UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-K/A

 


 

 

x

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005

 

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Transition Period from              to               

 

Commission File Number 0-27412

 


 

WATCHIT MEDIA, INC.

 


 

Delaware

 

94-3173918

(State of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. ID)

 

655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 477-9905

 


 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock ($.01 par value)

 


 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  

Yes  o   No  ý.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  

Yes  o   No  ý.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x   NO  o

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    YES  o   NO  x

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $2,700,261 based on the closing price of $0.10 of the registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on June 30, 2005.

 

The number of shares of the registrant Common Stock outstanding as of April 28, 2006 was 39,079,852.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

None.

 

 

 



 

Items 10, 11 12, 13 and 14 of the Form 10-K filed by the Company on April 17, 2006 are hereby amended as follows.

 

Item 10 — Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

 

The number of directors on the Board of Directors is currently fixed at seven. Pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, the Board of Directors is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, serving staggered three-year terms. One class of directors is elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to serve for the following three years. Currently there are two Class I directors whose terms have expired but remain as directors until their successors are appointed, two Class II directors whose term expires in 2006, and one Class III director whose term expires in 2007.

 

Class I Directors

 

Debra J. Richardson is 51 years old, and joined the Company as a director in August 2001. Dr. Richardson is Dean of the School of Information and Computer Science and Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine; she holds the Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean’s Endowed Chair. Dr. Richardson joined the faculty at UC Irvine in 1987, and was appointed department chair in 2000. Her research interests include formal software quality analysis and testing methods; she has developed leading edge software tools and worked with several companies in adopting technology to improve the quality of critical software systems. Dr. Richardson also serves as director of the Ada Byron Research Center on Diversity in Computing and Information Technology, director of the MICRO (Microelectronics Innovation and Computer Research Opportunities) program (one of the University of California’s Industry-Cooperative Research Programs) and is a founding member of the UC Institute for Software Research. Dr. Richardson serves on the Boards of the Orange County chapters of Girls Inc. and Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS), on strategic advisory boards of several academic institutions, and on the executive advisory board of the Association of Women in Technology. Richardson earned a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Science in computer and information science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Revelle College of the University of California, San Diego.

 

Tony C. Vickers is 56 years old and is a director of the Company. He joined the Company in that capacity in January 2004. Mr. Vickers is also Principal of IT Services Development (ITSD), a results oriented management consulting firm that he established in 1998 that specializes in helping its clients to maximize profitable growth with the effective execution of projects ranging from strategic planning to mergers and acquisitions, and customer satisfaction surveys. Previously, Mr. Vickers was CEO, President and a Director of Computer People, a $400 million international IT professional services organization he founded in 1972, and took public in 1987. In addition, Mr. Vickers was Chairman of the IT Services Division of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) — the leading association for all aspects of the IT industry including software, services, system integration and Internet companies. Further, Mr. Vickers is a Director of Allin Corporation; a member of the Board of Advisors of Bluecrane, Inc., and Make Corp.; a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors; and a member of the University of Southern California’s Integrated Media Systems Center’s (IMSC) Board of Councilors. IMSC, which is sponsored

 

 

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by the National Science Foundation, is engaged in research, education programs and industry collaboration in multimedia and Internet technologies.

 

Class II Director

 

James R. Lavelle is 55 years old and is the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Lavelle has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded the Company in 1993. From inception of the Company until August 1995, Mr. Lavelle was also Chairman of the Board of the Company, a position that he reassumed in April 1996. From 1985 to 1993, he was a business consultant specializing in strategic marketing and organization development. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Lavelle was Senior Manager and Director of Management Consulting Services for the San Francisco office of KMG Main Hurdman, an international accounting firm. Prior to that, he was Manager of Management Consulting Services in the San Francisco office of Price Waterhouse LLP, an international accounting firm. Mr. Lavelle has a bachelor’s degree from University of California at Santa Barbara and a Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University.

 

R. Terry Leiweke: is 57 years old and is a director of the Company.  He joined the Company in that capacity in March 2006.  After competing as a top level college athlete on the highly ranked University of Houston football team, Terry worked at ABC Sports producing college and National Football League television programming. Following that he spent seven years running television programming for the Houston Summit. In 1978, along with his three brothers, he formed The Leiweke Company and founded the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Leiweke Company owned the Kansas City Comets. This success led to the creation of Sportsview Productions which was one of the original feeders of television programs to Madison Square Garden and USA Networks. Sportsview went on to produce a variety of film, commercial television and documentary programs.

