As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 9, 2008.
Registration
No. 333-134926
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO FORM SB-2
ON
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ASPYRA,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
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26115-A Mureau Road
Calabasas, Ca 91302
(818) 880-6700
(Address
and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices)
Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For
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James Zierick
Chief Executive Officer
Aspyra, Inc.
26115-A Mureau Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
(818) 880-6700
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John M. Shields, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
800 Anacapa Street, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 564-0065
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The
registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 on Form S-3 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2,
Registration No. 333-134926, is filed for the purpose of (i) converting
such Registration Statement on Form SB-2 into a Registration Statement on Form S-3;
(ii) including, pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrants financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007 contained in the Registrants Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31,
2008; and (iii) to update this Registration Statement for certain
disclosures contained in the Form 10-KSB and in the Registrants
Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2008. In
compliance with recent Commission rules, this Post-Effective Amendment is being
filed on Form S-3. All filing fees payable in connection with the
registration of these securities were previously paid in connection with the
filing of the Registration Statement on Form SB-2.
The information in this
prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling shareholders may not
sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to Completion, Dated May 9, 2008
PROSPECTUS
Aspyra, Inc.
5,400,000 Shares
Common Stock
(No Par Value)
This prospectus relates to
the disposition of 5,400,000 shares of our common stock which may be disposed
of, from time to time, by the selling shareholders listed in the section of
this prospectus entitled Principal and Selling Shareholders, or other
transferees, pledges, donees or successors-in-interest. The selling
shareholders purchased the common stock and the underlying warrants on November 22,
2005 and May 17, 2006. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the
sale of the 5,400,000 shares being offered by the selling shareholders.
Our common stock is quoted
on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol APY. On May 7, 2008, the
last reported sale price for our common stock on the American Stock Exchange
was $0.50 per share.
INVESTMENT
IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. PLEASE CAREFULLY CONSIDER
THE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE 4 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 May , 2008
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
YOU SHOULD
RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR TO WHICH WE HAVE
REFERRED YOU. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE ELSE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DIFFERENT
INFORMATION. THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE USED ONLY WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO OFFER OR
SELL THESE SECURITIES. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY BE
ACCURATE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
The Aspyra family of
related marks, images and symbols are our trademarks and intellectual property.
Other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this prospectus
are the property of their respective holders. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the terms we, our, us, the Company, and Aspyra refer to
Aspyra, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The SEC encourages companies
to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand
a companys future prospects and make informed investment decisions. This
prospectus contains such forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Words such as anticipate, believe,
estimate, expect, intend, may, plan, project, seek, will and
words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of
future events, operating or financial performance, financing sources, product
development, capital requirements, market growth and the like, identify
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are merely predictions
and therefore inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors which could
cause the actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statement. These forward-looking statements include, among others:
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projections of revenues and other financial
items;
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statements of strategies and objectives for
future operations;
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statements concerning proposed applications
or services;
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statements regarding future economic
conditions, performance or business prospects;
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statements regarding competitors or
competitive actions; and
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statements of assumptions underlying any of
the foregoing.
You should not place undue
reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of numerous risks and uncertainties that are beyond our control,
including those we discuss in Risk Factors and elsewhere in this prospectus,
and in our other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
or the SEC. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus speak only as of
the date of this prospectus, and you should not rely on these statements
without also considering the risks and uncertainties associated with these
statements and our business.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Because we are subject to
the informational requirements of the SEC, we file reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy these reports, proxy
statements and other information at the public reference room maintained by the
SEC at the following address:
Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
You may obtain information
on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at (800)
SEC-0330. In addition, we are required to file electronic versions of those
materials with the SEC through the SECs EDGAR system. The SEC maintains a web
site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC.
We have filed with the SEC a
registration statement on Form SB-2 under the Securities Act with respect
to the securities offered with this prospectus. This prospectus does not
contain all of the information in the registration statement, parts of which we
have omitted, as allowed under the rules and regulations of the SEC. You
should refer to the registration statement for further information with respect
to us and our securities. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the
contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete and, in
each instance, we refer you to the copy of each contract or document filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement. Copies of the registration statement,
including exhibits, may be obtained without charge at the website maintained by
the SEC at www.sec.gov, or may be inspected without charge at the SECs
principal office in Washington, D.C., and you may obtain copies from that
office upon payment of the fees prescribed by the SEC.
We will furnish without
charge to each person to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, upon
written or oral request, a copy of the information that has been incorporated
by reference into this prospectus (except exhibits, unless they are
specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus). You should direct
any requests for copies to: Investor Relations, Aspyra, Inc., 26115-A
Mureau Road, Calabasas, California 91302; telephone number (818) 880-6700.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information into this
prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The
information that we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this
prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference our future filings with
the SEC, this prospectus is continually updated and those future filings may
modify or supersede some or all of the information included or incorporated in
this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that
we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this
prospectus or in any document previously incorporated by reference have been
modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents
listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until the
termination of the offering of securities contemplated by this prospectus. Our
Exchange Act reports are filed under SEC file number 001-13268. The documents we are incorporating by reference
are as follows:
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our annual report
on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed
with the SEC on March 31, 2008;
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our current reports
on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2008, February 1, 2008, February 28,
2008, March 17, 2008, and April 1, 2008;
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our definitive
proxy statement for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed on Schedule
14A with the SEC on April 29, 2008; and
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the description of
our common stock, which is contained in the registration statement on Form 8.A
filed with the SEC on February 10, 2000.
The
information about us contained in this prospectus should be read together with
the information in the documents incorporated by reference. You may request a
copy of any or all of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us
at Aspyra, Inc., 26115.A Mureau Road, Calabasas, California 91302,
attention: Chief Executive Officer, telephone: (818) 880.6700.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This
summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not
contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our
common stock. Therefore, you should read
carefully and consider this entire prospectus, including the Risk Factors
section and financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in
this prospectus, before investing in our common stock.
Aspyra, Inc.
Aspyra, Inc. formerly
known as Creative Computer Applications, Inc. (ASPYRA or the Company) is a
healthcare information technology and service provider that specializes in
Clinical Information Systems (CIS) and Diagnostic Information Systems (DIS) for
healthcare providers. As a result of its merger with StorCOMM, Inc. a
private company, on November 22, 2005, ASPYRA broadened its portfolio of
products to include the Picture Archive Communication Systems (PACS) products
that were developed and sold by StorCOMM. In connection with the merger, the
Company changed its name to Aspyra, Inc. and StorCOMMs name was changed
to Aspyra Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. (ADSI).
ASPYRAs software and services for hospitals and
clinic-based laboratories, orthopedic centers, and hospital imaging departments
are highly scalable and can be used by a broad variety of healthcare providers.
