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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 14C
(RULE 14C-101)
 
SCHEDULE 14C
 
INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(C) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Check the appropriate box:
 
o  Preliminary Information Statement
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ZAP.COM CORPORATION
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
 
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ZAP.COM CORPORATION
450 PARK AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 906-8555
 
INFORMATION STATEMENT
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
 
To Our Stockholders:
 
This Information Statement is first being mailed on or about August 15, 2011 to the holders of record of the outstanding common stock (the “Common Stock”) of Zap.Com Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company,” “Zap.Com,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), as of the close of business on July 28, 2011 (the “Record Date”), pursuant to Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This Information Statement relates to actions taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting, dated July 28, 2011 (the “Written Consent”), by Harbinger Group Inc., a Delaware corporation and the owner of a majority of our outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date (the “Majority Stockholder” or “HGI”).
 
The Written Consent:
 
1. approved the re-election of Keith M. Hladek as a Class II director for a three-year term expiring in the year 2014;
 
2. ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011;
 
3. approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and
 
4. recommended that an advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation be held once every three years.
 
The Written Consent constitutes the consent of a majority of the total number of shares of outstanding Common Stock and is sufficient under the Nevada Revised Statutes and our Amended and Restated Bylaws to approve the actions described herein. Accordingly, the matters addressed in the Written Consent are not presently being submitted to our other stockholders for a vote. Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act, the actions described herein will take effect until 20 days after the date on which this Information Statement has been first mailed to our stockholders.
 
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND NO STOCKHOLDERS MEETING WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER THE MATTERS DESCRIBED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION STATEMENT IS BEING FURNISHED TO YOU SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING STOCKHOLDERS OF THE MATTERS DESCRIBED HEREIN PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(c) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, INCLUDING REGULATION 14(c).
 
By Order of the Board of Directors,
 
-s- Philip A. Falcone
Philip A. Falcone
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
New York, New York
August 15, 2011


 

 
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ZAP.COM CORPORATION
450 PARK AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 906-8555
 
INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
 
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
To Our Stockholders:
 
This Information Statement is being first mailed on or about August 15, 2011, to stockholders of the Company by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to provide material information regarding corporate actions that have been approved by the Written Consent of the Majority Stockholder.
 
Only one copy of this Information Statement is being delivered to two or more stockholders who share an address unless we have received contrary instruction from one or more of such stockholders. We will promptly deliver, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the Information Statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was delivered. If you would like to request additional copies of the Information Statement, or if in the future you would like to receive multiple copies of information statements or proxy statements, or annual reports, or, if you are currently receiving multiple copies of these documents and would, in the future, like to receive only a single copy, please so instruct us by writing to the our Chief Financial Officer at the Company’s principal executive offices at the address specified above.
 
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR YOUR VOTE OR A PROXY STATEMENT, BUT RATHER AN INFORMATION STATEMENT DESIGNED TO INFORM YOU OF THE MATTERS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
 
The entire cost of furnishing this Information Statement will be borne by the Company. We will request brokerage houses, nominees, custodians, fiduciaries and other like parties to forward this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of the Common Stock held of record by them.
 
The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York, 10022. The Company’s main telephone number is (212) 906-8555. Additional information regarding the Company is included in its 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to its 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (together, the “Annual Report”) and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which is located at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. The Company will furnish a copy of the Annual Report (excluding exhibits, except those that are specifically requested) without charge to any of its stockholders who so request by writing to the office of the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s principal executive offices specified above. These documents are also available online with the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (or “EDGAR”) at www.sec.gov/edgar, and, together with an electronic copy of this Information Statement, on the internet site of the Majority Stockholder at www.harbingergroupinc.com, under the heading “Annual Meeting Materials.”
 
AUTHORIZATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE MAJORITY STOCKHOLDERS
 
Under the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Company’s Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of a Nevada corporation may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, a written consent thereto is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation. The approval, therefore, of the (1) re-election of our Class II director, (2) ratification of appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, (3) compensation received by our named executive officers and (4) recommendation that an advisory vote on executive compensation be held once


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every three years may be passed solely with the affirmative vote or written consent of the Majority Stockholder.
 
On the Record Date, the Company had 50,004,474 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding with the holders thereof being entitled to cast one vote per share.
 
