0000930661-01-501967.txt : 20011018 0000930661-01-501967.hdr.sgml : 20011018 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930661-01-501967 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011010 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AT TRACK COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944400 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812] IRS NUMBER: 510352879 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-71340 FILM NUMBER: 1756339 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1155 KAS DRIVE STREET 2: STE 710 CITY: RICHARDSON STATE: TX ZIP: 75081 BUSINESS PHONE: 9727322500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16479 DALLAS PARKWAY STREET 2: STE 710 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75248 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HIGHWAYMASTER COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950424 S-3 1 ds3.txt FORM S-3 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2001 Registration Statement No. 333- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ______________ FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ______________ @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 51-0352879 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 1155 KAS DRIVE, SUITE 100 RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081 (972) 301-2000 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) ______________ J. RAYMOND BILBAO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1155 KAS DRIVE, SUITE 100 RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081 (972) 301-2000 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) ______________ Copies to: STEPHEN L. SAPP LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP 2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 2200 DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-6776 (214) 740-8000 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.[ ] If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title of Class of Securities Amount to be Registered Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of to be Registered Aggregate Price per Share(1) Aggregate Offering Registration Fee(2) Price (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.01 15,293,745 $1.15 $17,587,807 $4,397 par share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. (2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registration fee is calculated based on the average of the high and low prices for @Track's common stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market for October 4, 2001. PROSPECTUS 15,293,745 SHARES @Track Communications, Inc. Common Stock (Par Value $0.01 Per Share) _______________________________ The selling stockholders listed under the heading "Selling Stockholders" in this prospectus may from time-to-time offer and sell up to 15,293,745 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share. On June 21, 2001, pursuant to a stock purchase and exchange agreement dated February 14, 2001, Minorplanet Systems, PLC, a United Kingdom company, one of the selling stockholders, acquired 30,000,000 shares (62.4% of the then-outstanding common stock) of @Track in exchange for $10,000,000 in cash and all the outstanding shares of Minorplanet Limited, one of its subsidiaries. Also on that date, @Track closed an exchange offer with the holders of its 13 3/4% Senior Notes, due 2005. The selling stockholders other than Minorplanet exchanged their outstanding senior notes for shares of @Track common stock in this exchange offer at an exchange rate of 158.97 shares per $1,000 in principal amount of senior notes surrendered, and a total of 12,593,745 shares were issued under this exchange offer. The selling stockholders may offer the shares of common stock from time-to- time at market prices prevailing at the time of the sales or at negotiated prices. The shares of our common stock offered under this prospectus may be sold by the selling stockholders, their pledgees, donees, transferees and successors-in-interest, directly or through agents, underwriters or broker/dealers as designated from time to time, through public or private transactions, on or off the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or through a combination of methods. To the extent required, the specific number of shares to be sold, the terms of the offering, including price, the names of any agent, broker/dealer or underwriter, and any applicable commission, discount or other compensation with respect to a particular sale will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement. We will not receive any proceeds from sales of shares by the selling stockholders. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the trading symbol "ATRK." On October 4, 2001, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $1.15 per share. You should read this entire prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference, carefully before you invest. AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE 2 OF THIS PROSPECTUS. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. --------------------- The date of this prospectus is October 10, 2001. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION... 1 RISK FACTORS................................................... 2 @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC..................................... 8 DIVIDEND POLICY................................................ 10 USE OF PROCEEDS................................................ 10 SELLING STOCKHOLDERS........................................... 11 DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK................................... 12 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION........................................... 15 SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION................................ 16 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS............................................ 16 WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION............................ 17 INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION WE FILE WITH THE COMMISSION....... 17 LEGAL MATTERS.................................................. 18 EXPERTS........................................................ 18 CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on our current expectations, beliefs, estimates and projections, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, us. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement may include words such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and generally involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other facts that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: . our ability to achieve and maintain substantial growth and increased stockholder value; . our ability to successfully commercially exploit Minorplanet's vehicle management information technology in North America; . our ability to successfully commercially build on Minorplanet's relationship with GE Fleet Capital Services; . our ability to negotiate competitive GSM service rates with GSM carriers for vehicle management information product offerings (GSM is a type of wireless communication digital infrastructure commonly used worldwide and now starting to be used in the United States); . our ability to successfully commercially exploit Minorplanet's sales and marketing expertise to increase vehicle management information product offering sales; . acceptance of our product offerings; . market conditions; . general economic and business conditions; . business abilities and judgment of management and personnel; and . changes in business strategy. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our current expectations, beliefs, estimates and projections are more fully discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, including under "Risk Factors" beginning on page 2, and in the documents incorporated herein by reference. 1 RISK FACTORS Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all the other information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus before investing in our common stock. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. We have operated at a significant loss in recent periods and such losses may continue. We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception, and such losses may continue for the near future. We may not ever achieve profitability. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profits on a quarterly or annual basis. If we are unable to increase our sales as we project, we may require additional financing in order to sustain our business operations in the future. Our recent recapitalization transaction resulted in net cash proceeds of $5.9 million after payment of the accrued interest on our senior notes, expenses and income taxes associated with the recapitalization transaction. However, we have incurred significant operating losses since inception and have limited financial resources to support ourselves until such time that we are able to generate positive cash flow from operations. We believe acquisition of the vehicle management information technology license rights in the U.S., Canada and Mexico will enhance future results of operations and reduce the need for capital resources to develop similar tracking technology. The critical success factors in our plan to achieve positive cash flow from operations are as follows: . achieve significant market acceptance of the vehicle management information product line; . complete existing orders and secure additional orders under the service vehicle contract with the member companies of SBC Communications, Inc.; and . retain the majority of our existing customer base. Our future cash flow from operations and operating requirements may vary depending on a number of factors, including acceptance in the marketplace of the our products, the level of competition, general economic conditions, and other factors beyond our control. There can be no assurance that we will be able to meet our sales projections. If we fail to meet our sales projections, we may require additional financing to continue to execute our business plan and sustain our business operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain such financing on favorable terms or at all. We face significant competition in the automatic vehicle location marketplace. Our vehicle management information product faces significant competition from several other suppliers of similar products, some of which may have greater financial and technological resources. We can provide no assurance that our products will compete successfully with the products of our competitors or that we will adapt to changes in the business, regulatory or technological environment as successfully as our competitors. We may not be able to adequately protect our patents and other proprietary technology, and our intellectual property rights may be challenged by others. Our products and services are highly dependent upon our technology and the scope and limitations of our proprietary intellectual property rights. In order to protect our technology, we rely on a combination of patents, copyrights and trade secret laws, as well as certain customer licensing agreements, employee and third-party confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements and other similar arrangements. If our assertion of proprietary intellectual property rights is held to be invalid, or if another party's use of our technology were to occur to any substantial degree, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Several of our competitors have obtained and can be expected to obtain patents that cover products or 2 services directly or indirectly related to those we offer. We attempt to be aware of patents containing claims that may pose a risk of infringement by our products or services. In addition, patent applications in the United States are confidential until a patent is issued and, accordingly, we cannot evaluate the extent to which our products or services may infringe on future patent rights being sought by others. In general, if it were determined that any of our products, services or planned enhancements infringed valid patent rights held by others, we would be required to obtain licenses to develop and market such products, services or enhancements from the holders of the patents, to redesign such products or services to avoid infringement, or to cease marketing such products or services or developing such enhancements. In such event, we also might be required to pay past royalties or other damages. We can provide no assurance that, should it become necessary, we would be able to obtain licenses on commercially reasonable terms, or that we would be able to design or redesign our products to incorporate alternative technologies, without a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may be unable to adapt to shifts in technology in the wireless communications industry. Technology in the wireless communications industry is in a rapid and continuing state of change as new technologies and enhancements to existing technologies continue to be introduced. Our future success will depend upon our ability to develop and market products and services that meet changing customer needs and that anticipate or respond to technological changes on a timely and cost-effective basis. We can offer no assurance that we will be able to keep pace with technological developments. Our failure to develop and market products and services that meet changing customer needs and that anticipate or respond to technological changes on a timely and cost-effective basis could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may have difficulty in obtaining necessary financing in the future. As noted earlier, we are operating at a loss, and may require additional cash infusions to execute our business plan. The current financial markets are uncertain and it may be difficult for us to obtain additional financing. In addition, on February 14, 2001, Standard & Poor's downgraded the rating on our outstanding corporate senior notes from C+++ to D. We believe that this downgrading, combined with the current capital markets environment, may prevent us from obtaining financing in the future, particularly with respect to the issuance of debt securities or obtaining credit from a financial institution, bank or other senior lender. Our inability to obtain necessary financing may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations as we may not be able to successfully execute our business plan. Our sales are derived primarily from a few customers, the loss of one or more of which could significantly reduce our sales and revenue. The member companies of SBC Communications, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc. and its affiliated companies, and Contract Freighters, Inc. collectively accounted for approximately 67% of our installed base of mobile units as of August 31, 2001. Our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations is dependent upon the continued retention of our key customers. The loss of any of our key customers, or any event, occurrence or development that adversely affects our relationship with any of these customers, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may be unable to take advantage of the potential benefits of our relationship with Minorplanet. The success of our business strategy depends upon our successfully achieving infrastructure, product and development synergies derived from our application of the vehicle management information technology and from the mutual leveraging by Minorplanet and us of our respective core competencies. We can provide no assurance that our new vehicle management information products will gain market acceptance. We can also provide no assurance that we can effectively utilize the prior experience of Minorplanet in marketing to small and medium-sized companies that manage service vehicle fleets, nor can we ensure that we will successfully leverage the development experience and resources of Minorplanet. Finally, we can provide no assurance that any access to GE Fleet Capital Services obtained through our relationship with Minorplanet will produce any contractual or other relationship with GE Fleet Capital Services or their customers in a manner beneficial to us. The factors that may affect our ability to successfully take advantage of our potential synergies with Minorplanet include: 3 . the ability of our management to leverage the design and development competencies of Minorplanet to ensure that the vehicle management information technology has the features and functionality to allow it to compete successfully in our targeted markets; . the ability of our management to successfully deploy products based on the vehicle management information technology that deliver the functions and benefits sought by our customers; and . the ability of our management to combine their experiences with the management of Minorplanet and design a strategy for successfully penetrating the U.S. small and medium-sized service fleet market. If we are unable to take advantage of the potential benefits derived from our relationship with Minorplanet, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. A small number of our stockholders own a substantial amount of our shares of common stock, and if such stockholders were to sell those shares in the public market within a short period of time, the price of our common stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market could drop significantly. Minorplanet currently holds 30,000,000 shares of our common stock (approximately 62.4% of our outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis), 2,700,000 shares of which are eligible for resale under this prospectus, and the selling stockholders other than Minorplanet collectively hold 12,670,497 shares of our common stock (approximately 26.4% of our outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis), of which 12,593,745 shares are eligible for resale under this prospectus upon the expiration of certain lock-up restrictions discussed on page 13 of this prospectus. On December 18, 2001, 3,167,624 of these shares will be released from such restrictions. On March 18, 2002, an additional 3,167,624 shares will be released, and on June 16, 2002, the balance of these shares will be released. In addition, other stockholders also own substantial amounts of shares of our common stock. Sales of a large number of shares of our common stock or even the availability of a substantial number of shares for sale could have the effect of reducing the price per share of our common stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, especially given that our common stock is thinly traded on that market. We are controlled by a majority stockholder who has the voting power to control most of the major decisions of our stockholders and to elect all of our directors. Minorplanet is our majority stockholder, and, pursuant to the stock purchase and exchange agreement, has the right to designate that number of our directors such that the number of directors designated by it would be equal to the percentage of votes it would be entitled to cast in an election of directors, and can effectively control the outcome of any other matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, including mergers and other extraordinary corporate transactions, as well as the election of all of the directors. Minorplanet may decide to increase or decrease its investment in our securities depending on the price and availability of our common stock, our business and prospects, other business opportunities available to Minorplanet, subsequent business or economic developments, general market conditions, tax considerations or other factors. Our costs to maintain the compatibility of our network will be significantly increased if U.S. cellular networks continue to shift from analog cellular networks to digital cellular networks. Our current products rely on continued technical compatibility among our cellular service providers. If cellular carriers discontinue service to analog telephones, we would have to dedicate financial resources and engineering staff to the integration of a digital cellular telephone transceiver into certain of our products. If substantial changes to the methods of interconnection utilized by cellular carriers occur, such as a discontinuance of the existing out-of-area call clearing system or a decision by cellular carriers to eliminate analog service and employ several diverse digital technologies, we would have to undertake costly system redesign and could encounter difficulty providing nationwide coverage to our customers. If we incur expenses to upgrade or alter the compatibility of our cellular infrastructure, such expenses may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. 