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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
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Definitive Proxy
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Definitive Additional
Materials
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Soliciting Material Pursuant to
§240.14a-12
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GLOBALSTAR,
INC.
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(Name
of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the
Registrant)
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No fee
required.
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Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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to which transaction
applies:
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which transaction
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underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
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how it was
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Statement No.:
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(3)
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Filing
Party:
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Date
Filed:
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(1)
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Elect
J. Patrick McIntyre and Richard S. Roberts as the two Class A
Directors;
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(2)
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Ratify
the issuance of 2,525,750 shares of nonvoting common stock to Thermo
Funding Company LLC (Thermo Funding) in exchange for $2,425,983.26 in debt
(including accrued interest) outstanding under a short term note between
us and Thermo Funding (the
Conversion);
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(3)
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Ratify
the selection of Crowe Horwath LLP as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010;
and
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(4)
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Consider
any other matters that may properly be brought before the
meeting.
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Information
about the Meeting, Voting and Attendance
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1
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Security
Ownership of Principal Stockholders and Management
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4
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Discussions
of Proposals to be Voted on:
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6
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Proposal
1: Election of Directors
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6
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Proposal
2: Ratification of the Conversion
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10
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Proposal
3: Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Accounting
Firm
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Information
about the Board and its Committees
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12
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Compensation
of Directors
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17
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Executive
Officers
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18
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Compensation
of Executive Officers
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19
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Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
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Summary
Information
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22
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Equity
Compensation Plan Information
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29
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Other
Information
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29
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By Mail — You
may vote by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy
card. This proxy card must be received by the close of business
on May 24, 2010.
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In Person — You
may come to the Annual Meeting and cast your vote
there.
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FOR
the election of all nominees for
director.
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FOR
the approval of the Conversion.
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FOR
the ratification of the appointment of our independent accounting
firm.
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by
mailing new voting instructions to us on a proxy card with a later
date;
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by
notifying our Corporate Secretary in writing (at the address listed at the
end of this proxy statement) that you have revoked your proxy;
or
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by
voting in person at the Annual
Meeting.
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
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Common
Stock
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Name
of Beneficial Owner(1)
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Shares
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Percent
of
Class
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James
Monroe III
Globalstar
Holdings, LLC
Thermo
Funding Company LLC
Globalstar
Satellite, L.P.(2)
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248,770,746 | 69.9 | % | |||||
Columbia
Wanger Asset Management, L.P. (3)
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16,843,900 | 6.0 | % | |||||
Steelhead
Partners, LLC (“Steelhead”); Steelhead Navigator Master, L.P.
(“Navigator”); James Michael Johnston (“Johnston”); Brian Katz Klein
(“Klein”) (4)
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14,783,565 | 5.3 | % | |||||
Whitebox
Advisors, LLC (“WA”), Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Advisors, LLC
(“WCAA”); Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. (“WCAP”); Whitebox
Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Fund , L.P. (“WCCAFLP”); Whitebox
Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Fund, Ltd. (“WCCAFLTD”); Whitebox
Combined Advisors, LLC (“WCA”); Whitebox Combined Partners, L.P. (“WCP”);
Whitebox Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P. (“WMSFLP”); Whitebox Multi-Strategy
Fund, Ltd. (“WMSFLTD”); Pandora Select Advisors, LLC (“PSA”); Pandora
Select Partners, L.P. (“PSP”); Pandora Select Fund, L.P. (“PSFLP”);
Pandora Select Fund, Ltd. (“PSFLTD”); Whitebox Special Opportunities
Advisors, LLC (“WSOPA”); Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund, L.P.
(“WSOPFLP”); Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund SPC, Ltd. (“WSOPFLTD”);
Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund, L.P, Series B (“WSOPFLPB”); Whitebox
Special Opportunities Fund, Ltd. – Segregated Portfolio B (“WSOPFLTDB”);
IAM Mini-Fund 14 Limited (“IAM”) (5)
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14,184,413 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Peter
J. Dalton(6)
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1,966,332 | * | ||||||
William
A. Hasler(7)
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179,167 | * | ||||||
Kenneth
E. Jones(7)
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687,931 | * | ||||||
James
F. Lynch(7)
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179,167 | * | ||||||
J.
