COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE EXCHANGE
ACT
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) requires the
Companys officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of
a registered class of the Companys equity securities (collectively the
Reporting Persons) to file reports and changes in ownership of such
securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Company
Based
solely upon a review of (i) Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to
the Company pursuant to Rule 16a-3(e), promulgated under the Exchange Act,
during the Companys year ended December 31, 2007 and (ii) Forms 5 and any
amendments thereto and/or written representations furnished to the Company by
any Reporting Persons stating that such person was not required to file a Form
5 during the Companys year ended December 2007, it has been determined that no
Reporting Persons were delinquent with respect to such persons reporting
obligations set forth in Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
Except as set forth below,
no transactions have occurred since the beginning of the Companys last two
years or are proposed with respect to which a director, executive officer,
security holder owning of record or beneficially more than 5% of any class of
the Companys securities or any member of the immediate families of the
foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest:
We
engage Ragan & Ragan, P.C. to pursue legal collection of our receivable
portfolios, interests in distressed real property and tax lien certificates.
Both Messrs. Ragan, Sr. and Ragan, Jr. are partners of Ragan & Ragan, P.C.
The fee arrangements between our subsidiaries and Ragan & Ragan, P.C. have
been reviewed and approved by all of the members of a committee appointed by
our board of directors, other than Mr. Ragan, Sr. who abstained. John C.
Kleinert and James J. Mastriani comprised the committee. During years 2007 and
2006, our subsidiary, VI, paid Ragan & Ragan, P.C. an aggregate of
$1,128,107 and $1,225,577, respectively, our subsidiary, JHI, paid Ragan &
Ragan, P.C. an aggregate of $6,000 and $10,139, respectively, and our
subsidiary, VOM, paid Ragan & Ragan, P.C. an aggregate of $238 and $5,528,
respectively.
The
Company received a note receivable in the amount of $205,000 in partial payment
of the $455,000 purchase price from an officer and related party, John C.
Kleinert for the assignment of membership interests in Ridgedale Avenue
Commons, LLC, and Morris Avenue Commons, LLC, previously owned by J. Holder,
Inc. As of December 31, 2007, the note has a balance of $100,000, along with
interest at the rate of 12% which shall accrue only on and after December 26,
2007, by means of one lump sum payment of principal and accrued interest on
August 25, 2008. As of March 14, 2008, Mr. Kleinert made a $100,000 lump sum
payment to the Company and the promissory note was retired.
On
December 28, 2007, the Company paid $115,146 in withholding taxes in connection
with the vesting of 175,000 shares of restricted stock granted to James J.
Mastriani. As of March 14, 2008, Mr. Mastriani has returned 136,000 of these
shares for cancellation and retirement in order to offset this payment.
It
is our policy, with respect to insider transactions, that all transactions
between us, our officers, directors and principal stockholders and our
affiliates be on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained from an
unrelated third parties in arms-length transactions, and that all such
transactions shall be approved by a majority of the disinterested members of
the Board of Directors. We believe that the transactions described above comply
with such policy.
Except
for the relationship of W. Peter Ragan, Sr. and W. Peter Ragan, Jr. who are
father and son, none of our officers or directors is related.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information available to us, as of September 8, 2008
with respect to the beneficial ownership of the outstanding shares of common
stock by any holder of more than five percent (5%) of our outstanding shares;
and the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities by our (i) our
officers and directors; and (ii) our officers and directors as a group.
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Name and Address of Beneficial
Owner
(1)
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Title of Class
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Amount and
Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
(1)
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Percentage of Class
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John C. Kleinert
(2)(3)(6)
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Common Stock
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9,295,323
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42.4
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%
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James J.
Mastriani
(2)
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Common Stock
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64,000
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0.4
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%
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W. Peter
Ragan, Sr.
(2)(4)
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Common Stock
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2,343,652
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11.4
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%
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W. Peter
Ragan, Jr.
(2)(4)(7)
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Common Stock
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2,344,912
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11.4
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%
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Steven
Marcus.
(2)
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Common Stock
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0
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*
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Dr. Michael
Kelly.
(2)
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Common Stock
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344,412
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1.9
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%
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David
Granatell
(2)(5)
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Common Stock
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1,125,000
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3.1
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%
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All
directors and executive officers as a group (seven individuals)
(4)(5)(6)(7)
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Common Stock
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15,517,299
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70.60
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%
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Beneficial
ownership as reported in the table above has been determined in accordance
with Instruction (1) to Item 403 (b) of Regulation S-B of the Exchange Act.