Clinical information is data that is gathered concerning each individual
patients health condition, diagnosis, and treatment that are used by doctors,
nurses and other healthcare providers. Such data may include laboratory test
results, transcribed reports of radiological or imaging procedures, digital
diagnostic images, and other clinical and diagnostic data. ASPYRAs products
are deployed to provide automation of clinical information and digital
diagnostic images that facilitate the operation of clinical departments and
allows the rapid recording and processing of information that can be
communicated, documented, and delivered to healthcare providers.
Currently, ASPYRA markets a product line that
includes a Laboratory Information System (LIS) under the trade name CyberLAB
®
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a general purpose PACS system under the trade name AccessNET, a Radiology
Information System (RIS) under the trade name CyberRAD
®
, a
RIS/PACS integrated system under the trade name AccessRAD, a specialty PACS
system under the trade name AccessMED, an Anatomic Pathology System under the
trade name of CyberPATH
®
, a WebGateway portal for physician access
to its CIS applications, and other related clinical and diagnostic application
modules. In February 2008 we notified our customer base that we will
discontinue support in February 2009 of our Pharmacy Information System
previously marketed under the trade name CyberMED
®
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We are a California corporation. We were
originally incorporated in 1978 as Creative Computer Applications, Inc. In
connection with our merger with our subsidiaries, we changed our name to Aspyra, Inc.
on November 21, 2005. ASPYRAs corporate offices are located at 26115-A
Mureau Road, Calabasas, California 91302. The Companys telephone number is
(818) 880-6700 and its website address is www.aspyra.com. The Companys
business consists of three operational areas:
(1) Clinical Information System and Diagnostic Information System
products, (2) service of its customers installations, and (3) implementation
services. The Company generates revenues
from the licensing of application software, the sale of hardware, and the
provision of implementation and long-term post implementation services. The
Company sells its CIS and DIS systems directly through its own sales force in
North America, through channel partners and distributor programs with other
companies, and has reseller agreements in certain international markets.
The
Offerings
On November 22, 2005,
Creative Computer Applications, Inc., or CCA, consummated the acquisition
of StorCOMM, Inc., or StorCOMM, a private company, through a merger. As a
result of the merger, the resulting company has two wholly owned subsidiaries,
Aspyra Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. (formerly StorCOMM) and Aspyra
Technologies, Ltd. (formerly StorCOMM Technologies, Ltd.). The newly merged
company was renamed Aspyra, Inc. Concurrent with the consummation of the
merger, we sold in a private placement up to 1,500,000 shares of our common
stock and warrants to purchase up to 300,000 shares of our common stock. On May 17,
2006, we sold in a private placement up to 2,250,000 shares of our common stock
and warrants to purchase up to 1,350,000 shares of our common stock. This
prospectus relates primarily to the resale of the equity securities issued in
connection with these private placements.
The selling shareholders
listed in the section of this prospectus entitled Principal and Selling
Shareholders may offer and sell up to 5,400,000 shares of our common stock.
Under this prospectus, the
selling shareholders may sell their shares of common stock in the open market
at prevailing market prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices.
They may sell the shares directly, or may sell them through underwriters,
brokers or dealers. Underwriters, brokers or dealers may receive discounts,
concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or from the purchaser,
and this compensation might be in excess of the compensation customary in the
type of transaction involved. See the section of this prospectus entitled Plan
of Distribution.
We will not receive any
proceeds from the potential sale of the 5,400,000 shares offered by the selling
shareholders.
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RISK
FACTORS
In
evaluating the Company, various risk factors and other information should be
carefully considered. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the
only ones that impact the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not
presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also have an
adverse impact on us. Among other things, this discussion contains
forward-looking statements that are based on certain assumptions about future
risks and uncertainties. We believe that our assumptions are reasonable.
Nonetheless, it is likely that at least some of these assumptions will not come
true.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
We have incurred losses recently that may
adversely impact liquidity.
We
have experienced operating losses and cash outflows. For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007, our net loss was $5,006,032. At December 31,
2007, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $803,392 and our working capital
deficit was $4,007,912. We cannot be
certain that Aspyra will become profitable and sustain profitability. If Aspyra does not become profitable and
sustain profitability, the market price of our common stock will decline. The Companys primary source of working
capital has been generated from the private placements and borrowings. The Companys results of operations for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 produced negative operating cash flow
of $1,618,035. Any decline in sales,
delays in implementations where payments are tied to delivery and/or
performance of services or cancellations of contracts could have a negative
effect on cash flow from operations and could in turn increase our liquidity
problem. If sales are not as expected,
the Company will consider certain cost cutting measures. We may require additional cash resources to
sustain our business. The sale of
convertible debt securities or additional equity securities could result in
additional dilution to our shareholders.
The incurrence of additional indebtedness would result in incurring debt
service obligations and could result in operating and financial covenants that
would restrict our operations. There can
be no assurance that any additional financing will be available on acceptable
terms, if at all.
Any failure to successfully introduce future products into
the market could adversely affect our business.
The commercial success of future products depends upon
their acceptance by the medical community.
Our future product plans include capital-intensive clinical and
diagnostic information systems. We
believe that these products can significantly reduce labor costs, improve
patient care and offer other distinctive benefits to the medical
community. However, there is often
market resistance to products that require significant capital expenditures or
which eliminate jobs through automation. We can make no assurance that the
market will accept our future products and systems, or those sales of our
future products and systems will grow at the rates expected by our management.
If we fail to meet changing demands of technology, we may
not continue to be able to compete successfully with competitors.
The market for our products is characterized by rapid
technological advances, changes in customer requirements and frequent new
product introductions and enhancements.
Our future success depends upon our ability to introduce new products
that keep pace with technological developments, enhance current product lines
and respond to evolving client requirements.
ASPYRA has incurred, and we will need to continue to incur, significant
research and development expenditures in future periods as we strive to remain
competitive. Our failure to meet these
demands could result in a loss of our market share and competitiveness and could
harm our revenues and results of operations.
Our success depends on our ability to attract, retain and
motivate management and other skilled employees.
Our future success and growth
depend on the continued services of our key management and employees. The loss of the services of any of these
individuals or any other key employee could materially affect our business. Our
future success also depends on our ability to identify, attract and retain
additional qualified personnel. Competition for employees in our industry is
intense and we may not be successful in attracting or retaining them. There are a limited number of people with
knowledge of, and experience in, our industry.
