Filed
by the Registrant
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x
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Filed
by a Party other than the Registrant
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o
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o
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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o
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Confidential,
For Use of the Commission Only
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x
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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(as
permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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o |
Definitive
Additional Materials
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o |
Soliciting
Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule
14a-12
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TAG-IT
PACIFIC, INC.
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(Name
of Registrant)
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(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the
Registrant)
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x |
No
Fee Required
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o |
Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and
0-11.
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(1)
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(2)
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transactions applies:
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(3)
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11:
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(4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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o
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange
Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
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(1)
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Amount
previously paid:
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(2)
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
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(3)
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Filing
party:
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(4)
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Date
Filed:
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TIME
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9:00
a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time on
July 31, 2006
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PLACE
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Hilton
Hotel
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6360
Canoga Avenue
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Woodland
Hills, California 91367
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ITEMS
OF BUSINESS
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(1)
To
elect three Class III members of the Board of Directors for three-year
terms. The persons nominated by our Board of Directors (Messrs.
Mark Dyne,
Colin Dyne and Raymond Musci) are described in the accompanying
Proxy
Statement;
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(2)
To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to
increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 30,000,000
to 100,000,000;
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(3)
To
approve an amendment to the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan to
increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may
be issued
pursuant to awards granted under the plan from 3,077,500 to 6,000,000
shares;
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(4)
To
approve an amendment to the 1997 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares
of
common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted to any
individual under the plan in a single year to 50% of the total
number of
shares available under the plan; and
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(5)
To
transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual
Meeting and any adjournment or postponement.
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RECORD
DATE
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You
can vote if you were a stockholder of the Company at the close
of business
on June 15, 2006.
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PROXY
VOTING
|
All
stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting
in person.
However, to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting, you
are
urged to vote promptly by signing and returning the enclosed Proxy
card.
If
your shares are held in street name, you must
obtain a Proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record
in order
to be able to vote at the Annual Meeting.
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/s/ Lonnie
D. Schnell
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Lonnie
D. Schnell
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Chief
Financial Officer
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PROXY
STATEMENT
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
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Mark
Dyne (1)
|
45
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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Stephen
P. Forte
|
38
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Colin
Dyne (1)
|
43
|
Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
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Jonathan
Burstein (2)
|
40
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Executive
Vice President of Operations, Secretary and Director
|
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Kevin
Bermeister
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45
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Director
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Susan
White
|
56
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Director
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Raymond
Musci
|
45
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Director
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Joseph
Miller
|
42
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Director
|
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Brent
Cohen
|
47
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Director
|
||
Lonnie
D. Schnell
|
57
|
Chief
Financial Officer
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Wouter
van Biene
|
56
|
Chief
Operating Officer
|
(1)
|
Colin
Dyne and Mark Dyne are brothers.
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(2)
|
Jonathan
Burstein is Colin Dyne’s and Mark Dyne’s
brother-in-law.
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Class
III Directors: Terms Expiring In 2006
|
|
Mark
Dyne
|
Mr.
Dyne has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1997.
Mr. Dyne
currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing
Partner
of Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC, a merchant banking and advisory
firm.
Mr. Dyne previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Sega
Gaming Technology Inc. (USA), a gaming company, and Chairman and
Chief
Executive Officer of Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a distributor
of computer software programs and video games based in London,
England.
Mr. Dyne was a founder and director of Packard Bell NEC Australia
Pty.
Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of personal computers through
the
Australian mass merchant channel, and he was a founder and former
director
of Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., a leading distributor of entertainment
software
in both Australia and New Zealand.
Member:
Governance
Committee
|
Colin
Dyne
|
Currently,
Mr. Dyne serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and
has served
as a Director since 1997. Mr. Dyne founded Tag-It, Inc., one of
our
subsidiaries, in 1991 with his father, Harold Dyne. Mr. Dyne served
as our
President from inception and as our Chief Executive Officer from
1997 to
2005. Before founding Tag-It, Inc. in 1991, Mr. Dyne worked in
numerous
positions within the stationery products industry, including owning
and
operating retail stationery businesses and servicing the larger
commercial
products industry through contract stationery and printing operations.