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(2)
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The business
address is 1800 Route 34 North, Building 4, Suite 404A, Wall, NJ, 07719.
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(3)
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Includes
1,718,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
issued to Mr. Kleinert in connection with the merger with STB.
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(4)
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Includes
309,250 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued
to each of Mr. Ragan Sr. and Mr. Ragan Jr. in connection with the merger with
STB.
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(5)
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Includes
562,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants at
$1.04 per share which expire on February 3, 2009.
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(6)
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Includes
40,000 shares of common stock which are convertible from the 10,000 shares of
Series A Preferred Stock that Mr. Kleinert owns.
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(7)
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Includes
1,260 shares of common stock which are convertible from the 315 shares of
Series A Preferred Stock that Mr. Ragan Jr. owns.
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GENERAL
The
Management of the Company does not know of any matters, other than those stated
in this Proxy Statement, that are to be presented for action at the Annual
Meeting. If any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting,
proxies will be voted on those other matters in accordance with the judgment of
the persons voting the proxies. Discretionary authority to vote on such matters
is conferred by such proxies upon the persons voting them.
The
Company will bear the cost of preparing, printing, assembling and mailing all
proxy materials that may be sent to stockholders in connection with this
solicitation. Arrangements will also be made with brokerage houses, other
custodians, nominees and fiduciaries, to forward soliciting material to the
beneficial owners of the Common Stock of the Company held by such persons. The
Company will reimburse such persons for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by them. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the
mails, officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies
without additional compensation, by telephone or facsimile transmission. The
Company does not expect to pay any compensation for the solicitation of
proxies.
A
copy of the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as
filed with the SEC, accompanies this Proxy Statement. Upon written request, the
Company will provide each stockholder being solicited by this Proxy Statement
with a free copy of any exhibits and schedules thereto. All such requests
should be directed to Velocity Asset Mangement, Inc., 1800 Route 34 North,
Building 4, Suite 404A, Wall, NJ 07719, Attn: James J. Mastriani, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary.
All
properly executed proxies delivered pursuant to this solicitation and not
revoked will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions
given. In voting by proxy in regard to items to be voted upon, stockholders may
(i) vote in favor of, or FOR, the item, (ii) vote AGAINST the item or, (iii)
ABSTAIN from voting on one or more items. Stockholders should specify their
choices on the enclosed proxy. Proxies may be revoked by stockholders at any
time prior to the voting thereof by giving notice of revocation in writing to
the Secretary of the Company or by voting in person at the Annual Meeting. If
the enclosed proxy is properly signed, dated and returned, the Common Stock
represented thereby will be voted in accordance with the instructions thereon.
If no specific instructions are given with respect to the matters to be acted
upon, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted FOR the election of the
Directors, FOR the ratification of the appointment of Weiser LLP as the
Companys independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008,
and FOR the amendment of the Companys Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, to effect between a one-for-ten (1-10) and a one-for-twenty (1-20)
reverse stock split in the discretion of the board of directors.
Stockholder Proposals for the 2009 Annual
Meeting and General Communications
Any
stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the Companys 2009 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the Company at its office in Wall,
New Jersey on or before December 31, 2008 in order to be considered for
inclusion in the Companys proxy statement and proxy relating to such meeting.
The Company has received no stockholders nominations or proposals for the 2008
Annual Meeting.
Stockholders
may communicate their comments or concerns about any other matter to the Board
of Directors by mailing a letter to the attention of the Board of Directors c/o
the Company at its office in Wall, New Jersey.
Revocability of Proxy
Shares
represented by valid proxies will be voted in accordance with instructions
contained therein, or, in the absence of such instructions, in accordance with
the Board of Directors recommendations. Any person signing and mailing the
enclosed proxy may, nevertheless, revoke the proxy at any time prior to the
actual voting thereof by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person, by
providing written notice of revocation of the proxy or by submitting a signed
proxy bearing a later date. Any written notice of revocation should be sent to
the attention of the Secretary of the Company at the address above. Any
stockholder of the Company has the unconditional right to revoke his or her
proxy at any time prior to the voting thereof by any action inconsistent with
the proxy, including notifying the Secretary of the Company in writing,
executing a subsequent proxy, or personally appearing at the Annual Meeting and
casting a contrary vote. However, no such revocation will be effective unless
and until such notice of revocation has been received by the Company at or
prior to the Annual Meeting.
