(1) |
Title
of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
|
(2) |
Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
|
(3) |
Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is
calculated and state how it was
determined):
|
(4) |
Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
|
(5) |
Total
fee paid:
|
(1) |
Amount
Previously Paid:
|
(2) |
Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement
No.:
|
(3) |
Filing
Party:
|
(4) |
Date
Filed:
|
Payments
that Appear to be
Reflected
in IUSA Proxy Statements 1
|
1998 2
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
5
|
2002
|
2003
8
|
2004
9
|
2005
11
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Aircraft Usage (Business Purpose Identified)
|
$
|
1,419,177
|
$
|
1,233,214
|
$
|
179,736
|
$
|
617,535
|
$
|
537,814
|
$
|
662,093
|
$
|
218,648
|
$
|
4,868,217
|
||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Aircraft Usage (No Business Purpose Identified) 3
|
$
|
303,154
|
$
|
653,464
|
$
|
1,743,936
|
$
|
1,047,110
|
$
|
586,404
|
$
|
268,118
|
$
|
78,352
|
$
|
4,680,538
|
||||||||||||
Annapurna
- American Princess Yacht Usage
7
|
$
|
10,431
|
$
|
283,672
|
$
|
294,103
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Consulting Fees
|
$
|
1,382,369
|
$
|
40,000
|
$
|
68,000
|
$
|
1,490,369
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Loans
|
$
|
300,0004
|
$
|
300,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Skybox Usage
|
$
|
40,000
|
$
|
40,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Unspecified Service Charges for Travel Services
|
$
|
330,000
|
$
|
360,000
|
$
|
175,000
|
$
|
865,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Use of Residences in California
|
$
|
32,000
|
$
|
66,000
|
$
|
134,000
|
$
|
134,000
|
$
|
120,000
|
$
|
120,000
|
$
|
606,000
|
||||||||||||||
Everest
Asset Management - Acquisition Expenses/Advisory Fees
|
$
|
415,000
|
$
|
415,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Everest
Investment Management - Sale of InfoSpace (INSP) Stock
|
$
|
500,000
|
$
|
500,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Everest
Investment Management - Rented Office Space
|
$
|
120,000
|
$
|
120,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,392,000
|
$
|
3,976,699
|
$
|
1,952,678
|
$
|
2,217,672
|
$
|
2,611,645
|
$
|
1,614,650
|
$
|
1,508,883
|
$
|
297,000
|
$
|
15,571,227
|
Payments
that Do Not Appear to be Reflected in IUSA Proxy
Statements
|
19982
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
11
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Car
& Catamaran Lease Payments to Aspen Leasing, Mr. Vinod Gupta’s
Affiliate
|
$
|
40,878
|
$
|
57,543
|
$
|
98,421
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Consulting
Fees to Mr. Vinod Gupta’s Affiliates
|
$
|
23,000
|
$
|
33,000
|
$
|
31,200
|
$
|
87,200
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gupta
Family 1999 Irrevocable Trust - Insurance Payments
|
$
|
75,696
|
$
|
75,696
|
$
|
75,696
|
$
|
227,088
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Rent
for Condos in Aspen, CO and Maui, HI
|
$
|
76,860
|
$
|
76,860
|
$
|
75,455
|
$
|
45,000
|
$
|
58,000
|
$
|
48,000
|
$
|
40,000
|
$
|
420,175
|
||||||||||||
Vinod
Gupta - Reimbursement for Use of Yacht 7
|
$
|
36,000
|
$
|
54,000
|
$
|
90,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Annapurna
- Unspecified Service Charges for Travel Services
|
$
|
22,000
|
$
|
22,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
76,860
|
$
|
135,860
|
$
|
129,455
|
$
|
120,696
|
$
|
207,574
|
$
|
212,439
|
$
|
62,000
|
$
|
944,884
|
Payments
to Third Parties for Assets Used by Mr. Vinod Gupta and/or His
Affiliates
|
19982
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
11
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Everest
Building - Cabling, Interior Decorating, etc
|
$
|
90,6426
|
$
|
90,642
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Condos
in Maui, HI, Washington, DC & San Mateo, CA
|
$
|
15,013
|
$
|
22,860
|
$
|
88,264
|
$
|
72,544
|
$
|
198,680
|
||||||||||||||||||
American
Princess Yacht-Related
|
$
|
22,875
|
$
|
88,167
|
$
|
145,393
|
$
|
72,225
|
$
|
238,299
|
$
|
566,958
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
Jets - Flights (No Business Purpose Identified)
3
|
$
|
199,940
|
$
|
199,940
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
15,013
|
$
|
113,517
|
$
|
88,167
|
$
|
168,253
|
$
|
160,488
|
$
|
510,783
|
$
|
1,056,220
|
Acquisition
of Assets
|
19982
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
11
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Payment
to Net Jets for interest in Gulfstream IV jet previously owned by
Annapurna, Mr. Vinod Gupta’s affiliate
|
$
|
2,609,475
|
$
|
2,609,475
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
from NetJets of fractional ownership interests in two jets previously
owned by Mr. Vinod Gupta’s affiliate
|
$
|
2,700,000
|
$
|
2,700,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of four luxury cars previously leased through Aspen Leasing Services,
Mr.