We do not have employment agreements with most of our key
employees. However, we generally enter
into agreements with our employees regarding patents, confidentiality and
related matters. We do not maintain life
insurance polices on our employees. Our
loss of key personnel, especially without advance notice, or our inability to
hire or retain qualified personnel, could have a material adverse effect on
sales and our ability to maintain our technological edge. We cannot guarantee that we will continue to
retain our key management and skilled personnel, or that we will be able to
attract, assimilate and retain other highly qualified personnel in the future.
If we do not protect our proprietary information and prevent
third parties from making unauthorized use of our products and technology, our
financial results could be harmed.
We rely on a combination of confidentiality agreements
and procedures and copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret laws to
protect our proprietary information. However, all of these measures afford only
limited protection and may be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented by third
parties. Third parties may copy aspects of our products or otherwise obtain and
use our proprietary information
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without authorization. Third parties may also develop similar or
superior technology independently, including by designing around our patents.
Furthermore, the laws of some foreign countries do not offer the same level of
protection of our proprietary rights as the laws of the United States, and we
may be subject to unauthorized use of our products in those countries. Any
legal action that we may bring to protect proprietary information could be
expensive and may distract management from day-to-day operations. Unauthorized
copying or use of our products or proprietary information could result in reduced
sales of our products.
Third parties claiming that we infringe their proprietary
rights could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and prevent us from
selling our products.
From time to
time, we have received claims that we have infringed the intellectual property
rights of others and may receive additional claims in the future. Any such claim, with or without merit, could:
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be
time consuming to defend;
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result
in costly litigation;
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divert
managements time and attention from our business;
·
require
us to stop selling, to delay shipping or to redesign our products; or
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require
us to pay monetary amounts as damages to our customers.
In addition, we license and use software from third
parties in our business. These third party software licenses may not continue
to be available to us on acceptable terms. Also, these third parties may from
time to time receive claims that they have infringed the intellectual property
rights of others, including patent and copyright infringement claims, which may
affect our ability to continue licensing their software. Our inability to use
any of this third party software could result in disruptions in our business,
which could materially and adversely affect our operating results.
ASPYRA operates in a consolidating industry which creates barriers to
market penetration.
The healthcare information
technology industry in recent years has been characterized by consolidation by
both healthcare providers who are our customers and by those companies that we compete
against. Large hospital chains and groups of affiliated hospitals prefer to
negotiate comprehensive contracts for all of their system needs with larger
vendors who offer broader product lines and services. The conveniences offered
by these large vendors are administrative and financial incentives that we
cannot offer our customers.
Our products may be subject to government regulation in the
future that could impair our operations.
Our products could be
subject to stringent government regulation in the United States and other
countries in the future. Furthermore, we expect that the integration of our
product and service offering will require us to comply with regulatory
requirements and that we will devote significant time and resources to this effort. These regulatory processes can be lengthy,
expensive and uncertain. Additionally, securing necessary clearances or
approvals may require the submission of extensive data and other supporting
information.
Failure to comply with
applicable requirements could result in fines, recall, total or partial
suspension of distribution, withdrawal of existing product or our inability to
integrate our service and product offerings. If any of these things occur, it
could have a material adverse impact on our business.
Changes in government regulation of the healthcare industry
could adversely affect our business.
Federal
and state legislative proposals are periodically introduced or proposed that
would affect major changes in the healthcare system, nationally, at the state
level or both. Future legislation, regulation or payment policies of Medicare,
Medicaid, private health insurance plans, health maintenance organizations and
other third-party payers could adversely affect the demand for our current or
future products and our ability to sell our products on a profitable basis.
Moreover, healthcare legislation is an area of extensive and dynamic change,
and we cannot predict future legislative changes in the healthcare field or
their impact on our industry or our business.
We are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the cost of complying with HIPAA may negatively
impact our net income.
Our
business is substantially impacted by the requirements of HIPAA and our
products must maintain the confidentiality of a patients medical records and
information. These requirements also apply to most of our customers. We believe our products meet the standards of
HIPAA and may require our customers to upgrade their systems, but our customers
preoccupation with HIPAA may adversely impact sales of our products, and the
costs of compliance with HIPAA could have an impact on our product margins and
selling, general and administrative expenses incurred by us and could
negatively impact our net income.
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Defective products or product failure may subject us to
liability and could substantially increase our costs.
Our
products are used to gather information for professionals to make medical decisions,
diagnosis, and treatment. Accordingly,
the manufacture and sale of our products entails an inherent risk of product
liability arising from an inaccurate, or allegedly inaccurate, test or
procedure result. In the past, ASPYRA
has discovered errors and failures in certain of our product offerings after
their introduction and have experienced delayed or lost revenues during the
period required to correct these errors.
Errors and failures in products released by us could result in negative
publicity, product returns, loss of or delay in market acceptance of our
products, loss of competitive position or claims by customers or others. Alleviating any of these problems could
require significant expenditures of our capital and resources and could cause
interruptions, delays or cessation of our sales, which could cause us to lose
existing or potential customers and would adversely affect our operating
results. We may be subject to product
liability claims as a result of any failure or errors in our products. If a customer is successful in proving its
damages, it could prove expensive and time-consuming to defend against these
claims, and we could be liable for the damages suffered by our customers and
other related expenses, which could adversely affect our operating
results. We currently maintain product
liability insurance coverage for up to $2 million per incident and up to an
aggregate of $4 million per year.
Although management believes this liability coverage is sufficient
protection against future claims, there can be no assurance of the sufficiency
of these policies. We have not received
any indication that our insurance carrier will not renew our product liability
insurance at or near current premiums; however, we cannot guarantee that this
will continue to be the case.
System or network failures could reduce our sales, increase costs or
result in a loss of customers.
We rely on our management information systems to operate our
business and to track our operating results. Our management information systems
will require modification and refinement as we grow and our business needs
change. If we experience a significant system failure or if we are unable to
modify our management information systems to respond to changes in our business
needs, then our ability to properly run our business could be adversely
affected and could lead to a reduction in our sales, increase costs and a loss
of customers.
Our evaluation of internal controls and remediation of potential
problems will be costly and time consuming and could expose weakness in our
financial reporting.
While we believe that we currently have adequate internal
control procedures in place, we are still exposed to potential risks from
recent legislation requiring companies to evaluate controls under Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have evaluated our internal controls
system to allow management to report on in the current year and determined our
controls are effective.
Factors outside of our control may adversely affect our
operations and operating results.
Our operations and operating results may be adversely
affected by many different factors which are outside of our control, including:
·
deterioration in economic conditions in any of the
healthcare information technology industry, which could reduce customer demand
and ability to pay for our products and services;
·
political and military instability, which could slow
spending within our target markets, delay sales cycles and otherwise adversely
affect our ability to generate revenues and operate effectively;
·
budgetary constraints of customers, which are
influenced by corporate earnings and spending objectives;
·
earthquakes, floods or other natural disasters
affecting our headquarters located in Calabasas, California, an area known for
seismic activity, or our other locations worldwide;
·
acts of war or terrorism; and
·
inadvertent errors.
