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UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

 

(AMENDMENT NO. 1)

 

(Mark one)

x   Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 or

¨   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: 72870

 

SONIC SOLUTIONS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

93-0925818

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

101 Rowland Way, Suite 110,

Novato, California

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

94945

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

   (415) 893-8000

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

   None

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

  

Common Stock, no par value

(Title of class)

 

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 ¨

 

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 or any amendment to this Form 10-K.             

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12(b)(2) of the Act).

Yes x         No ¨

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on September 30, 2004, based upon the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market for such date was approximately $362,963,850.1

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non affiliates of the registrant on June 20, 2005, based upon the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market for such date, was approximately $379,125,911.2

 

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock on June 20, 2005 was 24,335,154.

 

This Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) of Sonic Solutions (“Sonic”) is being filed solely for the purpose of filing the information required by Part III of Annual Report on Form 10-K within 120 days after the fiscal year end, pursuant to General Instruction G(3). No other changes have been made to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Sonic with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005.


1            Excludes 1,187,994 shares held by directors, officers and ten percent or greater shareholders on September 30, 2004. Exclusion of such shares should not be construed to indicate that any such person possesses the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the registrant or that such person is controlled by or under common control with the registrant.

 

2           Excludes 1,189,494 shares held by directors, officers and ten percent or greater shareholders on June 20, 2005. Exclusion of such shares should not be construed to indicate that any such person possesses the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the registrant or that such person is controlled by or under common control with the registrant.


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Index

 

SONIC SOLUTIONS

 

          Page No.

PART III

ITEM 10.

   Directors And Executive Officers Of Sonic Solutions    1

ITEM 11.

   Executive Compensation    3

ITEM 12.

   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters    5

ITEM 13.

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    8

ITEM 14.

   Principal Accounting Fees and Services    8
PART IV

ITEM 15.

   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules    9

Signatures

   10

 

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PART III

 

Item 10.    DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF SONIC SOLUTIONS

Information regarding Sonic’s executive officers is included in Item 1 of Sonic’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005.

 

Sonic’s bylaws currently provide for a board consisting of not less than five nor more than seven directors. The number of directors is presently fixed at five. The term of office of each person elected as a director will continue until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.

 

The name of and certain other information regarding each director is set forth in the table below.

 

Name of Director


   Age

    

Position With Sonic


    

Director Since


Robert J. Doris

   52     

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

    

1986

Mary C. Sauer

   52     

Senior Vice President of Business Development, Secretary and Director

    

1986

Robert M. Greber

   66     

Director

    

1993

Peter J. Marguglio

   58     

Director

    

1986

R. Warren Langley

   62     

Director

    

2001

 

Mr. Doris is married to Ms. Sauer. There are no other family relationships between any director or executive officer of Sonic.

 

Robert J. Doris.    Mr. Doris founded Sonic in 1986, served as Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer from 1986 to April 2005 and since April 2005 has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to 1986, he was President of The Droid Works, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm Ltd., which produced computer-based video and digital audio systems for the film and television post-production and music recording industries. Prior to founding The Droid Works, Mr. Doris was a Vice President of Lucasfilm and General Manager of the Lucasfilm Computer Division. Mr. Doris received B.A., J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University.

 

Mary C. Sauer.    Ms. Sauer founded Sonic in 1986 and has served as a vice president and director since that time. Ms. Sauer became Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales in February 1993. Prior to 1986, Ms. Sauer was Vice President of Marketing for The Droid Works, and prior to joining The Droid Works, Ms. Sauer was Director of Marketing for the Lucasfilm Computer Division. Ms. Sauer received a B.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Robert M. Greber.    Mr. Greber has served as a director of Sonic since August 1993. Mr. Greber served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Pacific Stock Exchange from July 1990 until December 1995. In January 1996, he was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Pacific Stock Exchange. In December 1999, Mr. Greber retired from The Pacific Stock Exchange. Prior to joining The Pacific Stock Exchange, he was from, 1985 to 1987, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diagnostic Networks, Inc., a network of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centers which was merged into NMR America in 1987. Prior to joining Diagnostic Networks, Inc., Mr. Greber was President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm Ltd. from 1981 to 1985 where, among other duties, he oversaw development of digital technologies for video, film, audio, and special effects and video games applications. Before joining Lucasfilm, Mr. Greber was associated with the firm of Merrill Lynch where he was Vice President and Manager of the Los Angeles Institutional Office. Mr. Greber also serves on the board of Bay View Capital Corp. and E.D.T. Ergonomical Dental Technologies. Mr. Greber holds a B.S. in Finance from Temple University.

