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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2003
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<DIV align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>NUMEREX CORP.</B>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">PENNSYLVANIA</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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11-2948749</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">1600 Parkwood Circle<BR>
Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-2119<BR>
(770)&nbsp;693-5950</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="1">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area<BR>
code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Numerex Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="1">(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">ANDREW J. RYAN<BR>
Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
NUMEREX CORP.<BR>
1600 Parkwood Circle<BR>
Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-2119<BR>
(770)&nbsp;693-5950</FONT><BR>
<FONT size="1">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area<BR>
code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
RICHARD E. BALTZ<BR>
Arnold &#038; Porter<BR>
555 Twelfth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;942-5000
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Calculation of Registration Fee
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        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of securities</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price per</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>aggregate offering</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registered</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>unit(1)(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, no par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">500,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3.14</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,570,000.00</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">127.01</FONT></TD>
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(1)
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of
the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on May&nbsp;7, 2003 on the Nasdaq
National Market, which date is within 5 business days prior to the date of
the filing of this Registration Statement.
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h).
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g82469exv4.txt">EX-4 NUMEREX EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g82469exv5.txt">EX-5 OPINION OF ARNOLD & PORTER</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 500,000 shares
of common stock, no par value, for issuance pursuant to the Numerex Corp.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>3.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Numerex Corp. (&#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (File No.
0-22920), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(a)
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 <TD><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002;
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(b)
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 <TD><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s current report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;11, 2003; and
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(c)
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 <TD><FONT size="2">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;28, 1995 and all amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or which deregisters such Common
Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or so superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>4.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Description of Securities.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>5.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>6.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;1741 to 1743 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (&#147;BCL&#148;)
provide that a corporation may indemnify its representatives (including
directors and officers) against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement that they incur in such capacities provided certain standards are
met, including good faith and the reasonable belief that the particular action
is in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or, in a
criminal proceeding, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. In general, this power to indemnify does not exist in the case of
actions against a director or officer by or in the right of the corporation if
the person seeking indemnification is adjudged liable to the corporation. A
corporation is required to indemnify directors and officers against expenses
they may incur in defending actions to which they are made a party by reason of
their status as directors or officers if they are successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of such actions.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1746 of the BCL provides that the foregoing provisions shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification may be entitled under, among other things, any provision in the
corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or bylaws, provided that no
indemnification may be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving
rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have
constituted willful misconduct or recklessness. Article&nbsp;11 of the Company&#146;s
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;IV of the Company&#146;s
Bylaws provide for the mandatory indemnification of directors and officers in
accordance with and to the full extent permitted by the laws of Pennsylvania as
in effect at the time of such indemnification.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1713 of the BCL provides that a corporation may provide in its
bylaws that, subject to certain exceptions, a director shall not be personally
liable for monetary damages for any action taken unless the director has
breached or failed to perform the duties of his office under the BCL and the
breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or
recklessness. The Company has adopted such a provision in Article&nbsp;IV of its
Bylaws, and the provision eliminates the personal monetary liability of
directors to the full extent permitted by Section&nbsp;1713 of the BCL.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has obtained and maintains insurance policies covering its
officers and directors and indemnifying them against loss on account of certain
claims made against them.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>7.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>8.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exhibits.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits listed on the Exhibit&nbsp;Index on page 9 of this Registration
Statement are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other
filings.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item</B>&nbsp;<B>9.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Undertakings.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">1.
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       <TD><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(i)
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       <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(ii)
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       <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">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 a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement.
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(iii)
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       <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">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.
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       <TD><FONT size="2">Provided, however, that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement;
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">2.
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       <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">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;
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       <TD width="2%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">3.
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       <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">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;
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">4.
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       <TD><FONT size="2">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 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 new securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
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       <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">5.
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       <TD><FONT size="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act 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
Securities 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 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia on May&nbsp;9, 2003.
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stratton J. Nicolaides</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors<br>
and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Stratton J.
Nicolaides, Kenneth W. Taylor and Andrew J. Ryan and each one of them, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue thereof.
