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BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
2188
West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
February
4, 2009
TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS OF BSD MEDICAL CORPORATION:
The
annual meeting of the stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BSD Medical
Corporation (the “Company”) will be held on February 4, 2009, at The Grand
America Hotel located at 555 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
84111. The Annual Meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time, to
consider and take action on the following proposals, which are more fully
described in the Proxy Statement:
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1.
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to
elect seven members to the Board of Directors to serve until the next
annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and
qualified;
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2.
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to
ratify the selection of Tanner LC as the Company’s independent registered
public accountants for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009;
and
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3.
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to
transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual
Meeting or any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
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Only
owners of record of the Company’s issued and outstanding
common stock as of the close of business on December 19, 2008 (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled to one
vote.
The
Company’s Proxy
Statement is attached hereto. Financial and other information
concerning the Company is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008, which accompanies this Proxy
Statement.
THE
ATTENDANCE AT AND/OR VOTE OF EACH STOCKHOLDER AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IS
IMPORTANT, AND EACH STOCKHOLDER IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. TO ASSURE
THAT YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED, PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY MAIL THE
ENCLOSED PROXY WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
MEETING.
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BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Salt
Lake City, Utah, December 29, 2008
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Dennis
P. Gauger, Secretary
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BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
2188
West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2009
This
Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by
and on behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the
“Board”) of BSD Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or
“BSD”), for use at the annual meeting of the stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”)
to be held February 4, 2009 at the Grand America Hotel located at 555 South Main
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, at 9:00 a.m., Mountain Time.
THIS
PROXY STATEMENT, THE NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND FORM OF PROXY
ARE FIRST BEING MAILED TO THE COMPANY’S STOCKHOLDERS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 29,
2008.
At the
Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company will be asked to vote on two
proposals. Proposal 1 is the annual election of seven directors to
serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. Proposal 2 is the
ratification of the selection of Tanner LC as the Company’s independent
registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending August 31,
2009.
A proxy
for use at the Annual Meeting is enclosed. Any stockholder who
executes and delivers such proxy by mailing a proxy card, or by voting via the
internet or telephone has the right to revoke it any time before it is exercised
by delivering to the Secretary of the Company an instrument revoking it or a
duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Annual Meeting and
voting in person. Subject to revocation, the proxy holders will vote
all shares represented by a properly executed proxy received in time for the
Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions on the proxy. If
no instruction is specified with respect to a matter to be acted upon, the
shares represented by the proxy will be voted FOR
the proposal in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of
Directors.
The
expenses of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this Proxy Statement and
the materials used in the solicitation of proxies will be borne by the
Company. Proxies will be solicited through the mail and may be
solicited by the Company’s officers, directors and employees in person or by
telephone. They will not receive additional compensation for this
effort. The Company does not anticipate paying any compensation to
any other party for the solicitation of proxies, but may reimburse brokerage
firms and others for their reasonable expenses in forwarding solicitation
material to beneficial owners.
RECORD
DATE AND QUORUM REQUIREMENTS
December
19, 2008 has been fixed as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting. As of the Record Date, 21,819,342 shares of the Company’s
common stock were issued and outstanding. Each outstanding share of
common stock will be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of
the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
The
holders of one-third of the shares of the common stock outstanding on the Record
Date, present in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or
postponement thereof. Any abstentions and broker non-votes will be
deemed as present for purposes of determining a quorum at the Annual
Meeting. The seven individuals receiving the most votes will be
elected to serve as directors of the Company. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will not have the effect of being counted as voted in favor of or
against the election of directors. All proposals, except for the
election of directors, must be approved by a majority of the votes present in
person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, at which a quorum is
present. Abstentions will have the effect of being counted as voted
against any of these proposals. Broker non-votes will not have the
effect of being counted as voted in favor of or against any of these
proposals.
MAIL
VOTING PROCEDURES
To vote
by mail, a stockholder should complete, sign and date their proxy card and mail
it in the pre-addressed postage-paid envelope that accompanies the delivery of
the proxy card. A proxy card submitted by mail must be received by the time of
the Annual Meeting in order for the shares to be voted.
TELEPHONE
VOTING PROCEDURES
The
telephone authorization procedure is designed to authenticate a stockholder's
identity to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their
instructions have been properly recorded. Specific instructions to be
followed are set forth on the enclosed proxy card. Telephone voting
facilities for stockholders of record are available 24 hours a day and will
close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February 3, 2009.
INTERNET
VOTING PROCEDURES
The
internet authorization procedure is designed to authenticate a stockholder's
identity to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their
instructions have been properly recorded. Specific instructions to be
followed are set forth on the enclosed proxy card. Internet voting facilities
for stockholders of record are available 24 hours a day and will close at 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time on February 3, 2009.
PROPOSAL
1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the
Annual Meeting, seven directors are to be elected to serve until the next annual
meeting of stockholders or until a successor for such director is elected and
qualified, or until the death, resignation, or removal of such
director. It is intended that the proxies will be voted for the seven
nominees named below for election to the Company’s Board of Directors
unless authority to vote for any such nominee is withheld. Each of
the nominees is currently a director of the Company. Each person
nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected, and the Board of
Directors has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unavailable or will
decline to serve. In the event, however, that any nominee is unable
or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the
proxies will be voted for any nominee who is designated by the current Board of
Directors to fill the vacancy. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy
holders will vote the proxies received by them FOR
the nominees named below. The seven candidates receiving the highest
number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting
will be elected as directors of the Company.
DIRECTORS
The names
of the nominees, their ages and their respective business backgrounds are set
forth below as of August 31, 2008.
Name
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Position(s) With the
Company
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Age
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Director Since
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Paul
F. Turner, MSEE
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Chairman
of the Board, Senior Vice President
and
Chief Technology Officer
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61
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1994
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Hyrum
A. Mead, MBA
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President
and Director
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61
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1999
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Gerhard
W. Sennewald, Ph.D.
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Director
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72
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1994
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Michael
Nobel, Ph.D.
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Independent
Director
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68
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1998
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Douglas
P. Boyd, Ph.D.
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Independent
Director
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66
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2005
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Steven
G. Stewart
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Independent
Director and Financial Expert
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60
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2006
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Timothy
C. McQuay
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Independent
Director
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57
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2008
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NOMINEES
FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul F. Turner, MSEE, has
served as a director of BSD since 1994 and currently serves as Chairman of the
Board of Directors. Mr. Turner also has served as the Senior Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer of BSD since August 1999. From
October 1995 to August 1999, Mr. Turner served as the Acting President of
BSD. From 1978 to October 1995, Mr. Turner served in various
capacities with BSD, including Staff Engineer, Staff Scientist, Senior
Scientist, Vice President of Research, and Senior Vice President of
Research. Mr. Turner has led the design of microwave treatment
systems for tumors, including the development of external phased array antenna
technology to focus radiated microwave energy deep into the central area of the
body to treat deep tumors. He has also integrated this technology
with magnetic resonance imaging to non-invasively monitor treatments within the
patient’s body.
