10-K/A 1 a08-12888_110ka.htm 10-K/A

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

Form 10-K/A

Amendment No. 2

 


 

x

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

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

 

 

o

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

 

 

For the transition period from          to          

 

Commission File Number: 0-25790

 


 

PC MALL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

95-4518700

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

2555 West 190th Street, Suite 201, Torrance, CA 90504

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(310) 354-5600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

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

 

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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

None

 


 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.   Yes  o    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.   Yes  o   No   x

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

 

Large accelerated filer  o

 

Accelerated filer

  x

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer  o

 

Smaller reporting company

  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes  ¨  No   x

 

As of June 30, 2007, the aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $127.2 million, based upon the closing sales price of the registrant’s Common Stock on such date, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market. Shares of Common Stock held by each executive officer, director and each person owning more than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock of the registrant have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the registrant. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

 

As of April 23, 2008, the registrant had 13,274,087 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 17, 2008 (the “Original Filing”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Original Filing (“Amendment No. 1”) filed with the SEC on April 29, 2008. We are filing this Amendment to correct typographical errors in the “Summary Compensation Table” and the table under the section entitled “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” included in Item 11 of Part III, and to make certain formatting changes.

 

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing as amended by Amendment No. 1.

 




 

PC MALL, INC.

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Information Regarding Our Board of Directors

 

Set forth below is certain information, as of April 29, 2008, regarding the members of PC Mall, Inc.’s (“PC Mall,” “we” or “us”) board of directors. Each of our directors holds office until our next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified.

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

Director Since

Frank F. Khulusi

 

41

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

1987

Thomas A. Maloof(2)

 

56

 

Director

 

1998

Ronald B. Reck(1)(2)

 

59

 

Director

 

1999

Paul C. Heeschen(1)(2)

 

51

 

Director

 

2006

 


(1)      Member of our compensation committee.

(2)      Member of our audit committee.

 

Frank F. Khulusi is one of our co-founders and has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since our inception in 1987, served as President until July 1999, and resumed the office of President in March 2001. Mr. Khulusi attended the University of Southern California.

 

Thomas A. Maloof has served as one of our directors since May 1998. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Hospitality Marketing Concepts from January 2001 to August 2005, and has been an independent consultant since August 2005. Mr. Maloof served as President of Perinatal Practice Management, Inc. from February 1998 to November 2000. From August 2004 through April 11, 2005, Mr. Maloof served on the board of directors of our former subsidiary, eCOST.com, Inc. Mr. Maloof also serves as a director for Farmer Brothers Coffee (Nasdaq: FARM) and The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG).

 

Ronald B. Reck has served as one of our directors since April 1999. Mr. Reck was employed by Applebee’s International from 1987 to 1997, serving most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Since 1998, Mr. Reck has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Joron Properties, LLC, a real estate company.

 

Paul C. Heeschen has served as one of our directors since February 2006. Mr. Heeschen has served as a member of the board of directors of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. since January 1996, and was elected to serve as its chairman in February 2001. For the past 13 years, Mr. Heeschen has been a principal of Heeschen & Associates, a private investment firm.

 

Executive Officers

 

A list of our executive officers is included in Part I, Item 4A of our original filing of this Form 10-K under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant.”

 

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On March 17, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Joseph B. Hayek as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. From August 2000 to March 2008,  Mr. Hayek worked in corporate finance at Raymond James & Associates, an investment banking firm, where he most recently was a Senior Vice President and headed the firm’s Supply Chain Technologies Practice. Before joining Raymond James, Mr. Hayek was an investment banker in the technology group at Wachovia Securities. Mr. Hayek received a B.S. degree in Business from Miami University (Ohio) and received an MBA from Duke University.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Identification of Our Audit Committee

 

We have a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of our audit committee are Thomas A. Maloof (Chair), Paul C. Heeschen and Ronald B. Reck. Our board of directors has determined that each of the members of our audit committee is “independent” as that term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act and is an “independent director” as defined in Rule 4200(a)(15) of the Nasdaq listing standards. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Maloof and Mr. Heeschen is an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined by regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that each of them has accounting and related financial management expertise within the meaning of the applicable rules of Nasdaq.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to each of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including any amendments to, or waivers from such code, is posted in the “Investor Relations” section of our website at www.pcmall.com. We will provide a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to any person, without charge, upon receipt of a written request directed to our Secretary at our principal executive offices.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership on Form 3 and changes in ownership on Forms 4 or 5 with the SEC. Those officers, directors and ten percent stockholders are also required by the SEC’s rules to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

 

Based solely on our review of the copies of the forms we received, or representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required for such persons, we believe that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and ten percent stockholders were complied with.

 

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Principles

 

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors establishes our executive compensation philosophy and principles and oversees our executive compensation programs. The following are the primary principles of our executive compensation programs, which together constitute our executive compensation philosophy:

 

·         link executive compensation to the creation of stockholder value;

 

·         reward contributions of executive officers that enhance our specific business goals; and

 

·         attract, retain and motivate high quality individuals.

 

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Our executive compensation programs have been designed and adopted by the Compensation Committee in an effort to implement the above principles. The key elements of our executive compensation program include base salary, quarterly bonuses, stock incentive awards, health and welfare benefits, and other perquisites. The discussion below describes each of the key elements of our executive compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

 

Executive Compensation Process

 

In establishing compensation, our Compensation Committee, among other things:

 

·         reviews the performance of our executive officers and each of the components of their compensation;

 

·         evaluates the effectiveness of our overall executive compensation program on a periodic basis; and

 

·         administers our stock and bonus plans and, within the terms of the respective stock plan, determines the terms and conditions of the issuances under the plans.

 

In addition, our Compensation Committee annually reviews and approves our corporate goals and objectives relative to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluates his compensation in light of such goals and objectives, and has the sole authority to set the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation based on this evaluation. The Compensation Committee also reviews the Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations regarding the compensation of our other executive officers and sets compensation for these individuals based in part on the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

In April 2007, the Compensation Committee engaged Towers Perrin, a nationally recognized compensation consulting firm, to advise the Committee on our executive compensation programs and to conduct an independent competitive assessment of our director and executive officer compensation in an effort to ensure that such compensation levels and practices satisfy our compensation philosophies and principles and are established in part based upon consideration of objective market compensation data. Towers Perrin provided the Compensation Committee with an initial report on June 20, 2007, which was presented and discussed by the Committee at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee. Based in part on data provided to the Compensation Committee in this report, together with qualitative input from our Chief Executive Officer regarding retention and incentive objectives for each of our other executive officers, the Committee made certain increases to the base salaries of our executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, continued the executive bonus plans previously adopted for the 2007 fiscal year and made certain option grants to executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, whose compensation the Committee continued to assess. A final report was issued by Towers Perrin and was reviewed and discussed by the Committee at a special meeting of the Compensation Committee, at which meeting the Compensation Committee determined to continue the rate of our Chief Executive Officer’s base salary and bonus plan and granted him additional options as long-term incentive compensation as discussed in more detail below.

 

Total Compensation of Executive Officers

 

Our executive compensation programs consist primarily of (i) base salary, (ii) short- term incentive compensation in the form of quarterly cash bonuses and (iii) long-term incentive compensation in the form of stock options. We also provide our executive officers with other benefits, including certain perquisites and severance and change of control agreements discussed in more detail below. Each of these components of executive compensation has been provided to satisfy our compensation philosophy and principles after review of market executive compensation data provided by a nationally recognized compensation consulting firm and, for executives other than the Chief Executive Officer, based in part on qualitative input and recommendations made to the Compensation Committee by our Chief Executive Officer. In the 2007 fiscal year, each of our executive officers received cash compensation in the form of an annual base salary and quarterly cash bonuses, and each also received long-term incentive compensation in the form of stock option grants.