Any of
these factors could result in a loss of revenues and/or higher expenses, which
could adversely affect our financial results.
Our international operations involve special risks that
could increase our expenses, adversely affect our operating results and require
increased time and attention of our management.
We
expect to generate approximately 10% of our revenues from customers located
outside of the United States in the fiscal year ending December 31,
2008. Our international operations are
subject to risks in addition to those faced by our domestic operations,
including:
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·
potential loss of proprietary information due to
piracy, misappropriation or laws that may be less protective of our
intellectual property rights;
·
imposition of foreign laws and other governmental
controls, including trade and employment restrictions;
·
enactment of additional regulations or restrictions on
imports and exports;
·
fluctuations in currency exchange rates and economic
instability such as higher interest rates and inflation, which could make our
products more expensive in those countries;
·
limitations on future growth or inability to maintain
current levels of revenues from international sales if we do not invest
sufficiently in our international operations;
·
longer payment cycles for sales in foreign countries
and difficulties in collecting accounts receivable;
·
difficulties in staffing, managing and operating our
international operations;
·
difficulties in coordinating the activities of our
geographically dispersed and culturally diverse operations; and
·
political unrest, war or terrorism, particularly in
areas in which we have facilities.
A
portion of the Companys transactions outside of the United States are
denominated in foreign currencies. Our functional currency is the U.S.
dollar. Accordingly, our future
operating results will continue to be subject to fluctuations in foreign
currency rates. Hedging foreign currency transaction exposures is complex and
subject to uncertainty. We may be negatively affected by fluctuations in
foreign currency rates in the future, especially if international sales
continue to grow as a percentage of our total sales.
Changes to financial accounting standards and new exchange rules could
make it more expensive to issue stock options to employees, which would
increase compensation costs and may cause us to change our business practices.
We
prepare our financial statements to conform with generally accepted accounting
principles, or GAAP, in the United States. These accounting principles are
subject to interpretation by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the
SEC and various other bodies. A change in those policies could have a
significant effect on our reported results and may affect our reporting of
transactions completed before a change is announced.
For
example, we have used stock options and other long-term equity incentives as a
fundamental component of our employee compensation packages. We believe that
stock options and other long-term equity incentives directly motivate our
employees to maximize long-term shareholder value and, through the use of
vesting, encourage employees to remain with our Company. The Financial
Accounting Standards Board has issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
123R that requires us to record a charge to earnings for employee stock option
grants. In addition, regulations implemented by the American Stock Exchange
generally require shareholder approval for all stock option plans, which could
make it more difficult or expensive for us to grant stock options to employees.
We may, as a result of these changes, incur increased compensation costs,
change our equity compensation strategy or find it difficult to attract, retain
and motivate employees, each of which could materially and adversely affect our
business, operating results and financial condition.
ADSI currently relies on third party
distribution arrangements to distribute its products. The loss of any of these relationships, or a
material change in any of them, could materially harm our business.
For the fiscal years ended December 31,
2007 and 2006, ADSI received approximately 17% and 90% of its revenues,
respectively, through third party distribution arrangements. We expect that we
will continue to generate a significant portion of our revenues through a
limited number of distribution arrangements for the foreseeable future. A
significant portion of the Companys outstanding accounts receivable is with
such third party distributors, which will result in a concentration of our
credit risk. If any of these third party distributors decides not to market or
distribute our products or decides to terminate or not renew its agreement with
us, we may be unable to replace the affected agreements with acceptable alternatives,
which could materially harm our business, operating results and financial
condition.
Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
Future sales of our common stock would be dilutive to our current
shareholders and could adversely affect our stock price.
Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common
stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, may
cause the market price of our common stock to decline. Increased sales of our
common stock in the market after exercise of
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stock options or warrants could exert
significant downward pressure on our stock price. These sales also might make
it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future
at a time and price we deem appropriate.
On March 26, 2008 the Company entered into a private
placement transaction with various current and new shareholders. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the
investors purchased secured promissory notes from the Company in the principal
amount of $2,775,000. The notes are convertible into up to 5,427,273 shares of
the Companys Common Stock and have a maturity date of March 26, 2010 and
bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum compounded on each July 15 and January 15.
Pursuant to the terms of the transaction, the Company will issue warrants to
purchase up to an additional 5,496,647 shares of Common Stock. As a result,
assuming the conversion of all promissory notes and exercise of all the
warrants, up to 10,923,920 shares of the Companys Common Stock may be issued.
Such issuance if it were to occur, would be highly dilutive of existing
shareholders and may, under certain conditions affect a change of control of
the Company.
Our stock price may be volatile in the future, and you could
lose the value of your investment.
The market prices of the common stock for ASPYRA have
experienced significant fluctuations and our stock price may continue to
fluctuate significantly, and you could lose the value of your investment. The
market price of our common stock may be affected by a number of factors,
including:
·
announcements of quarterly operating results and
revenue and earnings forecasts by us, our competitors or our customers;
·
failure to achieve financial forecasts, either because
expected sales do not occur or because they occur at lower prices or on terms
that are less favorable to us;
·
rumors, announcements or press articles regarding
changes in our management, organization, operations or prior financial statements;
·
changes in revenue and earnings estimates by
securities analysts;
·
announcements of planned acquisitions by us or by our
competitors;
·
announcements of new or planned products by us, our
competitors or our customers;
·
gain or loss of a significant customer;
·
inquiries by the SEC, American Stock Exchange, law
enforcement or other regulatory bodies; and
·
acts of terrorism, the threat of war and economic
slowdowns in general.
The
stock market has experienced extreme price volatility, which has adversely
affected and may continue to adversely affect the market price of our common
stock for reasons unrelated to our business or operating results.
Fluctuations in our quarterly financial results have
affected the stock prices of ASPYRA in the past and could affect our stock
price in the future.
The
quarterly financial results of ASPYRA have fluctuated in the past, and the
quarterly financial results of the combined company are likely to vary
significantly in the future. A number of factors associated with the operation
of our business may cause our quarterly financial results to fluctuate,
including our ability to:
·
effectively align sales resources to meet customer
needs and address market opportunities;
·
effectively respond to competitive pressures; and
·
effectively manage our operating expense levels.
A number of factors associated with our industry and the markets for
our products, many of which are outside our control, may cause our quarterly
financial results to fluctuate, including:
·
reduced demand for any of our products;
·
timing and amount of orders by customers and
seasonality in the buying patterns of customers;
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·
cancellation, deferral or limitation of orders by
customers;
·
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and
·
weakness or uncertainty in general economic or
industry conditions.
