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Filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration
No. 333-160238
Prospectus Supplement (To Prospectus dated July 10,
2009)
Brightpoint, Inc.
15,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
All of the shares of common stock in the offering are being sold
by the selling shareholder. We will not receive any proceeds
from the sale of shares offered hereby, but we will incur
expenses in connection with the offering. Our common stock is
quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol
CELL. On July 15, 2009, the last reported sale price
of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $5.49
per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See Risk
Factors beginning on page S-5 of this prospectus
supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the
accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Per Share
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Public offering price
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$5.00
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75,000,000
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Underwriting discounts and commissions
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$0.175
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Proceeds to selling shareholder (before expenses)
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$4.825
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The selling shareholder has granted the underwriter the option
to purchase an additional 1,500,000 additional shares of common
stock to cover over-allotments.
The underwriter expects to deliver the shares to purchasers on
or about July 21, 2009.
Deutsche Bank
Securities
The date of this prospectus supplement is July 15, 2009.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Prospectus
Supplement
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You should rely only on the information contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared
in connection with this offering. We have not, and the
underwriter and selling shareholder have not, authorized any
other person or entity to provide any information or to make any
representation not contained, incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus or any free writing prospectus prepared
connection with the offering of our common stock. If anyone
provides you with different or inconsistent information, you
should not rely on it. You should assume that the information
contained or
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incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus is accurate only as of the
respective dates of such information. Our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed
since such dates.
This prospectus supplement is not an offer to sell nor is it a
solicitation of an offer to buy any security in any jurisdiction
where such offer or sale is not permitted.
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ABOUT THIS
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this
prospectus supplement to we, us,
our, Brightpoint, our
company or the company refers to Brightpoint,
Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the term
you refers to a prospective investor.
On July 31, 2007, we acquired all of the capital stock of
Dangaard Telecom A/S, a Danish company, referred to in this
prospectus supplement as Dangaard Telecom, from its sole
shareholder, Dangaard Holding A/S. Dangaard Holding A/S
subsequently changed its name to NC Telecom Holding A/S and is
referred to in this prospectus supplement as NC Holding, or the
selling shareholder. Nordic Capital VI Limited, referred to
herein as Nordic, is the ultimate parent of NC Holding and
shares voting and dispositive power over 30,000,000 shares
of our common stock held by NC Holding. We are registering the
shares of common stock covered by this prospectus supplement
pursuant to a registration rights agreement that we entered into
with NC Holding in connection with our acquisition of Dangaard
Telecom.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
part of the Registration Statement (Registration
No. 333-160238)
that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
SEC, on June 26, 2009 using a shelf
registration process and relates to the offering of shares of
our common stock by the selling shareholder.
This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus
supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering
of common stock and also adds to and updates information
contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference. The second part is the accompanying
prospectus, which gives more general information, some of which
may not apply to this offering. To the extent there is a
conflict between the information contained in this prospectus
supplement and the information contained in the accompanying
prospectus or the information contained in any document
incorporated by reference herein or therein you should rely on
the information in this prospectus supplement.
You should read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference,
in their entirety before making an investment decision. You
should also read and consider the information in the documents
we have referred you to in the section entitled Where You
Can Find More Information.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this prospectus supplement or the
documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, referred to as the Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, referred to as the Exchange Act. These forward-looking
statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions,
estimates and projections about our business and our industry
and include those relating to future events, performance
and/or
achievements. Actual future results may differ materially from
the forward-looking statements included or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement.
We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by the
use of words such as may, should,
will, could, estimate,
project, predict, potential,
continue, anticipate,
believe, plan, seek,
expect, future and intend or
the negative of these terms or other comparable expressions
which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future
performance. They are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our
control and difficult to predict and could cause our actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted
in, or implied by, the forward-looking
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statements. Some, but not all, of the factors that may cause
these differences are discussed below under the caption
Risk Factors and in other information incorporated
by reference into this prospectus supplement. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these
forward-looking statements as they speak only as of the date
that they were made. All forward-looking statements attributable
to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in
their entirety by these cautionary statements and the risk
factors contained in this prospectus supplement or in documents
incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
Moreover, unless we are required by law to update them, we will
not necessarily update any of these forward-looking statements
after the date of this prospectus supplement, either to conform
them to actual results or to changes in our expectations.
