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Form 14A
Dear Microvision Shareholder:For additional information on the Special Meeting of Stockholders, click the link above for the full Form 14A.
The Special Meeting of Shareholders of Microvision, Inc. (the "Company"), will be held at the Redmond Inn, 17601 Redmond Way, Redmond, Washington 98052 on January 18, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
1. To approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock; and
2. To conduct any other business that may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.
Details of the business to be conducted at the meeting are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Please read it carefully before casting your vote.
If you were a shareholder of record on November 27, 2006, you will be entitled to vote on the above matters. A list of shareholders as of the record date will be available for shareholder inspection at the headquarters of the Company, 6222 185 th Avenue NE, Redmond, Washington 98052, during ordinary business hours, from January 8, 2007 to the date of our Special Meeting. The list also will be available for inspection at the Special Meeting.
PROPOSAL:
AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation currently permits the Company to issue up to an aggregate of 98,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 73,000,000 shares of common stock and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock. On October 24, 2006, the Company's Board of Directors unanimously approved an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to permit the Company to issue up to an aggregate of 150,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 125,000,000 shares of common stock and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The text of the proposed amendment is set forth below.
As of November 21, 2006, there were approximately 42,967,000 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding and approximately 25,602,000 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the Company's outstanding options, warrants and convertible securities. Thus, approximately 4,431,000 authorized shares of common stock currently remain available for issuance.
The Board of Directors would like to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to provide the Company with flexibility to issue shares of common stock for general corporate purposes, which could include, among other uses, financings, strategic partnering arrangements, equity incentive plans, acquisitions of assets or businesses, stock splits or stock dividends. The availability of additional authorized shares of common stock would allow the Company to accomplish these goals, and other business and financial objectives, in the future without stockholder approval, except as may be required in particular cases by the Company's charter documents, applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or other system on which the Company's securities may then be listed. In addition to the more traditional uses described above, the Company could issue shares of its stock as a defense against efforts to obtain control of the Company. The Board of Directors does not intend or view the increase in authorized shares of stock as an anti-takeover measure, nor is the Company aware of any proposed or contemplated transaction of this type.
If this proposal is approved, the newly authorized shares of common stock would have the same rights as the presently authorized shares, including the right to cast one vote per share of common stock. Although the authorization of additional shares would not, in itself, have any effect on the rights of any holder of the Company's common stock, the future issuance of additional shares of common stock (other than a stock split or dividend) would have the effect of diluting the voting rights and could have the effect of diluting earnings per share and book value per share of existing stockholders. If this proposal is not approved, the Company would be limited in its ability to respond quickly to opportunities to engage in various transactions involving issuances of common stock, such as financings, strategic partnering arrangements, equity incentive plans and acquisitions of assets or businesses.
If approved, the first paragraph of Article IV of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation will be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"The total number of shares of capital stock which this corporation shall have the authority to issue is one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) one hundred twenty five million (125,000,000) shares of common stock, $.001 par value ("Common Stock") and (ii) twenty five million (25,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $.001 par value ("Preferred Stock")."
Approval of this amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation requires approval by a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. As a result, abstention and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Holders of shares of the Company's common stock do not have appraisal rights under Delaware law or under the governing documents of the Company in connection with this solicitation.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
OTHER BUSINESS
We know of no other matters to be voted on at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. If, however, other matters are presented for a vote at the meeting, the proxy holders (the individuals designated on the proxy card) will vote your shares according to their judgment on those matters.
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