Hirsch International (HRSH) DEF 14A Definitive proxy

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HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

(a Delaware corporation)

NOTICE OF CALENDAR 2007 ANNUAL

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE

HELD AT 10:00 A.M. ON OCTOBER 3, 2008

To the Stockholders of HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Calendar 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") of HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (the "Company") will be held on October 3, 2008, at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of Bryan Cave LLP, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 35^th Floor, New York, NY 10104 for the following purposes:

1. to elect five directors;

2. to ratify the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008;

3. to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed August 5, 2008 at the close of business, as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting, and only holders of record of shares of the Company's Class A and Class B Common Stock at the close of business on that day will be entitled to vote. The stock transfer books of the Company will not be closed.

A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Meeting shall be available at the offices of the Company during ordinary business hours from September 23, 2008 until the Meeting for examination by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Meeting. This list will also be available at the Meeting.

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. However, whether or not you expect to be present at the Meeting, you are urged to mark, sign, date and return the enclosed Proxy, which is solicited by the Board of Directors, as promptly as possible in the postage-prepaid envelope provided to ensure your representation and the presence of a quorum at the Meeting. The shares represented by the Proxy will be voted according to your specified response. The Proxy is revocable and will not affect your right to vote in person in the event you attend the Meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors

/s/ Beverly Eichel

Beverly Eichel, Secretary

Hauppauge, New York

August 8, 2008

HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

50 Engineers Road

Hauppauge, NY 11788

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PROXY STATEMENT

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CALENDAR 2007 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD AT 10:00 A.M. ON OCTOBER 3, 2008

To the Stockholders of Hirsch International Corp.:

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (the "Company") of proxies to be voted at the Calendar 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and any adjournment or postponement thereof (the "Meeting") to be held on the date, at the time and place, and for the purposes set forth in the foregoing notice. The Board of Directors has set August 5, 2008, at the close of business, as the record date ("Record Date") for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. As of the record date, the Company had 9,083,402shares of Class A Common Stock and 400,018 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. A stockholder executing and returning a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is exercised by filing a later proxy or other written communication with the Secretary of the Company or by attending the Meeting and voting in person. The proxy will be voted in accordance with your directions as to:

(1) the election of the persons listed herein as directors of the Company; and

(2) the ratification of the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.

In the absence of direction, a signed proxy will be voted in favor of these proposals. Shares held by a stockholder who indicates on the proxy card that he or she wishes to abstain from voting will not be taken into account in determining the outcome of the proposals. However, those shares are considered present and entitled to vote at the Meeting.

Shares of Common Stock held in street name as to which a broker has not voted on some matters but has voted on other matters (“Broker Shares”), will be included in determining whether a quorum exists at the Meeting. Broker Shares that have not been voted with respect to a particular proposal will not be counted in determining the total number of votes cast or in determining whether such proposal has received the requisite number of affirmative votes.

Your vote is very important. For this reason, our Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares of common stock at the meeting. The entire cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. The cost of solicitation, estimated at $20,000, which represents an amount believed to be normally expended for a solicitation relating to an uncontested election of directors, will include the cost of supplying necessary additional copies of the solicitation materials and the Company's 2007 Annual Report to Stockholders (the "Annual Report") to beneficial owners of shares held of record by brokers, dealers, banks, trustees, and their nominees, including the reasonable expenses of such recordholders for completing the mailing of such materials and Annual Report to such beneficial owners.

In voting at the Meeting, each stockholder of record on the Record Date of either Class A or Class B Common Stock will be entitled to one vote on all matters other than the election of directors. With respect to the election of directors, the holders of the Class B Common Stock will elect three of the directors (“Class B directors”), and the holders of Class A Common Stock will elect two of the directors

(“Class A directors”). Holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock must be represented in person or by proxy in order to achieve a quorum to vote on all matters other than the election of directors. To vote for the Class A directors, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock must be represented in person or by proxy in order to achieve a quorum. To vote for the Class B directors, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock must be represented in person or by proxy in order to achieve a quorum. The Proxy Statement, the attached Notice of Meeting, the enclosed proxy card and the Annual Report to Stockholders are being mailed to stockholders on or about August 8, 2008.

NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED AND THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT SHALL, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE OF THIS PROXY.

PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Five directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Meeting, each to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his respective successor is elected and qualified.

There are five nominees for the five Board of Director positions as fixed by the Board of Directors. Of the persons named below, who currently constitute the entire Board of Directors, Mr. Broitman and Ms. Domuracki have been nominated for election as Class A directors and Messrs. Arnberg, Davino and Gallagher have been nominated for election as Class B directors.

Management believes that each nominee will be able to serve as a director of the Company. All of the nominees have consented to serve as directors if elected. If any nominee becomes unable or unwilling to serve prior to the Meeting, proxies may be voted for the election of such alternative person or persons as the Board of Directors determines.

Recommendation and Vote Required

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “for” each of the nominees listed above. Each of the nominees for Class A Directors and Class B Directors shall be elected by a plurality of votes cast at the meeting by the holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively.

Independence of Directors

The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that each of Messrs. Broitman and Davino and Ms. Domuracki qualifies as an “independent director” in accordance with the listing requirements of NASDAQ. Consistent with NASDAQ requirements, the Company requires that a majority of its members be independent directors.

Information Regarding Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees

The following table sets forth the names and ages of the Company's directors, executive officers and key employees and the positions they hold with the Company:

Name	Age	Position
Henry Arnberg	65	Chairman of the Board of Directors
Paul Gallagher	58	Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Marvin Broitman	70	Director
Mary Ann Domuracki	53	Director
Christopher J. Davino	42	Director
Beverly Eichel	50	Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Kristof Janowski	55	Executive Vice President – Sales
Nicholas Paccione	53	Vice President – Operations

None of the Company’s directors serve on the board of directors of other public companies.

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Henry Arnberg has held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1980 and also served as President of the Company until December 1998 and our Chief Executive Officer until 2004 when he retired. Mr. Arnberg received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Bridgeport in 1965 and an MBA in Finance and Management from the Adelphi University in 1971.

Paul Gallagher joined the Company as its Chief Operating Officer in September 2001. In early 2003, Mr. Gallagher was appointed the Company’s President as well as a director. On Decmeber 1, 2004, Mr. Gallagher was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Prior thereto, Mr. Gallagher was employed by Cornerstone Group Inc., a consulting firm focused on corporate turnarounds and restructurings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Gallagher received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati in 1976 and an MBA from Xavier University in 1978.

Marvin Broitman, a director of the Company since April 1994, is currently retired. Prior to April 2008, he was President of Uniwave, Inc., a company engaged in the engineering and manufacturing of automation accessory equipment for textile machinery since 1968. Mr. Broitman received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from City College in 1961 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1968. Mr. Broitman serves on the Audit, Stock Option and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors.

Mary Ann Domuracki has been a director of the Company since September 2001, and is currently Managing Director at Financo, Inc., a boutique investment banking firm servicing the merchandising sector since September 2001. Ms. Domuracki has more than 25 years experience in accounting, advisory and operating management services. Her industry experience includes senior management positions as President of Danskin, Inc., Executive Vice President of Administration and Finance of Kasper A.S.L., and most recently, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pegasus Apparel Group, Inc. Ms. Domuracki is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University with a concentration in Accounting. Ms. Domuracki serves on the Audit, Stock Option and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors.

Christopher J. Davino is currently the business leader of XRoads Solutions Group (a corporate restructuring management consulting company) in their corporate rescue practice and has held this position since 2007. He has served as a director of the Company since October 2004. From early 2006 until 2007, Mr. Davino was President of Osprey Point Advisors, LLC, a firm providing consulting and investment banking services to companies, including capital raising and mergers and acquisition transaction services. From July 2004 through December 2005, Mr. Davino was Chief Operating Officer of E-Rail Logistics Inc., a rail-based logistics company which he founded. Prior to that position, Mr. Davino worked as a restructuring professional at Financo Inc., Wasserstein and Perella, and Zolfo Cooper & Co. Mr. Davino received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Lehigh University.

