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UNITED STATESIntrusion Inc.

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GRAPHIC

INTRUSION INC.

101 EAST PARK BLVD., SUITE 1200

PLANO, TEXAS 75074
(972) 234-6400
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1101 East Arapaho Road, Suite 200
Richardson, Texas 75081
(972) 234-6400


NOTICE OF ANNUALSPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held May 19, 2016March 15, 2024

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To the Stockholders of
Intrusion Inc.:

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2016 Annuala Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”“Special Meeting”) of Intrusion Inc. (the “Company”(“Intrusion”) will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Doubletree Hotel-Richardson, 1981 North Central Expressway, Richardson,9:00 a.m., local time, at 101 East Park Blvd, Plano, Texas at 10:00 A.M., Local Time, on Thursday, May 19, 2016,75074. The Special Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

 

(1)   To elect five (5) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;

(2)   To ratify the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and

(3)   To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments thereof.

(1)To approve the amendment of Intrusion’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effectuate a reverse stock split of Intrusion’s outstanding shares of common stock, at a ratio of no less than 1-for-2 and no more than 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board;
(2)To approve the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 preferred shares;
(3)To approve the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to create a right of stockholders to take action by written consent;
(4)To approve the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to add a Delaware forum selection provision;
(5)To approve the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to update, clarify and remove outdated provisions; and
(6)To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments thereof.

 

The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statementproxy statement accompanying this Notice.notice. The record date for determining those stockholders who will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting and at any adjournment thereof is March 31, 2016.January 16, 2024. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for inspection at the offices of the Company during the ten10 days prior to the Special Meeting.

 

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Special Meeting in person. Stockholders are urged, whether or not they plan to attend the Meeting, to complete, date and sign the enclosed Proxyproxy and return it promptly in the enclosed postage prepaid envelope. Your Proxyproxy may be revoked at any time prior to the Special Meeting.  If you decide to attend the Meeting and wish to change your Proxy vote, you may do so by voting in person at the Meeting.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors

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/s/ Anthony J. LeVecchio

G. WARD PAXTON

Anthony J. LeVecchio

Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer

of the Board

 

Richardson,

Plano, Texas
April 14, 2016

January 25, 2024

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the AnnualSpecial Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2016:March 15, 2024: This proxy statementnotice and the company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10Kaccompanying proxy statement are available at www.intrusion.com.

 



 

INTRUSION INC.
1101 East Arapaho Road, Suite 200
Richardson, Texas 75081


 

INTRUSION INC.
101 EAST PARK BLVD., SUITE 1200

PLANO, TEXAS 75074

PROXY STATEMENT
for
ANNUALSPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
to be Held May 19, 2016March 15, 2024


 

SOLICITATION AND REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES

 

The enclosed proxy (the “Proxy”) is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Intrusion Inc. (the(“Intrusion” or the “Company”) for use at the AnnualSpecial Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”“Special Meeting”) to be held at the Doubletree Hotel- Richardson, 1981 North Central Expressway, Richardson,101 East Park Blvd., Plano, Texas 75074, at 10:9:00 A.M.a.m., Local Time,local time, on Thursday, May 19, 2016,Friday, March 15, 2024, or at such other time and place to which the Special Meeting may be adjourned. Proxies, together with copies of this Proxy Statement,proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), are first being mailed on or about January 25, 2024, to stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Meeting on or about April 14, 2016.Special Meeting.

 

Execution and return of the enclosed Proxyproxy will not affect a stockholder’s right to attend the Special Meeting and to vote in person. Any stockholder executing a Proxyproxy retains the right to revoke such proxy at any time prior to exercise at the Special Meeting. A Proxyproxy may be revoked by delivery of written notice of revocation to theIntrusion’s Secretary, of the Company, by execution and delivery of a later Proxyproxy or by voting the shares in person at the Special Meeting. If you attend the Special Meeting and vote in person by ballot, your proxy will be revoked automatically and only your vote at the Special Meeting will be counted. A Proxy,proxy, when executed and not revoked, will be voted in accordance with the instructions thereon. In the absence of specific instructions, Proxiesproxies will be voted by those named in the Proxy “FOR” the election as directors of those nominees named in the Proxy Statement, “FOR”proxy “FOR the approval of each of the other proposals described in this Proxy Statement, and in accordance with their best judgment on all other matters that may properly come before the Special Meeting.

 

The enclosed form of Proxy provides a method for stockholders to withhold authority to vote for any one or more of the nominees for director while granting authority to vote for the remaining nominees.  The names of all nominees are listed on the Proxy.  If you wish to grant authority to vote for all nominees, check the box marked “FOR.” If you wish to withhold authority to vote for all nominees, check the box marked “WITHHOLD.” If you wish your shares to be voted for some nominees and not for one or more of the others, check the box marked “FOR” and indicate the name(s) of the nominee(s) for whom you are withholding the authority to vote by writing the name(s) of such nominee(s) on the Proxy in the space provided.

RECORD DATE AND VOTING SECURITIES

 

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2016January 16, 2024 (the “Record Date”), are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting. The stock transfer books of the Company will remain open between the record dateRecord Date and the date of the Special Meeting. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for inspection at theIntrusion’s executive offices of the Company.offices. On the March 31, 2016 record date,Record Date, the Company had 12,747,836 outstanding36,268,942 shares of Common Stock,common stock, $0.01 par value, (the “Common Stock”); 200,000 outstanding shares of 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “5% Preferred Stock”); 460,000and no shares of Series 1, Series 2 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series 2 5% Preferred Stock”) and 289,378 shares ofor Series 3 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series 3 5% Preferred Stock”).  The holders of Series 2 and Series 3 5% Preferred Stock do not have voting rights, other than as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Therefore, the holders of the Series 2 and Series 3 5% Preferred Stock are not entitled to vote with respect to the proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement.preferred stock outstanding.

 

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QUORUM AND VOTING

 

The presence at the Special Meeting, in person or by Proxy,proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stockcommon stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred Stock is necessary to constitute a quorum. Holders of Common Stockcommon stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stockcommon stock held on each matter to be voted on at the Meeting including the election of directors.  Holders of 5% Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on an as-converted to Common Stock basis, with any fractional votes being rounded to the nearest whole vote.  As of the record date, each share of 5% Preferred Stock was convertible into 1.59 shares of Common Stock.  As a result, each holder is entitled to 1.59 votes for each share of 5% Preferred Stock held on each matter to be voted on at the Meeting, including the election of directors, representing an aggregate of 318,065 votes attributable to holders of the 5% Preferred Stock or 2.5% of the total 13,065,901 votes entitled to be cast at theSpecial Meeting.

All votes will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Special Meeting, who will separately tabulate affirmative and negative votes, abstentions, and broker non-votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions will be counted towardstoward the tabulations of votes cast on matters presented at the Special Meeting and will have the same effect as negative votes, (other than the election of directors) whereas broker non-votes will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a matter has been approved.

 

Assuming the presence of a quorum, the following paragraphs describe the vote required by the stockholders of record to approve each of the proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement.

 

·Proposal 1. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effectuate a reverse stock split of Intrusion’s outstanding shares of common stock, at a ratio of no less than 1-for-2 and no more than 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board.
·Proposal 2. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 preferred shares.
·Proposal 3.The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to create a right of stockholders to take action by written consent.

·Proposal One.  The five nominees receiving the greatest number of votes of the shares of Common Stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred Stock present in person or represented by Proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote shall be deemed elected even if they receive the affirmative vote of less than a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred Stock entitled to be voted at the Meeting.  Cumulative voting is prohibited in the election of directors, and Proxies cannot be voted for more than five nominees.

 

·Proposal Two.

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·Proposal 4.The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to add a Delaware forum selection provision.
·Proposal 5.The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to update, clarify and remove outdated provisions.

Each proposal above is being voted on separately. The affirmative voteapproval of the holdersany one proposal is not conditioned upon approval of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred Stock entitled to vote at the Meeting and present in person or by Proxy, is required for the ratification of the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as independent auditors.any other proposal.

 

The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” each of proposals one and twoProposals 1 through 5, each as set forth in this Proxy Statement.

 

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PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION1 –

AMENDMENT OF DIRECTORSCERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECTUATE

REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

On September 26, 2023, the Company received a written notice (the “Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) notifying the Company that the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock over the 30 consecutive trading days from August 14, 2023, through September 25, 2023, had fallen below $1.00 per share, which is the minimum closing bid price required to maintain listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market under Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Requirement”).

In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement (the “Grace Period”), or until March 25, 2024, subject to a potential 180 calendar day extension, as described below. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days within the Grace Period. 

If the Company does not achieve compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement by March 25, 2024, the end of the Grace Period, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day period to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company would be required, among other things, to meet the continued listing requirement for the market value of its publicly held shares and all other NASDAQ initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Requirement, and would need to provide written notice to NASDAQ of its intention and plan to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effectuating a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to NASDAQ staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company does not meet the other listing standards, NASDAQ could provide notice that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting. In the event the Company receives notice that its common stock is being delisted, the Company would be entitled to appeal the determination to a NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel and request a hearing.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, even if it maintains compliance with the other listing requirements.

In response to the Notification Letter and in an attempt to increase the share price of our common stock, we are asking stockholders to adopt and approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (the “Reverse Stock Split Amendment”) to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split of our issued and outstanding common stock. On December 15, 2023, our Board unanimously approved and declared advisable the proposed Reverse Stock Split Amendment and recommends that our stockholders adopt and approve the proposed Reverse Stock Split Amendment. If approved by stockholders, this Proposal 1 will authorize the amendment of our Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of no less than 1-for-2 and no more than 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board, with any fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher whole share.

Assuming stockholders approve the Reverse Stock Split Amendment, the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be determined at the sole discretion of the Board and may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting. The effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be publicly announced by us. The Board may determine, in its sole discretion, not to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split and not to file any amendment to our Certificates of Incorporation.

If we effectuate the Reverse Stock Split, then, except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares as described below, each stockholder will hold the same percentage of the then-outstanding shares of common stock immediately following the Reverse Stock Split that such stockholder held immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split. The par value of our common stock will remain unchanged at $0.01 per share. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split.

If the proposed Reverse Stock Split Amendment is adopted and approved by our stockholders and the Board elects to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split, we will file an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State that sets forth the Reverse Stock Split Amendment and the Reverse Stock Split ratio as determined by the Board. The Reverse Stock Split Amendment will be effective immediately upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State or such later time as is set forth therein. The Board also may determine in its discretion to abandon such an amendment, and to not effectuate the Reverse Stock Split. The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 1 relating to the Reverse Stock Split and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 1 should be disregarded.

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Background and Reasons for the Reverse Stock Split

Our Board of Directors’ primary reason for approving and recommending the Reverse Stock Split is to increase the share price of our common stock to a level that will enable the Company to comply with the Minimum Bid Requirement. The Board of Directors believes that maintaining the Company’s Nasdaq listing is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Among other things, the Board of Directors believes that the Company’s Nasdaq listing may enable the Company to achieve better access to capital, encourage investor interest and improve the marketability of our common stock to a broader range of investors. In addition, we believe the Reverse Stock Split will make our common stock more attractive to a broader range of institutional and other investors, as we believe the current market price of our common stock may affect its acceptability to certain institutional investors, professional investors, and other members of the investing public. Many brokerage houses and institutional investors have internal policies and practices that either prohibit them from investing in low-priced stocks or tend to discourage individual brokers from recommending low-priced stocks to their customers. In addition, some of those policies and practices may function to make the processing of trades in low-priced stocks economically unattractive to brokers. Moreover, because brokers’ commissions on low-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, the current average price per share of our common stock can result in individual stockholders paying transaction costs representing a higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case if the share price were substantially higher. We believe that the Reverse Stock Split will make our common stock a more attractive and cost-effective investment for many investors, which should enhance the liquidity available to the holders of our common stock. Accordingly, we believe that approval of the Reverse Stock Split is in the Company’s and its stockholders’ best interests.

However, despite approval of the Reverse Stock Split by our stockholders and the implementation thereof by our Board of Directors, there is no assurance that the price of our common stock would be, or remain, following the Reverse Stock Split at a level high enough to enable us to comply with the Minimum Bid Requirement or to attract capital investment in our company. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement, even if it maintains compliance with the other listing requirements.

