0001360865-11-000044.txt : 20110318 0001360865-11-000044.hdr.sgml : 20110318 20110318132922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001360865-11-000044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110318 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110318 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102198 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 362664428 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08696 FILM NUMBER: 11697700 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1375 KINGS HIGHWAY EAST CITY: FAIRFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06824 BUSINESS PHONE: (203) 368-6044 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1375 KINGS HIGHWAY EAST CITY: FAIRFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06824 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNIVERSITY PATENTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 DEFA14A 1 cttc14aproxycard2011.txt COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PROXY CARD FILED AS ADDITIONAL PROXY MATERIALS ON SCHEDULE 14A MARCH 18, 2011 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE COMMISSION ONLY (AS PERMITTED BY RULE 14A-6(E)(2)) [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement [X] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to 240.14a-12 COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. 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THIS PORTION ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following: 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS For Withold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual All All Except nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. [ ] [ ] [ ] ------------------------------------------------ Nominees: 01) Joel M. Evans, M.D. 02) Richard D. Hornidge, Jr. 03) Rustin Howard 04) William L. Reali The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following proposal: For Against Abstain 2. RATIFICATION OF MAYER HOFFMAN MCCANN, CPAS AS [ ] [ ] [ ] OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2011; NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. For address change/comments, mark here [ ] (see reverse for instructions) Yes No Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting [ ] [ ] Please sign exactly as your name or names appear(s) 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. -------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | | | | | | -------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice & Proxy Statement, Annual Report, Form 10-K/A is/are available at www.proxyvote.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS - May 2, 2011 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. hereby appoints Donna J. Mays and Laurie Murphy (the "Proxy Committee"), each with full power of substitution, as attorneys and proxies to vote all the shares of stock of said Company which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of said Company to be held on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the Norwalk Inn & Conference Center, 99 East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut, or at any adjournments thereof, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, as indicated on the reverse side, and for transacting of such business as may properly come before said meeting or any adjournment thereof, all as set forth in the March 18, 2011 Proxy Statement. Address change/comments: ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- (If you noted any Address Changes and/or Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side) Continued and to be signed on reverse side --------------------------------------------------------------------------------