x
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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¨
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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¨
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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¨
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Soliciting
Material Under Rule 14a-12
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x
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No
fee required
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¨
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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(1)
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
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(2)
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
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(3)
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transactioncomputed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount
on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
determined):
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(4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5)
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Total
fee paid:
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¨
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Fee
paid previously with preliminary
materials:
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¨
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing 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.
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(1)
|
Amount
Previously paid:
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(2)
|
Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement
No.:
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(3)
|
Filing
Party:
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(4)
|
Date
Filed
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1.
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To
elect six Directors for a term of one
year.
|
|
2.
|
To
ratify the election of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP (now known as
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP) as the independent registered public
accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year
2008.
|
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3.
|
To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s 2000 Non-Employee Directors Stock
Compensation Plan (the Directors Plan) to increase the total number of
common stock shares reserved for awards to Non-Employee Directors under
the plan from 160,000 to 5,000,000.
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4.
|
To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s 1999 Stock Compensation Plan (the
Employee Plan) to increase the total number of common shares reserved for
awards to employees under the plan from 860,000 to
15,000,000.
|
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5.
|
To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s Articles of Incorporation to increase
the authorized number of Multiband common shares from 20 million to 100
million
|
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6.
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To
transact such business as may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournment thereof.
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Steven
M. Bell
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owners
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Number of Shares 1
Beneficially Owned
|
Percent of
Common Shares
Outstanding
|
||||||
Steven
M. Bell
9449
Science Center Drive
New
Hope, MN 55428
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225,313
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2
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2.34
|
%
|
||||
Frank
Bennett
301
Carlson Parkway – Suite 120
Minnetonka,
Minnesota 55305
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228,000
|
3
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2.36
|
%
|
||||
Jonathan
Dodge
715
Florida Avenue South – Suite 402
Golden
Valley, MN 55426
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56,100
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4
|
*
|
|||||
David
Ekman
200
44th
Street SW
Fargo,
ND 58103
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433,917
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5
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4.50
|
%
|
||||
Eugene
Harris
7773
Forsyth Blvd
Clayton,
MO 63105
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101,290
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6
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1.05
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%
|
||||
James
L. Mandel
9449
Science Center Drive
New
Hope, MN 55428
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247,367
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7
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2.56
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%
|
||||
Donald
Miller
1924
Cocoplum Way
Naples,
FL 34105
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337,021
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8
|
3.49
|
%
|
||||
Special
Situations Fund II QP, LP
527
Madison Avenue
New
York, NY 10022
|
950,811
|
9.85
|
%
|
|||||
DirecTECH
Holding Company, Inc.
33
West Second Street, Suite 504
Maysville,
KY 41056-1166
|
1,490,000
|
15.44
|
%
|
|||||
Lacuna,
LLC
1100
Spruce Street
Boulder,
CO 80302
|
610,000
|
6.32
|
%
|
|||||
All
Directors and executive officers as a group (seven
persons)
|
1,629,008
|
16.88
|
%
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Director Since
|
|||
Steven
M. Bell
|
50
|
President
& Chief Financial Officer, Multiband Corporation
|
1994
|
|||
Frank
Bennett
|
52
|
President,
Artesian Management, Inc.
|
2002
|
|||
Jonathan
Dodge
|
58
|
Partner,
Dodge & Fox C.P.A. Firm
|
1997
|
|||
Eugene
Harris
|
44
|
Managing
Director, Fulcum Securities
|
2004
|
|||
James
L. Mandel
|
52
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Multiband Corporation
|
1998
|
|||
Donald
Miller
|
69
|
Chairman,
Multiband Corporation
|
2001
|
·
|
recommends
to our Board of Directors the independent registered public accounting
firm to conduct the annual audit of our books and
records;
|
·
|
reviews
the proposed scope and results of the
audit;
|
·
|
approves
the audit fees to be paid;
|
·
|
reviews
accounting and financial controls with the independent registered public
accounting firm and our financial and accounting staff;
and
|
·
|
reviews
and approves transactions between us and our Directors, officers and
affiliates.