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Raymond
Musci
|
Mr.
Musci has served as a Director of the Company since June 2005.
From
October 1999, Mr. Musci has served as the President and Chief Executive
Officer and a director of BAM! Entertainment, Inc., a publicly
traded
company that develops, publishes and distributes entertainment
software
products and video games. Mr. Musci currently serves as a director
of
Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded corporation
(OTCBB: BDEI). From May 1990 to July 1999, Mr. Musci served as
the
President, Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Infogrames
Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Ocean of America, Inc.), a company
that
develops, publishes and distributes software products. Mr. Musci
also
previously served as a director of Ocean International, Ltd., the
holding
company of Ocean of America, Inc. and Ocean Software, Ltd., and
as
Executive Vice President/General Manager of Data East USA, Inc.,
a
subsidiary of Data East Corp., a Japanese company.
Member:
Audit
Committee
|
Class
I Directors: Terms Expiring In 2007
|
|
Joseph
Miller
|
Mr.
Miller has served on the Board of Directors since June 2005. Since
2003,
he has been a Managing Director of Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC,
a
merchant banking and advisory firm. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Miller
was a
Senior Vice President at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, a leading
middle-market investment bank.. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Miller served
as
the Vice President, Corporate Development for Alliance Communications
Corporation, Canada’s leading independent producer and distributor of
filmed entertainment. Mr. Miller has bachelor’s degree in Economics and
Business from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Member:
Audit
Committee
|
Brent
Cohen
|
Mr.
Cohen has served on the Board of Directors since 1998. Mr. Cohen
has
served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Dovebid Inc.
since
August 2005. Mr. Cohen served as President and was a member of
the Board
of Directors of First Advantage Corporation (formed by the merger
of US
Search and First American Financial screening companies) in June
2003. Mr.
Cohen served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of US Search from February 2000 until June 2003. From
July 1987 through October 1998, Mr. Cohen held senior
management positions with Packard Bell NEC (formerly Packard Bell
Electronics), including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer
and President—Consumer and International. Subsequently, Mr. Cohen
served on the board of advisors and directors of several companies
from
October 1998 through January 2000. From January 1980
through December 1982 and from January 1985 through
June 1987 Mr. Cohen held various management positions in both
the management consulting and auditing practice of Arthur Young &
Company (now Ernst & Young). Mr. Cohen holds a Bachelor of
Commerce degree, a Graduate Diploma in Accounting and an MBA from
the
University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is also a chartered
accountant.
Member:
Compensation, Nominating and Governance
Committees
|
Kevin
Bermeister
|
Mr.
Bermeister has served on our Board of Directors since 1999. He
has been a
director of Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: BDEI)
since
August 1996 and has served as its President since October 1996
and as its
Chief Executive Officer since the beginning of 2001. Mr. Bermeister
is a
director of Sega Ozisoft Pty. Ltd. and previously served as its
Co-Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Bermeister is a founder of Sega Ozisoft
which
commenced business in 1982. Mr. Bermeister also is a director of
Packard
Bell NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. and Jacfun Pty. Ltd. Jacfun owns the
Darling
Harbour property occupied by the Sega World indoor theme park in
Sydney,
Australia. Mr. Bermeister has served on numerous advisory boards,
including Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
Member:
Compensation and Nominating Committees
|
Class
II Directors: Terms Expiring In 2008
|
|
Stephen
P. Forte
|
Mr.
Forte has served as our Chief Executive Officer since October 2005.
Mr.
Forte was appointed to the Board of Directors in March 28, 2006.
