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HALE AND DORR
Counsellors at Law
60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
617-526-6000.FAX 617-526-5000
June 27, 1996
BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION (EDGAR)
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Spyglass, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Dear Sir/Madam:
Attached for filing on behalf of Spyglass, Inc. (the "Company") is a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 230,018 shares of the Company's Common
Stock. A wire transfer in the amount of $1,607.00 has been made to the account
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in payment of the filing fee.
Any comments or questions regarding this filing should be directed to
the undersigned or to Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq. at (617) 526-6000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Tarrant L. Sibley
Tarrant L. Sibley
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 27, 1996
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SPYGLASS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 37-1258139
(State or other (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification
incorporation or Number)
organization)
1240 EAST DIEHL ROAD, NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 (708) 505-1010
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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PATRICK J. RONDEAU, ESQ.
HALE AND DORR, 60 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109 (617) 526-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: AS
SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please 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, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans check the following box.
/ X /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.
/ /
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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, please check the following box.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and based upon prices on the Nasdaq National Market
on June 20, 1996.
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 this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) may
determine.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
JUNE 27, 1996
PROSPECTUS
230,018 Shares
SPYGLASS, INC.
Common Stock
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This Prospectus covers the resale of 230,018 shares of Common Stock of
Spyglass, Inc. ("Spyglass" or the "Company") by certain stockholders of the
Company (the "Selling Stockholders"). See "Selling Stockholders." The shares
of Common Stock covered by this Prospectus were issued to the Selling
Stockholders in connection with the Company's acquisition of Stonehand Inc. in
a transaction completed on February 2, 1996. The Company will not receive any
of the proceeds from the sale of these shares by the Selling Stockholders.
The Selling Stockholders may from time to time sell the shares covered
by this Prospectus on the Nasdaq National Market in ordinary brokerage
transactions, in negotiated transactions or otherwise, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. See "Plan of
Distribution."
The Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol SPYG.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 5
FOR CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO AN
INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON STOCK.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES 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 June , 1996.
Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational 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 documents can
be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the
following regional offices: Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York,
New York 10048 and 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661; and copies of such material may be obtained from the Commission's public
reference section at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at
prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web
("WWW") that contains reports, proxy and information statements regarding the
Company. The Commission's WWW site is (http://www.sec.gov). The Common Stock
is traded on the Nasdaq National Market. Reports and other information
concerning the Company may be inspected at the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the Common Stock offered hereby. This Prospectus does not
contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement and the
exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to the
Company and its Common Stock, reference is hereby made to such Registration
Statement, exhibits and schedules. Statements contained in this Prospectus as
to the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily
complete, and in each instance reference is hereby made to the copy of such
contract or document (if any) filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such
reference. The Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto
may be examined without charge at the public reference section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and copies of all
or any part thereof may be obtained from the Commission upon payment of
prescribed fees.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are
incorporated herein by reference:
(1) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1995, as amended by an Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with
the Commission on May 17, 1996;
(2) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 1996,
as amended by a Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on April
17, 1996;
(3) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1995, as amended by a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed with
the Commission on May 17, 1996;
(4) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996; and
(5) the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated May 11,
1995 registering the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
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All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to June 26,
1996 and prior to the termination of the offering of the Common Stock
registered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference 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 provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of
any or all of the foregoing documents incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus (without exhibits to such documents other than exhibits specifically
incorporated by reference into such documents). Requests for such copies
should be directed to the Treasurer of the Company, 1240 East Diehl Road,
Naperville, Illinois 60563; telephone (708) 505-1010.
NO 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 OTHER INFORMATION AND
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE
COMPANY. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER
SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO
CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN
OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED SECURITIES TO WHICH IT
RELATES. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH
SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL.
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THE COMPANY
Spyglass, Inc. ("Spyglass" or the "Company") develops, markets and
distributes embeddable World-Wide Web ("WWW") technologies to software
developers, on-line service providers and communications device developers.
These technologies enable organizations to offer products and services for
electronic publishing, commerce and collaboration on the Internet. The
Company's two principal products are the Client Web Technology Kit ("CWTK") and
the Server Web Technology Kit ("SWTK"). These kits break out individual pieces
of World-Wide Web functionality into technology components that are used in
combination to build new Web-based applications, or individually to add
specific Web capabilities to existing products and services.