Hyrum A. Mead, MBA, has served
as President and a director of BSD since August 1999. Previously, he
served five years as Vice President of Business Development at ZERO Enclosures,
a manufacturer in the telecommunications, computer and aerospace enclosures
industry and seven years as President of Electro Controls, a manufacturer of
computer controlled power systems. Mr. Mead began his career in
marketing with IBM where he was involved with the introduction of many new
products.
Gerhard W. Sennewald, Ph.D.,
has served as a director of BSD since 1994. From April 1985 to the
present, Dr. Sennewald has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Medizin-Technik GmbH, of Munich, Germany, a firm which is engaged in the
business of distributing hyperthermia equipment and diagnostic imaging equipment
and services. In connection with his service to Medizin-Technik GmbH,
Dr. Sennewald has been BSD’s key European representative and distributor for 17
years and has been instrumental in obtaining the majority of BSD’s foreign
sales. He also serves on the Board of Directors of TherMatrx,
Inc.
Michael Nobel, Ph.D., has
served as a director of BSD since January 1998. Dr. Nobel
participated in the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging as European Vice
President of Fonar Corp. From 1991 to 2007, Dr. Nobel served as the
Executive Chairman of the MRAB Group, a company providing diagnostic imaging
services to Sweden. From 1995 to 2006, Dr. Nobel was Chairman of the
Board of the Nobel Family Society and the American Non-Violence Project
Inc. He has also been a consultant to Unesco in Paris and the United
Nations Social Affairs Division in Geneva. Today, Dr. Nobel is
chairman or board member of ten international companies in medical diagnostics,
treatment and information systems; other areas included banking, IT, oil
exploration and environmental management. He is visiting professor at
the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
Douglas P. Boyd, Ph.D., has
served as a director of BSD since 2005. From January 2007 to the
present, Dr. Boyd has served as Chief Executive Officer of TeleSecurity
Sciences, Inc., a privately-held company in the business of developing solutions
for increasing the effectiveness and automation of airport explosives detection
systems. From 1983 to 2005, Dr. Boyd was an adjunct professor of
radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. From 1980
to 2004, Dr. Boyd served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Technology Officer of Imatron Inc., a public company that developed and
manufactured ultrafast electron beam CT scanners for use in hospitals and
clinics. He is internationally known as an expert in radiology and
computed tomography (“CT”) imaging systems, and has pioneered the development of
fan-beam CT scanners, Xenon detector arrays and EBT scanners. Dr.
Boyd has been awarded 16 U.S. patents. He has published more than 100
scientific papers and is a frequent speaker at universities and
symposia.
Steven G. Stewart has served
as a director of BSD since 2006. He is currently the Chief Financial
Officer for Headwaters, Inc. (a New York Stock Exchange company). Mr.
Stewart served as Headwaters’ Chief Financial Officer from July 1998 until
October 2005 when he became the Treasurer and subsequently the Director of
Financial Affairs. He was re-appointed as the Chief Financial Officer
of Headwaters on September 4, 2007. Prior to joining Headwaters, Mr.
Stewart served as a business assurance partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(formerly Coopers & Lybrand LLP), and as an audit partner with Ernst &
Young (formerly Arthur Young), including service as the Salt Lake City office
Director of High Technology and Entrepreneurial Services.
Timothy C. McQuay, MBA, has
served as a director of BSD since February 2008. He is a Managing
Director with B Riley & Co., a Los Angeles based investment banking
firm. Prior to joining B Riley in September 2008, Mr. McQuary served
for ten years as Managing Director Investment Banking at A. G. Edwards &
Sons, Inc., where he specialized in Healthcare, including medical technology,
biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals. He previously served as
Partner and Managing Director Investment Banking at Crowell, Weedon &
Company; as Vice President Corporate Development at Kerr Group, Inc.; as
Managing Director Merchant Banking at Union Bank of California; as Senior
Vice-President Corporate Finance at Wedbush Morgan Securities, and as
Vice-President Brokerage Services at Alexander & Alexander,
Inc. Mr. McQuay holds an AB in Economics from Princeton University
and an MBA from UCLA.
COMPOSITION
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board
of Directors of the Company currently consists of seven
directors. Directors are elected at each annual meeting of
stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until
their successors are duly elected and qualified. There are no family
relationships among any of the Company’s directors, officers or key
employees. Timothy C. McQuay was recommended to the Board to serve as
a director by our President.
CODE
OF ETHICS
We have
adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all directors, officers and employees
of BSD. Our Code of Ethics is available on our website
(www.bsdmc.com) on our investor information webpage. We intend to
post amendments to or waivers from our Code of Ethics (to the extent applicable
to our chief executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer) on our website.
AFFIRMATIVE
DETERMINATIONS REGARDING DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The Board
of Directors has determined each of the following directors to be an
“independent director” as such term is defined in the Nasdaq Stock Market
Listing Standards: Michael Nobel, Douglas P. Boyd, Steven G. Stewart
and Timothy C. McQuay.
In this
Proxy Statement, these four directors are referred to individually as an
“Independent Director” and collectively as the “Independent
Directors.”
MEETINGS
AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
During
fiscal year 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors met four times and no
director attended fewer than 75% of the meetings of the Board or any of the
Board committees of which a director was a member. Although the
Company does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by directors at the
Company’s annual meeting, it encourages directors to attend and all directors
attended the Company’s last annual meeting. The Board will give
consideration during the upcoming year to establishing a formal policy so as to
maximize attendance by directors, taking into account the directors’ schedules
and the timing requirements of applicable law.
The Board
of Directors has formed an audit committee and a compensation
committee. A copy of the charter of our audit committee is available
on our website (www.bsdmc.com) on our investor information webpage.
The Audit
Committee. The Audit Committee, which held four meetings
during fiscal year 2008, is responsible for reviewing and monitoring the
Company’s financial statements and internal accounting procedures, recommending
the selection of independent auditors by the Board, evaluating the scope of the
annual audit, reviewing audit results, consulting with management and the
Company’s independent auditor prior to presentation of financial statements to
stockholders and, as appropriate, initiating inquiries into aspects of the
Company’s internal accounting controls and financial affairs. The
Board of Directors has adopted a written audit committee charter.
The
members of the Audit Committee are Messrs., Boyd, Stewart, Nobel and
McQuay. Mr. Stewart is currently serving as the audit committee
chairman and financial expert. All members of the Audit Committee are
Independent Directors.
The Nominating
Committee. The Company does not have a standing nominating
committee or nominating committee charter. Each director participates
in decisions relating to making the Company’s nominations for
directors. The Board of Directors believes that, considering the size
of the Company and the Board of Directors, nominating decisions can be easily
made on a case-by-case basis and there is no need for the added formality of a
nominating committee. Based on criteria established by the Nasdaq
Stock Market relating to director independence, Messrs. Stewart, Boyd, Nobel and
McQuay are the Company’s only independent directors.