|
·
|
reviews
and recommends the compensation arrangements for management, including the
compensation for our chief executive officer;
and
|
·
|
establishes
and reviews general compensation policies with the objective to attract
and retain superior talent, to reward individual performance and to
achieve our financial goals.
|
Name and principal
position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
(1)
Stock
awards
|
Option
awards
|
Non-equity
incentive plan
compensation
|
Change in
pension value
and nonqualified
deferred
compensation
earnings
|
All other
compensation
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
James
Mandel
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2008
|
$
|
259,615
|
$
|
155,500
|
$
|
15,750
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
7,848
|
$
|
438,713
|
|||||||||||||||||
Steven
Bell
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2008
|
208,814
|
7,000
|
7,875
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7,848
|
231,537
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dave
Ekman
Chief
Information Officer
|
2008
|
155,764
|
2,183
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,000
|
162,947
|
(1)
|
The
amounts in this column are calculated based on FAS 123R and equal the
financial statement compensation expense as reported in our 2008
consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal
year.
|
Name
|
Fees earned
or paid in
cash
|
Stock
awards
|
(1)
Option
awards
|
Non-equity
incentive plan
compensation
|
Change in
pension value
and nonqualified
deferred
compensation
earnings
|
(2)
All other
compensation
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
F. Bennett
|
$
|
10,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
8,694
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2,216
|
$
|
20,910
|
||||||||||||||
J. Dodge
|
10,000
|
-
|
8,694
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18,694
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
E. Harris
|
10,000
|
-
|
8,694
|
-
|
-
|
3,754
|
22,448
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
D. Miller
|
10,000
|
-
|
17,387
|
-
|
-
|
1,251
|
28,638
|
(1)
|
The
amounts in this column are calculated based on FAS 123R and equal the
financial statement compensation expense as reported in our 2008
consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal year. Total
board of directors options outstanding at December 31, 2008 are
164,400.
|
|
(2)
|
Represents
payment of expenses incurred in conjunction with attending board
meetings.
|
12/04
|
12/05
|
12/06
|
12/07
|
12/08
|
||||||||||||||||
MULTIBAND
CORPORATION
|
100.00 | 74.53 | 35.40 | 33.66 | 14.78 | |||||||||||||||
NASDAQ
STOCK MARKET (U.S.)
|
100.00 | 102.71 | 115.30 | 126.33 | 73.77 | |||||||||||||||
RUSSELL
2000
|
100.00 | 104.55 | 123.76 | 121.82 | 80.66 | |||||||||||||||
NASDAQ
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
|
100.00 | 96.71 | 123.13 | 126.93 | 73.62 | |||||||||||||||
S
& P COMMUNICATION SERVICES
|
100.00 | 94.37 | 129.10 | 144.52 | 100.45 |
Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable (#)
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable (#)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options (#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested (#)
|
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested ($)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested (#)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested ($)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven
M. Bell
|
2,000
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
22.00
|
1/31/2011
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
100
|
(2)
|
-
|
-
|
7.50
|
8/28/2011
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000
|
(3)
|
-
|
-
|
5.50
|
1/8/2013
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
5,000
|
(4)
|
-
|
-
|
9.45
|
4/23/2014
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000
|
(5)
|
-
|
-
|
7.25
|
6/18/2014
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
80,000
|
(6)
|
-
|
-
|
7.35
|
1/16/2015
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
David
Ekman
|
30,000
|
(7)
|
-
|
-
|
10.00
|
12/29/2009
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
100
|
(8)
|
-
|
-
|
7.50
|
8/28/2011
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
40,000
|
(9)
|
-
|
-
|
6.75
|
4/27/2015
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
James
L. Mandel
|
100
|
(10)
|
-
|
-
|
7.50
|
8/28/2011
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
60,000
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
7.50
|
1/8/2013
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
20,000
|
(12)
|
-
|
-
|
7.25
|
6/18/2014
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
120,000
|
(13)
|
-
|
-
|
7.35
|
1/6/2015
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
The
stock option was granted January 31, 2001 and is fully
vested.
