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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;24, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration Number 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>XATA CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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(State of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-1641815</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>965 Prairie Center Drive<BR>
Eden Prairie, MN 55344<BR>
(952)&nbsp;707-5600</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>XATA CORPORATION 2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE<BR>
AND STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Mark E. Ties<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
XATA Corporation<BR>
965 Prairie Center Drive<BR>
Eden Prairie, MN 55344<BR>
(952)&nbsp;707-5600</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>

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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be
issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act, the maximum offering price per share and maximum
aggregate offering price are calculated based on the average high and low prices reported on
the Nasdaq Capital Market on April 17, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;4, 2009, the shareholders of XATA Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) adopted an amendment
and restatement of the XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan (as amended
and restated, the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Plan provides that the number of shares authorized for grant shall
be equal to 1,897,000 plus an amount added each January 1 during the years 2009 &#151; 2017 as
determined by the Company&#146;s Board or Compensation Committee in accordance with a formula prescribed
in the Plan. As of February&nbsp;3, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved the addition
of 407,000 shares to the Plan&#146;s authorized reserve, for a total of 2,304,000 shares. Of this
amount, 500,000 shares were previously registered on Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-140741 (filed
February&nbsp;15, 2007). The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the remaining
1,804,000 shares currently authorized for grant under the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
by the Company are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and made part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the Company&#146;s
fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referenced in item (a); and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission and declared effective on December&nbsp;20, 1995, (File
No.&nbsp;0-27166 under the Exchange Act), including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;302A.521, Minnesota Statutes, the Company is required to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents against liability under certain circumstances, including
liability under the Securities Act of
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;). Section&nbsp;4.7 of the Company&#146;s Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and Article&nbsp;V of the Company&#146;s Bylaws contain substantially similar
provisions and, in addition, specifically authorize adoption of agreements for indemnification
greater than that required by statute and purchase of insurance to meet the Company&#146;s
indemnification obligation. The general effect of such provisions is to relieve the directors and
officers of the Company from personal liability which may be imposed for certain acts performed in
their capacity as directors or officers of the Company, except where such persons have not acted in
good faith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with Trident Capital,
Inc. (the controlling entity of the holders of our Series&nbsp;B Convertible Preferred Stock) and the
persons designated as directors of the Company by Trident Capital which is intended to hold them
harmless from liability they may incur as a &#147;controlling person,&#148; in the case of Trident Capital,
and as directors, with respect to the individual appointees.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted under Minnesota Statutes, the Company&#146;s Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, provide that directors shall have no personal liability to the Company
or to its shareholders for monetary damages arising from breach of the director&#146;s duty of care in
the affairs of the Company. Minnesota Statutes do not permit elimination of liability for breach of
a director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or with respect to certain enumerated matters,
including payment of illegal dividends, acts not in good faith, and acts resulting, in an improper
personal benefit to the director.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a complete list of Exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of
this Registration Statement:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2008 (File No.
0-27166)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Amendment of Second Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for its Special Meeting of Shareholders filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;0-27166)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of XATA Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2007 (File Number 0-27166))</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan (As Amended and Restated
February&nbsp;4, 2009) (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement
for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;22, 2008 (File
No.&nbsp;0-27166)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP*</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP*</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney*</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(a)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) of this Item&nbsp;9 do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(b)&nbsp;That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(c)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered hereunder that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;The undersigned company hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;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&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota on April&nbsp;24, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>XATA CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John J. Coughlan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John J. Coughlan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on April&nbsp;24, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John J. Coughlan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">John J. Coughlan, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (<I>Principal</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><I>Executive Officer</I>)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Mark E. Ties
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Mark E. Ties, Chief Financial Officer (<I>Principal Financial Officer and</I> <I>Principal Accounting Officer</I>)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Carl M. Fredericks*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Carl M. Fredericks, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Thomas G. Hudson*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Thomas G. Hudson, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Roger W. Kleppe*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Roger W. Kleppe, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Chad Lindbloom*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Chad Lindbloom, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Christopher P. Marshall*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Christopher P. Marshall, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Michael J. Paxton*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Michael J. Paxton, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Bharat S. Vedak*
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Bharat S. Vedak, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Mark E. Ties, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each of
the above-named directors of the Registrant pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">     /s/ Mark E. Ties
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Mark E. Ties&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Articles of Incorporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Amendment of Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of XATA Corporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock
Option Plan (As Amended and Restated February&nbsp;4, 2009)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed Electronically</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2009
Registration Number 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
XATA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
(State of incorporation)
41-1641815
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
965 Prairie Center Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 707-5600
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
XATA CORPORATION 2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
AND STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Mark E. Ties
Chief Financial Officer
XATA Corporation
965 Prairie Center Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 707-5600
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
Title of
Amount
maximum
aggregate
Amount of
securities to
to be
offering price
offering
registration
be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share
1,804,000 shares
$
2.56
$
4,618,240
$
257.70
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be
issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act, the maximum offering price per share and maximum
aggregate offering price are calculated based on the average high and low prices reported on
the Nasdaq Capital Market on April 17, 2009.