 

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Peter J. Marguglio.    Mr. Marguglio has served as a director of Sonic since August 1986. Since January 1990, Mr. Marguglio has worked at Eatec Corporation, a software company located in Berkeley, California, where he is now President and currently serves as a director. Prior to joining Eatec, Mr. Marguglio was President of Resource Marketing, Inc., an equipment leasing firm he founded in 1981. Mr. Marguglio holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.

 

R. Warren Langley.    Mr. Langley has served as a director of Sonic since June 2001. Since January 2000, Mr. Langley has been a consultant and the Managing Principal of the GuruWizard Fund, LLC, a venture-capital firm that emphasizes social investing. From January 2000 to May 2000, he served as interim CEO of Brush Dance, a creator of Mind-Body-Spirit products. From September 1996 until March 1999, Mr. Langley served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Pacific Stock Exchange. From August 1987 to January 1998, he was a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Hull Trading in Chicago, a proprietary derivatives trading firm. Mr. Langley has also worked as Director of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at United Airlines and worked in several capacities in the software, energy, and defense consulting industries after serving in the United States Air Force for fifteen years. Mr. Langley holds a B.S. degree in Engineer Science from the United States Air Force Academy, an S.M. degree in Astronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.d in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology.

 

Audit Committee; Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Sonic’s board of directors has established an audit committee for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes of Sonic and audits of Sonic’s financial statements. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, and currently, the audit committee of the board consists of Messrs. Marguglio, Greber and Langley.

 

Sonic’s board of directors has determined that Mr. Greber qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as defined by the applicable rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), pursuant to, among other things, his association with The Pacific Stock Exchange in various capacities, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and his position as Chief Executive Officer of Diagnostic Network, Inc., and in those capacities had acquired the relevant experience and expertise and has the attributes set forth in the applicable rules as being required for an audit committee financial expert. The board of directors also has determined that Mr. Greber is “independent” as that term is defined in Rule 4200 of the listing standards of the Nasdaq National Market.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires Sonic’s directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of Sonic’s equity securities, to file reports of ownership on Form 3 and changes in ownership on Form 4 or 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such officers, directors and 10% shareholders are also required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules to furnish Sonic with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.

 

To Sonic’s knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to Sonic and written representations that no other reports were required, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, each of the directors, executive officers and 10% shareholders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

Sonic’s board of directors adopted a code of business conduct and ethics in March 2004. This code applies to all of Sonic’s employees and is posted on its web site at www.sonic.com. The code satisfies the requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as Nasdaq rules applicable to issuers listed on the Nasdaq National Market. The code, among other things, addresses issues relating to conflicts of interests,

 

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including internal reporting of violations and disclosures, and compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. The purpose of the code is to deter wrongdoing and to promote, among other things, honest and ethical conduct and to ensure to the greatest possible extent that our business is conducted in a legal and ethical manner. Any waivers of the code with respect to Sonic’s executive officers and directors may be granted only by the audit committee. Any waivers of the code with respect to the remainder of the employees may be granted by the corporate compliance officer, which is currently Sonic’s Chief Executive Officer. Any waivers of the code and any amendments to the code applicable to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, controller or persons performing similar functions, will be posted on Sonic’s web site.

 

Item 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table sets forth the total compensation for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 for the Chief Executive Officer and each of Sonic’s other executive officers who earned at least $100,000 during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 (“fiscal 2005”) and who served as executive officers at fiscal year end. None of the named executive officers earned any bonuses or compensation for these fiscal years other than as set forth in the table or received any restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights or long-term incentive plan payouts.

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

                    Long-term
Compensation


Name and Principal Position


   Fiscal Year
Ended
March 31,


   Annual Compensation

   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)(1)


      Salary ($)

   Bonus ($)

  

Robert J. Doris

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

   2005    $ 225,000    $ 0    170,000
     2004    $ 225,000    $ 0    170,000
     2003    $ 198,750    $ 0    170,000

Mary C. Sauer

Senior Vice President, Business Development, Secretary and Director

   2005    $ 162,000    $ 0    80,000
     2004    $ 155,925    $ 0    80,000
     2003    $ 135,750    $ 0    80,000

A. Clay Leighton

Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

   2005    $ 215,000    $ 100,000    100,000
     2004    $ 223,750    $ 15,000    0
     2003    $ 168,333    $ 15,000    100,000

(1)   All figures in this column represent options to purchase Sonic’s common stock.