Prior to
joining us Mr. Forte served as a principal at the Forte Group,
LLC, a
business development consulting company founded by Mr. Forte in
February
of 2005, which focuses on assisting U.S. companies expand business
overseas and foreign corporations expand their business in the
U.S. Prior
to founding the Forte Group, Mr. Forte served as President of Ascendent
Telecommunications, Inc., a premier voice mobility company, which
he
founded in 1999. Before launching Ascendent, Mr. Forte founded
Travelers
Telecom (aka Wilshire Cellular) in 1993, a leading cellular rental
provider and wireless carrier for short term users and government.
Mr.
Forte earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
California and an MBA from George Washington University. He currently
serves on the Board for the School of Business at The George Washington
University, and serves as a mentor at the Marshall School of Business,
at
the University of Southern California.
|
Susan
White
|
Ms.
White has served on the Board of Directors since June 2005. Ms.
White has
served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Brand Identity
Solutions, LLC, a branding, marketing and licensing consulting
company,
since 1984. Ms. White has also served as Chief Executive Officer
and
President of Whitespeed, LLC, an Internet design, branding and
marketing
company, since 2000. Ms. White also previously served as Director
of
Marketing and Advertising Worldwide for Warnaco from November 1997
through
August 1999. Ms. White received a BA from Bay State College.
|
Jonathan
Burstein
|
Mr.
Burstein has served as our Vice President of Operations since 1999
and has
served on our Board of Directors since 1999. During this period,
Mr.
Burstein has been responsible for many of the internal operations
of the
Company, including logistics, purchasing and managing key customer
relationships. From 1987 until 1999, Mr. Burstein has been responsible
for
managing many of our largest customer accounts. Mr. Burstein has
served as
our Secretary since November 2004.
|
Other
Executive Officers
|
|
Lonnie
D. Schnell
|
Mr.
Schnell joined the Company in January 2006 as our Chief Financial
Officer.
Mr. Schnell served as Vice President of Finance for Capstone Turbine
Corporation, a manufacturer of micro-turbine electric generators
from 2004
until 2005. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Schnell served as Chief Financial
Officer of EMSource, LLC, an electronic manufacturing service company.
Prior to EMSource, in 2002, Mr. Schnell served as Chief Financial
Officer
of Vintage Capital Group, a private equity investment firm. From
1999
through 2002, Mr. Schnell served as Chief Financial Officer of
Need2Buy,
Inc. a business-to-business internet marketplace for electronic
components. Mr. Schnell has completed an executive MBA program
with the
Stanford University Executive Institute, and earned his Bachelor
of
Science in Accounting at Christian Brothers University. Mr. Schnell
is a
Certified Public Accountant with experience in the international
accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.
|
Wouter
van Biene
|
Mr.
van Biene joined the Company in March 2006 as our Chief Operating
Officer.
Prior to joining us, Mr. van Biene served as Senior Vice President
-
Operations for Ascendent Telecommunications Inc., a provider of
mobile
telecommunications solutions, from 2002 through February 2006.
Prior to
joining Ascendent, Mr. van Biene served from 2001 to 2002 as CFO
of
AbraComm Inc., a private, high tech start up company in the
telecommunications arena, and from 2000 to 2001 as Vice President
of
Operations of CentreCom, another high tech telecommunications firm.
Earlier in his career, Mr. van Biene served as CIO of UStel, Inc,
a
regional Long Distance Carrier and as Founder/CFO of Consortium
2000, Inc.
a telecommunications marketing organization. Prior to that, Mr.
van Biene
held several executive positions over a fourteen-year time span
at
American Medical International, Inc. Mr. van Biene holds a Masters
degree
in Economics and Business Administration from the University of
Amsterdam
in the Netherlands.
