As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 1997.
Registration No. 333-28863
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 3672 22-2367234
(State or other (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
incorporation
or organization)
2800 28th Street, Suite 100
Santa Monica, California 90405
(310) 581-4030
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal offices)
PAR CHADHA
Chief Executive Officer
Osicom Technologies, Inc.
2800 28th Street, Suite 100
Santa Monica, California 90405
(310) 581-4030
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
W. RAYMOND FELTON, ESQ.
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP
Metro Corporate Campus I
Post Office Box 5600
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
(908) 549-5600
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act of 1933, check the following box.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum
Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
Title of each Class of to be Price per Offering Registration
Securities to be Registered Registered Share (1) Price Fee
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Common Stock, par
value $.10 per share 674,419 $ 7.19(1) $4,849,072.60 $1,469.42
Common Stock, par
value $.10 per share 314,286 $ 6.81(2) $2,140,287.66 $ 648.57
Common Stock, par
value $.10 per share 1,198,531 $ 6.78(3) $8,126,040.18 $2,462.44
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(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 based upon the closing price of the Common
Stock on June 5, 1997 as reported on The Nasdaq Small Cap Market solely for
the purpose of computing the registration fee. The registration fee relating
to these shares was paid upon the original filing of this Registration
Statement.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 based upon the closing price of the Common
Stock on July 2, 1997 as reported on The Nasdaq Small Cap Market solely for
the purpose of computing the registration fee.
(3) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 based upon the closing price of the Common
Stock on July 24, 1997 as reported on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market solely for the
purpose of computing the registration fee.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Cross Reference Sheet
Form S-3 Item No. and Caption
Prospectus Caption
1. Forepart of the Registration
Statement and Outside Front
Cover Page of Prospectus Outside Front Cover Page
2. Inside Front and Outside Back
Cover Pages of Prospectus Inside Front Cover;
Outside Back Cover Page
3. Summary Information, Risk
Factors and Ratio of Earnings
to Fixed Charges Prospectus Summary;
The Company;
Risk Factors
4. Use of Proceeds Use of Proceeds
5. Determination of Offering
Price Not Applicable
6. Dilution Not Applicable
7. Selling Security Holders Not Applicable
8. Plan of Distribution Outside Front Cover
Page; Plan of
Distribution
9. Description of Securities
to be Registered Not Applicable
10. Interest of Named Experts and
Counsel Not Applicable
11. Material Changes Not Applicable
12. Incorporation of Certain
Information by Reference Incorporation of Certain
Documents by Reference
13. Disclosure of Commission
Position on Indemnification
for Securities Act Liabilities Indemnification
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 28, 1997
PROSPECTUS
2,187,236 SHARES
OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Prospectus relates to an aggregate of 2,187,236 shares of Common
Stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Shares") of Osicom Technologies,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation ("Osicom" or the "Company"). The Shares
being registered hereby are to be offered for the account of the
holders thereof ("Selling Shareholders"). The Company will not receive
any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Selling
Shareholders. See "Selling Shareholders" and "Plan of Distribution."
All expenses incurred in connection with this offering are being borne
by the Selling Shareholders.
The Company has been advised by the Selling Shareholders that there
are no underwriting arrangements with respect to the sale of the
Shares, that the Shares may be sold from time to time in the over-the-
counter market at then prevailing prices or in privately negotiated
transactions, and that usual and customary brokerage fees may be paid
by the Selling Shareholders in connection therewith. See "Selling
Shareholders" and "Plan of Distribution."
The Company's Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Market under the
symbol "FIBR." On July 24, 1997, the closing price for the Common Stock
was $6.78 as reported by Nasdaq.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON
THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is July , 1997
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No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized in connection
with any offering made hereby to give any information or to make any
representation not contained in this Prospectus, and, if given or made,
such information or representation must not be relied upon as having
been authorized by the Company. This Prospectus does not constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Shares to
any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make such an
offer or solicitation to such person. Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances
create any implication that the information contained herein is correct
as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the information requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements and other information
can be inspected and copies at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549 and at the regional offices of the Commission located at 500
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601 and 7 World Trade Center,
New York, New York 10048. Copies of such material can be obtained from
the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The Company's Common
Stock is quoted on Nasdaq, and such reports, proxy statements and other
information can also be inspected at the offices of Nasdaq Operations,
1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on
Form S-3 (copies of which may be obtained from the Commission at its
principal office in Washington, D.C. upon payment of the charges
prescribed by the Commission, together with all amendments and
exhibits, referred to as the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). This Prospectus does
not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement and the exhibits thereto. Statements contained in this
Prospectus as to the contents of any contract or any other documents
are not necessarily complete and, in each such instance, reference is
made to the copy of such contract or document filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement, each such statement being qualified by such
reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act (File No. 0-15810) are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Prospectus, except as otherwise superseded or
modified herein:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended January 31, 1997.
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended April 30, 1997.
(c) The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated March 10,
1997.