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding grants of stock options made during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table. Since inception, Sonic has not granted any stock appreciation rights.

 

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OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

 

     Individual Grants

         
    

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options

Granted (#)


    Percent of
Total Options
Granted to
Employees In
Fiscal Year


    Exercise
Or Base
Price
($/SH)


  

Expiration

Date


  

Potential Realizable Value

at Assumed Annual Rates

of Stock Price Appreciation
for Option Term


Name


             5%

   10%

Robert J. Doris

   170,000 (1)   9 %   $ 15.90    9/7/2014    $ 1,699,902    $ 4,307,886

Mary C. Sauer

   80,000 (1)   4 %   $ 15.90    9/7/2014    $ 799,954    $ 2,027,240

A. Clay Leighton

   100,000 (2)   5 %   $ 17.49    5/10/2014    $ 11,099,937    $ 2,787,456

(1)   Options vest over a period of one year at a rate of 8.333% per month.
(2)   Options vest over a period of three years at a rate of 2.778% per month.

 

The exercise price is equal to the fair market value of Sonic’s common stock on the date of grant, as determined by reference to the closing price of Sonic’s common stock on the Nasdaq National Market. The options are subject to earlier expiration in the event of the officer’s termination of employment with Sonic. Potential realizable value is based on an assumption that the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant appreciates at the stated rate, compounded annually, from the date of grant until the end of the option terms. These values are calculated based on requirements promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not reflect Sonic’s estimate of future stock price appreciation. All of the options in the above table were granted under Sonic’s stock option plans.

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the number and value of options exercised during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and of unexercised options held by the named executive officers on March 31, 2005. Value of in-the-money options is considered to be the difference between the exercise price and the closing price of $15.05 per share of the common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on March 31, 2005.

 

AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION VALUES

 

Name


   Shares
Acquired on
Exercise (#)


   Aggregate
Value
Realized ($)


  

Number of Securities

Underlying Unexercised

Options at Fiscal Year End

Exercisable/Unexercisable


   Value of In-the-Money
Options at Fiscal Year End
Exercisable/Unexercisable(1)


Robert J. Doris

   0      0    1,115,000/85,000    $ 10,321,123/0

Mary C. Sauer

   0      0    602,000/40,000    $ 5,890,940/0

A. Clay Leighton

   26,500    $ 446,500    394,667/83,333    $ 4,568,100/277,000

(1)   These values have not been, and may not be, realized, and are based on the positive spread between the respective exercise prices of the outstanding stock options and the closing price of Sonic’s common stock at March 31, 2005 ($15.05).

 

Sonic did not make any awards during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to any of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table under any long-term incentive plan providing compensation intended to serve as incentive for performance to occur over a period longer than one fiscal year, excluding the stock options set forth above.

 

Employment Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements

 

None of Sonic’s executive officers has an employment, termination of employment or change-in-control agreement with Sonic.

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

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subsidiaries during fiscal 2005 or previously. No Sonic executive officer served on the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity, which has one or more executive officers serving as a member of Sonic’s board or committee thereof.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

Sonic does not pay fees to its directors for attendance at meetings. Sonic does reimburse its directors for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as directors of Sonic. Directors of Sonic who are not, and have not been during the preceding twelve months, employees of Sonic, and who do not directly or indirectly own more than 5% of Sonic’s common stock, are eligible to receive an initial grant and thereafter annual grants of options to purchase shares of Sonic’s common stock. On September 7, 2004, each of Messrs. Greber, Langley and Marguglio was granted an annual option to purchase 30,000, 24,000 and 24,000 shares, respectively, of Sonic’s common stock, at an exercise price of $15.90 per share under Sonic’s 2004 Equity Compensation Plan.

 

Item 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of the common stock as of June 30, 2005 (i) by each person who is known by Sonic to own beneficially more than 5% of the common stock, (ii) by each of Sonic’s directors, (iii) by each of Sonic’s executive officers, and (iv) by all directors and executive officers as a group.