|
Annual
Compensation
|
Long
Term Compensation
|
||||||||
Name
and Principal Position
|
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31,
|
Salary
($)
|
Other
($)
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Options
|
|||||
Stephen
P. Forte (2)
|
2005
|
38,250
|
(1)
|
--
|
|||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|||||||||
August
DeLuca (3)
|
2005
|
166,385
|
(1)
|
35,000
|
|||||
Former
Chief Financial Officer
|
|||||||||
Colin
Dyne (4)
|
2005
|
556,309
|
73,097(5)
|
--
|
|||||
Vice
Chairman of Board of Directors
|
2004
|
450,594
|
(1)
|
--
|
|||||
(former
Chief Executive Officer)
|
2003
|
452,397
|
(1)
|
100,000
|
|||||
____________________________________
|
|||||||||
Jonathan
Burstein
|
2005
|
239,950
|
(1)
|
--
|
|||||
Executive
Vice President of Operations
|
2004
|
244,950
|
(1)
|
--
|
|||||
and
Director
|
2003
|
246,079
|
(1)
|
35,000
|
(1)
|
Certain
of the named executive officers receive personal benefits in addition
to
salary and cash bonuses, including car allowances and expenses.
The
aggregate amount of such personal benefits does not exceed the
lesser of
$50,000 or 10% of the total annual salary and bonus reported for
the
officer.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Forte was appointed Chief Executive Officer on October 21, 2005.
Prior to
joining us as CEO, Mr. Forte was paid certain fees as a consultant
(See
below “Certain Transactions with Directors and Executive
Officers”).
|
(3)
|
Mr.
DeLuca was appointed Chief Financial Officer on April 1, 2005 and
resigned
on January 20, 2006.
|
(4)
|
Mr.
Dyne served as Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to October 21,
2005.
|
(5)
|
Comprised
of car allowances of $24,000; life insurance premiums of $35,000;
and
other personal expenses.
|
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Options Granted
|
Percent
of Total Options Granted To Employees In Fiscal Year(1)
|
Exercise
Or Base Price(2)
|
Expiration
Date
|
Potential
Realizable Value At Assumed Rate of Stock Price Appreciation for
Option
Term(3)
|
||||||||||||||
5%
|
10%
|
||||||||||||||||||
August
DeLuca
|
35,000
(4
|
)
|
15%
|
|
$
|
5.00
|
2/14/2015
|
$
|
11,057
|
$
|
278,905
|
(1)
|
Options
covering an aggregate of 235,000 shares were granted to employees
during
fiscal 2005.
|
(2)
|
The
exercise price and tax withholding obligations related to exercise
may be
paid by delivery of already owned shares, subject to certain
conditions.
|
(3)
|
The
potential realizable value is based on the assumption that the
common
stock appreciates at the annual rate shown (compounded annually)
from the
date of grant until the expiration of the option term. These amounts
are
calculated pursuant to applicable requirements of the SEC and do
not
represent a forecast of the future appreciation of the common
stock.
|
(4)
|
Mr.
DeLuca resigned from the Company effective January 20, 2006. All
unexercised options held by Mr. DeLuca terminated 30 days following
the
date of his resignation.
|
Shares
Acquired
On
|
Value
|
Number
of Securities Underlying
Unexercised
Options
at December
31, 2005
|
Value
of Unexercised
In-the-Money
Options at
December
31, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Exercise
|
Realized
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
|||||||||||||
Stephen
P. Forte
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||||
August
DeLuca (1)
|
--
|
--
|
8,750
|
26,250
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||||
Colin
Dyne
|
--
|
--
|
535,000
|
--
|
--
|
----
|
|||||||||||||
Jonathan
Burstein
|
--
|
--
|
175,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(1)
|
Mr.