 

Recently, Mr. Leiweke became chief executive officer of The World Series of Golf, a global sports franchise headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

 

 

Class III Director

 

Paul D. Frankel is 59 years old and is a director of the Company. He joined the Company in that capacity in April 2005. Since June 2000, Mr. Frankel has been a partner and managing director of Van Der Moolen Specialists USA, a specialist firm on the New York Stock Exchange. From 1989 until June 2000, Mr. Frankel was a partner in Fagenson, Frankel and Streicher LLC, a specialist firm on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Frankel was a Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Jerome, Frankel & Company from 1979 until it became Fagenson, Frankel and Streicher LLC in 1989. Prior to 1979, Mr. Frankel was a partner and director of the John Webber Gallery in New York City and was owner of Paul David Press, an art publishing house. Mr. Frankel currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Jacobs Burns Film Center, an independent film and literacy educational center located in Westchester Country of New York State and the Board of Directors of Variety the Children’s Charity.

 

 

Other Executive Officer

 

John C. Dong is 52 years old and is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company.  Mr. Dong serves as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From November 2005 until January 2006, Mr. Dong served as interim Chief Financial Officer. For 15 of the past 27 years prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dong founded and grew a consulting firm specializing in acquisitions, turnarounds, IPOs and divestitures.  Mr. Dong’s experience includes financial services, as well as high tech development firms, venture capital, Bio-Tech and media delivery and entertainment.  Prior to starting his consulting firm, Mr. Dong spent seven years as a senior internal consultant with Wells Fargo Bank and led the IPO effort for San Francisco Federal Savings.  Most recently he led

 

 

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the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance team for Cell Genesys (NASDAQ: CEGE), a bio-tech firm focused on the development and commercialization of novel biological therapies for patients with cancer.  Prior to that, he was CFO of BriteSmile Inc. a global leader in teeth whitening (NASDAQ: BSML), and prior thereto was the Chief Financial Officer of DV Capital, a diversified venture capital firm.  Mr. Dong graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and Finance.  Mr. Dong also holds an MBA and earned his CPA credentials with Coopers & Lybrand, Int’l.   

 

Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Board has determined that Paul Frankel, R. Terry Leiweke and Tony Vickers meet the definition of Audit Committee Financial Expert, as specified by the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and both are independent in accordance with listing standards established by the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

The Board has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies not only to the Company’s CEO and CFO, as required by the SEC, but also to its directors and employees. The current version of such code of business conduct and ethics can be found on the Company’s Internet website at www.Watchit Media.com and is available in print free of charge to the Company’s stockholders upon request.

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

 

Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by the Company with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, Debra J. Richardson, Tony C. Vickers and Harlan P. Kleiman each filed a late Form 5 reporting two transactions, one relating to the issuance of shares common stock for attendance at the 2004 annual meeting and one relating to the issuance of shares of common stock for director’s fees. James R. Lavelle filed a late Form 5 reporting relating to the grant of stock options. Curtis J. Parker filed a late Form 5 reporting two transactions both of which related to the grant of stock options. Anthony M. Frank, a former director of the Company, who retired in August 2004, has not yet filed a Form 5 reporting the termination of his reporting responsibilities under Section 16(a). Except for these late filings, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, all other Section 16(a) filing requirements have been satisfied.

 

Item 11 — Executive Compensation

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded to the Chief Executive Officer and remaining executive officers of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

 

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Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

Annual Compensation

 

Long Term
Compensation
Awards

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Fiscal
Year

 

Salary($) (1)

 

Bonus($)

 

Other($)

 

Options/
SARs(#)

 

James R. Lavelle

 

2005

 

291,996

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Chairman and Chief

 

2004

 

323,999

 

639,597

 

76,660

(2)

400,000

 

Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,000

(3)

 

 

 

 

2003

 

440,441

 

598,519

 

1,997

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

136,590

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,000

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtis J. Parker

 

2005

 

144,112

 

 

 

 

 

500,000

 

Executive Vice

 

2004

 

193,232

 

 

 

29,031

(5)

550,000

 

President, Chief Financial

 

2003

 

154,045

 

 

 

1,123

(4)

 

 

Officer, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,773

(5)

 

 

and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John C. Dong

 

2005

 

16,275

(6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acting Executive Vice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President, Chief Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Officer, Treasurer and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)

Base salary earned.

