if the Company shall at any time determine that (i) the listing upon any securities exchange, registration or qualification under any state or federal law of any Stock otherwise deliverable upon such exercise, or (ii) the consent or approval of any regulatory body or the satisfaction of withholding tax or other withholding liabilities, is necessary or appropriate in connection with such exercise. In any of the events referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the exercisability of such options shall be suspended and shall not be effective unless and until such withholding, listing, registration, qualifications or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, notwithstanding any termination of any option or any portion of any option during the period when exercisability has been suspended.

(b) The Administrative Body may require, as a condition to the right to exercise an option, that the Company receive from the non-employee director holding the option, at the time of any such exercise, representations, warranties and agreements to the effect that the Stock is being purchased by the non-employee director for investment only and without any present intention to sell or otherwise distribute such Stock and that the non-employee director will not dispose of such Stock in transactions which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, would violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as then amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The certificates issued to evidence such Stock shall bear appropriate legends summarizing such restrictions on the disposition thereof.

12. Changes to the Plan.

(a) The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or the Administrative Body’s authority to grant options under the Plan without the consent of the Company’s stockholders or non-employee directors, except that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders within one year after such Board action if such stockholder approval is required by any Federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other such changes to the Plan to the stockholders for approval; provided, however, that without the consent of an affected non-employee director, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination of the Plan may materially and adversely affect the rights of such non-employee director under any option theretofore granted and any individual option agreement relating thereto. Subject to applicable law, the Administrative Body may waive any conditions or rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate, any option theretofore granted and any individual option agreement relating thereto; provided, however, that without the consent of an affected non-employee director, no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination of any option may materially and adversely affect the rights of such non-employee director under such option.

(b) The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any option in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan into effect.

13. Termination. Unless the Plan shall theretofore have been terminated, the Plan shall terminate on December 31, 2012, and no options under the Plan shall thereafter be granted.

14. Fractional Shares. The Company will not be required to issue any fractional shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan. The Administrative Body may provide for the elimination of fractions and for the settlement of fractions in cash.

15. Discretion. In exercising, or declining to exercise, any grant of authority or discretion hereunder, the Administrative Body may consider or ignore such factors or circumstances and may accord such weight to such factors and circumstances as the Administrative Body alone and in its sole judgment deems appropriate and without regard to the effect such exercise, or declining to exercise such grant of authority or discretion, would have upon the affected non-employee director, any other non-employee director, any employee, the Company, any stockholder or any other person.

16. Adoption of the Plan and Effective Date. The Plan shall be adopted by the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Company and shall be effective as of such date.



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AMBIENT CORPORATION

 

PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

COMPANY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

June 27, 2008


PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of JOHN J. JOYCE and RAMDAS RAO, with full power of substitution, attorney and proxy to represent and to vote all the shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of AMBIENT CORPORATION (the “Company”) that the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, to be held on June 27 2008, 9:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge at 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, and at any adjournment(s) thereof, on the matters set forth on the reverse side and such other matters as may properly come before the meeting.


1.   ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Nominees: JOHN J. JOYCE, MICHAEL WIDLAND, D. HOWARD PIERCE, THOMAS HIGGINS, and SHAD STASTNEY. 


(Mark only one of the following boxes.)


|__| VOTE FOR all nominees listed above, except vote withheld as to the following nominees (if any):

_______________________________________

|__| VOTE WITHHELD from all nominees.


2.   PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE TO 2,000,000,000.


|__| FOR |__| AGAINST |__| ABSTAIN



3.   PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER TO 50,000,000


|__| FOR |__| AGAINST |__| ABSTAIN


4.   PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S  2002 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER TO 12,000,000.


|__| FOR |__| AGAINST |__| ABSTAIN


5.   PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ROTENBERG MERIL SOLOMON BERTIGER & GUTTILLA, P.C. AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2008.


|__| FOR |__| AGAINST |__| ABSTAIN


In either proxy’s discretion, upon any other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.








This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the election as directors of the nominees of the Board of Directors, FOR the proposal to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder to 2,000,000,000, FOR the proposal to amend the Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock, reserved for issuance thereunder to 50,000,000, FOR the proposal to amend the Company’s 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of commons stock, reserved for issuance thereunder to 12,000,000, FOR the ratification of the appointment of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. as the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 and in the discretion of the proxy named herein on any other proposals to properly come before the Annual Meeting.










The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the accompanying Proxy Statement dated May 22, 2008.


Dated: __________________, 2008


___________________________________



SIGNATURE OF STOCKHOLDER(S)


(When signing as attorney, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, corporate officer, etc., please give full title. If more than one trustee, all should sign. Joint owners must each sign.)


Please date and sign exactly as name appears above.


I plan |__| I do not plan |__| to attend the Annual Meeting.













IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ANNUAL MEETING


Check-in begins: 9:00a.m.

      Meeting begins: 9:30 a.m.



·

  Ambient Corporation stockholders, including joint holders, as of the close of business on April 28, 2008 are entitled to attend the annual meeting on June 27, 2008.


·

  All stockholders and their proxies should be prepared to present photo identification for admission to the meeting.


·

  If you are a street name holder (i.e., you hold your shares through a broker, trustee or nominee) you will be asked to present proof of beneficial ownership of Ambient Corporation shares as of the record date, such as your most recent brokerage statement prior to April 28, 2008, a copy of your voting instruction card or other evidence of ownership.


·

  Persons acting as proxies must bring a valid proxy from a record holder who owns shares as of the close of business on April 28, 2008.


·

  Failure to present identification or otherwise comply with the above procedures will result in exclusion from the annual meeting.


·

  Please allow ample time for check-in.


THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT—YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!

PLEASE RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION

CARD FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING TODAY


Directions to:


Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Overlooking Boston

575 Memorial Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Tel: +1 617 492 1234    Fax: +1 617 491 6906


           http://cambridge.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/


FROM LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:


Follow signs to the Mass Turnpike: 90 Boston/Williams Tunnel.  Pay toll upon exiting airport.  You will be heading West on 90.  From 90 West, take exit 20 Brighton/Cambridge (pay another toll).  Out of the toll booth, bear right following sign for Cambridge/Somerville exit.  From this exit ramp, stay straight through two lights and cross over the bridge.  Just over the bridge, turn right at the light onto Memorial Drive.  Stay in the left lane.  Continue up/over overpass keeping in left lane.  At the first light on Memorial Drive make a left and then another quick left into the Hyatt front circle.







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