DeLuca resigned from the Company effective January 20, 2006. All
unexercised options held by Mr. DeLuca terminated 30 days following
the
date of his resignation.
|
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
|
||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
1,833,000
|
$
|
3.46
|
1,244,500
|
||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
1,377,147
|
$
|
4.36
|
-
|
||||||
Total
|
3,210,147
|
$
|
3.92
|
1,244,500
|
·
|
172,500
warrants issued for services in 2003, are exercisable at $5.06
per share
and expire in May 2008.
|
·
|
30,000
warrants issued for services in 2004, are exercisable at $4.29
per share
and expire in July 2007.
|
·
|
102,741
warrants issued in conjunction with a private placement transaction
in
2004, are exercisable at $3.65 per share and expire in November
2009.
|
·
|
215,754
warrants issued for services in 2004, are exercisable at $3.65
per share
and expire in November 2009.
|
·
|
572,818
warrants issued for services in 2003, are exercisable at $4.74
per share
and expire in December 2008.
|
·
|
66,667
warrants issued in conjunction with private placement transaction
in 2001
and 2002, are exercisable at $4.34 per share and expired in March
2006.
|
·
|
66,667
warrants issued in conjunction with private placement transaction
in 2001
and 2002, are exercisable at $4.73 per share and expired in March
2006.
|
·
|
150,000
warrants issued in conjunction with private placement transaction
in 2001
and 2002, are exercisable at $3.50 per share and expire at various
date
through February 2007.
|
Compensation
Committee:
|
||
Kevin
Bermeister
|
||
Brent
Cohen
|
·
|
Reviewed
and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended
December
31, 2005 with management and Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP
(“SLGG”) the Company's independent registered public accounting
firm;
|
·
|
Discussed
with SLGG the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing
Standards No. 61 relating to the conduct of the audit;
|
·
|
Received
written disclosures and a letter from SLGG regarding its independence
as
required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1. The audit
committee discussed with SLGG their independence;
and
|
·
|
Based
on its review of the audited financial statements and discussions
with
management and SLGG, recommended to the Board that the audited
financial
statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005 for filing with the Securities and
Exchange
Commission.
|
Audit
Committee:
|
||
Raymond
Musci
|
||
Joseph
Miller
|
Cumulative
Total Return
|
|||||||||||||||||||
12/00
|
12/01
|
12/02
|
12/03
|
12/04
|
12/05
|
||||||||||||||
TAG-IT
PACIFIC, INC.
|
100.00
|
97.23
|
89.35
|
110.52
|
110.77
|
8.86
|
|||||||||||||
AMEX
MARKET VALUE (U.S. & FOREIGN)
|
100.00
|
119.14
|
132.57
|
176.02
|
214.97
|
319.96
|
|||||||||||||
DOW
JONES US CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
|
100.00
|
108.38
|
109.58
|
137.05
|
161.92
|
169.10
|
·
|
each
person who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than
5% of
our outstanding common stock;
|
·
|
each
of our directors;
|
·
|
each
of our executive officers; and
|
·
|
all
of our directors and executive officers as a
group
|
Name
of Beneficial Owner
|
Number
of Shares
|
Percent
of Class
|
|||||
Directors
and Executive Officers:
|
|||||||
Mark
Dyne (1)
|
1,323,112
|
7.0
|
%
|
||||
Colin
Dyne (2)
|
1,229,580
|
6.5
|
%
|
||||
Jonathan
Burstein (3)
|
313,788
|
1.7
|
%
|
||||
Kevin
Bermeister (4)
|
247,117
|
1.3
|
%
|
||||
Stephen
P. Forte (5)
|
190,052
|
1.0
|
%
|
||||
Brent
Cohen (6)
|
95,000
|
*
|
|||||
Lonnie
D. Schnell
|
60,000
|
*
|
|||||
Raymond
Musci (7)
|
30,000
|
*
|
|||||
Joseph
M. Miller (7)
|
30,000
|
*
|
|||||
Susan
White (7)
|
30,000
|
*
|
|||||
Wouter
van Biene
|
26,000
|
*
|
|||||
Directors
and executive officers as a group (11 persons) (11)
|
3,574,649
|
18.0
|
%
|
||||
5%
Holders:
|
|||||||
Todd
Kay
3151
East Washington Blvd.
