Fiscal Year 2010
Because Some of Our Management are Part-Time and Have Certain Conflicts of Interest, Our Business Could Be Harmed. Our Senior Vice President, Robert Putnam, also performs investor relations for LRAD Corporation. As a result of his involvement with LRAD Corporation, Mr. Putnam has in the past, and is expected in the future to devote a substantial portion of his time to other endeavors and only part-time services to e.Digital. Certain conflicts of interest now exist and will continue to exist between e.Digital and Mr. Putnam due to the fact that he has other employment or business interests to which he devotes some attention and he is expected to continue to do so. It is conceivable that the respective areas of interest of e.Digital and LRAD Corporation could overlap or conflict.
Fiscal Year 2009
Conflicts of Interest
Certain conflicts of interest now exist and will continue to exist between e.Digital Corporation and its officers and directors due to the fact that they have other employment or business interests to which they devote some attention and they are expected to continue to do so. We have not established policies or procedures for the resolution of current or potential conflicts of interest between our company and its management or management affiliated entities. There can be no assurance that members of management will resolve all conflicts of interest in our company’s favor. The officers and directors are accountable to our company as fiduciaries, which means that they are legally obligated to exercise good faith and integrity in handling our company’s affairs. Failure by them to conduct our company’s business in its best interests may result in liability to them.
Officer and director Robert Putnam also acts as Director of Investor Relations of ATC. The possibility exists that this other relationship could affect Mr. Putnam’s independence as a director and/or officer of e.Digital Corporation. Mr. Putnam is obligated to perform his duties in good faith and to act in the best interest of our company and its stockholders, and any failure on his part to do so may constitute a breach of his fiduciary duties and expose such person to damages and other liability under applicable law. While the directors and officers are excluded from liability for certain actions, there is no assurance that Mr. Putnam would be excluded from liability or indemnified if he breached his loyalty to our company.