(2)

Represents $43,000 and $91,260 for duplicate housing expenses and $33,660 and $45,330 for a gross-up of payroll taxes for 2004 and 2003, respectively (incurred in connection with the inclusion of the duplicate living expenses in W-2 wages) paid for by the Company for such employee’s southern California residence. These expenses were incurred in connection with a cost cutting measure after the Company closed its northern California corporate office and required the employee to commute and live during the business week near the southern California office.

(3)

Represents auto allowance.

(4)

Represents matching contributions by the Company under the Company’s 401(k) Plan.

(5)

Represents $15,750 and $11,600 for duplicate housing expenses and $13,281 and $7,173 for a gross-up of payroll taxes for 2004 and 2003, respectively (incurred in connection with the inclusion of the duplicate living expenses in W-2 wages) paid for by the Company for such employee’s southern California residence. These expenses were incurred in connection with a cost cutting measure after the Company closed its northern California corporate office and required the employee to commute and live during the business week near the southern California office.

(6)

Represents consulting fees for November, 2005 through December 31, 2005.

 

 

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Stock Option Grants Table

 

The following table sets forth, as to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, information related to the grant of stock options pursuant to the Company’s 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

 

Options Granted In The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005

 

 

 

Individual Grants

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Number of
Securities
Underlying Options
Granted

 

Percentage of
Total Options
Granted to
Employees in the
fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005

 

Exercise or
Base Price
Per Share
($/Share)

 

Potential Realizable Value
At Assumed Annual Rates of
Stock Price Appreciation
For Option Term ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5%

 

10%

 

James R. Lavelle

 

1,000,000

 

34

%

$0.13

 

79,366

 

207,186

 

Curtis J. Parker

 

500,000

 

17

%

$0.13

 

39,683

 

103,593

 

 

Stock Option Exercises and Year End Values Table

 

The following table shows, as to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, information with respect to the unexercised options to purchase Common Stock granted under the 1995 and 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plans and held as of December 31, 2005.

 

Value of Options at December 31, 2005

 

 

 

Number of
Shares
Acquired
On Exercise

 

Value
Realized
($)

 

Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options Held at
December 31, 2005

 

Value of Unexercised
In-the-Money Options
at December 31, 2005 ($)(1)

 

Name

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

James R. Lavelle

 

0

 

0

 

1,800,000

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Curtis J. Parker

 

0

 

0

 

1,250,000

 

100,000

 

0

 

0

 


(1)

Options are “in-the-money” if the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock exceeds the exercise price of the options. The value of the unexercised options represents the difference between the exercise price of such options and the closing market price ($0.07) of the Company’s Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on December 31, 2005.

 

Employment Agreements; Covenants-Not-to-Compete

 

Mr. James R. Lavelle, Watchit Media’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is a party to a three-year employment agreement effective January 5, 2000 which, unless terminated or not renewed by him, continues thereafter on a year-to-year basis on the same terms and conditions. Mr. Lavelle’s employment agreement provides that, in the event of termination of employment by the Company without cause, he shall be entitled to receive from the Company an amount equal to (i) three times the minimum base salary, as defined in the employment agreement, plus (ii) three times his most recent annual bonus (not including any payments made under Watchit Media’s Long-Range Bonus Incentive Plan), without regard to whether he obtains subsequent employment. Mr. Lavelle shall be deemed to have been terminated without cause by Watchit Media, if, among other things, Watchit Media fails to elect and continue Mr. Lavelle as Chief Executive Officer or Chairman or to nominate him for re-election as a member of the board of directors unless Mr. Lavelle is terminated for good cause. In addition, his employment agreement provides that, in the event of a change in control of the Company where he has not received at least five days’ notice of such change in control, he will be deemed to have been terminated without cause and shall be entitled to compensation as described in the preceding sentence. Additionally, in such event he will not be bound by any non-compete terms in his employment agreement, as discussed below. If given at least five days notice of such change in control, he may elect to terminate his employment agreement and collect the respective compensation provided above.