The CWTK divides the functionality of the conventional WWW browser into
individual software components. Customer companies use these components to
build customized standalone browsers, or to embed specific browser
functionality--such as the ability to retrieve and display hypertext markup
language (HTML) documents--into existing applications (e.g., a computer-aided
design program), or devices (e.g., a personal digital assistant). The CWTK
technology is based in part on NCSA Mosaic, which is owned by the University of
Illinois and is licensed to the Company, along with the Mosaic name and
spinning globe logo, on an exclusive basis (with certain limited exceptions).
The SWTK splits WWW server functionality into software components that can be
used to build a fully functioning World-Wide Web server to manage and control
access to information stored at individual WWW databases or sites. The SWTK
components can be embedded into hardware devices such as a network router, or
integrated in existing applications such as databases.
Through the acquisitions of Stonehand Inc., SurfWatch Software, Inc.
and OS Technologies Corporation in 1996, Spyglass has added display, editing,
filtering and conferencing components that further enhance the value of
its WWW technology kits to companies wishing to enhance their products and
services with Web functionality. The Company intends to build upon the user
popularity of its CWTK and SWTK technology by developing or acquiring
additional client and server technologies that can be used by a variety of
computer software developers, on line service providers, communications device
developers, commercial organizations and computer users to more effectively
publish and access information and conduct commerce on the Internet.
The Company was organized as an Illinois corporation in February 1990
and reincorporated in Delaware in May 1995. The Company's principal office is
located at Naperville Corporate Center, 1240 East Diehl Road, Naperville,
Illinois 60563 and its telephone number is (708) 505-1010. The Spyglass WWW
address is http:// www.spyglass.com. As used in this prospectus, the term
"Company" refers to Spyglass, Inc. (including its predecessor Illinois
corporation) and its wholly owned subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise
requires.
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RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information in this Prospectus, the following
factors should be considered carefully by potential investors in evaluating an
investment in the Common Stock offered hereby.
Variability of Quarterly Operating Results. The Company's quarterly
operating results have varied and may continue to vary significantly depending
on factors such as the timing of significant license agreements, the terms of
the Company's licensing arrangements with its customers and the timing of new
product introductions and upgrades by the Company and its competitors. The
Company typically structures its license agreements with customers to require
commitments for a significant minimum number of licenses, and license revenues
are recognized as the committed licenses are purchased. The license
commitments typically provide for these purchases to be made over several
quarters. The Company typically experiences the greatest proportion of net
revenue in the first quarter of a license arrangement. The Company's net
revenue from a license arrangement often declines after the first quarter of
the arrangement as the number of copies purchased by the customer declines.
Additional revenues from a customer will not be earned unless and until the
initial committed levels are exceeded. The Company's revenues in any quarter
will therefore depend in significant part on its ability to sell licenses to
new customers in that quarter. The Company's expense levels are based in part
on expectations of future revenue levels and any shortfall in expected revenue
could therefore result in a disproportionate decrease in the Company's net
income.
New and Uncertain Market. The commercial market for Internet services
and products has only recently begun to develop, and the Company's future
success will depend in large part on increased commercial use of the Internet.
Although there has been a significant increase in the use and popularity of the
Internet over the past year, commercial use continues to be constrained by the
need for reliable processes such as security measures for electronic commerce
as well as the need for readily available customer support and a supporting
infrastructure providing widespread Internet accessibility and high-speed
communications capabilities. There can be no assurance that widespread
commercial use of the Internet will develop. Also, while the Company believes,
based upon its contacts with customers and potential customers, that vendors of
products offered to computer users will increasingly seek to include WWW
software component technology in their product offerings to ensure that users
can effectively access information published by such vendors on the Internet,
there can be no assurance that vendors will seek to incorporate browsers in
their products or that customers will accept multiple browsers on their
computers.