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Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
EX-24.1
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Explanatory Note
On February 4, 2009, the shareholders of XATA Corporation (the "Company") adopted an amendment
and restatement of the XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan (as amended
and restated, the "Plan"). The Plan provides that the number of shares authorized for grant shall
be equal to 1,897,000 plus an amount added each January 1 during the years 2009 — 2017 as
determined by the Company's Board or Compensation Committee in accordance with a formula prescribed
in the Plan. As of February 3, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved the addition
of 407,000 shares to the Plan's authorized reserve, for a total of 2,304,000 shares. Of this
amount, 500,000 shares were previously registered on Registration Statement No. 333-140741 (filed
February 15, 2007). The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the remaining
1,804,000 shares currently authorized for grant under the Plan.
Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
by the Company are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and made part hereof:
(a) the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission;
(b) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the Company's
fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referenced in item (a); and
(c) the description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission and declared effective on December 20, 1995, (File
No. 0-27166 under the Exchange Act), including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Under Section 302A.521, Minnesota Statutes, the Company is required to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents against liability under certain circumstances, including
liability under the Securities Act of
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1933, as amended (the "Act"). Section 4.7 of the Company's Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and Article V of the Company's Bylaws contain substantially similar
provisions and, in addition, specifically authorize adoption of agreements for indemnification
greater than that required by statute and purchase of insurance to meet the Company's
indemnification obligation. The general effect of such provisions is to relieve the directors and
officers of the Company from personal liability which may be imposed for certain acts performed in
their capacity as directors or officers of the Company, except where such persons have not acted in
good faith.
In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with Trident Capital,
Inc. (the controlling entity of the holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock) and the
persons designated as directors of the Company by Trident Capital which is intended to hold them
harmless from liability they may incur as a "controlling person," in the case of Trident Capital,
and as directors, with respect to the individual appointees.
As permitted under Minnesota Statutes, the Company's Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, provide that directors shall have no personal liability to the Company
or to its shareholders for monetary damages arising from breach of the director's duty of care in
the affairs of the Company. Minnesota Statutes do not permit elimination of liability for breach of
a director's duty of loyalty to the Company or with respect to certain enumerated matters,
including payment of illegal dividends, acts not in good faith, and acts resulting, in an improper
personal benefit to the director.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following is a complete list of Exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of
this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Description
3.1
Second Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (File No.
0-27166)).
3.2
Articles of Amendment of Second Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit B to the Company's Proxy Statement for its Special Meeting of Shareholders filed
with the Commission on March 20, 2009 (File No. 0-27166)).
3.3
Bylaws of XATA Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (File Number 0-27166))
4.1
XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan (As Amended and Restated
February 4, 2009) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement
for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on December 22, 2008 (File
No. 0-27166)).
5.1
Opinion and consent of Faegre & Benson LLP*
23.1
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP*
24.1
Powers of Attorney*
*
Filed herewith
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Item 9. Undertakings
(1) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) 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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(b) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered hereunder that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(2) The undersigned company hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Company'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 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota on April 24, 2009.
XATA CORPORATION
By:
/s/ John J. Coughlan
John J. Coughlan
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on April 24, 2009.
/s/ John J. Coughlan
John J. Coughlan, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (
Principal
Executive Officer
)
/s/ Mark E. Ties
Mark E. Ties, Chief Financial Officer (
Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
)
/s/ Carl M. Fredericks*
Carl M. Fredericks, Director
/s/ Thomas G. Hudson*
Thomas G. Hudson, Director
/s/ Roger W. Kleppe*
Roger W. Kleppe, Director
/s/ Chad Lindbloom*
Chad Lindbloom, Director
/s/ Christopher P. Marshall*
Christopher P. Marshall, Director
/s/ Michael J. Paxton*
Michael J. Paxton, Director
/s/ Bharat S. Vedak*
Bharat S. Vedak, Director
*
Mark E. Ties, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each of
the above-named directors of the Registrant pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such
persons.
/s/ Mark E. Ties
Mark E. Ties
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
Method of Filing
3.1
Second Restated Articles of Incorporation
Incorporated by reference
3.2
Articles of Amendment of Second Restated Articles of
Incorporation
Incorporated by reference
3.3
Bylaws of XATA Corporation
Incorporated by reference
4.1
XATA Corporation 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock
Option Plan (As Amended and Restated February 4, 2009)
Incorporated by reference
5.1
Opinion and consent of Faegre & Benson LLP
Filed Electronically
23.1
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
—
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
Filed Electronically
24.1
Powers of Attorney
Filed Electronically