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FREQUENCY
ELECTRONICS, INC.
55
Charles Lindbergh Boulevard
Mitchel
Field, New York 11553
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1.
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To
elect six (6) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been
elected
and qualified;
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2.
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To
consider and act upon ratifying the appointment of Eisner LLP as
independent auditors for the fiscal year commencing May 1, 2008;
and
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3.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting
or
any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.
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By
order of the Board of Directors
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/s/
Harry Newman
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HARRY
NEWMAN
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Secretary
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Year First
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||||||
Elected
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Name
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Principal Occupation
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Age
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Director
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|||
Joseph
P. Franklin
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Chairman
of the Board
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74
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1990
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(Major
General,
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of
Directors
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|||||
U.S.
Army – Ret.)
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Martin
B. Bloch
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President,
Chief
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72
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1961
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|||
Executive
Officer
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||||||
and
a Director
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||||||
Joel
Girsky
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President,
Jaco
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69
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1986
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|||
Electronics,
Inc., and a
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||||||
Director
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||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro
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Dean
Emeritus,
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76
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1998
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New
York Law School
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||||||
and
a Director
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||||||
S.
Robert Foley, Jr.
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Vice
President for Laboratory
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80
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1999
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|||
(Admiral,
U.S.
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Management,
University of
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|||||
Navy
– Ret.)
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California
and a Director
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|||||
Richard
Schwartz
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Trustee,
Cooper Union and
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72
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2004
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|||
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a
Director
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Fees Earned or
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Option
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|||||||||
Name
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Paid in Cash ($)
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Awards (1)(2)
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Total ($)
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|||||||
E.
Donald Shapiro
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$
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36,000
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$
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0
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$
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36,000
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||||
Joel
Girsky
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25,500
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0
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25,500
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|||||||
S.
Robert Foley
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24,500
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0
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24,500
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|||||||
Richard
Schwartz
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25,500
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32,911
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58,411
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(1)
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The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments but
represent
the fair value of stock options awarded in prior years recognized
by the
Company as an expense in fiscal year 2008 for financial accounting
purposes. The fair value of these awards and the amounts expensed
in
fiscal year 2008 were determined in accordance with FASB Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment
(FAS 123R), except the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions have been disregarded in accordance
with
SEC rules. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair
values
of these awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s consolidated
financial statements, which are included in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended April 30, 2008, as filed with the
SEC.
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(2)
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Each
non-officer Director previously received a stock option grant to
acquire
30,000 shares of the Company’s stock and each such option award was
outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2008. All Directors were fully
vested in such options prior to fiscal year 2008, except for Mr.
Schwartz
who became fully vested in his stock option grant as of December
2007. The
grant dates and exercise prices for these grants are listed in note (11)
under the section Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management beginning on page 7 of this Proxy
Statement.
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Service
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2008
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2007
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|||||
Audit
Fees (1)
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$
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260,138
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$
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254,366
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Audit-Related
Fees (2)
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73,016
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59,992
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|||||
Tax
Fees
(3)
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54,259
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41,935
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|||||
All
Other Fees (4)
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-
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-
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|||||
TOTAL
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$
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387,413
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$
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356,293
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(1)
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Audit
fees consist of professional services rendered for the audit of the
Company’s annual financial statements and the reviews of the quarterly
financial statements and issuance of consents and assistance with
and
review of documents filed with the
SEC.
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(2)
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Other
audit-related services provided by Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
include
the annual audit of the Company’s employee benefit plans as well as
accounting consultations regarding significant transactions during
the
fiscal year.
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(3)
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Tax
fees consist of fees for services rendered to the Company for tax
compliance, tax planning and advice.
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(4)
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No
other services were performed by Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP in
connection with financial information systems design and implementation
or
otherwise.
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Amount and Nature of
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|||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Beneficial Ownership (1)
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Percent of Class (2)
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|||||
DePrince Race &
Zollo, Inc. (3)
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|||||||
250
Park Avenue South, Suite 250
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|||||||
Winter
Park, FL 32789
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1,005,353
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11.5
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%
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||||
Dimensional
Fund Advisors, Inc. (4)
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|||||||
1299
Ocean Ave.
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|||||||
Santa
Monica, CA 90401
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703,171
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8.1
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%
|
||||
Frequency
Electronics, Inc.
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|||||||
Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (5)
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|||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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|||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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537,204
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6.2
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%
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||||
Martin
B. Bloch (6)(7)(10)
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|||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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|||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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939,733
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10.8
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%
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||||
Joseph
P. Franklin (7)(8)(10)
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|||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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|||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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157,748
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1.8
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%
|
||||
Joel
Girsky (11)
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|||||||
c/o
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
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|||||||
145
Oser Avenue
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|||||||
Hauppauge,
NY 11788
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55,000
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*
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|||||
E.