The Board
of Directors does not have an express policy with regard to the consideration of
any director candidates since the Board believes that it can adequately evaluate
nominees on a case-by-case basis. The Board has not previously
received any recommendations for director candidates from stockholders, and has
not adopted a formal process for considering director candidates who may be
recommended by stockholders. However, the Company’s policy is to give
due consideration to any and all such candidates, and in evaluating director
nominees, the Board considers the appropriate size of the Board, the needs of
the Company, the skills and experience of its directors, and a candidate’s
familiarity with the Company’s industry. A stockholder may submit a
recommendation for director candidates to the Company at its corporate offices,
to the attention of Hyrum A. Mead. The Company does not pay fees to
any third parties to assist it in identifying potential nominees.
The Compensation
Committee. The members of the Compensation Committee are
Messrs. Boyd, Stewart, Nobel and McQuay. Mr. Boyd is currently
serving as the Compensation Committee chairman. All members of the
Compensation Committee are Independent Directors. The Company’s
Compensation Committee, which met three times during fiscal year 2008, does not
currently have a charter. The Compensation Committee has
responsibility for establishing and monitoring the executive compensation
programs of the Company and for making decisions regarding the compensation of
the Company’s Named Executive Officers (as defined below). The agenda
for meetings of the Compensation Committee is determined by the Chairman of the
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee sets the
compensation package of the Named Executive Officers and their annual
bonus. For a further description of the Compensation Committee’s
role, and the use of a compensation consultant, see “Executive Compensation”
below.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION 2008
Our 1998
Director Stock Plan, as amended, provides an annual retainer in the amount of
$30,000 to each non-employee director other than the Chair of the Audit
Committee, who is to receive $35,000. Of the Annual Retainer,
$15,000 is to be paid in cash to each such director, other than the Chairman of
the Audit Committee, who is to receive $20,000 in cash. The balance
of the Annual Retainer is to be paid in the form of shares of our common stock
to each non-employee director. The retainer is payable in equal
installments on March 1 and September 1 of each year in which each non-employee
director continues to serve as a member of the Board. The portion of
the annual retainer that is paid in restricted stock will be determined by
reference to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The fair market value of the
Common Stock will be determined by reference to the average closing prices, as
reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, of the Common Stock for the twenty days
preceding the payment dates, or the average of the prices quoted by the market
makers in the Company’s Common Stock on the payment dates, or by the Board. In
addition, each non-employee director will receive an annual stock option to
purchase 30,000 shares of our Common Stock. The options vest ratably over five
years and expire in 10 years.
On
September 7, 2007, all non-employee directors, other than Mr. McQuay, were
issued a stock option grant for 30,000 shares with an exercise price of $6.50
per share for their services for fiscal 2008. On March 3, 2008, Mr.
McQuay was issued a stock option grant for 17,457 shares with an exercise price
of $5.29 per share for his services for fiscal year 2008. In
addition, for fiscal 2008, each of these directors was paid $15,000 cash and
2,572 shares of restricted stock, other than Mr. Stewart, the Audit Committee
Chairman, who received $20,000 cash and 2,572 shares of restricted stock, and
Mr. McQuay, who received $8,695 cash and 226 shares of restricted
stock.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION TABLE
The table
below summarizes the compensation paid by the Company to, or earned by, our
non-employee directors for the year ended August 31, 2008.
Name
(1)
|
Fees
Earned or
Paid
in Cash ($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)(2)
|
Option
Awards
($)
(3)
|
Total
($)
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|
|
|
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Douglas
P. Boyd
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15,000
|
15,000
|
59,280
|
89,280
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Timothy
C. McQuay
|
8,695
|
1,195
|
5,708
|
15,598
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Michael
Nobel
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
68,631
|
98,631
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Gerhard
W. Sennewald
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
68,631
|
98,631
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Steven
G. Stewart
|
20,000
|
15,000
|
54,547
|
89,547
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(1)
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Paul
F. Turner and Hyrum A. Mead served as directors of the Company in fiscal
year 2008, but are omitted from the Director Compensation Table because of
their status as a Named Executive Officer. No additional
remuneration was paid to Messrs. Turner and Mead for their services as
directors.
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(2)
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The
amounts shown in column (c) reflect the value of the shares of Common
Stock issued to the non-employee directors. Messrs. Boyd,
Nobel, Sennewald and Stewart each were issued 2,572 shares of Common Stock
for services as a director during fiscal year 2008. Mr. McQuay
was issued 226 shares of Common Stock for services as a director during
fiscal year 2008.
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(3)
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The
amounts shown in column (d) reflect the dollar amount recognized for
financial statement reporting purposes with respect to non-employee
director stock options for the year ended August 31, 2008 in accordance
with SFAS 123(R). The amounts are computed based upon the portion of
option awards vesting during 2008, including option awards that were
granted in prior years. The grant date value under SFAS 123(R)
of stock options awarded to each of Messrs. Boyd, Nobel, Sennewald and
Stewart in 2008 was $122,100 (based on the grant of an option for 30,000
shares with a per share Black-Scholes value of $4.07 per share). The grant
date value under SFAS 123(R) of stock options awarded to Mr. McQuay in
2008 was $57,084 (based on the grant of an option for 17,457 shares with a
per share Black-Scholes value of $3.27 per share). Assumptions
used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 10 to the
Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended August 31,
2008, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. As of the end
of fiscal year 2008, each non-employee director had outstanding options
for the following number of Company shares: Douglas P. Boyd, 85,000
shares; Timothy C. McQuay 17,457 shares; Michael Nobel, 135,000 shares;
Gerhard W. Sennewald, 110,000 shares; and Steven G. Stewart, 76,368
shares.
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COMMUNICATIONS
WITH DIRECTORS
The
Company has not adopted a formal process for stockholder communications with the
Board. Nevertheless, the Company has tried to ensure that the views
of stockholders are heard by the Board or individual directors, as applicable,
and that appropriate responses are provided to stockholders in a timely
manner. The Company believes its responsiveness to stockholder
communications to the Board has been good. A stockholder may submit any
communication with directors to the Company at its corporate offices, to the
attention of Hyrum A. Mead.
RECOMMENDATION
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY VOTE
FOR
THE ELECTION OF ALL THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES LISTED ABOVE.
PROPOSAL
2: RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
The
Company is asking the stockholders to ratify the selection of Tanner LC as the
Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending
August 31, 2009. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the shares of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote
at the meeting will be required to ratify the selection of Tanner
LC.
In the
event the stockholders fail to ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors will consider it as a direction to select other auditors
for the subsequent year. Even if the selection is ratified, the Board
or Audit Committee in their discretion may direct the appointment of a different
independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the
Board determines that such change would be in the best interest of the Company
and its stockholders.