Quarterly
changes in our financial results could cause the trading price of our common
stock to fluctuate significantly after the merger. If our quarterly financial results or our
predictions of future financial results fail to meet the expectations of
securities analysts and investors, our stock price could be negatively
affected. Any volatility in our quarterly financial results may make it more
difficult for us to raise capital in the future or pursue acquisitions that
involve issuances of our stock or securities convertible into or exercisable
for our stock. You should not rely on the results of prior periods as predictors
of our future performance.
USE OF PROCEEDS
All proceeds from the sale
of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will be for the
account of the selling shareholders.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The following table shows
the names of the selling shareholders, and lists the number of shares of our
common stock registered for sale by each selling shareholder under this
prospectus. It also shows the total number of shares of common stock owned by
the selling shareholders before and after the offering, and the percentage of
our total outstanding shares represented by these amounts. We do not know when
or in what amount the selling shareholders may choose to sell any of the shares
offered by this prospectus. Because the selling shareholders may offer all or
some of their shares of common stock pursuant to this offering, we cannot
estimate the number of shares of common stock that the selling shareholders
will hold after completion of this offering. The table assumes that the selling
shareholders will sell all of the common stock being offered by this prospectus
for their account. The selling shareholders have not had a material
relationship with us within the past three years other than as a result of the
selling shareholders ownership of our securities, except with respect to the
Placement Agent fee as described below. None of the selling shareholders are
registered broker-dealers or affiliates of registered broker-dealers.
We paid a commission of five
percent (5%) of the fees received from the private placement consummated on November 22,
2005 and a commission of seven percent (7%) of the fees received from the
private placement consummated on May 17, 2006 to Great American Investors, Inc.
(the Placement Agent). We also indemnified the Placement Agent with respect
to the private placements. In addition, Todd Tumbleson, the Managing Director
of the Placement Agent, is the natural person who exercises voting power and
investment control over three of the selling shareholders including Tebo
Partners II, LLC, Tebo Capital SEP IRA and Tebo Capital LLC.
The following table is based on information provided to us by
the selling shareholders named in the table, and does not necessarily indicate
beneficial ownership for any other purpose. The selling shareholders may,
however, have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of
their shares of common stock since the date on which they provided such
information. The number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the
selling shareholders is determined in accordance with the rules of the
SEC. The number of shares beneficially owned includes any shares as to which
the selling shareholders have sole or shared voting power or investment power.
Shares which each selling shareholder has the right to acquire within 60 days
of the date of this prospectus are included in the shares owned by that selling
shareholder and are treated as outstanding for purposes of calculating the
ownership percentage of that selling shareholder, but not for any other selling
shareholder. The term selling shareholders includes the shareholders listed
below and their transferees, assignees, pledgees, donees or other successors.
The percent of beneficial ownership for the selling shareholders is based on
12,437,150 shares of stock outstanding as of April 30, 2008.
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Name of Selling Stockholder
|
|
Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned Prior
to
Offering (1)
|
|
Percent of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned Prior
to
Offering (1)
|
|
Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock to be
Offered
Pursuant to
this
Prospectus
|
|
Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned After
the
Offering (2)
|
|
Percent of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned After
the
Offering (2)
|
|
Ann Krueger and Kyle Krueger, joint tenants
by entirety
|
|
396,000
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
336,000
|
(3)
|
60,000
|
|
*
|
|
Gregory H. Ekizian Revocable Trust
|
|
378,000
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
378,000
|
(4)
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Tebo Partners II, LLC (5)
|
|
293,023
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
293,023
|
(6)
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Potomac Capital Partners LP (7)
|
|
640,611
|
|
5.2
|
%
|
640,611
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Potomac Capital International Ltd (7)
|
|
393,021
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
393,021
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Pleiades Investment Partners R.LP (7)
|
|
446,368
|
|
3.6
|
%
|
446,368
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Orion Capital LLC (8)
|
|
388,200
|
|
3.1
|
%
|
320,000
|
|
68,200
|
|
*
|
|
J. Shawn Chalmers Revocable Trust (8)
|
|
507,823
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
478,723
|
|
29,100
|
|
*
|
|
Slater FF&E Fund LLC c/o Slater Capital
(9)
|
|
160,000
|
|
1.3
|
%
|
160,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Joe C. Higday Trust
|
|
160,000
|
|
1.3
|
%
|
160,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Daniel R. Henry
|
|
176,000
|
|
1.4
|
%
|
176,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Ronald R, Comer Trust
|
|
40,000
|
|
*
|
|
40,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
James McCroy IRA c/o Harrington Wealth Mgmt
|
|
160,000
|
|
1.3
|
%
|
160,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Tebo Capital SEP IRA c/o Harrington Wealth
Mgmt (5)
|
|
493,244
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
326,231
|
|
167,013
|
|
*
|
|
Tebo Capital LLC (5)
|
|
308,023
|
|
2.5
|
%
|
308,023
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Robert K Green Trust
|
|
160,000
|
|
1.3
|
%
|
160,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Martin Gregory Haake Trust
|
|
24,000
|
|
*
|
|
24,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
David G. Orscheln
|
|
80,000
|
|
*
|
|
80,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Sands Partnership No. 1 Money Purchase
Plan and Trust (10)
|
|
80,000
|
|
*
|
|
80,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Prime Petroleum Profit Sharing Trust (11)
|
|
80,000
|
|
*
|
|
80,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
James H. McCroy
|
|
192,000
|
|
1.5
|
%
|
192,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Francis & Joanne Hanna
|
|
40,000
|
|
*
|
|
40,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Philip C. Young
|
|
16,000
|
|
*
|
|
16,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Cynthia Mason
|
|
16,000
|
|
*
|
|
16,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Leon and Delores Wright
|
|
16,000
|
|
*
|
|
16,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Al Desmarteau
|
|
20,000
|
|
*
|
|
20,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Denise Desmarteau
|
|
20,000
|
|
*
|
|
20,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
James & Katherine Hammond
|
|
16,000
|
|
*
|
|
16,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Ron Loew
|
|
16,000
|
|
*
|
|
16,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
Scott & Kathy Duncan
|
|
8,000
|
|
*
|
|
8,000
|
|
0
|
|
*
|
|
*
Indicates less than 1.0%
(1) The number and percentage of
shares beneficially owned is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the information is not
necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under Rule 13d-3,
the number of shares beneficially owned includes any shares as to which a
person has sole or shared voting power or investment power. Shares that a
person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this prospectus
are included in the shares owned by that person and are treated as outstanding
for purposes of calculating the ownership percentage of that person, but not
for any other person.
