TELXON CORP
S-8, 1995-09-27
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 1995

==============================================================================


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                              ___________________


                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              ____________________


                               TELXON CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             DELAWARE                                74-1666060
     (State of Incorporation)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                  3330 WEST MARKET STREET, AKRON, OHIO  44333
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                              TELXON CORPORATION
                      1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                           (Full Title of the Plan)

ROBERT F. MEYERSON                              ROBERT A. GOODMAN, ESQ.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer            Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman
3330 West Market Street                         100 Erieview Plaza, 27th Floor
Akron, Ohio  44333                              Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1924
(216) 867-3700                                  (216) 696-3366
                                                (Agent to receive comments and
                                                 other communications)

           (Name, address and telephone number of agents for service)

                              ____________________
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                                  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                                         
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                                                      Proposed            Proposed
      Title of                                        Maximum             Maximum
     Securities               Amount                 Offering            Aggregate          Amount of
       to be                  to be                   Price              Offering         Registration
     Registered            Registered(1)            Per Share(2)          Price(2)           Fee
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>                         <C>             <C>                 <C>
Common Stock,              500,000 shares              $23.25           $11,625,000       $4,008.65
par value $.01
                                                                                  
========================================================================================================

(1)      The subject shares of Common Stock of Telxon Corporation (the
         "Corporation" or the "Registrant") may be issued pursuant to the 
         Registrant's 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the 
         "Plan").  In accordance with Rule 416, this Registration 
         Statement also relates to such presently indeterminate number of 
         additional securities of the Registrant as may become issuable 
         pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Plan in the event 
         of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions 
         specified in the Plan.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
         in accordance with Rule 457(c), on the basis of the average of the
         high ($24.00) and low ($22.50) prices of the Registrant's Common Stock
         as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on September
         21, 1995.
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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         Not required to be filed with the Commission.



                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents previously filed with the Commission are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

                 (a)      The Annual Report of Telxon Corporation (the
         "Corporation" or the "Registrant") on Form 10-K for the year ended
         March 31, 1995.

                 (b)      Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
         quarter ended June 30, 1995.

                 (c)      The description of the Common Stock set forth under
         the caption "Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be
         Registered" in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the
         Corporation with respect to its Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(g)
         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as
         amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed under cover of a Form 8.

         All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that
all of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been
sold or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.





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ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         The validity of the securities being offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Corporation by the law firm
of Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman.  Certain attorneys of such firm, in the 
aggregate, own 10,440 shares, and have options to acquire an additional 108,500 
shares, of the Corporation's Common Stock.  Robert A. Goodman, the senior 
partner of such firm, is a member of the Board of Directors and the Secretary 
of the Corporation.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, under which law
the Registrant is incorporated, grants corporations the power to indemnify
their directors, officers, employees and agents in accordance with the
provisions therein set forth.  The provisions governing the indemnification by
the Registrant of its directors, officers, employees and agents are set forth
in Article ELEVENTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

         Paragraph A of Article ELEVENTH provides in part as follows:

                 A.  The Corporation (1) shall indemnify any person who is or
         was a director or officer of the Corporation, and (2) may, in the
         discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any person who is or
         was an employee or agent of the Corporation, where such director,
         officer, employee or agent was or is a party or is threatened to be
         made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
         proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
         (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason
         of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
         of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
         Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
         corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
         against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
         amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
         connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
         faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
         to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any
         criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
         conduct was unlawful.

         Paragraphs B, C, D and E of Article ELEVENTH provide as follows:

                 B.  The Corporation (1) shall indemnify any person who is or
         was a director or officer of the Corporation, and (2) may, in the
         discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any person who is or
         was an employee or agent of the Corporation, where such director,
         officer, employee or agent was or is a party or is threatened to be
         made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
         or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
         by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
         or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
         the Corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another
         corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
         against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
         incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement





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         of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
         reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
         the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in
         respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
         have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to
         the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such
         action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
         despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
         circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
         entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
         such other court shall deem proper.

                 C.  To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent
         of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
         defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Paragraph A
         or B of this Article ELEVENTH, or in the defense of any claim, issue
         or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
         attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
         therewith.