Donald Shapiro (11)
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|||||||
10040
E. Happy Valley Road
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|||||||
Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
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33,600
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*
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|||||
S.
Robert Foley (11)
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|||||||
One
Lakeside Dr.
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|||||||
Oakland,
CA 94612
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30,000
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*
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|||||
Richard
Schwartz (11)
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|||||||
4427
Golf Course Dr.
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|||||||
Westlake
Village, CA 91362
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30,000
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*
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|||||
Markus
Hechler (9)(10)
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|||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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|||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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107,811
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1.2
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%
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Amount and Nature of
|
|||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Beneficial Ownership (1)
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Percent of Class (2)
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|||||
Oleandro Mancini (10)
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|||||||
55
Charles Lindbergh Blvd.
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|||||||
Mitchel
Field, NY 11553
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62,281
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*
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|||||
All
executive officers
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|||||||
and
directors as a group
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|||||||
(16
persons) (9)(10)
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1,935,703
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22.2
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%
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(1)
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Each
person has sole voting and investment power over the shares reported,
except as noted.
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(2)
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Based
on 8,728,462 shares outstanding as of August 22,
2008.
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(3)
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As
reported in a Form 13G for the period ended July 31, 2008, filed
by
DePrince Race & Zollo, Inc., which is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and provides investment
advisory services on a discretionary basis to institutional clients,
most
of whom are pension and profit sharing plans and trusts.
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(4)
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As
reported in a Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, filed
by
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. (“Dimensional”), which is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Per
a
Schedule 13G filing dated December 31, 2004, Dimensional furnishes
investment advice to four investment companies registered under the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and serves as investment manager
to
certain other commingled group trusts and separate accounts. Per
the Form
13F, in its role as investment advisor or manager, Dimensional possesses
investment power over 703,171 shares and voting authority over 690,726
shares that are owned by such investment companies, commingled group
trusts and separate accounts, and Dimensional disclaims beneficial
ownership of such securities.
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(5)
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Includes
416,109 shares of stock held by the Frequency Electronics, Inc. ESOP
Trust
(the “Trust”) for the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, all of
which shares have been allocated to the individual accounts of employees
of the Company (including the Named Executive Officers as defined
on page
13); also includes 121,095 shares held by the Trust under the Company’s
Stock Bonus Plan (converted by amendment to the Employee Stock Ownership
Plan as of January 1, 1990).
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(6)
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Includes
198,000 shares issuable on the full exercise of the following options
granted to Mr. Bloch: an option to purchase 18,000 shares granted
on
August 31, 1998 at an exercise price of $7.125 under the Senior ESOP,
as
that term is hereinafter defined, and an option to purchase 180,000
shares
granted on March 1, 2001 at an exercise price of $13.49, per terms
of Mr.
Bloch’s employment agreement. (See the discussion on the Chief Executive
Officer Employment Agreement on page
15.)
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(7)
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Includes
33,000 shares owned by members of Mr. Bloch’s immediate family, 197,748
shares held by a partnership over which Mr. Bloch maintains discretionary
control and 30,600 shares held in trust for Mr. Bloch’s wife for which
General Franklin is the trustee. Mr. Bloch disclaims beneficial ownership
of such shares.
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(8)
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Includes
101,465 shares held in a family trust and 16,831 shares in a charitable
foundation over which General Franklin retains discretionary control.
General Franklin disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares.
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(9)
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Includes
the following shares granted to the officers of the Company pursuant
to a
stock purchase agreement in connection with the Company’s Restricted Stock
Plan:
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Name
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Restricted
Stock
|
|||
Markus
Hechler
|
7,500
|
|||
All
Officers as a Group (11
persons)
|
22,500
|
(10)
|
Includes
the number of shares which, as at August 22, 2008, were deemed to
be
beneficially owned by the persons named below, by way of their respective
rights to acquire beneficial ownership of such shares within 60 days
through (i) the exercise of options; (ii) the automatic termination
of a
trust, discretionary account, or similar arrangement; or (iii) by
reason
of such person's having sole or shared voting powers over such shares.