(2) Assumes that all shares being
offered by the selling shareholders under this prospectus are sold, that the
selling shareholders acquire no additional shares of common stock before the
completion of this offering, and that the selling shareholders dispose of no
shares of common stock other than those offered under this prospectus.
(3) Consists of 280,000 shares of
common stock and 56,000 shares of common stock issued as a result of the
exercise of warrant acquired pursuant to the 2005 Purchase Agreement.
(4) Consists of 315,000 shares of
common stock and 63,000 shares of common stock issued as a result of the
exercise of warrant acquired pursuant to the 2005 Purchase Agreement. Gregory
H. Ekizian is the trustee of the revocable trust.
(5) On October 19, 2007, Tebo
Partners distributed an aggregate of 792,977 shares of the Companys common
stock to certain members of Tebo Partners including Tebo Capital LLC, Tebo
Capital SEP IRA, J. Shawn Chalmers Revocable Trust, and Todd Tumbleson. Todd Tumbleson is the natural person who
exercises voting power and investment control over Tebo Partners II, LLC, Tebo
Capital SEP IRA and Tebo Capital LLC.
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(6) Consists of shares of common
stock and shares of common stock issued as a result of the exercise of warrant
acquired pursuant to the 2005 Purchase Agreement.
(7) Paul J. Solit is the natural
person who exercises voting power and investment control over Potomac Capital
Partners LP, Potomac Capital International Ltd. and Pleiades Investment
Partners R.LP.
(8) James Shawn Chalmers is the
natural person who exercises voting power and investment control over Orion
Capital LLC and is the trustee of the J. Shawn Chalmers Revocable Trust. Mr. James
Shawn Chalmers is also the sole director, President and majority stockholder of
J&S Ventures, Inc., which owns 3,500 shares of the Companys common
stock, which are not being offered pursuant to this prospectus. During the
period from May 26, 2006 and August 16, 2006, Orion purchased an
aggregate of 59,200 shares of the Companys common stock, which are not being
offered pursuant to this prospectus. On March 15,
2007, the Chalmers Trust purchased 2,100 shares of the Companys common stock,
which are not being offered pursuant to this prospectus. On October 19, 2007, the Chalmers Trust
received a distribution from a limited liability company of which it is a
member of an aggregate of 238,723 shares of the Companys common stock which is
being offered pursuant to this prospectus as the distribution was from Tebo
Partners II. LLC.
(9) Steven L. Martin is the natural
person who exercises voting power and investment control over Slater FF&E
Fund LLC.
(10) Barton J. Cohen is the natural
person who exercises voting power and investment control over Sands Partnership
No. 1 Money Purchase Plan and Trust.
(11) A. Baron Cass III is the natural
person who exercises voting power and investment control over Prime Petroleum
Profit Sharing Trust.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Common
Stock
We are authorized to issue
up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value, of which 12,437,150 are
currently outstanding. The holders of our common stock (i) have equal
ratable rights divided from funds legally available for dividends, when and if
declared by the Board of Directors; (ii) are entitled to share ratably in
all assets available for distribution to holders of our common stock upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs; and (iii) do not
have subscription, conversion or preemptive rights. Shares of common stock are
entitled to one vote for each share held of record by them on all matters
except the election of directors as to which shareholders may cumulate their
votes subject to compliance with applicable nomination and notice requirements
imposed by California Corporation Law. In cumulative voting, each holder is
permitted to cast such number of votes in the aggregate as equals the number of
shares of stock held multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. The
holders may cast the whole number of such votes for one nominee for director or
distribute the votes among two or more nominees as the holder sees fit.
Preferred
Stock
We are authorized to issue
up to 500,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value, of which no shares are
currently issued and outstanding. The preferred stock may be issued in one or
more series and our Board of Directors, without further approval from our
stockholders, is authorized to fix the dividend rights and terms, conversion
rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation preferences and other
rights and restrictions relating to any series. Issuances of preferred stock,
while providing flexibility in connection with possible financings,
acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, adversely
affect the voting power of the holders of our common stock.
Stock
Options
As of April 30, 2008,
there were 868,626 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under
the 2005 Plan and 422,249 available for future awards under the 2005 Plan.
Warrants
As of April 30, 2008,
there were outstanding warrants to purchase 1290,875 shares of our common stock
with an exercise price of $0.55 per share. As described below in Item 15, all
such warrants were issued on March 26, 2008 pursuant to a Securities
Purchase Agreement between Aspyra, Inc. and certain accredited investors,
involving the issuance and sale of $2,775,000 in principal amount of secured
convertible notes, together with accompanying warrants.
Dividend
Policy
Holders
of Common Shares are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by
the Companys Board of Directors. The Company has never paid a cash dividend on
its Common Shares and the Board of Directors currently intends to retain any
earnings for use in the Companys business.
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Registration
Rights
On August 18, 2005, we
entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the selling shareholders in
the 2005 Purchase Agreement, providing them with certain rights to require us
to register up to 1,800,000 shares of our common stock acquired by them
pursuant to the private placement consummated on November 22, 2005, in
connection with our merger with StorCOMM. On May 4, 2006, we entered into
a separate Registration Rights Agreement with the selling shareholders in the
2006 Purchase Agreement, providing them with certain rights to require us to
register up to 3,600,000 shares of our common stock acquired by them pursuant
to the private placement consummated on May 17, 2006.
Provisions
of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
There is set forth below a
description of the provisions contained in our articles of incorporation and
bylaws that could impede or delay an acquisition of control of our company that
our Board of Directors has not approved. This description is intended as a summary
only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our articles of
incorporation and bylaws, which are included as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Number of Directors; Filling Vacancies
Our bylaws provides that the
number of directors shall be not less than five or more than nine, the exact
number to be fixed only by resolution of our Board of Directors from time to
time. Our bylaws further provides that vacancies on the Board of Directors may
be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors or by the sole
remaining director.
Amendments to Bylaws
Our bylaws provides that
only our Board of Directors or the shareholders entitled to exercise a majority
of the voting power of the Company have the power to amend or repeal our
bylaws.
Transfer
Agent
Our common stock is traded
on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol APY. The transfer agent for
our shares of common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
59 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the
shares on behalf of the selling shareholders. The selling shareholders and
their successors, including its transferees, assignees, pledges, donees or
other successors, may dispose of the shares covered by this prospectus from
time to time for their own accounts. They will act independently of us in
making decisions regarding the timing, manner and size of each sale. They may
sell their shares on the American Stock Exchange, in the over-the-counter market
or in privately negotiated transactions. They may sell their shares directly or
through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, who may receive compensation in
the form of discounts, concessions, or commissions from the selling
shareholders or from the purchasers of the shares. The compensation received by
a particular underwriter, broker, dealer or agent might exceed customary
commissions.