                 D.  Any indemnification under Paragraph A or B of this Article
         ELEVENTH (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper
         in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standards of
         conduct set forth in Paragraph A and B of this Article ELEVENTH.  Such
         determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a
         majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties
         to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such quorum is not
         obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors
         so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3)
         by the stockholders.

                 E.  Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action,
         suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the
         final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of
         an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or
         agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that
         he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in
         this Article ELEVENTH.

         Paragraph F of Article ELEVENTH provides in part as follows:

                 F.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by this Article ELEVENTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
         rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
         expenses may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of
         stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to
         action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
         while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
         the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
         person.

         The Registrant maintains and pays the premium on contracts insuring
the Registrant (with certain exclusions) against any liability to directors and





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officers it may incur under the above indemnity provisions and insuring each
director and officer of the Registrant (with certain exclusions) against
liability and expense, including legal fees, which he may incur by reason of
his relationship to the Registrant, even if the Registrant does not have the
obligation or right to indemnify him against such liability or expense.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS (NUMBERED BY REFERENCE TO ITEM 601 OF REGULATION S-K).

         *4.1    Portions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
                 Registrant (filed as Exhibit 2(a) to Amendment No. 1 to the
                 Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant
                 with respect to its Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of
                 the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by reference)
                 pertaining to the rights of holders of Registrant's Common
                 Stock.

         *4.2    Portions of the Amended and Restated By-laws of the
                 Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 2(b) to Amendment No.
                 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the
                 Registrant with respect to its Common Stock pursuant to
                 Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by
                 reference), pertaining to the rights of holders of
                 Registrant's Common Stock.

         *4.3    Text of form of Certificate for the Registrant's Common Stock,
                 par value $.01 per share, and description of graphic and image
                 material appearing thereon, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the 
                 Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the
                 quarter ended June 30, 1995 and incorporated herein by 
                 reference.

         *4.4    Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of August 25, 1987, between
                 the Registrant and Ameritrust Company National Association, as
                 Rights Agent, filed as Exhibit 2(c) to Amendment No. 1 to the
                 Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant
                 with respect to its Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of
                 the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by reference.

         *4.5    Form of Rights Certificate (included as Exhibit A to the
                 Rights Agreement included as Exhibit 4.4 to this Registration
                 Statement).  Until the Distribution Date (as defined in the
                 Rights Agreement),





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                 the Rights Agreement provides that the Common Stock purchase 
                 rights created thereunder are evidenced by the certificates for
                 Registrant's Common Stock (the text of which and description
                 thereof are included as Exhibit 4.3 to this Registration 
                 Statement, which stock certificates are deemed also to be 
                 certificates for such Common Stock purchase rights) and not 
                 by separate Rights Certificates; as soon as practicable after 
                 the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates will be mailed to 
                 each holder of the Registrant's Common Stock as of the close 
                 of business on the Distribution Date.

        **5.1    Opinion of Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman.

       **23.1    Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

       **23.2    Consent of Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman (incorporated into 
                 Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

       **24.1    Power of Attorney executed by the directors and principal
                 officers of the Registrant.

__________________

*Previously filed.
**Filed herewith.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         A.      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                 1.       To file, during any period in which offers or sales
         are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
         Statement:

                      (i)         to include any prospectus required by 
                 Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                      (ii)        to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                 events arising after the effective date of the Registration
                 Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                 thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                 fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                 Registration Statement; 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.

                 Provided, however, that paragraphs A.1(i) and A.1(ii) do not
         apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
         amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
         by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
         the Registration Statement.





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                 2.       That, for the purpose of determining any liability
         under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
         shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
         securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
         that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
         thereof.

                 3.       To remove from registration by means of a
         post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
         remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         B.      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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.

         C.      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





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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 Akron, State of Ohio, on September 26, 1995.

                                        TELXON CORPORATION


                                        By /s/ Robert F. Meyerson
                                          ------------------------------
                                        Robert F. Meyerson, Chairman and
                                          Chief Executive Officer
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         PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.