Beverly Eichel has been Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since February 1, 2002. Ms. Eichel has also served as the Company’s Secretary since October 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Eichel was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Donnkenny, Inc. from October 1998 to June 2001. From June 1992 to September 1998, Ms. Eichel served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Danskin, Inc. and had been its Corporate Controller from October 1987 to June 1992. Ms. Eichel is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Ms. Eichel received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland in 1980.

Kristof Janowski has worked for the Company since 1987. From 1987 through 1994 he was sales manager for the Midwest Region. In October 1994, he was promoted to Vice President of Midwest sales. In 1999, he was promoted to Vice President of National Sales. Effective March 1, 2005, Mr. Janowski was appointed the Company’s Executive Vice President – Sales.

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Nicholas Paccione joined the Company in June 2003 as Director of Information Technology and was promoted to Vice President of Operations in February 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Paccione owned his own independent consultancy specializing in computer network design. Prior to starting his consulting firm, Mr. Paccione was Chief Operating Officer at Heathology, an online health education company, Senior Vice President of Operations for Primedia Workplace Learning, and Vice President of Systems and Technology for the Primedia Information Group. Mr. Paccione received his Masters of Science from State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1977.

All Directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The Company's executive officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board.

The Company's By-Laws provide that the Company shall indemnify each Director and each of the Company's officers, employees and agents as the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time to the fullest extent provided by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company carries insurance providing indemnification, under certain circumstances, to all of its directors and officers for claims against them by reason of, among other things, any act or failure to act in their capacities as directors or officers. The current annual premium for such insurance is approximately $165,000, all of which is paid by the Company. To date, no sums have been paid to any past or present director or officer of the Company under this or any prior indemnification insurance policy.

The Company has also entered into Indemnity Agreements with all of its directors and executive officers. The Indemnity Agreements provide for indemnification of the Company's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

The Indemnity Agreements provide that the Company will pay any costs which an indemnitee actually and reasonably incurs because of any claims made against him by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company, except that the Company is not obligated to make any payment which the Company is prohibited by law from paying as indemnity, or where (a) a final determination is rendered which determines that the indemnitee obtained a personal profit or advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled; (b) a final determination is rendered which determines that the indemintee violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or similar state or common law provisions; (c) a claim where the indemnitee was adjudged to be deliberately dishonest; or (d) a final determination is rendered that indemnification is not lawful.

Code of Ethics

The Company has adopted a code of ethics applicable to the Company’s Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, which is a “Code of Ethics” as defined by the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes to provide to any person with out charge, upon request, a copy of the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct. Requests for such copy should be made in writing to the Company at its principal office, which is set forth on the first page of this Proxy Statement, attention: Chief Financial Officer. If the Company makes any amendment to its code of ethics, other than technical, administrative or non-substantive amendments, or grants any waivers, including implicit waivers from a provision of the code of ethics to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, the Company will disclose the motive for the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to what it applied on a report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Code of Conduct

The Company adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all directors, officers and employees. Printed copies of the Code of Conduct are available to any stockholder that requests a copy.

Security Holder Communications with Board of Directors

Security holders wishing to communicate directly with the Company’s Board of Directors or specific members of the Board may direct their communications to: Hirsch International Corp., 50 Engineers Road, Hauppauge, NY 11788, to the attention of the appropriate individual(s).

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of August 5, 2008, by (i) each person who owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock; (ii) each executive officer and director of the Company; and (iii) all officers and directors of the Company as a group. Except as otherwise noted, the individual director or executive officer or his or her family had sole voting and investment power with respect to the identified securities. The total number of shares of our Class A Common Stock and Class B common stock outstanding as of August 5, 2008 was 9,083,402 and 400,018 respectively.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)	Title of Class (2)	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership	Percent of Class
Henry Arnberg	Class A	913,158	10.1%
	Class B	400,018 (3)	100%
Paul Levine	Class A	1,099,621(4)	12.1%
	Class B	-	-
Paul Gallagher	Class A	1,314,566(8)	13.6%
	Class B	-	-
Marvin Broitman	Class A	55,000(5)	*
	Class B	-	-
Mary Ann Domuracki	Class A	26,666 (6)	*
	Class B	-	-
Christopher Davino	Class A	23,333 (7)	*
	Class B	-	-
Beverly Eichel	Class A	404,666 (9)	4.4%
	Class B	-	-
Kristof Janowski	Class A	120,600 (10)	1.3%
	Class B	-	-
Nicholas Paccione	Class A	73,332 (11)	*
	Class B	-	-
All Executive Officers and Directors as a group (eight persons)	Class A	2,931,321	31.3%
	Class B	400,018	100%
Adam Gross	Class A	494,174 (12)	5.5%
APG Capital, LP	Class B	-	-
APG Capital Partners, LP
APG Capital Management, LLC
12 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77046

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* Less than one percent

(1) Unless otherwise provided, addresses are c/o Hirsch International Corp., 50 Engineers Road, Hauppauge, New York 11788.

(2) The Company’s outstanding Common Stock consists of two classes: Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are substantially identical except that two-thirds of the directors of the Company will be elected by the holders of the Class B Common Stock and one-third will be elected by the holders of the Class A Common Stock, as long as the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock equals or exceeds 400,000 shares. Shares of Class A or Class B Common Stock that an individual or group has a right to acquire within 60 days after August 5, 2008 pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants or other rights are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the beneficial ownership of shares and the percentage of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the beneficial ownership of shares and percentage of any other person or group shown in the table.

(3) Includes 400,018 shares of Class B Common Stock held by an estate planning entity for the benefit of Mr. Arnberg’s children. Mr. Arnberg exercises voting control over these shares

(4) Includes 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by trusts created for the benefit of Mr. Levine’s children as to which he disclaims beneficial ownership. Mr. Levine’s address is 2424 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

(5) Includes options to purchase 10,000, 10,000, 6,667 and 3,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.02, $1.33, $2.35 and $2.29 per share, respectively.

(6) Includes options to purchase 10,000, 10,000, 3,333 and 3,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.02, $1.33, $2.35 and $2.29 per share, respectively.

(7) Includes options to purchase 10,000, 6,667, 3,333 and 3,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.01, $1.33, $2.35 and $2.39 per share, respectively.

(8) Includes options to purchase 150,000, 100,000, 66,667, 250,000 and 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.12, $1.34, $1.20, $2.12 and $2.34 per share respectively.

(9) Includes options to purchase 40,000, 50,000 and 33,333 and 33,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.12, $1.34, $1.20 and $2.12 per share respectively.

(10) Includes options to purchase 13,334, 33,333 and 33,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.97, $1.20 and $2.12 per share, respectively.

(11) Includes options to purchase 20,000, 16,666 and 16,666 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.97, $1.20 and $2.12 per share, respectively.

(12) Based solely upon a Schedule 13-G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the referenced parties on March 13, 2008.

The Company is unaware of any arrangements between stockholders that may result in a change in control of the Company.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The table below reflects information about our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2007.

Plan category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans excluding securities reflected in column (a) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	1,684,000	$1.65	1,170,000
TOTAL	1,684,000	$1.65	1,170,000

Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

The Company conducts an appropriate review of all related party transactions that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 404 for potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis and all such transactions are approved by either the Company’s Audit Committee or the independent directors of the Company.

Prior to January 2003, we had advanced approximately $495,000 for premiums on split dollar life insurance for Henry Arnberg, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Paul Levine, our former Vice-Chairman of the Board. The spouse of each Messrs. Arnberg and Levine were the beneficiaries of these respective policies. These advances were collateralized by the cash surrender value of the policies, which totaled in the aggregate approximately $792,000 at December 31, 2006 for both policies. During 2007, both policies were redeemed and the Company collected $495,000 in full satisfaction of the advances.