4 GSM technology may not become widespread in the U.S., which could adversely affect our vehicle management information product offering. Our offering of vehicle information management products uses GSM technology and could be adversely affected if GSM technology does not achieve widespread acceptance in the U.S. GSM is the type of digital wireless communication infrastructure in place in Europe and starting to be used in the U.S. We can provide no assurance that any digital communication providers in the U.S. will offer this technology. Our near term financial performance is dependent on anticipated sales to SBC and its affiliates in 2001, and the failure of certain affiliates of SBC Communications, Inc. to place anticipated purchase orders could materially reduce our anticipated revenues. The member companies of SBC Communications, Inc. entered into an agreement for the purchase of our products and the accompanying support and network management services with a minimum three year term expiring on December 31, 2001. SBC has purchased and installed approximately 37,000 mobile units pursuant to the agreement as of August 31, 2001, and has announced its intention to place orders for approximately 6,000 additional units to complete implementation of our contract. SBC has not yet placed purchase orders for all these additional units. The failure of SBC to place those orders could cause revenues to be significantly less than we had anticipated and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We are dependent on a sole provider of software maintenance and support for our network service center and our business and financial condition could be materially adversely affected if that provider is unable or unwilling to provide these maintenance and support services to us. We operate the network services center, which was previously operated by Tekelec, a third party provider. We have limited experience maintaining and supporting our own network services center and its software and hardware systems. We rely primarily on the services provided by Tekelec pursuant to a maintenance and support agreement expiring in December 2003. If we are unable to renew the software maintenance and support agreement with Tekelec, and any significant performance or other operational problems subsequently occur with our network services center, our inability to remedy these performance or operational problems could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If we are unable to renew or replace our existing cellular service agreements at current rates as they expire, our cost of services could increase. A substantial number of our contracts with our cellular carriers automatically renew on an annual basis, subject to notice of termination in the thirty days prior to such annual renewal. In order to continue to provide mobile communications services to our customers, we must continually renew our agreements with individual cellular carriers. If we are unable to renew or replace these contracts with cellular carriers at rates similar to the current rates, the resulting higher costs of cellular transmission time could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We are dependent on a sole provider of alarm-monitoring services to SBC and if we are unable to procure these services from this provider, our costs for obtaining this service could increase, or we may be forced to expend funds to develop this service ourselves. We are reliant on Criticom International Corporation as our sole provider for alarm-monitoring services to the member companies of SBC Communications, Inc. as required by our contract with SBC. If Criticom should fail to renew our service contract and if we were unable to obtain replacement services at similar rates, we could be required to either develop our own alarm monitoring center and obtain the licenses required for its operation, or execute an agreement with another alarm-monitoring services provider, which agreement may not be available on commercially acceptable terms. An increase in the cost of obtaining alarm monitoring services could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. As we heavily rely on TSI to provide essential clearinghouse services, our inability to renew our agreements with TSI could force us to make costly design changes to our network. 5 TSI provides clearinghouse functions to the cellular industry, creating the data link between a foreign network and a traveling vehicle's home cellular service area, performing credit checking functions and facilitating roamer incoming call delivery functions. Our contract with TSI covers certain functions that are critical to our ability to instantly deliver calls nationwide. It covers an initial term of three years that began on May 3, 1999. We are guaranteed the right to renew the contract for up to 10 one-year periods beyond the initial term, at a reasonable rate to be determined by TSI. However, TSI retains the right to increase the rates at time of renewal. If we are unable to renew our agreements with TSI upon reasonable commercial rates, our service margins may be substantially reduced by higher wholesale rates paid for the TSI services. Also, if the new rates charged by TSI are not commercially reasonable, we may be required to make substantial and costly design changes to our network in order to ensure continued availability of our services. Because of the unique position of TSI as the industry-wide clearinghouse and the difficulty associated with their replacement, there can be no assurance that full functionality of our system could be maintained if such a redesign were necessary. As we also rely on Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc. for other cellular clearinghouse services, our inability to renew our agreement with SBMS could significantly increase our cost of obtaining this necessary service. On March 30, 1999, we executed an Administrative Carrier Agreement with SBMS whereby SBMS provides clearinghouse services to us, including the direct payment of our cellular service providers for cellular airtime through the cellular clearinghouse process. This agreement provides for an initial term of three years that automatically renews for five additional consecutive one-year terms. While we have no reason to believe that SBMS will not renew the Agreement, it is possible that SBMS will attempt to renegotiate higher rates for the services which it provides at the time of renewal. If we are unable to negotiate commercially reasonable rate increases, our service margins could be reduced substantially. If we are unable to renew because we cannot reach agreement on commercially reasonable rate increases, the failure to renew this contract and continue existing arrangements for payment to our cellular service providers could require us to post security deposits or provide other financial assurances, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Any natural disaster, terrorist attack or other occurrence that renders our network service center inoperable could significantly hinder the delivery of our services to our customers because we lack an effective remote back-up communications system. We do not currently have a remote back-up communications system that would enable us to continue to provide mobile communications services to our customers in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist attack or other occurrence that rendered our network services center inoperable. Accordingly, our business is subject to the risk that such a disaster, attack or other occurrence could hinder or prevent us from providing services to some or all of our customers. The delay in the delivery of our services could cause some of our customers to discontinue business with us which may materially reduce our revenues. We depend on our key personnel, and the loss of one or more of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business. We are dependent on the efforts of: . Jana Ahlfinger Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer; . Michael Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; . Todd Felker, Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing; . Marshall Lamm, Senior Vice President - Operations; . Robert LaMere, Senior Vice President - Transportation Systems; and 6 . J. Raymond Bilbao, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. @Track maintains employment agreements with these executives expiring on June 20, 2002, which will renew automatically thereafter, subject to each such executive's right to terminate such agreements on six month's notice. In addition, we are also dependent upon a group of our employees possessing valuable technical skills who are not bound by any employment agreements. The loss of services of one or more of these individuals could materially and adversely affect our business and future prospects. We do not maintain key- man life insurance on any of the our officers or employees. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to attract and retain additional management and technical personnel required in connection with the growth and development of our business. Increases in the wholesale rates for analog wireless minutes could reduce or eliminate our service margin. Currently, the national wireless carriers are increasingly converting their networks to support more digital subscribers versus analog subscribers resulting in degradation of analog services. As customers of the wireless carriers convert to digital services, such carriers will expend less resources to maintain their analog networks and are expected to convert the majority of the available channels from analog to digital. Currently, wireless carriers no longer allow new subscriptions for analog customers and the majority of their customer bases are digital service subscribers. In an effort to encourage existing subscribers to convert to digital services, wireless carriers continue to maintain and/or increase prices for analog services while digital rates continue to decline due to competition. With digital rates continuing to decline, our customers expect to be charged lower wireless rates for our services. However, it is probable that the rates at which we purchase analog wireless minutes for sale to our customers will not decrease but will increase. Thus, based upon our customer's expectation of lower retail rates, we will not be able to increase the retail rates we charge to our customers for analog wireless service while the wholesale rates at which we purchase the analog wireless service for provision to our customers may increase, reducing our service gross profit margin. This potential reduction in our service gross profit margin could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Product liability claims could have a material adverse effect on our business by creating additional costs related to the payment or settlement of these claims. It is possible that the operation of our products may give rise to product liability claims. Product liability claims present a risk of protracted litigation, substantial money damages, attorney's fees, costs and expenses, and diversion of management attention. Product liability claims that exceed policy limits applicable to our liability insurance or that are excluded from the policy coverage could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Changes in industry-specific government regulations could require us to materially increase our expenses to pay compliance fees. We believe that our products and services are currently exempt from both Federal Communications Commission and state regulations. We rely on our long- distance providers and wireless providers to comply with any applicable regulatory requirements. In the event that our services were reclassified as "telecommunications services," we could be forced to expend substantial time, money and resources to comply with the applicable regulations and contribute to applicable universal services funds mandated by federal regulations. Such an event could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations due to such increase in expenses. Our current business plan contemplates significant expansion, which we may be unable to manage. If we successfully implement our business strategy, we may experience periods of expansion. We can provide no assurance that we will successfully maintain and improve our operating and financial systems, expand, train and manage our employee base, properly manage production and inventory levels to meet product demand or facilitate new product introductions in connection with the expansion of our business. In general, our failure to 7 manage the growth of our business effectively could result in a material adverse effect on the our business, financial condition and results of operations. The price of our common stock is volatile. Historically, market prices for securities of emerging companies in the telecommunications industry have been highly volatile. Future announcements concerning our business, the business of our competitors or our wireless providers, including results of technological innovations, new commercial products, financial transactions, government regulations, proprietary rights or product or patent litigation, may have a significant impact on the market price of shares of our common stock. The market price of our common stock and its trading volume have been highly volatile in recent periods and our common stock is often thinly traded. @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. General. @Track Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, develops and implements mobile communications solutions for long-haul truck fleets, service vehicle fleets and other mobile-asset fleets, including integrated voice, data and position location services. We provide mobile communications services for certain products through a wireless enhanced services network, which utilizes our patented, proprietary technology to integrate various transmission, long-distance, switching, tracking and other services provided through contracts with certain telecommunications companies and 66 cellular carriers. Our communications network covers approximately 98% of the available cellular service areas in the United States and substantially all of the available A-side coverage in Canada. "A-side coverage" refers to a type of license awarded by the Federal Communications Commission to provide cellular service in a specific area. Call processing and related functions for our network are provided through our Network Services Center. We hold 37 United States and 8 foreign patents. Products and Services. We classify our products and services into three major categories: . truck fleet mobile communications; . service-vehicle management; and . mobile asset tracking. During the year ended December 31, 2000, approximately 53% of our gross revenues were derived from truck fleet mobile communications, while 47% of our gross revenues were derived from the service-vehicle management category. We had virtually no revenue from the mobile asset tracking category during 2000. We have experienced a similar gross revenue structure through the first and second quarters of 2001. These products and services are discussed further below. Truck Fleet Mobile Communications and Service Vehicle Fleet Management. We provide long-haul trucking and service vehicle fleet customers with a communications solution that combines voice and data communications with satellite-based location technology. This product offering provides engine monitoring, scanning, mapping, dispatch management and alarm monitoring applications, which enables our customers to manage and control mobile truck fleets from central locations. In addition to hardware device and network connectivity, we also provide a national network of maintenance and repair services. Our home office in Richardson, Texas also houses over 35 customer service representatives providing technical support to our customers at all times. Our data center, located in Joplin, Missouri, integrates mobile platform data with business functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, electronic data interchange, customer service, driver management, route optimization, and fuel processing, all of which services are packaged and made available to our customers. Mobile Asset Tracking. We entered the mobile-asset-tracking market with the introduction of our trailer-tracking product, TrackWare(R). TrackWare combines the technologies of global positioning and control channel 8 messaging to report locations and specific trailer events, such as tractor connection and disconnection, trailer loading and unloading and whether a trailer door is open or closed. Operations, Infrastructure and Employees. We use wireless data and/or voice technologies, combined with global positioning satellite technology, to support all of our current products. Our strategy is to select and use wireless networks that provide the "best fit" for each of our current products. At June 30, 2001, we had 250 employees, 200 of whom work at our headquarters in Richardson, Texas. Our employees are not represented by a collective bargaining agreement. Our principal executive offices are located at 1155 Kas Drive, Suite 100, Richardson, Texas, 75081. Our telephone number is (972) 301-2000. Acquisition of Minorplanet Limited and the Deployment of Vehicle Management Information Technology. The transactions contemplated by the stock purchase and exchange agreement were consummated on June 21, 2001. At the closing, Minorplanet received 62.4% of our outstanding common stock. Simultaneously, we received from Minorplanet $10,000,000 in cash, with net proceeds to us of $5,900,000, to be utilized for general working capital purposes, and all of the capital stock of Minorplanet Limited, a subsidiary of Minorplanet which holds an exclusive, 99-year and royalty-free license to use, market and sell the vehicle management information technology in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Vehicle management information technology uses the GSM wireless network. The vehicle management information technology allows our customers to collect and archive a variety of vehicle operating data, including: . location; . speed; . fuel economy; . distances traveled; . travel times; . speed limit infractions; and . unauthorized location visits. Key synergies that we anticipate from our completed transaction with Minorplanet include: . the expansion and enhancement of our product lines through the application of the vehicle management information technology; . our leveraging of Minorplanet's sales and marketing experience to small and medium-sized local and regional companies with service vehicle fleets; . the opportunity to leverage Minorplanet's established relationship with GE Fleet Capital services, a leading lessor and manager of service vehicle fleets, in order to offer them our products and services; and . our leveraging of Minorplanet's research and development resources to achieve improved functionality and features for the vehicle information management technology in the United States, Canada and Mexico. There can be no guarantee that any of these synergies or any other synergies resulting from Minorplanet's investment in our business will actually materialize. On July 2, 2001, we commercially launched our vehicle management information product which uses technology developed by Minorplanet in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas greater metropolitan area. 9 DIVIDEND POLICY We have never declared or paid cash or other dividends on our shares of capital stock. Our board of directors currently intends to retain all earnings for use in our business. Therefore, we do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. USE OF PROCEEDS The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of those shares. 10 SELLING STOCKHOLDERS The common stock covered by this prospectus was originally issued by us in offerings exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The purchasers in those offerings, or the holders who exchanged other securities for shares of our common stock, or their respective pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest, who we collectively refer to in this prospectus as selling stockholders, may from time to time offer and sell any and all shares of common stock offered under this prospectus. The following table sets forth certain information, as of September 20, 2001, with respect to shares of common stock covered by this prospectus and other shares of common stock owned by the selling stockholders. Because the selling stockholders may offer all, some or none of the shares of common stock that are covered by this prospectus, no estimate can be made of the number of shares of common stock that will be offered by this prospectus or the number of shares of common stock that will be owned by any of the selling stockholders upon completion of the offering(s) to which this prospectus relates.