The shares of common stock
may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market
prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices,
at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The selling shareholders may
dispose of their shares through any of the following methods or any combination
of these methods:
·
purchases by a broker or dealer as a
principal and resale by that broker or dealer for its own account under this
prospectus;
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and
transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers, which may include long or
short sales made after the effectiveness of the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part;
·
cross trades or block trades in which the
broker or dealer engaged to make the sale will attempt to sell the securities
as an agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as a principal
to facilitate the transaction;
·
through the writing of options;
·
in other ways not involving market makers or
established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers or sales made
through agents;
·
any combination of the above transactions; or
·
any other lawful method.
In addition, any securities
covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale in compliance with Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Act, may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.
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The selling shareholders may
enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers in connection with
distributions of the shares or otherwise. In these transactions, broker-dealers
may engage in short sales of common stock in the course of hedging the
positions they assume with the selling shareholders.
The selling shareholders
also may sell shares short and redeliver the shares to close out such short
positions. The selling shareholders may enter into options or other
transactions with broker-dealers that require the delivery to the broker-dealer
of the shares. The broker-dealer may then resell or otherwise transfer the
shares covered by this prospectus (which may be amended or supplemented to
reflect the transaction). The selling shareholders also may loan or pledge the
shares to a broker-dealer or another financial institution. If a selling
shareholder defaults on the loan or the obligation secured by the pledge, the
broker-dealer or institution may sell the shares so loaned or pledged under
this prospectus (which may be amended or supplemented to reflect the
transaction).
Broker-dealers or agents may
receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from
the selling shareholder. Broker-dealers or agents may also receive compensation
from the purchasers of the shares for whom they act as agents or to whom they
sell as principals, or both. Compensation received by a particular
broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions and will be in
amounts to be negotiated in connection with the sale.
Broker-dealers or agents and
any other participating broker-dealers or the selling shareholders may be
deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the
Securities Act in connection with sales of shares. Accordingly, any such
commission, discount or concession received by them and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts or commissions under the Securities Act.
The selling shareholders
have advised us that they have not entered into any agreements, understandings
or arrangements with any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of
its shares and that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in
connection with the proposed sale of shares by the selling shareholders.
We have agreed to maintain
the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part until the earliest to occur of the following:
·
the second anniversary of the closing of the
Purchase Agreement (provided, however, that with respect to the Registrable
Shares that are Warrant Shares, the foregoing date shall be the second anniversary
of the date the related Warrant was exercised);
·
the date on which all Registrable Shares then
held by the purchaser may be sold or transferred in compliance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act (or any other similar provisions then in force) without
any volume or manner of sale restrictions thereunder; and
·
such time as all Registrable Shares held by
the purchaser have been sold (A) pursuant to a registration statement, (B) to
or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a
public securities transaction or (C) in a transaction exempt from the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act under Section 4(1) thereof
so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto,
if any, are removed upon the consummation of such sale.
We may suspend the selling
shareholders right to resell shares under this prospectus for limited periods
if required to do so by regulatory action or because material information or
events affecting us are not adequately disclosed in the then available
prospectus.
We have agreed to pay the
expenses of registering the shares under the Securities Act, including
registration and filing fees, printing expenses, administrative expenses and
certain legal and accounting fees. The selling shareholders will bear all
discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters, dealers or
agents as well as fees and disbursements for legal counsel retained by the
selling shareholders. We have also agreed to indemnify the selling shareholders
against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities
Act.
The selling shareholders may
agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in
transactions involving sales of shares against liabilities, including
liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
Because the selling
shareholders may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(11)
of the Securities Act, the selling shareholders will be subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. If we are required to
supplement this prospectus or post-effectively amend the registration statement
to disclose a specific plan of distribution of the selling shareholders, the
supplement or amendment will describe the particulars of the plan of
distribution, including the shares of common stock, purchase price and names of
any agent, broker, dealer, or underwriter or arrangements relating to any such
entity or applicable commissions.
Under applicable rules and
regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, no person engaged in the distribution of the shares may
simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to our common
stock for a restricted period before the commencement of the distribution. In
addition, the selling shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of
the Exchange Act the associated rules and regulations under the Exchange
Act, including Regulation M, the provisions of which may limit the timing of
purchases and sales of the shares by the selling shareholders.
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We will make copies of this
prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available
to the selling shareholders and have informed the selling shareholders of the
need to deliver copies of this prospectus to purchasers at or before the time
of any sale of the shares.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the issuance
of the shares of common stock in this offering will be passed upon for us by
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Santa Barbara, California 93101.
EXPERTS
The financial statements as
of December 31, 2007 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
2007 incorporated by reference in this Prospectus have been so incorporated in
reliance on the report of BDO Seidman, LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, incorporated herein by reference, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting..
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13.
Other Expenses Of Issuance And Distribution.
The following table sets
forth the costs and expenses payable by the registrant in connection with the
sale of common stock being registered. All amounts are estimates except the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.
Securities and Exchange Commission
registration fee
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1,357.83
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Accounting fees and expenses
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15,000
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Legal fees and expenses
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15,000
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Printing and related fees
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5,000
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Miscellaneous
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$
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800
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Total
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$
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37,157.83
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Item 14.
Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.
California
General Corporate Law
Sections 204(a)(10), 204(a)(11),
204.5 and 317 of the California General Corporation Law (CGCL) permit a
corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents in
terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification (including reimbursement for
expenses) under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933. The Registrants Articles of Incorporation provide that
the liability of directors for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the
fullest extent permitted under California law. In addition, the Registrants
Articles of Incorporation provide that the Registrant is authorized to provide
indemnification of agents, including directors, officers, employees and other
agents (as defined in Section 317 of the CGCL) for breach of duty to the
Registrant and its shareholders through bylaw provisions or through agreements
with the agents, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted
by Section 317 of the CGCL, subject only to the applicable limits set
forth in Section 204 of the CGCL.
The Registrants Bylaws
provide that, to the maximum extent permitted by the CGCL, the Registrant may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was an agent of the
Registrant, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding. The
Registrant may advance expenses incurred in defending any proceeding prior to
the final disposition of such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by the
CGCL.
The above discussion of the
CGCL and the Registrants Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws is not intended
to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such statutes, Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
Indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the Registrants
directors, officers and controlling persons under the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise. The Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission this indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Directors
and Officers Liability Insurance
Section 317(i) of
the CGCL further provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any agent, including any director, officer, employee or
other agent of the corporation.
The Registrants bylaws
permit the Registrant to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director,
employee or other agent of the Registrant.