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PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
This summary highlights certain information about our
company. It does not contain all of the information that may be
important to you and to your investment decision and is
qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction
with, the more detailed information contained in, or
incorporated by reference into, this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus, including our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes. You should also
carefully consider, among other things, the matters discussed in
this prospectus supplement in the section entitled Risk
Factors.
Our
Company
Brightpoint, Inc. is a global leader in the distribution of
wireless devices and accessories and provision of customized
logistic services to the wireless industry. We have operations
centers
and/or sales
offices in various countries including Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala,
India, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal,
Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and
the United States. We provide customized integrated logistic
services, including procurement, inventory management, software
loading, kitting and customized packaging, fulfillment, credit
services and receivables management, call center and activation
services, website hosting,
e-fulfillment
solutions, reverse logistics, transportation management and
other services, within the global wireless industry. Our
customers include mobile network operators, mobile virtual
network operators, resellers, retailers and wireless equipment
manufacturers. We distribute wireless communication devices and
we provide value-added distribution and logistic services for
wireless products manufactured by companies such as Apple, High
Tech Computer Corp., Kyocera, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia,
Research in Motion, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and
UTStarcom.
Additional
Information
Our corporate offices are located at 7635 Interactive Way,
Suite 200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278 and our telephone
number is
(317) 707-2355.
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana in
August 1989 under the name Wholesale Cellular USA, Inc. and
reincorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in March
1994. In September 1995, we changed our name to Brightpoint,
Inc. In June 2004, we reincorporated under the laws of the State
of Indiana under the name of Brightpoint, Inc. Our website is
www.brightpoint.com. Information on our website is not
incorporated into this prospectus supplement and should not be
relied upon in determining whether to make an investment in any
securities of the company.
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The
Offering
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Shares of common stock offered by the selling shareholder |
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15,000,000 |
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Common stock outstanding before and after this offering |
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Use of Proceeds |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock
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Risk Factors |
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We urge you to read carefully the risk factors commencing on
page S-5 of this prospectus supplement and other information
included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus for a discussion of
the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to
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Dividend Policy |
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Since our initial public offering in 1994, we have not paid cash
dividends on our common stock. We do not anticipate paying any
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CELL |
The selling shareholder has granted the underwriter the option
to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of common stock to
cover over-allotments within 30 days after the date of this
prospectus supplement. Unless we specifically state otherwise,
information in this prospectus supplement regarding the number
of shares of our common stock being sold in this offering
assumes that the underwriter does not exercise its
over-allotment option.
Recent
Developments
Preliminary Selected Unaudited Financial Results for the
Quarter Ended June 30, 2009
The following are our preliminary selected unaudited financial
results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. These
preliminary results remain subject to the completion of our
normal quarter-end closing procedures and therefore could change.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, we expect that our
revenue will be between approximately $722 million to $727
million; we will have handled approximately 18 million to
19 million wireless devices; adjusted (non-GAAP) income
from continuing operations (excluding stock-based compensation
expense, amortization, and restructuring charge) will be between
approximately $0.07 and $0.13 per diluted share based on an
assumed effective tax rate of 35%; and our income from
continuing operations on a GAAP basis will be between
approximately $0.00 to $0.06 per diluted share.
In addition, we expect that our total debt will be approximately
$95 million to $97 million and our cash on hand will be
approximately $74 million to $76 million at the end of the
quarter ended June 30, 2009.
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The following table provides a reconciliation of our unaudited
estimated non-GAAP income from continuing operations per diluted
share to our unaudited estimated GAAP income from continuing
operations per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30,
2009:
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Q2 2009 Estimate
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Reconciliation of weighted average common shares outstanding
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We believe that providing income from continuing operations and
earnings per share on both a U.S. GAAP basis and on an as
adjusted non-GAAP basis provides meaningful information to
investors. Among other things, it may assist investors in
evaluating our on-going operations. Adjustments to earnings per
share from continuing operations generally include certain
non-cash charges such as stock based compensation and
amortization of acquired finite lived intangible assets as well
as other items that are considered to be unusual or infrequent
in nature such as goodwill impairment charges and restructuring
charges. The specific items excluded with respect to our
preliminary second quarter estimates of non-GAAP income from
continuing operations per share are estimated stock-based
compensation expense, estimated amortization expense and
estimated restructuring charge, as set forth in the above table.