(d) All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
termination of the offering to which this Prospectus relates
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed documents
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon his written or oral request, a copy of
any of all of the documents referred to above which have been
incorporated into this Prospectus by reference (other than exhibits to
such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to:
OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2800 28th Street, Suite 100
Santa Monica, California 90405
Attention: Par Chadha
(310) 581-4030
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OFFERING SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the detailed
information and financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
THE COMPANY
The Company is a Santa Monica, California-based business
which designs, manufactures and markets products for use in Local
Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs) and broadband
networks. The Company operates in one business segment with
products including remote access servers, hubs and switches,
routers, multiplexers, concentrators, high performance network
adapters, network print servers, frame relay encryption devices,
video switches and routers, and it designs, manufactures and
markets a family of other products to build communications
systems over copper, fiber optic or wireless transmission media.
The Company is organized by division according to product
line and functionality. The product line divisions are:
Networking (including routers, hubs and switches and network
interface cards), Broadband, and Network Print Servers. The
functionality divisions are: Sales, Distribution Sales, Marketing
and Manufacturing. The Sales Division is further organized by
customer category: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs),
Governments (including both state and federal), Value Added
Resellers (VARs), and Carriers (including telephone companies and
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)). The Manufacturing Division
includes both domestic and overseas manufacturing operations.
Business Strategy
Overview
The Company's strategy consists of a three-phase program:
Phase I, which began in 1993, was a period of concentrated
acquisition and financing activity in which the Company acquired
the assets it felt were necessary in order to compete in the
networking arena. Though obtaining networking assets through
acquisition will remain a part of the Company's growth strategy,
the Company sees Phase I, with its dominant emphasis on
acquisition, as having come to a close.
The Company is now embarked upon Phase II, a several-year
period it believes will be characterized by actions having both
near-term and long-term benefits. In general, in the near-term
(1-3 year), the Company will attempt to exploit market
opportunities insufficiently addressed or exploited by its larger
competitors. Therefore the Company believes that these actions
will allow it to achieve substantial near-term internal growth.
While the Company is taking these steps to achieve new levels of
sales and profitability during Phase II, it will also be
developing new, or enhancing existing core competencies and
customer relationships. There are no assurances that these
results will be achieved.
In Phase III, the Company plans to leverage those
competencies and relationships with the goal of capturing a
significant share of the networking market.
Phase I
Phase I began with the Company's acquisition of Meret
Optical Communications in 1993 and culminated with the group of
acquisitions during the year ended January 31, 1997. This
acquisition activity made it possible for the Company to assemble
the assets it believed it needed to compete in the networking
arena. In its review of firms to acquire, the Company pursued
those whose assets were consistent with the Company's long-term
strategic goals. Specifically, at the outset of Phase I, the
Company identified acquisition candidates that were producing or
could produce the products and technology which the Company sees
as the building block of the "converged network" (i.e. a network
were data, voice and video are all transmitted over a single
medium, be it copper wire, fiber cable, or wireless). The
Company sought to acquire firms that owned core technologies, had
established sales channels, and were producing, or could produce,
competitive products which were characterized by high
functionality, low-cost and open architecture.
The Company's Phase I search for these special assets
resulted in the acquisitions of Cray Communications, Inc.,
Digital Products, Inc., Distributed Systems, Inc. and Rockwell
Network Systems. These firms were producing or had the potential
to produce the kind of high-functionality open architecture,
standards-based products the Company intends to establish as its
hallmarks.
To complement the activities of these firms, the Company
also sought to obtain during Phase I, low-cost, high-quality
manufacturing and distribution resources. The Company therefore
merged with Builders Warehouse Association, Inc. (BW), one of
whose key assets is a 279,000 square foot ISO-9001 certified
manufacturing plant on mainland China which, at the time of the
Company's acquisition of BW, was already producing networking
products for OEMs. The Company also believed that BW's product
distribution capabilities would significantly expand the
Company's existing distribution channels.
Finally, because the Company has a long-term vision of a
converged global networking environment in which wireless and
photonics play an increasingly important role, the Company also
sought to acquire assets which, in combination with the Company's
mainstream networking assets, would move the Company to the
forefront of that converging environment. Thus, the Company
acquired, through the merger with BW, Sciteq Electronics, Inc.,
whose core competencies are in the area of Radio Frequency
Synthesis. The Company also acquired Meret Optical
Communications, Catel Telecommunications, and Dynair Electronics,
whose core competencies are in the delivery and switching of
broadband video, audio and data. These acquisitions are central
to the Company's ability to build converged networks, and are
thus central to what the Company believes is its unique and
emerging competitive advantage.
Phase II
Phase II of the Company's growth plan began in earnest
during the fourth quarter of the Fiscal Year just ended. During
Phase II, which is expected to last two to three years, the
Company will seek to make near-term market gains by exploiting
opportunities not being fully or adequately met by the Company's
competitors. The opportunities the Company plans to pursue are
those which, if properly addressed, will simultaneously allow the
Company to develop new and enhance existing core competencies and
customer relationships, and thus allow the Company to become a
preeminent networking products provider. An example of the type
of opportunity the Company will seek during Phase II is its
recently-launched relationship with the Asia Broadcast
Communications Network ("ABCN").