Dependence on OEMs, VARs and Distributors. The Company licenses the
CWTK and the SWTK to OEMs, VARs and distributors that include or use the CWTK
and the SWTK in their products and services. The success of the Company is
therefore dependent in large part upon the performance of its customers, which
is outside the Company's control. The Company's relationships with most of its
customers have been established within the last two years, and the Company is
unable to predict with accuracy the extent to which its customers will be
successful in marketing and selling products incorporating the CWTK and the
SWTK. The loss of any of the Company's current customers, either to
competitive products offered by other companies or to products developed
internally by the customers, could have a material adverse effect on the
Company. Moreover, the Company's future success will depend in part on its
ability to attract new customers, including customers in additional industry
segments.
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Competition. The market for software products used in connection with
the Internet is extremely competitive. Moreover, because the Internet is an
open system designed to be freely available to computer users worldwide, and
because of the increasing popularity of the Internet, the Company expects that
it will encounter increased competition in the future. The Company currently
faces competition from a wide variety of sources, including other Internet
technology vendors (such as Netscape Communications Corporation), on-line
service companies and Internet access companies that offer WWW access through
their own browsers (such as Prodigy and NETCOM On-line Communication Services),
networking software companies that have developed their own WWW technologies
(such as Netmanage and Frontier Technology) and vendors of operating systems
that incorporate WWW technologies. In licensing its Internet software
component technologies to software companies, the Company considers its prime
competition to be the prospect company's internal software development
resources. Additional competition for the Company's products may come from
Microsoft Corporation, to which the Company granted a multi-year,
multi-platform, worldwide license to distribute client technology for a
combination of per copy and fixed license fees and browser and server software
available over the Internet that may be downloaded and used without charge.
Dependence on the CWTK and the SWTK. The Company currently derives
substantially all of its revenues from licenses of the CWTK and the
SWTK. As a result, any factors adversely affecting the sales of these
products, such as increased price competition or the introduction of
technologically superior products, could have a material adverse effect on the
Company. A number of companies market Internet browsers and servers and the
Company expects that additional competitive products will be introduced in the
future. The Company's future financial performance will depend in significant
part on its ability to develop and introduce new products and its ability to
increase the performance, functionality and flexibility of the CWTK and the
SWTK. There can be no assurance that any such new products or product
improvements will be successfully developed or achieve market acceptance.
Technological Change and New Products. The market for Internet
software products is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving
industry standards and customer demands, and frequent new product introductions
and enhancements. These market characteristics are exacerbated by the emerging
nature of this market and the fact that many companies have only recently
introduced products, and many more companies are expecting to introduce their
first Internet products in the near future. The Company's future success will
depend in significant part on its ability to continually improve the
performance, features and reliability of the CWTK and the SWTK in response to
both competitive product offerings and evolving demands of the marketplace, and
there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in doing so. In
addition, a key element of the Company's business strategy is the development
and introduction of new products that capitalize on the increasing use of the
Internet for publishing, collaboration and commercial transactions. There can
be no assurance that the Company will be successful in developing such products
or that such products will meet with market acceptance. In addition, new
product releases by the Company, whether improved versions of the CWTK and the
SWTK or introductions of new products, may contain undetected errors that
require significant design modifications, resulting in a loss of customer
confidence and adversely affecting sales.
Management of Growth; Integration of Acquisitions. The Company's
business has grown significantly over the past several years as a result of
both internal growth and acquisitions of products and businesses. The Company
has consummated three acquisitions since January 1996, and the Company may make
additional acquisitions in the future. Managing this growth, and integrating
acquired
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products and businesses, requires a significant amount of management
time and skill. There can be no assurance that the Company will be effective
in managing its future growth or in assimilating acquisitions or that any
failure to manage growth or assimilate an acquisition will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results or financial
condition. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that any past or future
acquisitions will produce the results anticipated by the Company.
Limited Proprietary Rights. One of the Company's principal products,
the CWTK, is based in part on NCSA Mosaic. NCSA Mosaic was developed in
1993 by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is available on a free-with-copyright basis
from the University to anyone using the Internet. As part of the agreement
between the Company and the University of Illinois, the University has certain
rights to incorporate features of the CWTK (limited to certain releases) into
NCSA Mosaic. Although the University is not permitted to make NCSA Mosaic
available for distribution by resellers, the free availability of NCSA Mosaic
may adversely affect sales of licenses for the CWTK.