On April 2, 2004, we entered into a 36 month consulting agreement with Paul Levine, former Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Under the agreement, Mr. Levine resigned from the Board of Directors and was relieved of all fiduciary positions or committees. Mr. Levine is no longer an employee of the Company and for the term of the agreement was considered an independent contractor. A monthly fee of $9,166.67 was paid to Mr. Levine, in addition to the cost of medical benefits as provided to executive level employees of the Company, premiums for his disability policy and payments under an automobile lease which expired January 18, 2005. Mr. Levine provided consulting services for up to 4 days per month during the term of the agreement including attendance at trade shows, business development activities, contact with key customer accounts, product assessment and undertaking special projects.

On December 1, 2004, we entered into a 36 month consultant agreement with Henry Arnberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors which was terminated on November 30, 2007. Under the agreement, Mr. Arnberg was no longer an employee of the company, but remained Chairman of the Board of Directors. A monthly fee of $12,500 was paid to Mr. Arnberg in lieu of any other compensation for his service on the Board of Directors. Mr. Arnberg continued to receive medical benefits as provided to executive level of employees of the Company, premiums for his disability policy and payments under his current automobile lease until it expired. Mr. Arnberg provided consulting services for up to 10 days per month during the term of the agreement including attendance at trade shows, contact with key customer accounts, product assessment and undertaking special projects.

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Meetings and Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Stock Option Committee. The Audit Committee was established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Each member of the Audit Committee as determined by the Board is an “independent director” as defined in Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Capital Market, Inc. listing standards. The members of the Audit Committee are Mary Ann Domuracki, Marvin Broitman and Christopher J. Davino. MaryAnn Domuracki, Chairman of the Audit Committee, is a financial expert within the meaning of Item 401(h)(2) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act. The Audit Committee has adopted a written Audit Committee charter.

The Company does not have a Nominating Committee. The Board of Directors believes that it is appropriate for the Company not to have such a committee because each member of the Board participates in the consideration of the nominee.

Of the five current Board members, three are “independent” under the existing standards of NASDAQ Global Market. Director nominees are required to be approved by a majority of the entire Board. The Board generally relies on its network of industry and professional contacts in connection with identifying potential Board members. The Board is also open to presentation of nominees recommended by security holders provided that sufficient information about the proposed nominee’s business, industry and financial background is provided to the Board and such information is received not less than 120 days prior to the release of the proxy statement to our shareholders. The Board will only consider nominees that have the requisite industry or financial experience to be able to advise and direct senior management in the Company’s operations. At a minimum, each nominee: (i) must be prepared to represent the best interest of all of the Company’s shareholders, (ii) must be an individual who has demonstrated integrity and ethics in his/her personal and professional field and has established a record of professional accomplishment in his/her chosen field, (iii) must not have (and his/her family members must not have) any material personal, financial or professional interest in any present or potential competitor of the Company; and (iv) must be prepared to participate fully in Board activities, including attendance at, and active participation in, meetings of the Board and not have other personal or professional commitments that would interfere or limit his or her ability to do so.

The Board of Directors met on six (6) occasions and acted four (4) times by unanimous written consent during the last fiscal year, and held numerous informal telephonic conferences. Each of the Stock Option Committee and Compensation Committee held numerous informal telephonic conferences during the fiscal year and did not act by unanimous written consent. All of our directors attended at least 75% of all of the meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees thereof on which they serve.

Audit Committee

The current members of the Audit Committee are Marvin Broitman, Christopher J. Davino and Mary Ann Domuracki. The Audit Committee held four (4) meetings, either in person or telephonically, had numerous informal telephonic conferences and did not act by unanimous written consent during the calendar year ended December 31, 2007.

Compensation Committee and Stock Option Committee

The Board of Directors has a Compensation Committee and a Stock Option Committee. The members of the Compensation Committee and the Stock Option Committee are Messrs. Broitman and Davino and Ms. Domuracki. The function of the Compensation Committee is to determine and to make recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of the Company's executives. The Compensation Committee does have a Charter. The Stock Option Committee administers the Company's stock option plans and awards stock options. The Compensation Committee held one (1) meeting

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telephonically last year. The Compensation Committee has adopted a written charter, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix A.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation Decisions

The Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors consisted of Marvin Broitman, Mary Ann Domuracki and Christopher Davino. None of the members of the Compensation Committee had a relationship requiring disclosure in this proxy statement under Item 497(e)(4) of SEC Regulations S-K.

Executive Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The Company’s compensation program is designed to integrate compensation with the achievement of the Company’s short-term and long-term business objectives, align the executive officers’ and key employees’ interest with those of the Company’s shareholders and to ensure that the total compensation paid to the executive officers and key employees is fair, reasonable and competitive. Based on the foregoing objective, the Compensation Committee has structured the Company’s annual and long-term incentive-based cash and non-cash executive compensation to motivate executives to achieve the business goals set by the Company and reward the executives for achieving such goals. This strategy also includes aligning and rewarding management for increasing shareholder value.

Role of Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee has engaged Northbrook Compensation Associates (“Northbrook”), an independent human resource consulting firm, to provide the Committee with relevant market data and alternatives to consider when making compensation decisions for the executive officers and key employees. Northbrook was engaged to evaluate each key element of the compensation program and the total compensation program relative to the Company’s peers. The key elements (base salary and short-term and long-term incentives) were analyzed against market information in order to determine whether the Company’s compensation plans were reasonable. The purpose of the engagement was to determine whether the Company’s total compensation plan and allocation of compensation between base salary, annual bonus and long-term incentives was reasonable considering the Company’s peers.

Executive Compensation Components

The Company has entered into employment agreements with its President and Chief Executive Officer and its Executive Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. These employment contracts cover the key elements of the Company's executive compensation package, which consist of base salary and short-term and long-term incentives, and cover severance and termination benefits. These employment agreements and the Company's policies with respect to each of the key elements of its executive compensation package are discussed below. In addition, while the elements of compensation described below are considered separately, the Compensation Committee also considers and reviews the full compensation package afforded by the Company to its executive officers, including insurance and other benefits. The Compensation Committee makes its determinations after receiving and considering the recommendations of the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Our policy for allocating between currently paid and long-term compensation is to ensure adequate base compensation to attract and retain personnel, while providing incentives to maximize long-term value for our company and shareholders. Likewise, the Company provides cash compensation in the form of base salary to meet competitive salary norms and reward good performance on an annual basis and in the form of bonus compensation to reward superior performance against specific short-term goals or in the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The Company provides equity compensation to reward superior performance against specific objectives and long-term strategic goals and to assist in retaining executive officers and aligning the interests of Hirsch and its shareholders.

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Base Salary

Base salary for the Company's executives is intended to provide competitive remuneration for services provided to the Company over a one-year period. Base salaries are set at levels designed to attract and retain the most appropriately qualified individuals for each of the key management level positions within the Company.

The base salaries of executive officers are established by the Compensation Committee at the time their employment agreements are executed. Mr. Gallagher and Ms. Eichel are entitled to minimum base salaries set forth in their employment agreements (See “Employment Agreements”).

The base salaries for Messrs. Janowski and Paccione were set at $300,000 and $200,000, respectively. Mr. Gallagher determined these base salaries by reviewing their previous compensation and performance. Mr. Arnberg’s salary was set by his consulting agreement.

For the year ending December 31, 2008, Messrs. Gallagher and Arnberg and Ms. Eichel’s base salaries are set by their employment or consulting agreements. Messrs. Janowski and Paccione were set by Mr. Gallagher reviewing their previous compensation and their performance for 2007.

The following are the salaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008:

Executive Officer	Base Salary
Paul Gallagher	$400,000
Beverly Eichel	$300,000
Kristof Janowski	$300,000
Nicholas Paccione	$200,000

Short-Term Incentives

Short-term incentives are paid primarily to recognize specific operating performance achieved within the last fiscal year. Since such incentive payments are related to a specific year's performance, the Committee understands and accepts that such payments may vary considerably from one year to the next. The Company's bonus program generally ties executive compensation directly back to the annual performance of the Company overall. Those executives not signatory to an employment agreement are able to earn a percentage of their base salary as a performance-related bonus. Where there is an employment agreement, an executive may earn a percentage of their base salary, pursuant to the Company’s annual incentive program, as a performance-related bonus. Where there was no employment agreement, the percentage of their base salary was approved by the Compensation Committee.