We consider these items unrelated to our core operating
performance, and believe that use of this non-GAAP measure
allows comparison of operating results that are consistent over
time. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share is
calculated by dividing non-GAAP income from continuing
operations by non-GAAP weighted average common shares
outstanding (diluted). For purposes of calculating non-GAAP
income from continuing operations per share, we add back certain
shares presumed to be repurchased by us under the U.S. GAAP
treasury stock method related to stock based compensation
expense. We believe these non-GAAP disclosures provide important
supplemental information to management and investors regarding
financial and business trends relating to our financial
condition and results of operations. Management uses these
non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate the performance of the
business and to evaluate results relative to incentive
compensation targets for certain employees. Investors should
consider non-GAAP measures in addition to, not as a substitute
for, or as superior to measures of financial performance
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Because the second quarter has recently ended, this preliminary
selected unaudited financial information is, by necessity,
preliminary in nature, based only upon preliminary information
available to us as of the date of this prospectus supplement and
has not been reviewed by our independent registered public
accounting firm. Our consolidated financial
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statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 will not be
available until after this offering is completed, and,
consequently, will not be available to you prior to investing in
our common stock in this offering. Our actual results of
operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 could differ
materially from our preliminary estimates due to completion of
our quarterly closing procedures, final adjustments and other
developments that may arise before our financial results for
this period are finalized. Accordingly, you should not place
undue reliance on the foregoing preliminary selected unaudited
financial information.
Risk
Factors
An investment in our common stock involves certain risks that a
potential investor should carefully evaluate prior to making an
investment in our common stock. See Risk Factors in
this prospectus supplement beginning on page S-5 and in the
documents incorporated by reference herein.
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RISK
FACTORS
You should consider carefully the following risks, together
with all the other information contained in, or incorporated by
reference into, this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, including our historical consolidated financial
statements and related notes before you decide to purchase
shares of our common stock. If any of the following risks
actually occurs, our business, financial condition, operating
results and future growth prospects could be harmed. Additional
risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we
currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely
affect our business or financial condition in the future. Some
of these factors are beyond our control and future trends are
difficult to predict. Any adverse effect on our business,
financial condition or operating results could result in a
decline in the trading price of our common stock and your loss
of all or part of your investment. The following risk factors
are not to be considered a definitive list of all risks
associated with our operations and should be read in conjunction
with the risks and uncertainties contained in our other filings
with and submissions to the SEC, including our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on
February 25, 2009.
General Risks
Related to Our Operations
The current
global economic downturn could cause a severe disruption in our
operations.
Our business has been negatively impacted by the current global
economic downturn. If this downturn is prolonged or worsens,
there could be several severely negative implications to our
business that may exacerbate many of the risk factors we
identify below including, but not limited to, the following:
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The global economic downturn and the associated credit crisis
could continue or worsen and reduce liquidity, and this could
have a negative impact on financial institutions and the global
financial system, which would, in turn, have a negative impact
on us and our creditors.
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Credit insurers could drop coverage on our customers and
increase premiums, deductibles and co-insurance levels on our
remaining or prospective coverage.
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Our suppliers could tighten trade credit, which could negatively
impact our liquidity.
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We may not be able to borrow additional funds under our existing
credit facilities if participating banks become insolvent or
their liquidity is limited or impaired. In addition, we may not
be able to retain current accounts receivable factoring
arrangements or secure new accounts receivable factoring
agreements.
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The global recession has resulted in severe job losses and lower
consumer confidence, which could cause a decrease in demand for
our products and services.
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Certain markets have experienced and may continue to experience
deflation, which could negatively impact our average selling
price and revenue.
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Our customers, vendors and their suppliers (e.g., component
manufacturers) may become insolvent and file for bankruptcy,
which could negatively impact our results of operations.
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Our operations
could be harmed by fluctuations in regional demand patterns and
economic factors.
In particular, our North American and European divisions have
been adversely impacted and our results have been impacted. The
demand for our products and services has fluctuated and may
continue to vary substantially within the regions served by us.