|
(2)
|
The
stock option was granted August 28, 2001 and is fully
vested.
|
(3)
|
The
stock option was granted January 8, 2003 and is fully
vested.
|
(4)
|
The
stock option was granted April 23, 2004 and is fully
vested.
|
(5)
|
The
stock option was granted June 18, 2004 and is fully
vested.
|
(6)
|
The
stock option was granted January 6, 2005 and is fully
vested.
|
(7)
|
The
stock option was granted December 29, 1999 and is fully
vested.
|
(8)
|
The
stock option was granted August 28, 2001 and is fully
vested.
|
(9)
|
The
stock option was granted April 27, 2005 and is fully
vested.
|
(10)
|
The
stock option was granted August 28, 2001 and is fully
vested.
|
(11)
|
The
stock option was granted January 8, 2003 and is fully
vested.
|
(12)
|
The
stock option was granted June 18, 2004 and is fully
vested.
|
(13)
|
The
stock option was granted January 6, 2005 and is fully
vested.
|
Multiband
Corporation
(as
filed)
|
Less:
DTHC
Related(1)
(unaudited)
|
Proforma
(unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
$
|
3,436,424
|
$
|
(771,427
|
)
|
$
|
2,664,997
|
|||||
Other
receivable – related party
|
7,666,295
|
(7,666,295
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
1,273,083
|
(518,024
|
)
|
755,059
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
8,274,003
|
(1,127,005
|
)
|
7,146,998
|
||||||||
Revenues
|
42,986,513
|
(3,333,119
|
)
|
39,653,394
|
||||||||
Cost
of products and services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown
separately below)
|
28,425,926
|
(2,895,176
|
)
|
25,530,750
|
||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
10,499,863
|
750,000
|
11,249,863
|
|||||||||
Management
consulting income
|
2,366,466
|
(2,366,466
|
)
|
-
|
|
(1)
|
All
adjustments described in the preceding
paragraphs.
|
Number
of securities
to
be issued upon
exercise
of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
|
Number
of securities remaining
available
for future issuance
under
equity compensation
plans
(excluding securities
reflected
in column (a))
|
||||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
663,032 | $ | 7.05 | 356,968 | ||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders (1)
|
219,642 | $ | 6.66 | 0 | ||||||||
TOTAL
|
882,674 | $ | 6.95 | 356,968 |
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Audit
Fees
|
$
|
308,787
|
$
|
227,996
|
||||
Audit-Related
Fees
|
13,836
|
(1)
|
18,230
|
(2)
|
||||
Tax
Fees
|
25,979
|
20,258
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
348,602
|
$
|
266,484
|
(1)
|
Fees
related to accounting required for the acquisition of
NC.
|
(2)
|
Fees
related to S-3 and S-1 filings and accounting for possible merger with the
Form S-4 filings.
|
By
Order of the Board of Directors
|
||
Steven
M. Bell
|
||
Secretary
|
|
2.01
|
“Award” means any Option
or Restricted Stock Grant granted under the Directors
Plan
|
|
2.02
|
“Award Agreement” means
any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing
any Award granted under the Directors
Plan.
|
|
2.03
|
“Board” means the Board
of Directors of the Company
|
|
2.04
|
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Service Code of 1954, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
|
|
2.05
|
“Committee” means the
committee which may be designated from time to time by the Board to
administer the Directors Plan. If so designated, the Committee
shall be composed of not less than three persons ( who need not be members
of the Board) who are appointed from time to time to serve on the
Committee by the Board and who qualify as “disinterested persons” within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
|
|
2.06
|
“Company” means
Multiband Corporation and any successor
corporation.