Shares of Common Percent of Class Stock Owned Shares of Common Stock Shares of Common Stock to be Owned After Before the Covered by this to be Owned After the the Name of Selling Stockholder Offering Prospectus Offering(1) Offering (1) --------------------------- -------- ---------- ----------- ------------------- Mackay Shields LLC (2) 11,249,035 11,249,035 0 * Minorplanet Systems PLC 30,000,000 2,700,000 27,300,000 56.8% LB Series Fund, Inc., High 614,022 614,022 0 * Yield Portfolio Roy F. McMahan, Jr. 2,303 2,303 0 * TD Securities, Inc. 383,764 383,764 0 * Lutheran Brotherhood High Yield 307,011 307,011 0 * Fund Lloyd I. Miller, III 37,610 37,610 0 *
----------------- *Less than 1%. 1. Assumes the sale of all shares of common stock registered hereunder, although the selling stockholders are under no obligation known to us to sell any shares of common stock. 2. Represents shares of common stock beneficially owned by institutional investors for which Mackay Shields LLC is an investment adviser. Mackay Shields has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to these shares. 11 DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK @Track's authorized capital stock consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 20,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which one (1) share has been designated as Series E Preferred Stock. As of September 20, 2001, 48,055,854 shares of common stock and one (1) share of Series E Preferred Stock were outstanding. The following description of certain terms of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our restated certificate of incorporation, our second amended and restated bylaws, the stock purchase and exchange agreement dated February 14, 2001, and the registration rights agreement related thereto, a copy of which is filed as a exhibit to the registration statement that contains this prospectus. Common Stock. The holders of our common stock are entitled to all of the rights and privileges of holders of shares of common stock under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to the preferences applicable to shares of our preferred stock, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of legally available funds. In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of @Track, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities, subject to the prior distribution rights of holders of shares of our preferred stock. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to the vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. Cumulative voting for the election of directors is prohibited by our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Preferred Stock. Our board of directors may at any time divide and establish any or all of our unissued and unallocated shares of preferred stock into one or more series and fix and determine the designation of each such series, the number of shares which shall constitute such series, and certain powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions and voting rights of the shares of each series so established. Series E Preferred Stock. On June 11, 2001, we filed a certificate of designation with the Delaware Secretary of State that designed an authorized share of our preferred stock as one share of Series E Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of ($1,000). We granted and issued the share of Series E Preferred Stock to Jana Ahlfinger Bell, our President and Chief Executive Officer, as a bonus for services performed for our benefit. In respect of rights to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of @Track, the Series E Preferred Stock will rank senior to our common stock and to any other class or series of our capital stock, unless the terms of such capital stock provide otherwise. Except as provided under Delaware law, the Series E Preferred Stock does not have any voting or preemptive rights. The holder of the share of Series E Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, cash dividends equal to seven percent (7%) per annum of the $1,000 per share liquidation preference of the Series E Preferred Stock. Such dividends will accrue and be cumulative from the date the share of Series E Preferred Stock was originally issued and are payable annually in arrears not later than January 31 of each year beginning in 2002. Shares of Series E Preferred Stock are redeemable at our option at any time following the third anniversary of the date of issuance thereof upon the payment by us to the holder of the share of Series E Preferred Stock of a cash payment equal to the sum of (i) $1,000 and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends payable in respect of the share of Series E Preferred Stock as of the date of such redemption. Registration Rights Agreement. The holders of our common stock that acquired their shares pursuant to the stock purchase and exchange agreement or the exchange offer we completed on June 21, 2001 are entitled to certain registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement we also entered into with these stockholders. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, all of the shares of our common stock acquired pursuant to the stock purchase and exchange agreement or the exchange offer by stockholders other than Minorplanet, and nine percent (9%) of the shares acquired by Minorplanet, are being registered for resale under the registration statement that contains this prospectus. On up to three separate occasions, but no more than twice in any twelve-month period, the holders of at least ten percent (10%) of our shares so registered will be entitled to request that we undertake an underwritten 12 offering of such shares if the proposed offering has anticipated aggregate proceeds in excess of $10,000,000 at the time of the request. We are required to keep the registration statement effective until any holders entitled to sell shares of our common stock under it are otherwise entitled to sell such shares without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In addition to the registration rights described above, pursuant to the registration rights agreement the holders of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the then outstanding common stock issued pursuant to the stock purchase and exchange agreement and exchange offer will be entitled to require us, on up to five separate occasions, but no more than twice in any twelve-month period, to register shares of our common stock for resale if the proposed offering has anticipated aggregate proceeds in excess of $10,000,000 at the time the registration request is made. Also, subject to certain limitations, all of these stockholders that are deemed to be parties to the registration rights agreement are generally entitled to include such shares in any transaction in which we sell our common stock to the public. The foregoing registration rights are subject to limitations as to amount by the underwriters of any offering and to black-out periods in which our management may delay an offering for a limited period of time. Lock-up Restrictions. Under the terms of the stock purchase and exchange agreement and a lockup agreement executed by the exchanging noteholders in connection with the June 21, 2001 exchange offer, all of the selling stockholders (except for Minorplanet) have agreed to certain contractual lock-up restrictions regarding the resale of the shares they acquired in the exchange offer. These selling stockholders will not be permitted to sell any of the shares they acquired in the exchange offer until December 18, 2001. For the period from December 18, 2001 until March 17, 2002, such stockholders will be entitled to sell up to 25% of their respective holdings. For the period from March 18, 2002 until June 15, 2002, such stockholders will be able to sell an additional 25% of their respective holdings, up to a maximum of 50%. On June 16, 2002, such stockholders will be free to resell all of their shares subject to applicable securities laws. Additional Rights of Minorplanet. Minorplanet has additional rights to control our corporate actions beyond those rights it has by virtue of being a majority stockholder. These rights are contained in Article VI of the stock purchase and exchange agreement and Article XI of our bylaws. As long as Minorplanet owns capital stock of @Track entitled to cast five percent (5%) of the votes in the election of our directors: . Minorplanet will have the right to maintain proportionate representation on our board of directors and its committees (and in any event, to designate at least two members of the board of directors and one member of any committee of the board of directors). Given Minorplanet's current ownership, it has the right to elect a majority of the board of directors, although at present two directors designated by Minorplanet have been elected to the seven member board of directors. . Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries may cause or permit any of the following events to occur without the affirmative vote of all of those directors designated by Minorplanet pursuant to the stock purchase and exchange agreement: . any capital expenditure by @Track that is not contemplated in any current annual budget which exceeds $200,000; . the hiring or firing of any @Track officer or senior executive reporting to the chief executive officer who has an annual salary of $130,000 or more, or entering into employment agreements with these individuals or amendments to existing agreements; . the direct or indirect redemption, purchase or making of any payments with respect to stock appreciation rights and similar types of stock plans; 13 . the sale, lease or transfer of any assets of @Track representing 5% or more of @Track's consolidated assets, or the merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification or other changes to the capital stock of @Track; . except as required under law, the taking or instituting of bankruptcy or similar proceedings; . the issuance, purchase, acquisition or redemption of any capital stock or any notes or debt convertible into equity; . the acquisition of another entity; . the entering into any agreement or contract the fair market value of which exceeds $200,000; . the amendment of @Track's certificate of incorporation or bylaws that would adversely affect holders of our common stock or Minorplanet's rights under the stock purchase and exchange agreement; . the exiting of, or entering into a different line of business; . the incurrence of any indebtedness or liability or the making of any loan except in the ordinary course of business; . the placing of any lien on @Track's assets or properties, or . the adoption or implementation of any anti-takeover provision that would adversely affect Minorplanet. 14 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION This prospectus may be used in connection with resales or redistributions of common stock by a selling stockholder. Such a resale or redistribution may be effectuated directly or indirectly through brokers or dealers or in a distribution by one or more underwriters on a firm commitment or best efforts basis, on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, in the over-the-counter market, on any other securities exchange on which shares of common stock are listed or traded, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices. Resale or redistribution also may be effected through: . a block trade, which may involve cross trades, in which the broker or dealer engaged will attempt to sell shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; . purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by such broker or dealer for its own account; . exchange distributions and/or secondary distributions in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market; . ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers; . an offering at other than a fixed price on or through the facilities of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or to or through a market maker other than on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market; . pledges to lenders as collateral to secure loans, credit or other financing arrangements and any subsequent foreclosure thereunder; . a combination of any such methods of sale; or . any other legally available means. The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus. In connection with resales or redistributions of @Track common stock or otherwise, a selling stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with brokers, dealers or other financial institutions. In connection with these transactions, brokers, dealers or other financial institutions may engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume with the selling stockholders. A selling stockholder may also enter into options or other transactions with brokers, dealers or other financial institutions which require delivery to that broker, dealer or financial institution of common stock which common stock may be resold by such broker, dealer or financial institution pursuant to this prospectus. In effecting sales, brokers, dealers or financial institutions engaged by a selling stockholder may arrange for other brokers, dealers or financial institutions to participate. Any public offering price and any discount or concession allowed or reallowed or paid to underwriters or dealers may be changed from time to time. The broker-dealers participating in these resales or redistributions may be deemed "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any profit on the sale of the shares of common stock and any commissions received by these broker-dealers may be regarded as underwriting commissions under the Securities Act. The shares of common stock may be sold from time to time at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The sale of our common stock is subject to compliance by the selling stockholders with certain contractual restrictions, including certain restrictions contained in the aforementioned registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we will pay all expenses in connection with the registration of our common stock. The selling stockholders will pay any brokerage or underwriting commissions and taxes of any kind, including, without limitation, transfer taxes. 15 In connection with resales and redistributions, the following information will, to the extent then required, be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement: . the number of shares to be sold; . the purchase price; . the public offering price, if applicable; . the name of any underwriter, agent or broker-dealer; and . any applicable commissions, discounts or other items constituting compensation to underwriters, agents or broker-dealers with respect to the particular sale or distribution. We have agreed with the selling stockholders to customary indemnification obligations with respect to the sale of our common stock by use of this prospectus. SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION Under our certificate of incorporation, our directors and officers are indemnified against certain causes of action. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS In the first quarter of 2001, K-TEC, the manufacturer of certain of our products, sent us a letter alleging that we were in breach of our manufacturing contract with K-TEC. In its letter, K-TEC alleged that it was carrying excess and obsolete inventory that we had indicated would be necessary to meet our anticipated manufacturing requirements. We reviewed the claims in this letter and believe that we have valid defenses to K-TEC's allegations. Since March 2001, K-TEC took a number of actions in connection with these events, including: . making a written demand for payment of over $4 million for inventory carrying expenses; . refusing to ship our products unless we prepay for such products and pay amounts that K-TEC claims it is owed for carrying excess inventory; . refusing to manufacture our products; . refusing to process any of our product returns; and . refusing to return our test equipment and prototypes so that we could find a new manufacturer for our products. On May 18, 2001, we filed a complaint against K-TEC seeking recovery for breach of contract and other damages. On June 21, 2001, K-TEC filed a complaint against us seeking recovery for breach of contract and other damages. We have reached a tentative settlement with K-TEC which we expect to be finalized by the end of September, 2001. As a result of this tentative settlement agreement, we recorded a provision of $2.1 million at June 30, 2001, as our estimate of the cost to be incurred to resolve this matter. 