While we believe that the enhanced functionality of wireless
devices and the roll-out of next generation systems has had and
will continue to have an effect on overall subscriber growth and
handset replacement demand, there can be no assurance that this
will be the case. Economic slow-downs in regions served by us or
changes in promotional programs offered by mobile operators may
lower consumer demand and create higher levels of inventories in
our distribution channels, which could result in lower than
anticipated demand for the products and services that we offer
and could decrease our gross and operating margins. A prolonged
economic slow-down in the United States or any other region in
which we have significant operations could negatively impact our
results of operations and financial position.
We have debt
facilities that could prevent us from borrowing additional
funds, if needed.
Our global credit facility is primarily secured by all of our
domestic assets and certain other foreign assets and stock
pledges. Our borrowing availability is based primarily on a
leverage ratio test, measured quarterly as total funded
indebtedness over adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the credit
agreement. Consequently, any significant decrease in adjusted
EBITDA could limit our ability to borrow additional funds to
adequately finance our operations and expansion strategies. The
terms of our global credit facility also include negative
covenants that, among other things, may limit our ability to
incur additional indebtedness, sell certain assets and make
certain payments, including but not limited to, dividends,
repurchases of our common stock and other payments outside the
normal course of business, as well as prohibiting us from
merging or consolidating with another corporation or selling all
or substantially all of our assets in the United States or
assets of any other named borrower. If we violate any of these
loan covenants, default on these obligations or become subject
to a change of control, our indebtedness under the credit
agreement would become immediately due and payable, and the
banks could foreclose on their security.
We may have
difficulty collecting our accounts receivable.
We currently offer and intend to offer open account terms to
certain of our customers, which may subject us to credit risks,
particularly in the event that any receivables represent sales
to a limited number of customers or are concentrated in
particular geographic markets. The collection of our accounts
receivable and our ability to accelerate our collection cycle
through the sale of accounts receivable is affected by several
factors, including, but not limited to:
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our customers and our overall credit rating as determined
by various credit rating agencies;
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industry and economic conditions;
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the ability of the customer to provide security, collateral or
guarantees relative to credit granted by us;
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our customers and our recent operating results, financial
position and cash flows; and
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our ability to obtain credit insurance on amounts that we are
owed.
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Adverse changes in any of these factors, certain of which may
not be wholly in our control, could create delays in collecting,
or an inability to collect, our accounts receivable, which could
impair our cash flows and our financial position and cause a
reduction in our results of operations.
We rely on our
suppliers to provide trade credit terms to adequately fund our
on-going operations and product purchases.
Our business is dependent on our ability to obtain adequate
supplies of currently popular product at favorable pricing and
on other favorable terms. Our ability to fund our product
purchases is dependent on our principal suppliers providing
favorable payment terms that allow us to maximize the efficiency
of our capital usage. The payment terms we receive from our
suppliers are dependent on several factors, including, but not
limited to:
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our payment history with the supplier;
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the suppliers credit granting policies and contractual
provisions;
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our overall credit rating as determined by various credit rating
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industry conditions;
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our recent operating results, financial position and cash flows;
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the suppliers ability to obtain credit insurance on
amounts that we owe them.
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Adverse changes in any of these factors, some of which may not
be in our control, could harm our operations.
A significant
percentage of our revenues are generated outside of the United
States in countries that may have volatile currencies or other
risks.
We maintain operations centers and sales offices in territories
and countries outside of the United States. The fact that our
business operations are conducted in many countries exposes us
to several additional risks, including, but not limited to:
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potentially significant increases in wireless product prices;
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increased credit risks;
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increased customs duties, import quotas and other trade
restrictions;
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potentially greater inflationary pressures;
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shipping delays;
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the risk of failure or material interruption of wireless systems
and services; and
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possible wireless product supply interruption.
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In addition, changes to our detriment may occur in social,
political, regulatory and economic conditions or in laws and
policies governing foreign trade and investment in the
territories and countries where we currently have operations.
