· |
Election
of seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are
elected;
|
· |
Ratification
of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the current fiscal year;
and
|
· |
Any
other matters that may properly come before the
meeting.
|
· |
Elect
seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are
elected;
|
· |
To
ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the current fiscal year; and
|
· |
Any
other matters that may properly come before the
meeting.
|
· |
filing
with the Secretary of the Company a notice of
revocation;
|
· |
sending
in another duly executed proxy bearing a later date;
or
|
· |
attending
the meeting and casting your vote in
person.
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Audit
Fees(1)
|
$
|
332,315
|
$
|
415,829
|
|||
Audited
Related Fees(2)
|
$
|
30,539
|
$
|
55,730
|
|||
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
All
Other Fees
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(1) |
Represents
the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for
the audit
and/or reviews of the Company’s financial statements and in connection
with the Company’s regulatory filings or engagements. Also includes
services related to consents for registration statements
filings.
|
(2) |
Represents
fees for audit-related services for research and consultation on
various
issues including the conversion of promissory notes, private placements
and other related services. Also includes certain services related
to the
Company’s
acquisitions.
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
and Office
|
|||||
Richard
E. Gathright
|
53
|
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President;
Director
|
|||||
Wendell
R. Beard
|
80
|
Director
|
|||||
Steven
R. Goldberg
|
56
|
Director
|
|||||
Nat
Moore
|
56
|
Director
|
|||||
Larry
S. Mulkey
|
64
|
Director
|
|||||
C.
Rodney O’Connor
|
72
|
Director
|
|||||
Robert
S. Picow
|
52
|
Director
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
and Offices
|
|||||
Richard
E. Gathright
|
53
|
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
|
|||||
Robert
W. Beard
|
53
|
Senior
Vice President, Marketing & Sales and Investor Relations
Officer
|
|||||
Timothy
E. Shaw
|
43
|
Senior
Vice President, Information Services & Administration and Chief
Information Officer
|
|||||
Michael
S. Shore
|
39
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
|
|||||
Paul
C. Vinger
|
37
|
Senior
Vice President, Corporate Planning and Fleet Operations
|
|||||
E.
Wayne Wetzel
|
60
|
Senior
Vice President, Lubricants
|
|||||
Gary
G. Williams
|
51
|
Senior
Vice President, Commercial Operations
|
|||||
L.
Patricia Messenbaugh
|
43
|
Vice
President, Finance & Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer
|
·
|
the
name, age, business address and residence
address;
|
·
|
the
principal occupation or employment;
|
·
|
the
class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company
which
are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee;
and
|
·
|
any
other information relating to the nominee that would be required
to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be
made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
|
·
|
the
name and record address of such
stockholder;
|
·
|
the
class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company
which
are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder;
|
·
|
a
description of all arrangements or understandings between such
stockholder
and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including
their
names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such
stockholder;
|
·
|
a
representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person
or by
proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice;
and
|
·
|
any
other information relating to such stockholder that would be required
to
be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to
be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
|
1.
|
The
Audit Committee met with management and reviewed and discussed
the annual
financial statements prepared by the Company and audited by Grant
Thornton
LLP;
|
2.
|
The
Audit Committee discussed with Grant Thornton LLP the matters required
by
the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA,
Professional Standards, Vol. 1. AU Section 380), as adopted by
the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T;
and
|
3.
|
The
Audit Committee received from, and discussed with, Grant Thornton
LLP the
written disclosures and the letter required by the Independence
Standards
Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees),
as
adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule
3200T,
and has discussed with Grant Thornton LLP its independence from
the
Company.
|
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
(1)(2)
|
|||||||
Shares
|
Percent
|
||||||
Richard
E. Gathright, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President
(3)
|
533,250
|
3.54
|
|||||
Robert
W. Beard, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales and Investor
Relations Officer (4)
|
35,000
|
*
|
|||||
Timothy
E. Shaw, Senior Vice President, Information Services & Administration
and Chief Information Officer (5)
|
15,000
|
*
|
|||||
Michael
S. Shore, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
(6)
|
86,750
|
*
|
|||||
Paul
C. Vinger, Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Fleet
Operations
(7)
|
78,500
|
*
|
|||||
E.
Wayne Wetzel, Senior Vice President, Lubricants (8)
|
48,000
|
*
|
|||||
Gary
G. Williams, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
(9)
|
87,500
|
*
|
|||||
L.
Patricia Messenbaugh, Vice President, Finance & Accounting and Chief
Accounting Officer (10)
|
0
|
*
|
|||||
Wendell
R. Beard, Director (11)
|
39,150
|
*
|
|||||
Steven
R. Goldberg, Director (12)
|
28,650
|
*
|
|||||
Nat
Moore, Director (13)
|
26,675
|
*
|
|||||
Larry
S. Mulkey, Director (14)
|
35,525
|
*
|
|||||
C.
