METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC
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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 22, 1996
 
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-05183
================================================================================
 
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                            ------------------------
 
                                AMENDMENT NO. 5
                                       TO
 
                                    FORM S-1
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ------------------------
 
                       METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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               OREGON                               7389                             93-0995165
    (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION        (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL              (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
 OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)      CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)            IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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                            8405 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE
                            BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 643-9500
              (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
       INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 
                            ------------------------
 
                               TIMOTHY A. TIMMINS
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            8405 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE
                            BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 643-9500
           (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
                   INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
                            ------------------------
 
                                   COPIES TO:
 
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               BYRON W. MILSTEAD, ESQ.                                 TODD A. BAUMAN, ESQ.
       ATER WYNNE HEWITT DODSON & SKERRITT, LLP                          STOEL RIVES LLP
            222 S.W. COLUMBIA, SUITE 1800                       900 S.W. FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300
             PORTLAND, OREGON 97201-6618                              PORTLAND, OREGON 97204
                    (503) 226-1191                                        (503) 294-9812
</TABLE>
 
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    APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
 
    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:  / /
 
    If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 426(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.  / / ________.
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.  / / ________.
 
    If delivery of this prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
check the following box.  / /
 
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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<CAPTION>
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                                                                       PROPOSED MAXIMUM
                                                       PROPOSED MAXIMUM    AGGREGATE
        TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF           AMOUNT TO BE   OFFERING PRICE     OFFERING       AMOUNT OF
      SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED         REGISTERED     PER SHARE(1)      PRICE(1)    REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                        <C>              <C>          <C>              <C>
Comon Stock, no par value(2)...........    2,760,000        $10.00       $27,600,000      $9,518
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(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
    to Rule 457.
 
(2) Includes 360,000 shares to be issued pursuant to the Underwriters'
    over-allotment option.
 
    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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                                    PART II
 
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
     The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions, expected to be incurred by the
Registrant in connection with the offering described in this Registration
Statement. All amounts, except the SEC registration fee, the NASD filing fee and
the NASDAQ National Market System listing fee are estimates.
 
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    <S>                                                                         <C>
    SEC Registration Fee......................................................  $  9,517
    NASD Filing Fee...........................................................     2,800
    NASDAQ Listing Fee........................................................    41,284
    Printing and Engraving Expenses...........................................   100,000
    Accounting Fees and Expenses..............................................    80,000
    Legal Fees and Expenses...................................................   250,000
    Blue Sky Fees and Expenses (including fees of Counsel)....................    10,000
    Transfer Agent and Registrar Fees.........................................    10,000
    Directors and Officer Insurance...........................................   260,000
    Miscellaneous Expenses....................................................    36,399
                                                                                --------
              Total...........................................................  $800,000
                                                                                ========
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ITEM 14.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
     As an Oregon corporation the Company is subject to the Oregon Business
Corporation Act ("OBCA") and the exculpation from liability and indemnification
provisions contained therein. Pursuant to Section 60.047(2)(d) of the OBCA,
Article X of the Company's Second Restated Articles of Incorporation (the
"Articles") eliminates the liability of the Company's directors to the Company
or its stockholders, except for any liability related to breach of the duty of
loyalty, actions not in good faith and certain other liabilities.
 
     Section 60.387 et seq. of the OBCA allows corporations to indemnify their
directors and officers against liability where the director or officer has acted
in good faith and with a reasonable belief that actions taken were in the best
interests of the corporation or at least not adverse to the corporation's best
interests and, if in a criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable
cause to believe the conduct in question was unlawful. Under the OBCA,
corporations may not indemnify against liability in connection with a claim by
or in the right of the corporation but may indemnify against the reasonable
expenses associated with such claims. Corporations may not indemnify against
breaches of the duty of loyalty. The OBCA provides for mandatory indemnification
of directors against all reasonable expenses incurred in the successful defense
of any claim made or threatened whether or not such claim was by or in the right
of the corporation. Finally, a court may order indemnification if it determines
that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances whether or not the
director or officer met the good faith and reasonable belief standards of
conduct set out in the statute.
 
     The OBCA also provides that the statutory indemnification provisions are
not deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors or officers may be
entitled under a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, any
agreement, general or specific action of the board of directors, vote of
stockholders or otherwise.
 
     Article X of the Articles requires the Company to indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. The Bylaws of the
Company (the "Bylaws") also require the Company to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the OBCA.
 
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ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
     Within the last three years, the Company has sold securities without
registration under the Securities Act in the transactions and in reliance on the
exemptions from registration described below.
 
          (a) The Company completed a recapitalization and reverse stock split
     effective December 12, 1995, in which each share of Common Stock, without
     par value, then outstanding was converted to .2857 Shares of Common Stock
     (approximately a 1 for 3.5 reverse split). The issuance of shares in the
     recapitalization was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(9)
     of the Securities Act and did not involve a sale of securities.
 