U.S. laws and regulations relating to investment and trade
in foreign countries could also change to our detriment. Any of
these
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factors could have a negative impact on our business and
operations. We purchase and sell products and services in a
number of foreign currencies, many of which have experienced
fluctuations in currency exchange rates. In the past, we entered
into forward exchange swaps, futures or options contracts as a
means of hedging our currency transaction and balance sheet
translation exposures. However, our local management has had
limited prior experience in engaging in these types of
transactions. Even if done well, hedging may not effectively
limit our exposure to a decline in operating results due to
foreign currency translation. We cannot predict the effect that
future exchange rate fluctuations will have on our operating
results. We have ceased operations or divested several of our
foreign operations because they were not performing to
acceptable levels. These actions resulted in significant losses
to us. We may in the future, decide to divest certain existing
foreign operations, which could result in our incurring
significant additional losses.
The loss or
reduction in orders from principal customers or a reduction in
the prices we are able to charge these customers could cause our
revenues to decline and impair our cash flows.
Many of our customers in the markets we serve have experienced
severe price competition and, for this and other reasons, may
seek to obtain products or services from us at lower prices than
we have been able to provide these customers in the past. The
loss of any of our principal customers, a reduction in the
amount of product or services our principal customers order from
us or our inability to maintain current terms, including prices,
with these or other customers could cause our revenues to
decline and impair our cash flows. Although we have entered into
contracts with certain of our largest logistic services
customers, we previously have experienced the loss of certain of
these customers through expiration or cancellation of our
contracts with them, and there can be no assurance that any of
our customers will continue to purchase products or services
from us or that their purchases will be at the same or greater
levels than in prior periods.
Our operating
results frequently vary significantly and respond to seasonal
fluctuations in purchasing patterns.
The operating results of each of our three divisions may be
influenced by a number of seasonal factors in the different
countries and markets in which we operate. These factors may
cause our revenue and operating results to fluctuate on a
quarterly basis. These fluctuations are a result of several
factors, including, but not limited to:
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demand;
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and competitors;
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Consumer electronics and retail sales in many geographic markets
tend to experience increased volumes of sales at the end of the
calendar year, largely because of gift-giving holidays. This and
other seasonal factors have contributed to increases in our
sales during the fourth quarter in certain markets. In addition,
we have experienced decreases in demand in the first quarter
subsequent to the higher level of activity in the preceding
fourth quarter. Our operating results may continue to fluctuate
significantly in the future. If unanticipated events occur,
including delays in securing adequate inventories of competitive
products at times of peak sales or significant decreases in
sales during these periods, our operating results could
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be harmed. In addition, as a result of seasonal factors, interim
results may not be indicative of annual results.
We buy a
significant amount of our products from a limited number of
suppliers, and they may not provide us with competitive products
at reasonable prices when we need them in the future.
We purchase wireless devices and accessories that we sell from
wireless communications equipment manufacturers, network
operators and distributors. We depend on these suppliers to
provide us with adequate inventories of currently popular brand
name products on a timely basis and on favorable pricing and
other terms. Our agreements with our suppliers are generally
non-exclusive, require us to satisfy minimum purchase
requirements, can be terminated on short notice and provide for
certain territorial restrictions, as is common in our industry.
We generally purchase products pursuant to purchase orders
placed from time to time in the ordinary course of business. In
the future, our suppliers may not offer us competitive products
on favorable terms without delays. From time to time we have
been unable to obtain sufficient product supplies from
manufacturers in many markets in which we operate. Any future
failure or delay by our suppliers in supplying us with products
on favorable terms would severely diminish our ability to obtain
and deliver products to our customers on a timely and
competitive basis. If we lose any of our principal suppliers, or
if these suppliers are unable to fulfill our product needs, or
if any principal supplier imposes substantial price increases
and alternative sources of supply are not readily available,
this may result in a loss of customers and cause a decline in
our results of operations.
Our business
could be harmed by consolidation of mobile operators.
The past several years have witnessed a consolidation within the
mobile operator community, and this trend is expected to
continue. This trend could result in a reduction or elimination
of promotional activities by the remaining mobile operators as
they seek to reduce their expenditures, which could, in turn,
result in decreased demand for our products or services.
Moreover, consolidation of mobile operators reduces the number
of potential contracts available to us and other providers of
logistic services. We could also lose business if mobile
operators that are our customers are acquired by other mobile
operators that are not our customers.
We make
significant investments in the technology used in our business
and rely on that technology to function effectively without
interruptions.