Los
Angeles, CA 90023
|
1,003,500
|
5.5
|
%
|
||||
Harris
Toibb(8)
307
21st
Street
Santa
Monica, CA 90402
|
1,501,398
|
8.0
|
%
|
||||
The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P. (9)(10)
4965
Preston Park Blvd., Suite 240
Plano,
Texas 75093
|
1,095,890
|
5.6
|
%
|
*
|
Less
than one percent.
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(1)
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Includes
293,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which are currently exercisable, 83,334 shares of
common
stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants which are
currently
exercisable and 111,111 shares of common stock reserved for issuance
upon
conversion of debt which is currently convertible. Includes 176,600
shares
held by a Limited Liability Company of which Mr. Dyne is the Manager
and
Member.
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(2)
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Includes
535,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which are currently exercisable.
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(3)
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Includes
175,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which are currently exercisable.
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(4)
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Includes
90,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of stock
options which are currently exercisable.
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(5)
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Includes
25,000 shares of common stock owned indirectly by Family
Trust.
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(6)
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Consists
of 95,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which are currently exercisable.
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(7)
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Consists
of 30,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which are currently exercisable.
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(8)
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Includes
333,332 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
warrants which are currently
exercisable.
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(9)
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Includes
1,095,890 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon conversion
of
convertible promissory notes which are currently
convertible.
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(10)
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Pursuant
to the terms of convertible promissory notes and warrants held
by The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P., the maximum number of shares that may be acquired
by
the stockholder upon any exercise of its warrant or conversion
of its
promissory note is limited to the extent necessary to ensure that,
following such exercise, the total number of shares of common stock
then
beneficially owned by the stockholder and its affiliates and any
other
persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would be aggregated
with the selling stockholder for purposes of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange
Act, does not exceed 9.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding
shares of our common stock then outstanding. The shares of common
stock
and percentage ownership listed in this table do not reflect these
contractual limitations on such stockholders’ ability to acquire common
shares upon exercise of its warrant or conversion of its promissory
note.
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(11)
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Includes
1,278,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
stock options which currently are exercisable, 111,111 shares of
common
stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of debt which is currently
convertible and 83,334 shares of common stock reserved for issuance
upon
exercise of warrants which currently are
exercisable.
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ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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/s/ Lonnie
D. Schnell
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Lonnie
D. Schnell
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Lonnie
D. Schnell,
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Chief
Financial Officer
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1)
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Purpose
of the Plan.
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2)
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Administration
of the Plan.
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3)
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Persons
Eligible Under the Plan.
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4)
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Awards.
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5)
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Shares
of Common Stock Subject to the
Plan.
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6)
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Payment
of Awards.
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7)
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Dilution
and Other Adjustment.
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8)
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Miscellaneous
Provisions.
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9)
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Amendments
and Termination.
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10)
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Effective
Date.
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11)
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Governing
Law.
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Mark
Dyne
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Colin
Dyne
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Raymond
Musci
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Proposal
2.
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To
amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of
authorized shares of common stock from 30,000,000 to 100,000,000;
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¨
FOR
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¨
AGAINST
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¨
ABSTAIN
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Proposal
3.
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan to increase the
maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant
to
awards granted under the 1997 Plan from 3,077,500 to 6,000,000
shares;
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¨
FOR
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¨
AGAINST
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¨
ABSTAIN
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Proposal
4.
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan to increase the
number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to
awards
granted to any individual under the 1997 Plan in a single year to 50%
of the
total number of shares available under the 1997
Plan.
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¨
FOR
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¨
AGAINST
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¨
ABSTAIN
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Dated:___________________________,
2006
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Signature:_____________________________
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Signature:_____________________________
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Signature(s)
of Stockholder(s)
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(See
Instructions Below)
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The
Signature(s) hereon should correspond exactly with the name(s)
of the
Stockholder(s) appearing on the Share Certificate. If stock is
held
jointly, all joint owners should sign. When signing as attorney,
executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such.
If
signer is a corporation, please sign the full corporation name,
and give
title of signing officer.
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