 

In the event of a change in control, Mr. Lavelle is entitled to reimbursement for any excise taxes the employee incurs under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as any interest or penalties related to the excise tax and any entitlements outside of the employment agreement that are described in Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the employment agreement, a “Change in Control” is deemed to occur if: (1) any person or entity, other than the Company, a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Common Stock of the Company, or an employee benefit plan of Company or a subsidiary of Company, acquires directly or indirectly Beneficial Ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the

 

 

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Exchange Act) of any voting security of the Company and immediately after such acquisition such person or entity is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of voting securities representing 30% or more of the total voting power of all of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company; (2) a change in the composition of the individuals on the Board of Directors as a result of which fewer than one-half of the incumbent directors are directors who either (a) had been directors of Company on the date 24 months prior to the date of the event that constitutes a change in control (the “original directors”) or (b) were elected, or nominated with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the aggregate of the original directors who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination and the directors whose election or nomination was previously so approved; (3) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Company with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not stockholders of Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; or (4) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. Mr. Lavelle agreed that the purchase of OnSite Media, Inc., including the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock and Warrants in connection therewith, would not result in a “Change in Control” as that term is defined in Mr. Lavelle’s employment agreement and that certain provisions of Mr. Lavelle’s employment agreement will not apply in connection with such purchase.

 

The employment agreement of Mr. Lavelle contains a covenant-not-to-compete with the Company for a period of two years immediately following the termination of employment; or, in the case of a termination without cause, for a period of one year following the termination of his employment; or, in the case of a Change in Control in which he is not given at least five days’ notice of such Change in Control, the covenant not-to-compete does not apply for any period of time. If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that the scope, time or territorial restrictions contained in the covenant are unreasonable, the covenant-not-to-compete shall be reduced to the maximum period permitted by such court. The compensation to which Mr. Lavelle is entitled, as the case may be, shall nonetheless be paid to him.

 

Mr. Lavelle’s employment agreement calls for a minimum base salary of $450,000. Mr. Lavelle’s annual base salary paid for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 was $323,999. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, he was eligible for, and did receive, a $639,597 bonus based upon closing the acquisition of OnSite Media, Inc. on March 2, 2004. Pursuant to the Long-Range Bonus Incentive Plan, Mr. Lavelle is eligible for bonuses up through the 2006 fiscal year based upon the operating results of the Company. In November 2004, Mr. Lavelle voluntarily reduced his base compensation to $273,996.

 

Mr. Curtis J. Parker resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary on November 17, 2005.

 

Equity Compensation

 

The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2005, outstanding awards and shares remaining available for future issuance under the Company’s compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance (excluding 401(k) plans and similar tax-qualified plans).

 

 

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Plan Category

 

(a)
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights

 

(b)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights

 

(c)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 

775,500

 

$0.40

 

2,727,443

 

(1

)

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(2)

 

4,442,810

 

$0.14

 

not determinable

 

 

 

Total

 

5,218,310

 

$0.18

 

not determinable

 

 

 


(1)

Includes 3,735,460 shares of Common Stock remaining available for future issuance under the Company’s 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“1998 Plan”). Under the 1998 Plan, an aggregate of 18% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock are available for awards under such plan. Unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee in an award agreement, all outstanding awards under the 1998 Plan will generally become exercisable or vested upon a “change in control” of the Company. The acquisition by the Company of OnSite Media, Inc. on March 2, 2004 constituted a “change in control” of the Company under the 1998 Plan. As a result, all outstanding awards under the 1998 Plan became fully exercisable and vested as of March 2, 2004. The number of securities remaining available for future issuance also includes 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock remaining available for future issuance under the Company’s 1999 Leveraged Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(2)

The 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) was adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 11, 2000, but was not approved by stockholders. Awards under the 2000 Plan may be granted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (or such other committee designated by the Board of Directors to administer the 2000 Plan) and may include: (i) non-qualified options to purchase shares of Common Stock; (ii) stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), whether in conjunction with the grant of stock options or independent of such grant, or stock appreciation rights that are only exercisable in the event of a change in control of the Company or upon other events; (iii) restricted stock, consisting of shares that are subject to forfeiture based on the failure to satisfy employment-related restrictions; (iv) deferred stock, representing the right to receive shares of stock in the future; (v) bonus stock and awards in lieu of cash compensation; (vi) dividend equivalents, consisting of a right to receive cash, other awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Common Stock, or other periodic payments; or (vii) other awards not otherwise provided for, the value of which are based in whole or in part upon the value of the Common Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, all outstanding awards under the 2000 Plan will generally become fully exercisable or vested upon a “change in control” of the Company. The acquisition by the Company of OnSite Media Inc. on March 2, 2004 constituted a “change in control” of the Company under the 2000 Plan. As a result, all outstanding awards under the 2000 Plan became fully exercisable and vested as of March 2, 2004. The Compensation Committee has the discretion to establish all of the terms and conditions of awards under the 2000 Plan and to interpret the terms of the 2000 Plan. There is no limit on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be awarded under the 2000 Plan. The 2000 Plan may be amended, altered, suspended, discontinued, or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time.