Patrick McIntyre(8)
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403,817 | * | ||||||
Richard
S. Roberts(7)
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179,167 | * | ||||||
Fuad
Ahmad
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321,279 | * | ||||||
Anthony
J. Navarra
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622,997 | * | ||||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (10 persons) (2)(6)(7)(8)
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253,316,078 | 71.5 | % |
1.
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“Beneficial
ownership” is a technical term broadly defined by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to mean more than ownership in the usual
sense. Stock is “beneficially owned” if a person has or shares
the power (a) to vote it or direct its vote or (b) to sell it or direct
its sale, even if the person has no financial interest in the
stock. Also, stock that a person has the right to acquire
within 60 days is considered to be “beneficially owned.” Unless
otherwise noted, each person has full voting and investment power over the
stock listed.
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2.
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The
address of Mr. Monroe, Globalstar Holdings, LLC, Globalstar Satellite,
L.P. and Thermo Funding Company LLC is 1735 Nineteenth Street, Denver, CO
80202. This number includes 38,640,750 shares held by
Globalstar Holdings, LLC, 146,055,497 shares held by Thermo Funding
Company LLC, 618,558 shares held by Globalstar Satellite, L.P., and
515,000 shares held by Mr. Monroe’s trust. Under SEC rules
noted in footnote 1, Mr. Monroe also beneficially owns 179,167 shares
pursuant to vested options (excluding options to purchase 20,833 shares
that become exercisable more than 60 days after the Record Date);
19,275,750 shares issuable to Thermo Funding Company upon conversion of
our nonvoting common stock held by it; 6,581,037 shares issuable to his
trust upon conversion of our 8% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes held by
the trust; and 17,629,237 shares issuable to his trust or Thermo Funding
upon exercise of certain warrants. This would represent
approximately 81.9% ownership. The terms of the nonvoting
common stock and the warrants prohibit conversions and exercises if the
resulting ownership for Thermo entities and affiliates would represent 70%
or more of our outstanding voting stock. Mr. Monroe controls,
either directly or indirectly, each of Globalstar Satellite, L.P.,
Globalstar Holdings, LLC and Thermo Funding and, therefore, is deemed the
beneficial owner of the common stock held by these
entities.
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3.
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Based
on information provided by Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P., a
registered investment adviser, in Amendment #3 to Schedule 13G filed on
February 11, 2010. The shares reported include those owned by
Columbia Acorn Trust. The address of Columbia Wanger Asset
Management, L.P. is 227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL
60606.
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4.
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Based
on information provided by Steelhead in Amendment #1 to Schedule 13G filed
January 29, 2010. The address of Steelhead, Johnston, Klein and
Navigator is 1301 First Avenue, Suite 201, Seattle, WA
98101. Steelhead reported sole voting and investment power over
14,783,565 shares of common stock and Johnston and Klein reported shared
voting and investment power over 14,783,565 shares of common stock as
member-managers of Steelhead. Steelhead, Johnston and Klein
disclaim beneficial ownership. Navigator reported sole voting
and investment power over 14,603,565 shares of common
stock.
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5.
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Based
on information provided by WA et al. in
Amendment #1 to Schedule 13G filed on February 10, 2010. The
address of WA, WCAA, WCCAFLP, WCA, WMSFLP, PSA, PSFLP, WSOPA, WSOPFLP and
WSOPFLPB is 3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55416. The address of WCP, WCAP, WCCAFLTD, WMSFLTD, PSP,
PSFLTD, WSOPFLTD and WSOPLLTDP is Trident Chambers, Box 146, Waterfront
Drive, Wickhams Cay, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. The address of IAM is Boundary Hall, Cricket Square,
George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102 Cayman Islands. WA has
shared voting and investment power with respect to 14,184,413 shares of
common stock. WCA, WCP, WMSFLP and WMSFLTD have shared voting
and investment power with respect to 6,085,307 shares of common
stock. WCAA, WCAP, WCAFLP and WCAFLTD have shared voting and
investment powers with respect to 4,515,523 shares of common
stock. PSA, PSP, PSFLP and PSFLTD have shared voting and
investment power with respect to 1,875,100 shares of common
stock. WSOPA, WSOPFL, WSOPFLTD, WSOPFLPB and WSOPFLTDB have
shared voting and investment power with respect to 625,033 shares of
common stock. The shares of voting common stock include shares
of common stock which may be issued upon conversion of our 5.75%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2028.