 

NAME AND ADDRESS(1)


   NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED(2)


   PERCENTAGE
OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED(2)


 

RS Investment Management (3)

388 Market Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94111

   2,359,875    9.7 %

JMP Asset Management LLC (4)

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94111

   1,769,776    7.3 %

Next Century Growth Investors, LLC (5)

5500 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 1275

Minneapolis, MN 55416

   1,585,915    6.5 %

Robert J. Doris (6)

   1,894,389    7.8 %

Mary C. Sauer (7)

   853,328    3.5 %

Peter J. Marguglio (8)

   300,443    1.2 %

Robert M. Greber (9)

   51,000    *  

R. Warren Langley (10)

   52,083    *  

A. Clay Leighton (11)

   476,944    2.0 %

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

   3,628,188    14.9 %

 *   Less than 1%.
(1)   Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person is c/o Sonic Solutions, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 110, Novato, CA 94945.
(2)  

This table is based upon information supplied by directors, officers and principal shareholders. Applicable percentage ownership for each shareholder is based on 24,392,103 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2005, together with applicable options for such shareholders. Beneficial ownership is determined

 

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in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities, subject to the community property laws where applicable. Shares of common stock subject to options are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such options, but are not treated as outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

(3)   The information is based solely on Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission jointly by RS Investment Management Co. LLC, RS Investment Management, L.P. and George R. Hecht on February 14, 2005.
(4)   The information is based solely on Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed Securities and Exchange Commission jointly by JMP Asset Management LLC and Joseph A. Jolson on January 1, 2005.
(5)   The information is based solely on Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission joinly by Next Century Growth Investors, LLC and Thomas L. Press on February 14, 2005.
(6)   Includes 708,556 shares owned by Mr. Doris, and 1,185,833 shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.
(7)   Includes 217,995 shares owned by Ms. Sauer, and 635,333 shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.
(8)   Includes 208,443 shares owned by Mr. Marguglio, and 92,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.
(9)   Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.
(10)   Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.
(11)   Includes 54,500 shares owned by Mr. Leighton and 422,444 shares issuable upon exercise of options which will be exercisable within 60 days of June 30, 2005.

 

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER STOCK OPTION PLANS

 

The following table provides information as of March 31, 2005 regarding securities authorized for issuance under Sonic’s stock option plans. The stock option plans of Sonic include the 1989 Stock Option Plan, the 1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, the 1998 Stock Option Plan, the 2000 Stock Option Plan, the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2004 Equity Compensation Plan and the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees). All of the stock option plans, except for the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees), were approved by Sonic’s shareholders.

 

Plan Category


   Number of Securities
to be Issued
Upon Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants, and Rights


  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants, and Rights


  Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities Reflected
in Column (a))


     (a)     (b)   (c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

   5,724,032   $ 9.02   2,927,393

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

   754,805   $ 20.85   1,245,195

TOTAL

   6,478,837   $ 10.00   4,172,588

 

The 1998 Stock Option Plan is subject to an annual increase of shares equal to 2% of the total number of shares of Sonic’s common stock outstanding on the last day of the previous fiscal year. The 2000 Stock Option Plan is subject to an annual increase of the lesser of (i) 5% of the total number of shares of Sonic’s common stock outstanding on the last day of the previous fiscal year, (ii) 750,000 shares of common stock, or (iii) an amount determined by the board of directors.

 

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A description of the material features of Sonic’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 Incentive Plan”), which was not approved by Sonic’s shareholders, is set forth below. In March 2005, the board of directors adopted the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees) (“Non-U.S. Plan”) for the grant of stock options to non-U.S. employees. The terms and the purposes of the Non-U.S. Plan and the 2004 Incentive Plan are substantially similar. Awards under the Non-U.S. Plan and the 2004 Incentive Plan are granted only to employees of Sonic as a material inducement to the employee’s entering into service with Sonic. The board of directors reserved 750,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Non-U.S. Plan that were previously reserved under the 2004 Incentive Plan. As of March 31, 2005, no options have been granted pursuant to the Non-U.S. Plan. The Non-U.S. Plan was not approved by Sonic’s shareholders. The Non-U.S. Plan will continue in effect until 2015.