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Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:
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        <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stratton J. Nicolaides<BR>
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Stratton J. Nicolaides</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of<BR>
Directors and Chief Executive<BR>
Officer
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;9,&nbsp;2003</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Kenneth W. Taylor<BR>
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Kenneth W. Taylor</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
Executive Vice President and<BR>
Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Andrew J. Ryan<BR>
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Andrew J. Ryan</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Matthew J. Flanigan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Allan H. Liu</FONT></TD>
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Director
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George Benson</FONT></TD>
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Numerex Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Arnold &#038; Porter, filed herewith.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arnold &#038; Porter, included in the opinion filed as
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, filed herewith.</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature page, filed
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NUMEREX CORPORATION
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 9, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NUMEREX CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
PENNSYLVANIA
(State or other jurisdiction of
11-2948749
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1600 Parkwood Circle
Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-2119
(770) 693-5950
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Numerex Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
ANDREW J. RYAN
Secretary and General Counsel
NUMEREX CORP.
1600 Parkwood Circle
Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-2119
(770) 693-5950
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
RICHARD E. BALTZ
Arnold & Porter
555 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 942-5000
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
unit(1)(2)
price(2)
registration fee
Class A Common
Stock, no par value
500,000
$
3.14
$
1,570,000.00
$
127.01
(1)
Calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of
the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on May 7, 2003 on the Nasdaq
National Market, which date is within 5 business days prior to the date of
the filing of this Registration Statement.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h).
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-4 NUMEREX EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
EX-5 OPINION OF ARNOLD & PORTER
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 500,000 shares
of common stock, no par value, for issuance pursuant to the Numerex Corp.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Numerex Corp. ("Registrant" or "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (File No.
0-22920), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002;
(b)
The Company's current report on
Form 8-K filed on April 11, 2003; and
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the
Commission on February 28, 1995 and all amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or which deregisters such Common
Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or so 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.
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Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 1741 to 1743 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law ("BCL")
provide that a corporation may indemnify its representatives (including
directors and officers) against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement that they incur in such capacities provided certain standards are
met, including good faith and the reasonable belief that the particular action
is in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or, in a
criminal proceeding, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. In general, this power to indemnify does not exist in the case of
actions against a director or officer by or in the right of the corporation if
the person seeking indemnification is adjudged liable to the corporation. A
corporation is required to indemnify directors and officers against expenses
they may incur in defending actions to which they are made a party by reason of
their status as directors or officers if they are successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of such actions.
Section 1746 of the BCL provides that the foregoing provisions shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification may be entitled under, among other things, any provision in the
corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, provided that no
indemnification may be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving
rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have
constituted willful misconduct or recklessness. Article 11 of the Company's
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article IV of the Company's
Bylaws provide for the mandatory indemnification of directors and officers in
accordance with and to the full extent permitted by the laws of Pennsylvania as
in effect at the time of such indemnification.
Section 1713 of the BCL provides that a corporation may provide in its
bylaws that, subject to certain exceptions, a director shall not be personally
liable for monetary damages for any action taken unless the director has
breached or failed to perform the duties of his office under the BCL and the
breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or
recklessness. The Company has adopted such a provision in Article IV of its
Bylaws, and the provision eliminates the personal monetary liability of
directors to the full extent permitted by Section 1713 of the BCL.
The Company has obtained and maintains insurance policies covering its
officers and directors and indemnifying them against loss on account of certain
claims made against them.
Item
7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item
8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index on page 9 of this Registration
Statement are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other
filings.
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Item
9.
Undertakings.
The 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, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
(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 a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed 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.
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;
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;
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4.
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 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 new 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 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
Securities 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 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia on May 9, 2003.
NUMEREX CORP.
By:
/s/ Stratton J. Nicolaides
Stratton J. Nicolaides
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Stratton J.
Nicolaides, Kenneth W. Taylor and Andrew J. Ryan and each one of them, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Stratton J. Nicolaides
Stratton J. Nicolaides
Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive
Officer
May 9, 2003
/s/ Kenneth W. Taylor
Kenneth W. Taylor
Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President and
Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
May 9, 2003
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andrew J. Ryan
Andrew J. Ryan
Director
May 9, 2003
/s/ Matthew J. Flanigan
Matthew J. Flanigan
Director
May 9, 2003
/s/ Allan H. Liu
Allan H. Liu
Director
May 9, 2003
/s/ George Benson
George Benson
Director
May 9, 2003
/s/ Brian C. Beazer
Brian C. Beazer
Director
May 9, 2003
/s/ John G. Raos
John G. Raos
Director
May 9, 2003
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 4
Numerex Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Exhibit 5
Opinion of Arnold & Porter, filed herewith.
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Arnold & Porter, included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5 hereto.
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, filed herewith.
Exhibit 24
Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature page, filed
herewith)
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