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6.
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Includes
1,965,834 shares of common stock that he may acquire upon the exercise of
currently exercisable stock options. Excludes options to
purchase 54,166 shares of common stock that become exercisable more than
60 days after the Record Date and options to purchase 1,500,000 shares of
common stock that become exercisable if the price of our common stock
exceeds $3.00 for 20 consecutive trading
days.
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7.
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Includes
179,167 shares of common stock that he may acquire upon the exercise of a
currently exercisable stock option. Excludes options to
purchase 20,833 shares of common stock that become exercisable more than
60 days after the Record Date.
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8.
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Includes
345,834 shares of common stock that he may acquire upon the exercise of a
currently exercisable stock option. Excludes options to purchase 54,166
shares of common stock that become exercisable more than 60 days after the
Record Date.
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Name, Age, and
Tenure As Director
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Current
Committee
Memberships
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Current Occupation and Employment Background
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J.
Patrick McIntyre
Age
53
Director
since May 2007
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Audit;
Compensation;
Nominating and Governance
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Mr.
McIntyre has, since May 2009, served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of ET Water, an early stage technology company in the commercial
irrigation market, and since February 2009 has served as Chairman of Big
Fish America, LLC, a private investment company that owns Northland
Fishing Tackle. Mr. McIntyre was President and Chief Operating
Officer of Lauridsen Group Incorporated, a privately owned holding company
that owns and operates numerous businesses involved in the global
development, manufacturing and selling of functional proteins from January
2007 to December 2008. From June 2003 until December 2006, he
was Chief Executive Officer of Pure Fishing, a global producer of sport
fishing equipment, and Worldwide Managing Director of Pure Fishing from
February 1996 until his promotion to Chief Executive Officer.
Mr.
McIntyre’s extensive experience in consumer products and global business
development provides important insight in the launch and expansion of our
SPOT satellite GPS messenger™.
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Richard
S. Roberts
Age
64
Director
since April 2004
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Nominating
and Governance (Chair)
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Mr.
Roberts has served as our Corporate Secretary since April 2004 and as Vice
President and General Counsel of Thermo Development Inc., the management
company of many Thermo businesses, since June 2002. Prior to
that he was a partner of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, a law firm
whose principal office is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, for over 20
years. Mr. Roberts is a limited partner of Globalstar
Satellite, L.P.
Mr.
Roberts brings to the Board his broad understanding of legal and
regulatory issues and corporate governance, based on over 30 years of
experience.
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Name, Age, and
Tenure As Director
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Current
Committee
Memberships
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Current Occupation and Employment Background
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Kenneth
E. Jones
Age
63
Director
since January 2007
Term
Expires in 2011
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Audit;
Nominating
and Governance
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Mr.
Jones has served as non-executive Chairman of Globe Wireless, Inc., a
maritime communications business, since 1994. From January 1994
to August 2004, he served as Globe’s chief executive
officer. Mr. Jones was a director of Landec Corp. in the past
five years.
As
an experienced executive of a telecom business and director of other
public companies, Mr. Jones provides broad knowledge on industry trends
and corporate governance.
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James
F. Lynch
Age
52
Director
since December 2003
Term
Expires in 2011
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Mr.
Lynch has been Managing Partner of Thermo Capital Partners, L.L.C., a
private equity investment firm, since October 2001. Mr. Lynch
also served as Chairman of Xspedius Communications, LLC, a competitive
local telephone exchange carrier, from January 2005 until its acquisition
by Time Warner Telecom in October 2006 and as Chief Executive Officer of
Xspedius from August 2005 to March 2006. Prior to joining
Thermo, Mr. Lynch was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns &
Co. Mr. Lynch is a limited partner of Globalstar Satellite,
L.P.