Strategic Relationships
In March of 1997, the Company entered into a relationship
with ABCN to provide networking equipment for what the Company
believes to be the first Asia-wide broadband distribution
platform for DBS, multi-media and high-speed Internet access and
online services, with a satellite footprint that will cover 280
million current television households and 30 million current PC
users. This relationship positions the Company to be ABCN's
leading supplier of networking equipment and support services.
Moreover, the Company expects this relationship to give the
Company the potential for an early and valuable foothold in a
geographic market that has the potential for tremendous future
growth (and which the Company plans to secure with sales,
marketing, design and manufacturing resources it has already
positioned, and plans to position in the future in Asia).
Furthermore, because ABCN's network will be wireless, this
relationship could provide the Company with significant
additional opportunities to enhance and develop new products
based on wireless technologies. Inasmuch as the Company believes
that in the future, networking customers will demand that their
systems have solutions for wireless as well as wired connections,
its relationship with ABCN may allow the Company to improve the
competitive position of its wireless and wired solutions, not
just in Asia, but throughout the global networking market.
To support this program, the Company has made the
development of Software Radios, transceivers, and ASICs
(Application Specific Integrated Circuits) to build PCS and
Spread Spectrum products a major component of its research and
development effort.
Another example of the type of strategic relationship the
Company has initiated during Phase II is in the area of network
print controllers. By affiliating with Adobe and Xionics, two of
the leading suppliers of printer controllers and imaging
technology, the Company expects to realize additional Phase II
sales of its boards and chips designed to make printers network-
ready. The Company also believes these relationships to give it
a competitive advantage in selling its other products to
networking customers who will have network-ready printers on
their networks which contain the Company's technology.
As the Company implements Phase II of its growth strategy,
it will maintain this focus on establishing relationships with
OEMs whereby the Company acts as provider of ASICs, boards,
systems and software to support LAN, WAN and Internet
applications. The Company plans to continue doing so as long as
these relationships meet its central Phase II criterion of
generating near-term financial results while also solidifying the
Company's long-term competitive position.
Target Market Segment: The Workgroup
The Company believes it can also reap near-term and long-
term gains by meeting the needs of the departmental LAN or
networking "workgroup," which is generally comprised of small or
medium-sized businesses, or the branch offices or small
departments of large corporations. The Company believes that on
an aggregated basis, the workgroup is the most rapidly-growing
segment of the market, and yet, by the Company's analysis,
workgroup customers have been inadequately served by the largest
networking equipment suppliers because those suppliers emphasized
products which require the customer to employ highly specialized
support staffs. Such products therefore do not meet the criteria
of simplicity and economy demanded by the workgroup customer. By
contrast, the Company offers a line of products which have open
architecture, provide high-functionality, are economically priced
and easy to use. These products are based upon standards which
have settled. They are also generally upgradeable to cutting-
edge standards which have not yet settled. This means that a
workgroup customer's investment in the Company's product line
will not necessarily be made obsolete by an advance of standards
(e.g. from 28.8 Kbs modems to 56 Kbs modems).
A case in point is the Company's new IQX-200TM Remote Access
Server (RAS), which provides a new level of economy and
adaptability for workgroup customers as well as larger
"enterprise" customers. In terms of adaptability, the IQX-200TM
accepts dial-up connections from 28.8 Kbs modems, as do generally
all contemporary RASs. However, the IQX-200TM currently has the
capability to also accept dial-up connections from ISDN modems.
A planned upgrade of the IQX-200TM will accept connections from
56 Kbs modems and wireless sources. By contrast, an ISP customer
who owns a 28.8 Kbs-accessible RAS from one of the Company's
competitors would have to purchase a completely new RAS in order
to accept a single new 56 Kbs or ISDN connection. The IQX-200TM
also offers superior LAN connectivity. Most RASs offer a 10
Base-T connection. But the IQX-200TM currently offers 10 Base-T,
100 Base-T, and FDDI connectivity, and the planned upgrade will
offer Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. Furthermore, the IQX-200TM
has a capability of 168 ports, well beyond that offered by
competing products (e.g. the competing product from Ascend
Technologies offers only 96 ports, and at a cost of several
hundreds of dollars more per port than the per-port cost of the
IQX-200TM).
Another case in point is the Company's ROUTERmate-PlusR, a
unique product on the market which combines the standard routing
and network termination functions into a single unit, thereby
reducing the mid-size networking customer's hardware,
installation and operating expenses to a fraction of their usual
level.
Beyond having the right products, the Company must also have
the right distribution relationships in order to reach these mid-
size networking customers. To this end, the Company has
established distribution relationships with such important firms
in the market as Ingram Micro, Tech Data, Merisel, SED, Pioneer
Standard and Graybar. These firms will help the Company
penetrate this channel--not only in the United States, but also
in Europe and Asia--quickly and cost-effectively.
Commercialization of Technology
The Company's Phase II strategy of pursuing near-term market
opportunities that have the potential to yield long-term benefits
also applies to the Company's commercialization of its
proprietary ASICs. The Company owns ASICs for Ethernet and Fast
Ethernet, PCI bus, video matrix switch, Radio Frequency
Synthesis, WAN interface and other applications, plus key,
proprietary software packages which it bundles with these ASICs.