Tanner LC
audited the Company’s financial statements for fiscal years ending August 31,
2008 and 2007. Its representatives will be present at the annual
meeting, and will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do
so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
The
following table presents fees for professional services rendered by Tanner LC
for the audit of our annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended
August 31, 2008 and August 31, 2007 and fees billed for other services rendered
by Tanner LC during those periods.
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Audit
Fees (1)
|
|
$ |
127,500 |
|
|
$ |
131,900 |
|
Audit
Related Fees
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Tax
Fees(2)
|
|
|
13,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
All
Other Fees
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
141,000 |
|
|
$ |
131,900 |
|
_________________________
(1) Audit
Fees consist of fees billed for the annual audits and quarterly
reviews.
(2) Tax
Fees consist of fees billed for the preparation of federal and state income tax
returns.
PRE-APPROVAL
POLICIES
The Audit
Committee pre-approved all audit, audit-related and non-audit services performed
by our independent auditors and subsequently reviewed the actual fees and
expenses paid to Tanner LC. The Audit Committee has determined that
the fees paid to Tanner LC for services are compatible with maintaining Tanner
LC’s independence as our auditors.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit
Committee has reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited financial statements
with its management and has discussed with the Company’s independent registered
public accountant the matters to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees).
The Audit
Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the Company’s
independent registered public accountant required by Independence Standards
Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committee) and has
discussed with the Company’s independent registered public accountant the
independent registered public accountant’s independence.
Based on
its review, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the
audited financial statements for the Company’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2008
be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year
ended August 31, 2008, which was filed on November 14, 2008.
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Submitted
by:
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|
Douglas
P. Boyd
|
|
Steven
G. Stewart
|
|
Michael
Nobel
|
|
Timothy
C. McQuay
|
|
Members
of the Audit Committee
|
RECOMMENDATION
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF TANNER LC TO SERVE AS THE COMPANY’S
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31,
2009.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
The names
of the Company’s executive officers, their ages and their respective business
backgrounds are set forth below as of August 31, 2008. For
information regarding the backgrounds of Hyrum A. Mead and Paul F. Turner,
please see their biographical descriptions above under Proposal 1 regarding the
election of directors. There are no family relationships among any of
the Company’s directors, officers or key employees.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Hyrum
A. Mead, MBA
|
61
|
President
and Director
|
Dennis
P. Gauger, CPA
|
56
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
|
Paul
F. Turner, MSEE
|
61
|
Senior
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the
Board
|
Dennis P. Gauger, CPA, has
served as Chief Financial Officer since May 2007 and was appointed Secretary in
November 2008. Mr. Gauger is a licensed Certified Public Accountant
in Utah and Nevada, and serves on a part-time basis. Mr. Gauger has
served other publicly held companies as a part-time, contract chief financial
officer, including the following: from April 2004 until November 2008, Mr.
Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Cimetrix Incorporated, a publicly
held software company (CMXX.OB – NASD OTC); from December 2006 until November
2008, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Golden Phoenix Minerals,
Inc. a publicly held mining company (GPXM.OB – NASD OTC); from January 2004
until January 2008, Mr. Gauger served as a director, Chief Financial Officer,
and Secretary for Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc., a publicly held aviation
company (GNBA — OTCBB); and from November 2001 until March 2007, Mr. Gauger
served as a Chief Financial Officer for Nevada Chemicals, Inc., a chemical
supply company to the gold mining industry (NCEM-NNM). Additionally,
over the past ten years, he has served several public and private companies in a
variety of industries as a part-time, contract financial executive, corporate
troubleshooter and consultant. Previously, Mr. Gauger worked for
Deloitte & Touche LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm, for
22 years, including 9 years as an accounting and auditing partner. He
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the
Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants.
SIGNIFICANT
EMPLOYEES
In
addition to the officers and directors identified above, the Company expects the
following individuals to make significant contributions to the Company's
business during fiscal 2008:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Brian
L. Ferrand
|
53
|
Vice
President of Sales
|
Dixie
Toolson Sells
|
58
|
Vice
President of Regulatory Affairs
|
Richard
A. White
|
53
|
Vice
President of International Sales
|
Brian L. Ferrand, joined BSD
Medical as Vice President of Sales in October 2005. From October 2004
to October 2005, Mr. Ferrand worked as an independent
consultant. Previously, Mr. Ferrand served as Vice President of Sales
and as a corporate officer of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. from 1993 until
October 2004. At Merit Medical Systems, Mr. Ferrand also served as
Director of Sales from 1992 to 1993 and as a National Sales Manager from 1991 to
1992. Merit Medical Systems (a NASDAQ company), is a leading
manufacturer and marketer of products used in diagnostic and interventional
cardiology and radiology procedures worldwide.
Dixie Toolson Sells has served
as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of BSD since December
1994. Ms. Sells served as Administrative Director of BSD from 1978 to
1984; as Director of Regulatory Affairs from 1984 to September 1987; and as Vice
President of Regulatory Affairs from September 1987 to October
1993. In October 1993, Ms. Sells resigned as Vice President of
Regulatory Affairs, and she served as Director of Regulatory Affairs from
October 1993 to December 1994. In December 1994, Ms. Sells was
re-appointed as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and was appointed as
Corporate Secretary by the Board of Directors. Ms. Sells also serves
on the Board of Directors of the Intermountain Biomedical
Association. Ms. Sells resigned as Corporate Secretary of BSD in
March 2002.
Richard A. White, joined BSD
Medical in 2004, and serves as Vice President of International Sales for the
company. Mr. White has been deeply involved in international sales
since obtaining his degree in international business at The Garvin School of
International Management “Thunderbird” in 1980. He has played a key role in the
founding of new companies, has led a national sales organization selling large
capital equipment in power control systems and served as International Sales
Manager for Merit Medical Systems (a NASDAQ company), which is a leading
manufacturer and marketer of products used in diagnostic and interventional
cardiology and radiology procedures worldwide. Prior to joining BSD
Medical, Mr. White served for two years as manager of the Home Touch sales
division of Life Touch.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
The
following discussion and analysis provides information regarding the Company’s
executive compensation objectives and principles, procedures, practices and
decisions, and is provided to help give perspective to the numbers and
narratives that follow in the tables in this section. This discussion
will focus on the Company’s objectives, principles, practices and decisions with
regards to the compensation of Paul F. Turner, Chairman of the Board, Senior
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Hyrum A. Mead, President and Dennis
P. Gauger, Chief Financial Officer, our named executive officers (“Named
Executive Officers”).
Executive
Compensation Objectives and Principles
The
overall objective of our executive compensation program is to help create
long-term value for our shareholders by attracting and retaining talented
executives, rewarding superior operating and financial performance, and aligning
the long-term interests of our executives with those of our
shareholders. Accordingly our executive compensation program
incorporates the following principles:
Compensation
should be based upon individual job responsibility, demonstrated leadership
ability, management experience, individual performance and Company
performance.
Compensation
should reflect the fair market value of the services received. The
Company believes that a fair and competitive pay package is essential to attract
and retain talented executives in key positions.