Reducing the number of outstanding shares of our common stock through the Reverse Stock Split is intended, absent other factors, to increase the per share market price of our common stock. However, other factors, such as our financial results, general market conditions and the market perception of our company, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Reverse Stock Split, if completed, will result in the intended benefits described above, that the market price of our common stock will increase following the Reverse Stock Split or that the market price of our common stock will not decrease in the future. Additionally, we cannot assure you that the market price per share of our common stock after the Reverse Stock Split will increase in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our common stock outstanding before the Reverse Stock Split. Accordingly, the total market capitalization of our common stock after the Reverse Stock Split may be lower than the total market capitalization before the Reverse Stock Split.

After undertaking a thorough analysis of the advisability of the Reverse Stock Split and considering the totality of the circumstances, our Board of Directors believes that it is fair to the stockholders of the Company, from a financial point of view, and in the best interests of us and our stockholders. The effectuation of the Reverse Stock Split is conditioned on our Board’s consideration of the totality of the circumstances. The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 1 relating to the Reverse Stock Split and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 1 should be disregarded.

Board Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Split

 

The Board believes that stockholder adoption and approval of the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of no less than 1-for-2 and no more than 1-for-20 is in the best interests of our stockholders because it provides the Board and the Company with the flexibility to achieve the desired results of the Reverse Stock Split and because it is not possible to predict market conditions at the time the Reverse Stock Split is implemented. If our stockholders approve Proposal 1, the Board will implement the Reverse Stock Split only upon a determination that the Reverse Stock Split is in the best interests of the stockholders at that time. The Board will then select the ratio for the ensuing year will consist of five directors who are eachReverse Stock Split within the range approved by stockholders that the Board determines to be electedadvisable and in the best interests of the stockholders, considering relevant market conditions at the Meetingtime the Reverse Stock Split is to be implemented. The factors that the Board may consider in determining the Reverse Stock Split ratio include, but are not limited to, the following:

·The historical and projected trading price and trading volume of our common stock;
·General economic and other related conditions prevailing in our industry and in the marketplace; and
·Our ability to meet Nasdaq’s Minimum Bid Requirement.

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The Board intends to select the Reverse Stock Split ratio that it believes will be most likely to achieve the anticipated benefits of the Reverse Stock Split described above. The Reverse Stock Split is not intended as, and will not have the effect of, a “going private transaction” covered by Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act. Following the implementation of the Reverse Stock Split, we will continue to be subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 1 relating to the Reverse Stock Split and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 1 should be disregarded.

Certain Risks and Potential Disadvantages Associated with the Reverse Stock Split

We cannot assure you that the proposed Reverse Stock Split will increase our common stock price. We expect that the Reverse Stock Split will increase the per share trading price of our common stock. However, the effect of the Reverse Stock Split on the per share trading price of our common stock cannot be predicted with any certainty, and the history of reverse stock splits for other companies is varied. It is possible that the per share trading price of our common stock after the Reverse Stock Split will not increase in the same proportion as the reduction in the number of our outstanding shares of common stock following the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, although we believe the Reverse Stock Split may enhance the marketability of our common stock to certain potential investors, we cannot assure you that, if implemented, our common stock will be more attractive to investors. Even if we implement the Reverse Stock Split, the per share trading price of our common stock may decrease due to factors unrelated to the Reverse Stock Split, including our future performance. If the Reverse Stock Split is consummated and the per share trading price of our common stock declines, the percentage decline as an absolute number and as a termpercentage of office expiringour overall market capitalization may be greater than would occur in the absence of the Reverse Stock Split. Despite approval of the Reverse Stock Split by our stockholders and the implementation thereof by our Board of Directors, there is no assurance that the price of our common stock would be, or remain, following the Reverse Stock Split at a level high enough to enable us to comply with the Minimum Bid Requirement or to attract capital investment in our company.

The proposed Reverse Stock Split may decrease the liquidity of our common stock and result in higher transaction costs. The liquidity of our common stock may be negatively impacted by the Reverse Stock Split, given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding after the Reverse Stock Split, particularly if the per share trading price does not increase as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, if the Reverse Stock Split is implemented, it may increase the number of our stockholders who own “odd lots” of fewer than 100 shares of common stock. Brokerage commissions and other costs of transactions in odd lots are generally higher than the costs of transactions of more than 100 shares of common stock. Accordingly, the Reverse Stock Split may not result in increasing the marketability of our common stock.

Effects of the Reverse Stock Split

General

The principal effect of the Reverse Stock Split, if implemented by the Board, would be to proportionately decrease the number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock based on the ratio selected by our Board, which will result in each stockholder owning a reduced number of shares of common stock after the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. The actual number of shares issued and outstanding and ultimately owned by each stockholder after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, if implemented, would depend on the ratio for the Reverse Stock Split that is ultimately determined by our Board. The Reverse Stock Split would affect all holders of our common stock uniformly and would not affect any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in the Company, except that, as described below under “Mechanics of the Reverse Stock Split-Fractional Shares,” In addition, the Reverse Stock Split would not affect any stockholder’s proportionate voting power, subject to the treatment of fractional shares.

The Reverse Stock Split may result in some stockholders owning “odd lots” of less than 100 shares of common stock. Odd lot shares may be more difficult to sell, and brokerage commissions and other costs of transactions in odd lots may be higher than the costs of transactions in “round lots” of even multiples of 100 shares.

After the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split, our common stock will have a new Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, or CUSIP, number, which is a number used to identify our common stock.

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Effect on Capital Stock

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 80,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. The proposed Reverse Stock Split will have no impact on the total authorized number of shares of common stock or preferred stock, or the par value of the common stock or preferred stock. See, however, “Proposal 2—Approval of the amendment of Intrusion’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 Preferred Shares.” As of the Record Date, there were three series of preferred stock designated: Series 1 (1,000,000 shares authorized), Series 2 (1,200,000 shares authorized), and Series 3 (565,000 shares authorized), with no shares of preferred stock outstanding. If Proposal 2 is approved by stockholders, the designated series of preferred stock will be eliminated.

Accounting Matters

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, at the next Annual Meetingeffective time of Stockholdersthe Reverse Stock Split, the stated capital on the Company’s balance sheet attributable to our common stock, which consists of the par value per share of our common stock multiplied by the aggregate number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, will be reduced in proportion to the Reverse Stock Split ratio chosen by the Board. Correspondingly, the Company’s additional paid-in capital account, which consists of the difference between the Company’s stated capital and the aggregate amount paid to the Company upon issuance of all currently outstanding shares of common stock, will be credited with the amount by which the stated capital is reduced. The Company’s stockholders’ equity, in the aggregate, will remain unchanged. The historical earnings or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.  It is intendedloss per share of our common stock reported in all financial reports published after the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be restated to reflect the proportionate decrease in the number of outstanding shares of common stock for all periods presented so that the persons namedresults are comparable.

Mechanics of the Reverse Stock Split

In the case of common stock registered directly on the books of Computershare, Inc., our transfer agent, only, no fractional shares of common stock will be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Rather, any fractional shares will be rounded up to the next higher whole share.

In the case of common stock held through a broker, bank or nominee, your broker, bank, or nominee will determine the process for dealing with any entitlements to fractional shares of common stock.

Upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, we intend to treat shares of common stock held by stockholders in “street name,” through a bank, broker, or other nominee, in the following tablesame manner as registered stockholders whose shares of common stock are registered in their names. Banks, brokers, or other nominees will be nominatedinstructed to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split for their beneficial holders holding the common stock in “street name.” However, these banks, brokers or other nominees may have different procedures than registered stockholders for processing the Reverse Stock Split. If a stockholder holds shares of common stock with a bank, broker or other nominee and has any questions in this regard, stockholders are encouraged to contact their bank, broker, or other nominee.

Effect on Registered “Book-Entry” Holders of Common Stock (i.e., stockholders that are registered on the transfer agent’s books and records)

All of our registered holders of common stock hold their shares electronically in book-entry form with our transfer agent. They are provided with a statement reflecting the number of shares registered in their accounts.

If a stockholder holds registered shares in book-entry form with the transfer agent, no action needs to be taken to receive post-Reverse Stock Split shares. If a stockholder is entitled to post-Reverse Stock Split shares, a transaction statement will automatically be sent to the stockholder’s address of record indicating the number of shares of common stock held following the Reverse Stock Split.

Effective Time

The effective time of the Reverse Stock Split, if the proposed Reverse Stock Split Amendment is adopted and approved by stockholders and the Reverse Stock Split is implemented at the direction of the Board, will be the date and time that the Reverse Stock Split Amendment effecting the amendment with the ratio selected by the Board is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or such later time as directorsis specified therein. Such filing may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting or at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Reverse Stock Split. The exact timing of the Reverse Stock Split will be determined by our Board based on its evaluation as to when such action will be the most advantageous to the Company and its stockholders, and the effective date will be publicly announced by the Company.

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The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 1 relating to the Reverse Stock Split and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 1 should be disregarded. In addition, the Reverse Stock Split may be delayed or abandoned without further action by the stockholders at any time prior to effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, notwithstanding stockholder adoption and approval of the Reverse Stock Split Amendment, if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Company and thatits stockholders to delay or abandon the persons namedReverse Stock Split. If the Reverse Stock Split Amendment implementing the Reverse Stock Split has not been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on or before the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Reverse Stock Split, the Board will be deemed to have abandoned the Reverse Stock Split.

Appraisal Rights

Under Delaware law, our stockholders are not entitled to dissenter’s rights or appraisal rights with respect to the Reverse Stock Split and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.

Interest of Certain Persons in Matters to be Acted Upon

No officer or director has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in the accompanying Proxy, unless otherwise directed, will vote for the electionReverse Stock Split that is not shared by all of such nominees at the Meeting.  Eachour other stockholders.

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the nominees has indicated his willingness to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, if elected.  However, in the event any nominee shall become unavailable for election to the Board for any reason not presently known or contemplated, the Proxy holders will be vested with discretionary authority in such instance to vote the enclosed Proxy for such substitute as the Board shall designate.Reverse Stock Split

 

The following slatediscussion is a general summary of five nominees has been nominated bycertain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the BoardReverse Stock Split that may be relevant to stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This summary is based upon the provisions of Directors:

Name of Nominee

 

Age

 

Position(s)

 

Director
Since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Ward Paxton

 

80

 

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

1983

T. Joe Head

 

59

 

Vice Chairman, Vice President and Director

 

1983

Dale A. Booth. (1)(2)*

 

57

 

Director

 

2015

James F. Gero (1)(2)*

 

71

 

Director

 

2003

Donald M. Johnston (1)(2)*

 

66

 

Director

 

1983


* Independent Directorthe Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative rulings and judicial decisions as defined by Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2).of the date of this proxy statement, all of which may change, possibly with retroactive effect, resulting in U.S. federal income tax consequences that may differ from those discussed below.

 

(1)           MemberThis discussion applies only to holders of our common stock that are U.S. Holders (as defined below) and does not address all aspects of federal income taxation that may be relevant to such holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including: (i) holders subject to the alternative minimum tax; (ii) banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions; (iii) tax-exempt organizations; (iv) dealers in securities or commodities; (v) regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts; (vi) partnerships (or other flow-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes and their partners or members); (vii) traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings; (viii) U.S. Holders whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar; (ix) persons holding our common stock as a position in a hedging transaction, “straddle,” “conversion transaction” or other risk reduction transaction; (x) persons who acquire shares of our common stock in connection with employment or other performance of services; or (xi) U.S. expatriates. If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds shares of our common stock, the tax treatment of a holder that is a partner in the partnership generally will depend upon the status of the Compensation Committee.

(2)           Memberpartner and the activities of the Audit Committee.partnership.

 

G. Ward Paxton was named PresidentWe have not sought, and Chief Executive Officerwill not seek, an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the CompanyReverse Stock Split and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge the statements and conclusions set forth below or that a court would not sustain any such challenge. The following summary does not address any U.S. state or local or any foreign tax consequences, any estate, gift or other non-U.S. federal income tax consequences, or the Medicare tax on November 28, 2001.  Henet investment income.

EACH HOLDER OF COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT SUCH HOLDER’S OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT TO SUCH HOLDER.

For purposes of the discussion below, a “U.S. Holder” is also co-foundera beneficial owner of shares of our common stock that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is: (1) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (2) a corporation (including any entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any state or political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust, if (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person.