 

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In determining the compensation for our Chief Executive Officer, in addition to the applicable factors set forth below, the Compensation Committee also took into consideration the record of his leadership and vision over the past 20 years; his close identification with us by our employees and vendors, the financial community and the general public; and the recognition by the Compensation Committee and others in our industry of the importance of his leadership to our continued success.

 

Please refer to the tables under the section entitled “Executive and Director Compensation” below for a detailed presentation of the specific compensation earned by each of our named executive officers in the 2007 fiscal year.

 

In assessing the competitiveness of our executive compensation, our Compensation Committee reviewed reports from Towers Perrin, the independent compensation consulting firm engaged by the Committee, which developed comparable market compensation data using both surveys and public proxy data reported for the year ended December 31, 2006 by direct competitors as well as selected retail and technology industry peers. The peer group included the following direct competitors, retail industry peers and technology industry peers:

 

Direct Peers: CDW Corporation, GSI Commerce, Inc., GTSI Corp., Insight Enterprises, Inc., PC Connection, Inc., Systemax, Inc. and Zones, Inc.

 

Retail Peers: Netflix, Inc. and Overstock.com, Inc.

 

Technology Industry Peers: Adaptec, Inc., Foundry Networks, Inc., Gateway, Inc., Iomega Corp., NETGEAR, Inc., Palm, Inc., Plantronics, Inc. and Polycom, Inc.

 

 We include our direct competitors and other online retail companies because we compete with them for business, as well as talent. We include leading national technology companies because they have a large influence on industry compensation practices. The retail and technology peer companies were included for the first time in the Compensation Committee’s review of 2007 executive compensation based on the advice of its independent compensation consulting firm. Survey data used in the report were collected from Towers Perrin’s 2006 Retail/Wholesale Industry Executive Compensation Database and were benchmarked based on job titles and scope of responsibilities for each of our named executive officers. Target pay levels were then determined by using regression analysis to adjust both survey and proxy data based on annual revenues of $1 billion for our company.

 

The Compensation Committee reviewed and considered this comparative peer group data together with qualitative input from the Chief Executive Officer regarding retention and incentive requirements (for executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer), in establishing our executive compensation programs for 2007. The Committee determined for each executive officer that the total compensation and each component of compensation to be provided to each such officer in 2007 was within the range of total compensation and the range of each component of compensation paid to similarly situated executive officers in the reviewed data. However, the Compensation Committee did not establish any specific peer group comparative percentile targets or relative percentages of total compensation that any component of compensation should represent for our executives’ compensation levels.

 

Base Salaries

 

The base salaries we provide to our executive officers are intended as compensation for each executive officer’s ongoing contributions to the performance of the operational area(s) for which he or she is responsible. In keeping with our compensation philosophy to attract and retain individuals of high quality, executive officer base salaries have been targeted to be competitive with base salaries paid to executive officers of the peer companies described above based on data reviewed by the Compensation Committee and, for executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, were established in part based upon qualitative input from our Chief Executive Officer about retention and incentive requirements after discussions with individual executive officers.

 

The base salaries of our executive officers are reviewed annually and adjusted from time to time from the original amounts provided in employment agreements to recognize individual performance, promotions, competitive compensation levels, retention and incentive requirements and other qualitative factors. In addition to adjustments made for competitive, retention and incentive reasons, the Committee has periodically adjusted executive officer base salaries based on its assessment of each executive’s performance and history with us and our overall budgetary

 

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considerations for salary increases. Based in part on the reports provided to the Committee by the independent compensation consulting firm in August 2007, the Committee increased the base salaries of each of our executive officers, other than our Chief Executive Officer, to bring such base salaries more in line with the competitive peer group base salary levels identified in the compensation reports utilized by the Committee in 2007.

 

Short-Term Incentive Compensation

 

Each of our named executive officers other than our General Counsel and Interim Chief Financial Officer are generally eligible to participate in our executive bonus plan, which was initially adopted by our Compensation Committee in February 2005. The plan was designed to award quarterly cash bonuses to eligible officers only in the event we achieved short-term financial goals. For 2007, these financial goals consist of year-over-year quarterly improvements in our consolidated adjusted pre-tax income. The plan was intended to reward and motivate our executives and to align the interests of management with our stated objectives to focus on our profitability and increase shareholder value. Under this executive bonus plan, for each fiscal quarter, eligible executive officers participate in a bonus pool equaling a maximum aggregate cash bonus amount equal to 10% of any amount by which our consolidated adjusted pre-tax income for such quarter exceeded our consolidated adjusted pre-tax income for the same quarter of the prior year. For purposes of the executive bonus plan, “adjusted income” is defined as our consolidated pre-tax income for the applicable quarter, less certain costs that are excluded from the calculation on a quarterly basis by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. Such adjustments were intended to allow the Committee to exclude expenses that it determined did not allow for a fair comparison of performance in the applicable quarters or expenses which it determined were not in the control of the eligible executives. The Compensation Committee retains discretion to award less than the full amount of the bonuses permitted under the executive bonus plan as well as discretion as to the items to be excluded in the calculation of “adjusted income.” Historically, these excluded items have included stock-based compensation expense and litigation settlement charges.

 

The Committee allocates available amounts under the plan to eligible executive officers based on maximum quarterly fixed percentages of the pool for each officer. These maximum amounts are subject to reduction by the Compensation Committee in its discretion. Reductions in the maximum amounts paid to individual named executive officers have generally been made based on qualitative recommendations from our Chief Executive Officer. Our Chief Executive Officer is entitled to receive a maximum of up to 38% of the available quarterly executive bonus pool and our other remaining eligible named executive officers participating in the plan, Kris Rogers and Dan DeVries, are each eligible to receive up to a maximum of 12% each. Our former Chief Financial Officer, who resigned effective June 30, 2007, was eligible to receive a maximum of 12% of the executive bonus pool; however, no bonus was paid to him for the 2007 fiscal year.

 

In 2007, some amounts which may otherwise have been paid under the executive bonus plan relating to the first three quarters of 2007 were not paid to the named executive officers in 2007 because the executive bonus plan for 2007 was under review by the Committee during the first half of 2007. In February 2008, the Compensation Committee determined to pay the named executive officers additional bonuses that otherwise would have been available to be paid to them in 2007 under the executive bonus plan but were not approved or paid in 2007 because of such pending review. Accordingly, Mr. Khulusi, Ms. Rogers and Mr. Devries each received additional bonuses approved in February 2008 that were calculated based on the historic executive bonus plan and the Company’s quarterly performance in the first three quarters of 2007. The amounts of such additional bonuses approved in February of 2008 were $124,653, $43,995 and $21,624, respectively, and have been included in the “Summary Compensation Table” for the 2007 fiscal year.

 

In determining to continue the executive bonus plan for 2007, the Compensation Committee considered data and analysis contained in the reports provided to the Committee by the independent compensation consulting firm. Based on this data and analysis, the Committee determined that the amounts paid to the executive officers in accordance with the executive bonus plan for 2007 allowed for a total cash compensation for each such officer within the peer group range for total cash compensation.

 

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The bonuses paid to our General Counsel, Mr. Newton, and Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. LaVerne, were paid in accordance with their respective employment agreements or arrangements, as such amounts have been increased from time to time by the Compensation Committee. Additional amounts were also paid to each of Mr. Newton and Mr. LaVerne in the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The total amount of bonuses paid to each of Mr. Newton and Mr. LaVerne were based in each case in part upon the Committee’s review of the total cash compensation data relative to the peer groups provided in the reports to the Compensation Committee from the independent compensation consulting firm and in part upon the recommendation of our Chief Executive Officer after a qualitative evaluation of their contributions to the Company.