The Company also owns one of the industry's latest
"multifunction" ASICs, the Network Communications Controller.
This ASIC includes a RISC processor, a 10/100 Ethernet
connection, and a network print server all on a single chip.
While the Company's competitors generally make such ASICs
available only as part of complete networking systems, the
Company's Phase II approach will be to make these ASICs available
to customers as add-on boards for existing systems or as
chipsets. Selling these technologies at all three levels
(system, board and chip) allows the Company to more fully
commercialize each ASIC and thus achieve a greater near-term
return on each research and development dollar. As the
commercial availability of these low-cost ASICs will provide a
disincentive for the Company's competitors to develop their own
competing technologies, the Company's technologies in these areas
may evolve towards becoming industry standards and thus may
enhance the Company's competitiveness in selling other networking
products which require compatibility with its ASICs. There can
be assurance that the Company's technology will be accepted as an
industry standard.
Future chips to be developed and commercialized in this
manner will include applications for 64-bit PCI bus, Gigabit
Ethernet, and Media Access Controllers (MACs) that support both
LAN and WAN with particular support for wireless technologies
(e.g. PCS and Spread Spectrum).
Phase III
At the completion of Phase II, the Company expects to have
the following resources available for use in implementing the
final stage of its long-term growth strategy:
- -- Extensive installed base of its full line of wireless-
compatible networking equipment throughout Asia and the
Pacific Rim.
- -- Preeminent competency in wireless networking worldwide.
- -- Significant installed base of its networking products among
the high-growth workgroup segment of the market.
- -- Significant brand awareness as a provider of easy-to-use,
easy-to-upgrade, low-cost networking solutions.
- -- Strong relationships in all sales channels and with all
major distributors.
- -- Ownership of a variety of proprietary technologies used in
the next generation of OEM-supplied networking systems.
During Phase III, which the Company expects to last between
5 and 10 years, the Company plans to exploit these technological
and economic strengths to efficiently capture a significant share
of the market for its products in those sales channels where it
can be effective. The Company plans to achieve these gains
efficiently by distinguishing itself as a supplier of both wired
and wireless networking solutions that are highly functional,
adaptable, economical and easy to use. There can be no assurance
that the market will develop as the Company expects.
Summary
The Company's basic strategy is to pursue business
opportunities that simultaneously contribute to the Company's
near-term sales and profitability as well as its longer-term
ability to distinguish itself from its competitors in the
networking marketplace. The centerpiece of this stragegy is the
Company's growing expertise in wireless networking, which the
Company plans to leverage to make sales of both wireless and
wired solutions. However, if the market fails to develop,
develops more slowly than expected or becomes saturated with
competing technologies, the Company's business, results of
operations and financial condition will be materially adversely
affected.
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective investors should carefully consider the following factors
regarding an investment in Osicom Common Stock, in addition to the
other information contained in this Prospectus.
Volatility of Common Stock Prices
There has been significant volatility in the market prices of
securities of companies in the networking industry, including the
Osicom Common Stock. Various factors and events, including those
relating specifically to Osicom, its vendors or its competitors and
those relating generally to the industry, may have a significant impact
on the trading price of the Osicom Common Stock.
Competition
The markets for the products and services of the Company are
intensely competitive, highly fragmented and characterized by rapidly
changing technology, evolving industry standards, price competition and
frequent new product introductions. A number of companies offer
products that compete with one or more of the Company's products. The
Company's current and prospective competitors include original
equipment manufacturers ("OEMs"), product manufacturers of Internet
access and remote LAN access equipment, and manufacturers of LAN
servers and client access and network systems products. In the
Internet access and remote LAN access equipment market, the Company
competes primarily with Cisco, 3Com, U.S. Robotics, Ascend
Communications, Tektronics, Scientific Atlanta, Grandalf, Cabletron,
BAY Network, Network Peripherals, Interphase, Microdyne, Asante, and
several other companies. The Company has experienced and expects to
continue to experience increased competition from current and potential
competitors, many of whom have substantially greater financial,
technical, sales, marketing and other resources, as well as greater
name recognition and a larger customer base than the Company.
Accordingly, such competitors or future competitors may be able to
respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in
customer requirements or devote greater resources to the development,
promotion and sales of their products than the Company. In particular,
established companies in the personal computer industry may seek to
expand their product offerings by designing and selling products using
competitive technology that could render the Company's products
obsolete or have a material adverse effect on the Company's sales. The
markets in which the Company competes currently are subject to intense
competition and the Company expects additional price and product
competition as other established and emerging companies enter these
markets and new products and technologies are introduced. Increased
competition may result in further price reductions, reduced gross
margins and loss of market share, any of which could materially and
adversely affect the Company's business, operating results and
financial condition. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors,
or that competitive factors faced by the Company will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results
and financial conditions.