CONSENTING STOCKHOLDERS
 
On the Record Date, the Majority Stockholder, being the record holder of 48,972,258 shares of our Common Stock, constituting approximately 97.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock, consented in writing to (1) re-elect our Class II director, (2) ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, (3) approve the compensation received by our named executive officers and (4) recommend that an advisory vote on executive compensation be held every three years (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”).
 
We are not seeking a vote or written consent from any other stockholder, and the other stockholders will not be given an opportunity to vote with respect to the foregoing Stockholder Actions. All necessary corporate approvals have been obtained. This Information Statement is being furnished solely for the purposes of advising stockholders of the actions taken by Written Consent and giving stockholders notice of such actions taken as required by the Exchange Act.
 
As the Stockholder Actions were taken by Written Consent, there will be no security holders’ meeting and representatives of the principal accountants for the current year and for the most recently completed fiscal year will not have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will not be available to respond to appropriate questions from our stockholders.
 
Questions may be directed to representatives of our independent accountants in writing in care of our corporate secretary at the address of our principal executive offices set forth above.
 
DISSENTER’S RIGHTS
 
Under Nevada law, holders of our Common Stock are not entitled to dissenter’s rights of appraisal with respect to the Stockholder Actions.
 
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
 
Other than as a result of incumbency or their direct or indirect interest as a stockholder of the Company, to our knowledge, none of our officers or directors has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, in any of the Stockholder Actions. None of our directors opposed the actions taken by the Company.
 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
 
Class I Director — Three Year Term Expiring in the Year 2013
 
Omar M. Asali, age 40, has served as a director of the Company since June 2011. He has served as a director of HGI since May 2011 and as its Acting President since June 2011. He is a Managing Director and Head of Global Strategy for Harbinger Capital Partners LLC (“Harbinger Capital”) and is responsible for global portfolio and business strategy. Prior to joining Harbinger Capital Partners in 2009, Mr. Asali was the co-head of Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies (“HFS”) where he helped to manage capital allocated to external managers. Mr. Asali also served as co-chair of the Investment Committee at HFS. Before joining HFS in 2003, Mr. Asali worked in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division, providing M&A and strategic advisory services. Mr. Asali began his career as a C.P.A, working for a public accounting firm. He is a director of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., a company that is majority owned by HGI. Mr. Asali began his career as a C.P.A, working for a public accounting firm. Mr. Asali received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Accounting from Virginia Tech. None of the companies Mr. Asali worked for before joining


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Harbinger Capital is an affiliate of the Company. We elected Mr. Asali as a director because of his experience in finance and investments and his relationship with the controlling stockholders of HGI.
 
Class II Director — Three Year Term Expiring in the Year 2014
 
Keith M. Hladek, age 36, was approved for re-election by the Majority Stockholder pursuant to the Written Consent. He has served as a director of the Company since October 2009. Mr. Hladek is also a director of HGI. He is Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Harbinger Capital, the majority shareholder of HGI. Mr. Hladek is responsible for all accounting and operations of Harbinger Capital affiliated funds (including Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund  I, Ltd. (“Master Fund”), Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. (“Special Situations Fund”) and Global Opportunities Breakaway Ltd. (“Global Fund,” and, collectively, the “Harbinger Parties”) and their management companies, including portfolio accounting, valuation, settlement, custody, and administration of investments. Prior to joining Harbinger Capital in 2009, Mr. Hladek was Controller at Silver Point Capital, a distressed debt and credit-focused private investment firm, where he was responsible for accounting, operations and valuation for various funds and related financing vehicles. Mr. Hladek is a Certified Public Accountant in New York. None of the companies Mr. Hladek worked for prior to joining Harbinger Capital is an affiliate of the Company. We elected Mr. Hladek as a director because of his extensive accounting and operations experience and his relationship with the controlling stockholders of HGI.
 
Class III Director — Three Year Term Expiring in the Year 2012
 
Philip A. Falcone, age 48, has served as a director, the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 2009. From July 2009 to July 2011, Mr. Falcone served as the President of HGI. He is Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Harbinger Capital, is Chief Investment Officer of the Harbinger Parties and other Harbinger Capital affiliates and is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HGI. Mr. Falcone has been the Chief Investment Officer of Harbinger Capital affiliated funds since 2001. Mr. Falcone has over two decades of experience in leveraged finance, distressed debt and special situations. Prior to joining the predecessor of Harbinger Capital, Mr. Falcone served as Head of High Yield trading for Barclay’s Capital. None of the companies Mr. Falcone worked with before joining the Harbinger Capital affiliated funds is an affiliate of the Company. We elected Mr. Falcone as a director because of his extensive investment experience and his controlling relationship with the controlling stockholders of HGI.
 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
 
The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to assist it in the exercise of its responsibilities. These Guidelines reflect the Board’s commitment to monitor the effectiveness of policy and decision making both at the Board and management level, with a view to enhancing stockholder value over the long term. The Corporate Governance Guidelines address, among other things, Board composition, director qualifications standards, selection of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, director responsibilities and the Board committees.
 