 

 

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Performance Graph

 

The following chart compares the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total stockholder return on the Company’s Common Stock from March 31, 2000 through December 31, 2004, with the cumulative total return on the Russell 2000 Index and the NASDAQ Composite Index. The comparison assumes $100, as of February 14, 1996, the date of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Offering”) was invested in the Company’s Common Stock and in each of the foregoing indices and assumes reinvestment of dividends, as applicable. Watchit Media’s Offering price of $9.00 was used as the beginning price of the Common Stock. Dates on the following chart represent the last day of the indicated fiscal year. Watchit Media has paid no dividends during the periods shown.

 

 

Comparison of Five Year Cumulative Total Return

 

Company/Index

 

December 31,
2001

 

December 31,
2002

 

December 31,
2003

 

December 31,
2004

 

December 31,
2005

 

Watchit Media, Inc.

 

$

2.89

 

$

4.11

 

$

2.44

 

$

1.22

 

$

0.78

 

Russell 2000 Index

 

$

151.90

 

$

119.12

 

$

173.17

 

$

202.61

 

$

209.34

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

 

$

178.82

 

$

122.45

 

$

183.68

 

$

199.45

 

$

202.19

 

 

Director Compensation

 

New outside directors receive $10,000 worth of our Common Stock when they join the Board, at the closing price of the Common Stock the day the director joins the Board. Outside directors receive $5,000 worth of our Common Stock on the date of the Company’s annual meeting at the closing price of the Common Stock the day of the meeting. Outside directors receive $20,000 in annual cash compensation paid in quarterly installments of $5,000. The Board may decide from time to time to take its installment compensation in the same value in our Common Stock. Outside directors receive $1,500 for each Board teleconference. Outside directors receive $2,500 for Board meetings which require their personal attendance. We pay directors’ out-of-pocket expenses associated with meeting attendance or other activities conducted on behalf of the Company.

 

Each non-employee director received an automatic annual option grant under the 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan to acquire 5,000 shares of Common Stock on the date of each of the Company’s annual

 

 

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meetings held after September 9, 1998. All of such options have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, and are exercisable immediately except as limited by the rules and regulations of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and expire ten years from the date of grant. Beginning in 2004, directors received Common Stock rather than a stock option grant related to the annual meeting.

 

Directors are also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred for attending meetings of the Board of Directors or committees thereof, and for other expenses incurred in their capacity as directors.

 

Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation

 

The following report of the Board of Directors of Watchit Media shall not be deemed filed under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act except to the extent that Watchit Media specifically incorporates this information by reference.

 

Overview

 

The key components of executive officer compensation are salary, bonus and equity-based awards.

 

The Board of Directors hold primary responsibility for determining executive officer compensation levels, subject to the terms of executive employment agreements.. The Board of Directors has adopted a compensation philosophy intended to align compensation with Watchit Media’s overall business strategy. The philosophy guiding the executive compensation program is designed to link executive compensation and stockholder value. The goals of the program are to:

 

                  Compensate executive employees in a manner that aligns the employees’ interests with the interests of the stockholders;

 

      Encourage continuation of Watchit Media’s entrepreneurial spirit;

 

      Reward executives for successful long-term strategic management;

 

      Recognize outstanding performance; and

 

      Attract and retain highly qualified and motivated executives.

 

The Board of Directors believes that Watchit Media’s executive compensation program should consist primarily of base salaries, performance bonuses and equity-based awards. The Board of Directors has structured these compensation elements to motivate and reward executive management for performance that builds long-term stockholder value. In particular, base salaries and discretionary bonuses have been designed to give Watchit Media’s executives the potential to earn in excess of competitive industry compensation if certain subjective and objective operating and performance goals for Watchit Media are achieved. Moreover, the Board of Directors will continue granting Watchit Media’s executives and other key employees stock options and/or other equity-based awards at current market value. Such options have no monetary value to the executives unless and until the market price of Watchit Media’s Common Stock increases. In this manner, Watchit Media’s executives will be compensated as stockholder

value increases. The Board of Directors anticipates that discretionary bonus payments and option grants made during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and thereafter were and will be based on multiple subjective and objective measurements and criteria linked to building long-term stockholder value.