Compensation
should reward executives for long-term strategic management and enhancement of
shareholder value.
Compensation
should reward performance and promote a performance oriented
environment.
Executive
Compensation Procedures
We
believe that compensation paid to our executive officers should be closely
aligned with our performance and the performance of each individual executive
officer on both a short-term and a long-term basis, should be based upon the
value each executive officer provides to our company, and should be designed to
assist us in attracting and retaining the best possible executive talent, which
we believe is critical to our long-term success. To attain our
executive compensation objectives and implement the underlying compensation
principles, we follow the procedures described below.
Role of the Compensation
Committee. The Compensation Committee has responsibility for
establishing and monitoring our executive compensation programs and for making
decisions regarding the compensation of our Named Executive
Officers. The agenda for meetings of the Compensation Committee is
determined by the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The
Compensation Committee sets the compensation package and annual bonus of the
Named Executive Officers. Our President, Mr. Mead, suggests items to
be considered by the Compensation Committee from time to time, including the
compensation package for the other Named Executive Officers, and participates in
the meetings of the Compensation Committee.
The
Compensation Committee relies on its judgment in making compensation decisions
after reviewing our performance and evaluating our executives’ leadership
abilities and responsibilities with our company and their current compensation
arrangements. The Compensation Committee assessment process is
designed to be flexible so as to better respond to the evolving business
environment and individual circumstances.
Role of Compensation
Consultant. Mercer
Human Resource Consulting has assisted the Compensation Committee with its
administration of compensation programs for the Company’s executive officers. In
2006, the Compensation Committee engaged Mercer, an outside human resources
consulting firm, to conduct a review of its total compensation program for
executive officers and to provide peer compensation data. Based upon the market
analyses performed by Mercer, it made recommendations to the Compensation
Committee as to the form and amount of executive compensation to be awarded to
the executive officers. The Compensation Committee considered the
recommendations of Mercer in setting executive compensation for fiscal
2008.
Elements
of Compensation
Our
executive compensation objectives and principles are implemented through the use
of the following elements of compensation, each discussed more fully
below:
|
·
|
Annual
Incentive Bonuses
|
|
·
|
Stock-Based
Compensation
|
Base Salary. The
Compensation Committee approved the salaries of all our executive officers for
fiscal year 2008. Salary decisions concerning these officers were
based upon a variety of considerations consistent with the compensation
philosophy stated above. First, salaries were competitively set
relative to both other companies in the medical products industry and other
comparable companies. In determining the salaries for our executives
in fiscal 2008, the Compensation Committee compared the compensation of some of
the public companies in the biotechnology industry to the compensation of our
executives. In August 2006, our Compensation Committee reviewed the published
compensation of the named executive officers of Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.,
RITA Medical Systems, Inc., Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Immunicon Corporation,
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Entremed, Inc., OXiGENE, Inc., Theragenics
Corporation, Antigenics Inc./DE, Inovio Biomedical Corporation, Praecis
Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and Celsion Corporation. We believe that the base
salaries and the total compensation of our executives are approximately equal to
or less than the median base salaries and median total compensation of
executives with similar positions at these companies. Second, the Compensation
Committee considered each officer’s level of responsibility and individual
performance, including an assessment of the person’s overall value to the
Company. Third, internal equity among employees was factored into the
decision. Finally, the Compensation Committee considered our
financial performance and our ability to absorb any increases in
salaries. In the case of Mr. Gauger, base pay was paid in the form of
a monthly fee for his services under his consulting agreement.
Annual Incentive
Bonuses. Each Named Executive Officer, other than Mr. Gauger,
is eligible to receive an annual performance-based bonus. The annual
bonus is intended to motivate participating executives to achieve both
short-term and long-term strategic and financial objectives. Mr. Mead
and Mr. Turner received bonuses
determined by the Compensation Committee. For fiscal 2008, the
Compensation Committee did not precisely define the parameters of the bonuses
for Mr. Mead and Mr. Turner at the beginning of the year. However,
the general goals of the company were discussed with these officers throughout
the year. Based upon an assessment of the progress of the company,
the Compensation Committee decided to award each of Mr. Mead and Mr. Turner a
bonus equal to 35% of his base salary.
Stock-Based Compensation. Each Named
Executive Officer is eligible to participate in the BSD Medical Corporation 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, which provides for the granting of stock options, stock
appreciation rights, performance awards, and other stock-based awards and
cash-based awards to selected employees, non-employees and
directors. Historically, we have issued options pursuant to this
incentive plan, and typically these options vest ratably over a term of up to 5
years as determined by the Compensation Committee. We do not have any
policies for allocating compensation between long-term and currently paid out
compensation or between cash and non-cash compensation or among different forms
of non-cash compensation. Although we do not have any formal policy
for determining the amount of stock options or the timing of our stock option
grants, we have historically granted stock options to high-performing employees
(i) in recognition of their individual achievements and contributions to
our company, and (ii) in anticipation of their future service and
achievements. On December 19, 2007, we granted 36,000 stock options
to each of Mr. Mead and Mr. Turner, which vest ratably over three
years.
Severance
Benefits. Under the terms of employment agreements entered
into with Mr. Turner and Mr. Mead, which are discussed below under “Employment
and Independent Contractor Agreements” and “Potential Payments Upon
Termination”, we have agreed to compensate Mr. Turner and Mr. Mead in the event
of termination of their employment without cause or their resignations for good
reason. We entered into these agreements with Mr. Turner and Mr. Mead
in order to establish in advance the appropriate treatment for terminating
executives and to ensure market competitiveness with other companies that offer
such arrangements.
Other
Benefits. Our Named Executive Officers receive the same
benefits that are available to all other full time employees, including the
payment of health, dental, life and disability insurance premiums.
Deductibility
of Executive Compensation
Internal
Revenue Code Section 162(m) limits the amount that we may deduct for
compensation paid to our principal executive officer and to each of our three
most highly compensated officers (other than our principal financial
officer) to $1.0 million per person, unless certain exemption requirements
are met. Exemptions to this deductibility limit may be made for various forms of
performance-based compensation. In the past, annual cash compensation to our
executive officers has not exceeded $1.0 million per person, so the
compensation has been deductible. In addition to salary and bonus compensation,
upon the exercise of stock options that are not treated as incentive stock
options, the excess of the current market price over the option price, or option
spread, is treated as compensation and accordingly, in any year, such exercise
may cause an officer’s total compensation to exceed $1.0 million. Under
certain regulations, option spread compensation from options that meet certain
requirements will not be subject to the $1.0 million cap on deductibility.
While the compensation committee cannot predict how the deductibility limit may
impact our compensation program in future years, the compensation committee
intends to maintain an approach to executive compensation that strongly links
pay to performance.
The
Compensation Committee reviews and considers the deductibility of executive
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. In certain situations, the
Compensation Committee may approve compensation that will not meet the
requirements of Code Section 162(m) in order to ensure competitive levels of
total compensation for its executive officers. No Named Executive
Officer’s compensation in 2008 exceeded the $1 million deduction
limit.