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The Board intends the Reverse Stock Split to be treated as a “recapitalization” under Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code, although no assurances are provided in this regard. In such case, we should not recognize gain or loss in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Also, a U.S. Holder generally should not recognize gain or loss upon the Reverse Stock Split. A U.S. Holder’s aggregate tax basis in the shares of our common stock received pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split should equal the aggregate tax basis of the shares of our common stock surrendered (excluding any portion of such basis that is allocated to any fractional share of our common stock), and such U.S. Holder’s holding period in the shares of our common stock received should include the holding period in the shares of our common stock surrendered. Holders of shares of our common stock acquired on different dates and at different prices should consult their own tax advisors regarding the allocation of the tax basis and holding period of such shares.

Vote Required

Adoption of Proposal 1 requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” from voting concerning Proposal 1. Abstentions will count toward the quorum and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1. Approval of Proposal 1 is not conditioned upon approval of any other proposal.

Recommendation

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT PROPOSAL.

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PROPOSAL 2 -

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO

ELIMINATE SERIES 1, SERIES 2 AND SERIES 3 PREFERRED SHARES

The Board has recommended that stockholders approve the amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation in order to eliminate references to Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 preferred shares (the “Preferred Share Elimination Amendment”), as they are no longer outstanding.

Purpose and Effect of the Amendment

The Board believes it is in the best interests of the Company and has servedits stockholders to remove the Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 preferred shares and all references thereto, as Chairmanthey are no longer outstanding. As a result, if Proposal 2 is approved by stockholders and the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment is implemented, the Certificate of Incorporation will reflect only our current outstanding capital stock.

If stockholders approve Proposal 2 and the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment is implemented, the only authorized capital stock of the Company will be common stock and undesignated preferred stock.

Effective Time

If Proposal 2 is approved by stockholders and the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment is implemented at the direction of the Board, sincethe effective date of the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment will be the date and time that the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or such later time as is specified therein. Such filing may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting or at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment. The exact timing of the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment will be determined by our Board based on its evaluation as to when such action will be the most advantageous to the Company and its stockholders.

The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 2 and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s inception in September 1983.  Mr. Paxton also served as President and Chief Executive Officerproxy materials to voting for Proposal 2 should be disregarded. In addition, effectuation of the Company from 1983 until June 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer from 1983 until 1994.  PriorPreferred Share Elimination Amendment may be delayed or abandoned without further action by the stockholders at any time prior to founding the Company, Mr. Paxton was Vice President of Honeywell Optoelectronics, a division of Honeywell, Inc., from 1978 to 1983.  From 1969 to 1978, Mr. Paxton was Chairmaneffectiveness of the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, notwithstanding stockholder adoption and approval thereof, if the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Spectronics, Inc., which was acquired by Honeywell, Inc. in 1978.  Prior to founding Spectronics, Inc., Mr. Paxton held various managerial and technical positions at Texas Instruments Incorporated from 1959 to 1969.  Mr. Paxton holds Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degreesits sole discretion, determines that it is in Physics from the University of Oklahoma.  As our CEO, Mr. Paxton has demonstrated dedication and leadership, and possesses a unique insight and understanding of our operations and business strategy. Mr. Paxton’s position as our President and Chief Executive Officer and his extensive business and senior management experience make him particularly qualified for service as Chairman of our Board.

T. Joe Head is co-founderbest interests of the Company and its stockholders to delay or abandon the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment. If the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment has served as a director sincenot been filed with the Company’s inception in September 1983.  Mr. Head was named Vice ChairmanDelaware Secretary of State on or before the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval thereof, the Board will be deemed to have abandoned the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment.

Appraisal Rights

Under Delaware law, our stockholders are not entitled to dissenter’s rights or appraisal rights with respect to the Preferred Share Elimination Amendment and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.

Interest of DirectorsCertain Persons in June 2000 and was named Vice Chairman and Vice President on February 14, 2003.  He also served as Senior Vice President from 1983 until 1998 and Executive Vice President from 1998 until June 2000.  PriorMatters to co-founding the Company, Mr. Head held the positions of Product Marketing Manager and Marketing Engineer of Honeywell Optoelectronics, from 1980 to 1983.  Mr. Head holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.  Mr. Head’s extensive experience and vision in technology and his knowledgebe Acted Upon

No officer or director has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in the areaPreferred Share Elimination Amendment that is not shared by all of government sales make him particularly qualified for service on the Board.our other stockholders.

 

Dale A. Booth was recently appointed to the board of directors on February 9, 2015 to fill the vacancy resulting from the retirement of Mr. Fred Bucy.  Mr. Booth is currently Sr. Managing Director of TurnPoint Advisors LLC., a management strategy and advisory firm he founded in 2009, and is a private investor. Mr. Booth also serves on the board of Bell Industries Inc.  Mr. Booth is a former Chief Executive Officer of NetVersant Solutions LLC., a $50M provider ofVote Required

 

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advanced communications and networking solutions for large enterprise clients. Prior to NetVersant, Mr. Booth served as Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerAdoption of Sensor Logic Inc., a leading provider of wireless data management and connectivity solutions. Prior to Sensor Logic, Mr. Booth served as Chief Executive Officer of NextiraOne LLC., a $500M provider of communications solutions to mid-market and fortune 500 clients. Prior to NextiraOne, Mr. Booth was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a $3B provider of optical communications products to the telecom carrier market.  Mr. Booth earnedProposal 2 requires an engineering degree with honors from DeVry University and completed his educational studies at Wharton and the University of Chicago, Gleacher School of Business. Mr. Booth is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Board Leadership Fellow and completed NACD’s comprehensive program of study for corporate directors.  Mr. Booth’s extensive business experience in various technical, managerial and financial positions make him particularly qualified as a member of our Board, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

James F. Gero was named a director of the Company on October 27, 2003.  Mr. Gero is former Chairman of the Board and a principal stockholder of Sierra Technologies, Inc., which was formed in September 1991, and is a private investor.  Mr. Gero serves as Chairman of the Board of Drew Industries, a public company which supplies a broad array of components for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes, and is the former Chairman of Orthofix, N.V., a publicly traded medical device manufacturer.  Mr. Gero is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Varo Inc., a manufacturer of high technology systems.  Prior to becoming Chairman and CEO of Varo Inc., Mr. Gero served as Vice President and General Manager at Allied Signal Corporation.  Mr. Gero holds a B.S. degree from State University of New York, an M.B.A. degree from University of New Haven and an M.S. degree from Fairleigh Dickinson.  Mr. Gero’s extensive experience serving on boards of both public and private companies and his knowledge in the areas of strategic planning, finance, and corporate governance make him particularly qualified for service on our Board, Audit Committee and Chairman of our Compensation Committee.

Donald M. Johnston has served as a director of the Company since November 1983.  Mr. Johnston is President of Massey Burch Capital Corp., a venture capital firm.  He served as President of Massey Burch Investment Group, Inc., a venture capital firm, from 1990 until December 1993, where he had been a principal since 1982.  Prior to that time, Mr. Johnston was the President of InterFirst Venture Corporation, a venture capital subsidiary of Interfirst Bancshares, Inc., and the Executive Director of First Dallas, Ltd., a corporate finance group in London, England.  Mr. Johnston holds a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University.  Mr. Johnston’s broad array of business experience and expertise in financial matters and venture capital investing, as well as a demonstrated commitment to corporate governance make him particularly qualified for service on our Board, Compensation Committee and Chairman of our Audit Committee.

All directors of the Company hold office until the next ensuing annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.  All officers of the Company are elected annually by the Board and serve at the discretion of the Board.  There are no family relationships between any director or officer of the Company and any other such person except that Michael L. Paxton, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, is the son of G. Ward Paxton, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Stockholder Approval

The affirmative vote of a pluralitymajority of the 13,065,901 shares of Common Stock outstanding or issuable upon conversion of outstanding 5% Preferred Stockcommon stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” from voting concerning Proposal 2. Abstentions will count toward the quorum and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 2. Approval of Proposal 2 is required for the electionnot conditioned upon approval of each of the nominees for director.any other proposal.

Recommendation

 

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the election of such nominees.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.

 

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The business affairs

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PROPOSAL 3 -

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO CREATE A RIGHT OF STOCKHOLDERS TO TAKE ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

Our Board is submitting for stockholder approval a proposal to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to allow stockholders to act by written consent (the “Written Consent Amendment”). Our Certificate of Incorporation currently prohibits stockholders from acting by written consent in lieu of a special meeting. Our Board has determined it is in the best interests of the Company are managed underand our stockholders to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to reflect the Written Consent Amendment, insofar as it can provide a more efficient (and less costly for the Company) means to vote on permitted matters. If Proposal 3 is approved, future actions approved by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant class or series having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted will not require the Company to expend the time and resources required to hold a special meeting of stockholders. 

This description of the Written Consent Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Written Consent Amendment. See Section 13 of the Proposed A&R Certificate (as hereinafter defined), attached hereto as Appendix A.

Effective Time

If Proposal 3 is approved by stockholders and the Written Consent Amendment is implemented at the direction of the Board.  Board, the effective date of the Written Consent Amendment will be the date and time that the Written Consent Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or such later time as is specified therein. Such filing may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting or at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Written Consent Amendment. The exact timing of the Written Consent Amendment will be determined by our Board based on its evaluation as to when such action will be the most advantageous to the Company and its stockholders.

The Board meetsreserves the right to withdraw Proposal 3 and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 3 should be disregarded. In addition, effectuation of the Written Consent Amendment may be delayed or abandoned without further action by the stockholders at any time prior to effectiveness of the Written Consent Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, notwithstanding stockholder adoption and approval thereof, if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to delay or abandon the Written Consent Amendment. If the Written Consent Amendment has not been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on or before the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval thereof, the Board will be deemed to have abandoned the Written Consent Amendment.

Appraisal Rights

Under Delaware law, our stockholders are not entitled to dissenter’s rights or appraisal rights with respect to the Written Consent Amendment and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.

Interest of Certain Persons in Matters to be Acted Upon

No officer or director has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in the Written Consent Amendment that is not shared by all of our other stockholders.

Vote Required

Adoption of Proposal 3 requires an affirmative vote of a regularly scheduled basis duringmajority of the fiscal yearoutstanding common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” from voting concerning Proposal 3. Abstentions will count toward the quorum and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 3. Approval of Proposal 3 is not conditioned upon approval of any other proposal.

Recommendation

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 3.

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PROPOSAL 4 -

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO ADD A DELAWARE FORUM SELECTION PROVISION

The Board voted to approve, and to recommend to our stockholders that they approve, an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to add a Delaware forum selection provision (the “Forum Selection Amendment”).

Proposed Amendment

The Forum Selection Amendment, if approved by stockholders, would provide that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to review significant developments affecting the Company and to act on matters requiring Board approval.  It also holds special meetings as required from time to time when important matters arise requiring Board action between scheduled meetings.  The Board of Directors or its authorized committees met 16 times during the 2015 fiscal year.  During fiscal year 2015, each director participated in at least 75% or more of the aggregate of (1) the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors (held during the period for which he was a director) and (2) the total number of meetings of all committees of the Board on which he served (during the period that he served).

Board Leadership Structure

The current leadership structure of the Company provides for the combination of the roles of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer.  The Board believes that the Chief Executive Officer is best situated to serve as the Chairman of the Board because he is the director most familiar with the Company’s business and industry, and most capable of effectively identifying strategic priorities and leading the discussion and execution of strategy.  Independent directors and management have different perspectives and roles in strategy development.  The Company’s independent directors bring experience, oversight and expertise from outside the Company and industry, while the Chief Executive Officer brings Company-specific experience and expertise.  One of the key responsibilities of the Board is to develop the Company’s strategic direction and hold management accountable for the execution of strategy once it is developed.  The Company believes that the combined role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders, because it promotes strategy development and execution, and facilitates information flow between management and the Board, which are essential(iii) an action asserting a claim arising pursuant to effective governanceany provision of the Company.

The Company also believes thatDGCL, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the combined roleinternal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the state of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer is appropriateDelaware, in light of the independent oversight of the Board.  Although the Board has not designated a lead independent director, the Company has a long history of strong independent directors, with 3 out of the 5 current members of the Board being independent.  In addition, the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board are composed solely of independent directors.  The Board regularly reviews the Company’s leadership structure and reserves the right to alter the structure as it deems appropriate.