The NCSA Mosaic technology underlying the CWTK, as well as the Mosaic
name, is owned by the University of Illinois and is licensed to the Company
pursuant to an exclusive (subject to previously granted licenses described
below), royalty-bearing license agreement. Although this license agreement is
terminable by the University only in the event of a material breach by the
Company of its obligations thereunder, the termination of this license would
have a material adverse effect on the Company. The University of Illinois has
informed the Company that, prior to granting exclusive rights to the Company,
the University granted certain rights with respect to NCSA Mosaic to
approximately 10 organizations, some of which have developed and market WWW
browsers based on NCSA Mosaic.
The Company does not have any patents on its own technology, and relies
upon copyright law, trade secret protection and confidentiality and/or license
agreements with its employees, customers and others to protect its proprietary
technology. Effective copyright and trade secret protection may not be
available in every foreign country in which the Company's products are
distributed. The University of Illinois has no patent protection for NCSA
Mosaic. There can be no assurance that the steps taken by the Company (or the
University of Illinois) to protect their proprietary technology will be
adequate to prevent misappropriation of its technology by third parties, or
that third parties will not be able to develop similar technology
independently. In addition, there can be no assurance that other parties will
not assert technology infringement claims against the Company.
Dependence on Key Personnel. The Company's success will depend in
large part upon the services of a number of key employees, including Douglas P.
Colbeth, its President and Chief Executive Officer and Tim Krauskopf, its
co-founder and Vice President of Research & Development. The loss of the
services of one or more of these key employees could have a material adverse
effect on the Company. The Company's success will also depend in significant
part upon its ability to attract and retain highly-skilled management,
technical and marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel in the
software industry is intense, and there can be no assurance that the Company
will be successful in attracting and retaining such personnel.
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Government Regulation and Legal Uncertainties. The Internet is just
emerging as a commercial market, and as a result there are few laws or
regulations directly applicable to access to or commerce on the Internet.
However, as the use of the Internet increases, it is possible that a number of
laws and regulations may be adopted covering issues such as user privacy,
pricing, and characteristics and quality of products and services. Moreover,
because the Internet has only recently come into widespread use, it is not yet
clear how existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, libel and
personal privacy apply to transactions on the Internet. The legal framework
that ultimately develops with respect to the Internet may restrict on some ways
the Company's business or otherwise adversely affect its operating results.
Volatility of Stock Price. There has been significant volatility in
the market price of securities of technology-based companies, particularly
Internet-related companies and companies similar in size to the Company.
Factors such as announcements of technological developments or new products by
the Company or its competitors, variations in the Company's quarterly operating
results, general economic or stock market conditions unrelated to the Company's
operating performance, and the investing public's perception of the commercial
opportunities offered by the Internet may have a significant impact on the
market price of the Common Stock.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Common Stock
by the Selling Stockholders.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock by each Selling Stockholder
as of May 31, 1996. All of the Selling Stockholders are employees or former
employees of Stonehand Inc., now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. No
Selling Stockholder has been an officer of, or had any other material
relationship with, the Company since June 1, 1993.
Number of Number of
Name of Shares of Shares of
Selling Common Stock Common Stock
Stockholder(1) Beneficially Owned(2) Offered Hereby(2)
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Glenn Adams 42,559 42,559
Sarah Coletti 1,648 1,648
William Manis 73,226 73,226
Jon Poignant 73,226 73,226
Eric Ostling 3,661 3,661
Elaine Bresnick 12,815 12,815
George Maydwell 5,492 5,492
Sami Kukkonen 5,492 5,492
Josiah Slack 1,831 1,831
Vasile Buciuman-Coman 915 915
Robert Frankel 9,153 9,153
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TOTALS 230,018 230,018
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(1) Sales of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby may also be
made by permitted persons or entities to whom such shares are
gifted by the Selling Stockholders listed herein.