 

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

 

Our long-term incentive compensation has historically consisted only of stock option grants, which are provided under our 1994 Stock Incentive Plan and administered by the Compensation Committee. We have made periodic grants of stock options to executives for the purpose of aligning their long-term motivations with the interests of our stockholders and in consideration of the fact that we offer no other significant long-term, deferred or retirement compensation to our executive officers.

 

Stock options have historically generally been granted to our executive officers based on a subjective and market-based evaluation by the Compensation Committee (based in part upon recommendations from our Chief Executive Officer with respect to executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer) of a recipient’s contributions and continuing value to us and the performance of his or her respective operational areas of responsibility. Compensation previously realized by our executive officers from the exercise of vested options historically has not been considered by our Compensation Committee when giving new equity awards but may be considered when making future grants.

 

 Our Compensation Committee also historically has not considered the amount of unexercised and unvested stock options held by an executive when making the decision to make additional stock option grants and in determining the number of options to award. In determining what long-term incentive programs to offer our executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers the impact of our adoption of SFAS 123R “Share-Based Payment,” which requires us to expense the compensation costs related to stock option awards ratably over their vesting periods.

 

From time to time, our Compensation Committee evaluates the structure of our long-term incentive programs and may make modifications to these programs to reflect our changing needs and our need to attract, retain and motivate our executive officers. These changes may be based, in part, on market conditions and the compensation programs of our competitors. As new long-term incentive instruments are developed and the tax and accounting treatment of various instruments are subject to change over time, management and the Compensation Committee regularly review our compensation programs to determine whether these programs are accomplishing our goals in a cost-effective manner.

 

   The compensation reports provided to the Compensation Committee by the independent compensation consulting firm included long-term, non-cash incentive compensation market competitive data and analysis, which was reviewed and considered by the Committee in determining the 2007 stock option grants to executives. This data and analysis contemplated the annualized expected value of option grants ultimately provided to our executive officers in 2007 relative to long-term, non-cash incentive compensation provided to peer group executives. The value of each grant also was analyzed for its effect on total compensation, representing the long-term, non-cash component of our executive compensation. The Committee determined that the level of each grant in 2007 to each of our executive officers was within the range of annual long-term, non-cash incentive compensation relative to the considered peer groups for each executive officer and further determined that the level of each grant in 2007 to each executive officer when considered together with the total cash compensation for 2007 placed the level of 2007 total compensation for each executive officer within the market range.

 

Timing, Pricing and Terms of Stock Option Awards

 

We have generally considered option grants to our executive officers on an annual basis at scheduled meetings of the Compensation Committee. Formal approval of stock option grants is obtained on the date of grant. We do not have, and do not intend to have, any program, plan or practice to time the grant of stock options in coordination with the release of material non-public information. We also do not have, and do not intend to have, any program, plan or practice to time the release of material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value to executive

 

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compensation. The exercise price for stock options we have granted equals the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. We have granted fixed-price stock options that generally vest in equal quarterly installments usually over a three or four year period. Our option grants have not historically contained performance vesting features in part because of unfavorable accounting consequences associated with performance vesting prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R.

 

Because the value of stock option awards increase only if the price of our common stock increases after grant, the time vesting feature of our option grants has been intended as an important feature of each option designed to motivate our executive officers to enhance our stockholders’ value over a long-term period.

 

Employment Agreements and Severance and Change-in-Control Arrangements

 

In January 1995, prior to our initial public offering, we entered into an employment agreement with Frank F. Khulusi, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement, which was amended in December 2005, provides for one-year extensions unless it is terminated by us or Mr. Khulusi. Mr. Khulusi’s annual salary pursuant to his employment agreement has been increased periodically, and was most recently increased by our Compensation Committee, effective March 1, 2006, from $600,000 to $800,000. Previously, in May 2005, Mr. Khulusi voluntarily elected to reduce his annual base compensation from $800,000 to $600,000. Mr. Khulusi is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees.

 

Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement provides that he is entitled to certain severance benefits in the event that his employment is terminated by us without cause or by Mr. Khulusi for good reason or following a change of control as follows:

 

·         If Mr. Khulusi’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause (which may occur at any time upon 90 days’ advance written notice to Mr. Khulusi), the Company will pay him his salary through the end of the notice period and, in addition, a lump sum amount equal to two times the total salary and bonus compensation paid to him for the twelve months immediately preceding the notice of termination;

 

·         If Mr. Khulusi’s employment is terminated by him for good reason (which may occur upon 30 days’ advance written notice to the Company), including as a result of the Company notifying him of its decision to not renew the employment agreement for an additional period as described above, the Company will pay him a lump sum upon such termination equal to two times the total salary and bonus compensation paid to him for the twelve months immediately preceding the notice of termination; and

 

·         In the event of a change of control of the Company, upon consummation of the change of control, Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement will terminate and he will receive a lump sum payment equal to two times the total salary and bonus compensation paid to him for the twelve months immediately preceding the change of control.

 

If the severance payment payable under his employment agreement in the event of a change of control, either alone or together with other payments he has the right to receive from us, would not be deductible (in whole or in part) by the Company as a result of the payment constituting a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, the severance payment under the employment agreement will be reduced to the maximum deductible amount under the Code.

 

For the purposes of Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement, a “change of control” of the Company will be deemed to have occurred if:

 

·         there is consummated (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company’s common stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Company’s common stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger, (ii) any reverse merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation but in which securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from those who hold such securities immediately prior to the merger, or (iii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one or more related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company;

 

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·         our stockholders approve a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of us;

 

·         any person other than Mr. Khulusi or certain of his relatives or affiliates become the direct or indirect beneficial owners of 20% or more of our common stock (other than as a result of purchases by such person directly from us); or

 

·         during any 12-month period, individuals who at the beginning of the period constitute our entire Board of Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof unless the election, or the nomination for election by our stockholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.

 

If Mr. Khulusi’s employment is terminated due to death or disability, the terms of his employment agreement require that he (or his beneficiaries, as applicable) be paid his salary through the end of the month in which the termination occurs. If Mr. Khulusi is terminated for cause (which may occur upon 30 days’ advance written notice to Mr. Khulusi), the terms of his employment agreement require that he be paid his salary through the end of the notice period.

 

In January 2000, we entered into an employment agreement with Kristin M. Rogers, our Executive Vice President, Sales. Pursuant to Ms. Rogers’ employment agreement, her compensation includes (i) an annual base salary and (ii) an annual bonus based upon the achievement of goals mutually agreed upon by us and Ms. Rogers. Pursuant to the terms of our agreement with Ms. Rogers, she is an “at will” employee and is currently entitled to an annual base salary of $335,000, which the Compensation Committee increased from $300,000, effective August 31, 2007. Ms. Rogers’ employment agreement also provides that in the event she is terminated by us without cause (as defined in her employment agreement), upon the execution of a separation agreement satisfactory to us, Ms. Rogers is entitled to receive a severance payment equal to six months of her base compensation and health insurance coverage for Ms. Rogers and her family for up to six months or for a shorter period if other employment is accepted by Ms. Rogers. The severance payments would be made in equal installments over the six month (or shorter) period, as applicable. Instead of receiving an annual bonus as set forth in her employment agreement, Ms. Rogers participates, in the discretion of our Compensation Committee, in our executive bonus plan, and is entitled to receive discretionary bonuses from time to time in the discretion of the Compensation Committee and our Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Rogers is entitled to receive a monthly automobile allowance, and is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees.