The Board has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct to provide guidance to all the Company’s directors, officers and employees, including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.
 
Director Selection Process
 
We do not have a nominating committee. The Board has determined that it is appropriate not to have a nominating committee because of our relatively limited number of directors and the limited percentage of our common stock held by unaffiliated persons. The entire Board performs the function of the nominating


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committee. Stockholders and members of the Board may, however, submit nominees for election to the Board to the entire Board for its consideration.
 
We do not have a formal policy concerning stockholder recommendations to the Board. The Board has determined that it is appropriate to not have such a policy given the infrequency of such recommendations, our limited unaffiliated stockholder group and the fact that the Board consists only of three directors. We did not receive any recommendations from stockholders requesting that the Board consider a candidate for inclusion as a nominee in this Information Statement. The absence of such a policy does not mean, however, that a recommendation would not have been considered had one been received. The Board would consider any candidate proposed in good faith by a stockholder. To do so, a stockholder should send the candidate’s name, credentials, contact information, and his or her consent to be considered as a candidate to our Board at the address listed below. The proposing stockholder should also include his or her contact information and a statement of his or her share ownership (how many shares owned and for how long.)
 
In evaluating director nominees, the Board considers the appropriate skills and personal characteristics needed in light of the makeup of the current Board, including considerations of character, background, professional experience, differences in viewpoint, education, skill, race, gender, national origin and other individual qualities and attributes. Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although the Board may also consider such other factors as it may deem are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Board does, however, believe it is appropriate for a member or members of the Company’s management to participate as members of the Board.
 
The Board identifies nominees by first evaluating the current members of the Board willing to continue in service. Current members of the Board with skills and experience that are relevant to the Company’s business and who are willing to continue in service are considered for re-nomination. If any member of the Board does not wish to continue in service or if the Board decides not to re-nominate a member for re-election, the Board then identifies the desired skills and experience of a new nominee in light of the criteria above. Current members of the Board would be polled for suggestions as to individuals meeting the criteria described above. The Board may also engage in research to identify qualified individuals. To date, the Company has not engaged third parties to identify or evaluate or assist in identifying potential nominees, although the Company reserves the right in the future to retain a third party search firm, if appropriate.
 
Board Leadership Structure and Risk Management
 
Philip A. Falcone serves as Chairman of the Board and as our Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Mr. Falcone’s election to these positions, Avram Glazer served as both Chairman of the Board from 1993 to 2009 and as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2009. The Board believes that combining the role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer furthers development and execution of the Company’s strategy, facilitates information flow between management and the Board and promotes efficiency given the limited size of the Company and its operations. Due to Mr. Falcone’s position with HGI, the Harbinger Funds and Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, he is not an independent director. Our former Chief Executive Officer, Avram Glazer, was also not an independent director. None of our current directors are independent directors. We believe the governance structure we have is customary for public companies that are holding companies with no business operations and we regard Mr. Falcone’s leadership role on the Board as positive for the Company in that it fosters stability and encourages consensus-building between Board initiatives and stockholder support.
 
The Board is primarily responsible for overseeing the Company’s risk management process. The Board periodically meets with the Company’s senior management to review the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. While the Board oversees the Company’s risk management, the Company’s management is responsible for the implementation of the Company’s risk management guidelines and policies and the Company’s day-to-day risk management process.


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Communications with the Board
 
Stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with the Board or any individual director, by writing to:
 
Zap.Com Corporation
Attention: Board of Directors
450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 906-8555
 
If the letter is from a stockholder, the letter should state that the sender is a stockholder. Under a process approved by the Board and defined in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, depending on the subject matter, management will:
 
  •  forward the letter to the director or directors to whom it is addressed; or
 
  •  attempt to handle the matter directly (as where information about the Company or its stock is requested); or
 
  •  not forward the letter if it is primarily commercial in nature or relates to an improper or irrelevant topic.
 
A summary of all relevant communications that are received after the last meeting of the full Board and which are not forwarded will be presented at each Board meeting along with any specific communication requested by a director.
 