Vinod Gupta’s affiliate
|
$
|
182,000
|
$
|
182,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition
of building (the “Everest Building”) by assumption of mortgage from
Everest Investment Management, Mr. Vinod Gupta’s affiliate
|
$
|
2,800,000
|
$
|
2,800,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of rights to a skybox at the University of Nebraska football stadium
from
Mr. Vinod Gupta’s affiliate
|
$
|
617,400
|
$
|
617,400
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease
for the American Princess Yacht from US Bancorp. Previously leased
by
Annapurna Corp., Mr. Vinod Gupta’s affiliate.
|
$
|
2,216,80610
|
$
|
2,216,806
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2,800,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
617,400
|
$
|
2,700,000
|
$
|
5,008,281
|
$
|
11,125,681
|
||||||||||
|
GRAND
TOTAL
|
$
|
28,698,012
|
1.
|
Dolphin
has attempted to match the related party transactions between the
Company
and Mr. Vinod Gupta and affiliates appearing in the Company’s proxy
statements with Company expense records that Dolphin obtained in
its books
and records search under Delaware law. Dolphin’s analysis suggests that in
many cases, the Company has not correctly characterized the transactions
in the proxy statements, as can be seen by comparing the amounts
identified in the spreadsheet above with the proxy statement disclosures
summarized below. Also, in some cases the accounts and amounts
of related
party transactions are inconsistent in the proxy statements of
different
years even when purporting to describe transactions in the same
year.
|
Year
|
Amount
|
Total
Annual Amount
|
|
2005
|
Reimbursement
for operating expenses, hourly costs and a proportionate amount
of fixed
expenses associated with the use of this aircraft
|
$297,000
|
$297,000
|
2004
|
Aircraft
usage
|
$1.5
million
|
$1.5
million
|
2003
|
Aircraft
usage and other travel expenses
|
$2.2
million
|
$2.2
million
|
2002
|
Aircraft
usage and other travel expenses
|
$2.2
million
|
|
Acquisition-related
expenses paid to Everest Asset Management
|
$415,000
|
$2.615
million
|
|
2001
|
Usage
of the aircraft and other travel and entertainment
expenses
|
$2.1
million
|
|
Costs
related to Polk City Directory acquisition
|
$49,000
|
||
Payment
for rented office space to Everest Investment Management
|
$120,000
|
$2.269
million
|
|
2000
|
Company-related
employee travel expenses
|
$2.0
million
|
$2.0
million
|
1999
|
Reimbursement
of Company related executive travel expenses
|
$2.2
million
|
|
Acquisition
and other related expenses
|
$1.3
million
|
||
Investment
advisory fees to Everest Investment Management
|
$500,000
|
$4.0
million
|
|
1998
|
Travel
and consulting services and related expenses
|
$1,392,000
|
$1,392,000
|
2.
|
In
response to Dolphin’s books and records request, the Company stated that
it could not furnish records of related party transactions prior
to July
1998. Accordingly, Dolphin’s data for 1998 is
incomplete.
|
||||||||||||
3.
|
These
charges primarily say “business development,” “IUSA,” “Corporate Travel,”
or have no stated reason whatsoever. Often, the individual signing
the
related payment requisition is Mr. Vinod Gupta himself.
|
||||||||||||
4.
|
Apparently
included in $2.2 million of “travel expenses” disclosed in the 2000 IUSA
proxy statement. There is no documentation indicating this loan
has been
repaid by either Annapurna or Mr. Vinod Gupta. Not included in
this
summary is an additional $2.6 million loan to Mr. Vinod Gupta in
1999,
which appears to have been repaid.
|
||||||||||||
5.
|
Does
not include a $1 million investment in Everest3
Fund. According to the 2004 proxy statement, IUSA liquidated this
investment in 2004.
|
||||||||||||
6.
|
Spent
before the Company purchased the Everest Building in October 2001.
Does
not include $78,627 in similar payments for 2001, which the Company
spent
after acquiring the building. It is unclear to Dolphin for whose
benefit
these payments were made.
|
||||||||||||
7.
|
In
the log book for the American Princess Yacht that Dolphin obtained
in its
books and records search, there is no identification of any business
purpose for which the vessel was used.
|
||||||||||||
8.
|
Dolphin
has been unable to identify all $2.2 million in expense payments
to
Annapurna in 2003 that the Company disclosed in its proxy statements.
Dolphin suspects that the Company included in its proxy disclosure
the
$617,400 paid by the Company to Annapurna in that year for the
purchase of
the University of Nebraska skybox, which was also separately disclosed.
When added to the expense payments that Dolphin has identified
for 2003,
it sums to approximately $2.2 million.
|
||||||||||||
9.
|
The
February 8, 2005 “Raval Memo” lists $277,899 in payments to Annapurna for
usage of the American Princess Yacht and $195,000 in service charges
for
travel services. These payment totals modestly differ from those
that
Dolphin was able to identify.
|
||||||||||||
10.
|
Represents
the total amount of payments that are payable over the term of
the yacht
lease.
|
||||||||||||
11.
|
Dolphin
has included the records for 2005 which it received pursuant to
its books
and records request, but these records may not be
complete.
|