SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
Of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported): December 20, 1996
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ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-21456 06-1361276
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(State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of file number) Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
372 Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: 203-761-7900
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Item 5. Other Events.
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In connection with the adjournment of its 1996 annual meeting
of stockholders (the "Meeting") to be held on January 13, 1997, on
or about December 20, 1996 the Registrant mailed to holders of
record of the Registrant's common stock, $.01 par value, on October
28, 1996 (the record date of holders entitled to notice of, and to
vote at, the Meeting convened on December 5, 1996) a notice of
adjournment, together with Supplement No. 1 to Proxy Statement of
the Registrant. Reference is hereby made to the notice and
supplement annexed to this current report as Exhibit 5(a), the text
of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits.
The exhibit filed as part of this Current Report on Form
8-K is listed in the attached Index to Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By s/Bruce F. Failing, Jr.
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Bruce F. Failing, Jr.
President
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description
5(a) - Notice of Adjournment of 1996 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, together with Supplement No. 1 to
Proxy Statement of the Registrant dated December
20, 1996
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT
OF 1996 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 13, 1997
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Wilton, Connecticut
December 20, 1996
TO THE HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK OF
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.:
The adjournment of the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., will be held
at the offices of Zilkha & Company, 767 Fifth Avenue-46th Floor,
New York, New York on Monday, January 13, 1997 at 10:00 A.M., local
time, for the following purposes, as more fully described in the
accompanying Supplement No. 1 to Proxy Statement:
1. To consider and take action upon a proposal to approve
and adopt an amendment, heretofore approved by the Board
of Directors, to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company to increase the number of authorized shares of
the Common Stock of the Company from 25,000,000 shares to
35,000,000 shares.
2. To consider and take action upon a proposal to approve
and adopt an amendment, heretofore approved by the Board
of Directors, to the Company's 1993 Director Stock Option
Plan in order to increase the number of shares issuable
pursuant to the exercise of options granted under said
plan from 50,000 to 150,000 shares of the Common Stock of
the Company.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.
The close of business on October 28, 1996 has been fixed by
the Board of Directors as the record date of the determination of
stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting
convened on December 5, 1996, and at the adjournment thereof to be
held on January 13, 1997.
By Order of the Board of Directors
NORTON GARFINKLE,
Chairman of the Board and Secretary
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You are cordially invited to attend the adjournment of the
Meeting in person. If you do not expect to be present, please mark,
sign and date the enclosed form of Proxy and mail it in the
enclosed return envelope which requires no postage if mailed in the
United States, so that your vote can be recorded.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PROXY STATEMENT OF
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DATED DECEMBER 20, 1996
This Supplement No. 1 (the "Supplement") to the Proxy
Statement of Electronic Retailing Systems International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), dated November 5, 1996 is
being furnished to the stockholders of the Company in connection
with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the
Company for use at the adjournment (including any further
adjournments, the "Adjournment") to be held on January 13, 1997 of
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders convened on December 5, 1996.
The date of this Supplement is December 20, 1996, and,
together with the accompanying form of proxy, are being mailed to
the stockholders of the Company on or about December 20, 1996.
The following information hereby supplements, and should be
read in conjunction with, the Proxy Statement of the Company dated
November 5, 1996 (the "Proxy Statement"). Capitalized terms used
but not defined in this Supplement are used as defined in the Proxy
Statement. A copy of the Proxy Statement has previously been
furnished to all stockholders of the Company of record at the close
of business on October 28, 1996. An additional copy of the Proxy
Statement will be furnished promptly without charge upon written or
oral request to stockholders of record and beneficial owners of the
common stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company
by requesting a copy thereof from the Company at its executive
office located at 372 Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897.
The purpose of this Supplement is to update the Proxy
Statement to provide information regarding: (i) consideration by
the Board of Directors regarding utilization of a portion of the
additional shares of Common Stock proposed to be authorized by an
amendment (the "Capitalization Amendment"), heretofore approved by
the Board of Directors and proposed for approval and adoption by
the stockholders of the Company, of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock from 25,000,000 shares to 35,000,000 shares,
and (ii) an amended proposal for approval and adoption by the
stockholders of the Company of an amendment (the "Director Plan
Amendment"), heretofore approved by the Board of Directors, to the
Company's 1993 Director Stock Option Plan in order to increase the
number of shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of options
granted under such plan from 50,000 shares to 150,000 shares.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SUBMITTED A SIGNED PROXY REGARDING THE
CAPITALIZATION AMENDMENT OR YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE, OR IF YOU
WANT TO SUBMIT YOUR VOTE ON THE DIRECTOR PLAN AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
REQUESTED TO DATE, COMPLETE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY AND
MAIL IT IN THE ENCLOSED PRE-PAID ENVELOPE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN
TO ATTEND THE ADJOURNMENT. IF AFTER VOTING YOUR SHARES BY PROXY,
YOU DECIDE YOU WOULD RATHER VOTE THEM IN PERSON, YOU MAY DO SO AT
THE ADJOURNMENT.