All communications will be handled in a confidential manner, to the degree the law allows. Communications may be made on an anonymous basis; however, in these cases the reporting individual must provide sufficient details for the matter to be reviewed and resolved. The Company will not tolerate any retaliation against an employee who makes a good faith report.
 
INFORMATION ABOUT COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
General
 
Zap.Com’s Board does not presently maintain any committees since the Board consists only of three directors. Our Bylaws permit the Board to appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee.
 
Zap.Com’s Board currently performs the functions of the audit committee and has determined that Mr. Hladek qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. Due to Mr. Hladek’s position with HGI, the Harbinger Funds and Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, he is not an independent director.
 
Meetings of the Board
 
During 2010 the Board met four times and acted by written consent three times. The Company encourages all incumbent directors, as well as all nominees for election as director, to attend the annual meeting of stockholders but they are not required to do so. No directors attended the Company’s 2010 annual meeting of stockholders.


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INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
The following sets forth certain information with respect to the executive officers of the Company, as of the date of this Information Statement. All officers of the Company serve at the pleasure of the Company’s Board and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 
             
Name
 
Age
 
Position
 
Philip A. Falcone
    48     Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Francis T. McCarron
    54     Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Richard H. Hagerup
    58     Interim Chief Accounting Officer
 
Philip A. Falcone, see “Information about the Directors — Class III Director”, above.
 
Francis T. McCarron, age 54, has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zap.Com since December 2009. Mr. McCarron also serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HGI, a position he has held since December 2009. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. McCarron was the Chief Financial Officer of Triarc Companies, Inc. (“Triarc”), which was renamed Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. in 2008. During 2008, Mr. McCarron was a consultant for Triarc. During the time of Mr. McCarron’s employment, Triarc was a holding company that, through its principal subsidiary Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., was the franchisor of the Arby’s restaurant system. Triarc (now the Wendy’s Company) is not an affiliate of Zap.Com.
 
Richard H. Hagerup, age 58, has been the Interim Chief Accounting Officer of Zap.Com since December 2010. Mr. Hagerup also serves as Interim Chief Accounting Officer of HGI, a position he has held since December 2010. Prior to being appointed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, Mr. Hagerup served as the Company’s contract controller, a position he held from January 2010. From April 1980 to April 2008, Mr. Hagerup held various accounting and financial reporting positions with Triarc and its affiliates, last serving as Controller of Triarc. During the time of Mr. Hagerup’s employment, Triarc was a holding company that, through its principal subsidiary, Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., was the franchisor of the Arby’s restaurant system. Triarc (now the Wendy’s Company) is not an affiliate of Zap.Com.
 
Family Relationships
 
There are no family relationships or other arrangements or understandings between or among any of the directors, executive officers or other persons under which that person was selected to serve as a director or officer.
 
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
 
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of our Common Stock, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company. Directors, officers and greater than 10% stockholders are required by the SEC’s regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To our knowledge, for the fiscal year 2010, one former director, Peter A. Jenson, did not timely file a Form 3 to report that he did not beneficially own any securities of the Company; his Form 3 was filed on January 28, 2011, and no other reports were untimely filed. To our knowledge, other than the Form 3 for Mr. Jenson, and based solely upon a review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations that no other reports were required, we believe that, during 2010, all other such filings required to be made by such persons were timely made in accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
 
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
 
Our Board does not presently maintain a compensation committee because we do not pay any compensation to our senior executives or directors. Our “named executive officers” for our 2010 fiscal year were (i) Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Philip A. Falcone, (ii) Executive Vice


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President and Chief Financial Officer, Francis T. McCarron, and (iii) Former Vice President — Finance, Leonard DiSalvo. Our named executive officers did not receive any salary or bonus from Zap.Com and devoted a significant portion of their business time to HGI, where they held similar offices during HGI’s 2010 fiscal year. These officers, however, devoted such time to Zap.Com’s affairs as is required to perform their duties to Zap.Com. Zap.Com does not provide its employees with any post-termination benefits and does not have any employment agreements.
 
Because no compensation was paid to our named executive officers during the 2010 fiscal year, the Board did not give consideration to any objectives of our compensation program nor give consideration regarding what our compensation program is designed to reward. Although we may pay our named executive officers a base salary and provide various awards under our 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan (see below), including stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, cash awards, or other rights or interests, there was no consideration during the 2010 fiscal year by the Board regarding each element of compensation and the amount of each element to pay as compensation for our named executive officers.
 
Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table sets forth the compensation received by our named executive officers during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:
 
                                                                         
                                        Change in
             
                                        Pension Value and
             
                                        Nonqualified
             
                                  Non-Equity
    Deferred
             
                      Stock
    Option
    Incentive Plan
    Compensation
    All Other
       
          Salary
    Bonus
    Awards
    Awards
    Compensation
    Earnings
    Compensation
    Total
 
Name and Principal Position
  Year     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  
 
Philip A. Falcone,
    2010       (1)                                          
Chairman of the Board,
    2009       (1)                                          
President and Chief Executive Officer
                                                                       
Francis T. McCarron,
    2010       (2)                                          
Executive Vice President
    2009       (2)                                          
and Chief Financial Officer
                                                                       
Leonard DiSalvo, Former
    2010       (3)                                          
Vice President — Finance
    2009       (3)                                          
      2008       (3)                                          
 
 
(1) Mr. Falcone is an affiliate of the Harbinger Parties and he does not receive any compensation for his services as our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.
 
(2) Mr. McCarron serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HGI and Zap.Com. In 2010, Zap.Com recognized $5,000 as contributed capital from HGI for Mr. McCarron’s annual salary under its shared services agreement with HGI. In 2009, Zap.Com did not recognize any contributed capital from HGI for Mr. McCarron’s annual salary under its shared services agreement with HGI.
 
(3) Mr. DiSalvo served as Vice President — Finance of HGI and Zap.Com until May 2010. In 2010, Zap.Com recognized $3,100 as contributed capital from HGI for Mr. DiSalvo’s annual salary under its shared services agreement with HGI. In each of 2009 and 2008, Zap.Com recognized approximately $7,000 as contributed capital from HGI for Mr. DiSalvo’s annual salary under its shared services agreement with HGI. No amount of Mr. DiSalvo’s bonus was allocated to Zap.Com.
 
1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 
The Zap.Com 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “1999 Incentive Plan”) was approved by Board and Zapata Corporation (predecessor to HGI) as Zap.Com’s sole stockholder in April 1999, and amended in January 2006. Pursuant to the plan, awards may be made to existing and future officers, other employees, consultants and directors of the Company from time to time. The 1999 Incentive Plan is intended to promote the long-term financial interests and growth of the Company by providing employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company with appropriate incentives and rewards to enter into and continue in the employ


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of, or their relationship with, the Company and to acquire a proprietary interest in the long-term success of the Company and to reward the performance of individual officers, other employees, consultants and directors in fulfilling their responsibilities for long-range achievements.
 
The Board, or upon formation, the compensation committee (both of which are referred to below as the “committee”), may make awards under the 1999 Incentive Plan from among those eligible persons who hold positions of responsibility and whose performance, in the judgment of the committee, has a significant effect on the Company’s success. Under the 1999 Incentive Plan, 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock are available for awards. The 1999 Incentive Plan provides for the grant of any or all of the following types of awards: stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, cash awards, or other rights or interests. Stock options may be incentive stock options that comply with Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). Future allocation of awards under the 1999 Incentive Plan is not currently determinable as the allocation is dependent upon future decisions to be made by the committee in its sole discretion, and the applicable provisions of the 1999 Incentive Plan.
 
The exercise price of any stock option may, at the discretion of the committee, be paid in cash or by surrendering shares or another award under the 1999 Incentive Plan, valued at fair market value on the date of exercise or any combination of cash or stock. Stock appreciation rights are rights to receive, without payment to the Company, cash or shares of our Common Stock with a value determined by reference to the difference between the exercise or strike price of the stock appreciation rights and the fair market value or other specified valuation of the shares at the time of exercise. Stock appreciation rights may be granted in tandem with stock options or separately.
 
Stock awards may consist of shares of our Common Stock or be denominated in units of shares of our Common Stock. A stock award may provide for voting rights and dividend equivalent rights.
 
The committee may specify conditions for awards, including vesting service and performance conditions. Vesting conditions may include, without limitation, provision for acceleration in the case of a change-in-control of the Company, vesting conditions and performance conditions, including, without limitation, performance conditions based on achievement of specific business objectives, increases in specified indices and attaining specified growth measures or rates.
 
An award may provide for the granting or issuance of additional, replacement or alternative awards upon the occurrence of specified events, including the exercise of the original award.
 