The
following table sets forth for each person named below the total
number of
shares which may be so deemed to be beneficially owned by him and
the
nature of such beneficial
ownership:
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Name
|
Stock Bonus
Plan Shares
(a)
|
ESOP Shares
(b)
|
Profit Sharing
Plan & Trust 401(k) (c)
|
ISO or NQSO or
SAR Shares (d)
|
|||||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
22,317
|
4,205
|
2,653
|
30,000
|
|||||||||
Joseph
P. Franklin
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-0-
|
4,031
|
146
|
5,000
|
|||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
2,707
|
5,968
|
2,573
|
83,500
|
|||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
2,156
|
60,125
|
|||||||||
All
Directors and
Officers
as a Group
(15
persons)
|
26,060
|
40,320
|
19,879
|
485,062
|
(a) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company's Stock Bonus Plan ("Bonus
Plan")
to the respective accounts of the named persons, ownership of which
shares
is fully vested in each such person. No Bonus Plan shares are
distributable to the respective vested owners thereof until after
their
termination of employment with the Company. As of January 1, 1990,
the
Bonus Plan was amended to be an "Employee Stock Ownership Plan" (see
footnote (b) to the table).
|
(b) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company's Employee Stock Ownership
Plan
("ESOP") to the respective accounts of the named persons, ownership
of
which shares was fully vested in each such person as at April 30,
2008.
ESOP shares are generally not distributable to the respective vested
owners thereof until after their termination of employment with the
Company. However, upon the attainment of age 55 and completion of
10 years
of service with the Company, a participant may elect to transfer
all or a
portion of his vested shares, or the cash value thereof, to a Directed
Investment Account. Upon the allocation of shares to an employee's
ESOP
account, such employee has the right to direct the ESOP trustees
in the
exercise of the voting rights of such
shares.
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(c) |
Includes
all shares allocated under the Company’s profit sharing plan and trust
under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This plan
permits eligible employees, including officers, to defer a portion
of
their income through voluntary contributions to the plan. Under the
provisions of the plan, the Company made discretionary matching
contributions of the Company’s Common Stock. All participants in the plan
become fully vested in the Company contribution after six years of
employment. All of the officers named above are fully vested in the
shares
attributable to their accounts.
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(d) |
All
amounts in this column represent the number of shares that may be
obtained
upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options (“ISO”), Non-qualified Stock
Options (“NQSO”) or Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARS”) in which the
officers are fully vested or may become vested within 60 days of
August
22, 2008. Such grants have been made under the Company’s 1993 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan, 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and 2005 Stock
Award
Plan. The individual grants, exercise prices and expiration dates
for the
Named Executive Officers are listed in the Outstanding Equity Awards
at
Fiscal Year-End Table on page 16 of this Proxy
Statement.
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(11)
|
Includes
shares issuable on the exercise of options granted to the non-officer
Directors of the Company under the Independent Contractors Stock
Option
Plan.
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Name
|
Exercisable
Share
|
Grant
Date
|
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Joel
Girsky
|
30,000
|
June 29, 1998
|
$
|
12.81
|
||||||
E. Donald Shapiro
|
30,000
|
June 29, 1998
|
$
|
12.81
|
||||||
S.
Robert Foley
|
30,000
|
March 12, 1999
|
$
|
7.34
|
||||||
Richard
Schwartz
|
30,000
|
December 10, 2004
|
$
|
14.76
|
Name and Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
(1)
|
Option
Awards
(2)(3)
|
Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
(4)
|
All Other
Compen-
sation
(5)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
2008 |
$
|
423,077
|
$
|
92,700
|
$
|
8,925
|
$
|
502,848
|
$
|
141,291
|
$
|
1,168,841
|
|||||||||
President,
CEO
|
2007 |
400,000
|
0
|
0
|
202,972
|
79,548
|
682,520
|
|||||||||||||||
Principal
Executive Officer
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
2008 |
201,807
|
0
|
41,849
|
92,620
|
44,761
|
381,037
|
|||||||||||||||
Executive
Vice
|
2007 |
215,683
|
0
|
38,908
|
50,072
|
25,157
|
329,820
|
|||||||||||||||
President
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
2008 |
181,539
|
9,044
|
63,824
|
69,609
|
30,307
|
354,323
|
|||||||||||||||
Vice
President,
|
2007 |
162,019
|
9,759
|
62,495
|
61,856
|
21,433
|
317,562
|
|||||||||||||||
Business
Development
|
(1)
|
The
Company pays bonuses based on operating profits at each of its operating
units or, in the case of Mr. Bloch, on consolidated pretax profits.