          (b) Between June 1993 and October 1993, the Company sold an aggregate
     of 325,137 shares of its Common Stock at $8.05 per share to 173 purchasers.
     The sales of these shares may not have complied in all material respects
     with all applicable state and federal securities laws and the exemptions
     available under such laws. See "Business -- Securities Law Issues."
 
          (c) Between June 1993 and February 1996, 59 holders of warrants and
     options exercised such warrants and options to purchase an aggregate of
     665,041 shares of the Company's Common Stock for an aggregate purchase
     price of $1,144,747, at exercise prices ranging from $.04 to $5.25. The
     sales of 57,140 of the shares described in this paragraph may not have
     complied in all material respects with all applicable stock and federal
     securities laws and the exemptions available under such laws. The sales of
     the remaining 607,901 shares described in this paragraph were exempt from
     registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
          (d) Between January 1994 and July 1994, the Company sold an aggregate
     of $3,610,000 of its 10% Subordinated Notes with Warrants (the "1994
     Subordinated Notes") in private transactions with 28 purchasers, each of
     whom the Company believes was on "accredited investor" within the meaning
     of Rule 501 of the Securities Act. The sale of the 1994 Subordinated Notes
     was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities
     Act.
 
          (e) In September 1994, the Company sold 5,714 shares of its Common
     Stock to one purchaser in exchange for services to the Company with a value
     of $13,200. The sale of these shares was exempt from registration pursuant
     to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
          (f) Between November 1994 and July 1995, the Company sold an aggregate
     of $5,000,000 of its 8% Convertible Secured Notes in private transactions
     with 22 purchasers, each of whom the Company believes was an "accredited
     investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 of the Securities Act. The sale of
     the 8% Notes was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
     Securities Act.
 
          (g) Between January 1995 and March 1995, the Company sold $3,860,000
     of its 10% Subordinated Notes with Warrants (the "1995 Subordinated Notes")
     in private transactions with 27 purchasers, each of whom the Company
     believes was an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 of the
     Securities Act. The sale of the 1995 Subordinated Notes was exempt from
     registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
          (h) Between October 1995 and November 1995, the holders of the
     Company's 8% Convertible Secured Notes converted an aggregate of $5,000,000
     principal amount of such Notes into 2,164,402 shares of the Company's
     Common Stock. The issuance of the Common Stock in the conversion was exempt
     from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
 
          (i) In October 1995, certain holders of the 1994 and 1995 Subordinated
     Notes exercised warrants to purchase an aggregate of 293,131 shares of the
     Company's Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,003,080. The
     issuance of the Common Stock upon the exercise of the warrants was exempt
     from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
          (j) Between December 1995 and March 1996, $3,210,000 in principal
     amount of the Company's 1995 Subordinated Notes were exchanged with the
     Company for 611,440 shares of the Company's
 
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     Common Stock. The issuance of the Common Stock in the exchange was exempt
     from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
 
ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
 
     (a) Exhibits
 
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NUMBER                                          DESCRIPTION
- ------       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>     <C>  <S>
  1.0    --  Form of Underwriting Agreement+
  3.1    --  Second Restated Articles of Incorporation of Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.(2)
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<C>     <C>  <S>
  3.2    --  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.+
  5.0    --  Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP as to the legality of the
             securities being registered
 10.1    --  Form of Enhanced Directory Assistance Agreement(1)
 10.2    --  Enhanced Directory Assistance Agreement between Ameritech Mobile Communications,
             Inc. and the Company dated June 16, 1994.+(3)
 10.3    --  1994 Stock Incentive Plan(2)
 10.4    --  Consulting Agreement with G. Raymond Doucet(1)
 10.5    --  Loan and Security Agreement between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company dated
             March 15, 1996(2)
 10.6    --  1995 Employment Agreement with Timothy A. Timmins(2)
 10.7    --  1995 Employment Agreement with Patrick M. Cox(2)
 10.8    --  Lease Agreement between and among Petula Associates, Ltd., Koll Creekside
             Associates and the Company(1)
 23.1    --  Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP (included in legal opinion
             filed as Exhibit 5.0)
 23.2    --  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (See page II-7)
 23.3    --  Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (See page II-8)
 23.4    --  Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt+
 24.0    --  Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II of the Registration
             Statement)
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 +  Previously filed as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement.
 
(1) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2
    (Commission File No. 33-88926-LA) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
    (Commission File No. 0-27024) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3) Certain portions of Exhibit 10.2 are the subject of a request for
    confidential treatment and have been omitted from the exhibit and have been
    filed separately with the Commission.
 
     (b) Financial Statement Schedules
 
ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.
 
     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the
underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates
in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the
underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
     (b) 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
 
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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered hereunder, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
 
     (c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
          (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
              of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed
              as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
              and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant
              pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities
              Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as
              of the time it was declared effective.
 