|
|
2.07
|
“Fair Market Value”
means the value to be determined in good faith at the time of the grant of
an Award as by decision of the Board, or, if the stock is publicly traded,
Fair Market Value shall equal the average of the highest and lowest sales
prices of the Stock on the date of an Award, as reported by such
responsible reporting services as the Board may
select.
|
|
2.08
|
“Incentive Stock Option”
or “ISO” means a stock option which is intended to meet and comply with
the terms and conditions for an incentive stock option as set forth in
Section 422A of the Code.
|
|
2.09
|
“Non – Employee
Director” means a member of the Board of Directors as defined in
Section 4.
|
|
2.10
|
“Non – Incentive Stock Option”
or “NQSQ” means a stock option to purchase stock which does not
meet or comply with the requirements for an incentive stock option a set
forth in section 422A of the Code. Included in this definition
are any other forms or forms of tax-qualified discriminatory stock options
which may be incorporated within the Code as it may from time to time be
amended.
|
|
2.11
|
“Option” means, where
required by the context of the Directors Plan, and ISO and/or NQSQ granted
pursuant to the Directors Plan.
|
|
2.12
|
“Participant” means a
Non-Employee Director as defined in Section 4 that has been granted one or
more Options pursuant to the Directors
plan.
|
|
2.13
|
“Related Corporation”
means a corporate subsidiary of the Company, as defined in section
424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(Code)
|
|
2.14
|
“Stock” means the Common
Stock of the Company
|
|
2.15
|
“Restricted Stock” means
any Stock Granted under Section 8 of the Directors
Plan.
|
|
(a)
|
Are
not employees of the Company or of any Related Corporation;
and
|
|
(b)
|
Have
not been employees of the Company or of any Related Corporation during the
immediately preceding twelve (12) month
period.
|
|
7.01
|
Number of Shares A
statement of the number of shares to which the Option
pertains.
|
|
7.02
|
Price A statement of the
option exercise price (the Option Price). The Option Price
shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock.
|
|
7.03
|
Term Subject to earlier
termination as provided in Sections 7.05, 7.06, and 7.07 and in Section 8
hereof, the term of each Option shall be ten (10) years from the date of
grant.
|
|
7.04
|
Exercise Options shall
be exercisable commencing one (1) year after the date of grant, except
that, if the date of the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders is
less than one (1) year from the date of grant of the Options, then such
Options shall be exercisable, commencing ton the day preceding the date of
the annual meeting of shareholders next succeeding the date of grant of
such Options. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 7.05,
7.06, and 7.07 hereof, Options shall only be exercisable while a
Non-Employee Director remains a director of the Company. Any
Option shares, the right to the purchase of which has accrued, may be
purchased at any time up to the expiration or termination of the
Option. Exercisable Options may be exercised, in whole or part,
from time to time by giving written notice of exercise to the Company at
its principal office, specifying the number of shares to be purchased and
accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate price for such
shares. Only full shares shall be issued under the Directors
Plan, and any fractional share which might otherwise be issuable upon
exercise of an Option granted hereunder shall be
forfeited.
|
|
(i)
|
In
United States dollars by cash or
check,
|
|
7.05
|
Termination of Service as a
Director If a Non-Employee Director’s service as a director of the
Company terminates prior to the expiration date of his or her Options for
any reasons (such as, without limitation, failure to be re-elected by the
shareholders or resignation) other than those set forth in sections 7.06
and 7.07 below, all such Non-Employee Director’s outstanding options not
fully vested shall immediately terminate. Fully vested options
may be exercised by the former Non-Employee Director, at any time prior to
the earlier of:
|
|
(i)
|
The
expiration date specified in such Options;
or
|
|
(ii)
|
Ninety
Days after the date of such termination of service as a director if said
termination occurs prior to December 31, 2007 and Twenty-Four Months after
the date of such termination of service as a director if said termination
occurs subsequent to December 31,
2007.