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Method of Counting Votes
Unless
a contrary choice is indicated, all duly executed proxies will be voted in
accordance with the instructions set forth on the proxy card. A broker non-vote
occurs when a broker holding shares registered in street name is permitted to
vote, in the brokers discretion, on routine matters without receiving
instructions from the client, but is not permitted to vote without instructions
on non-routine matters, and the broker returns a proxy card with no vote (the
non-vote) on the non-routine matter. Under the rules and regulations of the
primary trading markets applicable to most brokers, both the election of
directors and the ratification of the appointment of auditors are routine
matters on which a broker has the discretion to vote if instructions are not
received from the client in a timely manner. Abstentions will be counted as
present for purposes of determining a quorum but will not be counted for or
against the election of directors or the ratification of independent auditors.
As to Item 1, the Proxy confers authority to vote for the one person listed as
a candidate for a position on the Board of Directors even though the block in
Item 1 is not marked unless the names of one or more candidates are lined out.
The Proxy will be voted For Items 2 and 3 unless Against or Abstain is
indicated. If any other business is presented at the meeting, the Proxy shall
be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors.
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By order of
the Board of Directors
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/s/ John C.
Kleinert
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John C.
Kleinert
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President
and Chairman
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September 9,
2008
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VELOCITY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
Pursuant
to Delaware General Corporation Law Section 242, Velocity Asset Management,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the Corporation), does hereby certify:
That
the board of directors, and stockholders of the Corporation holding a majority
in interest of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation,
approved the following amendments to the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation:
Article FIRST of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Velocity Portfolio Group, Inc.
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Article FOURTH Section (b) of
the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
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(b)
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Upon the effectiveness
(the Effective Date) of the certificate of amendment to the certificate of
incorporation containing this sentence, each [*] shares of the Common Stock
issued and outstanding as of the date and time immediately preceding [date on
which the certificate of amendment is filed], the effective date of a reverse
stock split (the Split Effective Date), shall be automatically changed and
reclassified, as of the Split Effective Date and without further action, into
one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock. There shall be no
fractional shares issued. A holder of record of Common Stock on the Split
Effective Date who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share shall
have the number of new shares to which they are entitled rounded up to the
nearest whole number of shares. Stockholders will not receive cash in lieu of
fractional shares.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the President of the Corporation, has
duly executed this Certificate of Amendment as of the ____ day of _____ 2008.
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VELOCITY ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC.
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By: /s/ John C. Kleinert
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John C. Kleinert
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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VELOCITY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The
undersigned hereby appoint(s) John C. Kleinert and James J. Mastriani with the
power of substitution and resubstitution to vote any and all shares of capital
stock of Velocity Asset Management, Inc. (the Company) which the undersigned
would be entitled to vote as fully as the undersigned could do if personally
present at the Annual Meeting of the Company, to be held on September 29, 2008,
at 9:00 A.M. local time, and at any adjournments thereof, hereby revoking any
prior proxies to vote said stock, upon the following items more fully described
in the notice of any proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged):
1.
ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS
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VOTE
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FOR ALL nominees listed below EXCEPT as marked to the
contrary below
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for ALL nominees listed below
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(INSTRUCTION:
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee strike a line
through the nominees name below.)
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John C. Kleinert, W. P. Ragan, Sr.,
Steven Marcus, Dr. Michael Kelly and David Granatell.
2.
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WEISER LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE
COMPANY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.
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FOR the ratification of the appointment of Weiser LLP
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
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ABSTAIN
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3.
AMENDMENT
OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF THE
COMPANYS COMMON STOCK
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FOR the Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
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ABSTAIN
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4.
AMENDMENT OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO CHANGE THE COMPANYS NAME FROM VELOCITY ASSET
MANAGEMENT, INC. TO VELOCITY PORTFOLIO GROUP, INC.
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FOR the Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
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ABSTAIN
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THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED ABOVE; UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE FIVE (5) NOMINEES NAMED IN ITEM 1, THE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WEISER LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE
COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2008 IN ITEM 2, THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANYS
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION IN ITEM 3 AND THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANYS
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION IN ITEM 4.
In
their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
Please
mark, sign date and return this Proxy promptly using the accompanying postage
pre-paid envelope. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF VELOCITY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
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Dated:
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Signature
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Signature if jointly owned:
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Print name:
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Please
sign exactly as the name appears on your stock certificate. When shares of
capital stock are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as
attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or corporate officer,
please include full title as such. If the shares of capital stock are owned by
a corporation, sign in the full corporate name by an authorized officer. If the
shares of capital stock are owned by a partnership, sign in the name of the
partnership by an authorized officer.
PLEASE
MARK, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
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