The annual incentive plan is derived by the Compensation Committee using the fiscal budget plan approved by the Board of Directors. The incentive targets are set using three thresholds. At the minimum level, pre-tax income was set at eighty percent of the target level. The target level was the budgeted pre-tax income. The maximum level was set at one hundred fifty percent of the target budget amount for pre-tax income. There was no discretionary bonus awarded during the period ended December 31, 2007.

Calendar 2007 Bonuses

For calendar 2007, the annual non-equity incentive based compensation was based upon achievement of pre-determined targets relating to corporate financial performance. Maximum bonuses for calendar 2007 for the executive officers listed below were as follows:

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Executive Officer	Percentage of Base Salary
Paul Gallagher	50% - 100%
Beverly Eichel	35% - 70%
Kristof Janowski	35% - 70%
Nicholas Paccione	5% - 10%

For each of the executive officers named above, the specific targets were achieved and bonus was earned between the target and maximum level.

Long-Term Incentives

The Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors has the responsibility of administering the Company’s stock incentive plans and is therefore responsible for authorizing all grants of options. The Company maintains two active stock option plans, the 2003 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which options to purchase an aggregate of 1,170,000 shares of Class A Common Stock remain available to be granted. In addition, certain options granted pursuant to the Company’s expired 1993 Stock Option Plan and 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan remained outstanding. In order to align long-term executive compensation with long-term stockholder value improvements, the Stock Option Committee has from time to time awarded stock option grants to executives of the Company in recognition of the value of these grants in motivating long-term strategic decision making. The Company’s long-term performance ultimately determines compensation from stock options because stock option value is entirely dependent on the long-term growth of the Company’s Class A Common Stock price. In determining annual stock option or restricted stock grants to executive officers, the Stock Option Committee, along with executive management, bases its decision on the individual's performance and potential to improve stockholder value.

The Stock Option Committee considers the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer in granting awards to executive officers and employees other than the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer assists the Chief Executive Officer in this process by preparing a list of eligible employees and recommended awards for all eligible employees other than her. Consideration is given to each individual’s employment standing and those employees subject to possible termination are not deemed to be eligible. Recommended amounts are based on previous grants, the amount of awards remaining available for issuance under the 2003 Stock Option Plan and the expected number of future years during which the awards available for issuance under the 2003 Stock Option Plan will be issued. The Chief Financial Officer is responsible, under the direction of the Stock Option Committee, for the day-to-day administration of the outstanding awards and the related recordkeeping.

During the calendar year ended December 31, 2006, and 2007 625,000 options(of which 425,000 was pursuant to employment agreements) and 75,000 options, respectively, were granted to the Company’s senior executive officers.

Timing of Grants. Awards have historically been granted to executive officers and eligible full-time employees once per year. The Stock Option Committee has typically met annually within the first 120 days after the start of the new fiscal year and approved the annual grant of options (if given). In 2007, the Board of Directors and Stock Option Committee kept its historical practice of granting annual awards to directors, executive officers and eligible full-time employees under the 2003 Stock Option Plan. No additional awards, other than the 75,000 option grant discussed above were granted in calendar 2007.

There is no effort to time the meeting and the related approval of awards with the release of material non-public information. The Board of Directors and Stock Option Committee typically hold their meeting within 120 days of year end. There are typically no releases of material non-public information by the Company until the latter half of March when the announcement of the earnings for the previous fiscal year is completed. The timing of grants for newly hired executives is not timed in

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coordination with the release of material non-public information. The Company does not grant awards based on the pending release of material non-public information and the Company does not release material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.

Pricing of Grants. Options granted under the 2003 Stock Option Plan may not be granted at a price less than the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock on the date of the grant.

Other Considerations

Relationship Among the Different Components of Compensation

In order to ensure that executive officers are held accountable for the Company’s performance and changes in stockholder value, management and the Compensation Committee generally allocate total compensation such that the portion of compensation attributable to fixed elements, such as salary and benefits, decreases with increasingly higher levels of responsibility, and the portion attributable to variable, performance-based elements increases.

Stock Ownership

The Company does not require its executive officers to be stockholders in the Company. The Stock Option Committee believes that the grant of stock options to the Company’s executive officers that vest over a period of time is sufficient to provide the required incentive to such officers and align their interests with the interests of the Company’s stockholders.

Recovery of Awards

The Company does not have a formal policy to recover past compensation awards from executive officers in the event of a restatement or an adjustment of results or performance measures that would have reduced the size of an award. The Company has not historically had any restatements or adjustments of this nature. Should such an incident occur, the Board of Directors would consider appropriate action at that time.

Retirement Benefits

Each of the Company’s executive officers is entitled to participate in the Company’s defined contribution 401K plan on the same basis as all other eligible employees. Under the terms of the 401K plan, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, the contribution of any participating employee is limited to a maximum percentage of annual pay or a maximum dollar amount ($15,000 for 2007). Our executive officers are subject to these limitations and therefore the Company does not consider its retirement benefits to be a material portion of the compensation program for our executive officers.

Employment Agreements

Paul Gallagher – President and Chief Executive Officer

On November 13, 2006, Paul Gallagher entered into an employment agreement with the Company (the “Agreement”) to continue his employment as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Agreement became effective as of September 11, 2006, has a term of three (3) years and provides for the payment of a base annual salary during the first year of the term of Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($375,000) Dollars; Four Hundred Thousand ($400,000) Dollars during the second year of the term and Four Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($425,000) Dollars during the third year of the term. Mr. Gallagher is also entitled to participate in the Company’s employee benefit programs and to receive bonuses under the Company’s annual incentive plan (“Incentive Plan”) for key executive employees.

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The Agreement also provides for severance payments to be paid to Mr. Gallagher should the Agreement be terminated (a) prior to the expiration of its term due to Mr. Gallagher’s death or disability; or (b) prior to or concurrent with the expiration of the term, if the Company fails to offer Mr. Gallagher employment with the Company as its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer at substantially the same level of base salary, employee benefits and bonus compensation as set forth in the Agreement. On the triggering of the severance payment obligation, the Company shall pay Mr. Gallagher his regular base salary for a period of six months following the occurrence of such event. In addition, the Company is required to pay Mr. Gallagher a pro rata portion of the amount, if any, he would have been entitled to receive under the Incentive Plan established for senior executive officers. In the event the Company terminates Mr. Gallagher’s Employment without “cause” (as defined in the Agreement), reduces his compensation, benefits or responsibilities or commits any other material breach of the provisions of the Agreement and fails to cure or remedy such breach within thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice thereof, the Company is required to continue payment of Mr. Gallagher’s base salary for a period of twelve (12) months, or if shorter, for a period from the date of termination through and including the month of March, 2010.

A change of control provision under which Mr. Gallagher would be entitled to receive an amount equal to his base salary for a period of one year following the termination of employment is included, in addition to any and all health and dental, disability, survivor income and life insurance plan or other benefit plan maintained by the Company.

Finally, any unvested stock options held by Mr. Gallagher at the time of termination in connection with a change of control shall become immediately vested and exercisable.

Mr. Gallagher was or will be granted options (the “Options”) to purchase up to 525,000 shares for the Company’s Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s 2003 Stock Option Plan. 300,000 of the Options have an exercise price of $2.12 per share and vest as follows:

• 100,000 Options vest on the date immediately following the period that the closing price of the Class A Common Stock remains at or above $2.50 for at least twenty consecutive trading days;

• 100,000 Options vest commencing on the date occurring after September 11, 2007 immediately following the period that the closing price of the Class A Common Stock remains at or above $3.00 per share for a period of at least twenty (20) consecutive trading days;

• 100,000 Options vest commencing on the date occurring after September 11, 2008 immediately following the period that the closing price of the Class A Common Stock remains at or above $3.50 per share for a period of at least twenty (20) consecutive trade days thereafter.