|
|
7.06
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Disability of Non-Employee
Director If a Non-Employee Director shall become disabled (within
the meaning of section 22 (e) (3) of the Code) during the period in which
he or she is a director of the Company and, prior to the expiration date
fixed for his or her Options, his or her service as a director with the
Company is terminated as a consequence of such disability, all such
Non-Employee Director’s outstanding options not fully vested shall
immediately terminate. Fully vested options may be exercised by
the former Non-Employee Director, at any time prior to the earlier
of:
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(i)
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The
expiration date specified in such Options;
or
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(ii)
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One
(1) year after the date of the Non-Employee Director’s
death.
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7.07
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Death of Non-Employee
Director If a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a director of the
Company by reason of his or her death prior to the expiration date fixed
for his or her Options, all of such Non-Employee Director’s outstanding
Options immediately shall become fully exercisable, and such Options may
be exercised at any time prior to the earlier
of:
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(i)
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The
expiration date specified in such Option;
or
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(ii)
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One
(1) year after the date of the Non-Employee Director’s
death.
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(i)
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The
expiration date specified in such Option;
or
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(ii)
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One
(1) year after the date of the Non-Employee Director’s
death.
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7.08
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Non-Transferability
Except as otherwise provided in any Option Agreement (as defined in
Section 8 hereof), no Option shall be assignable or transferable by the
Non-Employee Director otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and during the lifetime of the Non-Employee Director, the
Option shall be exercisable only by him or by his or her guardian or legal
representative. If the Non-Employee Director is married at the
time of exercise and if the Non-Employee Director so requests a the time
of exercise, the share certificate or certificates shall be registered in
the name of the Non-Employee Director’s spouse, jointly, with right of
survivor-ship.
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7.09
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Rights as a Shareholder
A Participant under the Directors Plan shall have no rights as a
shareholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her Option until
the issuance of a stock certificate to him or her for such
shares.
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7.10
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Listing and Registration of
Shares Each Option shall be subject to the requirement that, if at
any time the Board shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing,
registration or qualification of the shares covered thereby upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as
a condition of, or in connection within the granting of such Option or the
purchase of shares thereunder, or that action by the Company or by a
Non-Employee Director should be taken in order to obtain an exemption from
any such requirement, no such Option may be granted or be exercised, in
whole or in part, unless and until such listing, registration,
qualification, consent, approval, or action shall have been effected,
obtained, or taken under conditions acceptable to the
Board. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Non-Employee Director or his or her legal representative or beneficiary
may also be required to give satisfactory assurance that shares purchased
upon exercise of an Option are being purchased for investment and not with
a view to distribution, and certificates representing such shares may be
legended accordingly.
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8.
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RESTRICTED
STOCK
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8.01
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Restrictions Shares of
Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board may
impose, including and without limitation, any limitation on the right to
vote a share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or
other right or property with respect thereto, which restrictions may lapse
separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments
or otherwise as the Board may deem
appropriate.
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8.02
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Stock Certificates Any
restricted stock granted under the Directors Plan shall be evidenced by
issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, which certificate or
certificates shall be held by the Company. Such certificate or
certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall
bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and
restrictions applicable to such Restricted
Stock.
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8.03
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Forfeiture Except as
otherwise determined by the Board, upon termination of service during the
applicable restriction period, all shares of Restricted Stock at such time
subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company.
However, the Board may, when it determines a waiver of the restrictions
may be in the best interest of the Company, waive in whole or in part any
or all of the remaining restrictions with Respect to Restricted Stock, at
the sole discretion of the Board.
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9.
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AWARD
AGREEMENTS – OTHER PROVISIONS
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10.
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CAPITAL
ADJUSTMENTS
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11.
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AMENDMENT,
SUSPENSION AND DISCONTINUANCE OF THE DIRECTORS
PLAN
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12.