 

In June 2004, we entered into an employment agreement with Robert I. Newton, our General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Newton’s employment agreement was amended in February 2005. Pursuant to the terms of our agreement with Mr. Newton, he is an “at will” employee and is currently entitled to an annual base salary of $300,000, which the Compensation Committee increased from $250,000 effective August 31, 2007. Mr. Newton is eligible to receive an annual bonus of up to $120,000, as well as discretionary bonuses as determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee, and is entitled to severance pay equal to six months of his annual base salary in the event his employment is terminated without cause. The severance payments would be made in equal installments over six months and is contingent upon his execution of a satisfactory severance and release agreement. Mr. Newton is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees.

 

In January 2004, we entered into a written employment agreement with Dan DeVries, our Executive Vice President, Marketing. Pursuant to the terms of our agreement with Mr. DeVries, he is an “at will” employee and is currently entitled to an annual base salary of $275,000, which the Compensation Committee increased from $257,500 effective August 31, 2007. Mr. DeVries is eligible to participate in our executive bonus plan in the discretion of our Compensation Committee, as well as to receive discretionary bonuses from time to time in the discretion of our Compensation Committee and our Chief Executive Officer. In January 2006, we entered into a severance agreement with Mr. DeVries, which was approved by our Compensation Committee, pursuant to which Mr. DeVries is entitled to severance pay equal to six months of his annual base salary in the event his employment is terminated without cause. The severance payments would be made in equal installments over six months and is contingent upon his execution of a satisfactory severance and release agreement. Mr. DeVries is also entitled to receive a monthly automobile allowance, and is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees.

 

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In January 2007, we entered into a severance agreement with Mr. LaVerne, pursuant to which Mr. LaVerne is entitled to severance pay equal to six months of his annual base salary in the event his employment is terminated without cause within a twelve month period following a change-in-control of our company.

 

In addition to the above discussed agreements, under the terms of our option agreements with our executive officers, upon the occurrence of (i) certain events resulting in a change of control of our company or (ii) certain major corporate transactions, all of the unvested stock options for our Chief Executive Officer will become fully vested and exercisable, subject to certain exceptions and limitations and a portion of the unvested stock options of our other executive officers will become vested and exercisable, subject to certain exceptions and limitations.

 

The employment agreements and severance and change-in-control benefits provided to our executives under these agreements were approved by our Compensation Committee following our negotiations with our executive officers and were determined to be reasonable and necessary in order to hire and retain these individuals. Mr. Khulusi’s agreement was originally executed in 1995 and at that time we established certain change-in-control and severance protections for Mr. Khulusi. We believe that it is important to provide continued professional stability to those executive-level employees who helped build our company and whose leadership is important to our continued success. Further, we believe that the interests of our stockholders will be best served if the interests of our most senior management are aligned with them. Providing change in control benefits, including the severance and option acceleration benefits, is designed to reduce the reluctance of senior management to pursue potential change of control transactions that may be in the best interests of our stockholders. The severance and change-in-control benefits offered to our executive officers did not affect the Compensation Committee’s determination of the total compensation, or any component of compensation, we provided to our executive officers in 2007.

 

Copies of each of the above-referenced employment agreements, as well as a summary of our executive bonus plan, are filed as exhibits to our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2008.

 

Perquisites and Other Benefits

 

We provide our executive officers, including our Chief Executive Officer, with perquisites that we believe are reasonable, competitive and consistent with our overall executive compensation program. We believe that our perquisites help us to hire and retain qualified executives. Our executive officers receive health care benefits in the form of subsidized health care insurance premium payments we made on behalf of our executives and their family members. Ms. Rogers and Mr. DeVries each receive monthly car allowances. For additional information regarding perquisites we provided to each of our named executive officers in 2007, please refer to the “Summary Compensation Table” below.

 

Policy Regarding Deductibility of Compensation

 

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, enacted in 1993, generally disallows a tax deduction to public companies for compensation over $1.0 million paid to the Chief Executive Officer or any of the other four most highly compensated executive officers. However, certain compensation meeting a tax law definition of “performance-based” is generally exempt from this deduction limit. We do not currently have a policy regarding qualification of cash compensation, such as salary and bonuses, for deductibility under Section 162(m). We have included provisions in the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan designed to enable grants of options and stock appreciation rights to executives affected by Section 162(m) to qualify as “performance-based” compensation. Such grants cannot qualify until they are made by a committee consisting of “outside directors” under Section 162(m). In fiscal 2007, our executives did not receive compensation at a level that exceeds the $1 million limit, except for our Chief Executive Officer who earned total cash compensation of $1.2 million. However, the Compensation Committee believes that in certain circumstances factors other than tax deductibility take precedence when determining the forms and levels of executive compensation most appropriate and in the best interests of us and our stockholders. Given our changing industry and business, as well as the competitive market for outstanding executives, the

 

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Compensation Committee believes that it is important to retain the flexibility to design compensation programs consistent with its overall executive compensation philosophy even if some executive compensation is not fully deductible. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee may from time to time deem it appropriate to approve elements of compensation for certain officers that are not fully deductible.

 

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth the cash and non-cash compensation for fiscal years 2007 and 2006 awarded to or earned by our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and each of our other three most highly compensated executive officers whose compensation exceeded $100,000. The individuals listed in the following table are sometimes referred to as the “named executive officers.”

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary
($)

 

Bonus
($)

 

Option
Awards
($)(1)

 

All Other
Compensation
($)

 

Total
($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

2007

 

$

800,000

 

$

355,491

 

$

103,740

 

$

9,512

(4)

$

1,268,743

 

President and CEO

 

2006

 

767,702

 

157,357

(2)(3)

103,740

 

10,701

(4)

1,039,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brandon H. LaVerne (5)

 

2007

 

194,604

 

 

53,350

 

47,692

 

5,232

(4)

300,878

 

Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theodore R. Sanders (5)

 

2007

 

161,538

 

 

40,844

 

8,255

(6) 

210,637

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

2006

 

300,000

 

84,384

(3)

81,691

 

16,721

(6)

482,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

2007

 

312,865

 

125,468

 

108,561

 

16,971

(7)

563,865

 

Executive Vice President, Sales

 

2006

 

296,403

 

82,928

 

98,917

 

15,598

(6)

493,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

2007

 

264,346

 

103,098

 

67,193

 

20,656

(7)

455,293

 

Executive Vice President, Marketing

 

2006

 

257,500

 

78,143

 

57,549

 

19,481

(6)

412,673

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert I. Newton

 

2007

 

267,692

 

135,000

 

118,341

 

6,784

(4)

527,817

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

2006

 

250,000

 

90,000

 

159,980

 

4,955

(4)

504,935

 

 


(1)

 

Represents the dollar amounts associated with the named executive officers’ option grants that are recognized as stock-based compensation expense in the 2007 and 2006 fiscal years for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance with SFAS 123R, resulting from the vesting in 2007 and 2006, respectively, of options granted in the years 2007, 2004 and 2005. For a detailed discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of stock option awards, please see Notes 2 and 3 of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

(2)

 

Excludes certain bonus amounts under our executive bonus plan, which were awarded to Mr. Khulusi by the Compensation Committee, but which Mr. Khulusi voluntarily declined to receive as follows: $13,718 and $38,228 relating to the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, and $55,955, representing half of his bonus relating the quarter ended September 30, 2006. In total, Mr. Khulusi elected not to receive bonus payments aggregating $107,901 for fiscal 2006.

 

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(3)

 

Bonus amounts relating to 2006 for Mr. Khulusi and Mr. Sanders were previously reported in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column for the 2006 fiscal year, and are reported in the “Bonus” column in the table above for comparison purposes. All such reported amounts were paid under our executive bonus plan.

(4)

 

Includes medical and dental insurance premiums we subsidized on behalf of the executive above and beyond pricing that is available to the general employee population, and company matched 401(k) contributions on behalf of the executive which the Company began matching as of July 1, 2007.

(5)

 

On June 7, 2007, our board of directors appointed Mr. LaVerne as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective upon the departure of our former Chief Financial Officer, Theodore R. Sanders, on June 30, 2007.