New Product Development and Rapid Technological Change;
Dependence on LAN and WAN Technologies
The personal computer industry is characterized by rapidly
changing technologies, evolving industry standards, frequent new product
introductions, short product life cycles and rapidly changing
customer requirements. The introduction of products embodying new
technologies and the emergence of new industry standards can render existing
products obsolete and unmarketable. The Company's future success will
depend on its ability to enhance its existing products and to
introduce new products to meeting changing customer requirements and
emerging technologies. As other communications technologies such as
Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode
("ATM"), Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ("ADSL") and communication
over copper, fiber or wireless networks, are developed and gain
market acceptance, the Company will be required to enhance its connectivity
products to support new LANs and WANs, including Internet access
technologies, or if its current and prospective future products
do not achieve widespread customer acceptance as a result of the
adoption of alternative technologies, the Company's business, operating
results and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
The Company has historically derived a substantial majority of its
revenues from the sale of networking products. In the event that current
LAN and WAN technology is modified or replaced and the Company is
unable to modify its products to support new technology, or alternative
technologies, the Company's business, operating results and
financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. The
Company has in the past and may in the future experience delays in new
product development. There can be no assurance that the Company will be
successful in developing and marketing product enhancements or new
products that respond to technological change, evolving industry
standards and changing customer requirements; that the Company
will not experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the
successful development, introduction and marketing of these products or
product enhancements, or that its new products and product enhancements
will adequately meet the requirements of the marketplace and achieve
any significant degree of market acceptance. Failure of the Company,
for technological or other reasons, to develop and introduce new
products and product enhancements in a timely and cost-effective manner
would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition. In addition, the future
introductions or even announcement of products by the Company or one of its
competitors embodying new technologies or changes in industry standards
or customer requirements could render the Company's then-existing
products obsolete or unmarketable. There can be no assurance that the
introduction or announcement of new product offerings by the
Company or one or more of its competitors will not cause customers to defer
purchase of existing Company products. Such deferment of purchases
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition.
Complex products such as those offered by the Company may
contain undetected or unresolved defects when first introduced or as new
versions are released. There can be no assurance that, despite
testing by the Company, defects will not be found in new products or new
version or products following commercial release, resulting in
loss of market share, delay in or loss of market acceptance, or product
recall. Any such occurrence could have a material adverse effect upon the
Company's business, operating results or financial condition.
Dependence on Contract Manufacturers and Limited Source Suppliers
Though the Company manufactures many of its own products, it
also materially relies upon independent contractors to manufacture to
specification certain of its other components, subassemblies,
systems and products. The Company also relies upon limited-source
suppliers for a number of components used in the Company's products,
including certain key microprocessors and integrated circuits. There can
be no assurance that these independent contractors and suppliers will
be able to meet the Company's future requirements for manufactured
products, components and subassemblies in a timely fashion. The Company
generally purchases limited-source components pursuant to purchase
orders and has no guaranteed supply arrangements with these suppliers.
In addition, the availability of many of these components to the
Company is dependent in part by the Company's ability to provide
its suppliers with accurate forecasts of its future requirements.
The Company believes that there are alternative suppliers of
alternative components for all of the components contained in its products.
However, any extended interruption in the supply of any of the
key components currently obtained from a limited source would disrupt
its operations and have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, operating results and financial condition.
Dependence on Proprietary Rights and Technology
The Company's ability to compete is dependent in part on its
proprietary rights and technology. The Company relies primarily on a
combination of patent, copyright and trademark laws, trade secrets,
confidentiality procedures and contract provisions to protect its
proprietary rights. The Company generally enters into confidentiality
agreements with its employees, and sometimes with its resellers,
distributors, customers and potential customers and limits access to
the distribution of its software, hardware designs, documentation and
other proprietary information. There can be no assurance that the
steps taken by the Company in this regard will be adequate to prevent
the misappropriation of its technology. Furthermore, though the
Company has been issued patents, there can be no assurance that the
patent application process will be beneficial to the Company. Patents
applications may be denied. Any patents, once issued, may be
circumvented by competitors of the Company. Furthermore, there can be
no assurance that others will not develop technologies that are
superior to the Company's. Despite the Company's efforts to protect
its proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy
aspects of the Company's products or to obtain and use information that
the Company regards as proprietary. In addition, the laws of some
foreign countries do not protect the Company's proprietary rights as
fully as do the laws of the United States. There can be no assurance
that the Company's means of protecting its proprietary rights in the
United States or abroad will be adequate or that competing companies
will not independently develop similar technology.
Dependence on Key Personnel
The Company's business and prospects depend to a significant degree
upon the continuing contributions of its key management, sales,
marketing, product development, and administrative personnel. The
Company does not have employment contracts with most of its key
personnel and does not maintain any key person life insurance policies.
The loss of key management or technical personnel could materially and
adversely affect the Company's business, operating results and
financial condition. The Company believes that its prospects depend in
large part upon its ability to attract and retain highly-skilled
engineering, managerial, sales, marketing and administrative personnel.
Competition for such personnel is intense, and there can be no
assurance that the Company will be successful in attracting and
retaining such personnel. Failure to attract and retain key personnel
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
operating results and financial conditions.
Compliance and Regulations and Evolving Industry Standards
The market for the Company's products is characterized by the need to
meet a significant number of communications regulations and industry
standards, some of which are evolving as new technologies are deployed.