(2) Of the total shares of Common Stock listed as beneficially
owned and offered hereby by the Selling Stockholders, a total of
23,001 shares are held in an escrow account to secure
indemnification obligations to the Company of the Selling
Stockholders. It is expected that these shares (less any shares
which may be distributed from the escrow account to the Company
in satisfaction of indemnification claims) will be released from
escrow and distributed to the Selling Stockholders on February 2,
1997. The number of shares indicated as
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beneficially owned and offered hereby by each Selling Stockholder
includes those shares (representing 10% of the number of shares listed as
offered hereby by such Selling Stockholder) which such Selling Stockholder is
entitled to receive upon distribution of these shares from the escrow account.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The shares of Common Stock covered by this Prospectus may be offered
and sold from time to time by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling
Stockholders will act independently of the Company in making decisions with
respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. Such sales may be made on
the Nasdaq National Market or otherwise, at prices related to the then-current
market price or in negotiated transactions, including pursuant to one or more
of the following methods: (a) purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and
resale by such broker or dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus;
(b) ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker
solicits purchasers; and (c) block trades in which the broker-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 transaction. In effecting sales,
broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for the other
broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers will receive commissions or
discounts from the Selling Stockholders in amounts to be negotiated immediately
prior to the sale.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against
certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
Additionally, the Company will pay the expenses incurred by it in connection
with this offering, other than discounts, commissions, fees or expenses of
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry
professionals relating to the distribution of the Stock, or legal expenses of
any person other than the Company.
In offering the shares of Common Stock covered hereby, the Selling
Stockholder and any broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers
who execute sales for the Selling Stockholder may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such
sales, and any profits realized by the Selling Stockholders and the
compensation of such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting discounts
and commissions.
The Company has advised the Selling Stockholders that during such time
as they may be engaged in a distribution of Common Stock covered hereby they
are required to comply with Rules 10b-6 and 10b-7 under the Exchange Act, as
those Rules are described in more detail below, and, in connection therewith,
that they may not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the
Company's securities, are required to furnish to each broker-dealer through
which Common Stock covered hereby may be offered copies of this Prospectus, and
may not bid for or purchase any of the Company's securities except as permitted
under the Exchange Act. Rule 10b-6 under the Exchange Act prohibits, with
certain exceptions, participants in a distribution from bidding for or
purchasing, for an account in which the participant has a beneficial interest,
any of the securities that are the subject of the distribution. Rule 10b-7
governs bids and purchases made in order to stabilize the price of a security
in connection with a distribution of the security.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Company by Hale and Dorr, Boston, Massachusetts.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Spyglass, Inc. for each of the
three years in the period ended September 30, 1995 incorporated by reference
from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1995, have been audited by Price Waterhouse LLP, independent
public accountants, as set forth in their reports incorporated by reference
herein. Such financial statements referred to above are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon the authority of said firm as an expert in giving
such reports.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Item Amount
---- ------
SEC Registration Fee..................................... $ 1,607
Accounting Fees and Expenses............................. 5,000*
Legal Fees and Expenses.................................. 5,000*
Miscellaneous............................................ 3,393*
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Total.................................................... $ 15,000*
*Estimated
ITEM 15 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such
person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided
that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification
is proper under the circumstances.
Article NINTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides
that a director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the
Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any
litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right
of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director
or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against expenses (including attorneys' fees) and
amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any action by
or in the right of the Registrant by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
such matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that a court determines
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the
merits or otherwise, he shall be indemnified against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses
incurred in defending a civil
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or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be advanced by the Registrant to
a director or officer, at his request, upon receipt of an undertaking by the
director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that
he is not entitled to indemnification.
Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines
(in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation) that the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met.
In the event of a determination by the Registrant that the director or officer
did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification,
or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days
after such payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to
petition a court to make an independent determination as to whether such person
is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of
indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the
action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to
participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.
Article NINTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation further
provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and
provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended
to expand the indemnification permitted to directors or officers, the
Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such
law as so amended.
The Company has purchased a general liability insurance policy which
covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Company arising out
of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacity as directors or
officers.
Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation
provides that, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of
Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for
breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
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Item 16. Exhibits
Exhibit Description of Exhibit
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4.1* -- Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as amended
4.2** -- By-laws of the Company
4.3** -- Specimen Certificate for shares of common stock of the Company
4.4*** -- Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 23, 1996 by and
among the Company, Spyglass Acquisition Corp. and Stonehand Inc.