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TERMINATION
OF DIRECTORS PLAN
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13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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13.01
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Additional Compensation
Nothing contained in the Directors Plan shall prevent the Board from
adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for directors
(subject to shareholder approval if such approval is required); and such
arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in
specific cases.
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13.02
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Right to Continued
Service The adoption of the Directors Plan and the receipt of
grants hereunder shall not confer upon any person any right to continue
service as a Non-Employee Director of the
Company.
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13.03
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Withhold Taxes In the
event of exercise of an Option, the Participant shall pay to the Company,
upon its demand, such amount as may be requested by the Company for the
purpose of satisfying any liability to withhold Federal, state, local, or
foreign income or other taxes (which payment may be made in any manner
prescribed in Section 6(d) hereof). The obligations of the
Company under the Directors Plan shall be conditioned on such payment, and
the Company shall have the right to withhold the issuance of shares to the
Participant and, to the extent permitted by law, shall have the right to
deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the
Non-Employee Director.
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13.04
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Indemnification and Hold
Harmless Each person who is or shall have been a member of the
Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company, to the
fullest extent permissible by Minnesota Law, against and from any loss,
cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim,
action, suit, or proceeding to which such person may be made a party or in
which such person may be involved by reason of any action from any and all
amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company’s
approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any
such action, suit, or proceeding against such person, provided such person
shall give the Company an opportunity, at the Company’s expense, top
handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and
defend it on such person’s own behalf. The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive and shall be independent of any
other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled
under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, by contract,
as a matter of law, or otherwise.
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13.05
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Governing Law The
Directors Plan and all awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with laws of the State of
Minnesota.
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14.
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EFFECTIVE
DATE
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1.
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PURPOSE
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2.
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Definitions
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3.
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ADMINISTRATION
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4.
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SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE PLAN
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5.
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ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEES
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6.
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AWARDS
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7.
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AWARD
AGREEMENTS
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8.
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INVESTMENT
PURPOSES
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9.
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TRANSFERABILITY
OF AWARDS
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10.
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TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT
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11.
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AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION PLAN
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12.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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13.
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SHAREHOLDER
APPROVAL AND EFFECTIVE DATES
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01
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Steven Bell
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02
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Frank Bennett
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03
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Jonathan Dodge
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04
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Eugene Harris
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05
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James Mandel
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06
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Donald Miller
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2.
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To
ratify the election of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP (now known as
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP) as the independent registered public
accounting firm of the Company for Fiscal Year 2008.
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For
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Against
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¨
Abstain
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3.
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To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s 2000 Non- Employee Director Stock
Compensation Plan (the Directors Plan) to effectuate the following:
Increase the total number of common stock shares reserved for awards to
Non-Employee Directors under the Plan from 160,000 to
5,000,000.
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For
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¨
Against
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¨
Abstain
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4.
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To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s 1999 Stock Compensation Plan (the
Employee Plan) to effectuate the following: Increase the total number of
common shares reserved for awards to employees under the Plan from 860,000
to 15,000,000.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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5.
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To
approve an amendment to Multiband’s Articles of Incorporation to increase
the authorized number of Multiband shares from 20 million to 100
million.
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¨
For
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Against
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Abstain
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Address
Change? Mark Box
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/ /
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The
undersigned hereby revokes all previous proxies relating to
the
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Indicate
changes below:
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shares
covered hereby and acknowledge receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement
relating to the Annual Meeting.
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Dated: ______________________________, 2009
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Signature(s)
in Box
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SHAREHOLDERS
MUST SIGN EXACTLY AS THE NAME APPEARSAT LEFT, WHEN SIGNED AS A CORPORATE
OFFICER, EXECUTORADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, OR GUARDIAN,
ETC. PLEASE GIVEFULL TITLE AS SUCH. BOTH JOINT
TENNANTS MUST SIGN.
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