Board Role in Risk Oversight and Management

The Board has an active role in the oversight and management of the Company’s risks and carries out its role directly and through Board committees.  The Board’s direct role in the Company’s risk management process includes regular or periodic receipt and discussion of reports from management and the Company’s outside counsel and advisers on areas of material riskall cases subject to the Company, including operational, strategic, financial, legal and regulatory risks.

The Board has also historically delegatedcourt’s having personal jurisdiction over the oversight and management of certain risksindispensable parties named as defendants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board.  The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of Company risks relatingsuits brought to accounting matters, financial reporting and related party transactions.  To satisfy these oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee regularly meets with and receives and discusses reports from the Chief Financial Officer, the Company’s independent registered public accountant, and the Company’s outside counsel.  The Compensation Committee is responsible for the oversight of risks relating to the Company’s compensation and benefit programs.  To satisfy these oversight responsibilities, the Compensation Committee regularly meets with and receives and discusses reports from the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer to understand the financial, human resources and stockholder implications of compensation and benefit decisions.

The Board has also addressed risk through the adoption of corporate policies.  The Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Employees that are designed to ensure that

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directors, officers and employees of the Company are aware of their legal and ethical responsibilities and conduct the Company’s business in a consistently legal and ethic manner.

Committees

The Board has established Audit and Compensation Committees to devote attention to specific subjects and to assist it in the discharge of its responsibilities.  The functions of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee are described below.

Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee is composed of:  Donald M. Johnston (Chairman), James F. Gero, and Dale A. Booth.  Each member of the Audit Committee is independent (as defined in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2)).  The Audit Committee has at least one financial expert (as defined by 407 (d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K).  Mr. Johnston is currently the Audit Committee financial expert.  The functions performedenforce any liability or duty created by the Audit Committee, its membership and the numberSecurities Exchange Act of meetings held during the fiscal year, are set forth in the “Report of the Audit Committee,” included in this Proxy Statement.  The Audit Committee is governed by a written charter, which was approved by the Audit Committee on March 19, 2005, and is included under the “investor relations” section on the Company’s website, www.intrusion.com.  The Audit Committee held six meetings during fiscal year 2015.

Compensation Committee.  The Compensation Committee is composed of Mr. Gero (Chairman), Mr. Booth and Mr. Johnston, each of whom is an independent director,1934, as defined by Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2).  The Compensation Committee met five times during the 2015 fiscal year.  The Compensation Committee is empowered to advise management and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation and other employment benefits of executive officers, key employees and directors of the Company.  The Compensation Committee also administers the Company’s stock incentive plan for officers, key employees and directors, and the Company’s incentive bonus programs for executive officers and employees.  The Compensation Committee is authorized, among other powers, to determine from time to time the individuals to whom options shall be granted, the number of shares to be covered by each option and the time or times at which options shall be granted pursuant to the stock incentive plan.  The Compensation Committee currently operates without a written charter.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company’s previous or future filings underamended, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any claim for which the Securities Exchange Actfederal courts have exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction.

This description of 1934,the Forum Selection Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Forum Selection Amendment. See Section 21 of the Proposed A&R Certificate (as hereinafter defined), attached hereto as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that might incorporate this Proxy or future filings made byAppendix A.

Reasons for Amendment

We believe the Company under those statutes,and our stockholders would benefit from having any claims described above resolved in a Delaware court. We believe that this provision would promote efficiencies in the Compensation Committee Report,Company's management of litigation involving matters governed by Delaware law by:

·Limiting forum-shopping by plaintiffs;
·Enabling the Company to avoid litigating actions involving the same matter in multiple jurisdictions, with the associated duplication of litigation expenses and the possibility of inconsistent outcomes; and
·Facilitating submission of matters governed by Delaware corporate law to a forum widely regarded as the preeminent U.S. court for corporate law and related business disputes, such that the Company and its stockholders would benefit from experienced jurists who have a deep understanding of Delaware corporate law, as well as procedures that can provide relatively quick decisions, both of which can increase predictability regarding the outcome of these disputes and can limit the time, cost and uncertainty of litigation for all parties.

The DGCL explicitly permits companies, like the Audit Committee Report,Company, that are incorporated in Delaware to adopt Delaware forum selection provisions in their certificate of incorporation. In addition, exclusive forum provisions are prevalent for U.S. companies. For example, 51% of S&P 500 companies have adopted an exclusive forum provision.

The Forum Selection Amendment is not being proposed in reaction to any specific litigation confronting the Audit Committee CharterCompany and referencesis being proposed on a prospective basis to help mitigate potential future harm to the independenceCompany and its stockholders.

Effective Time

If Proposal 4 is approved by stockholders and the Forum Selection Amendment is implemented at the direction of Audit Committee members are not deemedthe Board, the effective date of the Forum Selection Amendment will be the date and time that the Forum Selection Amendment is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  They also shall notDelaware Secretary of State or such later time as is specified therein. Such filing may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting or at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Forum Selection Amendment. The exact timing of the Forum Selection Amendment will be deemed incorporateddetermined by reference into any of those prior filings or into any future filings made byour Board based on its evaluation as to when such action will be the most advantageous to the Company under those statutes, except the extent the Company specifically incorporates such information by reference in such filings.and its stockholders.

 

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

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The Audit Committee oversees the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board.  Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the systems of internal controls.  In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with management including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.

The Audit Committee has discussed with Whitley Penn LLP, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to the Company, who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under generally accepted auditing standards.  In addition, the Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from Whitley Penn LLP required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding Whitley Penn LLP’s communications with the Audit committee concerning independence, and the Audit Committee has discussed with Whitley Penn LLP its independence.

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The Audit Committee discussed with Whitley Penn LLP the overall scope and plans for their audit.  The Audit Committee meets with Whitley Penn LLP, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.  The Audit Committee held six meetings during fiscal year 2015.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for filing with the SEC.  The Audit Committee and the Board have also recommended, subject to stockholder ratification, the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Respectfully submitted,

AUDIT COMMITTEE

of the Board of Directors

Donald M. Johnston, Audit Committee Chair

James F. Gero, Audit Committee Member

Dale A. Booth, Audit Committee Member

REPORT OF COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

The Compensation Committee is responsible for administering the compensation programs of the executive officers. The Compensation Committee sets performance goals and objectives for the Chief Executive Officer and the other executive officers, evaluates their performance with respect to those goals and sets their compensation based upon the evaluation of their performance. In evaluating executive officer pay, the Compensation Committee may consider recommendations from the Chief Executive Officer with respect to goals and compensation of the other executive officers. The Compensation Committee also periodically reviews director compensation. All decisions with respect to executive and director compensation are approved by the Compensation Committee and recommended to the full Board for ratification.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for administering all of the Company’s equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee also periodically reviews compensation and equity-based plans and makes its recommendations to the board with respect to these areas.

It is the opinion of the Compensation Committee that the executive compensation policies and plans, including, without limitation, the Amended 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, provide the necessary total remuneration program to properly align the Company’s performance and the interests of the Company’s stockholders through the use of competitive and equitable executive compensation in a balanced and reasonable manner, for both the short and long-term.

Respectfully submitted,

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

of the Board of Directors

James F. Gero, Compensation Committee Chair

Dale A. Booth., Compensation Committee Member

Donald M. Johnston, Compensation Committee Member

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Nomination of Directors

The Company does not have a formal nominating committee.  Instead, the independent members of the Board, Mr. Booth, Mr. Gero and Mr. Johnston, act as a nominating committee considering nominees and appointees to the Board in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5605(e), and the Board believes that the independent directors can serve effectively in this capacity without the need for a formal committee.  In nominating and evaluating candidates to determine if they are qualified to become Board members, these Directors consider a number of attributes, including:

·                                          personal and professional character, integrity, ethics and values, without regard to race, religion, gender or national origin;

·                                          general business experience and leadership profile, including experience in corporate management, such as serving as an officer or former officer of a publicly held company, or experience as a board member of another publicly held company;

·                                          strategic planning abilities and experience;

·                                          aptitude in accounting and finance;

·                                          expertise in domestic and international markets;

·                                          experience in the network security or telecommunications industry;

·                                          understanding of relevant technologies;

·                                          academic expertise in an area of the Company’s operations;

·                                          communications and interpersonal skills; and

·                                          practical and mature business judgment.

These directors also evaluate Board members’ and nominees’ service on the board of other public companies.  Although these directors use these and other criteria to evaluate potential nominees, there are no stated minimum criteria for nominees.  These directors also evaluate candidates identified by their personal contacts and other Board members.

These directors will also consider nominees proposed by stockholders.  Although the Company has no formal policy regarding stockholder nominees, stockholder nominees are viewed in substantially the same manner as other nominees.  The consideration of any candidate for director will be based on the assessment of the individual’s background, skills and abilities, and if such characteristics qualify the individual to fulfill the needs of the Board at that time.  To recommend a prospective nominee for consideration, stockholders should timely submit the candidate’s name and qualifications to the Company’s Secretary in writing at the address listed above.  There have been no changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to the Board since the date of the Company’s proxy statement for its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders.  The Board annually reviews the requisite skills and characteristics of Board members, as well as the composition of the Board as a whole. This assessment includes a consideration of independence, diversity, skills, experience and industry backgrounds in the context of the needs of the Board and the Company. Directors are expected to exemplify the highest standards of personal and professional integrity; and to constructively challenge management through their active participation and questioning.

Communication with the Board

The Company does not have formal procedures for stockholder communication with the Board.  Any matter intended for the Board, or for any individual member or members of the Board, should be directed to the Company’s

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Secretary at the address of the Company indicated above, with a request to forward the same to the intended recipient.  In general, all stockholder communication delivered to the Company’s Secretary for forwarding to the Board or specified Board members will be forwarded in accordance with the stockholder’s instructions, unless the Secretary believes the question or issue may be addressed adequately by the Company’s investor relations department.  However, the Secretary reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 4 and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal r should be disregarded. In addition, effectuation of the Forum Selection Amendment may be delayed or abandoned without further action by the stockholders at any time prior to effectiveness of the Forum Selection Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, notwithstanding stockholder adoption and approval thereof, if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to delay or abandon the Forum Selection Amendment. If the Forum Selection Amendment has not forwardbeen filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on or before the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval thereof, the Board will be deemed to Board membershave abandoned the Forum Selection Amendment.

Appraisal Rights

Under Delaware law, our stockholders are not entitled to dissenter’s rights or appraisal rights with respect to the Forum Selection Amendment and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any abusive, threateningsuch rights.

Interest of Certain Persons in Matters to be Acted Upon

No officer or director has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, inappropriate materials.  The Board believesin the Forum Selection Amendment that more formal procedures areis not necessaryshared by all of our other stockholders.

Vote Required

Adoption of Proposal 4 requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to permit shareholder’s adequate access to its members.vote thereon. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” from voting concerning Proposal 4. Abstentions will count toward the quorum and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 4. Approval of Proposal 4 is not conditioned upon approval of any other proposal.

Recommendation

 

Policy Regarding Board Attendance at Stockholders MeetingsTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 4.

 

Although it has no formal policy requiring attendance, the Company encourages all directors to attend all meetings of stockholders.  All of the Company’s five directors attended the 2015 annual stockholders meeting.

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PROPOSAL 5 -

AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO UPDATE, CLARIFY AND REMOVE OUTDATED PROVISIONS

 

Code of Ethics

All ofBackground and Reasons for the Company’s directorsAmendment and employees are required to abide by the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other senior financial employees are also required to abide by the Company’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Employees (together, the “Codes”), which the Company adopted on March 18, 2004 to comply with Nasdaq and SEC requirements to insure that the Company’s business is conducted in a consistently legal and ethical manner.  Both Codes cover areas of professional conduct that include conflicts of interest, fair dealing and the strict adherence to all laws and regulations applicable to the conduct of the Company’s business.  The full text of each Code is published on the Company’s website at www.intrusion.com; click on the investor relations tab, and then “Code of Ethics.”  The Company intends to disclose future amendments to, or waivers from, certain provisions of the Codes of Ethics on the Company’s website within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.  Upon the written request of any stockholder, the Company will furnish, without charge, a copy of each of the Codes.  This request should be directed to the Company’s Secretary at the address indicated above.

PROPOSAL TWO
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Restatement

 

The Board has appointed Whitley Penn LLPvoted to serveapprove, and to recommend to our stockholders that they approve, amendment and restatement of our Certificate of Incorporation to integrate any and all amendments approved at this Meeting and all prior amendments into a single document, and to make various immaterial, miscellaneous changes to clarify, streamline and modernize the Certificate of Incorporation, as independent auditorsdescribed below.