Rodney O’Connor, Director (15)
|
1,142,958
|
7.83
|
|||||
Robert
S. Picow, Director (16)
|
229,126
|
1.57
|
|||||
Triage
Capital Management LP (17)
|
530,239
|
3.51
|
|||||
Leon
Frenkel (18)
|
1,009,691
|
6.49
|
|||||
Periscope
Partners (19)
|
92,466
|
*
|
|||||
Joshua
Tree Capital Partners, LP (20)
|
943,429
|
6.22
|
|||||
Fred
C. Applegate Trust, Fred C. Applegate, Trustee (21)
|
751,975
|
5.10
|
|||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group [14 persons]
(22)
|
2,376,084
|
15.21
|
(1)
|
The
address of each of the beneficial owners identified is c/o SMF
Energy
Corporation, 200 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33309.
|
(2)
|
Based
on 14,556,295 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Pursuant to the
rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), certain shares
of Common Stock which a person has the right to acquire within
60 days of
October 19, 2007 pursuant to the exercise of stock options are
deemed to
be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership
of
that person, but not the percentage ownership of any other
person.
|
(3)
|
Includes
525,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 75,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(4)
|
Includes
35,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 55,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(5)
|
Includes
15,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 75,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(6)
|
Includes
85,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(7)
|
Includes
76,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(8)
|
Includes
48,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 32,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(9)
|
Includes
85,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(10)
|
Excludes
55,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are not
presently
exercisable.
|
(11)
|
Includes
38,650 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(12)
|
Includes
28,650 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(13)
|
Includes
26,675 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(14)
|
Includes
35,525 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(15)
|
Includes
38,650 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(16)
|
Includes
38,650 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(17)
|
Consists
of 84,032 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently
exercisable and 446,207 shares issuable upon the conversion of
a senior
secured convertible promissory note issued August 8, 2007. These
530,239
shares are also included in the 1,009,691 shares shown for Leonid
Frenkel,
though he disclaims beneficial ownership beyond his pecuniary interest
therein.
|
(18)
|
Consists
of 84,032 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently
exercisable and 925,659 shares issuable upon the conversion of
senior
secured convertible promissory notes issued August 8, 2007, including
171,233 shares issuable to Mr. Frenkel, 215,753 shares to his IRA,
Pershing LLC f/b/o Leonid Frenkel IRA, 446,207 shares to Triage
Capital Management, L.P. and 92,466 shares to Periscope Partners
L.P.
Mr. Frenkel
is the Managing Member of Triage Capital LF Group LLC, the general
partner
of the general partner of Triage Capital Management, L.P. Mr. Frenkel
is
also the general partner of Periscope Partners L.P. Mr. Frenkel
disclaims
beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities held by Triage and
Periscope except to the extent of this pecuniary interest
therein.
|
(19)
|
Consists
of 92,466 shares issuable upon the conversion of a senior secured
convertible promissory note issued August 8, 2007. These 92,466
shares are
also included in the 1,009,691 shares shown for Leonid Frenkel,
though he
disclaims beneficial ownership beyond his pecuniary interest therein.
|
(20)
|
Consists
of 91,892 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently
exercisable and 513,699 shares issuable upon the conversion of
a senior
secured convertible promissory note issued August 8, 2007.
|
(21)
|
Consists
of 102,956 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently exercisable and 89,897 shares issuable upon the conversion
of a
senior secured convertible promissory note issued August 8, 2007.
|
(22)
|
Includes
1,065,800 shares of options that are presently exercisable. Excludes
372,000 shares
issuable upon the exercise of options that are not presently
exercisable.
|
·
|
Base
salary;
|
·
|
Grants
of long-term, equity based compensation in the form of stock options;
and
|
·
|
Performance-based
bonus.
|
·
|
the
nature and responsibility of the position and, to the extent available,
salary norms for persons in comparable positions at comparable
companies;
|
·
|
the
expertise of the individual executive and his or her history with
the
Company; and
|
·
|
the
competitiveness of the market for the executive’s
services.
|
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
|
Salary
($)
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
Stock
Awards ($)
|
|
Option
Awards ($)(1)
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
|
|
Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
|
All
Other Compensa-tion ($) (2)
|
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||
Richard
E. Gathright,
Chairman
of the Board,
CEO
and President
|
2006
|
323,000
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
10,139
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
12,000
|
345,139
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Michael S.
Shore,
CFO,
Senior V.P. and Treasurer
|
2006
|
175,000
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
10,139
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
12,000
|
197,139
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Paul C.
Vinger,
Senior
V.P., Corporate Planning and Fleet Operations
|
2006
|
148,000
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
10,139
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
12,000
|
170,139
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
E.
Wayne Wetzel,
Senior V.P., Lubricants
|
2006
|
203,846
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
85,164
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
8,561
|
297,571
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary G.
Williams,
Senior V.P., Commercial Operations
|
2006
|
148,000
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
10,139
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
12,000
|
170,139
|
(1) |
The
amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value
under
SFAS 123(R) of awards made during the fiscal year ended June 30,
2007. The
assumptions we use in calculating these amounts are discussed in
Note 2 -
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies on Stock-Based Compensation
to
the Consolidated Financial Statements of SMF Energy Corporation
as filed
with the SEC on Form 10-K on September 28,
2007.
|
(2) |
The
amounts in this column reflect the annual automobile
allowance.
|
Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Unearned Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
Number
of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
(#)
|
Market
Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
($)
|
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other
Rights
That Have Not Vested
(#)
|
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares,
Units or
Other Rights That Have Not Vested
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Richard
E. Gathright,
Chairman
of the Board,
CEO
and President
|
500,000
15,000
|
0
10,000
|
0
|
1.50
1.45
|
12/21/2010
10/12/2014
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Michael S.