The
Compensation Committee has reviewed the foregoing Compensation Discussion and
Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K and discussed the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis with the Company’s
management. Based on such review and discussions with management, the
Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the foregoing Compensation
Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement on Form
14A.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE
Douglas
P. Boyd
Steven G.
Stewart
Michael
Nobel
Timothy
C. McQuay
Summary
Compensation Table
The table
below summarizes the total compensation paid to or earned by each of the Named
Executive Officers for services in all capacities to the Company and its
affiliates for the year ended August 31, 2008:
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Year
|
|
Salary
|
|
|
Bonus(1)
|
|
|
Option
Awards(2)
|
|
|
All
Other
Compensation
|
|
|
Total
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
|
(c)
|
|
|
(d)
|
|
|
(e)
|
|
|
(h)
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul
F. Turner
|
2008
|
|
$ |
210,000 |
|
|
$ |
73,500 |
|
|
$ |
28,890 |
|
|
$ |
7,357 |
(3) |
|
$ |
319,747 |
|
Chairman
of the Board, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer
|
2007
|
|
|
210,000 |
|
|
|
53,000 |
|
|
|
77,250 |
|
|
|
7,049 |
(3) |
|
|
347,299 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hyrum
A. Mead
|
2008
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
87,500 |
|
|
|
28,890 |
|
|
|
7,734 |
(4) |
|
|
374,124 |
|
President
|
2007
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
63,000 |
|
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
7,049 |
(4) |
|
|
423,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis
P. Gauger
|
2008
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
70,105 |
(5) |
|
|
79,105 |
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
24,000 |
(5) |
|
|
24,000 |
|
(1)
|
The
amounts shown in this column constitute the cash bonuses made to certain
named executive officers. These awards are discussed in further detail in
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy
statement.
|
(2)
|
The
amounts shown in column (e) reflect the dollar amount recognized for
financial statement reporting purposes with respect to employee stock
options for the years ended August 31, 2008 and 2007 in accordance with
SFAS 123(R). Assumptions used in the calculation of these
amounts are included in Note 10 to the Company’s audited financial
statements for the years ended August 31, 2008 and 2007, included in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The amounts are computed based
upon the portion of option awards vesting during 2008 and 2007, including
option awards that were granted in prior
years.
|
(3)
|
These
amounts consist of life insurance premiums of $145, medical insurance
premiums of $6,571 and disability insurance premiums of $641 paid by the
Company in 2008, and life insurance premiums of $145, medical insurance
premiums of $6,263 and disability insurance premiums of $641 paid by the
Company in 2007.
|
(4)
|
These
amounts consist of life insurance premiums of $145, medical insurance
premiums of $6,571, dental insurance premiums of $380 and disability
insurance premiums of $638 paid by the Company in 2008, and life insurance
premiums of $145, medical insurance premiums of $6,263 and disability
insurance premiums of $641 paid by the Company in
2007.
|
(5)
|
These
amounts consist of fees paid to Mr. Gauger as Chief Financial Officer on a
part-time, contract basis of $69,500, life insurance premiums of $12,
medical insurance premiums of $510, dental insurance premiums of $30 and
disability insurance premiums of $53 paid by the Company in 2008, and fees
paid to Mr. Gauger as Chief Financial Officer on a part-time, contract
basis of $24,000 paid by the Company in
2007.
|
Grants
of Plan-Based Awards - 2008
The
following table provides information about plan-based awards granted to the
Company's Named Executive Officers in fiscal year 2008:
Name
|
Grant
Date
|
All
Other Option Awards:
Number
of Securities Underlying Options (#) (1)
|
Exercise
Price
of
Option
Awards
($/share)
|
Grant
Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($) (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
Paul
F. Turner
|
12/19/2007
|
36,000
|
5.10
|
115,560
|
Hyrum
A. Mead
|
12/19/2007
|
36,000
|
5.10
|
115,560
|
Dennis
P. Gauger
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
(1)
|
Options vest in equal annual
installments (33.3% each year) on the anniversary of the date
of grant.
|
|
(2)
|
The
grant date value is computed using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
in accordance with SFAS 123(R). Assumptions used in the
calculation of these amounts are included in Note 10 to the Company’s
audited financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2008,
included in our Annual Report on Form
10-K.
|
Employment
and Independent Contractor Agreements.
We
entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Mead dated August 10,
1999. This agreement provides that Mr. Mead shall receive an annual
base salary, which shall be reviewed annually by the Board of
Directors. Mr. Mead’s annual base salary was raised to $250,000
effective September 1, 2006. In the event of termination of Mr. Mead’s
employment with the Company without cause (as defined in the agreement) or Mr.
Mead’s resignation for good reason (as defined in the agreement), the agreement
provides that Mr. Mead will receive severance compensation for a period of six
months, including an extension of all benefits and perquisites. The
severance amount shall include six months of salary at the highest rate paid to
Mr. Mead prior to termination and an additional amount equal to all bonuses
received by Mr. Mead during the 12-month period preceding termination (excluding
any signing bonus received during such period). The agreement also
requires us to vest any options granted to Mr. Mead for the purchase of our
Common Stock, allowing a 90-day period for Mr. Mead to exercise those
options. Mr. Mead’s agreement includes a non-competition covenant
prohibiting him from competing with us for one year following his
termination.
We
entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Turner dated November 2,
1988. The agreement sets Mr. Turner’s annual base salary for each
year until October 1, 1993 and provides that after October 1, 1993 Mr. Turner’s
annual base salary will be based upon a reasonable mutual agreement between Mr.
Turner and the Company. Mr. Turner’s annual base salary was raised to
$210,000 effective September 1, 2006. In the event of termination of
Mr. Turner’s employment with the Company without cause (as defined in the
agreement) or Mr. Turner’s resignation for good reason (as defined in the
agreement), the agreement provides that Mr. Turner will receive severance pay
for a one-year period, which pay includes an extension of all of his rights,
privileges and benefits as an employee (including medical
insurance). The one-year severance pay shall be equal to Mr. Turner’s
average annual salary for the 12-month period immediately prior to the
termination. The agreement also requires us to pay Mr. Turner for any
accrued, unused vacation at the time of termination. We are also
obligated to pay Mr. Turner $1,000 (or the equivalent value in stock options)
for each newly issued patent obtained by us as a result of Mr. Turner’s efforts
(Mr. Turner receives only $500 if multiple inventors are
involved). Mr. Turner’s agreement includes a non-competition covenant
prohibiting him from competing with us for one year following his
termination. We may continue the non-competition period for up to
four additional years by notifying Mr. Turner in writing and by continuing the
severance payments for the additional years during which the non-competition
period is extended.
Dennis P.
Gauger, Chief Financial Officer, served the Company on a part-time, contract
basis through July 15, 2008, and received monthly compensation of
$6,000. On July 16, 2008, Mr. Gauger became an employee of the
Company, and currently receives an annual base salary of
$132,000.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2008
This
table provides information on the year-end 2008 holdings of Company stock
options by the Named Executive Officers.