 

The cash compensation paid to Watchit Media’s executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 was in accordance with arms-length negotiations between Watchit Media and such executive officers.

 

 

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Chief Executive Officer’s Compensation

 

Mr. James R. Lavelle, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is a party to a three-year employment agreement which was negotiated at arms-length and became effective on January 5, 2000 which, unless terminated or not renewed by him, continues thereafter on a year-to-year basis on the same terms and conditions. This employment agreement supercedes prior employment agreements that the Company had entered into with Mr. Lavelle. Mr. Lavelle’s employment agreement provides for a minimum base salary of $450,000 (subject to increase by the Compensation Committee) and the right to receive annually discretionary incentive bonuses provided by the Compensation Committee and to receive stock option grants at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Lavelle may also participate in Watchit Media’s Long-Range Incentive Bonus Plan.

 

Mr. Lavelle was eligible for, and did receive, a $639,597 bonus during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 upon closing the acquisition of OnSite Media, Inc, on March 2, 2004. In November 2004, Mr. Lavelle voluntarily reduced his base compensation by $60,000 per year to $274,000 and received a grant of 400,000 stock options for the willingness to reduce compensation.

 

This report is submitted by the following independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

R. Terry Leiweke

Debra J. Richardson

Tony C. Vickers

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

All of the members of the Compensation Committee are non-employee directors of the Company and are not former officers of the Company or its subsidiaries. No executive officer of the Company serves as a member of the board of directors or on the compensation committee of a corporation for which any of the Company’s directors serving on the Compensation Committee or on the Board of Directors of the Company is an executive officer.

 

Item 12 — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth as of April 28, 2006 information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of the Company by (i) each person known to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) each of the Company’s directors, (iii) each named executive officer and each officer named in the Summary Compensation Table and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, all persons listed have an address c/o the Company’s principal executive offices and have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares unless otherwise indicated.

 

 

 

Shares Beneficially Owned

 

Name

 

Number

 

Percent

 

Stiassni Capital Partners, LP(1)

 

6,666,668

 

11.25

%

Colt Melby(2)

 

5,000,000

 

8.44

%

James R. Lavelle(3)

 

4,955,307

 

8.36

%

Cliff Melby(4)

 

3,333,334

 

5.63

%

Loren W. Willman(5)

 

1,514,581

 

2.56

%

John C. Dong(6)

 

300,000

 

*

 

Debra J. Richardson(7)

 

182,582

 

*

 

Tony C. Vickers(8)

 

161,594

 

*

 

Paul D. Frankel(9)

 

44,286

 

*

 

R. Terry Leiweke(10)

 

5,000

 

*

 

All executive officers and directors as a group (6 persons)(11)

 

5,648,769

 

9.53

%


*

Less than 1%

 

 

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(1)

Includes 3,333,334 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(2)

Includes 1,666,667 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 28 2006.

(3)

Includes 2,800,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,000,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(4)

Includes 1,111,111 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 28 2006.

(5)

Includes 1,514,581 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants help by Mr. Willman within 60 days of April 28, 2006. This information is based solely on the Company’s records of the number of shares of Common Stock that may be received upon exercise of warrants held by Mr. Willman and does not include any other shares of Common Stock that may be beneficially owned by Mr. Willman.

(6)

Includes 300,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(7)

Includes 15,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(8)

Includes 15,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(9)

Includes 5,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2005.

(10)

Includes 5,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006.

(11)

Includes 3,140,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,000,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 28, 2006

 

Item 13 — Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

The following is information with respect to certain relationships and related transactions between directors and officers, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand.

 

Certain Transactions

 

