People: Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (LTS)
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9 Feb 2010
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9 Feb 2010
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost, Phillip | 72 | 2006 | Chairman of the Board |
| Lampen, Richard | 55 | 2006 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
| Lorber, Howard | 60 | 2006 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
| Kaufman, Brett | 37 | 2008 | Chief Financial Officer, Vice President |
| Zeitchick, Mark | 44 | 2006 | Executive Vice President, Director |
| Rosenstock, Richard | 56 | 2002 | Director |
| Beinstein, Henry | 66 | 2001 | Director |
| Eide, Robert | 56 | 2001 | Director |
| Podell, Jeffrey | 68 | 2004 | Director |
| Genson, Brian | 60 | 2004 | Director |
| Gilinski, Saul | 54 | 2006 | Director |
| Krasno, Richard | 67 | 2006 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Frost, Phillip | Dr. Phillip Frost, M.D., has been Chairman of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since July 2006 and he has been a member of board of directors since March 2004. He also served as a member of board of directors from May 2001 until July 2002. Since January 2006, Dr. Frost has served as vice chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., which is among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world and is the generic pharmaceutical company. Since March 2007, he has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of OPKO Health, Inc., a specialty healthcare company focused on the development of agents for ophthalmic disease and diagnostic imaging systems that complement OPKO’s therapeutic products. From 1972 to 1990, Dr. Frost was the chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida. From 1972 to 1986, Dr. Frost was chairman of the board of directors of Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and from 1987 to January 2006, he served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of IVAX Corporation. Dr. Frost has served as the chairman of the board of Ideation Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring digital media businesses, since its inception in June 2007. Dr. Frost is a director of Continucare Corporation, a provider of outpatient healthcare and home healthcare services, Northrop Grumman Corp., an aerospace company, Modigene Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, and Castle Brands Inc. He is also on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, a Trustee of each of the Scripps Research Institutes, the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, and the Mount Sinai Medical. |
| Lampen, Richard | Mr. Richard J. Lampen has been President, Chief Executive Officer of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since September 2006 and a member of board of directors since January 2002. Since July 1996, Mr. Lampen has served as executive vice president of Vector Group. Since October 2008, Mr. Lampen has served as interim president and chief executive officer and a director of Castle Brands Inc. From October 1995 to December 2005, Mr. Lampen served as the executive vice president and general counsel of New Valley, where he also served as a member of its board of directors. Since January 1997, Mr. Lampen has served as a director of CDSI Holdings Inc., an affiliate of New Valley seeking acquisitions or investments, and since November 1998 has been its president and chief executive officer. From May 1992 to September 1995, Mr. Lampen was a partner at Steel Hector & Davis, a law firm in Miami, Florida. From January 1991 to April 1992, Mr. Lampen was a managing director at Salomon Brothers Inc, an investment bank, and was an employee at Salomon Brothers from 1986 to April 1992. Mr. Lampen has served as a director of a number of other companies, including U.S. Can Corporation, The International Bank of Miami, N.A. and Spec’s Music Inc., as well as a court-appointed independent director of Trump Plaza Funding, Inc. |
| Lorber, Howard | Mr. Howard M. Lorber has been Vice Chairman of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since July 2006. Previously, Mr. Lorber had been chairman of board of directors from May 2001 to July 2006. Mr. Lorber has been president and chief executive officer of Vector Group since January 2006 and has served as a director of Vector Group since January 2001. He served as president and chief operating officer of Vector Group from January 2001 to December 2005. From November 1994 to December 2005, Mr. Lorber served as president and chief operating officer of New Valley, where he also served as a director. Mr. Lorber was chairman of the board of directors of Hallman & Lorber Assoc. Inc., consultants and actuaries of qualified pension and profit sharing plans, and various of its affiliates from 1975 to December 2004 and has been a consultant to these entities since January 2005; a stockholder and a registered representative of Aegis Capital Corp. since 1984; chief executive officer from November 1993 to December 2006 and executive chairman of the board of directors since January 2007 of Nathan’s Famous; and a director of United Capital Corp., a real estate investment and diversified manufacturing company. He is also a trustee of Long Island University. |
| Kaufman, Brett | Mr. Brett Kaufman became a Vice President in March 2008 and became Chief Financial Officer of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services in April 2008. From April 1999 until March 2008, Mr. Kaufman was employed at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., serving in various capacities and most recently as managing director and director of financial planning and analysis in the Controller’s Group. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Kaufman was responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight for the company’s financial reporting, planning, budgeting and forecasting initiatives on a worldwide basis. From October 1994 until April 1999, Mr. Kaufman was in the Audit and Business Advisory Services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University and is a certified public accountant. |
| Zeitchick, Mark | Mr. Mark Zeitchick has been Executive Vice President since September 2006 and a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since August 1999. From August 1999 until December 2003, Mr. Zeitchick served as one of executive vice presidents. Mr. Zeitchick has also been president and chief executive officer of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. since September 2006 and a registered representative with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. since March 2001. Mr. Zeitchick has also been affiliated with Ladenburg Capital Management since October 1993. Mr. Zeitchick has been Ladenburg Capital Management’s co-chairman since November 2001. From September 1995 until November 2001, he was an executive vice president of Ladenburg Capital Management. From May 2001 until November 2001, he served as chairman of Ladenburg Capital Management, and became co-chairman in November 2001. |
