As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 1999 Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------------- FORM S-8 Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933 ------------------------------------- USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Pennsylvania 7359 23-2679963 (State or other (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Classification Code Number) Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 200 Plant Avenue Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STEPHEN P. HERBERT AGREEMENT (full title of the plan) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George R. Jensen, Jr. Chief Executive Officer USA Technologies, Inc. 200 Plant Avenue Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (610) 989-0340 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Douglas M. Lurio, Esquire Lurio & Associates, P.C. 1760 Market Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 665-9300 ----------------------------------------------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Proposed Proposed Securities Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of to be to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration Offered Registered Per share (1) Offering Price (1) Fee(1) ------- ---------- ------------- ------------------ -------- Common Stock 25,000 $2.00 $50,000 $13.90 (1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the offering price is based upon the average of the bid and asked price for the Common Stock on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board on August 5, 1999. The registration fee represents .000278 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference The documents listed in (a) through (f) below are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and made a part hereof. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. (a) The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, excluding the financial statements and notes thereto which have been superceded by the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Registrant's Form SB-2 dated June 25, 1999; and (b) The Registrant's Form 10-QSB Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1998; and (c) The Registrant's Form 10-QSB Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended December 31, 1998; and (d) The Registrant's Form 10-QSB Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999; and (e) The Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed on September 16, 1998; and (f) The Registrant's Form SB-2 dated June 25, 1999. Recent Developments During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1999, the Company continued to incur operating losses. The Company anticipates incurring operating losses through at least the first half of fiscal year 2000. Item 4. Description of Securities The Company is proceeding with the registration of 25,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to an agreement with Stephen P. Herbert dated August 6, 1999. These shares are being issued for services to be rendered to the Company by Mr. Herbert. The Company is authorized to issue up to 62,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), and 1,800,000 shares of undesignated Preferred Stock, 900,000 of which has been designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value ("Series A Preferred Stock") and 350,000 shares of which has been designated Series B Equity Participating Preferred Stock, no par value ("Series B Preferred Stock"). As of June 30, 1999, there were 6,200,297 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. II-1
The foregoing amount does not reflect shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. As of June 30, 1999, 640,577 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding and are convertible into 640,577 shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 1999, there were $3,328,441 of accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock which are convertible into 332,844 shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 1999, a total of 470,573 shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been converted into 547,037 shares of Common Stock and accrued and unpaid dividends thereon have been converted into 208,007 shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 1999 there were no shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. The foregoing amount also does not include the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the remaining 67,300 1995 Warrants, 86,800 1996 Warrants, 4,000 1996-B Warrants, 1,500 1997 Warrants, 4,000 1998-A Warrants, 5,000 1998-B Warrants, 933,600 1999-A Warrants, or the 110,000 Warrants held by affiliates and/or consultants to GEM Advisors, Inc., issued and outstanding as of June 30, 1999. The foregoing amount also does not include the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the outstanding stock options or purchase rights to acquire Common Stock. As of June 30, 1999, there was a total of 11,740 Common Stock Purchase Rights outstanding at a price of $10.00 per share. As of June 30, 1999, there was a total of 917,100 options outstanding to purchase Common Stock at exercise prices ranging from $2.50 to $6.50 per share, of which 713,767 were vested. Many of the options and purchase rights granted were issued at or above fair market value on the date of grant, and those that were issued below fair market value have resulted in an appropriate charge against earnings during the period the options were issued. The foregoing also does not include 250,000 warrants which were issued to two consultants in August 1999. Of such warrants, 150,000 are exercisable at $2.50 per share, 50,000 are exercisable at $2.00 per share, and 50,000 are exercisable at $3.00 per share. These warrants are exercisable at any time within two years of issuance. The foregoing also does not include 10,000 options which were issued to a Director of the Company in July 1999. The foregoing also does not include 268,000 shares of Common Stock issued in August 1999 to certain employees of or consultants to the Company. All of the numbers of issued and outstanding shares, warrants, and options as well as the exercise prices thereof contained herein have been adjusted for the 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the Common Stock which occurred on June 7, 1999. The holder of each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company, including the election of directors. There is no cumulative voting for directors. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends as the Board of Directors may from time to time declare out of funds legally available for payment of dividends. No dividends may be paid on the Common Stock until all accumulated and unpaid cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been paid. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive pro rata all assets of the Company available for distribution, subject to the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock of $10.00 per share and any unpaid and accumulated dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock. Shareholders of the Company do not have any preemptive rights to subscribe for or purchase shares, obligations, warrants, or other securities of the Company. II-2