In 2006, Mr. Gallagher was also granted Options to purchase an additional 75,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.12 per share. The Company also agreed to issue Options to purchase 75,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on September 11, 2007 and Options to purchase 75,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock on September 11, 2008 at a strike price equal to the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on each of those dates. These options will vest in three equal annual installments of 33 1/3 percent each of the first, second, and third anniversary of the date of grant.

In formulating the terms of Mr. Gallagher’s agreement, the Compensation Committee engaged and received guidance from Northbrook who advised them on the comparability and fairness to the stockholders of the terms of the employment agreement.

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Beverly Eichel – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

As of February 1, 2008, Ms. Eichel entered into a two-year employment agreement to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice-President-Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.

Ms. Eichel’s employment agreement provides for the payment of an annual salary of $300,000 during the first year of the agreement, and $315,000 during the second year of the agreement. The agreement also entitles Ms. Eichel to participate in and receive a bonus under the Company’s Incentive Plan, with a possible maximum bonus of 70% of Ms. Eichel’s annual base salary. In addition, Ms. Eichel’s employment agreement provides for the reimbursement of business expenses including an automobile and cellular phone allowance, the provision of health insurance and related benefits.

The Agreement also provides for severance payments to be paid to Ms. Eichel should her employment be terminated (a) prior to the expiration of its term due to Ms. Eichel’s death or disability; or (b) prior to or concurrent with the expiration of the term, if the Company fails to offer Ms. Eichel employment with the Company as its Chief Financial Officer at substantially the same level of base salary, employee benefits and bonus compensation as set forth in the Agreement. On triggering the severance payment obligation, the Company shall pay Mr. Eichel her regular base salary for a period of six (6) months following the occurrence of such event during which period, Ms. Eichel would be entitled to receive all health and dental, disability, survivor income and life insurance plan or other benefit plan maintained by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay Ms. Eichel a pro rata portion of the amount , if any, she would have been entitled to receive under the Incentive Plan established for senior executive officers. In the event the Company terminates Ms. Eichel’s Employment without “cause”(as defined in the Agreement), reduces her compensation, benefits or responsibilities or commits any other material breach of the provisions of the Agreement and fails to cure or remedy such breach within thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice thereof, the Company is required to continue payment of Ms. Eichel’s base salary for a period of six (6) months during which period, Ms. Eichel would be entitled to receive all health and dental, disability, survivor income and life insurance plan or benefit plan maintained by the Company.

Under Ms. Eichel’s employment agreement there is a change of control provision pursuant to which Ms. Eichel would be entitled to receive an amount equal to her base salary for a period of one year following the termination of employment within six (6) months of the change of control, or her resignation for “good reason” following a change of control during such period. In such event, Ms. Eichel is entitled to receive an amount equal to her base salary payable over the succeeding twelve (12) months in equal installments. Additionally, Ms. Eichel would also be entitled to receive any and all health and dental, disability, survivor income and life insurance plan or other benefit plan maintained by the Company in which she participated prior to the date of termination. The aforementioned employee benefits shall terminate when and if Ms. Eichel obtains new employee benefit plans.

Finally, any unvested stock options held by Ms. Eichel at the time of termination in connection with a change of control shall become immediately vested and exercisable.

The employment agreement requires Ms. Eichel to devote her entire business time and attention to the Company and provides for termination upon her death or disability (defined as the inability to perform duties for three (3) consecutive months or six (6) months in any nine (9) month period), or for cause (as defined in the employment agreement). The employment agreement also provides that Ms. Eichel not compete with the Company during the term of the agreement and for a period of one (1) years thereafter.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee of the Company has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement. The Compensation Committee adopted a written Compensation Committee Charter.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE:

Marvin Broitman (Chairperson)

Mary Ann Domuracki

Christopher J. Davino

Summary Compensation Table for the year ended December 31, 2007

The following table sets forth compensation earned during the calendar year ended December 31, 2007 by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and by the three most highly paid Company’s Executive Officers whose total compensation for such periods exceeded $100,000 (the “Named Executives”):

Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary ($)	Option Awards ($) (1)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (2)	All Other Compensation ($)	Total Compensation ($)
Henry Arnberg Chairman of the Board of Directors	2007	$138,000	-	$44,000	-	$194,000
	2006	$138,000	-	$60,000	-	$198,000
Paul Gallagher Chief Executive Officer	2007	$382,000	$363,942	$319,000	$20,000	$1,084,942
	2006	$328,000	$190,736	$375,000	-	$893,736
Beverly Eichel Executive VP-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary	2007	$289,000	$84,658	$162,000	-	$535,658
	2006	$252,000	$25,271	$192,500	-	$469,771
Kristof Janowski Executive Vice President – Sales and Marketing	2007	$289,000	$86,225	$162,000	-	$537,225
	2006	$252,000	$28,673	$192,500	-	$473,173
Nicholas Paccione Vice President - Operations	2007	$199,000	$43,896	$16,000	-	$258,896
	2006	$172,000	$16,259	$93,750	-	$282,009
1 Represents the compensation costs of stock options for financial reporting purposes under FAS 123R, rather than an amount paid or realized by the Named Executive Officer. Pursuant to SEC rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures. More information with respect to the calculation of these amounts is included in Note 2m to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the eleven months ended December 31, 2006.
2 The amounts shown reflect cash awards to the Named Executives under the Incentive Plan, which is discussed in further detail under the heading “Short-Term Incentives”. These amounts were earned in calendar 2007, but paid in calendar 2008, and earned in calendar 2006, but paid in calendar 2007.

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Grants of Plan Based Awards for the year ended December 31, 2007

The following table sets forth the individual grants of stock options and non-equity incentive awards made during the eleven months ended December 31, 2007 by the Company’s Chairman of the Board and the Named Executives. There can be no assurance that the Grant Date Fair Value of Option Awards will ever be realized. The amount of these awards that were expensed are shown in the Summary Compensation Table above.

Grants of Plan – Based Awards for Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2007
Name	Grant Date	(1) Estimated Future Payout Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards			(2) All other Option Awards – Number of Securities Underlying Options (#)	Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/sh)	Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Option Awards ($) (3)
		(a) Threshhold ($)	(b) Target ($)	(c) Maximum ($)
Henry Arnberg	8/17/07	$13,750	$27,500	$55,000	-	-	-
Paul Gallagher
	8/17/07	$100,000	$200,000	$400,000	-	-	-
	9/11/07	-	-	-	75,000(4)	$2.34	$175,000
Beverly Eichel
	8/17/07	$50,750	$101,500	$203,000	-	-
Kristof Janowski
	8/17/07	$50,750	$101,500	$203,000	-	-	-
Nicholas Paccione
	8/17/07	$5,000	$10,000	$20,000	-	-	-
(1) The amounts shown in column (a) reflect the minimum payment level under the Company’s Incentive Plan which is 50% of the target amount shown in (b). The amount shown in column (c) is 200% of such target amount. These amounts are based on the individual’s current salary and position.
(2) The amounts shown reflect the number of shares of stock granted to each Named Executive.
(3)More information used in the calculations of these amounts are included in Note 11 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the eleven months ended December 31, 2007 included in this Form 10-K.
(4) These options were awarded pursuant to the terms of Mr. Gallagher’s employment agreement, as described further under the heading “Employment Agreements”.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2007

	Option Awards
Name	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable	Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)	Option Exercise Price ($)	Option Expiration Date
Paul Gallagher
	150,000	-	-	$1.12	12/01/09
	100,000	-	-	$1.34	01/27/11
	-	200,000 (1)	-	$1.20	02/24/11
	25,000	50,000 (1)	-	$2.12	10/04/11
	-	300,000 (2)	-	$2.12	10/04/11
Beverly Eichel
	40,000	-	-	$1.12	12/01/09
	50,000	-	-	$1.34	01/27/11
	-	50,000 (1)	-	$1.20	02/24/11
	-	100,000 (2)	-	$2.12	11/20/11
Kris Janowski
	6,667	13,333 (1)	-	$0.97	04/01/09
	-	50,000 (1)	-	$1.20	02/24/11
	-	100,000 (2)	-	$2.12	11/20/11
Nick Paccione
	6,667 (1)	13,333 (1)	-	$0.97	04/1/09
	-	25,000 (1)	-	$1.20	02/24/11
	-	50,000 (2)	-	$2.12	11/20/11

(1) Options vest over three years and expire on the fifth anniversary of their grant.

