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Set forth below is biographical information for each executive officer of the Company who is not also a Director,
as of May 31, 2006.
Steven M. Goldschein, age 60, joined the Company in December 1997 and was appointed Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in January 1998. From 1982 through December 1997 Mr. Goldschein was
Vice President-
Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Lambda Electronics Inc. From 1980 through 1982 he was
that company’s Corporate Controller. Mr. Goldschein is a 1968 graduate of Michigan State University and a certified
public accountant in New York.
Michael J. Speiller, age 52, has been Vice President and Controller since October 1998. From December 1997
through September 1998 Mr. Speiller was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lambda Electronics Inc. From
1982 through 1997 he was Vice President and Controller of Lambda Electronics Inc. From 1980 through 1982 he was a
divisional controller for that company. Prior to that he was an auditor with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. Mr.
Speiller graduated in 1976 with a B.S. degree in Public Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany
and is a certified public accountant in New York.
Curt S. Rush, age 52, has been General Counsel to the Company since September 1996 and was appointed
Secretary of the Company in October 1996. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rush was employed from 1993 to 1996
as Corporate Counsel to Globe Communications Corp. and from 1990 to 1993 as Corporate Counsel to the Image
Bank, Inc. Prior to that he was a corporate attorney with the law firms of Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman and
Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis in their New York offices. Mr. Rush graduated from Hunter College in 1981 with a
B.A. degree in Philosophy and graduated with honors from Brooklyn Law School in 1984, where he was Second
Circuit Review Editor of the Law Review. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1985.
Audit Committee
The members of the Audit Committee are Stacy S. Dick, Robert D. Rosenthal and Ann R. Leven. Mr. Dick is the
current Chairman of the Committee. All of the members of the Audit Committee are non-management directors (i.e.
they are neither officers nor employees of the Company). In the judgment of the Board of Directors, each of the
members of the Audit Committee meets the standards for independence required by the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange. In addition, the Board of Directors has determined that each of
the members of the Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The following table sets forth the compensation earned by the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the four
most highly compensated executive officers other than the CEO (the "Named Executive Officers") for the years ended
December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Summary Compensation Table
Annual Compensation (1) Long-term
Compensation
Name and Principal Position Year
Salary
Bonus
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)
Richard Leeds
2005
401,092
500,000
None
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
2004
403,348
250,000
None
2003
378,101
75,000
None
Bruce Leeds
2005
389,881
250,000
None
Vice Chairman and President of
2004
403,348
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None
International Operations
2003
378,101
75,000
None