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options Unexercisable
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul
F. Turner
|
277,212
(1)
|
-
|
1.20
|
04/09/2014
|
|
-
|
36,000
(1)
|
5.10
|
12/19/2017
|
Hyrum
A. Mead
|
65,790 (2)
|
-
|
0.37
|
08/09/2009
|
|
200,000
(2)
|
-
|
0.81
|
01/18/2010
|
|
400,000
(1)
|
-
|
1.20
|
04/09/2014
|
|
-
|
36,000
(1)
|
5.10
|
12/19/2017
|
Dennis
P. Gauger
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
(1)
|
Options
vest in equal annual installments (33.3% each year) on the anniversary of
the date of grant.
|
|
(2) |
Options
vest in equal annual installments (20% each year) on the anniversary of
the date of grant. |
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested for Fiscal Year 2008
The named
executive officers exercised stock options during the year ended August 31, 2008
as outlined below.
Name
|
Number
of Shares
Acquired
on Exercise (#)
|
Value Realized
on
Exercise ($)
(1)
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|
|
|
Paul
F. Turner
|
-
|
-
|
Hyrum
A. Mead
|
8,674
|
38,079
|
Dennis
P. Gauger
|
-
|
-
|
|
(1)
|
The
amounts in this column reflect the difference between the exercise price
of the options and the market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the
date of exercise.
|
Potential
Payments Upon Termination
The
information below describes and quantifies certain payments or benefits that
would be payable to Named Executive Officers under their existing employment
agreements and our existing plans and programs had they been terminated on
August 31, 2008. These benefits are in addition to benefits generally
available to all salaried employees of the Company in connection with a
termination of employment such as disability and life insurance benefits, the
value of employee-paid group health plan continuation coverage under COBRA and
accrued vacation pay.
As
discussed above, Messrs. Turner and Mead have written employment agreements that
provide for certain severance payments and benefits in the event of termination
of their employment with the Company without cause or their resignation for good
reason. Additionally, Mr. Mead’s employment agreement provides for
acceleration of vesting of a portion of his otherwise unvested stock options in
the event he is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason. In order
for Mr. Mead to receive his severance payment for the vesting of his options to
accelerate, his termination must occur prior to a change of control of our
company.
Name
|
Severance
Pay
(1) ($)
|
Stock
Option Vesting
Acceleration
(2) ($)
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|
|
|
Paul
F. Turner (3)
|
259,215
|
-
|
Hyrum
A. Mead (4)
|
310,383
|
102,600
|
|
(1)
|
The
amounts in column (b) include salary, bonus, unpaid vacation, and
continuation of employee benefits.
|
|
(2)
|
The
amount shown in column (c) for Mr. Mead represents the intrinsic value of
the otherwise unvested stock options held by Mr. Mead on August 31, 2008
that would have vested by the end of 2008, calculated by
multiplying the number of shares underlying such options by the closing
price of Company shares on August 29, 2008 ($7.95 a share), and then by
subtracting the applicable exercise
price.
|
|
(3)
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Mr.
Turner’s employment agreement provides for severance pay equal to Mr.
Turner’s average annual salary for the 12-month period immediately prior
to the termination, plus unpaid vacation. Mr. Turner will also
be granted a 12-month extension of all rights, privileges and benefits as
an employee (including medical
insurance).
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(4)
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Mr.
Mead’s employment agreement provides for six months’ severance pay at the
highest rate of salary paid to Mr. Mead prior to termination, an
additional amount equal to all bonuses received during such period
(excluding any signing bonus received during such period), and unpaid
vacation. Mr. Mead will also be granted a 6-month extension of
all rights, privileges and benefits as an employee (including medical
insurance). Mr. Mead is also entitled to accelerated vesting of
his options under the Company’s equity compensation plans, allowing a
90-day period for Mr. Mead to exercise those
options.
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The
Company does not have any agreement with Mr. Gauger to pay him severance or
other benefits following termination of his employment. Therefore, if
Mr. Gauger’s employment by the Company had terminated for any reason on August
31, 2008, he would not have been entitled to any severance or other benefits
following such termination. The Company had not granted Mr. Gauger
any stock options as of August 31, 2008.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information known to us with respect to beneficial
ownership of our Common Stock as of November 30, 2008 for (i) each director and
nominee, (ii) each holder of 5.0% or greater of our Common Stock, (iii) our
Named Executive Officers, and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a
group. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and generally includes
voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares subject
to options that are exercisable within 60 days following November 30, 2008 are
deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the optionee or group of
optionees for the purpose of computing share and percentage ownership of that
optionee or group of optionees, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the
purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other
person. Except as indicated by footnote, the persons named in the
table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common
Stock shown beneficially owned by them. The inclusion of any shares
as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership
of those shares. The percentage calculation of beneficial ownership
is based on 21,819,342 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 30,
2008. Except as otherwise noted, the address of each person listed on
the following table is 2188 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
84119.
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Common Stock Beneficially
Owned
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Shares
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Percent
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Officers
and Directors
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Dr.
Gerhard W. Sennewald (1)
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6,515,534
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29.8%
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Paul
F. Turner (2)
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1,929,200
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8.8%
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Hyrum
A. Mead (3)
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418,573
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1.9%
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Dr.
Michael Nobel (4)
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302,685
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1.4%
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Douglas
P. Boyd (5)
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266,868
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1.2%
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Steven
G. Stewart (6)
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31,177
|
*
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Timothy
C. McQuay
|
1,169
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*
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Dennis
P. Gauger
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-
|
-
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Holders
of More Than 5%
|
|
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John
E. Langdon (7)
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1,295,010
|
5.9%
|
All
Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (8 persons)
(8)
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9,465,206
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42.1%
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* Less
than 1%
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(1)
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Includes
53,000 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
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(2)
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Includes
139,900 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
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|
(3)
|
Includes
311,073 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
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|
(4)
|
Includes
78,000 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
|
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(5)
|
Includes
33,000 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
|
|
(6)
|
Includes
24,547 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
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(7)
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Includes
351,862 shares owned directly by Mr. Langdon. The remaining
shares are held in the Dora Lee Langdon 1994 Children’s trust
for the Benefit of Clay Allison Langdon and Lee Kendall Langdon, for which
Mr. Langdon is Trustee. Mr. Langdon’s address is: 2501 Parkview
Drive, Suite 500, Fort Worth, TX
76102.
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(8)
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Includes
639,520 shares subject to stock options that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days after
November 30, 2008.
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The
following table summarizes the Company's equity compensation plans as of August
31, 2008.
Plan
category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
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Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
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Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
|
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(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders (1)
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2,182,629
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$3.02
|
1,430,868
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
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2,182,629
|
$3.02
|
1,430,868
|
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(1)
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A
total of 4,927,300 shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance
under the plans. To date, a total of 1,179,912 options have been exercised
under the plans.