Mr.
Lynch brings extensive financial management experience, especially in the
telecom industry, to the
Board.
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Name, Age, and
Tenure As Director
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Current
Committee
Memberships
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Current Occupation and Employment Background
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Peter
J. Dalton
Age
66
Director
since January 2005
Term
Expires in 2012
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Compensation
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Mr.
Dalton has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2009 and has
been chief executive officer of Dalton Partners, Inc., a turnaround
management firm, since January 1989. As chief executive officer
of Dalton Partners, Inc., Mr. Dalton also has served as chief executive
officer and director of a number of its clients, including as CEO of
Lightning Bug, Inc., a LED lighting startup, from November 2006 to
February 2009. From November 2001 to September 2004, Mr. Dalton
served as chief executive officer of Clickhome Reality, Inc., a discount
real estate and mortgage company.
For
more than 30 years, Mr. Dalton has served in executive and director
capacities for numerous private and public companies, and brings important
experience to position us for long-term growth.
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William
A. Hasler
Age
68
Director
since July 2009
Term
Expires in 2012
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Audit
(Chair)
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Mr.
Hasler served from 1984 to July 1991 as Vice Chairman of KPMG Peat
Marwick, an international public accounting firm, from July 1991 to July
1998 as Dean of the Haas School of Business, University of California,
Berkeley, and from July 1998 to July 2004 as Co-Chief Executive Officer of
Aphton Corp., a biotechnology firm. He is a certified public
accountant. Mr. Hasler currently serves as a director of DiTech
Networks Corp., Harris Stratex Networks, Mission West Properties and the
Schwab Funds, and has served as a director of Aphton Corp., Genitope
Corp., Selectron Corp., and Tousa Inc. in the past five
years.
Mr.
Hasler has an extensive financial background and financial reporting
expertise. His financial leadership roles on other public
company boards is well-suited to be both one of our directors and Chair of
our Audit Committee.
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James
Monroe III
Age
55
Director
since December 2003
Term
Expires in 2012
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Compensation
(Chair)
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Mr.
Monroe has served in an executive capacity as our Chairman of the Board
since April 2004. He was our Chief Executive Officer from
January 2005 until July 2009. Since 1984, Mr. Monroe has been
the majority owner of a diverse group of privately owned businesses that
has operated in the fields of telecommunications, real estate, power
generation, industrial equipment distribution, financial services and
leasing services and that are sometimes referred to collectively in this
proxy statement as “Thermo.” Mr. Monroe controls directly or
indirectly Globalstar Holdings, LLC, Globalstar Satellite, L.P. and Thermo
Funding.
In
addition to being our primary financial sponsor, Mr. Monroe brings his
long-term experience in investment, financing and the telecom and other
industries to the Board.
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·
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appointing
and replacing our independent registered public accounting
firm;
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·
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approving
all fees and all audit and non-audit services of the independent
registered public accounting firm;
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·
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annually
reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting
firm;
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·
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assessing
annual audit results;
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·
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periodically
reassessing the effectiveness of the independent registered public
accounting firm;
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·
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reviewing
our financial and accounting policies and its annual and quarterly
financial statements and earnings
releases;
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·
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reviewing
the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal accounting controls and
monitoring progress for compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act;
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overseeing
our programs for compliance with laws, regulations and company
policies;
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·
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approving
all related person transactions;
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·
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considering
any requests for waivers from our Code of Conduct for senior executive and
financial officers (any such waivers being subject to Board approval);
and
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·
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in
connection with the foregoing, meeting with our independent registered
public accounting firm and financial
management.
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·
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reviewed
and discussed with management the Company’s audited financial statements
for 2009;
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·
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discussed
with Crowe Horwath LLP, the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards,
Vol. I, AU 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board in Rule 3200T, including significant accounting policies,
management’s judgments and accounting estimates, and Crowe Horwath’s
judgments about the quality of the Company’s accounting principles as
applied in its financial reporting;
and
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·
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received
the written disclosures and the letter from Crowe Horwath required by the
applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit
Committee concerning the accountant’s independence from the Company and
its subsidiaries, and discussed with Crowe Horwath their
independence.