5.1 -- Opinion of Hale and Dorr
23.1 -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23.2 -- Consent of Hale and Dorr (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 -- Power of Attorney (appears on page II-5)
___________________
* Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-04357).
** Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 33-92174).
*** Incorporated by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated February 2, 1996.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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 the time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(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.
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Corporation pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Naperville and State of
Illinois on the 27th day of June, 1996.
SPYGLASS, INC.
By: /s/ Douglas P. Colbeth
------------------------
Douglas P. Colbeth
President and
Chief Executive Officer
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Douglas P. Colbeth, Gary Vilchick and Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq. and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution in each of them, for him and in his name, place
and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-3 of Spyglass, Inc. and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or
their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below on the 27th day of June, 1996.
Signature Title
--------- -----
/s/ Douglas P. Colbeth
----------------------------- President, Chief Executive Officer
Douglas P. Colbeth and Director
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ Gary Vilchick
----------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Gary Vilchick (Principal financial officer)
/s/ Thomas S. Lewicki
----------------------------- Treasurer and Controller
Thomas S. Lewicki (Principal accounting officer)
/s/ Tim Krauskopf
----------------------------- Director
Tim Krauskopf
/s/ William S. Kaiser
----------------------------- Director
William S. Kaiser
/s/ Ray Rothrock
----------------------------- Director
Ray Rothrock
/s/ Steven R. Vana-Paxhia
------------------------------ Director
Steven R. Vana-Paxhia
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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4.1* -- Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as amended
4.2** -- By-laws of the Company
4.3** -- Specimen Certificate for shares of common stock of the Company
4.4*** -- Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 23, 1996 by and
among the Company, Spyglass Acquisition Corp. and Stonehand Inc.
5.1 -- Opinion of Hale and Dorr
23.1 -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23.2 -- Consent of Hale and Dorr (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 -- Power of Attorney (appears on page II-5)
___________________
* Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-04357).
** Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 33-92174).
*** Incorporated by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated February 2, 1996.
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Exhibit 5.1
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HALE AND DORR
Counsellors at Law
60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
617-526-6000.FAX 617-526-5000
June 26, 1996
Spyglass, Inc.
Naperville Corporate Center
1240 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Dear Sirs:
We have assisted in the preparation and filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"),
relating to the sale of up to 230,018 shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value per share (the "Shares"), of Spyglass, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), held by certain stockholders of the
Company.
We have examined the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, and By-laws of the Company, and all
amendments thereto, and have examined and relied upon the
originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such
records of meetings of directors and stockholders of the Company,
documents and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary
or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed
below.
We assume that appropriate action will be taken, prior to the
offer and sale of the Shares, to register and qualify the Shares
for sale under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws.
In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of
all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and
the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
We express no opinion as to the laws of any State or
jurisdiction other than the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, the General Corporation Law Statute of the State of
Delaware and the Federal law of the United States of America.
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Spyglass, Inc.
June 26, 1996
Page 2
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and
are legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Registration
Statement and under the caption "Legal Matters" in the related
Prospectus and consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit
to the Registration Statement.
This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes,
rules, regulations, and judicial decisions, and we disclaim any
obligation to advise you of any change in any of these sources of
law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect
any matters or opinions set forth herein.
Please note that we are opining only as to matters expressly
set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any
other matters.
Very truly yours,
/S/ HALE AND DORR
HALE AND DORR
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form
S-3 of our report dated October 25, 1995 except as to Note 1, which is
as of November 28, 1995, which appears on page 17 of the 1995 Annual
Report of Spyglass, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in
Spyglass, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
September 30, 1995. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears in
Spyglass, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report dated February 15, 1996
relating to the financial statements of Stonehand Inc. for the years
ended September 30, 1995 and 1994, which appears in the Current Report
on Form 8-K dated April 17, 1996. We also consent to the references to
us under the headings "Experts" in such Prospectus.
/s/Price Waterhouse LLP
Price Waterhouse LLP
Chicago, Illinois
June 24, 1996