          (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
              Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
              prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
              relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
              such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
              bona fide offering thereof.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, State of
Oregon, on the 22nd day of August, 1996.
 
                                          METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
                                          By: /s/  TIMOTHY A. TIMMINS
 
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Timothy A. Timmins
                                            President and Chief Executive
                                              Officer
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been duly signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on August 22, 1996.
 
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                  SIGNATURE                                         TITLE
- ---------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------
<S>                                             <C>
/s/  TIMOTHY A. TIMMINS                         President, Chief Executive Officer and
- ---------------------------------------------   Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Timothy A. Timmins
*                                               Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- ---------------------------------------------   and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)
Stebbins B. Chandor, Jr.
*                                               Vice President-Technology
- ---------------------------------------------
Patrick M. Cox
*                                               Vice President-Directory Assistance Services
- ---------------------------------------------
Kevin S. Anderson
*                                               Vice President-Field Operations
- ---------------------------------------------
Gary E. Henry
/s/ KAREN L. JOHNSON                            Vice President and Controller (Principal
- ---------------------------------------------   Accounting Officer)
Karen L. Johnson
*                                               Vice President-Information Systems
- ---------------------------------------------
Michael A. Kepler
*                                               Chairman of the Board
- ---------------------------------------------
A. Jean de Grandpre
*                                               Director
- ---------------------------------------------
G. Raymond Doucet
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<CAPTION>
                  SIGNATURE                                         TITLE
- ---------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------
<S>                                             <C>
*                                               Director
- ---------------------------------------------
William D. Rutherford
*By: /s/ TIMOTHY A. TIMMINS
    -----------------------------------------
    Timothy A. Timmins
    Attorney-in-Fact
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No.
333-05183 of Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated
March 18, 1996, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration
Statement and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
/s/
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Portland, Oregon
August 21, 1996
 
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated
February 6, 1995, relating to the financial statements of Metro One
Telecommunications, Inc. (formerly Metro One Direct Information Services, Inc.),
which appears in such Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under
the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
 
/s/
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Portland, Oregon
August 21, 1996
 
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                       METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                               IDENTIFICATION OF EXHIBITS                          PAGE NO.
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<C>     <C>  <S>                                                                         <C>
  1.0+   --  Form of Underwriting Agreement............................................
  3.1    --  Second Restated Articles of Incorporation of Metro One Telecommunications,
             Inc.(2)...................................................................
  3.2    --  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.+........
  5.0    --  Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP as to the legality of
             the securities being registered...........................................
 10.1    --  Form of Enhanced Directory Assistance Agreement(1)........................
 10.2    --  Enhanced Directory Assistance Agreement between Ameritech Mobile
             Communications, Inc. and the Company dated June 16, 1994.(3)+.............
 10.3    --  1994 Stock Incentive Plan(2)..............................................
 10.4    --  Consulting Agreement with G. Raymond Doucet(1)............................
 10.5    --  Loan and Security Agreement between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company
             dated March 15, 1996(2)...................................................
 10.6    --  1995 Employment Agreement with Timothy A. Timmins(2)......................
 10.7    --  1995 Employment Agreement with Patrick M. Cox(2)..........................
 10.8    --  Lease Agreement between and among Petula Associates, Ltd., Koll Creekside
             Associates and the Company(1)
 23.1    --  Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt, LLP (included in legal
             opinion filed as Exhibit 5.0).............................................
 23.2    --  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (See page II-7)..........................
 23.3    --  Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (See page II-8)...........................
 23.4    --  Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt+...........................
 24.0    --  Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II of the
             Registration Statement)...................................................
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 +  Previously filed as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement.
 
(1) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2
    (Commission File No. 33-88926-LA) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
    (Commission File No. 0-27024) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3) Certain portions of Exhibit 10.2 are the subject of a request for
    confidential treatment and have been omitted from the exhibit and have been
    filed separately with the Commission.

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                                                                EXHIBIT 5.0




                                August 22, 1996




Board of Directors
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.
8405 S.W. Nimbus Avenue
Beaverton, OR  97008

Gentlemen:

        In connection with the public offering of 2,400,000 shares of common
stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), of Metro One Telecommunications,
Inc., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), under the registration statement
on Form S-1 and the proposed sale of the Common Stock pursuant to the terms of
an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") to be entered into by
the Company and Black & Company, Inc. and Cruttenden Roth Incorporated, as
representatives of the several underwriters, we have examined such corporate
records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company and other
documents as we have considered necessary or proper for the purpose of this
opinion.

        Based on the foregoing and having regard to legal issues which we deem
relevant, it is our opinion that the shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement, when such shares have been delivered against
payment therefor as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

        We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-mentioned registration statement and to the reference to this firm under
the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the
registration statement.  In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required to be filed pursuant
to Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules thereunder.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       ATER WYNNE HEWITT DODSON & SKERRITT, LLP


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