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel Douglas M. Lurio, Esquire, President of Lurio & Associates, P.C, general counsel to the Company, serves as a Director of the Company. Mr. Lurio is the beneficial owner of 34,533 shares of Common Stock. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers Section 1746 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended ("BCL"), authorizes a Pennsylvania corporation to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents under certain circumstances against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings involving such persons because of their holding or having held such positions with the Company and to purchase and maintain insurance of such indemnification. The Company's By-laws substantively provide that the Company will indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the fullest extent provided by Section 1746 of the BCL. Section 1713 of the BCL permits a Pennsylvania corporation, by so providing in its By-laws, to eliminate the personal liability of a director for monetary damages for any action taken unless the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. In addition, no such limitation of liability is available with respect to the responsibility or liability of a director pursuant to any criminal statute or for the payment of taxes pursuant to Federal, state or local law. The Company's By-laws eliminate the personal liability of the directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 1713 of the BCL. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: 5 Opinion of Lurio & Associates, P.C. 23.1 Consent of Lurio & Associates, P.C. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto.) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors. 28 Agreement between Stephen P. Herbert and USA Technologies, Inc. dated August 6, 1999 II-3
Item 9. Undertakings 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 most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement; and (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. Except that, subparagraph (i) and (ii) of this paragraph do not apply provided that the information required in a post-effective amendment is incorporated by reference from periodic reports filed by the issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be treated as a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and shall treat the offering of such securities at that time as 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. (4) 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 Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of II-4
the Securities Exchange Act 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. (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 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-5
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on August __, 1999. USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ George R. Jensen, Jr. ------------------------------------- George R. Jensen, Jr., Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been duly signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ George R. Jensen, Jr. Chairman of the Board August 12, 1999 - --------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer, George R. Jensen, Jr. (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Stephen P. Herbert President, Chief Operating August 12, 1999 - --------------------------- Officer, Director Stephen P. Herbert /s/ Leland P. Maxwell Senior Vice President, Chief August 12, 1999 - --------------------------- Financial Officer, Treasurer Leland P. Maxwell (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ William W. Sellers - --------------------------- Director August 12, 1999 William W. Sellers /s/ Peter G. Kapourelos Director August 12, 1999 - --------------------------- Peter G. Kapourelos Director August __, 1999 - --------------------------- Henry B. duPont Smith Director August __, 1999 - --------------------------- William L. Van Alen, Jr. Director August __, 1999 - --------------------------- Steven Katz /s/ Douglas M. Lurio Director August 12, 1999 - --------------------------- Douglas M. Lurio Director August __, 1999 - --------------------------- Edwin R. Boynton II-6
EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description Page No. - ----------- ----------- -------- 5 Opinion of Lurio & Associates, P,C. 23.1 Consent of Lurio & Associates, P,C. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto) 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors 28 Agreement between Stephen P. Herbert and USA Technologies, Inc. dated August 6, 1999
Exhibit 5 August 12, 1999 USA Technologies, Inc. 200 Plant Avenue Wayne, PA 19087 Attn: Mr. George R. Jensen, Jr., President Re: USA Technologies, Inc. - Registration Statement on Form S-8 ---------------------------------- Dear Mr. Jensen: We have acted as counsel to USA Technologies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement covers 25,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable pursuant to the Agreement between the Company and Stephen P. Herbert dated August 6, 1999 (the "Agreement"). In rendering this opinion, we have examined (i) the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and By-laws of the Company; (ii) the resolutions of the Board of Directors evidencing the corporate proceedings taken by the Company to authorize the issuance of the Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement; (iii) the Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto); (iv) the Agreement; and (v) such other documents as we have deemed appropriate or necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In rendering the opinion expressed below, we assumed the authenticity of all documents and records examined, the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the genuineness of all signatures. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that, when sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the
USA Technologies, Inc. August 12, 1999 Page 2 Agreement, the Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. Sincerely, LURIO & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the registration of 25,000 shares of Common Stock of USA Technologies, Inc. of our report dated August 17, 1998, except for Note 15, as to which the date is June 7, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of USA Technologies, Inc. for the year ended June 30, 1998, included in its Form SB-2 dated June 25, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 12, 1999
USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 200 PLANT AVENUE WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087 August 6, 1999 Mr. Stephen P. Herbert 536 West Beach Tree Lane Strafford, Pennsylvania 19087 Dear Steve: This is to acknowledge and confirm our agreement that in lieu of the next $50,000 of salary due to you from the Company, you will be issued an aggregate of 25,000 shares of Common Stock, all as more fully described below. The Company shall issue to you in your individual name, a total of 25,000 shares of fully vested, nonassessable, free trading Common Stock of the Company. Upon the effective date of the registration statement described below, the Company shall issue such stock to you. Promptly after the date of this agreement, the Company will cause a registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering 25,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable to you pursuant hereto. As you are currently an affiliate of the Company, you hereby acknowledge your obligations under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with any sale of the shares. In addition, in order to avoid any violation of the insider trading laws, or to avoid any appearance of any violation thereof, as long as you are an affiliate of the Company, you agree to notify me, or the appropriate compliance officer of the Company, before you sell any of these shares. 1
Except as specifically set forth herein, all of the terms and conditions of your presently existing employment agreement with the Company shall remain in full force and effect. Please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this agreement by signing below where indicated and returning it to me. USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ George R. Jensen, Jr. ---------------------------- George R. Jensen, Jr. Chief Executive Officer ACCEPTED: /s/ Stephen P. Herbert - ----------------------- STEPHEN P. HERBERT 2