An award may provide for a tax gross-up payment to a participant if a change in control of the Company results in the participant owing an excise tax or other tax above the rate ordinarily applicable, due to the parachute tax provisions of Section 280G of the Code or otherwise. The gross-up payment would be in an amount so that the net amount received by the participant, after paying the increased tax and any additional taxes on the additional amount, would be equal to that receivable by the participant if the increased tax were not applicable.
 
Grant of Plan-Based Awards
 
None of our named executive officers was granted any plan-based awards in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
 
Our named executive officers did not hold any outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2010.
 
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
 
None of our named executive officers exercised any stock options in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.


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Pension Benefits
 
Zap.Com does not maintain any pension benefits, and therefore none of our named executive officers received any pension benefits from the Company in 2010.
 
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
 
Zap.Com does not maintain any nonqualified deferred contribution or nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
 
Elements of Post-Termination Compensation and Benefits; Employment Agreements with Named Executive Officers; Payments upon Termination and Change in Control
 
We do not provide our employees with any post-termination benefits and do not have any employment agreements. However, we have indemnification agreements with each of our named executive officers, pursuant to which we agreed to indemnify them to the fullest extent of the law.
 
We are not currently obligated to make any payments or provide any benefits to any named executive officer upon the termination of such named executive officer’s employment, a change of control of the Company, or a change in the named executive officer’s responsibilities.
 
Director Compensation
 
Each director who is not an employee of Zap.Com or the Harbinger Parties (or an affiliate) may be compensated for serving as a director at a set dollar amount to be determined by the Board. In addition, each new non-employee director may, upon joining the Board, be granted options under the 1999 Incentive Plan to purchase shares of Zap.Com common stock at the fair market value for the shares at the time of grant. The Board will determine the number and terms of the options to be granted to the new director. All three of our directors are employees of affiliates of the Harbinger Parties and, therefore, did not receive any compensation in their capacity as directors of Zap.Com for 2010. In addition, Lawrence M. Clark, Jr., a former director, was an affiliate of the Harbinger Parties during the period he served as a director and did not receive any compensation for 2010.
 
Determination of Compensation
 
As stated above, we do not have a compensation committee because we do not currently pay our directors or executive officers. The Board will determine any compensation decisions that may arise in the future. Should we decide to pay our executive officers in the future, base salaries for our executives will be established on a case-by-case basis by the Board, based on the executive’s level of responsibility, prior experience, breadth of knowledge and salary requirements. The Board may also grant stock options upon hiring or based upon subjective considerations as to an executive’s contribution or potential contribution to the Company. The Board may delegate the authority to recommend the amount or form of executive or director compensation to individual directors or executive officers, but the authority to approve the compensation will rest with the Board. During our last completed fiscal year, the Board did not retain compensation consultants to determine or recommend the amount or form of executive or director compensation, but it may do so in the future if it deems it appropriate.
 
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
 
As stated above, we do not have a compensation committee and the Board will determine any compensation decisions that may arise in the future. In the fiscal year 2010, the Board did not deliberate on executive officer compensation because we did not pay our executive officers. Philip A. Falcone our President and Chief Executive Officer was a member of the board of directors of HGI in the fiscal year 2010. During the fiscal year 2010, the board of directors of HGI was responsible for determining the compensation of the executive officers of HGI. None of our executive officers served during the fiscal year 2010 as a member of the board or compensation committee of any entity (other than HGI) that, during fiscal year 2010, had one or more executive officers that served as a director on our Board.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” orfiled” or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
 
The Board has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this Information Statement with the management. Based on that review and discussion, the Board believes that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis should be included in this Information Statement.
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philip A. Falcone, Chairman
Omar M. Asali
Keith M. Hladek
 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
The following table indicates the number of shares of our Common Stock owned beneficially as of July 28, 2011 by:
 
  •  each person known to the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock,
 
  •  each director (including the director nominee),
 
  •  the named executive officers, and
 
  •  all directors, director nominee and executive officers as a group.
 