If our stockholders approve this Proposal 5, the Company intends to amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation to combine into one document each of the amendments contemplated by Proposals 2 through 4, insofar as each is approved by our stockholders, and all prior amendments, and to make largely technical, clarifying and modernizing changes to the Certificate of Incorporation. Below is a summary of the changes to the Certificate of Incorporation proposed pursuant to this Proposal 5, in addition to the consolidation of the Certificate of Incorporation into a single document:

·Section 3: Expressly stating general purpose and powers of the Company, consistent with provisions of the DGCL, but not broadening in any substantive manner.
·Section 12: Expressly addressing removal of directors, consistent with the DGCL (no substantive differences).
·Section 19: Expressly setting forth limitations on liability of directors, consistent with applicable provisions of DGCL (no material substantive differences).
·Section 20: Expanding the discussion of officer and director indemnification, consistent with provisions of the DGCL, but not broadening in any material substantive manner.
·Section 4: Adding the DGCL 242(b) election and expressly stating that, consistent with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, all shares of capital stock will vote together as one class, such that (i) the number of authorized shares of common stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Company’s stock entitled to vote irrespective of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, with no vote of any holders of a particular class or series of stock, voting as a separate class or series, being required; and (ii) unless otherwise set forth in a certificate of designations for the applicable series of preferred stock, the number of authorized shares of any series of preferred stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Company’s stock entitled to vote irrespective of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, with no vote of any holders of a particular class or series of stock, voting as a separate class or series, being required.
·Section 8: Expressly stating general powers of the Board, consistent with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.
·Section 14: Expressly stating that a special meeting of stockholders may be called by the Board, consistent with the DGCL (no substantive differences).
·Section 15: Adding that stockholder meetings may be held in or outside of Delaware as determined by the Board, consistent with the DGCL.
·Section 16: Expressly stating that the private property of the Company’s stockholders will not be subject to the payment of corporate debts and the stockholders will not be personally liable for payment of the Company’s debts, consistent with the DGCL (no substantive differences).
·Section 21: Adding a forum selection clause providing that, unless the Company consents to an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum will be a state or federal court located within the state of Delaware.
·Organizing the document into clearer sections, and making other immaterial changes to clarify and/or streamline the document, and to conform to Delaware law.

Unless otherwise indicated, all section references above refer to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated as described herein (the “Proposed A&R Certificate”), and the general description of the proposed amendments set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Proposed A&R Certificate, which is attached as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement.

Reasons for Amendment

We believe the changes described in this Proposal 5 would streamline and clarify the Certificate of Incorporation to make it easier for stockholders and others to read and understand, modernize the document, and align it more closely with relevant Delaware law.

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Effective Time

If Proposal 5 is approved by stockholders and the Proposed A&R Certificate is implemented at the direction of the Board, the effective date of the Proposed A&R Certificate will be the date and time that the Proposed A&R Certificate is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or such later time as is specified therein. Such filing may occur as soon as the day of the Special Meeting or at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval of the Proposed A&R Certificate. The exact timing of the Proposed A&R Certificate will be determined by our Board based on its evaluation as to when such action will be the most advantageous to the Company and its stockholders.

The Board reserves the right to withdraw Proposal 5 and, if such proposal is withdrawn, all references in the Company’s proxy materials to voting for Proposal 5 should be disregarded. In addition, effectuation of the Proposed A&R Certificate may be delayed or abandoned without further action by the stockholders at any time prior to effectiveness of the Proposed A&R Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State, notwithstanding stockholder adoption and approval thereof, if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to audit its consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2016, subjectdelay or abandon the Proposed A&R Certificate. If the Proposed A&R Certificate has not been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on or before the one-year anniversary of stockholder approval thereof, the Board will be deemed to ratification byhave abandoned the Company’sProposed A&R Certificate.

Appraisal Rights

Under Delaware law, our stockholders atare not entitled to dissenter’s rights or appraisal rights with respect to the Meeting.  Whitley Penn LLP has served as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm since July 2009.  To the knowledgeProposed A&R Certificate and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.

Interest of management of the Company, neither such firm nor any of its membersCertain Persons in Matters to be Acted Upon

No officer or director has any substantial interest, direct or material indirect, financial interest in the Company, nor any connection with the Company in any capacity other than as independent auditors.

Although stockholder ratification and approval of this appointment is not required by the Company’s bylawssecurity holdings or otherwise, in keeping with the Company’s policyProposed A&R Certificate that its stockholders should be entitled to a voice in this regard and as a matter of good corporate practice, the Board is seeking ratification of this appointment.  If the appointment is not ratified, the Board must then determine whether to appointshared by all of our other auditors prior to the endstockholders.

Vote Required

Adoption of Proposal 5 requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the current fiscal year.  In such case, the opinions of stockholders will be taken into consideration.

Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee has reviewed the following audit and non-audit fees the Company has paid to Whitley Penn LLP for 2015 and 2014 for purposes of considering whether such fees are compatible with maintaining the auditor’s independence.  The policy of the Audit Committee is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services performedoutstanding common stock present in person or represented by Whitley Penn LLP before the services are performed, including all of the services described below under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees” below.

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Audit Fees.  Estimated fees billed for service rendered by our Accounting Firm for the reviews of Forms 10-Q and for the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company were $89,000 for 2015 and 2014.

Audited-Related FeesAggregate fees billed for all audit-related services rendered by our Accounting Firm were $0 for 2015 and 2014.

Tax FeesAggregate fees billed for permissible tax services rendered by our Accounting Firm consisted of $16,000 for 2015 and 2014.  These amounts include tax strategy services, preparation of sales tax returns, preparation of federal and state income tax returns, preparation of property tax and franchise tax returns and international tax issues.

All Other FeesAggregate fees billed for all other services rendered by our Accounting Firm consisted of $0 for 2015 and 2014.

Representatives of Whitley Penn LLP are expected to be in attendanceproxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” from voting concerning Proposal 5. Abstentions will be affordedcount toward the opportunity to makequorum and will have the same effect as a statement.  The representatives will also be available to respond to appropriate questions.vote against Proposal 5. Approval of Proposal 5 is not conditioned upon approval of any other proposal.

 

The enclosed Proxy will be voted as specified, but if no specification is made, it will be voted “for” the adoption of the resolution of ratification.Recommendation

 

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” this proposal.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 5.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Common StockCompany’s common stock as of March 31, 2016,the Record Date, unless otherwise indicated, by (1) each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common and Preferred Stock, (2) each director of the Company, (3) the Company’s current executive officers and (4) all current directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.  by:

·Each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock;
·Each director;
·Each Named Executive Officer; and
·All current directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.

The persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all such shares owned by them, unless otherwise indicated.

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

5% Preferred Stock

 

Name of Beneficial Owner or Group (1)

 

Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (2)

 

Percent of
Class (%)

 

Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (2)

 

Percent of
Class (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Ward Paxton (1)(3)

 

1,466,259

 

10.8

%

140,000

 

70.0

%

T. Joe Head (1)(4)

 

1,212,449

 

9.0

 

 

 

Dale A. Booth (5)

 

13,251

 

*

 

 

 

James F. Gero (6)

 

432,318

 

3.3

 

60,000

 

30.0

 

Donald M. Johnston (7)

 

52,358

 

*

 

 

 

Garry L. Hemphill (8)

 

352,551

 

2.7

 

 

 

Michael L. Paxton (1)(9)

 

2,431,054

 

18.7

 

 

 

Julie Paxton Puckett (1)(10)

 

1,967,250

 

15.4

 

 

 

Mark A. Paxton(1)(11)

 

1,603,888

 

12.6

 

 

 

Walter Schenker (1) (12)

 

1,045,585

 

8.3

 

 

 

Michael Schaenen (1)

 

797,926

 

 6.3

 

 

 

 

 

All directors and executive officers as a group (7 persons) (13)

 

5,960,239

 

39.4

%

200,000

 

100.0

%

Name of Beneficial Owner (1) Amount and
Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
  

Percent

of Class (2)

 
Directors and Named Executive Officers:        
Anthony Scott  1,050,646 (3)  2.84% 
Kimberly Pinson  109,833 (4)  *% 
Anthony J. LeVecchio  422,206 (5)  1.16% 
James F. Gero  1,648,733 (6)  4.45% 
Katrinka B. McCallum  260,258 (7)  *% 
Gregory K. Wilson  169,634 (8)  *% 
T. Joe Head  1,143,755 (9)  3.15% 
All directors and executive officers as a group (7 persons)  4,805,065 (10)  12.58% 
         
5% or Greater Stockholders:        
Raymond T. Hyer (11)  4,248,619 (12)  11.50% 
Streeterville  2,478,322 (13)  6.59% 
Michael L. Paxton (14)  2,652,847   7.18% 

 


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* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.common stock.

(1)The address of the persons or entities shown in the foregoing table who are beneficial owners of more than 5% of the common stock is 101 East Park Blvd, Suite 1200, Plano Texas 75074, except for (i) Patsy A. Paxton, whose address is P.O. Box 227, Allen, TX 75002, (ii) James W. Harpel, whose address is c/o Palm Beach Capital, 525 South Flagler Drive, Suite 201, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; (iii) Michael L. Paxton, whose address is 1421 Huron Trail, Plano, TX 75075; and (iv) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., whose address is 200 West Street, New York, NY 12082.  
(2)Beneficial ownership is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act. The percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 36,268,942 shares of common stock issued outstanding as of the Record Date, and the number of shares beneficially owned by a person subject to restricted awards, options or warrants held that are currently exercisable, or will become exercisable or vest on or before March 16, 2024, the date that is 60 days following the Record Date. However, these shares are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable.
(3)Includes 666,666 shares that Mr. Scott may acquire upon exercise of warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(4)Includes 75,000 shares that Ms. Pinson may acquire upon exercise of options and warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(5)Includes 176,666 shares that Mr. LeVecchio may acquire upon exercise of options and warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(6)Includes 782,167 shares that Mr. Gero may acquire upon exercise of options and warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024

 

(1)                                 The addresses of the persons or entities shown in the foregoing table who are beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock are as follows:  G. Ward Paxton, T. Joe Head, Michael L. Paxton, Mark A. Paxton, Julie

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(7)Includes 116,666 shares that Ms. McCallum may acquire upon exercise of warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024
(8)Includes 56,250 shares that Mr. Wilson may acquire upon exercise of warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024
(9)Includes 50,000 shares that Mr. Head may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024. Also includes 100,000 shares held by the Biblical Studies Foundation, of which Mr. Head is President.
(10)Includes an aggregate of 1,923,415 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of options and warrants of officers and directors that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(11)Mr. Hyer’s address is 3919 E. 7th Ave, Tampa, Florida 33605.
(12)Of this amount, 250,000 shares are held of record by Hyer Family Partnership, LLC, which is approximately 29% owned by Raymond T. Hyer. Mr. Hyer disclaims beneficial ownership over the 250,000 shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in these securities. Mr. Hyer’s beneficial ownership includes 666,666 shares that Mr. Hyer may acquire upon exercise of warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(13)Includes 1,335,334 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of warrants that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable on or before March 16, 2024.
(14)Includes shares owned by Paxton Living Trust, Michael L. Paxton and Kathryn A. Paxton, Trustees, and shares owned by MKP Family Ltd., Paxton Living Trust, General Partner.

 

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Puckett and James Gero, 1101 East Arapaho Road, Suite 200, Richardson, Texas 75081; Walter Schenker, 1130 Route 46, Suite 22, Parsippany, NJ 07054 and Michael Schaenen, 1120 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1506, New York, NY 10036.

  

(2)                                 Beneficial ownership is calculated in accordance with the rules of the SEC in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of the Exchange Act.  Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 12,747,836 shares of Common Stock and 200,000 shares of 5% Preferred Stock outstanding as of March 31, 2016.  In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Common Stock subject to options or warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days following March 31, 2016 are deemed outstanding.  However, these shares are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.  Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable.