(2) These options vest as follows:

• One third vest on the date immediately following the period that the closing price of the Common Stock remains at or above $2.50 for at least twenty consecutive trading days;

• One third vest commencing on the date occurring after September 11, 2007 immediately following the period that the closing price of the Common Stock remains at or above $3.00 per share for a period of at least twenty (20) consecutive trading days;

• One third vest commencing on the date occurring after September 11, 2008 immediately following the period that the closing price of the Common Stock remains at or above $3.50 per share for a period of at least twenty (20) consecutive trading days thereafter.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested for the year ended December 31, 2007

	Option Awards
Name	Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)	Value Realized on Exercise ($)
Paul Gallagher	300,000	$81,000
Beverly Eichel	218,000	$71,360
Kris Janowski	41,000	$11,000
Nicholas Paccione	20,000	$17,000

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TERMINATION PAYMENTS (Without a change in control)

The table below includes a description and the estimated payments and benefits that would be provided by us to each of the named executive officers under each employment agreement assuming that a termination circumstance occurred as of December 31, 2007:

		Estimated Amount of Termination Payments to:
Type of Payment	Termination Event	Henry Arnberg	Paul Gallagher	Beverly Eichel	Kristof Janowski	Nicholas Paccione
Base Salary for a period of six months	Termination for death, disability, or Company fails to renew employment agreement	None	$187,500 (1) $10,500(3)	$145,000 (2) $5,500 (3)	None	None
Base Salary for a period of time	Termination without cause	None	$375,000 (2) $21,000 (5)	$145,000 (1) $5,500 (3)	$150,000 (1)	$100,000 (1)
Pro rata portion of bonus	Termination for death or disability and termination without cause	None	$319,000 (4)	$162,000 (4)	None	None
(1) Payable in monthly installments for six months (not lump sum).
(2) Payable in monthly installments for twelve months (not lump sum).
(3) This represents the estimated value of medical, disability and life insurance for six months.
(4) Reflects actual bonus earned as termination is deemed to have occurred on the last business day of the year.
(5) This represents the estimated value of medical, disability and life insurance for twelve months.

Payments of salary and pro-rata bonus will be suspended if either Mr. Gallagher or Ms. Eichel violates their non-disclosure, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations under their respective agreements.

Change in control payments

The following table quantifies the estimated maximum amount of payments and benefits under our employment agreements related to awards granted under our equity incentive and stock option plans to which the named executive officers would be entitled upon termination of employment if we terminated their employment with cause, or the executive resigned for good reason within six (6) months following a “change in control” of our Company that (by assumption) occurred on December 31, 2007.

	Cash Severance Payment (1)	Continuation of Medical Benefits (Present Value) $ (2)	Value of Accelerated Vesting of Equity Awards ($) (3)	Total Termination Benefits ($)
Paul Gallagher	$400,000	$21,000	$10,000	$431,000
Beverly Eichel	$290,000	$11,000	$6,000	$307,000
(1) Payable monthly for twelve months.
(2) This represents payments of medical, disability and life insurance for twelve months.
(3) This amount represents the unrealized value of the unvested portion of the respective named officer’s restricted stock based upon the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2007.

Pursuant to Mr. Gallagher’s and Ms. Eichel’s employment agreement, a change of control is deemed to

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occur following any of the below events:

• a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to an entity that is not controlled by the Company or by any persons or entities that immediately preceding such event owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in combination, 25% or more of the voting stock of the Company;

• the complete liquidation of the Company;

• the merger, reorganization or consolidation of the Company with or into one or more entities, the result of which is that the Company shall cease to exist as an independent entity, unless the surviving entity is controlled by the Company or by any persons or entities that immediately preceding such event owned, directly or indirectly individually or in combination, 25% or more of the voting stock of the Company;

• a change in the actual or beneficial ownership of the Company’s stock so that Mr. Henry Arnberg no longer possesses sufficient voting power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of its Board of Directors (applicable to Ms. Eichel only); or

• a change in the membership of the Board of Directors of the Company during the term of the employment agreements, as a result of which the persons who were directors at the beginning of the term covered by the employment agreement shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board, unless the election of each director who was not a director at the beginning of the employment agreement shall have been approved in advance by at least a majority of the directors then in office who were directors on such date

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“Good cause” is deemed to occur if any of the following occur:

• There is a significant reduction in the nature or scope of Mr. Gallagher’s or Ms. Eichel’s authority;

• There is a reduction in Mr. Gallagher’s or Ms. Eichel’s base salary; or

• There is a change in the actual or beneficial ownership of the Company’s stock so that Mr. Henry Arnberg no longer possesses sufficient voting power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of its Board of Directors.

Director Compensation for the year ended December 31, 2007

The table below summarizes the compensation paid by the Company to non-employee Directors for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007.

Name (1)	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)	Option Awards (2) ($)	Total ($)
Marvin Broitman	$24,750	$12,416	$37,166
Mary Ann Domuracki	$24,750	$12,416	$37,166
Christopher J. Davino	$24,750	$12,411	$37,161
(1) Henry Arnberg, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board and Paul Gallagher, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, are not included in this table as they are employees of the Company and thus receive no compensation for their services as directors. The compensation received by Messrs. Arnberg and Gallagher as employees of the Company are shown in the Summary Compensation Table.
(2) Reflects the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the calendar year ended December 31, 2007 in accordance with FAS123(R) and thus includes the amount from awards granted in and prior to 2006. As of December 31, 2007 each Director has the following number of options outstanding: Marvin Broitman 50,000, Mary Ann Domuracki 50,000, and Christopher J. Davino 40,000.
(3) For Calendar year ended December 31, 2007, in accordance with FAS123(R), the grant date fair value of the option awards for Marvin Broitman, Mary Ann Domuracki, Christopher J. Davino was $25,360 for each director.

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Director's Compensation

Directors who are employees of the Company or its subsidiaries receive no compensation, as such, for service as members of the Board other than reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending meetings. Directors who are not employees of the Company or its subsidiaries receive an annual directors' fee of $6,000 plus $1,250 for each board or stockholder’s meeting attended and $1,000 for each meeting of an executive committee of the Board attended, and are reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending such meetings. In addition, all non-employee directors participate in the Company's 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. Under the terms of our 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, each non-employee director receives a grant of 10,000 options upon their appointment to the Board. In addition, each non-employee director receives an automatic grant of 10,000 options on the date of our Annual Meeting of Stockholder’s, the exercise price for all of these options is the fair market value on the date grant.

Stock Option Plans

The Company maintains two active stock option plans pursuant to which options to purchase an aggregate of 1,170,000 shares of Class A Common Stock may be granted as of December 31, 2007. In addition, certain options granted pursuant to the Company’s expired 1993 Stock Option Plan and 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan remained outstanding.

1993 Stock Option Plan. The 1993 Stock Option Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in December 1993 and was approved by the stockholders of the Company in July 1994 (the "1993 Plan"). The 1993 Plan, as amended, had 1,750,000 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of options designated as either (i) incentive stock options ("ISOs") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or (ii) non-qualified options. ISOs may be granted under the 1993 Plan to employees and officers of the Company. Non-qualified options are permitted to be granted to consultants, directors (whether or not they are employees), employees or officers of the Company.