Except to the extent indicated in the footnotes to the following table, each of the persons or entities listed therein has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares which are reported as beneficially owned by such person or entity. The Company does not know of any arrangements, including any pledge by any person of securities of the Company, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
 
The following calculations are based upon the shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding on July 28, 2011 plus the number of such shares of our Common Stock outstanding pursuant to SEC Rule 13d-3(d)(1). Shares of the our Common Stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of July 28, 2011 are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of the person holding such option but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
 
Zap.Com Corporation
 
                 
    Amount and Nature of
    Percent
 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
  Beneficial Ownership     of Class  
 
Harbinger Group Inc.(1)(2)
    48,972,258       97.9 %
Philip A. Falcone(2)(3)
    49,730,905       99.5 %
Keith Hladek(4)
           
Omar M. Asali(4)
           
Francis T. McCarron(5)
           
Leonard DiSalvo(6)
           
All directors and executive officers of the Company as a group (5 persons)
    49,730,905       99.5 %
 
 
(1) HGI’s address is 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10022. As a result of this ownership, HGI controls Zap.Com. The Harbinger Parties own beneficially and of record more than a majority of HGI’s


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outstanding common stock and, by virtue of that ownership, the Harbinger Parties control HGI and, therefore, beneficially own the Zap.Com securities held by HGI.
 
(2) We have registered 1,000,000 shares of our Common Stock held by HGI for resale on a shelf basis under a separate registration statement. These figures are subject to change if HGI sells any of these shares.
 
(3) Philip A. Falcone, the managing member of Harbinger Holdings, LLC (“Harbinger Holdings”) and Harbinger Capital Partners II GP LLC and portfolio manager of each of Master Fund, Special Situations Fund and Global Fund, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 49,730,905 shares of our Common Stock, constituting approximately 99.5% of our outstanding Common Stock, and has shared voting and dispositive power as to the 49,730,905 shares. Of this total, 758,647 shares of our Common Stock are directly owned by Philip Falcone and the Harbinger Parties and 48,972,258 shares of our Common Stock are indirectly beneficially owned by Philip Falcone and the Harbinger Parties through their direct ownership interests in HGI, which holds 97.9% of our outstanding capital stock. Mr. Falcone disclaims beneficial ownership of the 49,730,905 shares of our common stock, except with respect to his pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Falcone’s address is c/o Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, 450 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(4) The address of Messrs. Hladek and Asali is c/o Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, 450 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(5) The address of Mr. McCarron is c/o Harbinger Group Inc., 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
 
(6) The address of Leonard DiSalvo is c/o Harbinger Group Inc., 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
 
The following table indicates the number of shares of common stock of the Company’s parent, HGI, owned beneficially as of July 28, 2011 by each of our directors, named executive officers and all of our directors, director nominee and executive officers as a group. Except to the extent indicated in the footnotes to the following table, each of the persons or entities listed therein has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares which are reported as beneficially owned by such person or entity.
 
HGI
 
                 
    Amount and Nature of
    Percent
 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
  Beneficial Ownership     of Class  
 
Philip A. Falcone(3)
    129,859,889       69.3 %
Keith M. Hladek(1)
           
Omar M. Asali
           
Francis T. McCarron(2)
    41,667       *  
Leonard DiSalvo(4)
    203,554       *  
All directors and executive officers of the Company as a group (6 persons)
    130,105,110       69.7 %
 
 
Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1.0%.
 
(1) The address of Messrs. Hladek and Asali is c/o Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, 450 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(2) Includes 41,667 shares issuable under options exercisable within 60 days of July 28, 2011. The address of Mr. McCarron is c/o Harbinger Group Inc., 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(3) Based solely on a Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 8, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2011, Mr. Falcone, the managing member of Harbinger Holdings and Harbinger Capital Partners II GP LLC and portfolio manager of each of the Master Fund, the Special Situations Fund and the Global Fund, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 129,859,889 shares of HGI’s common stock, constituting approximately 69.3% of HGI’s outstanding common stock after giving effect to the conversion of HGI’s outstanding preferred stock and the limitation on voting by a certain holder of HGI’s preferred stock. Mr. Falcone has shared voting and dispositive power over all such shares. Mr. Falcone disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares


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reported in the Schedule 13D, except with respect to his pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Falcone’s address is c/o Harbinger Holdings, LLC, 450 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(4) Includes 203,554 shares issuable under options exercisable within 60 days of July 28, 2011. The address of Mr. DiSalvo is c/o Harbinger Group Inc., 450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
 