In
fiscal years 2008 and 2007, no Named Executive Officer was awarded
a bonus
based on the operating losses recorded at the FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer
segments. Mr. Bloch’s fiscal year 2008 bonus is based on the consolidated
pretax profit of the Company. Mr. Mancini is awarded a bonus based
on the
operating profits generated by the Gillam-FEI
segment.
|
(2)
|
The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments to the
Named
Executive Officers. Each value represents the proportionate amount
of the
total fair value of stock option and stock appreciation rights recognized
by the Company as an expense in fiscal years 2008 and 2007 for financial
accounting purposes. The fair value of these awards and the amounts
expensed were determined in accordance with FASB Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment
(FAS 123R), except the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions have been disregarded in accordance
with
SEC rules. The awards for which expense is shown in this table include
the
awards described in the 2008 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table on
page 16
of this Proxy Statement, as well as awards granted in prior fiscal
years
for which the Company continued to recognize expense in fiscal year
2008.
The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair values of
these
awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial
statements, which are included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the
year ended April 30, 2008 as filed with the
SEC.
|
(3) |
Other
than contributions of common stock to the accounts of participants
in the
Company’s profit sharing plan and trust under section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Company did not make any awards
of
stock to any employees during fiscal years 2008 and 2007. The fair
market
value of contributions to the accounts of participants, including
the
Named Executive Officers, may not exceed $3,000 in a calendar
year.
|
(4) |
The
amounts in this column do not represent actual cash payments to the
Named
Executive Officers. The Company has entered into certain deferred
compensation agreements with key employees (including the Named Executive
Officers) providing for the payment of benefits upon retirement or
death
or upon the termination of employment not for cause. The values in
the
table above reflect the change in the actuarially calculated deferred
compensation liability for each of the Named Executive Officers for
fiscal
years 2008 and 2007. These non-cash amounts are included in the Company’s
general and administrative expenses for the fiscal years ended April
30,
2008 and 2007, respectively.
|
(5) |
The
amounts shown in this column are composed of the
following:
|
Name
|
Costs of
Leased
Automobile
|
Health, Life,
Disability
Insurance &
Medical
Reimbursement
(a)
|
Additional
Life
Insurance
Premiums
(b)
|
Financial
Planning
Advice (b)
|
Total All Other
Compensation
|
|||||||||||
Martin
Bloch
|
||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$
|
20,472
|
$
|
80,751
|
$
|
24,063
|
$
|
16,005
|
$
|
141,291
|
||||||
2007
|
15,312
|
20,523
|
24,063
|
19,650
|
79,548
|
|||||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
||||||||||||||||
2008
|
21,596
|
23,165
|
0
|
0
|
44,761
|
|||||||||||
2007
|
11,382
|
13,775
|
0
|
0
|
25,157
|
|||||||||||
Oleandro
Mancini
|
||||||||||||||||
2008
|
9,994
|
20,313
|
0
|
0
|
30,307
|
|||||||||||
2007
|
10,190
|
11,243
|
0
|
0
|
21,433
|
(a)
|
All
employees of the Company are eligible for health, term life and disability
insurance the premiums for which are partially paid by the Company.
Reimbursement of medical costs is available only to
officers.
|
(b)
|
Beginning
in 2006, Mr. Bloch’s compensation includes financial planning advice and
Company-paid premiums for additional whole life insurance policies,
the
beneficiaries of which are Mr. Bloch’s
heirs.
|
Martin
Bloch, CEO
|
$
|
200,000
|
||
Markus
Hechler, Exec VP
|
80,000
|
|||
Oleandro
Mancini, VP
|
60,000
|
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
or
SARS
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
or
SARS
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
or SARS
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
or SARS
Expiration
Date
|
|||||||||
Martin
B. Bloch
|
18,000
30,000
180,000
-0-
|
-0-
-0-
-0-
40,000
|
$
|
7.125
7.625
13.490
7.835
|
8/22/13
8/22/13
2/28/11
3/16/18
|
||||||||
Markus
Hechler
|
10,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
8,000
8,000
5,625
2,500
-0-
-0-
|
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
1,875
7,500
7,500
10,000
|
7.125
7.06
23.75
11.10
6.615
9.575
14.40
11.95
11.16
9.67
|
8/22/13
8/22/13
8/22/13
10/29/11
7/25/12
7/31/13
12/21/14
7/30/16
7/23/17
12/10/17
|
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Oleandro
Mancini
|
10,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
5,625
7,500
3,750
-0-
-0-
|
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
1,875
2,500
11,250
10,000
5,000
|
$
|
23.75
11.10
6.615
9.575
14.40
11.22
11.95
9.91
9.67
|
8/22/13
10/29/11
7/25/12
7/31/13
12/21/14
4/24/15
7/30/16
8/28/17
12/10/17
|
By
Order of the Board of Directors,
|
/s/
Harry Newman
|
HARRY
NEWMAN
|
Secretary
|