In the United States, the Company's products must comply with various
regulations defined by the Federal Communications Commission and
standards established by Underwriters Laboratories and Bell
Communications Research for some public carrier services, installed
equipment does not fully comply with current industry standards, and
this noncompliance must be addressed in the design of the Company's
products. Standards for new services such as Frame Relay, ATM, Gigabit
Ethernet and Fibre Channel are still evolving. The Company is a member
of several standards committees including Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and
FDDI, to enable the Company to participate in the development of
standards for emerging technologies. However, as the standards evolve,
the Company will be required to modify its products or develop and
support new versions of its products. The failure of the Company's
products to comply or delays in compliance, with the various existing
and evolving industry standards could delay introduction of the
Company's products, which could materially and adversely affect the
Company's business, operating results and financial condition.
Government regulatory policies are likely to continue to have a major
impact on the pricing of existing as well as new public network
services and therefore are expected to affect demand for such services
and the telecommunications product that support such services. Tariff
rates, whether determined by network service providers or in respondent
regulatory directives, may affect the cost-effectiveness of deploying
communication services. Such policies also affect demand for
telecommunications equipment, including the Company's current and
planned products.
In foreign countries, the Company's products are subject to a wide
variety of governmental review and certification requirements. Any
future inability to obtain on a timely basis foreign regulatory
approvals could materially and adversely affect the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition.
Control by Directors, Executive Officers and Principal
Shareholders
The present directors, executive officers and principal
shareholders, and their affiliates and related persons beneficially own
approximately 34% of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock. As
a result, these shareholders will have a significant influence upon all
matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of
directors, and will continue to have significant influence over the
affairs of the Company. Such concentration of ownership may have the
effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the
Company.
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales
of Common Stock, or the availability of Common Stock for future sales,
will have on the market price of Common Stock prevailing from time to
time. Sales of a substantial number of shares of Common Stock in the
public market could adversely affect the market price for the Company's
common stock.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements
include the Company's plans to introduce Gigabit Ethernet, ATM switches
for workgroups and enterprise markets, scalable routers with broad
practical support and aggregation possibilities, and the Company's
plans to develop new products, expand its sales force, expand its
customer base, make acquisitions and expand within international
markets. Such forward-looking statements also include the Company's
expectations concerning factors affecting the markets for its products,
such as demand for increased bandwidth, the migration from private to
public networks, growth in the corporate use of the Internet, expansion
of switches between LANs, remote access for corporate networks,
deregulation and increased competition, the introduction of a wide
range of new communication service and technologies and growth in the
domestic and international market for network access solution. Actual
results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking
statements for the reasons detailed in the other sections of the "Risk
Factors" portion of this Prospectus, and the Company assumes no
obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the
reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the
forward-looking statements.
Fluctuations in Quarterly Operating Results
The Company's backlog at the beginning of each quarter typically is
not sufficient to achieve expected sales for the quarter. To achieve
its sales objective the Company is dependent upon obtaining orders
during each quarter for shipment in that quarter. Furthermore, the
Company's agreements with its customers typically provide that they may
change delivery schedules and cancel orders within specified time
frames, typically 30 days or more prior to the scheduled shipment date,
without significant penalty. The Company's customers have in the past
built, and may in the future build, significant inventory in order to
facilitate more rapid deployment of anticipated major projects or for
other reasons. Decisions by such customers to reduce their inventory
levels have led and could lead to reductions in purchases from the
Company. These reductions, in turn, have and could cause fluctuations
in the Company's operating results and have had and could have an
adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations in the periods in which the inventory is
reduced.
Delays or lost sales have and can be caused by other factors beyond
the Company's control, including late deliveries by other vendors of
components in a customer's system, changes in implementation
priorities, slower than anticipated growth in demand for the services
that the Company's products support and delays in obtaining regulatory
approvals for new services. Delays and lost sales have occurred in the
past and may occur in the future. Operating results in recent periods
have been adversely affected by delays in receipt of significant
purchase orders from customers. In addition, the Company has in the
past experienced delays as a result of the need to modify its products
to comply with unique customer specifications. These and similar
delays or lost sales could materially and adversely affect the
Company's business, operating results and financial condition.
The Company's industry is characterized by declining prices of
existing products, therefore continual improvements of manufacturing
efficiencies and introduction of new products and enhancements to
existing products are required to maintain gross margins. In response
to customer demands or competitive pressures, or to pursue new product
or market opportunities. The Company may take certain pricing or
marketing actions, such as price reductions, volume discounts, or
provisions of services at below market rates. These actions could
materially and adversely affect the Company's business, operating
results and financial condition.
Management of Growth
The Company has experienced growth through acquisitions as well as
internal growth. The future near-term success of the Company will
depend upon achieving harmonious relations among key employees,
combining operations to realize efficiencies in manufacturing,
marketing and sales, and implementing product strategies which allow
the benefits of research and development advances in individual
subsidiaries to be utilized throughout the Company as a whole. The
Company's ability to achieve these objectives will materially affect
its business, prospects and financial condition.
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THE OFFERING
Shares of Common Stock offered...................2,187,236 Shares
Use of Proceeds..................................The Shares are not
owned by the Company;
accordingly, the
Company will receive
none of the proceeds
from the sale thereof.