        NAME                            TITLE                     DATE
        ----                            -----                     ----

*   Richard J. Bogomolny            Director                  September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------
Richard J. Bogomolny         



*   John H. Cribb                   Vice Chairman of the      September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------        Board and Director        
John H. Cribb                                                 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
/s/ Gerald J. Gabriel               Corporate Controller      September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------        (principal accounting     
Gerald J. Gabriel                   officer)                  
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
*   Robert A. Goodman               Director                  September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------                                  
Robert A. Goodman                                             
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
/s/ Kenneth W. Haver                Senior Vice President     September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------        of Finance and            
Kenneth W. Haver                    Administration,           
                                    Chief Financial Officer   
                                    (principal financial      
                                    officer) and Treasurer    
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
/s/ Robert F. Meyerson              Chairman of the Board,    September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------        Chief Executive        
Robert F. Meyerson                  Officer (principal     
                                    executive officer)     
                                    and Director           

                                    

*   William J. Murphy               President, Chief          September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------        Operating Officer
William J. Murphy                   and Director



*   Raj Reddy                       Director                  September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------                                  
Raj Reddy



*   Norton W. Rose                  Director                  September 26, 1995
- ----------------------------
Norton W. Rose
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                    
                                    
___________________________

  *The undersigned does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of
the above persons pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 24.1 hereto, all in the
capacities indicated on this 26th day of September 1995.



                                        By:  /s/ Robert F. Meyerson
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           Robert F. Meyerson, Attorney-in-Fact
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

                 EXHIBIT NUMBER (NUMBERED BY REFERENCE TO ITEM 601 OF REGULATION
                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
                 S-K) AND DESCRIPTION
                 --------------------

       *                  4.1     Portions of the Restated Certificate of
                                  Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as
                                  Exhibit 2(a) to Amendment No. 1 to the
                                  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
                                  the Registrant with respect to its Common
                                  Stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
                                  Exchange Act and incorporated herein by
                                  reference) pertaining to the rights of
                                  holders of Registrant's Common Stock.

       *                  4.2     Portions of the Amended and Restated By-laws
                                  of the Registrant, as amended (filed as
                                  Exhibit 2(b) to Amendment No. 1 to the
                                  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
                                  the Registrant with respect to its Common
                                  Stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
                                  Exchange Act and incorporated herein by
                                  reference), pertaining to the rights of
                                  holders of Registrant's Common Stock.

       *                  4.3     Text of form of Certificate for the 
                                  Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per 
                                  share, and description of graphic and image
                                  material appearing thereon, filed as Exhibit 
                                  4.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on 
                                  Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended June 30,
                                  1995 and incorporated herein by reference.

       *                  4.4     Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of August
                                  25, 1987, between the Registrant and
                                  Ameritrust Company National Association, as
                                  Rights Agent, filed as Exhibit 2(c) to
                                  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
                                  on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with
                                  respect to its Common Stock pursuant to
                                  Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
                                  incorporated herein by reference.

       *                  4.5     Form of Rights Certificate (included as
                                  Exhibit A to the Rights Agreement included as
                                  Exhibit 4.4 to this Registration Statement).
                                  Until the Distribution Date (as defined in
                                  the Rights Agreement), the Rights Agreement
                                  provides that the Common Stock purchase
                                  rights created thereunder are evidenced by
                                  the certificates for Registrant's Common
                                  Stock (the text of which and description
                                  thereof are included as Exhibit 4.3 to this 
                                  Registration Statement, which stock
                                  certificates are deemed also to be
                                  certificates for such Common Stock purchase
                                  rights) and not by separate Rights
                                  Certificates; as soon as practicable after
                                  the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates
                                  will be mailed to each holder of the
                                  Registrant's Common Stock as of the close of  
                                  business on the Distribution Date.

         **               5.1     Opinion of Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman.
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         **               23.1    Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

         **               23.2    Consent of Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman
                                  (incorporated into Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

         **               24.1    Power of Attorney executed by the directors
                                  and principal officers of the Registrant.