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reviewing
and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation
of our executive officers in light of business strategies and
objectives;
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·
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reviewing
and recommending to the Board all compensation of our chief executive
officer and other executive officers;
and
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·
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administering
our incentive compensation plans, including the 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan, and, in this capacity, recommending all grants or awards to our
Directors, executive officers and other eligible participants under these
plans to the Board.
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April 15,
2010
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James
Monroe III, Chair
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Peter
J. Dalton
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J.
Patrick McIntyre, Jr.
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identifying
and recommending to the Board qualified candidates to fill vacancies on
the Board;
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·
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recommending
to the Board candidates to be nominated for election as directors at
annual meetings of stockholders;
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·
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considering
stockholder suggestions for nominees for
director;
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·
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making
recommendations to the Board regarding corporate governance matters and
practices;
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·
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reviewing
and making recommendations to the Board regarding director compensation;
and
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·
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reviewing
public policy matters of importance to our stockholders, including
oversight of our corporate responsibility
program.
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Name
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Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
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Option
Awards
($) (1)
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All Other
Compensation
($) (2)
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Total
($)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(g)
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(h)
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James
Monroe III
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— | — | — | 124,042 | 124,042 | ||||||
Peter
Dalton (3)
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53,000 | — | — | 2,891 | 55,891 | ||||||
Kenneth
E. Jones
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— | — | — | 189 | 189 | ||||||
J.
Patrick McIntyre
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44,000 | — | 114,000 | 11,054 | 169,054 | ||||||
James
Lynch
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— | — | — | 21,523 | 21,523 | ||||||
William
Hasler
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— | — | 75,140 | 613 | 75,753 | ||||||
Richard
Roberts
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— | — | — | 64,569 | 64,569 |
1.
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Represents
the market value at the date of grant relating to option awards granted to
directors. We determined the grant date fair value using a
binomial model.
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2.
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Represents
reimbursement for certain travel and meal expenses in connection with the
services of as directors.
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3.
|
Mr. Dalton was appointed as our
Chief Executive Officer on July 8, 2009. All compensation
listed on this table was prior to that
date.
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·
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provide
each officer with a conservative base salary;
and
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·
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create
an incentive for retention and achievement of our long-term business goals
using a sizeable, multi-year stock or option bonus
program.
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Name and Principal
Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
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Option
Awards ($)(1)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
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All
Other
Compensation
($)
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Total ($)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(i)
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(j)
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James
Monroe III
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2009
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— | — | — | — | 124,042 |
(3)
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124,042 | |||||||
Chairman
of the Board,
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2008
|
— | — | 22,620 | — | 101,259 | 123,879 | |||||||||
Former President and
Chief Executive Officer(2)
|
2007
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— | — | — | — | 59,407 | 59,407 | |||||||||
Peter
J. Dalton
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2009
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170,308 | — | 1,790,000 | — | — | 1,960,308 | |||||||||
Chief Executive
Officer(2)
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Fuad
Ahmad
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2009
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200,000 | 770,497 | — | — | 4,000 |
(4)
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974,497 | ||||||||
Senior
Vice President
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2008
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200,000 | 1,183,565 | — | — | 3,904 | 1,387,469 | |||||||||
and
Chief Financial Officer
|
2007
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186,231 | 1,695,343 | — | — | 1,733 | 1,883,307 | |||||||||
Anthony
J. Navarra
|
2009
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337,440 | 770,497 | — | — | 7,903 |
(5)
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1,115,840 | ||||||||
President
Global
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2008
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337,440 | 1,183,565 | — | — | 12,643 | 1,533,648 | |||||||||
Operations
|
2007
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337,440 | 1,695,343 | — | — | 11,086 | 2,043,869 | |||||||||
Steven Bell(6)
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2009
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207,749 | 770,497 | — | — | 20,548 |
(7)
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998,794 |
(7)
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Former
Senior Vice President of
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2008
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222,806 | 1,183,565 | — | — | 20,298 | 1,426,669 |
(8)
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North
America and European Sales Operations
|
2007
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220,812 | 1,695,343 | — | — | 21,385 | 1,937,540 |
(9)
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Robert D. Miller(6)
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2009
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200,000 | 770,497 | — | — | — | 970,497 | |||||||||
Former
Senior Vice President of
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2008
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200,000 | 1,183,565 | — | — | — | 1,383,565 | |||||||||
Engineering
and Ground Operations
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2007
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200,000 | 1,695,343 | — | — | — | 1,895,343 | |||||||||
Denis C. Allen(6)
|
2009
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37,308 | 1,024,549 | — | — | 122,073 |
(10)
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1,183,930 | ||||||||
Former
Senior Vice President of
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2008
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200,000 | 1,183,565 | — | — | — | 1,383,565 | ||||||||
Sales
and Marketing
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2007
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200,000 | 1,695,343 | — | — | — | 1,895,343 |
1.