NASDAQ Market Symbol.............................FIBR
USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
Shares by the Selling Shareholders.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The Shares are being registered pursuant to registration rights
obligations the Company has to (i) Asia Broadcasting and Communications
Network, Ltd. pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement by and between the
Company and Asia Broadcasting and Communications Network, Ltd.,
(ii) former shareholders of Sciteq Electronics, Inc., pursuant to a
Stock Purchase and Merger Agreement between Builder's Warehouse Association,
Inc. (a company which merged with the Company) and Sciteq
Electronics, Inc. dated May 31, 1996, which shares have been
transferred to a Selling Shareholder, (iii) former shareholders of
UniPrecision Industrial, Ltd. pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement between
Builder's Warehouse Association, Inc. (a predecessor to the Company) and
UniPrecision Industrial, Inc. dated March 1, 1996, (iv) LaRocque Trading Group,
LLC with respect to its purchase of such shares in a private placement; and
(v) Stephen Ricca pursuant to an agreement to issue common stock dated February
19, 1996, as amended. None of the Selling Shareholders has ever held any
position or office with the Company. The following table sets forth certain
information with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Shares by the
Selling Shareholder.
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<CAPTION>
Beneficial Beneficial
Ownership Ownership of
of Shares of Shares of
Name of Selling Common Stock to be Offered Common Stock
Shareholder Prior to Sale for Sale After Sale
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Asia Broadcasting
and Communications
Network, Ltd. 674,419 674,419 0
LaRocque Trading Group, LLC 617,153 617,153 0
Arthur Trakas 14,286 14,286 0
Co-Time Technology, Ltd. 253,330 253,330 0
Pui See Keung 250,594 250,594 0
Tse Wai Pang, Franko 159,003 159,003 0
Lam Pak Lun 97,530 97,530 0
Li Yu On 50,073 50,073 0
Leung Tak Ming 34,862 34,862 0
Yung Wai Lam 26,146 26,146 0
Stephen Ricca 9,840 9,840 0
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Although the Company has been advised by the Selling Shareholders
that there are no underwriting arrangements with respect to the sale of
the Shares, pursuant to this registration the Selling Shareholders may
choose to sell all or a portion of the shares from time to time as
market conditions permit in the over-the-counter market, or otherwise,
at prices and terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then-
current market price, or in negotiated transactions.
The Selling Shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions with respect to the
Shares. In connection with such transactions, such broker-dealers or
other financial institutions may engage in short sales of common stock
of the Company in the course of hedging the positions they assume with
the Selling Shareholders. Such hedging transactions may require or
permit the Selling Shareholders to deliver Shares to such broker-
dealers or other financial institutions to settle such hedging
transactions. The Selling Shareholders may also sell common stock
short and deliver Shares to close out such short positions. If so
required by applicable law, this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented
may be used to effect (i) the short sales of common stock referred to
above, (ii) the sale or other disposition by the broker-dealers or
other financial institutions of any Shares they receive pursuant to
hedging transactions referred to above, or (iii) the delivery by the
Selling Shareholders of Shares to close our short positions. The
Selling Shareholders may also pledge the Shares registered hereunder to
broker-dealer or other financial institution and, upon a default, such
broker-dealer or other financial institution may effect sales of the
pledged Shares pursuant to this Prospectus (as supplemented or amended
to reflect such transaction). In addition, any Shares covered by this
Prospectus that qualifies for sale pursuant to Rule 144 may be sold
under Rule 144 under the Securities Act rather than pursuant to the
Prospectus.
The Shares may also be sold by one or more of the following methods,
without limitation: (a) block trades in which a broker or dealer so
engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and
resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the trans-
action; (b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by
such broker and dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus; (c)
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker
solicits purchases; and (d) face-to-face transactions between sellers
and purchasers without a broker/dealer. In effecting sales, brokers or
dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other
brokers or dealers to participate. Such broker or dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from Selling Shareholders in amounts to be
negotiated. Such brokers and dealers and any other participating
brokers or dealers may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the
meaning of the 1933 Act in connection with such sales.
INDEMNIFICATION
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant has been advised
that in the opinion the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 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 express in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the Shares offered by this Prospectus has
been passed upon by Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP,
Woodbridge, New Jersey.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus
by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended January 31, 1997, have been so incorporated in reliance on the
reports of BDO Seidman LLP and Weinbaum & Yalamanchi (for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 1996) independent certified public accountants,
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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No dealer, salesperson or other
person has been authorized to give
any information or to make any
representations in connection with
this offering other than those
contained in this Prospectus and, if
given or made, such information or
representations must not be relied
upon as having been authorized by
the Company. This Prospectus does
not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy by
anyone in any jurisdiction in which
such offer or solicitation is not
authorized, or in which the person
making such offer or solicitation is
not qualified to do so, or to any OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
person to whom it is unlawful to
make such offer or solicitation.
Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale made
hereunder shall, under any
circumstances, create an implication
there has not been any change in the
affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
2,187,236 Shares of
Common Stock
Page
Available Information 2
Incorporation of
Certain Information
by Reference 2
Offering Summary 4
The Company 4
PROSPECTUS
Risk Factors 5
The Offering 11
Use of Proceeds 11
Selling Shareholders 11
Plan of Distribution 11 July , 1997
Indemnification 12
Legal Matters 12
Experts 13
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The registrant estimates expenses in connection with the offering
described in this Registration Statement will be as follows:
Item Amount
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee $ 2,117.99
Printing and Engraving Expenses 1,000.00
Accountants' Fees and Expenses 2,000.00
Legal Fees and Expenses 5,000.00
Miscellaneous 882.01
Total $11,000.00
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The description set forth under the caption "Indemnification of
Directors and Officers" in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-4, filed September 6, 1996, No. 33-10667, is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 16. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description of Document
2. Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 1,
1996 between Osicom and BWAI (E).
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated
June 14, 1988 (A).
3.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the
Registrant, dated April 13, 1988 (B).
3.3 Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (C).
3.4 Series B Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (E).
3.5 Series C Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (E).
3.6 Series D Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (I).
3.7 Series E Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (I).
3.8 Series B Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation (I).
*5. Opinion of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin,
Davis & Himmel LLP.
10.1 Line of Credit Agreement with Coast
Business Credit dated May 28, 1995 and
Modification dated January 1996 (D).
10.2 Acquisition Agreement of Dynair
Electronics, Inc. dated June 8, 1995
(D).
10.3 Acquisition Agreement of Rockwell Network
Systems, Inc. dated January 31, 1996
(D).
10.4 Acquisition Agreement of Cray
Communications, Inc.- US (F).
10.5 Acquisition Agreement of Digital Products,
Inc. (G).
10.6 Share Purchase Agreement of Asia
Broadcasting and Communications Network,
Ltd. dated as of March 20, 1997 (J).
10.7 Cooperation and Supply Agreement with Asia
Broadcasting and Communications Network,
Ltd. dated as of March 20, 1997 (J).
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant (I).
23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman LLP - Page II-6.
23.2 Consent of Weinbaum & Yalamanchi - Page II-7.
23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen & Co., L.L.P.- Page II-8.
*23.4 Consent of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin,
Davis & Himmel LLP (included in opinion filed
as Exhibit 5).
*Previously filed.
The foregoing are incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
filings indicated:
(A) Form 10QSB for quarter ended April 30, 1996
(B) Form 10K for year ended January 31, 1993
(C) Form 10K/A for year ended January 31, 1994
(D) Form 10-KSB for year ended January 31, 1996
(E) Form S-4 dated September 6, 1996
(F) Form 8-K dated September 23, 1996
(G) Form 8-K dated September 12, 1996
(H) Form S-3 dated February 25, 1997
(I) Form 10-KSB for year ended January 31, 1997
(J) Form 8-K dated April 10, 1997
Item 17. Undertakings.
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 this 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant has been advised
that in the opinion the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 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 express in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made of the securities registered hereby, 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 the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or
Form S-8 and 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.
(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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly
caused this Amendment No. 2 to this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Santa Monica, State of California, on the 28th day of
July, 1997.
OSICOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:/s/ Par Chadha
-----------------------
Par Chadha,
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment No. 2 to this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature Title Date
/s/Sharon G. Chadha Chairman and July 28, 1997
- ------------------- Director
SHARON G. CHADHA
/s/Christopher E. Sue
- --------------------- Chief Financial July 28, 1997
CHRISTOPHER E. SUE Officer, Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer
/s/Par Chadha
- --------------------- Chief Executive July 28, 1997
PAR CHADHA Officer, Director
/s/Humbert Powell
- --------------------- Director July 28, 1997
HUMBERT POWELL
/s/Xin Cheng, Ph.D. Director July 28, 1997
- ---------------------
XIN CHENG, Ph.D
/s/Leonard Hecht Director July 28, 1997
- ---------------------
LEONARD HECHT
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Exhibit 23.1
BDO Seidman, LLP
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants
Osicom Technologies, Inc.
Santa Monica, California
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report
dated April 15, 1997, accompanying the financial statements of Osicom
Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") as of January 31, 1997, and for the year then
ended, as included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended January 31, 1997, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in the Prospectus which is part of such Registration Statement.
BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 25, 1997
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Exhibit 23.2
Weinbaum & Yalamanchi
Certified Public Accountants
1800 North Argle Avenue, Suite 413
Los Angeles, California 90028
(213) 467-8945
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
Osicom Technologies, Inc.
We consent to the use in this registration statement of our report dated
April 28, 1997 on Osicom Technologies, Inc.'s, and subsidiaries consolidated
financial statements and to the references to us under the caption "Experts" in
the Prospectus.
WEINBAUM & YALAMANCHI
Los Angeles, California
July 28, 1997
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Exhibit 23.3
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
Certified Public Accountants
25/F., Wing On Centre
111 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 14,
1997, relating to the financial statements of Uni Precision Industrial Limited,
appearing in Form 10-KSB for the year ended January 31, 1997, on the financial
statements of Osicom Technologies, Inc. in the Registration Statement on Form
S-3 for Osicom Technologies, Inc. (which shall be filed on or about July 3,
1997).
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
Independent Public Accountants
July 28, 1997