 

2004 Stock Incentive Plan

 

Sonic’s board of directors adopted the 2004 Incentive Plan in March 2004. A maximum of 1,250,000 shares of common stock is currently available for issuance under the 2004 Incentive Plan. The board of directors, or a committee designated by the board of directors, administers the 2004 Incentive Plan. The administrator has the sole discretion to interpret any provision of the 2004 Incentive Plan, and to determine the terms and conditions of awards of non-qualified stock options, restricted stock and other awards granted under the 2004 Incentive Plan. Awards may be granted under the 2004 Incentive Plan only to employees of Sonic (i) who have not previously been an employee or director of Sonic, or (ii) following a bona fide period of non-employment or non-service to Sonic. Further, awards under the 2004 Incentive Plan are granted as a material inducement to the employee’s entering into service with Sonic. The material features of the 2004 Incentive Plan are summarized below.

 

Term.    The term of each award shall be stated in the applicable option agreement.

 

Exercise or Purchase Price.    The exercise or purchase price per share of common stock for awards shall be such price as is determined by the administrator.

 

Vesting.    Each award shall vest in accordance with a schedule as determined by the administrator.

 

Transferability.    Awards are transferable to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement.

 

Termination of Employment.    A participant may not exercise an award after the termination of the participant’s employment or director relationship with Sonic or any parent or subsidiary of Sonic, except to the extent specified in the applicable award agreement. Where the award agreement permits the exercise of the award following termination of the participant’s employment or other service relationship with Sonic or any parent or subsidiary of Sonic, the award shall terminate to the extent not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the term of the award, whichever occurs first.

 

Acquisition of Sonic.    If Sonic is acquired whether by sale, transfer of assets, merger or similar transaction, any award not assumed or replaced shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture rights immediately prior to the specified effective date of such sale, transfer of assets, merger or similar transaction.

 

Amendment and Termination of the Plan.    The 2004 Incentive Plan will continue in effect until 2014. The board may amend the 2004 Incentive Plan at any time or from time to time or may suspend or terminate it, without approval of the shareholders, except as required by law. However, no action by the board of directors or shareholders may alter or impair any award previously granted under the 2004 Incentive Plan. In connection with the board’s adoption of the Non-U.S. Plan in March 2005, the board reduced the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2004 Incentive Plan from 2,000,000 shares to 1,250,000 shares. No option may be granted during any suspension of or after termination of the 2004 Incentive Plan.

 

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Item 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Sonic has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Such agreements require Sonic to indemnify such individuals to the fullest extent permitted by California law.

 

All transactions between Sonic and its officers, directors, principal stockholders and affiliates have been and will be approved by a majority of its board of directors, including a majority of Sonic’s disinterested, non-employee directors on the board, and have been or will be on terms no less favorable to Sonic than could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

 

Item 14.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

KPMG LLP performed services for Sonic in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004 related to financial statement audit work, quarterly reviews, tax services, special projects and other ongoing consulting projects. Fees paid or payable to KPMG in fiscal 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

 

Fees


   March 31,
2005


   March 31,
2004


AUDIT FEES:

         

Audit Review and Preparation—Consists of fees billed for audit of financial statements and review of interim financial statements

   1,839,750    300,000

Statutory Audits—Consists of fees billed in relation to required statutory audits of foreign subsidiaries

   —      —  

SEC Compliance—Consists of fees billed for assistance with our SEC filings

   143,000    116,000
    
  

TOTAL AUDIT FEES

   1,982,750    416,000
    
  

AUDIT-RELATED FEES

   —      —  
    
  

TAX FEES:

         

Consists of fees billed in relation to preparation and review of income tax returns, fees billed in relation to advice on tax matters and consists of tax planning and strategy services

   89,554    114,830
    
  

ALL OTHER FEES:

         

Consists of other products or services, including financial information systems design and implementation services

   219,528    —  
    
  

TOTAL ALL FEES

   2,291,832    530,830
    
  

 

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services performed by KPMG must be approved in advance by our audit committee to assure that such services do not impair the auditors’ independence from Sonic. In accordance with its policies and procedures, our audit committee approved all audit and non-audit services prior to them being performed by KPMG in fiscal 2005.

 

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P ART IV

 

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

  (a)   The following documents are filed as part of this report on Form 10-K/A:

 

  (1)   Exhibits

 

The exhibits in the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto, duly authorized on July 29, 2005.