(6)

 

Includes medical and dental insurance premiums we subsidized on behalf of the executive above and beyond pricing that is available to the general employee population, and car allowances.

(7)

 

Includes medical and dental insurance premiums we subsidized on behalf of the executive above and beyond pricing that is available to the general employee population, company matched 401(k) contributions on behalf of the executive, and car allowances.

 

Grants of Plan-Based Awards (2007)

 

Name

 

Grant
Date

 

All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)

 

Exercise
or Base
 Price of
Option
Awards
($/sh)

 

Grant Date
Fair
Value of
Option
Awards (3)

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

12/14/2007

 

90,000(1)

 

$

10.50

 

$

579,424

 

Brandon H. LaVerne

 

08/31/2007

 

15,000(2)

 

12.27

 

115,729

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

08/31/2007

 

20,000(2)

 

12.27

 

154,306

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

08/31/2007

 

20,000(2)

 

12.27

 

154,306

 

Robert I. Newton

 

08/31/2007

 

20,000(2)

 

12.27

 

154,306

 

 


(1)

 

These options vest quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on December 14, 2011, and have term of ten years.

(2)

 

These options vest quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on August 31, 2011, and have a term of ten years.

(3)

 

The grant date fair value of the stock options granted were computed in accordance with SFAS No. 123R. For a detailed discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of stock option awards, please see Notes 2 and 3 of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End (2007)

 

The following table sets forth information regarding unexercised options for each of our named executive officers outstanding as of December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Option Awards

 

Name

 

Number of 
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable

 

Number of 
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable

 

Option
Exercise
Price ($)

 

Option
Expiration
Date

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

50,000

 

 

$

2.84

 

06/10/2009

 

 

 

81,250

 

18,750(1)

 

6.23

 

10/28/2014

 

 

 

 

90,000(2)

 

10.50

 

12/14/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brandon H. LaVerne

 

7,000

 

 

5.02

 

11/21/2013

 

 

 

14,000

 

6,000(3)

 

6.36

 

05/24/2014

 

 

 

5,583

 

1,417(4)

 

4.49

 

06/29/2015

 

 

 

938

 

14,062(5)

 

12.27

 

08/31/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

34,500

 

 

3.23

 

01/19/2010

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

0.60

 

04/17/2011

 

 

 

27,500

 

 

0.90

 

08/15/2012

 

 

 

32,500

 

7,500(1)

 

6.23

 

10/28/2014

 

 

 

41,667

 

8,333(6)

 

4.41

 

06/28/2015

 

 

 

1,250

 

18,750(5)

 

12.27

 

08/31/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

15,086

 

 

0.65

 

06/15/2008

 

 

 

35,000(7)

 

 

2.84

 

06/10/2009

 

 

 

42,606

 

 

0.60

 

04/17/2011

 

 

 

22,737

 

 

0.90

 

08/15/2012

 

 

 

18,750

 

6,250(8)

 

6.23

 

10/28/2014

 

 

 

16,667

 

3,333(6)

 

4.41

 

06/28/2015

 

 

 

1,250

 

18,750(5)

 

12.27

 

08/31/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert I. Newton

 

50,000

 

 

6.92

 

06/08/2014

 

 

 

41,667

 

8,333(6)

 

4.41

 

06/28/2015

 

 

 

1,250

 

18,750(5)

 

12.27

 

08/31/2017

 

 


(1)

 

These options were granted on October 28, 2004 and vested as to 25% on grant date, with the remaining 75% vesting quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on October 28, 2008.

(2)

 

These options were granted on December 14, 2007 and vest quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on December 14, 2011.

(3)

 

These options were granted on May 24, 2004 and vest quarterly in equal installments over five years, with full vesting on May 24, 2009.

(4)

 

These options were granted on June 29, 2005 and vest quarterly in equal installments over three years, with full vesting on June 29, 2008.

(5)

 

These options were granted on August 31, 2007 and vest quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on August 31, 2011.

(6)

 

These options were granted on June 28, 2005 and vest quarterly in equal installments over three years, with full vesting on June 28, 2008.

(7)

 

This includes options to purchase 17,357 shares of our common stock that have been transferred pursuant to a divorce settlement.

 

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(8)

 

These options were granted on October 28, 2004 and vest quarterly in equal installments over four years, with full vesting on October 28, 2008.

 

Option Exercises and Stock Vested (2007)

 

The following table provides information regarding each exercise of stock option awards for each of our named executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Option Awards

 

Name

 

Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise
(#)

 

Value Realized
on Exercise
($)(2)

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

 

 

Brandon H. LaVerne

 

 

 

Theodore R. Sanders (1)

 

171,883

 

$

1,916,878

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

 

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

7,500

 

88,200

 

Robert I. Newton

 

 

 

 


(1)

 

Mr. Sanders resigned from our company effective June 30, 2007. Mr. Sanders exercised all of his outstanding options upon his departure.

(2)

 

Value realized was computed by calculating the difference between the market price of our stock at the exercise date and the exercise prices of the options exercised.

 

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control (2007)

 

Provisions of our employment and change of control arrangements with the named executive officers and our equity incentive plan or individual award agreements thereunder provide for certain payments to our named executive officers at, following or in connection with a termination of their employment or a change of control of PC Mall. See “Employment Agreements and Severance and Change-in-Control Arrangements” in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis section above for a discussion of the specific circumstances that would trigger payments under the employment agreements with our named executive officers

 

The agreements pursuant to which we granted stock options to Mr. Khulusi provide for full acceleration of vesting of their unvested options in the event of a change of control of our company. The agreements pursuant to which each of our other named executive officers received stock options provide that, in the event of a change of control, a portion of the unvested options then outstanding will become fully vested and exercisable if:

 

·         the option is not assumed or replaced (by an option or comparable cash incentive) by the successor entity as part of such transaction; or

 

·         the option is assumed or replaced, but such officer’s employment is terminated by the successor entity without cause or by the executive for “good reason” within twelve (12) months of the change of control.

 

Under our stock incentive plan, a change of control is deemed to occur upon:

 

·         the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or related group of persons of more than 50% of the total voting power our outstanding stock;

 

·         a change in the composition of our board over a period of 36 months or less such that a majority of our continuing directors cease to be members of our board;

 

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·         a merger or consolidation in which we are not the surviving entity or in which we survive as an entity but in which more than 50% of the voting power of our outstanding securities are transferred to persons different from those who held such securities immediately prior to such merger; or

 

·         the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets or the liquidation or dissolution of us.

 

The table below sets forth the estimated payments that would be made to each of our named executive officers (other than Mr. Sanders, who resigned from our company effective June 30, 2007) upon voluntary termination, involuntary termination, a change of control, and death or permanent disability. The actual amounts to be paid out can only be determined at the time of such named executive officer’s separation from PC Mall. The information set forth in the table assumes, as necessary:

 

·         The termination and/or the qualified change in control event occurred on December 31, 2007 (the last business day of our last completed fiscal year);

 

·         The price per share of our common stock on the date of termination is $9.31 (the closing market price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on December 31, 2007); and

 

·         With respect to unvested stock options, the options are not assumed or replaced as described above.