The purpose of the 1993 Plan was to encourage stock ownership by certain directors, officers and employees of the Company and certain other persons instrumental to the success of the Company and to give them a greater personal interest in the success of the Company. The 1993 Plan is administered by the Stock Option Committee. The Committee, within the limitations of the 1993 Plan, determined the persons to whom options were granted, the number of shares to be covered by each option, whether the options granted were intended to be ISOs, the duration and rate of exercise of each option, the option purchase price per share and the manner of exercise, the time, manner and form of payment upon exercise of an option, and whether restrictions such as repurchase rights in the Company were to be imposed on shares subject to options. Options granted under the 1993 Plan were not to be granted at a price less than the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock on the date of grant (or 110% of fair market value in the case of persons holding 10% or more of the voting stock of the Company). The aggregate fair market value of shares for which ISOs granted to any person were exercisable for the first time by such person during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Company and any related corporation) may not exceed $100,000. The 1993 Plan was terminated in December 2003; however, options granted under the 1993 Plan will expire not more than five years from the date of grant. Options granted under the 1993 Plan are not transferable during an optionee's lifetime but are transferable at death by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. The 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, as amended, (the "Directors Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors in September 1994 and was approved by the stockholders of the Company in June 1995. The Directors Plan had 234,375 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance. Pursuant to the terms of the Directors Plan, each independent unaffiliated Director was automatically granted without any further action by the Board of

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Directors or the Stock Option Committee: (i) a non-qualified option to purchase 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock upon their election to the Board of Directors; and (ii) a non-qualified option to purchase 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders following their election to the Board of Directors. The exercise price of each option was the fair market value of the Company's Class A Common Stock on the date of grant. Each option expires five years from the date of grant and vests in three annual installments of 33 1/3% each on the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant. Options granted under the Directors Plan are generally not transferable during an optionee's lifetime but are transferable at death by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In the event an optionee ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors (other than by reason of death or disability), then the non-vested portion of the option immediately terminates and becomes void and any vested but unexercised portion of the option may be exercised for a period of 180 days from the date the optionee ceased to be a member of the Board of Directors. In the event of death or permanent disability of an optionee, all options accelerate and become immediately exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of the option. The plan expired in September 2004.

2003 Stock Option Plan. The 2003 Plan, as amended, was adopted by the Board of Directors in May 2003 and was approved by the stockholders of the Company in July 2003 (the “2003 Plan”) and amended on January 25, 2006. The 2003 Plan currently has 1,750,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options designated as either (i) incentive stock options ("ISOs") under the Code or (ii) non-qualified stock options. ISOs may be granted under the 2003 Plan to employees and officers of the Company. Non-qualified options may be granted to consultants, directors (whether or not they are employees), employees or officers of the Company. In certain circumstances, the exercise of stock options may have an adverse effect on the market price of the Company’s Common Stock.

The purpose of the 2003 Plan is to encourage stock ownership by certain directors, officers and employees of the Company and certain other persons instrumental to the success of the Company and give them a greater personal interest in the success of the Company. The 2003 Plan is administered by the Stock Option Committee. The Committee, within the limitations of the 2003 Plan, determines the persons to whom options will be granted, the number of shares to be covered by each option, whether the options granted are intended to be ISOs, the duration and rate of exercise of each option, the option purchase price per share and the manner of exercise, the time, manner and form of payment upon exercise of an option, and whether restrictions such as repurchase rights in the Company are to be imposed on the shares subject to options. Options granted under the 2003 Plan may not be granted at a price less than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant (or 110% of fair market value in the case of persons holding 10% or more of the voting stock of the Company). The aggregate fair market value of shares for which ISOs granted to any person are exercisable for the first time by such person during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Company and any related corporation) may not exceed $100,000. The 2003 Plan will terminate in December, 2013 which means no options may be granted after such date. Options granted under the 2003 Plan will expire not more than five years from the date of grant; however, any options outstanding on the termination date of the 2003 Plan will continue until they expire by their terms. Options granted under the 2003 Plan are not transferable during an optionee's lifetime but are transferable at death by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. The 2004 Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in August 2004 and approved by the stockholders of the Company in January 2005 (the “2004 Plan”). The 2004 Plan reserves 148,042 shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance to the Company’s independent and unaffiliated directors. Pursuant to the terms of the 2004 Plan each independent and unaffiliated director shall automatically be granted, subject to availability, without any further action by the Board of Directors or the Stock Option Committee: (i) a non-qualified option to purchase 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock upon their initial election or appointment to the Board of Directors; and (ii) a non-qualified option to purchase 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders following their election or appointment to the Board of Directors. The exercise price of each option is the fair market value of the Company's Class A Common Stock on the date of grant. Each option expires five

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years from the date of grant and vests in three annual installments of 33 1/3% each on the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant. Options granted under the 2004 Plan would generally not be transferable during an optionee's lifetime but would be transferable at death by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In the event an optionee ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors (other than by reason of death or disability), then the non-vested portion of the option would immediately terminate and become void and any vested but unexercised portion of the option may be exercised for a period of 180 days from the date the optionee ceased to be a member of the Board of Directors. In the event of death or permanent disability of an optionee, all options accelerate and become immediately exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of the option.

401(k) Plan

The Company sponsors a voluntary contribution plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code (the "401(k) Plan"). Employees of the Company who have attained the age of 21 and who complete one year of continuous service are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Under the 401(k) Plan, an employee may elect to contribute annually on a pre-tax basis to a retirement account a specified percentage of his or her compensation. Each employee is fully vested at all times with respect to his or her contributions. Within certain limits prescribed by the 401(k) Plan and applicable law, the Board of Directors may authorize discretionary matching contributions by the Company up to a maximum of two percent of an eligible employee's annual compensation. The Company elected not to make a matching contribution for the Calendar year ended December 31, 2007 and the eleven months ended December 31, 2006.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s executive officers and directors and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities collectively, the “Reporting Persons” to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to furnish the Company with copies of these reports. Based solely on the Company’s review of the copies of such forms received by it during the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company believes that the Reporting Persons complied with all filing requirement applicable to them.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The current members of the Audit Committee are Marvin Broitman, Christopher J. Davino and Mary Ann Domuracki. The Audit Committee held four (4) meetings, either in person or telephonically, had numerous informal telephonic conferences and did not act by unanimous written consent during the calendar year ended December 31, 2007. The function of the Audit Committee is to recommend annually to the Board of Directors the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, discuss and review the scope and the fees of the prospective annual audit and review the results thereof with the independent registered public accounting firm, review and approve non-audit services of the independent registered public accounting firm, review compliance with existing major accounting and financial policies of the Company, review the adequacy of the financial organization of the Company and review management's procedures and policies relative to the adequacy of the Company's internal accounting controls. The Audit Committee meets with the outside independent registered accounting firm on a quarterly basis to review the quarterly filings with the SEC on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, in accordance with current regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee has adopted and has complied with its charter in accordance with current regulatory requirements. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter was attached as Appendix A to the proxy statement for Calendar year 2006, filed with the SEC on August 20, 2007.

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In fulfilling its responsibilities for the period ended December 31, 2007, the Audit Committee:

• Reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2007 with management and BDO Seidman, LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accountants; as appropriate, the Audit Committee reviews, evaluates and discusses with the Company’s management, internal financial and accounting personnel and the independent accountants, the following:

• The plan for, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report on the Company’s financial statements;

• The Company’s financial disclosure documents, including all financial statements and reports filed with the SEC or sent to stockholders;

• Management’s selection, application and disclosure of critical accounting policies;

• Changes in the Company’s accounting practices, principles, controls or methodologies;

• Significant developments or changes in accounting rules applicable to the Company; and

• Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and the adequacy of the Company’s control and disclosure policies and procedures in light of this legislation.

• Discussed with BDO Seidman, LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61. This guidance requires the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to discuss with the Audit Committee the following:

• Methods to account for significant unusual transactions;

• The effect of significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus;

• The process used by management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting estimates and basis for the independent registered public accounting firm’s conclusions regarding the reasonableness of those estimates; and

• Disagreements with management over the application of accounting principles, of which there were none, and the basis for management’s accounting estimates and the disclosures in the financial statements.