16 WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. You may inspect and copy such reports, proxy statements and other information at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at: Room 1204, Judiciary Plaza Citicorp Center 450 Fifth Street, N.W. 500 West Madison Street Washington, D.C. 20549 Chicago, IL 60661 Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference facilities. This material may also be obtained from the Commission's worldwide web site at http://www.sec.gov. The address of the Commission's Internet site is provided solely for the information of prospective investors and is not intended to be an active link. Our outstanding common stock is listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol "ATRK." We have filed a registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, covering the common stock offered hereby. As allowed by Commission rules, this prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules thereto. We refer you to the registration statement, the exhibits, financial statements and schedules thereto for further information. This prospectus is qualified in its entirety by such other information. INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION WE FILE WITH THE COMMISSION The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" certain information we file with them into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the Commission. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information in this prospectus. We have filed the documents listed below with the Commission (File No. 000-26140) under the Exchange Act, and these documents are incorporated herein by reference: . Our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2001; . Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2001; . Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2001; . Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 16, 2001; . Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 8, 2001; and . Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001. Any documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the initial filing of the registration statement that contains this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the securities to which this prospectus relates will automatically be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and to be part hereof from the date of filing of those documents. Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or in any other document which is also incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes that statement. 17 You may obtain copies of all documents which are incorporated in this prospectus by reference (other than the exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference herein) without charge upon written or oral request to Ray Bilbao, @Track Communications, Inc., 1155 Kas Drive, Richardson, Texas 75081. LEGAL MATTERS The validity of the securities offered hereby is being passed upon for us by Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, Dallas, Texas. EXPERTS The financial statements for the years ended December 31, 1999, and December 31, 2000, respectively, which have been incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of @Track for the year ended December 31, 2000, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports, and have been incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1998, which have been incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of @Track for the year ended December 31, 2000, have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, as stated in their reports, and have been incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. 18 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION. The fees and expenses to be paid by us in connection with the distribution of the securities being registered hereby are estimated as follows: Registration fee........................ $ 4,397 Legal fees and expenses................. $30,000 Accounting fees and expenses............ $ 5,000 Printing................................ $ 2,000 Miscellaneous........................... $ 500 ------- Total................................. $41,897 ======= ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reason to believe such conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability. The Delaware General Corporation Law also permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him or her in such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify such person against that liability under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Article VIII of @Track's Certificate of Incorporation and Article VIII of @Track's Bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers and for the purchase of insurance for their benefit. Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that @Track shall indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, any appeal in such an action, suit or proceeding and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or proceeding (whether or not by or in the right of @Track), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of @Track, or is or was serving at the request of @Track as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functions of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, non-profit entity, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against all judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements and expenses (including attorneys' fees and court costs) actually and reasonably incurred II-1 by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable law, and such indemnity shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person so indemnified. The right to indemnification under Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation is a contract right which includes, with respect to directors and officers, the right to be paid by @Track the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of the disposition; provided, however, that if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to @Track of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise. @Track may, by action of the Board of Directors, pay such expenses incurred by employees and agents of @Track upon such terms as the Board of Directors deem appropriate. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL a director of @Track shall not be liable to @Track or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Article VIII, Section 8.1 of the Bylaws provides that @Track shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of @Track), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of @Track, or is or was serving at the request of @Track as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of @Track and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Article VIII, Section 8.2 of the Bylaws also provides that @Track shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of @Track to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of @Track, or is or was serving at the request of @Track as a director, officer, employee, agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of @Track, and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to @Track unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. II-2 ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to @Track's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference). 4.2 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to @Track's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference). 4.3 Specimen of certificate representing Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to @Track's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-91456), effective June 22, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference). 4.4 Indenture dated September 23, 1997 by and among @Track, HighwayMaster Corporation and Texas Commerce Bank, National Association (previously filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Form S-4 (No. 333-38361), and incorporated herein by reference). 4.5 First Supplemental Indenture dated June 20, 2001, by and between @Track and The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, Trustee, to the Indenture dated September 23, 1997 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to @Track's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference). *5.1 Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP regarding the validity of shares. *10.1 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2001, by and between @Track, Minorplanet Systems PLC and certain stockholders referred to therein. *23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. *23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. *23.3 Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). *24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the initial Registration Statement). ------------- * Filed herewith. ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS. (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range II-3 may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Richardson, Texas, on October 10, 2001. @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. By: /s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell ----------------------- Jana Ahlfinger Bell President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jana A. Bell and W. Michael Smith and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capabilities, to sign any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures Title Date ---------- ----- ---- /s/ Stephen L. Greaves Director October 5, 2001 ------------------------------------ Stephen L. Greaves /s/ Gerry C. Quinn Director October 5, 2001 ------------------------------------ Gerry C. Quinn /s/ John T. Stupka Director October 5, 2001 ------------------------------------ John T. Stupka /s/ Dr. William P. Osborne Director October 5, 2001 ------------------------------------ Dr. William P. Osborne /s/ Andrew Tillman Director October 10, 2001 ------------------------------------ Andrew Tillman /s/ Robert J. Kelly Director October 10, 2001 ------------------------------------ Robert J. Kelly /s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell President, Chief Executive October 10, 2001 ------------------------------------ Officer and Director Jana Ahlfinger Bell /s/ W. Michael Smith Chief Financial Officer October 10, 2001 ------------------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer) W. Michael Smith /s/ Stephen P. Tacke Vice President and Controller October 10, 2001 ------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer) Stephen P. Tacke
EXHIBIT INDEX 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to @Track's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference). 4.2 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to @Track's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference). 4.3 Specimen of certificate representing Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of @Track (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to @Track's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-91456), effective June 22, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference). 4.4 Indenture dated September 23, 1997 by and among @Track, HighwayMaster Corporation and Texas Commerce Bank, National Association (previously filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Form S-4 (No. 333-38361), and incorporated herein by reference). 4.5 First Supplemental Indenture dated June 20, 2001, by and between @Track and The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, Trustee, to the Indenture dated September 23, 1997 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to @Track's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference). * 5.1 Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP regarding the validity of shares. *10.1 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2001, by and between @Track, Minorplanet Systems PLC and certain stockholders referred to therein. *23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. *23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. *23.3 Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). *24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the initial Registration Statement). --------------- * Filed herewith.
EX-5.1 3 dex51.txt OPINION OF LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP Exhibit 5.1 [LETTERHEAD OF LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP] October 10, 2001 @Track Communications, Inc. 1155 Kas Drive, Suite 100 Richardson, Texas 75081 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel to @Track Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed by @Track with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to the offering from time to time by selling stockholders of up to 15,293,745 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of @Track (the "Common Stock"). In connection with this opinion, we have examined and are familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable in connection with this opinion, including, without limitation, @Track's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, @Track's Second Amended & Restated Bylaws, and the Registration Statement. In our examination we have assumed (without any independent investigation) the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of originals of such copies and the authenticity of telegraphic or telephonic confirmations of public officials and others. As to facts material to our opinion, we have relied upon (without any independent investigation) certificates or telegraphic or telephonic confirmations of public officials and certificates, documents, statements and other information of @Track or its representatives or officers. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the aforementioned shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. We are admitted to the bar in the State of Texas, and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinions stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof and are based on the assumptions set forth herein and the laws and regulations currently in effect, and we do not undertake and hereby disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change with respect to any matter set forth herein. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such opinion, we do not thereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Very truly yours, LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP By: /s/ Stephen L. Sapp --------------------- Name: Stephen L. Sapp EX-10.1 4 dex101.txt REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.1 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is dated as of June 21, 2001 and is by and between @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), MINORPLANET SYSTEMS PLC, a United Kingdom public limited corporation (referred to herein as "Buyer" or "Initial Securities Holder") and the Other Holders (as defined herein). WHEREAS, the Company, Buyer and Mackay Shields LLC are concurrently with the execution of this Agreement consummating the transactions contemplated by that certain Stock Purchase and Exchange Agreement, dated February 12, 2001 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), providing for, among other things, the receipt by Buyer of 150,000,000 newly issued shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") to be issued to Buyer, and newly issued shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Other Holders, all in accordance with the terms and transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement; WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement are to be consummated at the closing ( the "Closing"); WHEREAS, in connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 1.1 Defined Terms. (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Agreement" shall mean this Registration Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Buyer" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble. "Closing" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals. "Closing Date" shall mean the date on which the Closing occurs. "Commission" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto. "Common Stock" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals and shall also include (a) any securities issued as a dividend or distribution on such shares of Common Stock, and (b) any securities into which such Common Stock is converted in any merger, consolidation, reclassification, exchange transaction or any such similar transaction. "Company" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble. "Company Public Sale Event" shall mean any sale by the Company of Common Stock for its own account as contemplated by subsection 4.1 pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed by the Company, filed on Form S-1 or any other form for the general registration of securities with the Commission (other than a Registration Statement filed by the Company on either Form S-4 or Form S- 8 or any registration in connection with a standby underwriting in connection with the redemption of outstanding convertible securities). "Company Sale Notice" shall mean a Notice of Offering pursuant to Subsection 4.1 from the Company to each Security Holder stating that the Company proposes to effect a Company Public Sale Event. "Demand Registration" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(a). "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor federal statute, rules or regulations. "Form S-1" shall mean such form of registration statement under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form thereto. "Form S-3" shall mean such form of registration statement under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form thereto. "Form S-4" shall mean such form of registration statement under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form thereto. "Form S-8" shall mean such form of registration statement under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form thereto. "Initial Exchange Shares" shall mean the newly issued shares of Common Stock issued by the Company to the Other Holders pursuant to the terms of the Letters of Transmittal. "Initial Purchase Shares" shall mean the aggregate of 150,000,000 newly issued shares of Common Stock issued by the Company to the Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement at the Closing. "Initial Securities Holder" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble. "Letters of Transmittal" shall mean the transmittal letters by the holders of the 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A, and 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series B to the Company pursuant to the exchange offer contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement. "Losses" shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.7(a)(i). "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor thereto. "Notice of Offering" shall mean a written notice with respect to (a) a proposed Shelf Demand Registration, (b) a proposed Demand Registration, or (c) a Company Public Sale Event, in each case setting forth (i) the expected maximum and minimum number of shares of Registrable Common or Common Stock, as the case may be, proposed to be offered and sold, (ii) the lead managing underwriter, if applicable or selected and (iii) the proposed method of distribution and the expected timing of the offering. "Other Holders" shall mean the Persons who execute and deliver the Letters of Transmittal tendering the 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A, and 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series B in exchange for newly issued Common Stock of the Company; it being agreed that such Persons shall be deemed to be signatories to this Agreement upon execution and delivery of the Letters of Transmittal and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature. "Piggybacking Securities Holders" shall mean Securities Holders selling Registrable Common in connection with a Company Public Sale Event pursuant to subsection 4.3. "Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean each preliminary prospectus included in a Registration Statement or in any amendment thereto prior to the date on which such Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, including any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act. "Prospectus" shall mean each prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 430A), together with any supplement thereto, and any material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus, all as filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. "Public Sale Event" shall mean a Shelf Demand Registration, Demand Registration, or a Company Public Sale Event, as the case may be. "Purchase Agreement" shall mean any written agreement entered into by any Securities Holder providing for the sale of Registrable Common in the manner contemplated by a related Registration Statement, including the sale thereof to an underwriter for an offering to the public. "Registrable Common" shall mean (a) the Initial Purchase Shares, (b) the Initial Exchange Shares and (c) any other securities issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, option or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the Initial Purchase Shares or the Initial Exchange Shares; provided, however, that any such Registrable Common shall cease to be Registrable Common when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Common has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement, (ii) such shares are disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act, (iii) such Registrable Common shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer under the Securities Act shall have been delivered by the Company and they may be resold without subsequent registration or qualification under the Securities Act or any state securities laws then in force, or (iv) such securities shall cease to be outstanding; provided, however, that any securities that have ceased to be Registrable Common cannot thereafter become Registrable Common, and any security that is issued or distributed in respect to securities that have ceased to be Registrable Common shall not be Registrable Common. "Registration" shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to the Securities Act. "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement (including the Preliminary, the Prospectus, any amendments (including any post-effective amendments) thereof, any supplements and all exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission), filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act in connection with any Public Sale Event. "Responsible Officer" shall mean, as to the Company, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer or any executive or senior vice president of the Company. "Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor to such Rule. "Rule 415" shall mean Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor to such Rule. "Rule 424" shall mean Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor to such Rule. "Rule 430A" shall mean Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor to such Rule. "Sale Event" shall mean any sale by the Company of Common Stock pursuant to a Company Public Sale Event or any sale by any Securities Holder of Registrable Common pursuant to a Public Sale Event. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and, any successor federal statutes, rules or regulations. "Securities Holder" or "Securities Holders" shall mean the Initial Securities Holder, the Other Holders and any transferee thereof to whom the rights and obligations of a Securities Holder are transferred pursuant to subsection 6.8. "Securities Holders' Counsel" shall mean the law firm appointed by Securities Holders owning a majority of the Registrable Common held by Securities Holders at the time of such appointment representing all of the Securities Holders with respect to a proposed offering under this Agreement, at the expense of the Company. "Shelf Demand Registration" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.2. "Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.1. "Shelf Shares" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.1. "Stock Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals. "Termination Date" shall mean the later of the respective dates on which the Company has no further obligation under the terms of this Agreement to file or keep effective the Registration Statement. (b) The words "hereof, "herein' and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, references to sections, subsections, schedules and exhibits are references to such in this Agreement. SECTION 2. SHELF REGISTRATION. 2.1 Shelf Registration. The Company agrees that, as promptly as practical after the date hereof, and in any event no later than 90 days after the date hereof, the Company shall use its best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a "shelf" Registration Statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any successor rule) (the "Shelf Registration Statement") covering all of the (x) Initial Exchange Shares and (y) nine percent (9%) of the Initial Purchase Shares (collectively, the "Shelf Shares"); provided, however, that if the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 and uses Form S-1, the Initial Purchase Shares shall not be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement. The Company will use its best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission on or as soon as practicable after the date hereof. The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of (A) the date the Securities Holders can sell all their shares of the Shelf Shares without any restrictions under Rule 144 and (B) the date on which no Shelf Shares remain outstanding. In the event the Company has complied with this Section by using a Form S-3 and becomes ineligible to use such Form, it shall use its best efforts to substitute therefor, as soon as practicable, a Form S-1 covering the Initial Exchange Shares. 2.2 Shelf Demand Registrations. (a) If the Company shall at any time receive a Notice of Offering from any Securities Holder or Securities Holders holding a minimum of 10% of the Shelf Shares then outstanding (but in no event less than 3,000,000 shares (which number shall be adjusted in accordance with all splits, pro rata stock dividends or reclassifications of the Common Stock)) requesting an underwritten offering of Shelf Shares under the Shelf Registration Statement that has anticipated aggregate proceeds at the time of the request (net of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) in excess of $10,000,000 (a "Shelf Demand Registration"), the Company shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, be obligated to use its best efforts to facilitate such proposed underwritten offering pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. (b) Following receipt of the notice referred to in subsection 2.2(a), the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than the fifth business day following receipt of such notice, give a Notice of Offering to all Securities Holders (other than the demanding Securities Holder), which shall set forth the right of such Securities Holders to include any or all shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders in the proposed offering, subject to the terms of this Agreement. (c) The Securities Holders shall be entitled to a total of three (3) Shelf Demand Registrations during the term of this Agreement; provided, however, that no more than two of such Shelf Demand Registrations may take place in any twelve (12) month period. (d) If at any time any of the Securities Holders of the Registrable Common covered by the Shelf Registration Statement desire to sell Registrable Common in an underwritten offering (which for the purposes of this Agreement shall not be deemed to include block trades) in accordance with the limitations of this subsection 2.2, the investment banker or investment bankers that will manage the offering will be nationally recognized underwriters selected jointly by the Company, the Security Holder initiating such underwritten offering and the Securities Holders owning a majority of the Registrable Common held by Securities Holders included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company. (e) If the lead managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (with a copy to each Securities Holder participating in an underwritten offering) on or before the date five (5) days prior to the date then scheduled for such underwritten offering that, in its opinion, the amount of securities (including shares of Registrable Common) requested to be included in such underwritten offering exceeds the amount which can be sold in (or during the time of) such offering, the number of shares of Registrable Common that may be so included shall be allocated among all Securities Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Shelf Shares held by such Securities Holders; provided, however, that such allocation shall not operate to reduce the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Common that may be so included in such underwriting. If any Securities Holder does not request inclusion of the maximum number of shares of Shelf Shares allocated to it pursuant to the above described procedure, the remaining portion of its allocation shall be reallocated among those requesting Securities Holders whose allocation did not satisfy their requests pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders, and this procedure shall be repeated until all of the Registrable Common which may be included in the underwriting have been so allocated. (f) Securities Holders holding a majority of the Shelf Shares exercising a demand right for a Shelf Demand Registration under subsection 2.2(a) may withdraw the exercise of such right on behalf of all such exercising Securities Holders as a result of a material adverse change in the earnings, condition, financial or otherwise, or prospects of the Company, or a material adverse change in the market for equity securities generally by giving written notice to the Company prior to the date the Purchase Agreement for such underwritten offering is signed, and such withdrawn Shelf Demand Registration right shall not be deemed to be one of the three Shelf Demand Registrations provided under Section 2.2(c); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver a Notice of Offering with respect to a renewed or new demand for an offering pursuant to subsection 4.2 or to take any other action with respect to any such renewed or new demand for a period of ninety (90) days following any such notice of withdrawal. SECTION 3. DEMAND REGISTRATION. 3.1 Demand Registration. The Company agrees that, as promptly as practical after the receipt of a Notice of Offering pursuant to Section 3.2(a), the Company shall use its best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on a form then available for such filing for an offering. The Company will use its best efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission on or as soon as practicable after the date of such filing. It is agreed that any request to register shares under this Section 3.1 in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act shall be subject to Rule 415(a)(2) under the Securities Act. 3.2 Demand Registrations. (a) If the Company shall at any time receive a Notice of Offering from any Securities Holder or Securities Holders holding a minimum of 15% of the Registrable Common then outstanding (but in no event less than 3,000,000 shares (which number shall be adjusted in accordance with all splits, pro rata stock dividends or reclassifications of the Common Stock)) requesting an offering of Registrable Common under a Demand Registration Statement that has anticipated aggregate proceeds at the time of the request (net of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) in excess of $10,000,000 (a "Demand Registration"), the Company shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, be obligated to use its best efforts to facilitate such proposed offering pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. (b) Following receipt of the notice referred to in subsection 3.2(a), the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than the fifth business day following receipt of such notice, give a Notice of Offering to all Securities Holders (other than the demanding Securities Holder), which shall set forth the right of such Securities Holders to include any or all shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders in the proposed offering, subject to the terms of this Agreement. (c) The Securities Holders shall be entitled to a total of five (5) Demand Registrations during the term of this Agreement; provided, however, that if the Initial Purchase Shares cannot be registered on the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, the Initial Security Holder shall be entitled to two (2) additional Demand Registrations during the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no more than two of such Demand Registrations may take place in any twelve (12) month period. (d) If at any time any of the Securities Holders of the Registrable Common covered by the Registration Statement desire to sell Registrable Common in an underwritten offering (which for purposes of this Agreement shall not be deemed to include block trades) in accordance with the limitations of subsection 3.2(a), the investment banker or investment bankers that will manage the offering will be nationally recognized underwriters selected jointly by the Company, the Security Holder initiating such underwritten offering and the Securities Holders owning a majority of the Registrable Common held by Securities Holders included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company. (e) If the lead managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (with a copy to each Securities Holder participating in an underwritten offering) on or before the date five (5) days prior to the date then scheduled for such underwritten offering that, in its opinion, the amount of securities (including shares of Registrable Common) requested to be included in such underwritten offering exceeds the amount which can be sold in (or during the time of) such offering, the number of shares of Registrable Common that may be so included shall be allocated among all Securities Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders; provided, however, that such allocation shall not operate to reduce the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Common that may be so included in such underwriting. If any Securities Holder does not request inclusion of the maximum number of shares of Registrable Common allocated to it pursuant to the above described procedure, the remaining portion of its allocation shall be reallocated among those requesting Securities Holders whose allocation did not satisfy their requests pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders, and this procedure shall be repeated until all of the Registrable Common which may be included in the underwriting have been so allocated. (f) Securities Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Common exercising a demand right for a Demand Registration under subsection 3.2(a) may withdraw the exercise of such right on behalf of all such exercising Securities Holders as a result of a material adverse change in the earnings, condition, financial or otherwise, or prospects of the Company, or a material adverse change in the market for equity securities generally by giving written notice to the Company prior to the date the Purchase Agreement for such underwritten offering is signed, and such withdrawn Demand Registration right shall not be deemed to be any of the Demand Registrations provided under Section 3.2(c); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver a Notice of Offering with respect to a renewed or new demand for an offering pursuant to subsection 4.2 or to take any other action with respect to any such renewed or new demand for a period of ninety (90) days following any such notice of withdrawal. SECTION 4. COMPANY SALE EVENTS. 4.1 Determination. Subject to subsection 5.2, the Company may at any time effect a Company Public Sale Event pursuant to a Registration Statement filed by the Company if the Company gives each Securities Holder a Company Sale Notice, provided that such Company Sale Notice is given not less than 21 days prior to the initial filing of the related Registration Statement. The obligation of the Company to give to each Securities Holder a Company Sale Notice and to permit piggyback registration rights to such Securities Holders with respect to Registrable Common in connection with Company Sale Events in accordance with this Section 4 shall terminate on the earlier of (A) the date the Securities Holders can sell all their shares of the Registrable Common without any restrictions under Rule 144 and (B) the date on which no Registrable Common remains outstanding. 4.2 Notice. The Company Sale Notice shall offer the Securities Holders the opportunity to participate in such offering and include the number of shares of Registrable Common which represents the best estimate of the lead managing underwriter (or, if not known or applicable, the Company) that will be available for sale by the Securities Holders in the proposed offering. 4.3 Piggyback Rights of Securities Holders. (a) If the Company shall have delivered a Company Sale Notice, Securities Holders shall be entitled to participate on the same terms and conditions as the Company in the Company Public Sale Event to which such Company Sale Notice relates and to offer and sell shares of Registrable Common therein only to the extent provided in this subsection 4.3. Each Securities Holder desiring to participate in such offering shall notify the Company no later than ten (10) days following receipt of a Company Sale Notice of the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Common that such Securities Holder then desires to sell in the offering. (b) Each Securities Holder desiring to participate in a Company Public Sale Event may include shares of Registrable Common in any Registration Statement relating to a Company Public Sale Event to the extent that the inclusion of such shares shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock to be offered and sold by the Company to be included therein. If the lead managing underwriter selected by the Company for a Company Public Sale Event advises the Company in writing (with a copy to each Securities Holder) that, in its opinion, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company together with the shares of Registrable Common which such holders intend to include in such offering would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the price or distribution of the Common Stock offered in such Company Public Sale Event or the timing thereof, then there shall be included in the offering only that number of shares of Registrable Common, if any, that such lead managing underwriter reasonably and in good faith believes will not materially adversely affect the price or distribution of the Common Stock to be sold in such Company Public Sale Event; provided that if the lead managing underwriter determines that such factors require a limitation on the number of shares of Registrable Common to be offered and sold as aforesaid and so notifies the Company in writing, the number of shares of Registrable Common to be offered and sold by Securities Holders desiring to participate in the Company Public Sale Event, shall be allocated among those Securities Holders desiring to participate in such Company Public Sale Event on a pro rata basis based on their holdings of Registrable Common. If any Securities Holder does not request inclusion of the maximum number of shares of Registrable Common allocated to it pursuant to the above-described procedure, the remaining portion of its allocation shall be reallocated among those requesting Securities Holders whose allocation did not satisfy their requests pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Common held by such Securities Holders, and this procedure shall be repeated until all of the shares of Registrable Common which may be included in the underwriting have been so allocated. 