 

Name

 

Voluntary
Termination

 

Death or
Permanent
Disability

 

Change of
Control

 

Involuntary
Termination

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

$

2,056,342

(1)(2)

See

(8)

$

2,056,342

(2)(3)

$

2,056,342

(2)(7)

Acceleration of Unvested Options

 

 

 

57,750

(5)

 

Total:

 

$

2,056,342

 

 

$

2,114,092

 

$

2,056,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brandon H. LaVerne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

 

 

 

$

103,374

(4)(7)

Acceleration of Unvested Options

 

 

 

$

20,597

(5)

 

Total:

 

 

 

$

20,597

 

$

103,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

 

 

 

$

173,187

(6)(7)

Acceleration of Unvested Options

 

 

 

$

63,932

(5)

 

Total:

 

 

 

$

63,932

 

$

173,187

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

 

 

 

$

137,500

(4)(7)

Acceleration of Unvested Options

 

 

 

$

35,582

(5)

 

Total:

 

 

 

$

35,582

 

$

137,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert I. Newton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

 

 

 

$

150,000

(4)(7)

Acceleration of Unvested Options

 

 

 

$

40,832

(5)

 

Total:

 

 

 

$

40,832

 

$

150,000

 

 


(1)

 

This severance benefit is provided pursuant to Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement if his employment with us is terminated by Mr. Khulusi for “good reason,” as defined in his employment agreement, including if we choose to not renew the agreement.

(2)

 

Estimated severance payment is to be made in a single lump sum payment upon the termination or change of control, as applicable.

(3)

 

Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, to the extent the severance payment payable to Mr. Khulusi in the event of a change of control, either alone or together with other payments he has the right to receive from us, would not be deductible (in whole or in part) by us as a result of the payment constituting a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, the severance payment will be reduced to the maximum deductible amount under the Code.

 

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(4)

 

Severance payments are to be made in equal installments over a period of six months following the date of termination.

(5)

 

Represents the value of outstanding stock options as of December 31, 2007 that would vest upon consummation of a change in control. Assumes that the vested options are immediately exercised and the shares received upon exercise are immediately resold at the assumed per share price on the date of termination. As described above, the option agreements of Mr. Khulusi and Mr. Sanders provide for the full acceleration of vesting upon a change of control. The option agreements of our other named executive officers provide for partial acceleration of vesting upon a change of control if certain additional conditions occur, as described above. The amounts indicated in the table for the other named executive officers assume that the additional conditions occurred at or following a change of control.

(6)

 

Includes $5,687 of severance benefit relating to costs to continue health insurance benefits for Ms. Rogers and her family. Payments are to be made in equal bi-monthly installments over the six month severance period following the date of termination. All severance payment obligations, however, shall cease as of a date on which Ms. Rogers obtains other employment during the six month severance period.

(7)

 

The amount indicated reflects payments upon a termination not for cause. In the event of the individual’s termination for cause, no payment would be payable, except that pursuant to Mr. Khulusi’s employment agreement, if he is terminated for cause (which may occur upon 30 days’ advance written notice), he is to be paid his salary through the end of the notice period.

(8)

 

Upon executive’s death, we are required to pay to executive’s beneficiaries or estate the compensation to which he is entitled through the end of the month in which death occurs. Upon executive’s disability, which in the sole opinion of the Board, if executive is not able to properly perform his duties for more than 270 days in the aggregate or 180 consecutive days in any twelve month period, then executive’s employment shall termination on the last day of the month in which the Board determines executive to be disabled and be entitled to executive’s compensation through executive’s last day of employment.

 

Director Compensation (2007)

 

The following table provides information regarding the compensation earned for services performed for us as a director by each member of our board of directors, other than directors who are also named executive officers, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

 

Name

 

Fees Earned or 
Paid in Cash ($)

 

Stock
Awards
($)(1)(2)

 

Option
Awards
($)(3)(4)

 

All Other
Compensation ($)

 

Total ($)

 

Thomas A. Maloof

 

$55,000

 

$9,203

 

$25,839

 

 

$90,042

 

Ronald B. Reck

 

54,500

 

9,203

 

17,226

 

$1,131

 

82,060

 

Paul C. Heeschen

 

50,000

 

9,203

 

43,910

 

 

103,113

 

 


(1)

 

Represents the dollar amount associated with the director’s stock award grant that is recognized as stock-based compensation expense in the 2007 fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance with SFAS 123R, resulting from the vesting in 2007 of stock awards granted in 2007. For a detailed discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of stock awards, please see Notes 2 and 3 of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

(2)

 

As of December 31, 2007, each of our directors had the following aggregate number of restricted stock awards outstanding: Mr. Maloof – 2,250, Mr. Reck – 2,250 and Mr. Heeschen – 2,250.

(3)

 

Represents the dollar amount associated with the director’s option grant that is recognized as stock-based compensation expense in the 2007 fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance with SFAS 123R, resulting from the vesting in 2007 of options granted in 2005 and 2006. For a detailed discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of stock option awards, please see Notes 2 and 3 of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

(4)

 

As of December 31, 2007, each of our directors had the following aggregate number of option awards outstanding: Mr. Maloof – 56,000, Mr. Reck – 51,000 and Mr. Heeschen - 20,000.

 

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During the first three quarters of 2007, we paid each director who is not employed by us or any of our affiliates a quarterly retainer of $6,000, plus $2,500 for each regular board meeting attended in person or telephonically, $1,000 for each special board meeting attended in person or telephonically, $1,000 for each committee meeting attended in person, and $500 for each committee meeting attended telephonically. We also paid the chairperson of the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors an additional quarterly retainer of $3,125 for serving in such capacity. Directors who are employed by us or any of our affiliates are not paid any additional compensation for their service on our board of directors. We reimburse each of our directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that they incur in connection with attending board or committee meetings. We have entered into indemnification agreements, a form of which has been attached as an exhibit to our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, with each of our directors.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2007, we increased the quarterly retainer paid to each of our non-employee directors from $6,000 to $7,000 and the fee paid for attending each committee meeting telephonically from $500 to $1,000. We also paid the chairperson of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors an additional quarterly retainer of $1,250 for serving in such capacity for all four quarters of 2007.

 

Our directors are also eligible to participate in our 1994 Plan, which is administered by our Compensation Committee under authority delegated by our board of directors. The terms and conditions of option and stock bonus grants to our non-employee directors under our 1994 Plan are determined in the discretion of our Compensation Committee, and must be consistent with the terms of the 1994 Plan, which is filed as an exhibit to our original filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

On August 31, 2007, our Compensation Committee approved and granted, under the 1994 Plan the award of 3,000 restricted stock to each of our non-employee members of the board for a total award of 9,000 shares of restricted stock. The restricted stock awards each vest quarterly in equal amounts over a one year period from the date of grant. We valued the restricted stock award at fair value in accordance with SFAS 123R as of the grant date. See footnotes 1 and 2 in the table above for more information on restricted stock awards.

 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

 

Mr. Reck and Mr. Heeschen served as members of our Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. There are no Compensation Committee interlocks between us and other entities involving our executive officers and board members who serve as executive officers of such companies.

 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

 

The Compensation Committee of the Board has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on its review and discussions with management, the Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and our Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

The Compensation Committee

 

Ronald B. Reck (Chair)

Paul C. Heeschen

 

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ITEM 12.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 23, 2008 by: (i) each of the named executive officers; (ii) each director; (iii) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group; and (iv) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Percentage ownership is based on an aggregate of 13,274,087 shares of our common stock outstanding on April 23, 2008. The table is based upon information provided by officers, directors and principal stockholders, as well as upon information contained in Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC. Except as otherwise indicated, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all of the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each person is: c/o PC Mall, Inc., 2555 W. 190th Street, Suite 201, Torrance, California 90504.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

 

Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned

 

Percentage of
Shares Beneficially
Owned

 

5% or Greater Stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan L. Kimerling(1)

 

1,000,100

 

7.5%

 

Wells Fargo and Company(2)

 

709,560

 

5.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors and Executive Officers:

 

 

 

 

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

2,197,181

(3)

16.4

 

Theodore R. Sanders

 

119,800

(4)

*

 

Brandon H. LaVerne

 

32,305

(5)

*

 

Kristin M. Rogers

 

187,833

(6)

1.4

 

Daniel J. DeVries

 

150,130

(7)

1.1

 

Robert I. Newton

 

99,583

(8)

*

 

Thomas A. Maloof

 

59,000

(9)

*

 

Ronald B. Reck

 

79,000

(10)

*

 

Paul C. Heeschen

 

26,727

(11)

*

 

All current directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons)

 

2,836,447

(12)

20.2%

 

 


*

 

Less than 1%

 

 

 

(1)

 

Based on information contained in Schedule 13D/A filed on March 17, 2008 by Jonathan L. Kimerling and Four Leaf Management, LLC, Jonathan L. Kimerling has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 1,000,100 shares of our common stock (includes all shares held by Mr. Kimerling in an investment retirement account and shares held as custodian on behalf of Joel Kimerling) and Four Leaf Management, LLC has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 960,100 shares of our common stock. Mr. Kimerling is the sole managing member of Four Leaf Management LLC. The address for Mr. Kimerling and Four Leaf Management LLC is c/o Jonathan L. Kimerling, 2968 Cherokee Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35223.