On March 31, 1996, the Company advanced to James R. Lavelle, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, $37,902, evidenced by an unsecured demand promissory note bearing interest annually at a rate of 6%. The entire amount of such advance remains outstanding. Since the beginning of the 2000 fiscal year, the Company has also advanced to Mr. Lavelle an aggregate amount of $619,000, evidenced by seven separate unsecured demand promissory notes. The purpose of such advances was to cover margin calls made on brokerage accounts held by Mr. Lavelle. On May 1, 2000, Mr. Lavelle repaid $15,330 of principal and $34,670 of interest. The notes, although due on demand, were issued with original due dates in 2001. The notes were extended by a vote of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on October 29, 2001 for three years to October 29, 2004. The interest rates on these notes remain unchanged at rates between 7.75% and 8.25%. Payment of the notes is accelerated if the Company’s Common Stock reaches certain sustained target levels.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Chief Executive Officer repaid a portion of notes receivable due the Company. In prior years the Chief Executive Officer had voluntarily reduced his base compensation from its authorized level. Upon restoration of base compensation close to its authorized level in 2003, the Chief Executive Officer used the increase in compensation of $106,363 to offset against the notes receivable due the Company. In addition, prior to December 31, 2003, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors authorized a bonus to the Chief Executive Officer of $598,519 upon the signing of a definitive agreement for the purchase of OnSite Media, Inc. The amount of bonus remaining, after tax was withheld by the Company, was used to repay $354,816 of the notes receivable and accrued interest. During 2004, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors authorized a further bonus of $639,597 upon the closing of the purchase of Onsite Media, Inc. The amount of the bonus remaining, after tax was withheld by the Company, was used to repay $354,527 of the notes receivable and accrued interest. Upon payment of the second bonus in 2004, Mr. Lavelle satisfied the entire principal and accrued interest on all demand loans due the Company.

 

On September 8, 1999, the stockholders approved the Watchit Media, Inc. 1999 Leveraged Stock Purchase Plan (the “LSPP”), which authorizes the purchase of shares of Common Stock by eligible employees who are selected by the Compensation Committee of the Board to participate in the LSPP on terms and conditions determined by the Compensation Committee. Since the inception of the LSPP through March 31, 2000, Mr. Lavelle has been issued 750,000 shares of Common Stock. Shares issued under the LSPP resulted in notes receivable from Mr. Lavelle for $2,671,875 at 5.93% interest. Mr. Lavelle’s notes remained outstanding until March 29, 2005, when the Board decided to unwind the sale of shares previously issued in connection with the LSPP. The Board received an opinion of special Delaware counsel

 

 

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to the effect that the receipt by the Company of the promissory note from Mr. Lavelle as the sole consideration for the shares of Common Stock acquired did not constitute the consideration required by Section 152 of the Delaware General Corporation Law then in effect for the shares of Common Stock to be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Company. As a result, the notes receivable from Mr. Lavelle, in the face amount of $2,671,875, together with all interest accrued thereunder, has been cancelled and the 750,000 shares of Common Stock were returned by Mr. Lavelle to the Company and cancelled.

 

Item 14 — Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

The Board of Directors authorized the dismissal of KPMG LLP as independent auditors for the Company on June 30, 2004 and the immediate engagement of Rowbotham & Company LLP as successor independent auditors. The following is information with respect to fees and the associated services rendered by KPMG LLP and Rowbotham & Company LLP during 2005.

 

                  Audit Fees — The aggregate fees billed by KPMG LLP for the review of the financial statements as included on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 were $20,268. The aggregate fees billed by KPMG LLP for services rendered in connection the registration statement as included on Form S-4/A dated February 4, 2004 were $11,110. The aggregate fees billed by Rowbotham & Company LLP for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements (including all the Company’s subsidiaries) for the three years ended December 31, 2004 as included on Form 10-K, and the reviews of the financial statements as included on Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004 were $203,985. The aggregate fees billed by Rowbotham & Company LLP for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements (including all the Company’s subsidiaries) for the year ended December 31, 2005 as included on Form 10-K and the reviews of the financial statements as indicated on Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 were $170,066.

      Audit-Related Fees — None

      Tax Fees — None

      All Other Fees — None.

 

Pre-approval policies: The Board of directors is required to pre-approve the rendering, by our independent auditor, of audit or permitted non-audit services.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California on the 28 th day of April, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

WATCHIT MEDIA, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James R. Lavelle

 

 

James R. Lavelle

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been singed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on behalf of Watchit Media, Inc. this 28 th day of April 2006.

 

Signature

 

Capacity

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James R. Lavelle

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director and

 

April 28, 2006

James R. Lavelle

 

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John C. Dong

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

April 28, 2006

John C. Dong

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 28, 2006

R. Terry Leiweke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 28, 2006

Debra J. Richardson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 28, 2006

Tony C. Vickers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

April 28, 2006

Paul D. Frankel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James R. Lavelle

 

Attorney-in-Fact*

 

 

James R. Lavelle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

24.1

 

Power of attorney (included on signature page of original Form 10-K filed on April 17, 2006)

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a of the Exchange Act**)

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a of the Exchange Act**)


**

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

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