_________________________

         *Previously filed.
         **Filed herewith.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1




                        GOODMAN WEISS MILLER FREEDMAN
                        100 Erieview Plaza, 27th Floor
                         Cleveland, Ohio  44114-1824
                          Telephone:  (216) 696-3366
                         Telecopier:  (216) 363-5835
                                      
                                      
                              September 26, 1995




Board of Directors
Telxon Corporation
3330 West Market Street
Akron, Ohio  44333

Re:      Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Common Stock Issuable Pursuant
         to 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Gentlemen:

         We are rendering this opinion in connection with the registration by
Telxon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, of the 500,000 shares (the "Shares") of
common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the
Company's 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

         We have assisted the Company in its preparation the Registration 
Statement in our capacity as its general counsel.  In connection therewith, we 
have examined and/or relied upon:


                 (a)      The Plan;

                 (b)      The written explanatory information, of the type and
         scope required by Part I of Form S-8 to be provided to employees
         offered securities pursuant to an employee benefit plan such as the
         Plan, which information we understand the Company intends to provide, 
         in substantially similar form and content, to each employee eligible
         to participate in the Plan;

                 (c)      The Registration Statement; and

                 (d)      The Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended
         and Restated By-Laws, each as amended to date, of the Company 
         (together, the "Charter Documents") and the other exhibits to the 
         Registration Statement.

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Board of Directors
Telxon Corporation
September 26, 1995
Page 2



In addition, we have reviewed such other documents and have made such inquiries
of officers and directors of the Company and other persons as we have deemed
necessary to enable us to express the opinion hereinbelow set forth.

         Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
(i) subject to (1) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (2) 
compliance with the document delivery and updating requirements of Part I of 
Form S-8 and of Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Act and with applicable state
securities laws and (3) payment of such purchase price as is required to be 
paid with respect to the Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan and (ii) provided 
that the Charter Documents and all applicable laws, rules and regulations then 
in effect are the same as such Charter Documents, laws, rules and regulations 
as are in effect as of the date hereof, any Shares hereafter awarded under and 
in accordance with the Plan will be, legally issued, fully paid and 
non-assessable under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware under 
which the Company is incorporated.

         We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an
Exhibit to the Registration Statement.

In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the 
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the 
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

                             Very truly yours,



                             /s/ Goodman Weiss Miller Freedman

                             GOODMAN WEISS MILLER FREEDMAN

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1





                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                       ----------------------------------




         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration 
Statement of Telxon Corporation on Form S-8 with respect to the registrant's 
1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, of our report dated June 19, 
1995, which includes an explanatory paragraph related to a Consolidated Class 
Action, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial 
statement schedules of Telxon Corporation and Subsidiaries, as of March 31, 
1995 and 1994, and for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 
1995, appearing on page 30 of the Annual Report of Telxon Corporation on Form 
10-K for the year ended March 31, 1995.



                                              /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

                                              COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Akron, Ohio
September 26, 1995

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors 
of TELXON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Registrant"), hereby 
constitutes and appoints Robert F. Meyerson, William J. Murphy and Kenneth W.
Haver, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power to 
act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with 
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to prepare or cause to be prepared and to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the provisions of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to shares of 
Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share issuable to employees who
hereafter purchase such stock under Registrant's 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, together with any participation interests under said Plan which may
constitute securities within the meaning of the Act and any and all amendments 
to such Registration Statement and to file the same, including all exhibits
thereto and other documents required 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 and could do in
person, hereby ratifying and affirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this instrument 

in the capacities and on the date indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME                                         CAPACITY                           DATE
- ----                                         --------                           ----
<S>                                          <C>                                <C>

 /s/ Richard J. Bogomolny                    Director                           September 20, 1995
- --------------------------------------
Richard J. Bogomolny                


 /s/ John H. Cribb                           Vice Chairman of the Board         September 21, 1995
- --------------------------------------       and Director
John H. Cribb                      


 /s/ Robert A. Goodman                       Director                           September 26, 1995
- --------------------------------------
Robert A. Goodman


 /s/ Robert F. Meyerson                      Chairman of the Board, Chief       September 26, 1995
- --------------------------------------       Executive Officer (principal 
Robert F. Meyerson                           executive offer), and Director


 /s/ William J. Murphy                       President, Chief Operating         September 21, 1995
- --------------------------------------       Officer and Director
William J. Murphy                    


 /s/ Raj Reddy                               Director                           September 20, 1995
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Raj Reddy


 /s/ Norton W. Rose                          Director                           September 22, 1995
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Norton W. Rose
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