The rules and regulations of the SEC, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and NASDAQ also require the discussion of the above topics by the Audit Committee and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm also provided the Audit Committee with the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees). Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 requires independent registered public accounting firms to disclose annually in writing all relationships that, in the independent registered public accounting firm’s professional opinion, may reasonably be thought to bear on independence, confirm their perceived independence and engage in a discussion of their independence. The Audit Committee also considered whether the independent registered public accounting firm’s provision of the other, non-audit related services to the Company, which are referred to in “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees” below, is compatible

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with maintaining such independent registered public accounting firm’s independence.

During the year, the Audit Committee also considered several other matters in conjunction with management and with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firms. These included:

• The adequacy of the Company’s disclosure and control policies and procedures;

• Implications of new accounting standards for the Company’s financial statements.;

Based on the Audit Committee’s review of the audited financial statements, the representations and information provided by management and the independent registered public accounting firm and discussions with management and BDO Seidman, LLP, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Mary Ann Domuracki (Chairperson)

Marvin Broitman

Christopher J. Davino

PROPOSAL 2 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors of the Company, in accordance with the direction of the Audit Committee, has appointed BDO Seidman, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. The Board of Directors of the Company is requesting ratification of this appointment by the stockholders of the Company. It should be noted however that, even if this appointment is ratified by the stockholders of the Company, the Board of Directors, at the direction of the Audit Committee, may in their discretion replace the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and appoint a new independent registered public accounting firm for the Company at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company.

A representative of BDO Seidman, LLP is expected to be present at the Meeting and will be given the opportunity to make a statement and to respond to appropriate questions.

Recommendation and Vote Required

The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders vote “for” the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP independent registered public accounting firm, which served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the period ended December 31, 2007, as independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. The affirmative vote of a majority of the holders of the Company’s Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the stockholders’ meeting and eligible to vote is required for the adoption of the foregoing proposal.

Fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm

The policy of the Audit Committee is to review and pre-approve both audit and non-audit services to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm (other than certain exceptions permitted by the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002). The Audit Committee negotiates the annual

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audit fee directly with our independent registered public accounting firm. Any work in addition to these pre-approved services in a quarter requires the advance approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee considered and discussed with BDO Seidman, LLP and management as to whether the provision of permitted non-audit services is compatible with maintaining BDO Seidman, LLP’s independence. All fees for both audit and tax services were approved by the Audit Committee.

The following table sets forth the fees paid to BDO Seidman, LLP for professional services for calendar years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

	Calendar	Calendar
	2007	2006
Audit Fees	$181,500	$178,500
Audit-Related Fees	13,800	22,300
Tax Fees	31,200	31,200
Total	$226,500	$232,000

Audit fees include fees billed for (a) the audit of Hirsch International Corp. and its consolidated subsidiaries, (b) the review of quarterly financial information, and (c) attendance at the annual stockholders’ meeting.

Audit-Related Fees include fees billed for (a) consultation on accounting matters, (b) consultation on Sarbanes Oxley.

Tax Fees include fees billed for the preparation of tax returns and consulting on tax examinations and planning matters.

There were no fees paid to BDO Seidman for products or services that do not fall into the above categories.

OTHER BUSINESS

The Board of Directors has no knowledge of any other business that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting other than those referred to in this Proxy Statement. However, if any other business shall properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof, the persons named as proxies will have discretionary authority to vote the shares of Common Stock represented by the accompanying proxy in accordance with their best judgment on such matters.

Stockholder's Proposals

Any stockholder of the Company may submit a proposal to be considered at the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company consistent with the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC. Such stockholder must deliver such proposal in writing to the Company at 50 Engineers Road, Hauppauge, New York 11788. In order to curtail controversy as to the date on which the proposal was received by the Company, it is suggested that proponents submit their proposals by certified mail, return receipt requested.

By Order of the Board of Directors

/s/ Beverly Eichel

Beverly Eichel, Secretary

Dated: August 08, 2008

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Appendix A

HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER

1. Purpose

The Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) is appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hirsch International Corp. (the “Company”). The Committee has overall responsibility for determining the compensation of the Company’s directors and executive officers, and for approving and evaluating the director and officer compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company.

2. Committee Membership

The membership of the Committee shall consist of no fewer than three directors, each of whom shall (a) meet the independence requirements established by the Board and applicable laws, regulations and listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, (b) be a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (c) be an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Board shall appoint the members of the Committee and the Committee Chairperson. The Board may remove any member from the Committee at any time with or without cause.

3. Committee Meetings.

The Committee shall meet as often as its members deem necessary to perform the Committee’s responsibilities.

4. Committee Duties and Responsibilities

4.1. Review and evaluate annually corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and annually evaluate the CEO’s performance in light of those goals and objectives.

4.2. Review and make recommendations to the Board annually with respect to compensation of: (a) the Company’s CEO and other executive officers, and (b) members of the Board and committees of the Board.

4.3. Review and discuss with management the Company’s disclosure to be made in the compensation discussion and analysis (“CD&A”) prior to filing such disclosure in the Company’s annual proxy statement or such other report as may be required in compliance with then currently applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

4.4. Produce an annual report of the Compensation Committee for the Company’s annual proxy statement or such other report as may be required in compliance with then currently applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market as to whether the

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Committee has: (i) reviewed and discussed the CD&A with management, and (ii) based on the review and discussions noted above, recommended to the Board that the CD&A be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or such other report.

4.5. The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to retain and terminate from time to time compensation consultants to be used to assist in the evaluation of director, CEO or other executive compensation and shall have authority to approve consultant's fees and other retention terms for any such consultants. The Committee shall also have authority, in its sole discretion, to obtain advice and assistance from internal or external legal, accounting or other advisors, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

4.6. The Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees when appropriate.

4.7. The Committee shall make regular reports to the Board.

The Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval. The Committee shall annually review its own performance.

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HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, hereby appoints Henry Arnberg and Paul Gallagher proxies with power of substitution to each, for and in the name of the undersigned to vote all of the shares of Class A Common Stock of Hirsch International Corp. (“the Company”), held of record by the undersigned on August 5, 2008, which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if present at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on October 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Bryan Cave LLP, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 35^th Floor, New York, New York 10104, and any adjournments thereof, upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting.

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF

HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

October 3, 2008

Please date, sign and mail

your proxy card in the

envelope provided as soon

as possible.

Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND “FOR” PROPOSAL 2. PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE x
1.  Election of Directors:	NOMINEES:	2. Ratification of the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.	FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN ooo
oFOR ALL NOMINEES o  WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ALL NOMINEES	O Marvin Broitman O Mary Ann Domuracki	3. Transactions of such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
o  FOR ALL EXCEPT (See instructions below)		The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as shown here  •
To change the address on your account, please check the box at the right and indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note that changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via this method.   o
Signature of Stockholder___________________________ Date:____________		Signature of Stockholder___________________________ Date:____________

Note:  Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signor is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signor is a partnership, please sign in partnership name as authorized person.

HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, hereby appoints Henry Arnberg and Paul Gallagher proxies with power of substitution to each, for and in the name of the undersigned to vote all of the shares of Class B Common Stock of Hirsch International Corp. (“the Company”), held of record by the undersigned on August 5, 2008, which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if present at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on October 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Bryan Cave LLP, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 35^th Floor, New York, New York 10104, and any adjournments thereof, upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting.

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF

HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

October 3, 2008

Please date, sign and mail

your proxy card in the

envelope provided as soon

as possible.

Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND “FOR” PROPOSAL 2. PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE x
1.  Election of Directors:	NOMINEES:	2. Ratification of the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.	FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN ooo
oFOR ALL NOMINEES o  WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ALL NOMINEES	O Henry Arnberg O Paul Gallagher O Christopher J. Davino	3. Transactions of such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
o  FOR ALL EXCEPT (See instructions below)		The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as shown here  •
To change the address on your account, please check the box at the right and indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note that changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via this method.   o
Signature of Stockholder___________________________ Date:____________		Signature of Stockholder___________________________ Date:____________

Note:  Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signor is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signor is a partnership, please sign in partnership name as authorized person.