4.4 Discretion of the Company. In connection with any Company Public Sale Event, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether (a) to proceed with, withdraw from or terminate such Company Public Sale Event, (b) to enter into a purchase agreement or underwriting agreement for such Company Public Sale Event, and (c) to take such actions as may be necessary to close the sale of Common Stock contemplated by such offering, including, without limitation, waiving any conditions to closing such sale which have not been fulfilled. No public offering effected pursuant to this Section 4 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. SECTION 5. BLACK-OUT PERIODS. 5.1 Black-Out Periods for Securities Holders. (a) No Securities Holder shall offer to sell or sell any shares of Registrable Common pursuant to any Registration Statement during the 60-day period immediately following the effective date of any Registration Statement filed by the Company in respect of a Company Public Sale Event. (b) No Securities Holder shall offer to sell or sell any shares of Registrable Common pursuant to any Registration Statement, and the Company shall not be required to supplement or amend any Registration Statement or otherwise facilitate the sale of Registrable Common pursuant thereto, during the 90-day period (or such lesser number of days until the Company makes its next required filing under the Exchange Act) immediately following the receipt by each Securities Holder of a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company to the effect that the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith that such offer, sale, supplement or amendment is likely to (1) interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of any transaction that is being contemplated by the Company (whether or not a final decision has been made to undertake such transaction) at the time the right to delay is exercised, or (2) involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations that might not be in the best interest of the Company or its stockholders. If any proposed sale is so postponed as provided herein, Securities Holders having filed the Notice of Offering pursuant to subsection 2.2 or 3.2 to which the deferral relates may, within 30 days after receipt of the notice of postponement, advise the Company in writing that it has determined to withdraw its request for registration, and such demand registration request shall be deemed to be withdrawn and such request shall be deemed not to have been exercised for purposes of determining whether such holders retain the right to demand registrations pursuant to Section 2.2(c) or 3.2(c). Any period described in subsection 5.l(a) or 5.l(b) during which Securities Holders are not able to sell shares of Registrable Common pursuant to a Registration Statement is herein referred to as a "black- out" period. The Company shall notify each Securities Holder of the expiration or earlier termination of any "black-out" period (the nature and pendency of which need not be disclosed during such "black-out" period). (c) The period during which the Company is required pursuant to subsection 2.l, respectively, to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days, if any, of any "black-out" period applicable to Securities Holders pursuant to this subsection 5.1 occurring during such period, plus a number of days equal to the number of days during such period, if any, of any period during which the Securities Holders are unable to sell any shares of Registrable Common pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as a result of the happening of any event of the nature described in subsections 6.3(c)(ii), 6.3(c)(iii) or 6.3(c)(v). (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 5.1, (i) none of the "black-out" periods described in subsections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) shall apply to the Other Holders for a period of 180 days from the expiration of the 180th day after the Closing Date and 90 days after the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, and such 180-day period and 90-day period shall not be deemed to run, and thus the number of days remaining in such period shall not be reduced, during any time in which the Shelf Registration Statement is not effective, and (ii) during any twelve-month period, the application of subsections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) shall not leave Security Holders with fewer than 270 days on which they may offer to sell and/or sell shares of Registrable Common. 5.2 Black-Out Period for the Company. Except for offers to sell and sales of Common Stock pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or on Form S-4, standby underwritings in connection with the redemption of outstanding convertible securities, the conversion of outstanding convertible securities or in connection with the acquisition by the Company of another company or business, the Company shall not publicly offer to sell or sell any shares of capital stock of the Company during the 60-day period immediately following the initial sale of shares by any Securities Holder in a Shelf Demand Registration or a Demand Registration. SECTION 6. AGREEMENTS CONCERNING OFFERINGS. 6.1 Obligations of Securities Holders. (a) Each Securities Holder shall, upon the reasonable request of the Company, advise the Company of the number of shares of Registrable Common then held or beneficially owned by it. (b) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to effect a Registration of, or facilitate any Public Sale Event with respect to, any shares of Registrable Common for any Securities Holder that such Securities Holder shall have furnished to the Company a complete Securities Holder's Questionnaire requesting such information regarding such Securities Holder or the Registrable Common held by such Securities Holder and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required by law, the Commission or the NASD, and any other information relating to such Registration reasonably required by the Company. 6.2 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Agreement to proceed with a Registration of any Registrable Common, the Company shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, use its best efforts to proceed as expeditiously as reasonably possible to: (a) Prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Common and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective; provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to the Security Holders covered by such Registration Statement and to Securities Holders' Counsel copies of any such Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed. (b) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post- effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and supplements to the related Prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, and otherwise use its best efforts, to the end that such Registration Statement reflects the plan of distribution of the securities registered thereunder that is included in the relevant Notice of Offering and is effective until the completion of the distribution contemplated by such Registration Statement or so long thereafter as a broker or dealer is required by law to deliver a Prospectus in connection with the offer and sale of the shares of Registrable Common covered by such Registration Statement and/or as shall be necessary so that neither such Registration Statement nor the related Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and so that such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus will otherwise comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Company shall not be deemed to have effected a Registration for any purpose under this Agreement unless and until such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission. (c) Provide to any Securities Holder requesting to include Registrable Common in such Registration Statement and any managing underwriter(s) participating in any distribution thereof and to any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Securities Holder or managing underwriter(s), reasonable access to appropriate officers and directors of the Company, its independent auditors and counsel to ask questions and to obtain information (including any financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents) reasonably requested by any such Securities Holder, managing underwriter(s), attorney, accountant or other agent in connection with such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto; provided, however, that (i) in connection with any such access or request, any such requesting Persons shall cooperate to the extent reasonably practicable to minimize any disruption to the operation by the Company of its business and (ii) any records, information or documents shall be kept confidential by such requesting Persons, unless (A) such records, information or documents are in the public domain or otherwise publicly available or (B) disclosure of such records, information or documents is required by court or administrative order or by applicable law (including, without limitation, the Securities Act). (d) Furnish at the Company's expense to the participating Securities Holders and any managing underwriter(s) and to any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Securities Holders or managing underwriter(s), such number of copies of any Registration Statement and Prospectus, including any Preliminary Prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the shares of Registrable Common owned by them. (e) Prior to any Public Sale Event, use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement (to the extent exemptions are not available) under securities or 'Blue Sky' laws of such other jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Securities Holders or the managing underwriter(s) and to keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period required for such Public Sale Event to be consummated; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions in which it has not already done so. (f) Enter into and perform its obligations under a Purchase Agreement, if the offering is an underwritten offering, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriters) of such underwritten offering; provided, however, that each Securities Holder participating in such Public Sale Event shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such Purchase Agreement so long as such obligations are usual and customary obligations of selling stockholders in a registered public offering. (g) Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Common covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each national securities exchange in the United States on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on each inter- dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is then quoted. (h) Provide for or designate a transfer agent and registrar (which may be the same entity) for the Registrable Common covered by the Registration Statement from and after the effective date of such Registration Statement. (i) Cooperate with the selling Securities Holders of Registrable Common and any managing underwriters to facilitate the timely issuance and delivery to any underwriters to which any Securities Holder may sell Registrable Common in such offering, certificates evidencing shares of the Registrable Common not bearing any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request. (j) Facilitate the distribution and sale of any shares of Registrable Common to be offered pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, by making road show presentations, holding meetings with potential investors and taking such other reasonable actions as shall be requested by the Securities Holders holding a majority of the shares of Registrable Common covered by a Registration Statement or the lead managing underwriter of an underwritten offering; provided that the Company receives reasonable notice of such requested actions by any of the Securities Holders and the lead managing underwriter. 6.3 Agreements Related to Offerings. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in connection with the Registration Statement covering any Public Sale Event, as applicable: (a) The Company and each Securities Holder will cooperate with the underwriters for any offering of Registrable Common proposed to be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, and will, unless the parties to the Purchase Agreement otherwise agree, use its best efforts to enter into a Purchase Agreement not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and containing such other terms and conditions of a type and form reasonable and customary for companies of similar size and credit rating (including, but not limited to, such provisions for indemnification and contribution and for the delivery of a 'comfort letter' and legal opinion as are customary), and use its best efforts to take all such other reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable to permit, expedite and facilitate the disposition of such shares of Registrable Common in the manner contemplated by such Registration Statement in each case to the same extent as if all the shares of Registrable Common then being offered were for the account of the Company. (b) Neither such Registration Statement nor any amendment or supplement thereto will be filed by the Company until Securities Holders' Counsel shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review the same and to exercise its rights under subsection 6.2(c) with respect thereto. No amendment to such Registration Statement naming any Securities Holder as a selling security holder shall be filed with the Commission until such Securities Holder shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review such Registration Statement as originally filed. Neither such Registration Statement nor any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be filed by the Company with the Commission which shall be disapproved (for reasonable cause) by the managing underwriters named therein or Securities Holders' Counsel within a reasonable period after notice thereof. (c) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Securities Holders informed of the Company's best estimate of the earliest date on which such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto will become effective and will notify each Securities Holder, Securities Holders' Counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in the distribution pursuant to such Registration Statement promptly (i) when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for an amendment or any supplement to such Registration Statement or any related Prospectus, or any other information request by any other governmental agency directly relating to the offering, and promptly deliver to each Securities Holder participating in the offering and the managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all correspondence between the Commission or any such governmental agency or self-regulatory body and all written memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement or proposed sale of shares, to the extent not covered by attorney-client privilege or constituting attorney work product, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any related Prospectus or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose, (iv) of the suspension of the qualification of any shares of Common Stock included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of a proceeding for that purpose, (v) of any determination by the Company that an event has occurred (the nature and pendency of which need not be disclosed during a 'black-out period' pursuant to subsection 5.1(b)) which makes untrue any statement of a material fact made in such Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or which requires the making of a change in such Registration Statement or any related Prospectus in order that the same will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) of the completion of the distribution contemplated by such Registration Statement if it relates to a Company Sale Event, and (vii) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company under Section 7 cease to be true and correct in all material respects. (d) In the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any shares of Common Stock included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible time. (e) The Company agrees to otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to the Security Holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than fifteen months after the effective date of such Registration Statement, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months beginning with the first full fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act. (f) The Company shall, subject to permitted "black-out" periods, upon the happening of any event of the nature described in subsection 6.3(c)(ii), 6.3(c)(iii) or 6.3(c)(v), as expeditiously as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required documents and deliver a copy thereof to each Securities Holder so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Common being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 6.4 Certain Expenses. The Company shall pay all fees, disbursements and expenses in connection with any Company Public Sale Event, Shelf Registration Statement and Registration Statement and the performance of its obligations hereunder (including those pursuant to subsection 2.2 and subsection 3.2 hereof), including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, all registration and filing fees, printing, messenger and delivery expenses, fees of the Company's auditors, listing fees, registrar and transfer agents' fees, reasonable fees and disbursements of Securities Holders' Counsel in connection with the registration but not the disposition of the Registrable Common (provided that the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse the fees and disbursements of any other counsel to any Securities Holder), fees and disbursements for counsel for the Company, fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of complying with applicable state securities or 'Blue Sky" laws and the fees of the NASD in connection with its review of any offering contemplated in any such Registration Statement, but not including underwriting discounts and commissions or brokerage commissions on any shares of Registrable Common sold in any such offering. 6.5 Reports Under the Exchange Act. (a) From the date hereof to the Termination Date, the Company agrees to: (i) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; and (ii) furnish to any Securities Holder, forthwith upon request (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the current public information and reporting requirements of Rule 144 and the Exchange Act, (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in connection with any Securities Holder availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission which permits the selling of any such securities without Registration or pursuant to such rule or regulation. (b) if any Securities Holder is required to file a Form 144 with respect to any sale of shares of Registrable Common, such Securities Holder shall promptly deliver to the Company a copy of such completed Form 144 filed with the Commission. 