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SECTION
16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s
directors and officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class
of the Company’s equity securities to file with the Commission initial reports
of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of equity securities of the
Company. Officers, directors, and greater than 10% stockholders are
required to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they
file. Based solely on review of the copies of such forms received by
the Company, or written representations from certain reporting persons, the
Company believes that during the year ended August 31, 2008, all reporting
persons complied with all applicable filing requirements.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
Since
September 1, 2006, there has not been, nor is there any proposed transaction in
which the Company was or will be a party or in which it was or will be a
participant, involving an amount that exceeded or will exceed $120,000 and in
which any director, executive officer, beneficial owner of more than 5% of any
class of the Company’s voting securities, or any member of the immediate family
of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material
interest, other than the transactions which are described below.
Medizin-Technik
GmbH. BSD supplies equipment components to Medizin-Technik
GmbH located in Munich, Germany, which is a significant distributor of BSD’s
products in Europe. Medizin-Technik purchases equipment, which it
installs, and components to service the BSD hyperthermia therapy systems that
Medizin-Technik sells to its customers in Europe. For the fiscal years 2007 and
2008 and for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, BSD had revenue of
$1,385,332, $2,809,132 and $23,168, respectively, from the sale of systems
and various component parts sold to Medizin-Technik. As of August 31, 2007 and
2008, and as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, accounts
receivable from Medizin-Technik were $488,200, $737,483 and $399,344,
respectively. Dr. Gerhard W. Sennewald, one of BSD’s directors and
significant stockholders, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Medizin-Technik and its sole stockholder. Management believes the terms of the
transactions with Medizin-Technik were arms length and fair to the
Company.
The
Company does not have a formal written process for reviewing related person
transactions. The Company expects that its management will review for
potential conflict of interest situations, on an ongoing basis, any future
proposed transaction, or series of transactions, with related persons, and
either approve or disapprove each reviewed transaction or series of related
transactions with related persons.
STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
No
proposals have been submitted by stockholders of the Company for consideration
at the Annual Meeting. It is anticipated that the next annual meeting
of stockholders will be held on or about February 1,
2010. Stockholders may present proposals for inclusion in the
proxy statement to be mailed in connection with the 2010 annual meeting of
stockholders of the Company, provided such proposals are received by the Company
in writing no later than August 31, 2009 and are otherwise in compliance with
Commission regulations regarding the inclusion of stockholder proposals in
company-sponsored proxy materials. Pursuant to rules adopted by the
Commission, if a shareholder intends to propose any matter for a vote at the
Company’s 2010 annual meeting of stockholders, but fails to notify the Company
of that intention by November 14, 2009, then a proxy solicited by the Board of
Directors may be voted on that matter in the discretion of the proxy holder,
without discussion of the matter in the proxy statement soliciting the proxy and
without the matter appearing as a separate item on the proxy card.
OTHER
MATTERS
The
Company is unaware of any business, other than described in this Proxy
Statement, that may be considered at the Annual Meeting. If any other
matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of
the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote the proxies held by
them in accordance with their best judgment.
To assure
the presence of the necessary quorum and to vote on the matters to come before
the Annual Meeting, please promptly indicate your choices via the internet, by
phone or by mail according to the procedures described on the proxy
card. The submission of a proxy via the internet, by phone or by mail
does not prevent you from attending and voting at the Annual
Meeting.
AVAILABLE
INFORMATION
The
Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and, in accordance therewith,
files reports and other information with the Commission. Any
interested party may inspect information filed by the Company, without charge,
at the public reference facilities of the Commission at its principal office at
100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Any interested party may
obtain copies of all or any portion of the information filed by the Company at
prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at its
principal office at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. In
addition, the Commission maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy
and information statements and other information regarding the Company and other
registrants that file electronically with the Commission at
http://www.sec.gov.
The
Company’s Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and trades under the
symbol “BSDM”.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The
Company will provide without charge to any person from whom a proxy is solicited
by the Board of Directors, upon the written request of that person, a copy of
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
2008, including the financial statements and schedules thereto (as well as
exhibits thereto, if specifically requested), required to be filed with the
Commission. Written requests for that information should be directed
to the Secretary of the Company at the address on the first page of this proxy
statement.
FORM
OF PROXY
BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
SOLICITED
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ANNUAL
MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 4, 2009
The undersigned hereby constitutes,
appoints and authorizes Paul F. Turner and Hyrum A. Mead and each of them, the
true and lawful attorneys and Proxies of the undersigned with full power of
substitution and appointment, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, to act for and vote as designated below, all of the undersigned's
shares of the common stock of BSD Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 9:00 A.M. Mountain
Time, on February 4, 2009, at The Grand America Hotel located at 555 South Main
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, and at any and all adjournments thereof,
for the following purposes:
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 ALL PROPOSALS.
THIS PROXY CONFERS DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY IN RESPECT TO MATTERS NOT KNOWN OR
DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE MAILING OF THE NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS TO THE UNDERSIGNED.
THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BSD MEDICAL
CORPORATION. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE . THE GIVING OF A PROXY WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING.
BSD
MEDICAL CORPORATION
Vote
on Directors
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1.
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To
elect seven (7) Directors:
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Nominees:
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01)
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Paul
F. Turner
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02)
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Gerhard
W. Sennewald
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03)
|
Douglas
P. Boyd
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04)
|
Hyrum
A. Mead
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05)
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Michael
Nobel
|
|
06)
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Steven
G. Stewart
|
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07)
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Timothy
C. McQuay
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For
All Withhold
All For
All Except
(INSTRUCTION:
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All
Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line
below.
__________________________________________________
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2.
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To
ratify the selection of Tanner LC as the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31,
2009.
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For Against Abstain
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3.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or
any adjournment thereof.
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For Against Abstain
The undersigned hereby revokes any
Proxies as to said shares heretofore given by the undersigned, and ratifies and
confirms all that said attorneys and Proxies may lawfully do by virtue
hereof. When shares have been issued in the names of two or more
persons, all should sign.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges
receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement
furnished herewith.
Signature(s)
should agree with the name(s) shown hereon. Executors,
administrators, trustees, guardians and attorneys should indicate their capacity
when signing. Attorneys should submit powers of attorney.
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Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX)
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Date
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Signature (Joint Owners)
|
Date
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VOTE BY INTERNET –
www.proxyvote.com
Use the
Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of
information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on February 3,
2009. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and
follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic
voting instruction form..
ELECTRONIC
DELIVERY OF FUTURE SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
If you
would like to reduce the costs incurred by BSD Medical Corporation in mailing
proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy
cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the
internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the
instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that
you agree to receive or access shareholder communications electronically in
future years.
VOTE
BY PHONE – 1-800-690-6903
Use any
touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on February 3, 2009. Have your proxy card in hand when
you call and then follow the instructions.
VOTE
BY MAIL
Mark,
sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have
provided and return it to BSD Medical Corporation, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes
Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.