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Recent Proposed Financing
As the Proxy Statement describes under the caption "II.
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation", the Company continues
to actively evaluate, explore and have discussions with respect to
alternatives for raising capital, and the Board of Directors of the
Company believes it is prudent to have additional shares of Common
Stock available for such purpose. On December 18, 1996, the Company
announced: (i) its planned introduction of an enhanced electronic
shelf labeling system, (ii) its offer of the system on a fee-based
arrangement, with no upfront cash cost to customers, in addition to
direct sales of the system, and (iii) the authorization by the
Board of Directors of the Company of a private offering of debt
securities, which would be accompanied by common stock purchase
warrants, in order to finance such activities. The Company expects
to complete such offering in the first quarter of 1997.
The Company has not entered into any commitments with respect
to any such offering, and there can be no assurance that any such
offering will be made or consummated. The securities in such
transaction will not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements.
Director Plan Amendment
On December 5, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Company
approved an amended proposal, for approval and adoption by the
stockholders of the Company, to amend the Director Option Plan in
order to increase the number of shares issuable pursuant to the
exercise of options granted under such plan from 50,000 shares to
150,000 shares. Pursuant to the amended proposal, Section 3 of the
Director Option Plan would be amended so that the first sentence
thereof would provide as follows:
There shall be available for options under the Plan a
total of 150,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to any
adjustment which may be made pursuant to Section 5(f)
hereof.
On December 5, 1996, the Board's Director Stock Option
Committee, subject to stockholder approval of such plan expansion,
authorized the grant to George B. Weathersby, a director of the
Company, of an additional option under the Director Plan covering
50,000 shares of Common Stock, exercisable at a price per share
equal to $3.375, the closing price per share of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on the date of grant. Such additional
option expires five years from the date of grant and is exercisable
on the date of grant with respect to one-quarter of the shares
covered thereby, with an additional one-quarter of such shares
becoming subject to exercise annually thereafter. Accordingly, as
of December 5, 1996, an aggregate of 135,000 shares of Common Stock
were subject to options granted and outstanding under the Director
Option Plan (122,500 of which were subject to options granted
subject to stockholder approval and adoption of the proposed
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amendment to the Director Option Plan). As of such date, no shares
had been issued under the Director Option Plan.
PROXIES
An additional proxy is enclosed with this Supplement. If a
stockholder of the Company has already executed and delivered a
proxy with respect to the Capitalization Amendment and does not
desire to change the instructions reflected thereon, and does not
wish to vote on the Director Plan Amendment, such voting
instructions will remain in effect. Therefore, a stockholder who
has already submitted a signed proxy regarding the Capitalization
Amendment need not complete or submit the enclosed proxy unless he
wishes to change his vote on the Capitalization Amendment or vote
on the Director Plan Amendment. If you have not already submitted
a proxy regarding the Capitalization Amendment or wish to change
your vote on such proposal, or wish to vote on the Director Plan
Amendment, you are requested to complete, date and sign the form of
proxy sent to you with this Supplement and return it promptly to
the Company, in the pre-paid envelope enclosed herewith.
All holders of Common Stock represented at the Adjournment by
properly executed proxies received prior to or at the Adjournment,
unless such proxies previously have been revoked, will be voted at
the Adjournment in accordance with the instructions on the proxies
(except that proxies executed and delivered prior to the date of
the Supplement will not be voted on the Director Plan Amendment).
If no contrary instructions are indicated, such proxies will be
voted FOR the approval and adoption of the Capitalization Amendment
and FOR the approval and adoption of the Director Plan Amendment.
Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the
person giving it at any time before the beginning of the
Adjournment. Proxies may be revoked by filing with the Secretary of
the Company written notice of revocation bearing a later date than
the proxy, by duly executing a later-dated proxy relating to the
same Common Stock or by attending the Adjournment and voting in
person (although attendance at the Adjournment will not in and of
itself constitute revocation of a proxy). Any written notice
revoking a proxy should be sent to the attention of the Secretary,
Electronic Retailing Systems International, Inc., 372 Danbury Road,
Wilton, Connecticut 06897.