 

Certain shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned are issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred Stock the Company issued in a private placement on March 25, 2004.  Under the terms of these shares of 5% Preferred Stock, the shares of 5% Preferred Stock are convertible only to the extent that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to those securities, together with the number of shares of Common Stock owned by the relevant person and its affiliates (but not including shares of Common Stock underlying unconverted portions of the 5% Preferred Stock) would not exceed 9.9% of the then outstanding Common Stock, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.  In addition, certain shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned are issuable upon the conversion of Series 2 5% Preferred Stock issued in a private placement on March 28, 2005.  Under the terms of the Series 2 5% Preferred Stock, the shares are convertible only to the extent that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof and upon the exercise of the warrants issued in such private placement, together with the number of shares of Common Stock owned the relevant person and its affiliates (but not including shares of Common Stock underlying unconverted portions of the Series 2 preferred stock or unexercised portions of the warrants) would not exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding Common Stock as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.  However, this restriction does not apply to any holder of the Series 2 Preferred Stock who is one of the Company’s directors or officers.  Similar restrictions apply to the conversion of the Series 3 5% Preferred Stock and Private Placement Warrants.

 

(3)                                 Includes the equivalent of approximately 3,500 shares held by Mr. G. Ward Paxton in the Intrusion Stock Fund in the Intrusion 401(k) Savings Plan. Includes the equivalent of 123,853 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 3 5% Preferred Stock, 260,000 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 2 5% Preferred Stock and 222,646 shares that may be issued upon conversion of 5% Preferred Stock.  Also includes 153,334 shares that Mr. Paxton may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

 

(4)                                 Includes 733,334 shares that Mr. Head may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

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(5)                                 Includes 6,001 shares that Mr. Booth may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

(6)                                 Includes the equivalent of 27,523 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 3 5% Preferred Stock, the equivalent of 60,000 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 2 5% Preferred Stock and 95,419 shares that may issued upon conversion of 5% Preferred Stock.  Also includes 46,001 shares that Mr. Gero may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

(7)                                 Includes 46,001 shares that Mr. Johnston may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

(8)                                 Includes 346,667 shares that Mr. Hemphill may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

(9)                                 Includes 598,222 shares held by trusts of Mr. Paxton’s children of which Michael Paxton and Kathryn Paxton are co-trustees.  Includes the equivalent of 68,808 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 3 5% Preferred Stock and 100,000 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 2 5% Preferred Stock.  In addition, it includes 76,667 shares that Mr. Paxton may acquire upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.

(10)                          Includes 620,000 shares held by Julie Paxton Puckett and Mark Puckett, and 1,140,000 held by trusts of Mrs. Puckett’s children of which Julie Puckett and Mark Puckett are co-trustees.

(11)                          Includes 855,000 shares held by trusts of Mr. Paxton’s children of which Mark Paxton and Barbara Paxton are co-trustees.

(12)                          Includes the equivalent of 46,000 shares that may be issued upon the conversion of Series 3 5% Preferred Stock.   Walter Schenker has sole voting and/or investment control over the shares held by MAZ Partners LP and affiliates.

(13)                          Includes an aggregate of 1,408,006 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of options of officers and directors that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2016.  Includes the equivalent of 220,184 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 3 5% Preferred Stock, the equivalent of 420,000 shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series 2 5% Preferred Stock and 318,065 shares that may be issued upon conversion of 5% Preferred Stock.

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Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names and ages of all executive officers of the Company, their respective positions with the Company, and the period during which each has served as an officer.

Name of Officer

 

Age

 

Position(s)

 

Served as
Officer
Since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Ward Paxton

 

80

 

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

2001

T. Joe Head

 

59

 

Vice Chairman, Vice President and Director

 

2003

Garry L. Hemphill

 

67

 

Vice President, Operations

 

2003

Michael L. Paxton

 

55

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

 

2002

Garry L. Hemphill joined the Company on February 14, 2003 as Vice President of Operations.  Mr. Hemphill was previously employed with the Company from 1987 to 2000 as Vice President of Operations and 1984 to 1987 as Director of Operations.  From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Hemphill acted as an independent consultant to contract manufacturers in the area of business development.  From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Hemphill was President and Chief Executive Officer of VHB Technologies, Inc., a Richardson, Texas based start-up.  Mr. Hemphill’s background covers over 20 years in data networking, engineering and operation management.  Mr. Hemphill holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Michael L. Paxton joined the Company on August 13, 2002 as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer.  He was also employed by the Company from 1986 until May 1998.  Mr. Paxton previously held positions with the Company as Vice President and Secretary from 1995 to 1998, Controller of Finance and Accounting from 1987 to 1995 and Accounting Manager from 1986 to 1987.  From 1998 to August 2002, Mr. Paxton served as General Partner for Paxton Ventures, L.P.  Mr. Paxton holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma.

The biographies of G. Ward Paxton and T. Joe Head are provided in “Proposal One — Election of Directors.”

All executive officers of the Company are elected annually by the Board and serve at the discretion of the Board.  There are no family relationships between any director or executive officer and any other such person except for Michael L. Paxton, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, who is the son of G. Ward Paxton, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Summary Compensation Information

The following table sets forth certain summary information regarding all cash compensation earned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and each of the Company’s other two executive officers for the last three fiscal years in all capacities in which they served the Company and its subsidiaries for such period.  The individuals listed below shall be referred to as the “Named Executive Officers”.

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2015 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE (4)

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary

 

Bonus
(1)

 

Option
Awards
(2)

 

All Other
Compensation
(3)

 

Total

 

G. Ward Paxton,
Chairman, President, and Director

 

2015

 

$

250,000

 

 

 

$

2,440

 

$

252,440

 

 

2014

 

250,000

 

 

88,652

 

2,440

 

341,092

 

 

2013

 

245,000

 

$

3,700

 

23,600

 

2,440

 

274,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael L. Paxton,
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

2015

 

195,000

 

 

 

1,890

 

196,890

 

 

2014

 

195,000

 

 

44,236

 

1,890

 

241,216

 

 

2013

 

190,000

 

2,900

 

11,800

 

1,890

 

206,590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Joe Head,
Vice-Chairman, Vice President and Director

 

2015

 

270,000

 

 

 

2,640

 

272,640

 

 

2014

 

270,000

 

 

88,877

 

2,640

 

361,517

 

 

2013

 

265,000

 

4,000

 

23,668

 

2,640

 

295,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garry L. Hemphill,
Vice President of Sales

 

2015

 

185,000

 

 

 

1,790

 

186,790

 

 

2014

 

185,000

 

 

44,438

 

1,790

 

231,228

 

 

2013

 

180,000

 

2,700

 

11,834

 

1,790

 

196,324

 


(1)                                 Includes bonus compensation and/or commission earned during the fiscal year indicated, a portion of which may have been or will be paid during the subsequent fiscal year.

(2)                                 Represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The FASB ASC Topic 718 full grant date fair value and will be expensed and reported as the option vests for each Named Executive Officer. A complete discussion of the assumptions used to calculate such values can be found in the Company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which accompanies this Proxy Statement.

(3)                                 This amount includes the annual employer matching contributions under the Company’s tax qualified Section 401(k) Savings Plan for Mr. G. Ward Paxton, Mr. Michael L. Paxton, T. Joe Head and Garry L. Hemphill, respectively.

(4)                                 No stock awards were paid, no non-equity incentive plan compensation was paid, and no pension or non-qualified deferred compensation earnings were charged to the Named Executive Officers for the last three fiscal years.  These columns have been omitted from the table.

Base Salary

The salaries of the executive officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, are determined annually by the Compensation Committee with reference to the following without specific weighting:

·                  salaries paid to executives with similar responsibilities at companies of a comparable size and sales volume, primarily in the high technology industry;

·                  each officer’s performance; and

·                  the Company’s overall financial results.

The Compensation Committee believes that other companies likely compete with the Company for executive talent and that the Company must offer salaries within a competitive market range to attract and retain talented executives.  However, the Compensation Committee manages salaries for the executive group as a whole in a conservative fashion in order to place more emphasis on incentive compensation.  Compensation paid to our executive officers is below industry averages; in addition, because of Company results in 2014 the Compensation Committee did not increase the base salaries

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of the executive officers, nor pay a bonus, during 2015.  The Company does not consider the performance of the comparison group in determining compensation of its executive officers.

Bonus

To reinforce the attainment of corporate objectives, the Compensation Committee believes that a substantial portion of the potential annual compensation of each executive officer should be in the form of short-term, variable incentive pay.  The incentive cash bonus program for executives is established annually by the Compensation Committee based upon the Company’s achievement of sales and/or net income targets established at the beginning of the fiscal year.  The incentive plan for executives requires a threshold level of Company financial performance before any incentives are awarded.  Once the threshold objective for sales and/or net income of a fiscal year is reached, specific formulas are in place to calculate the actual incentive payment for each executive for such year.

At the beginning of fiscal year 2015, the Compensation Committee adopted the 2015 management incentive plan. Under the terms of the 2015 management incentive plan, the bonus payable to each executive officer was based on sales targets.

Bonuses Awarded

In fiscal year 2015, the Company did not achieve its threshold level of sales; thus, no incentive bonus awards were distributed.  Certain employees in the sales organization, received incentive sales commission in fiscal 2015 based upon the Company’s sales.

Stock Option and Equity Incentive Programs

The goal of the Company’s equity-based incentive awards is to align the interests of executive officers with the Company’s stockholders.  The Compensation Committee determines the value allocated to equity-based incentives according to each executive’s position within the Company, individual performance, contributions to achievement of corporate objectives and related factors, and grants stock options to create a meaningful opportunity for stock ownership.  Because of the direct relationship between stock option value and the market price, it is believed that granting options is the best method to motivate executives to mirror the concerns of other stockholders.

Stock Options Granted

The Company grants stock option awards to the executive officers and key employees in order to retain their services and increase their performance potential to help attain long-term goals of the Company. However, there is no set formula for the granting of awards to individual executives or employees. In each of the past three fiscal years, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company has granted stock options to purchase 43,000, 283,000 and 278,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, respectively. Of this amount, none, 150,000 and 150,000 shares have been granted to the Named Executive Officers, and the balance has been granted to other key employees and non-employee directors in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  During fiscal year 2015, a total of three employees and three non-employee directors received stock options to purchase an aggregate of 0.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Timing of Grants

Stock awards to executive officers and other key employees are typically granted annually in conjunction with the review of the individual’s performance. This review typically takes place in January.  Stock option awards are granted to non-employee directors on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders, in accordance with the terms of the 2015 Plan. Grants to newly hired employees are effective on the first Compensation Committee meeting following the employee’s first day of employment, after approval by the committee. The exercise price of all stock options is set at the then current day’s closing price of the Common Stock.

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Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Company does not have any standard stock ownership guidelines. However, all executives are encouraged to retain stock options and other shares that they directly own.

Perquisites

The Company limits the perquisites that are made available to executive officers.  The Company does not have a pension program for executives or employees.

The perquisites provided by the Company in fiscal year 2015 are as follows. All employees who participated in the Company’s 401(k) plan may receive up to $2,700 in matching funds. All of the Named Executive Officers who participated in the 401(k) plan received matching funds. The health and life insurance plans are the same for all employees. In general, all employees’ base health premiums are paid 100% and the employee pays approximately 40% of the health premiums for dependents. All employees are also provided life insurance up to $10,000. This policy is the same for all employees, including executive officers.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards During Fiscal Year 2015

The Company did not grant options to acquire shares of Common Stock to the Named Executive Officers during fiscal year 2015.  Also, the Company did not grant any stock awards or non-equity incentive plan units during fiscal year 2015.

Employment Agreements

Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has any employment agreements with any of its Named Executive Officers

Outstanding Equity Awards at the End of Fiscal Year 2015

The following table sets forth information with respect to the options outstanding by the Named Executive Officers held at fiscal year end.