The Registrant has obtained
policies of insurance under which, subject to the limitations of such policies,
coverage is provided to the Registrants directors and officers against loss
arising from claims made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or other
wrongful acts as a director or officer.
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Indemnification Agreements
The Registrant has entered
into agreements to indemnify its directors and executive officers in addition
to the indemnification provided for in its Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, provide for indemnification of
the Registrants directors and executive officers for expenses, judgments,
fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these people in any action or
proceeding arising out of his or her services as a director or executive
officer or at the Registrants request. The Registrant believes that these
provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified people
as directors and executive officers.
Item 15.
Recent Sales Of Unregistered Securities.
On
March 26, 2008 (the Closing Date), the Registrant entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement), by and among the
Registrant, Jay Weil as collateral agent, and the purchasers named on the
signature pages thereto (the Purchasers)..
Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, the Registrant issued and sold to the Purchasers,
all of whom are accredited investors, $2,775,000 in principal amount of secured
convertible notes (the Purchaser Notes) (including $600,000 in Purchaser
Notes that was rolled over from bridge loans), and warrants to purchase
5,045,454 shares of the Registrants common stock (Purchaser Warrants). The
Purchaser Notes are convertible into shares of the Registrants common stock at
a conversion price of $0.55 per share, subject to adjustment in the event of
stock splits, stock dividends, and similar transactions. The Purchaser
Notes mature on March 26, 2010 and bear interest at the rate of 8% per
annum compounded on each July 15 and January 15. Each Purchaser
received Purchaser Warrants at $0.55 per share equal to the total number of
shares of common stock initially issuable upon conversion of the related
Purchaser Note, which terminate pm the third anniversary of the warrant
issuance.
The
Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement included J. Shawn Chalmers, who was
issued a Purchaser Note in the amount of $750,000. Mr. Chalmerss $750,000
Purchaser Note included $300,000 that was rolled over from a bridge loan that
closed on March 13, 2008.
The
Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement also included Brad Peters, a former
director of the Company, who was issued a Purchaser Note in the amount of
$200,000, which was rolled over from a bridge loan that closed January 28,
2008, and C. Ian Sym-Smith, a director of the Company, who was issued a
Purchaser Note in the amount of $100,000 which was rolled over from a bridge
loan that closed January 28, 2008.
Pursuant
to a security agreement entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement
(the Security Agreement), the Purchaser Notes are secured by a security
interest in substantially all of the Registrants assets, subordinate only to
the security interest held in the Registrants assets by Western Commercial
Bank.
The
Registrant issued the placement agent for the private placement, a note in the
amount of $210,000 (the Broker Note, and together with the Purchaser Notes,
the Notes)), and warrants to purchase 451,193 shares of our common
stock (the Broker Warrants, and together with the Purchaser Warrants, the Warrants).
The Broker Notes and Broker Warrants have the same terms as the Purchaser Notes
and Purchaser Warrants.
Pursuant
to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement), the Registrant agreed to use
commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement registering a
portion of the shares of common stock underlying the Notes and the Warrants
with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 60 days from the Closing
Date and use commercially reasonable effects to have such registration
statement declared effective within 90 days from the date on which we file the
registration statement (120 days if the registration statement is reviewed by
the SEC). In the event that the initial registration
statement does not include all of the shares of common stock underlying the
Notes and Warrants, the Company will file an additional registration
statement registering the allowable balance pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
The
issuance and sale of the Notes and Warrants was made in reliance upon the
exemption provided in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. No form of general
solicitation or general advertising was conducted in connection with the
issuance. Each of the Notes and Warrants contain restrictive legends preventing
the sale, transfer or other disposition of such Notes and Warrants, unless
registered under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption therefrom.
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Item
16. Exhibits
The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
4. 1
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(1)
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Specimen Share
Certificate.
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4. 2
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(2)
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Specimen Warrant Certificate.
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4. 3
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(3)
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Form of Underwriters Warrant.
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4. 13
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(4)
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Registration Rights Agreement.
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4. 14
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(5)
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Form of Warrant.
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4. 15
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(5)
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 18,
2005.
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4. 17
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(6)
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Specimen Share Certificate.
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4. 18
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(6)
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A Form of Warrant issued in Private Placement
closed on November 22, 2005.
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4. 19
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(6)
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A Form of Warrant issued in Private Placement
closed on May 17, 2006.
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5.1*
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Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
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Consent of Stradling Yocca
Carlson & Rauth (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2*
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Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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24.1**
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Power of Attorney
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(1)
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-18
dated September 22, 1983, SEC File No. 2- 85265.
(2)
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1
dated October 1, 1985 SEC File No. 2-99878.
(3)
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Form 8-K dated October 21, 1992.
(4)
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended August 31,
1992.
(5)
Included
as an Annex to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is part of the Companys
Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed on October 3,
2005, SEC File No. 333-128795.
(6)
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-3
dated June 9, 2006 SEC File No. 333-134926.
*
Filed
herewith.
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Previously
filed.
Item
17. Undertakings.
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 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 20 percent
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 (B)(1)(i) and (B)(1)(ii) of
this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8
or Form F-3, and 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
2.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, 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.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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4.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
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.
5.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the undersigned registrant according the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the undersigned 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 Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
6.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(i)
For purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus
filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)or
(4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of
this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(ii)
For the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
prospectus 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.
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with 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 authorized this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
in the City of Calabasas, State of
California, on May 9, 2008.
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ASPYRA, INC.
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By:
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/s/ James Zierick
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James Zierick
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Chief Executive
Officer
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By:
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/s/ Anahita Villafane
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Anahita Villafane
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Chief Financial
Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
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Title
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Date
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/s/James Zierick
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Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
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May 9, 2008
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James Zierick
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(principal executive officer)
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/s/ Bruce M. Miller
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Chief Technology Officer
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May 9, 2008
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Bruce M. Miller
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/s/ James R. Helms
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Chief Operations Officer
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May 9, 2008
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James R. Helms
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/s/ Anahita Villafane
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Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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May ,
2008
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Anahita Villafane
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(principal accounting and financial officer)
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/s/ John Mutch
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Chairman
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May 9, 2008
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John Mutch
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/s/ Lawrence S. Schmid
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Director
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May 9, 2008
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Lawrence S. Schmid
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/s/ Robert S. Fogerson, Jr.
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Director
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May 9, 2008
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Robert S. Fogerson, Jr.
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/s/ Norman R. Cohen
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Director
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May 9, 2008
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Norman R. Cohen
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/s/ Jeffrey Tumbleson
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Director
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May 9, 2008
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Jeffrey Tumbleson
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/s/ C. Ian Sym-Smith
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Director
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May 9, 2008
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C. Ian Sym-Smith
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