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Our Board has adopted a Statement of Policy with Respect to Related Party Transactions (the “Related Party Transactions Policy”). A “Related Party Transaction” is defined in the Related Party Transactions Policy as any financial transaction or any series of similar transactions in which we are a participant and in which a related person (i.e., a director, officer, beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our capital stock or a family member or controlling or controlled entity of the foregoing persons) has a direct or indirect interest, other than: (i) our payment of compensation to a related person for the related person’s service in the capacity that give rise to the person’s status as a “related person”; (ii) transactions available to all of our employees or all of our stockholders on the same terms; and (iii) transactions which, when aggregated with the amount of all other transactions between us and the related person, involve in a fiscal year the lesser of (a) $100,000 or (b) 1% of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years. Pursuant to the Related Party Transaction Policy, the Related Party Transaction proposed to be entered into must be reported to our Board for review. In reviewing and determining whether to approve a proposed Related Party Transaction presented to our Board, the disinterested members of our Board will analyze such factors as they deem appropriate. We may only enter into a Related Party Transaction upon approval by our Board. Our Board may delegate its authority to review and approve Related Party Transactions to the Audit Committee, a special committee or other committee of the Board.
 
The Company’s only Related Party Transaction is its service relationship with HGI. Since its inception, Zap.Com has utilized the services of HGI’s management and staff under a shared services agreement that allocated these costs on a percentage of time basis. HGI has waived its rights under the shared services agreement to be reimbursed for these expenses since May 1, 2000. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately $16,000 and $11,000, respectively, was recorded as contributed capital for these services.
 
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
 
Due to each of our directors’ positions with the Harbinger Parties and Harbinger Capital, none of our current directors are independent directors.
 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON AUDIT MATTERS
 
The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” orfiled” or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
 
Our Board currently performs the functions of the audit committee, and there is no audit committee charter. The Board has determined that Mr. Hladek qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. Due to Mr. Hladek’s position with HGI, the Harbinger Funds and Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, he is not an independent director.
 
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of America and for auditing the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and issuing their reports thereon. The Board’s responsibility is to monitor and oversee these processes.
 
In this context, the Board has reviewed and discussed with management and KPMG the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and KPMG’s audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Board has discussed with KPMG the matters that are required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Communication With Audit Committees). In addition, KPMG has provided the Board with the written disclosures and the letter required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Board concerning independence and the Board has discussed with KPMG their firm’s independence. The Board has concluded that KPMG’s provision of audit and non-audit services to the Company is compatible with KPMG’s independence.
 
In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Board recommended that the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for that year. The Board also recommended that KPMG be appointed as our independent registered public accounting firm for Fiscal 2011.
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philip A. Falcone, Chairman
Omar M. Asali
Keith M. Hladek
 
AUDITORS’ FEES
 
The Board engaged the independent registered public accounting firm of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) to audit the Company’s financial statements for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, effective January 7, 2011. Previously, the Board engaged the independent registered public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2010 and 2009, which engagement was terminated effective as of January 7, 2011. The Board has also engaged Deloitte for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. Audit fees include amounts for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, including services related thereto such as tax services, attest services and consents.
 
Our Board is responsible for pre-approving all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firms, including KPMG, the Company’s current registered independent public accounting firm, and Deloitte (our former independent registered public accounting firm). In 2010 and 2009, the Company did not engage KPMG (as to 2010) or Deloitte (as to 2009) to provide any non-audit services. The Board expects that any pre-approval would generally be provided for up to one year and any pre-approval will be detailed as to the particular service or category of services and will generally be subject to a specific budget. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Board regarding the extent of services provided by the registered independent public accountants in accordance with this pre-approval and the fees for the services performed to date. The Board may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.


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The following table sets forth the professional fees we paid to our independent registered public accounting firm for professional services rendered for the fiscal years 2010 and 2009:
 
                 
    Year Ended
    Year Ended
 
    December 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010
    2009
 
    (KPMG)(1)     (Deloitte)(2)  
 
Audit Fees
  $ 33,000     $ 44,000  
Audit-Related Fees
           
Tax Fees
           
All Other Fees
           
                 
Total Fees
  $ 33,000     $ 44,000  
                 
 
 
(1) KPMG was engaged in January 2011 to perform professional services for our 2010 fiscal year. The fees disclosed represent all fees paid to KPMG with respect to our 2010 fiscal year.
 
(2) Deloitte was our independent registered public accounting firm for our 2009 fiscal year. The fees disclosed represent all fees paid to Deloitte with respect to our 2009 fiscal year.
 
OTHER MATTERS
 
As of the date of this Information Statement, the Board knows of no other matters required to be included in this information statement.
 
By Order of the Board of Directors,
 
-s- Philip A. Falcone
Philip A. Falcone
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
New York, New York
August 15, 2011


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