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2015 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END TABLE

 

 

Number of

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities

 

Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underlying

 

Underlying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unexercised

 

Unexercised

 

Option

 

 

 

 

 

Options

 

Options

 

Exercise

 

Option

 

 

 

(#)

 

(#) (1)

 

Price

 

Expiration

 

Name

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

($)

 

Date (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Ward Paxton

 

80,000

 

 

0.77

 

02/03/16

 

 

 

70,000

 

 

0.72

 

02/09/17

 

 

 

33,334

 

16,666

 

0.53

 

02/07/18

 

 

 

16,667

 

33,333

 

1.98

 

02/07/19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael L. Paxton

 

40,000

 

 

0.77

 

02/03/16

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

0.72

 

02/09/17

 

 

 

16,667

 

8,333

 

0.53

 

02/07/18

 

 

 

8,334

 

16,666

 

1.98

 

02/06/19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Joe Head

 

100,000

 

 

0.30

 

11/09/16

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

0.40

 

05/30/17

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

0.22

 

01/23/18

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

0.28

 

02/04/19

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

0.40

 

02/04/20

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

0.70

 

02/03/21

 

 

 

70,000

 

 

0.65

 

02/09/22

 

 

 

33,334

 

16,666

 

0.48

 

02/07/23

 

 

 

16,667

 

33,333

 

1.80

 

02/06/24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garry L. Hemphill

 

30,000

 

 

0.30

 

11/09/16

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

0.40

 

05/30/17

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

0.22

 

01/23/18

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

0.28

 

02/04/19

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

0.40

 

02/04/20

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

0.70

 

02/03/21

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

0.65

 

02/09/22

 

 

 

16,667

 

8,333

 

0.48

 

02/07/23

 

 

 

8,334

 

16,666

 

1.80

 

02/06/24

 


(1)                                 Options become exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary date of grant.

(2)                                 The expiration date of each option occurs between five to ten years after the date of grant of each option.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Name

 

Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)

 

Option Awards
($) (2)(3)(4)

 

Total
($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Ward Paxton, (1)

 

 

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Joe Head, (1)

 

 

 

 

Vice Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dale A. Booth

 

18,000

 

41,694

 

59,694

 

Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James F. Gero, (2)

 

20,400

 

15,424

 

35,824

 

Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald M. Johnston, (2)

 

20,400

 

15,424

 

35,824

 

Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)                                 Mr. G. Ward Paxton and Mr. Head are employee directors of the Company.  All compensation paid to them is paid for their services as employee executives of the Company, which are detailed in the 2015 Summary Compensation Table. No additional fees were paid to Mr. Paxton or Mr. Head for their services as a Director of the Company as noted above.

(2)                                 Mr. Gero, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Booth were each granted 8,000 stock options with an exercise price of $2.08, the closing fair market value on such date. Mr. Booth also received 10,000 stock options upon Board appointment with an exercise price of 2.73, the closing fair market value on such date.

(3)                                 Represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The FASB ASC Topic 718 full grant date fair value of $15,424 for Mr. Gero and Mr. Johnston and $41,694 for Mr. Booth which will be expensed and reported as the options vests for each non-employee director. Refer to Note 9, “Stock Options”, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2016 for the relevant assumptions used to determine the valuation of the stock option awards.

(4)                                 The following are the aggregate number of option awards outstanding that have been granted to each of the non-employee directors as of December 31, 2015: Mr. Gero — 53,000; and Mr. Johnston — 53,000; and Mr. Booth. — 18,000.

Overview of Compensation and Procedures

The Compensation Committee reviews the level of compensation of non-employee Directors on an annual basis. The Company has historically used data from a number of different sources to determine the compensation for non-employee Directors. Some examples of the data used include:

·                  publicly available data describing director compensation in peer companies; and

·                  survey data collected by the Company.

We compensate non-employee members of the Board through a mixture of cash and equity-based compensation. Each non-employee Director receives a cash retainer fee of $1,200 per month.  Each non-employee Director also receives a fee of $1,200 for each meeting of the Board attended (excluding telephonic meetings) and for each meeting of a committee of the Board attended (exclusive of committee meetings held on the same day as Board meetings).  Each non-employee Director also receives a fee of $600 for each telephonic meeting attended.  Each non-employee Director is also reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in attending such meetings.  No Director who is an employee of the Company receives any fees for service as a Director.  However, G. Ward Paxton and T. Joe Head each earned compensation for his services to the Company as an employee as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table.  Mr. G. Ward Paxton received a stock option grant for 50,000 shares at a price of $1.98 per share during 2014.  Mr. T. Joe Head received a stock option grant for 50,000 shares at a price of $1.80 per share during 2014. The options are detailed on the “2015 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” in this proxy statement.  No options were received by Ward Paxton or Joe Head in 2015.  Neither Mr. Paxton nor Mr. Head received any additional fees for his services as a Director.

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Under the Automatic Option Grant Program of the 2005 Plan, each non-employee Director will automatically be granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock upon joining the Board and an option to purchase 8,000 shares of Common Stock on the date of each annual stockholder meeting as long as the director has served at least three months prior to the date of grant.

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT

February 4, 2016 Promissory Note

On February 4, 2016, the Company entered into an unsecured revolving promissory note to borrow up to $2,200,000 from G. Ward Paxton, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.  Under the terms of the note, the Company may borrow, repay and reborrow on the loan as needed up to an outstanding principal balance due of $2,200,000 at any given time.  Amounts the Company borrows under the note accrue interest at a floating rate per annum equal to the announced prime rate of Silicon Valley Bank plus 1% and are unsecured.  All outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest are due on March 31, 2018.  At December 31, 2015, there was a principal balance due to Mr. Paxton of $1,530,000 under the terms of the promissory note.

During 2015 and up until March 31, 2016, there have been no other transactions, or currently proposed transactions, between the Company and any of its executive officers, directors or 5% beneficial holders, or member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, in which one of the foregoing individuals or entities had an interest of more than $120,000.

SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC.  Such persons are required by SEC regulation promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) report forms they file with the SEC.

Based solely on its review of the copies of such report forms received by it with respect to fiscal year 2015, the Company believes that all filing requirements applicable to its directors, officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities have been timely complied with in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

 

Stockholders may submit proposals on matters appropriate for stockholder action at subsequent annual meetings of the stockholders consistent with Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act. For such proposals to be considered for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and Proxyproxy relating to the 20172024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, such proposals must behave been received by the Company not later than December 14, 2016.8, 2023. Such proposals should be directed to Intrusion Inc., 1101101 East Arapaho Road,Park Blvd., Suite 200, Richardson,1200, Plano, Texas 75081,75074, Attention: Secretary (telephone: (972) 234-6400; telecopy: (972) 234-1467).

 

Pursuant to Rule 14a-4(c) of the Exchange Act of 1934, if a stockholder who intends to present a proposal at the 20172024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders does not notify the Company of such proposal on or prior to February 26, 2017,9, 2024, then management proxies would be allowed to use their discretionary voting authority to vote on the proposal when the proposal is raised at the annual meeting, even though there is no discussion of the proposal in the 20172024 proxy statement.

 

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EXPENSES OF SOLICITATIONIn order for stockholders to give timely notice of nominations for directors for inclusion on a universal proxy card in connection with the 2024 Annual Meeting, notice must be submitted by the same deadline as disclosed above under the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws and must include the information in the notice required by our Bylaws and by Rule 14a-19(b)(2) and Rule 14a-19(b)(3) under the Exchange Act.

 

All costs incurred in the solicitation of Proxies for the Meeting will be borne by the Company.  In addition to the solicitation by mail, officers and employees of the Company may solicit Proxies by telephone, telefax or personally, without additional compensation. The Company may also make arrangements with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the forwarding of solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of shares of Common Stock held of record by such persons, and the Company may reimburse such brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith.  In addition, Computershare has been retained by the Company to aid in the solicitation of Proxies and will solicit Proxies by mail, telephone, internet, telefax and personal interview and may request brokerage houses and nominees to forward soliciting material to beneficial owners of Common Stock.  For these services, Computershare will be paid fees not to exceed approximately $3,000, plus reasonable incidental expenses.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Upon the written request of any stockholder, the Company will furnish, without charge, a copy of the Company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and schedules thereto.  The request should be directed to the Secretary at the Company’s offices indicated above.

The Company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K accompanies this Proxy Statement.  The Annual Report on Form 10-K, which includes financial statements, does not form and is not to be deemed part of this Proxy Statement.

OTHER BUSINESS

 

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board and management are not aware of any other matter, other than those described herein, which will be presented for consideration at the Special Meeting. Should any other matter requiring a vote of the stockholders properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof, the enclosed Proxyproxy confers upon the persons named in and entitled to vote the shares represented by such Proxyproxy discretionary authority to vote the shares represented by such Proxyproxy in accordance with their best judgment in the interest of the Company on such matters. The persons named in the enclosed Proxyproxy also may, if it is deemed advisable, vote such Proxyproxy to adjourn the Special Meeting from time to time.

 

Please sign, date, and return promptly the enclosed Proxyproxy at your earliest convenience in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors

GRAPHIC

/s/ Anthony J. LeVecchio

Anthony J. LeVecchio

G. WARD PAXTON

Chairman of the Board

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Richardson,

Plano, Texas
April 14, 2016

January 25, 2024

 

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APPENDIX A

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

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111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 INTRUSION INC. I IMPORTANT ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION I =-- Using

AMENDED AND RESTATED Certificate of Incorporation  

of 

Intrusion Inc.

Intrusion Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”), a black ink pen, mark your votescorporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST: The date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, in the name of Optical Data Systems, Inc. (the “Certificate”) with an Xthe Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is August 30, 1995.

SECOND: On June 14, 2010, the Certificate, as shownamended to such date, was amended and restated pursuant to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on such date (the “Current Certificate”).

THIRD: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates the Current Certificate in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. T PLEASE FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. T m1 Proposals -This Proxy, when properly executed will be voted as directed hereinits entirety.

FOURTH: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly approved and adopted by the undersigned. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" PROPOSAL 2. 1. ElectionBoard of Directors + Nominees: 01 - G. Ward Paxton 04 - James F. Gero 02 - T. Joe Head 05-Donald M. Johnston 03 - Dale A. Booth D D vote from all nominees For All EXCEPT-To withhold authority to vote for any D Mark here to vote FOR all nominees Mark here to WITHHOLD nominee(s), write the name(s) of such nominee(s) below. For Against Abstain ODD 2. Ratification of the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as independent auditorsCorporation on December 15, 2023, and by the stockholders of the Corporation on [_________], 2024, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141, 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FIFTH: The Current Certificate is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

Section 1. Name. The name of the corporation is Intrusion Inc. (the “Corporation”).

Section 2. Registered Office and Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington DE 19801, New Castle County, or such other agent and address as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) shall from time to time select.

Section 3. Purpose and Business. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), including, but not limited to the following:

(a)The Corporation may at any time exercise such rights, privileges, and powers, when not inconsistent with the purposes and object for which this Corporation is organized.
(b)The Corporation shall have the power to have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity, or until dissolved and its affairs wound up according to law.
(c)The Corporation shall have the power to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity.
(d)The Corporation shall have the power to make contracts.
(e)The Corporation shall have the power to hold, purchase and convey real and personal estate and to mortgage or lease any such real and personal estate with its franchises. The power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by devise or bequest in the State of Delaware, or in any other state, territory or country.
(f)The Corporation shall have the power to appoint such officers and agents as the affairs of the Corporation shall require and allow them suitable compensation.
(g)The Corporation shall have the power to make bylaws not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Delaware, for the management, regulation and government of its affairs and property, the transfer of its stock, the transaction of its business and the calling and holding of meetings of stockholders.
(h)The Corporation shall have the power to wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up or dissolved.

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(i)The Corporation shall have the power to adopt and use a common seal or stamp, or to not use such seal or stamp and if one is used, to alter the same. The use of a seal or stamp by the Corporation on any corporate documents is not necessary. The Corporation may use a seal or stamp, if it desires, but such use or non-use shall not in any way affect the legality of the document.
(j)The Corporation shall have the power to borrow money and contract debts when necessary for the transaction of its business, or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchises, or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to issue bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidence of indebtedness, payable at a specified time or times, or payable upon the happening of a specified event or events, whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, or unsecured, for money borrowed, or in payment for property purchased, or acquired, or for another lawful object.
(k)The Corporation shall have the power to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidence in indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations in the State of Delaware, or any other state or government and, while the owner of such stock, bonds, securities or evidence of indebtedness, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote, if any.
(l)The Corporation shall have the power to purchase, hold, sell and transfer shares of its own capital stock and use therefore its capital, capital surplus, surplus or other property or fund.
(m)The Corporation shall have the power to conduct business, have one or more offices and hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property in the State of Delaware and in any of the several states, territories, possessions and dependencies of the United States, the District of Columbia and in any foreign country.
(n)The Corporation shall have the power to do all and everything necessary and proper for the accomplishment of the objects enumerated in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or any amendments thereof (as so amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), or necessary or incidental to the protection and benefit of the Corporation and, in general, to carry on any lawful business necessary or incidental to the attainment of the purposes of the Corporation, whether or not such business is similar in nature to the purposes set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or any amendment thereof.
(o)The Corporation shall have the power to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific or educational purposes.
(p)The Corporation shall have the power to enter partnerships, general or limited, or joint ventures, in connection with any lawful activities.