Shore,
CFO,
Senior V.P. and Treasurer
|
60,000
15,000
|
0
10,000
|
0
|
1.07
1.45
|
2/12/2012
10/12/2014
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Paul C.
Vinger,
Senior
V.P., Corporate Planning and Fleet Operations
|
1,000
50,000
15,000
|
0
0
10,000
|
0
|
1.50
1.50
1.45
|
12/28/2010
9/24/2011
10/12/2014
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
E.
Wayne Wetzel,
Senior
V.P., Lubricants
|
16,000
|
64,000
|
0
|
3.60
|
10/1/2015
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gary G.
Williams,
Senior
V.P., Commercial Operations
|
60,000
15,000
|
0
10,000
|
0
|
1.50
1.45
|
2/28/2011
10/12/2014
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
(1)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
|
Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Earnings
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
(2)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||
Wendell R.
Beard
|
24,000
(3
|
)
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
521
|
31,024
|
||||||||||||||
Steven R.
Goldberg
|
24,000
(4
|
)
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
198
|
30,701
|
||||||||||||||
Nat
Moore
|
14,000
(5
|
)
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20,503
|
||||||||||||||
Larry S.
Mulkey
|
8,000
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
386
|
14,889
|
|||||||||||||||
C.
Rodney O’Connor
|
8,000
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14,503
|
|||||||||||||||
Robert S.
Picow
|
8,000
|
0
|
6,503
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14,503
|
(1)
|
The
amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value
under
SFAS 123(R) of awards made during the fiscal year ended June 30,
2007. The
assumptions we use in calculating these amounts are discussed in
Note 2 -
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies on Stock-Based Compensation
to
the Consolidated Financial Statements of SMF Energy Corporation as
filed
with the SEC on Form 10-K on September 28, 2007. The aggregate number
of
outstanding option awards for each director as of June 30, 2007,
was as
follows: Mr. Beard - 37,150 options; Mr. Goldberg - 27,150 options;
Mr.
Moore - 25,175 options; Mr. Mulkey - 34,025 options; Mr. O’Connor - 37,150
options; and Mr. Picow - 37,150
options.
|
(2)
|
This
column represents reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with activities as a
Director.
|
(3) |
Includes
a $4,000 payment per quarter for management consultation and oversight
duties.
|
(4) |
Includes
a $4,000 payment per quarter for duties as the Chairman of the Audit
Committee.
|
(5)
|
Includes
a $2,500 payment per quarter for duties as the Chairman of the
Compensation Committee and a $1,500 payment per quarter as Chairman
of the
Nominating & Corporate Governance
Committee.
|
Plan
Category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
(a)
|
Weighted
average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and
rights
(b)
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
(c)
|
|||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
1996
Employee Stock Option Plan - 65,952
2000 Employee Stock Option Plan -1,454,400(1) (2) 2001 Directors Stock Option Plan - 316,650 |
$
$
$
|
5.11
1.82
1.74
|
-0-
235,703
33,350
|
(2)
|
|||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
Not Applicable |
Not
Applicable
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||||||
Total
|
1,837,002 |
$
|
1.92
|
269,053
|
(1)
|
Under
the 2000 Plan, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock are reserved for
issuance
upon the exercise of options, with the amount reserved being increased
each year by ten percent of the total shares subject to the 2000
Plan at
the end of the previous calendar
year.
|
(2)
|
Reflects
an adjustment of 4,442 options available for issuance as of June
30, 2007
from the number previously reported due to the cancellation of options
of
a terminated employee and a correction attributable to prior period
exercises.
|
1.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
£
FOR ALL NOMINEES
£
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
FOR
ALL NOMINEES
£
FOR ALL EXCEPT
(See
instructions below)
|
NOMINEES:
m WENDELL
R.
BEARD
m RICHARD
E.
GATHRIGHT
m STEVEN
R.
GOLDBERG
m LARRY
S. MULKEY
m C.
RODNEY
O’CONNOR
m ROBERT
S. PICOW
m NAT
MOORE
|
2.
THE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS SMF ENERGY
CORPORATION’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.
£ FOR
£ AGAINST
£ ABSTAIN
3.
IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE
THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT
THEREOF.
£ FOR
£ AGAINST
£ ABSTAIN
PLEASE
MARK, SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE
ENVELOPE
PROVIDED. NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES.
|
|
INSTRUCTION:
To
withhold authority to vote for any for any individual nominee(s),
mark
“FOR
ALL EXCEPT”
and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold,
as shown
here.m
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To
change the address on your account, please check the box at right
and
indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note
that
changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted
via
this method. £
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Signature of Stockholder:___________________Date:__________ |
Signature
of Stockholder:__________________Date:
__________
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NOTE:
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Please
sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares
are
held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title
as
such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate
name by
duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is
a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized
person.
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