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Represents
the aggregate grant date fair value computed consistent with FASB ASC
Topic 718. For further discussion of our accounting policies for
stock-based compensation and assumptions used in calculating the grant
date fair value of stock-based compensation awards, see Note 12 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2009 Annual Report on Form
10-K.
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2.
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Mr. Monroe
receives no cash compensation from us, and we do not intend to compensate
him for his services in the future. We accrued approximately $23,000
per month during 2009 as compensation expense for Mr. Monroe, which
amount is reflected in marketing, general and administrative expenses and
as an additional capital contribution by Thermo to our equity. We do
not issue any stock in exchange for this capital contribution. On
July 8, 2009, Mr. Dalton succeeded Mr. Monroe as our Chief Executive
Officer; Mr. Monroe retained his role as executive Chairman of the
Board.
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3.
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We
reimburse Thermo for expenses incurred by Mr. Monroe in connection
with performing his services for us, including temporary living expenses
while at its offices or traveling on its business, but generally we do not
reimburse Thermo for his air travel
expenses.
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4.
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Consists
of matching contributions to 401(k) Plan for
Mr. Ahmad.
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5.
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Consists
of premiums on life insurance for the benefit of Mr. Navarra ($4,788)
and matching contributions to his 401(k) Plan account
($3,115).
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6.
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Mr.
Bell’s employment ended February 8, 2010. Mr. Miller’s
employment ended February 12, 2010. Mr. Allen’s employment
ended January 23, 2009.
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7.
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Amounts
in Canadian dollars were translated at an average exchange rate for 2009
of CAD 1.00 = USD 0.88. All other compensation consists of
matching contributions to the Retirement Savings Program ($8,800), a car
allowance ($10,560) and life insurance premiums
($1,188).
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8.
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Amounts
in Canadian dollars were translated at an average exchange rate for 2008
of CAD 1.00 = USD 0.944.
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9.
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Amounts
in Canadian dollars were translated at an average exchange rate for 2007
of CAD 1.00 = USD 0.936.
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10.
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Consists
of $100,000 in payments for consulting services and $22,073 in payment of
certain taxes related to vesting of restricted stock and tax gross-up
thereon.
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All Other Stock
Awards: Number of
Shares of Stock or
Units
|
All Other Option
Awards: Number of
Securities Underlying
Options
|
Exercise or Base Price
of Option Awards
|
Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock and
Option Awards(2)
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||||||||
Name
|
Issuance Date
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
($/Sh)
|
($)
|
||||||
(a)
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(b)
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(i)
|
(j)
|
(k)
|
(l)
|
||||||
James
Monroe III
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Peter
J. Dalton
|
8/4/09
|
—
|
40,000
|
0.90
|
22,800
|
||||||
8/4/09
|
—
|
160,000
|
0.90
|
91,200
|
|||||||
9/23/09
|
—
|
3,000,000
|
0.83
|
1,676,000
|
|||||||
Fuad
Ahmad
|
8/28/09
|
872,094
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
|
|||||
Anthony
J. Navarra
|
8/28/09
|
872,094
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
|
|||||
Steven
Bell
|
8/28/09
|
872,094
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
|
|||||
Robert
D. Miller
|
8/28/09
|
872,094
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
|
|||||
Dennis
C. Allen
|
8/28/09
|
872,094
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
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1.
|
These
stock awards vested on the date of
issuance.