 

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(2)

 

Based on information contained in Schedule 13G/A filed on January 25, 2008 by Wells Fargo and Company and Wells Capital Management Incorporated, Wells Fargo and Company has sole voting power with respect to 707,860 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 709,560 shares of our common stock, and Wells Capital Management Incorporated has sole voting power with respect to 662,560 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 709,560 shares of our common stock. Wells Fargo and Company is the parent holding company of Wells Capital Management Incorporated, which is a registered investment advisor. The address for Wells Fargo and Company is 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94104 and the address for Wells Capital Management Incorporated is 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

(3)

 

Consists of 1,646,656 shares held by the Khulusi Family Revocable Trust dated November 3, 1993, 400,000 shares held by Frank F. Khulusi, and 151,875 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(4)

 

Mr. Sanders resigned from exployment with our company effective June 30, 2007. The number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Sanders is presented as of September 25, 2007, the latest date as of which such information was available to us.

(5)

 

Includes 32,105 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(6)

 

Consists of 187,833 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(7)

 

Includes 142,030 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(8)

 

Consists of 99,583 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(9)

 

Includes of 56,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(10)

 

Includes 51,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(11)

 

Includes 20,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

(12)

 

This figure includes an aggregate of 745,114 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of April 23, 2008.

 

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The following table sets forth information about shares of our common stock that may be issued upon exercise of options and warrants under all of our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2007:

 

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

 

Number of
Securities
Remaining Available
for Future Issuance
 Under Equity
Compensation Plans

 

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders

 

1,805,409

 

$

5.50

 

1,588,233

(1)

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holders(2)

 

30,000

 

1.59

 

––

 

Total

 

1,835,409

 

5.44

 

1,588,233

 

 


(1)

 

Represents shares available for issuance under our 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, as of December 31, 2007. The 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, contains an evergreen provision pursuant to which on January 1 of each year, the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, will increase by a number of shares equal to 3% of the outstanding shares on December 31 of the preceding year. On January 1, 2008, an additional 397,802 shares became available under the plan pursuant to the evergreen provision.

 

 

 

(2)

 

Represents a warrant to purchase 30,000 shares of our common stock issued in June 2003 to a consulting firm for investor and public relations services. The warrant was issued at an exercise price of $3.99, adjusted to $1.59 on April 11, 2005 as a result of the adjustments made to outstanding options and warrants in connection with the spin-off of eCOST.com, with a five year term, and vested monthly over a one year period from the date of grant.

 

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

 

We have a written policy covering the review and approval of transactions with related persons, which policy requires that we comply with the Nasdaq continued listing standards. Our general counsel reviews and monitors the terms and conditions of all related party transactions and an independent committee of the board of directors approves all related party transactions.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our current directors and executive officers that provide the maximum indemnity available to directors and officers under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as well as certain procedural protections. We have also entered into transactions with certain of our directors and officers, as described under the section “Executive Compensation.”

 

Sam U. Khulusi, the brother of Frank F. Khulusi, was employed as a Senior Vice President of AF Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PC Mall, in fiscal year 2008 and earned compensation in the amount of $211,253. Sam U. Khulusi did not earn any bonus during 2008. Sam U. Khulusi is eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees.

 

Simon M. Abuyounes, the brother-in-law of Frank F. Khulusi, was employed as the President of AF Services, LLC in fiscal year 2008 and earned compensation in the amount of $343,319, which includes quarterly bonuses totaling $77,742 and company matched 401(k) contribution totaling $749. Mr. Abuyounes is entitled to six

 

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months severance based on his base salary in the event his employment is terminated by us without cause. Mr. Abuyounes is also eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans that are generally available to similarly situated employees. Mr. Abuyounes was granted options to purchase 20,000 shares of our common stock on August 31, 2007 at an exercise price of $12.27. The options vest quarterly over a four year period.

 

Director Independence

 

Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of the members of a listed company’s board of directors qualify as “independent,” as affirmatively determined by the board of directors. After review of all of the relevant transactions or relationships between each director (and his family members) and us, our senior management and our independent registered public accounting firm, our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of Mr. Maloof, Mr. Heeschen and Mr. Reck is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable Nasdaq listing standards.

 

Each member of our board of directors serving on our audit and compensation committees is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable Nasdaq listing standards. The board of directors does not have a nominating committee. As permitted by the Nasdaq listing standards, in lieu of a nominating committee, nominations for director candidates are presented to the full board of directors for consideration and approval upon the recommendation of no less than a majority of the independent members of the board of directors as defined in Rule 4200(a)(15) of the Nasdaq listing standards.

 

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP billed us in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services it rendered to us for the audit of our annual financial statements included in our annual reports on Form 10-K and review of our financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as for services that are normally provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those years was $1,032,900 in 2007 and $892,500 in 2006. Fiscal year 2007 also include services rendered and billed relating to the audit of our internal control over financial reporting and the related attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

The aggregate fees PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP billed us in fiscal year 2007 for assurance or related services regarding the performance of its audit or review of our financial statements, other than those reported above under the caption “Audit Fees” was $40,100. For fiscal 2007, the fees were primarily related to services performed in connection with our acquisition of SARCOM. No such fees were billed to us by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in fiscal 2006.

 

Tax Fees

 

The aggregate fees PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP billed us in fiscal years 2007 and 2006 for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning was $71,254 and $26,662, respectively.

 

All Other Fees

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP did not provide us, or bill us for, any products or services in the last two fiscal years, other than the services performed in connection with the fees reported under the captions “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees” above.

 

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Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

 

The audit committee of our board of directors has adopted a policy requiring that all services provided to us by our approved independent registered accounting firm be pre-approved by the audit committee. The policy pre-approves specific types of services that the independent registered accounting firm may provide us if the types of services do not exceed specified cost limits. Any type of service that is not clearly described in the policy, as well as any type of described service that would exceed the pre-approved cost limit set forth in the policy, must be explicitly approved by our audit committee prior to any engagement with respect to that type of service. Our audit committee reviews the pre-approval policy and establishes fee limits annually, and may revise the list of pre-approved services from time to time.

 

Additionally, our audit committee delegated to its chairman the authority to explicitly pre-approve engagements with our independent registered accounting firm, provided that any pre-approval decisions must be reported to our audit committee at its next scheduled meeting. If explicit pre-approval is required for any service, our Chief Financial Officer and our independent registered accounting firm must submit a joint request to the audit committee, or its authorized delegate, describing in detail the specific services proposed and the anticipated costs of those services, as well as a statement as to whether and why, in their view, providing those services will be consistent with the SEC’s rules regarding auditor independence.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

(1)               Financial Statements — See Part II, Item 8 — Financial Statements of our original filing of this Form 10-K.