| Rosenstock, Richard | Mr. Richard J. Rosenstock has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since August 1999. From May 2001 until December 2002, Mr. Rosenstock served as Vice Chairman of board of directors and from August 1999 until December 2002, served as Chief Operating Officer. He also served as President from August 1999 until May 2001. Since January 2003, Mr. Rosenstock has been a registered representative of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., one of broker-dealer subsidiaries. Mr. Rosenstock was affiliated with Ladenburg Capital Management Inc., one of subsidiaries, from 1986 until December 2002, serving from May 2001 as Ladenburg Capital Management’s chief executive officer. From January 1994 until May 1998, he served as an executive vice president of Ladenburg Capital Management and was its president from May 1998 until November 2001. |
| Beinstein, Henry | Mr. Henry C. Beinstein has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since May 2001. Mr. Beinstein has been a director of Vector Group Ltd., a New York Stock Exchange listed holding company, since 2004. Vector Group is engaged principally in the tobacco business through its Liggett Group LLC subsidiary and in the real estate and investment business through its New Valley LLC subsidiary. New Valley owns 50% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, which operates the largest residential brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Beinstein has also been a director of Castle Brands Inc., an NYSE Amex listed company in the spirits business, since January 2009. Since January 2005, Mr. Beinstein has been a partner of Gagnon Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer and a FINRA member firm, and has been a money manager and an analyst and registered representative of such firm since August 2002. He retired in August 2002 as the executive director of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, a New York-based law firm, a position he had held since August 1997. Before that, Mr. Beinstein had served as the managing director of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, a New York-based law firm, commencing in November 1995. From April 1985 through October 1995, Mr. Beinstein was the executive director of Proskauer Rose LLP, a New York-based law firm. Mr. Beinstein is a certified public accountant in New York and New Jersey and prior to joining Proskauer was a partner and national director of finance and administration at Coopers & Lybrand. |
| Eide, Robert | Mr. Robert J. Eide has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since May 2001. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Aegis Capital Corp., a broker-dealer and a FINRA member firm, since 1984. Mr. Eide also serves as a director of Nathan’s Famous, Inc., a chain of fast food restaurants, and Vector Group. |
| Podell, Jeffrey | Mr. Jeffrey S. Podell has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since October 2004. Mr. Podell has been the chairman of the board and president of Newsote, Inc., a privately-held holding company, since 1989. He also serves as a director of Vector Group. |
| Genson, Brian | Mr. Brian S. Genson has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since October 2004. Mr. Genson has been president of Pole Position Investments, a company engaged in the motor sport business, since 1989. Mr. Genson also serves as a managing director of F1Collectors.com and F1 Action located in Buntingford, England, which is engaged in investing in the motor sport industry. Mr. Genson was also responsible for introducing Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Company to the Japanese market. Mr. Genson also serves as a director of Nathan’s Famous. |
| Gilinski, Saul | Mr. Saul Gilinski has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since November 2006. Mr. Gilinski has served as president and a director of Osmopharm S.A., a Swiss-based manufacturer of modified release pharmaceutical active ingredients, since 1999. He has served as the chairman of C.I. Farmacapsulas S.A., one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceutical capsules in the world, since 1985. Since December 2003, Mr. Gilinski has served as chairman of Capscanada Corporation, a Canada-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical capsules. Since 1994, he has served as chairman of Ajix, Inc., a distribution import/export company. He is also a director of Premier Commercial Realty, Inc., one of the largest developers of commercial property in South Florida. |
| Krasno, Richard | Dr. Richard M. Krasno has been a member of board of directors of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since November 2006. Dr. Krasno has served as the executive director of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and as president of the four affiliated William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds since October 1999. Prior to joining the Trust, Dr. Krasno was the president of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. From 1981 to 1998, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Institute of International Education in New York. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education in Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1980. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Frost, Phillip | -- |
| Lampen, Richard | 547,437 |
| Lorber, Howard | -- |
| Kaufman, Brett | 351,229 |
| Zeitchick, Mark | 1,253,670 |
| Rosenstock, Richard | 1,145,820 |
| Beinstein, Henry | -- |
| Eide, Robert | -- |
| Podell, Jeffrey | -- |
| Genson, Brian | -- |
| Gilinski, Saul | -- |
| Krasno, Richard | -- |
As Of 30 Dec 2008
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Frost, Phillip | 0 | 0 |
| Lampen, Richard | 0 | 0 |
| Lorber, Howard | 0 | 0 |
| Kaufman, Brett | 0 | 0 |
| Zeitchick, Mark | 350,000 | 0 |
| Rosenstock, Richard | 350,000 | 0 |
| Beinstein, Henry | 0 | 0 |
| Eide, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Podell, Jeffrey | 0 | 0 |
| Genson, Brian | 0 | 0 |
| Gilinski, Saul | 0 | 0 |
| Krasno, Richard | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 35,871 | $0.75 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 2,700 | $0.77 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 24,422 | $0.74 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 35,707 | $0.76 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 1,300 | $0.78 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 15,300 | $0.63 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 30,000 | $0.64 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 26,000 | $0.62 |
| ZEITCHICK MARK | 50,000 | $0.55 |
| ROSENSTOCK RICHARD J | 50,000 | $0.55 |
| LAMPEN RICHARD J | 88,000 | $0.55 |
| LORBER HOWARD M | 200,000 | $0.55 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 350,000 | $0.55 |
| LAMPEN RICHARD J | 5,000 | $0.61 |
| ZEITCHICK MARK | 5,000 | $0.62 |
| LAMPEN RICHARD J | 5,000 | $0.61 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 19,800 | $0.63 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 200 | $0.62 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 20,000 | $0.64 |
| LAMPEN RICHARD J | 10,000 | $0.62 |
| ZEITCHICK MARK | 5,000 | $0.63 |
| ROSENSTOCK RICHARD J | 1,600 | $0.66 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 20,000 | $0.65 |
| ROSENSTOCK RICHARD J | 3,400 | $0.63 |
| PHILLIP FROST ET AL | 20,000 | $0.65 |