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2.
|
The grant date fair value is
based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of issuance
($0.86 for the August 28, 2009 awards; others based on option exercise
price).
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Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number of Shares or
Units
of
Stock That Have Not
Vested
(#)
|
Market Value of
Shares or
Units
of Stock That Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
||||||||||||||||||
(a)
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(b)
|
(c)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
(h)
|
||||||||||||||||||
James
Monroe III
|
200,000 | — | 0.38 |
11/14/2018
|
— | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter
J. Dalton
|
1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 0.83 |
9/23/2019
|
— | — | ||||||||||||||||||
88,888 | 71,112 | 0.90 |
8/4/2019
|
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||
— | 40,000 | 0.90 |
8/4/2019
|
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||
200,000 | — | 0.38 |
11/14/2018
|
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||
120,000 | — | 2.67 |
3/16/2011
|
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Fuad
Ahmad
|
— | — | — | — | 190,658 | 165,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
95,329 | 82,936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony
J. Navarra
|
— | — | — | — | 190,658 | 165,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
95,329 | 82,936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven
Bell
|
— | — | — | — | 190,658 | 165,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
95,329 | 82,936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert
D. Miller
|
— | — | — | — | 190,658 | 165,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
95,329 | 82,936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis
C. Allen
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
|
||||||||
Name
|
Number of
Shares
Acquired
on Exercise
(#)
|
Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
|
Number of
Shares
Acquired
on Vesting
(#)
|
Value Realized
on Vesting
($)
|
|||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|||||
James
Monroe III
|
— | — | — | — | |||||
Peter
J. Dalton
|
— | — | — | — | |||||
Fuad
Ahmad
|
— | — | 872,094 | 750,000 | |||||
23,833 | 20,496 | ||||||||
Anthony
Navarra
|
— | — | 872,094 | 750,000 | |||||
23,833 | 20,496 | ||||||||
Steven
Bell
|
— | — | 872,094 | 750,000 | |||||
23,833 | 20,496 | ||||||||
Robert
D. Miller
|
— | — | 872,094 | 750,000 | |||||
23,833 | 20,496 | ||||||||
Dennis
C. Allen
|
— | — | 872,094 | 750,000 | |||||
95,329 | 78,170 | ||||||||
190,658 | 156,339 | ||||||||
23,833 | 19,543 | ||||||||
23,833 | 20,496 |
Name
|
Plan Name
|
Number of
Years Credited
Service
(#)
|
Present
Value of
Accumulated Benefit ($)
|
Payments
During Last Fiscal Year
($)
|
|||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|||||
James
Monroe III
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||
Peter
J. Dalton
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||
Fuad
Ahmad
|
Globalstar
Retirement
Plan
|
7.6
|
3,683
|
0
|
|||||
Anthony
Navarra
|
Globalstar
Retirement
Plan
|
12.4
|
294,891
|
0
|
|||||
Steven
Bell
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||
Robert
D. Miller
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||
Dennis
C. Allen
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
||||||||
Plan category
|
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of outstanding
options, warrants and
rights
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
|
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected
in column (a))
|
|||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
7,159,007 | (1) | $ | 0.72 | 1,518,120 | (2) | ||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders(3)
|
120,000 | $ | 2.67 | 0 | ||||||
Total
|
7,279,007 | $ | 0.75 | 1,518,120 |
(1)
|
Consists
of unvested restricted stock unit grants and unexercised
options.
|
(2)
|
Consists
of remaining shares of common stock available under the Amended and
Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan at December 31,
2009. Pursuant to the Plan, 5,487,680 shares were added to the
Plan in March 2010.
|
(3)
|
Consists
of options granted to Peter Dalton prior to our initial public
offering.
|
Richard
S. Roberts, Corporate
Secretary
|