 

(2)               Financial Statement Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts — See Part IV, Item 15 — Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules of our original filing of this Form 10-K.

 

(3)               Exhibits — The following exhibits are filed or incorporated herein by reference as part of this report:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 17, 2007, by and among PC Mall, Inc., Mall Acquisition 2, Inc., SARCOM, Inc., Zohar CDO 2003-1, Limited, Zohar II 2005-1, Limited, Charles E. Sweet, Robert F. Angart & Company, John R. Strauss, Daniel A. Schneider and Howard Schapiro (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 18, 2007)

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PC Mall, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1(C) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on November 14, 2002)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of PC Mall, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on April 2, 2001 (the “2000 Form 10-K”))

 

 

 

10.1*

 

Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (amended as of June 19, 2002) (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to the Definitive Proxy Statement of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on June 24, 2002)

 

 

 

10.2*

 

Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 1995, between Creative Computers, Inc. and Frank F. Khulusi (incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 33-89572), declared effective on April 4, 1995 (the “1995 Form S-1”))

 

 

 

10.3*

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement made and entered into as of December 28, 2005, by and between PC Mall, Inc. and Frank F. Khulusi (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2005 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 31, 2006 (the “December 31, 2005 Form 10-K))

 

 

 

10.4*

 

Second Amendment to Employment Agreement made and entered into as of December 28, 2005, by and between PC Mall, Inc. and Frank F. Khulusi (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the December 31, 2005 Form 10-K)

 

 

 

10.5*

 

Employment Agreement, dated January 20, 2000, between PC Mall, Inc. and Kristin M. Rogers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.45 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on April 1, 2002)

 

 

 

10.6*

 

Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 1994, between Creative Computers, Inc. and Daniel J. DeVries (incorporated herein by reference to the 1995 Form S-1)

 

 

 

10.7*

 

Severance Agreement, dated January 31, 2006, between PC Mall Inc. and Daniel J. DeVries (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on February 3, 2006)

 

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Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.8*

 

Employment Agreement, dated June 8, 2004, between PC Mall, Inc. and Rob Newton (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.54 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on August 11, 2004)

 

 

 

10.9*

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated March 22, 2005, between PC Mall, Inc. and Rob Newton (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 25, 2005)

 

 

 

10.10*

 

Severance Agreement between AF Services, LLC and Brandon LaVerne (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on November 14, 2007 (the “September 30, 2007 Form 10-Q”))

 

 

 

10.11*

 

Form of Executive Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (full acceleration upon change in control) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.61 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on November 15, 2004 (the “September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q”))

 

 

 

10.12*

 

Form of Executive Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (partial acceleration upon change in control) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.62 to the September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

10.13*

 

Directors’ Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, amended and restated as of May 18, 1999 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on August 16, 1999)

 

 

 

10.14*

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement between PC Mall, Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.48 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 31, 2003)

 

 

 

10.15*

 

Form of Director Restricted Stock Bonus Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the September 30, 2007 Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

10.16

 

Master Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between PC Mall, Inc. and eCOST.com, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.56 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on September 8, 2004 (the “September 8, 2004 Form 8-K”))

 

 

 

10.17

 

Tax Allocation and Indemnification Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between PC Mall, Inc. and eCOST.com, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.57 to the September 8, 2004 Form 8-K)

 

 

 

10.18

 

Employee Benefit Matters Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between PC Mall, Inc. and eCOST.com, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.58 to the September 8, 2004 Form 8-K)

 

 

 

10.19

 

Office Lease by and between St. Paul Properties, Inc., as Landlord, and PC Mall, Inc., as Tenant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on June 21, 2007)

 

 

 

10.20

 

Lease Agreement, dated September 1, 2003, between PC Mall, Inc. and Anderson Tully Company for the premises located at 4715 E. Shelby Drive, Memphis, TN (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.63 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PC Mall, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 31, 2005 (the “December 31, 2004 Form 10-K”))

 

 

 

10.21

 

Renewal Letter for lease of property in Memphis, Tennessee, entered into on October 2, 2006 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on October 6, 2006)

 

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Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.22

 

Lease Agreement, dated June 11, 2003, among PC Mall, Inc., PC Mall Canada, Inc. and Canaprev, Inc. for the premises located at 1100, University, 2nd Floor, Montreal (Quebec) Canada (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to the December 31, 2004 Form 10-K)

 

 

 

10.23

 

Addendum to Lease Agreement, dated January 26, 2004, between PC Mall, Inc., PC Mall Canada, Inc. and Canaprev, Inc. for premises located at 1100 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dated January 26, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.70 to the December 31, 2004 Form 10-K)

 

 

 

10.24

 

Lease Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2001, by and between Sarcom Properties, Inc. and Sarcom Desktop Solutions, Inc., as amended as of December 1, 2002 and as of March 22, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the September 30, 2007 Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

10.25

 

Addendum No. 2, by and between Complexe Rue Universite S.E.C., PC Mall Canada, Inc. and PC Mall, Inc., dated January 10, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on January 15, 2008)

 

 

 

10.26

 

Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2005, by and among PC Mall, Inc., certain subsidiaries of PC Mall, Inc., Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Western) and certain other financial institutions (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on September 8, 2005)

 

 

 

10.27

 

Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2007, by and among the Registrant, certain subsidiaries of the Registrant, Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Western) and certain other financial institutions (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on June 15, 2007)

 

 

 

10.28

 

Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2007, by and among PC Mall, Inc., certain subsidiaries of PC Mall, Inc., Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Western) and certain other financial institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on September 18, 2007)

 

 

 

10.29

 

Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2007, by and among PC Mall, Inc, certain of its subsidiaries, Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Western) and certain other financial institutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on November 6, 2007)

 

 

 

10.30

 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2006, by and among a wholly-owned subsidiary of PC Mall Gov, Inc. GMRI and the shareholders of GMRI (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on September 12, 2006)

 

 

 

10.31

 

Joint Stipulation of Settlement and Release made and entered into by and between Plaintiff Nicole Atkins, Class Representative and Defendants PC Mall, Inc. and PC Mall Sales, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) for the period ended March 31, 2007 filed with the Commission on May 15, 2007)

 

 

 

10.32

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2007, by and among PC Mall, Inc., Zohar CDO 2003-1, Limited, Zohar II 2005-1, Limited, Charles E. Sweet, Robert F. Angart & Company, John R. Strauss, Daniel A. Schneider and Howard Schapiro (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on September 18, 2007)

 

 

 

10.33*

 

Summary of Executive Bonus Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to the December 31, 2004 Form 10-K)

 

 

 

10.34*†

 

Summary of Executive Salary and Bonus Arrangements

 

 

 

10.35*†

 

Summary of Director Compensation Arrangements

 

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Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.36*

 

Employment Agreement, by and between PC Mall, Inc. and Joseph B. Hayek, dated March 17, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of PC Mall, Inc. (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 19, 2008)

 

 

 

21.1†

 

Subsidiaries of PC Mall, Inc. as of December 31, 2007

 

 

 

23.1†

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

 

 

31.1 †

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)

 

 

 

31.2 †

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)

 

 

 

31.3

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), required to be filed as exhibit to this Amendment No. 2

 

 

 

31.4

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), required to be filed as exhibit to this Amendment No. 2

 

 

 

32.1 †

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2 †

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 


*

 

Management contract, or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

 

 

 

Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (File No. 0-25790) filed with the Commission on March 17, 2008.

 

* * *

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

PC MALL, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

Date: April 29, 2008

By:

/s/  FRANK F. KHULUSI

 

 

Frank F. Khulusi

 

 

Chairman of the Board, President and

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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PC MALL, INC.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

31.3

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), required to be filed as exhibit to this Amendment No. 2

 

 

 

31.4

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer of PC Mall, Inc. pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), required to be filed as exhibit to this Amendment No. 2