6.6 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From the date hereof to the Termination Date, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Securities Holders owning a majority of the shares of Registrable Common held by Securities Holders at such time, enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement) which would allow any holder or prospective holder of Common Stock to include such securities in any Registration Statement, or which would provide any holder or prospective holder of Common Stock piggyback registration rights for such Common Stock unless the piggyback registration rights provided to the Securities Holders hereunder shall have priority in the event of any cutback. 6.7 Indemnification and Contribution. (a) In connection with (x) the Shelf Registration Statement, subsections 6.7(a)(i), (ii) and (v), 6.7(c) and 6.5(e) hereof shall be in full force and effect upon the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, and (y) a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Common being sold by Piggybacking Securities Holders or in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement under subsection 2.2 or a Registration Statement pursuant to subsection 3.2, provisions substantially in conformity with the following provisions shall be contained in the related Purchase Agreement unless the parties to such Purchase Agreement agree otherwise (references in such provisions to a Securities Holder or an underwriter being references to a Securities Holder or an underwriter participating in the offering covered by such Registration Statement): (i) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Securities Holder and each Person, if any, who controls such Securities Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each of their respective officers, directors and employees against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or actions in respect thereof to which such Securities Holder or Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, or otherwise (collectively, "Losses"), insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such Securities Holder or Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so liable to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in said Registration Statement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Securities Holder specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable in any such instance to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus if (i) after the Company had made available a sufficient number of copies of the Prospectus, such Securities Holder failed to send or deliver a copy of the Prospectus with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Common to the Person asserting such Losses or who purchased the Registrable Common the purchase of which is the basis of the action if, in either instance, such delivery by such Securities Holder is required by the Securities Act and (ii) the Prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission; and the Company shall not be liable in any such instance to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Prospectus, if such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and if, having previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, such Securities Holder thereafter fails to deliver such Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, prior to or concurrently with the sale of Registrable Common if such delivery by such Securities Holder is required by the Securities Act. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such holder or any such Person and shall survive the Termination Date and the transfer of Registrable Common by such holder as otherwise permitted hereby. (ii) Each Securities Holder severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each other Securities Holder and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or such other Securities Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and their respective officers, directors and employees, against any Losses to which the Company, such other Securities Holder or such Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company, such other Securities Holder or such Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses, in each instance to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in said Registration Statement, said Preliminary Prospectus or said Prospectus, or any said amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Securities Holder specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the liability of each Securities Holder under this subsection 6.7(a)(ii) shall be limited to an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale of shares of Registrable Common by such Securities Holder in the offering which gave rise to the liability (net of all costs and expenses (including underwriting commissions and disbursements) paid or incurred by such Securities Holder in connection with the registration, if any, and sale). (iii) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each underwriter and each Person, if any, who controls any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and their respective officers, directors and employees, against any Losses to which such underwriter or Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such underwriter or Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be so liable to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in said Registration Statement, said Preliminary Prospectus or said Prospectus or any said amendment or supplement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such underwriter specifically for use therein; and (ii) such indemnity with respect to any Preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any underwriter (or any Person controlling such underwriter) from whom the Person asserting any such Losses purchased shares of Common Stock if such Person did not receive a copy of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented) at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such shares of Common Stock to such Person in any case where such delivery is required by the Securities Act and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact in such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented); provided, further, that the Company shall only be required to provide the indemnification described in this subsection 6.7(a)(iii) to an underwriter and each Person, if any, who controls such underwriter, and their respective officers, directors and employees, if such underwriter agrees to indemnification provisions substantially in the form set forth in subsection 6.7(b). (iv) Each Securities Holder will severally indemnify and hold harmless each underwriter and each Person, if any, who controls such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or section 20 of the Exchange Act, and their respective officers, directors and employees, against any Losses to which such underwriter or such Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such underwriter or such Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in said Registration Statement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Securities Holder specifically for use therein; provided, however, that such Securities Holder shall only be required to provide the indemnification described in this subsection 6.7(a)(iv) to an underwriter and each Person, if any, who controls such underwriter if such underwriter agrees to indemnification provisions substantially in the form set forth in subsection 6.7(b); and provided, further, that such Securities Holder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus if (i) such underwriter failed to send or deliver a copy of the Prospectus with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Common to the Person asserting such Loss who purchased the Registrable Common which is the subject thereof where such delivery is required by the Securities Act and (ii) the Prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission; and such Securities Holder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Prospectus, if such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and if, having previously been furnished by or on behalf of such Securities Holder with copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, such underwriter thereafter fails to deliver such Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, prior to or concurrently with the sale of Registrable Common to the Person asserting such Loss who purchased such Registrable Common which is the subject thereof or where such delivery is required by the Securities Act, and provided, further, that the liability of such Securities Holder under this subsection 6.7(a)(iv) shall be limited to an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale of shares of Common Stock by such Securities Holder in the offering which gave rise to the liability (net of all costs and expenses (including underwriting commissions and disbursements) paid or incurred by such Securities Holder in connection with the registration, if any, and sale). (v) Promptly after any Person entitled to indemnification under this subsection 6.7 or such Purchase Agreement receives notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of this subsection 6.7 of such Purchase Agreement, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of such action; provided, however, that the failure or delay to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the indemnified party hereunder unless and to the extent such failure or delay has materially prejudiced the rights of the indemnifying party and shall not, in any event, relieve it from any liability which it may have to the indemnified party other than pursuant to the indemnification provisions of this subsection 6.7 or such Purchase Agreement. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it has notified the indemnifying party thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such claim, or, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, upon written notice to the indemnified party of such assumption. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, (i) the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party pursuant to the indemnification provisions hereof or of such Purchase Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, (ii) the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such claim or action unless such settlement was effected with the consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (iii) the indemnified party shall be obligated to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the investigation of such claim or action; provided, however, that any indemnified party hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim assumed by the indemnifying party, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (a) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and failed to employ counsel within a reasonable period following such assumption, or (c) in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party, based upon advice of its counsel, a material conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims or there may be one or more material legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case, if the indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that the indemnified party elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of the indemnified party). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities Holders (together with their respective controlling Persons and officers, directors and employees) and the underwriters (together with their respective controlling Persons and officers, directors and employees) shall, each as a separate group, have the right to employ at the expense of the Company only one separate counsel for each such group to represent such Securities Holders and such underwriters (and their respective controlling Persons and officers, directors and employees) who may be subject to liability arising out of any one action (or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances) in respect of which indemnity may be sought by such Securities Holders and underwriters against the Company pursuant to the indemnification provisions of this subsection 6.7 or such Purchase Agreement. If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. All fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party hereunder shall be paid a commercially reasonable time after they are billed to the indemnified party, subject to receipt of a written undertaking from the indemnified party to repay such fees and expenses if indemnity is not ultimately determined to be available to such indemnified party under this subsection 6.7. (b) As a condition to agreeing in any Purchase Agreement to the indemnification provisions set forth in subsections 6.7(a)(iii) and 6.7(a)(iv) in favor of an underwriter participating in the offering covered by the related Registration Statement, its controlling Persons, if any, and their respective officers, directors and employees, the Company and the Securities Holders participating in an offering pursuant to such Registration Statement may require that such underwriter agree in the Purchase Agreement to provisions substantially in the form set forth in subsection 6.7(a)(v) and to severally indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Securities Holder participating in such offering, each Person, if any, who controls the Company or such Securities Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, and their respective officers, directors and employees against any Loss to which the Company, such Securities Holder or such Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement in which such underwriter is named as an underwriter, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and to reimburse the Company, such Securities Holder or such Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of, or are based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in said Registration Statement, said Preliminary Prospectus or said Prospectus or any said amendment or supplement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such underwriter specifically for use therein. (c) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution between the Company and such Securities Holders in circumstances in which the indemnification provisions of this subsection 6.7 or the related Purchase Agreement are for any reason insufficient or inadequate to hold the indemnified party harmless, the Company and such Securities Holders shall contribute to the aggregate Losses (including any investigation, legal and other fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suitor proceeding or any claim as asserted, but after deducting any contribution actually received from Persons other than the Company and such Securities Holders) to which the Company and one or more of its directors or its officers who sign such Registration Statement or such Securities Holders or any controlling Person of any of them, or their respective officers, directors or employees may become subject, under the Securities Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such Losses or actions in respect thereof arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement or any out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Such contributions shall be in such amounts that the portion of such Losses for which each such Securities Holder shall be responsible under this subsection 6.7(c) shall be limited to the portion of such Losses which are directly attributable to an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact in said Registration Statement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such Securities Holders specifically for use therein, and the Company shall be responsible for the balance of such Losses; provided, however, that the liability of each such Securities Holder to make such contribution shall be limited to an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale of shares of Registrable Common by such Securities Holder in the offering which gives rise to the liability (net of all cost and expenses (including underwriting commissions and disbursements) paid or incurred in connection with the registration, if any, and sale). As among themselves, such Securities Holders agree to contribute to amounts payable by other such Securities Holders in such manner as shall, to the extent permitted by law, give effect to the provisions in subsection 6.7(a)(ii) and those provisions in the Purchase Agreement comparable to such subsection 6.7(a)(ii). The Company and such Securities Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if their respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this subsection were to be determined by pro rata allocation (other than as set forth above) of the aggregate Losses by reference to the proceeds realized by such Securities Holder in a sale pursuant to said Registration Statement or said Prospectus or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the considerations set forth in this subsection 6.7(c). No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution under this subsection from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. (d) The Company and the Securities Holders participating in an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement agree that, if the underwriters participating in a Public Sale Event are agreeable, the Purchase Agreement, if any, relating to such Registration Statement shall contain provisions to the effect that in order to provide for just and equitable contribution between such underwriters on the one hand and the Company and such Securities Holders on the other hand in circumstances in which the indemnification provisions of such Purchase Agreement are for any reason insufficient or inadequate to hold the indemnified party harmless, the Company and such Securities Holders on the one hand and such underwriters on the other hand will contribute on the basis herein set forth to the aggregate Losses, (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution actually received from Persons other than the Company and such Securities Holders and such underwriters) to which the Company and one or more of its directors or its officers who sign such Registration Statement or such Securities Holders or such underwriters or any controlling Person of any of them, or their respective officers, directors or employees may become subject, under the Securities Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise insofar as such Losses, arise out of, or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such Registration Statement, any related Preliminary Prospectus or any related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Such contribution shall be in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and such Securities Holders on the one hand and such underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the shares of Common Stock covered by such offering. The relative benefits received by the Company and such Securities Holders on the one hand and such underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the aggregate total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and such Securities Holders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such underwriters for such offering. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth above, no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the shares of Common Stock underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution under the provision set forth above from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. (e) The obligations of the Company and the Securities Holders under the provisions of this subsection 6.7 and provisions in any Purchase Agreement substantially similar to subsections 6.7(a), 6.7(b) 6.7(c) or 6.7(d) shall survive the termination of any or all of the other provisions of this Agreement or such Purchase Agreement. 6.8 Transfer of Rights Under this Agreement; Transfers of Registrable Common. (a) During the period from the date hereof to the Termination Date, the rights and obligations of a Securities Holder under this Agreement may be transferred by a Securities Holder to a transferee of Registrable Common (subject to the provisos to the definitions of Registrable Common); provided; however, that, within a reasonable period of time (but in no event less than five (5) days) prior to such transfer, (i) the transferring Securities Holders shall have furnished the Company and the other Securities Holders written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the number of shares of Registrable Common with respect to which such rights are being transferred and (ii) such transferee shall furnish the Company and the Securities Holders (other than the transferring Securities Holders) a copy of a duly executed agreement by which such transferee (A) assumes all of the obligations and liabilities of its transferor hereunder, (B) enjoys all of the rights of its transferor hereunder and (C) agrees itself to be bound hereby. (b) If the stock certificates of a transferring Securities Holder bear a restrictive legend pursuant to subsection 6.9, the stock certificates of its transferee to whom the rights hereunder are being transferred shall, subject to such subsection 6.9, also bear such a restrictive legend. (c) Except with respect to transfers pursuant to paragraph (a) above, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) above, a transferee of Registrable Common shall neither assume any liabilities or obligations nor enjoy any rights hereunder and shall not be bound by any of the terms hereof. (d) Each Securities Holder hereby agrees that any transfer of shares of Registrable Common by such Securities Holder shall be made (i) in compliance with, or in a transaction exempt from, the registration requirements set forth in the Securities Act and (ii) in compliance with all other applicable laws. The Company may request, as a condition to the transfer of any Registrable Common, that the transferring Securities Holders provide the Company with (A) evidence that the proposed transferee is an "accredited investor" as deemed in Rule 501 under the Securities Act and appropriate " private placement" representations pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, and (B) an opinion of securities counsel reasonably satisfactory to it with regard to compliance with this subsection (d). 6.9 Restrictive Legend. Each certificate evidencing shares of Registrable Common shall, unless and until such shares are sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or unless, in the absence of such a Registration Statement, the Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that the restrictive legend set forth below may be removed without violation of applicable law (including, without limitation, the Securities Act), be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a conspicuous legend in substantially the following form: THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES OF THIS COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY FOREIGN OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THESE SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE OFFER AND SALE THEREOF ARE REGISTERED UNDER SUCH LAWS OR EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION ARE AVAILABLE AND THE COMPANY HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AS TO SECURITIES MATTERS STATING THAT EXEMPTIONS FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT THE PROPOSED SALE DOES NOT, AND WILL NOT PLACE THE COMPANY NOR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW, OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF [_______ __, 2001], WITH THE ISSUER AS FROM TIME TO TIME AMENDED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNLESS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. A COPY OF SAID AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AND MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE ISSUER. SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. In connection with each Registration Statement, the Company shall, on the respective date of effectiveness of each such Registration Statement with the Commission, certify to each Securities Holder in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company to the effect that the representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct at and as of such effective date. In connection with any other Sale Event in which Securities Holders participate, except as otherwise may be agreed upon by such participating Securities Holders and the Company, the Company shall represent and warrant in the Purchase Agreement relating to such Sale Event to the Securities Holders and any underwriters participating in such Sale Event as follows (except as otherwise indicated, each reference in this Section to the "Registration Statement" shall refer to the Shelf Registration Statement, or a Registration Statement in respect of any other such Sale Event in which Securities Holders participate, as the case may be, including all information deemed to be a part thereof, as amended, and each reference to "the Prospectus" shall refer to the related Prospectus): (a) At the time of filing, the Registration Statement (i) is on a form for which the Company then qualifies, which form is available for the sale of the shares of Registrable Common in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof and which form covers the registration of at least such number of shares of Registrable Common as shall have been requested to be included therein (subject to any cutbacks determined by an underwriter pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), (ii) complies in all material respects with the applicable form and with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and includes all financial statements and other information required by the Commission to be filed therewith, and (iii) does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Securities Holder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof or any information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, other than that the Company has no knowledge of any such untrue statement or omission in respect of such information. (b) (i) When the Registration Statement became (in the case of a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 415) or shall become effective, the Registration Statement did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) when the Prospectus is filed in accordance with Rule 424(b), the Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, (iii) the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (iv) the Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Securities Holder specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) or any information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), other than that the Company has no knowledge of any such untrue statement or omission in respect of such information. (c) (i) The public accountants who certified the Company's financial statements in the Registration Statement are independent certified public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act; (ii) the historical consolidated financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, forming part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared, and present fairly the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and changes in financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the respective dates and for the respective periods indicated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied consistently throughout such periods (except as specified therein); and (iii) the historical consolidated financial data set forth in the Prospectus is derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and is a fair presentation of the data purported to be shown; and the pro forma consolidated financial statements (if any), together with the related notes, forming part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SECURITIES HOLDERS. Each participating Securities Holder shall, in connection with a Public Sale Event, if required by the terms of a Purchase Agreement, if any, relating to such Public Sale Event, for itself severally and not jointly represent and warrant to the underwriter or underwriters and each other Securities Holder participating in such Public Sale Event as follows: (a) Such Securities Holder has all requisite power and authority to enter into and carry out the terms of this Agreement and such Purchase Agreement and the other agreements and instruments related to such agreements to which it is a party. (b) Each of this Agreement and such Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Securities Holder and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Securities Holder, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles. (c) Such Securities Holder, immediately prior to any sale of shares of Registrable Common pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, will have good title to such shares of Registrable Common, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (other than those created by this Agreement); and, upon payment therefor, good and valid title to such shares of Registrable Common will pass to the purchaser thereof, free and clear of any lien, charge or encumbrance created or caused by such Securities Holder. (d) Such Securities Holder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or other applicable law, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of shares of Registrable Common. (e) Written information furnished by or on behalf of such Securities Holder to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or amendment thereof or supplement thereto will not contain as of the effective date of such Registration Statement or as of the date of any Prospectus or as of the date of any amendment thereof or supplement thereto any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required be stated or necessary to make the statements in such information not misleading. SECTION 9. DELIVERY OF COMFORT LETTERS AND LEGAL OPINIONS. (a) On (x) the date that the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, (y) the date a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, if any, covering the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements of the Company is declared effective by the Commission, and (z) the date that a Registration Statement relating to a Sale Event in which the Securities Holders participate is declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall comply with the following: (i) The Company shall have received, and delivered to the Securities Holders participating in such Sale Event, a copy of a "Comfort" letter or letters, or updates thereof according to customary practice, of the independent certified public accountants who have certified the Company's financial statements included in the Registration Statement covering substantially the same matters with respect to the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus) and with respect to events subsequent to the date of the Company's financial statements as are reasonably customarily covered in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten offerings of securities. The Company will use its best efforts to cause such "comfort' letters to be addressed to such Securities Holders. (ii) The Securities Holders participating in such offering shall have received an opinion and any updates thereof of outside counsel to the Company reasonably satisfactory to such Securities Holders and any underwriters or purchasers covering substantially the same matters as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel delivered to underwriters in underwritten offerings of securities, addressed to each of such Securities Holders and any underwriters or purchasers participating in such offering and dated the closing date thereof. SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS. 10.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, claim, request, waiver or consent or other communication required or permitted to be given under the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered if delivered by any of the following means of delivery, and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered and received on the date (or the next business day if delivery is not made on a business day) of personal delivery or facsimile transmission or on the date (or the next business day if delivery is not made on a business day) of receipt, if mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, or on the date (or the next business day if delivery is not made on a business day) of a stamped receipt, if sent by an overnight delivery service, and sent to the following addresses (or to such other address as any party may request by notifying the other parties listed below in accordance with this Section): (a) If to the Company: @Track Communications, Inc. 1155 Kas Drive Suite 100 Richardson, TX 75081 Attn: J. Raymond Bilbao Telephone: (972) 301-2733 Facsimile: (972) 301-2263 with a copy to: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP 2200 Ross Avenue Suite 2200 Dallas, TX 75201 Attn: Stephen L. Sapp Telephone: (214) 740-8570 Facsimile: (214) 740-8800 (b) If to Buyer: MinorPlanet Systems PLC Greenwich House Sheepscar, Leeds LS4 2LE United Kingdom Attn: General Counsel Telephone: 011 44 0113 251 1600 Facsimile: 011 44 0113 275 9809 with a copy to: Mishcon de Reya, Solicitors 21 Southampton Row London WC1B5HS United Kingdom Attn: Larry Nathan Telephone: 011 44 010 7440 7031 Facsimile: 011 44 020 7404 3014 with a copy to: Brown & Wood LLP 1666 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Attn: John K. Hughes Telephone: (202) 533-1430 Facsimile: (202) 533-1399 (c) If to the Other Holders: At the address of each such Other Holder as set forth on the books and records of the Company (which shall be such Other Holder's address as set forth on its Letter of Transmittal or as such Other Holder may otherwise notify the Company in writing). 10.2 Interpretation. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, all references contained in this Agreement to the number of shares of Common Stock held by any party shall be interpreted to mean the share capital prior to the occurrence of the Reverse Stock Split (as such term is defined in the Stock Purchase and Exchange Agreement by and among the parties hereto and of even date herewith). 10.3 Amendments and Waivers. The Securities Holders and the Company may from time to time enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications to this Agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions hereto or changing the rights of the Securities Holders or the Company hereunder. 10.4 Termination. This Agreement and the respective obligations and agreements of the parties hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall terminate on the Termination Date. 10.5 Survival of Representations and Warranties. Except as they may by their terms relate to an earlier date, all representations a warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith execution and delivery of this Agreement and the termination of any or all of the provisions of this Agreement. 10.6 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same instrument, and this Agreement shall become effective when such counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties. The parties hereto agree that signatures of the parties and their duly authorized officers may be exchanged by facsimile transmission, and that such signatures shall be binding to the same extent, and have the same force and effect, as the exchange of original written signatures. The originals of such signatures shall be sent to the other parties hereto by overnight courier. 10.8 Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware without regard to choice of law provisions. 10.9 Adjustment of Shares. Each reference to a number of shares of Common Stock in this Agreement shall be adjusted proportionately to reflect any stock dividend, subdivision, split or reverse split or the like affected with respect to all outstanding shares of Common Stock. 10.10 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into, and is not presently a party to, any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Securities Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Securities Holders pursuant to this Agreement shall be superior to, and take precedence over, any similar rights granted to any other Person by the Company subsequent to the date hereof. 10.11 Severability. Any provisions of this Agreement prohibited or rendered unenforceable by any applicable law of any jurisdiction shall as to such jurisdiction be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceable, without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, any such prohibition or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 10.12 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns to each of the parties hereunder as otherwise provided herein. 10.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the matters referred to herein and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 10.14 Result if No Acquisition of Common Stock. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, or any rights that the Buyer or Other Holders may have hereunder, if the Closing does not occur for any reason, this Agreement shall be terminated, shall be deemed null and void ab initio, and the Company shall have no obligations or liabilities whatsoever to any Person under any of the terms of this Agreement. [Signature Page Follows] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. @TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. By /s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell ----------------------- Name: Jana Ahlfinger Bell Title: President and CEO MINORPLANET SYSTEMS PLC By /s/ Robert Kelly ---------------- Name: Robert Kelly Title: Group Finance Director EX-23.1 5 dex231.txt CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our report dated February 22, 2001 (except for the matters discussed in Notes 2, 3 and 17 as to which the date is May 1, 2001) included in @Track Communication, Inc.'s Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2000 and to all references to our Firm included in this registration statement. /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP Arthur Andersen LLP Dallas, Texas October 8, 2001 EX-23.2 6 dex232.txt CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 16, 1999 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appear in @Track Communications, Inc.'s (formerly HighwayMaster Communications, Inc.) Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Dallas, Texas October 8, 2001