 

SONIC SOLUTIONS

By:

 

/s/    Robert J. Doris        


   

Robert J. Doris, Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Sonic Solutions and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    Robert J. Doris        


   

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Robert J. Doris

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    Mary C. Sauer        


   

Senior Vice President of Business Development and Director

Mary C. Sauer

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    Robert M. Greber        


   

Director

Robert M. Greber

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    Peter J. Marguglio        


   

Director

Peter J. Marguglio

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    R. Warren Langley        


   

Director

R. Warren Langley

July 29, 2005

 

/s/    A. Clay Leighton        


   

Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and

Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial

Accounting Officer)

A. Clay Leighton

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

  Note

  

Title


3.1   (1)    Restated Articles of Incorporation
3.2   (1)    Amended and Restated By-Laws
3.3   (8)    Certificate of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation
4.1   (1)    Specimen Common Stock Certificate
4.2   (4)    Certificate of Determination of Series D Preferred Stock of Registrant
4.3   (5)    Certificate of Determination of Series E Preferred Stock of Registrant
10.1   (6)    Asset Purchase Agreement among VERITAS Software Corporation, VERITAS Operating Corporation, VERITAS Software Global Corporation, VERITAS Software Holdings, Ltd., VERITAS Software International Ltd. and Registrant, dated November 13, 2002.
10.2   (9)    Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among Registrant, Snow Acquisition Corporation and InterActual Technologies, Inc., dated January 31, 2004
10.3   (13)    Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement between Registrant and Roxio, Inc., dated December 17, 2004
10.4   (12)    Loan and Security Agreement between Registrant and Union Bank of California, N.A., dated December 13, 2004
10.5   (2)    Lease Agreement between Golden Gate Plaza and Registrant, dated January 26, 1995
10.6   (15)    Amendment to Lease Agreement between Golden Gate Plaza and Registrant, dated November 20, 2000
10.7   (14)    Tri-Partite Agreement between Roxio, Inc., Registrant and Entrust, Inc., dated December 17, 2004
10.8   (14)    Third Amendment to Lease between C&B Ventures-Napa Two LLC and Registrant, dated February 4, 2005
10.9   (7)    Amended Registration Rights Agreement by and between VERITAS Operating Corporation and Registrant, dated December 18, 2002
10.10   (4)    Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Daikin Industries, Ltd., dated February 27, 2001
10.11   (1)    Form of Indemnity Agreement
10.12   (1)    Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (compensatory plan)
10.13   (3)    1998 Stock Option Plan (compensatory plan)
10.14   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan
10.15   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan Notice of Stock Option Award for Robert J. Doris and Stock Option Award Agreement
10.16   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan Notice of Stock Option Award for Mary C. Sauer and Stock Option Award Agreement
10.17   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan Notice of Stock Option Award for Robert Greber and Stock Option Award Agreement
10.18   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan Notice of Stock Option Award for Peter Marguglio and Stock Option Award Agreement
10.19   (10)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan Notice of Stock Option Award for Warren R. Langley and Stock Option Award Agreement


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Exhibit

  Note

  

Title


10.20   (11)    Sonic Solutions 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
10.21   (16)    Sonic Solutions 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees)
21.1   (16)    List of subsidiaries
23.1   (16)    Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1   *    Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2   *    Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
32.1   (16)    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
32.2   (16)    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 *   filed herewith.

 

(1)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Registration Statement on Form S-1 effective February 10, 1994.

 

(2)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996.

 

(3)   Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on July 21, 1998.

 

(4)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2001.

 

(5)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2001.

 

(6)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2002.

 

(7)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 30, 2002.

 

(8)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 12, 2003.

 

(9)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2004.

 

(10)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2004.

 

(11)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

 

(12)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 16, 2004.

 

(13)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 23, 2004.

 

(14)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

 

(15)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Registration Statement on Form S-1 effective May 21, 2001.

 

(16)   Incorporated by reference to exhibits to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 29, 2005.

 

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EX-31.1 2 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Robert J. Doris, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Sonic Solutions; and

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: July 29, 2005

 

By:

 

/s/    Robert J. Doris        


Robert J. Doris

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2 3 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, A. Clay Leighton, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Sonic Solutions; and

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: June 29, 2005

 

By:

 

/s/    A. Clay Leighton        


   

A. Clay Leighton Senior

Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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