Section 4. Capital Stock.

(a)Classes and Number of Shares. The total number of shares of all classes of stock, which the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be eighty million (80,000,000) shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
(b)Powers and Rights of Common Stock.

(i)Preemptive Right. No shareholders of the Corporation holding Common Stock shall have any preemptive or other right to subscribe for any additional unissued or treasury shares of stock or for other securities of any class or series, or for rights, warrants or options to purchase stock, or for scrip, or for securities of any kind convertible into stock or carrying stock purchase warrants or privileges unless so authorized by the Corporation.
(ii)Voting Rights and Powers. With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote or to which stockholders are entitled to give consent, the holders of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to cast thereon one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock standing in his/her name.
(iii)Dividends and Distributions.

(A)Cash Dividends. Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such cash dividends as may be declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefore; and
(B)Other Dividends and Distributions. The Board may issue shares of the Common Stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the Common Stock.

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(iv)Other Rights. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL and as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, each share of the Common Stock shall have identical powers, preferences and rights, including rights in liquidation.

(c)Series of Preferred Stock. The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions pertaining to the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, shall be such as may be fixed, from time to time, by the Board in its sole discretion, authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board. The authority of the Board with respect to each such series of Preferred Stock will include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of any or all of the following:

(i)The number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the shares of such series from the shares of all other series;
(ii)the voting powers, if any, of the shares of such series and whether such voting powers are full or limited;
(iii)the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including the redemption price or prices to be paid;
(iv)whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or noncumulative, the dividend rate or rates of such series and the dates and preferences of dividends on such series;
(v)the rights of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;
(vi)the provisions, if any, pursuant to which the shares of such series are convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity, and the rates or other determinants of conversion or exchange applicable thereto;
(vii)the right, if any, to subscribe for or to purchase any securities of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity;
(viii)the provisions, if any, of a sinking fund applicable to such series; and
(ix)any other relative, participating, optional or other powers, preferences or rights, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series.

(d)Issuance of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock. The Board may from time to time authorize by resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock herein authorized in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation for such purposes, in such amounts, to such persons, corporations, or entities, for such consideration and in the case of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, all as the Board in its discretion may determine and without any vote or other action by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by law. The Board, from time to time, also may authorize, by resolution, options, warrants and other rights convertible into Common or Preferred stock (collectively “securities”). The securities must be issued for such consideration, including cash, property, or services, as the Board may deem appropriate, subject to the requirement that the value of such consideration be no less than the par value of the shares issued. Any shares issued for which the consideration so fixed has been paid or delivered shall be fully paid stock and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further call or assessment or any other payment thereon, provided that the actual value of such consideration is not less that the par value of the shares so issued. The Board may issue shares of the Common Stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the Common Stock only to the then holders of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock.
(e)Cumulative Voting. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, there shall be no cumulative voting on any matter brought to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(f)One Class. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, or any designation for a series of Preferred Stock (which may provide that an alternate vote is required), (i) all shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation; and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock entitled to vote in connection with the applicable matter shall be required for approval of such matter.

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(g)Section 242(b)(2) Election. For the avoidance of doubt, the intent of Section 4(f) is, and the operation of Section 4(f) shall be, that, without limitation, (i) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote irrespective of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, with no vote of any holders of a particular class or series of stock, voting as a separate class or series, being required; and (ii) unless otherwise set forth in a certificate of designations for the applicable series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote irrespective of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, with no vote of any holders of a particular class or series of stock, voting as a separate class or series, being required.

Section 5. Adoption of Bylaws. In the furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute and subject to Section 6, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect the bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”).

Section 6. Shareholder Amendment of Bylaws. Notwithstanding Section 5, the Bylaws may also be adopted, repealed, rescinded, altered or amended in any respect by the stockholders of the Corporation, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock, regardless of class and voting together as a single voting class.

Section 7. Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board. Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the number of directors of the Corporation may be amended from time to time as set forth in the Bylaws. Subject to any rights granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the exact number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 8. Powers of Board.

(a)In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the DGCL, the Board is expressly authorized and empowered:

(i)To make, alter, amend, and repeal the Bylaws;
(ii)Subject to the applicable provisions of the Bylaws then in effect, to determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to stockholder inspection, provided that no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any of the accounts, books or documents of the Corporation, except as permitted by law, unless and until authorized to do so by resolution of the Board or of the stockholders of the Corporation;
(iii)To authorize and issue, without stockholder consent, obligations of the Corporation, secured and unsecured, under such terms and conditions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine, and to pledge or mortgage, as security therefore, any real or personal property of the Corporation, including after-acquired property;
(iv)To determine whether any and, if so, what part of the earned surplus of the Corporation shall be paid in dividends to the stockholders, and to direct and determine other use and disposition of any such earned surplus;
(v)To fix, from time to time, the amount of the profits of the Corporation to be reserved as working capital or for any other lawful purpose;
(vi)To establish bonus, profit-sharing, stock option, or other types of incentive compensation plans for the employees, including officers and directors, of the Corporation, and to fix the amount of profits to be shared or distributed, and to determine the persons to participate in any such plans and the amount of their respective participations;
(vii)to designate, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, which, to the extent permitted by law and authorized by the resolution or the Bylaws, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board; and
(viii)To provide for the reasonable compensation of its own members by Bylaw, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which such compensation will be paid.

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(b)In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore, or by statute, expressly conferred upon it, the Board may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, of this Certificate of Incorporation, and of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

Section 9. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between this Corporation and any of its directors, or between this Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association, or other legal entity shall be invalidated by reason of the fact that the director of the Corporation has a direct or indirect interest, pecuniary or otherwise, in such corporation, firm, association, or legal entity, or because the interested director was present at the meeting of the Board which acted upon or in reference to such contract or transaction, or because he participated in such action, provided that: (1) the interest of each such director shall have been disclosed to or known by the Board and a disinterested majority of the Board shall have, nonetheless, ratified and approved such contract or transaction (such interested director or directors may be counted in determining whether a quorum is present for the fiscal yearmeeting at which such ratification or approval is given); or (2) the conditions of DGCL Title 8, Section 144 are met.

Section 10. Term of Board of Directors. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, each director shall serve for a term ending December 31, 2016. Inon the first anniversary of their discretion,date of election, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10 each director shall serve until their successor is elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal. All directors shall have equal standing. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, no decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director; and additional directors, elected in connection with rights to elect such attorneys-h)-factadditional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, shall not be included in any class, but shall serve for such term or terms and proxies are authorizedpursuant to vote upon such other businessprovisions as properlyare specified in the resolution of the Board establishing such class or series.

Section 11. Vacancies on Board of Directors. Except as may come beforeotherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the meeting. 1]1 Authorized Signatures -This sectionholders of any series of Preferred Stock, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, or any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, removal, or other causes, shall be filled solely by the quorum of the Board. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s death, resignation or removal, whichever first occurs.

Section 12. Removal of Directors. Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any director may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote. Failure of an incumbent director to be nominated to serve an additional term of office shall not be deemed a removal from office requiring any stockholder vote.

Section 13. Stockholder Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be completed for your vote to be counted.-Date and Sign Below NOTE: Please sign as name appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trusteeeffective at a duly called annual meeting or guardian, please give full title as such. L. Date (mm/dd/yyyy/)— Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box.  1 U P X 2 7 6 9 1 2

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T PLEASE FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. T Proxy-INTRUSION INC. 1101 East Arapaho Road, Suite 200 Richardson, Texas 75081 Annual Meetingat a special meeting of Stockholders-May 19, 2016 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY The undersigned stockholder(s) of Intrusion Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints G.Ward Paxton and Michael L. Paxton, and each of them, attorneys-in-fact and proxiesstockholders of the undersigned, with full powerCorporation, unless such action requiring or permitting stockholder approval is approved by a majority of substitution, to represent and to vote allthe directors, in which case such action may be authorized or taken by the written consent of the holders of outstanding shares of commonvoting stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of the Companystockholders at which the undersigned isall shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, provided all other requirements of applicable law and this Certificate of Incorporation have been satisfied.

Section 14. Special Stockholder Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a majority of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders toBoard. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Each special meeting shall be held at such date and time as is requested by Board, within the Doubletree Hotel-Richardson, 1981 North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080,limits fixed by law.

Section 15. Location of Stockholder Meetings. Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision of the DGCL) outside the State of Delaware at 10:00 A.M., Local Time,such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws.

Section 16. Private Property of Stockholders. The private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever and the stockholders shall not be personally liable for the payment of the Corporation’s debts.

Section 17. Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by applicable law and all rights conferred on Thursday, Maystockholders herein granted subject to this reservation.

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Section 18. Term of Existence. The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

Section 19. Liability of Directors. No director of this Corporation shall have personal liability to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officers involving any act or omission of any such director or officer. The foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or, which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under applicable sections of the DGCL, (iv) the payment of dividends in violation of the DGCL or, (v) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Section 19 2016,by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only and atshall not adversely affect any adjournment thereof. (Continued and to be marked, dated and signed,limitation on the other side)personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification.

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Section 20. Indemnification.

(a)Indemnification in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 20(c) and Section 20(j), the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and applicable Delaware law as in effect at any time, indemnify, hold harmless and defend any person who: (i) was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or was or is a director or officer of a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and (ii) was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise directly involved in (including as a witness), any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner, member or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea or nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.
(b)Indemnification in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 20(c) and Section 20(j), the Corporation shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend any person who: (i) was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or was or is a director or officer of a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and (ii) was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise directly involved in (including as a witness), any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner, member or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and whether the basis of such action, suit or proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Courts in the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court in the State of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.

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(c)Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification or defense under this Section 20 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b), as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination: (i) by directors constituting a majority of the Board and who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum (the “Board Voting Majority”), or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by the Board Voting Majority, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding set forth in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b) or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
(d)Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 20(c), a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on good faith reliance on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 20(d) shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person was or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner, member or agent. The provisions of this Section 20(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b), as the case may be.
(e)Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a current or former director or officer in defending any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b) shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section 20.
(f)Non-exclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification, defense and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Section 20 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b) shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The provisions of this Section 20 shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of, or advancement of expenses to, any person who is not specified in Section 20(a) or Section 20(b) but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL or otherwise.
(g)Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, partner, member or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify, hold harmless or defend such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 20.

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(h)Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Section 20 references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents so that any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or was or is serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner, member or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 20 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Section 20, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect of any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Section 20.
(i)Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification, defense and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 20 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(j)Limitation on Indemnification; Attorneys’ Fees. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 20 to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and defense under this Section 20 (which shall be governed by Section 20(k)(ii)), the Corporation shall not be obligated under this Section 20 to indemnify, hold harmless or defend any director, officer, employee or agent in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 20 to the contrary, the prevailing party shall not be entitled to recover from the other party reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the prosecution or defense of such action to the extent that such fees, costs and expenses relate to “internal corporate claims” as defined in Section 115 of the DGCL.
(k)Contract Rights.

(i)The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 20 to indemnify, hold harmless and defend a person who was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or was or is a director or officer of a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, including the duty to advance expenses, shall be considered a contract between the Corporation and such person, and no modification or repeal of any provision of this Section 20 shall affect, to the detriment of such person, such obligations of the Corporation in connection with a claim based on any act or failure to act occurring before such modification or repeal.
(ii)If a claim under Section 20(a), Section 20(b) or Section 20(e) is not paid in full by the Corporation within 90 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 45 days, the person making such claim may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, such person shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by such person to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by such person to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense, and (ii) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that such person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its Stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its Stockholders) that such person has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that such person has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by such person, be a defense to such suit.

(l)Indemnification Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation shall have the express authority to enter into such agreements as the Board deems appropriate for the indemnification of present or future directors and officers of the Corporation in connection with their service to, or status with, the Corporation or any other corporation, entity or enterprise with whom such person is serving at the express written request of the Corporation.

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Section 21. Forum Selection. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) an action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the state of Delaware, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any claim for which the federal courts have exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction.

Section 22. Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Incorporation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of [___________], 2024.

By: _________________________ 

Name: Anthony Scott 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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