We have made significant investments in information systems
technology and have focused on the application of this
technology to provide customized distribution and logistic
services to wireless communications equipment manufacturers and
network operators. Our ability to meet our customers
technical and performance requirements is highly dependent on
the effective functioning of our information technology systems.
Further, certain of our contractual arrangements to provide
services contain performance measures and criteria that if not
met could result in early termination of the agreement and
claims for damages. In connection with the implementation of
this technology we have incurred significant costs and have
experienced significant business interruptions. Business
interruptions can cause us to fall below acceptable performance
levels pursuant to our customers requirements and could
result in the loss of the related business relationship. We may
experience additional costs and periodic business interruptions
related to our information systems as we implement new
information systems in our various operations. Our sales and
marketing efforts, a large part of which are telemarketing
based, are highly dependent on computer and telephone equipment.
We anticipate that we will need to continue to invest
significant amounts to enhance our information systems in order
to maintain our competitiveness and to develop new logistic
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services. Our property and business interruption insurance may
not compensate us adequately, or at all, for losses that we may
incur if we lose our equipment or systems either temporarily or
permanently. In addition, a significant increase in the costs of
additional technology or telephone services that are not
recoverable through an increase in the price of our services
could negatively impact our results of operations.
Our future
operating results will depend on our ability to continue to
increase volumes and maintain margins.
A large percentage of our total revenues is derived from sales
of wireless devices, a part of our business that operates on a
high-volume, low-margin basis. Our ability to generate these
sales is based upon demand for wireless voice and data products
and our having an adequate supply of these products. The gross
margins that we realize on sales of wireless devices could be
reduced due to increased competition or a growing industry
emphasis on cost containment. However, a sales mix shift to
fee-based logistic services may place negative pressure on our
revenue growth while having a positive impact on our gross
margins. Therefore, our future profitability will depend on our
ability to maintain our margins or to increase our sales to help
offset future declines in margins. We may not be able to
maintain existing margins for products or services offered by us
or increase our sales. Even if our sales rates do increase, the
gross margins that we receive from our sales may not be
sufficient to make our future operations profitable.
Our business
growth strategy includes acquisitions.
We have acquired businesses in the past and plan to continue to
do so in the future based on our global business strategy. Prior
or future acquisitions may not meet our expectations at the time
of purchase, which could adversely affect our operations causing
operating losses and subsequent write-downs due to asset
impairments.
Our business
depends on the continued tendency of wireless equipment
manufacturers and network operators to outsource aspects of
their business to us in the future.
We provide functions such as distribution, inventory management,
fulfillment, customized packaging, prepaid and
e-commerce
solutions, activation management and other outsourced services
for many wireless manufacturers and network operators. Certain
wireless equipment manufacturers and network operators have
elected, and others may elect, to undertake these services
internally. Additionally, our customer service levels, industry
consolidation, competition, deregulation, technological changes
or other developments could reduce the degree to which members
of the global wireless industry rely on outsourced logistic
services such as the services we provide. Any significant change
in the market for our outsourced services could harm our
business. Our outsourced services are generally provided under
multi-year renewable contractual arrangements. Service periods
under certain of our contractual arrangements are expiring or
will expire in the near future. The failure to obtain renewals
or otherwise maintain these agreements on terms, including
price, consistent with our current terms could cause a reduction
in our revenues and cash flows.
We depend on
third parties to manufacture products that we distribute and,
accordingly, rely on their quality control procedures.
Product manufacturers typically provide limited warranties
directly to the end consumer or to us, which we generally pass
through to our customers. If a product we distribute for a
manufacturer has quality or performance problems, our ability to
provide products to our customers could be disrupted, causing a
delay and/or
reduction in our revenues.
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Rapid
technological changes in the global wireless industry could
render our services or the products we handle obsolete or less
marketable.
The technology relating to wireless voice and data equipment
changes rapidly resulting in product obsolescence or short
product life cycles. We are required to anticipate future
technological changes in our industry and to continually
identify, obtain and market new products in order to satisfy
evolving industry and customer requirements. Competitors or
manufacturers of wireless equipment may market products or
services that have perceived or actual advantages over our
service offerings or the products that we handle or render those
products or services obsolete or less marketable. We have made
and continue to make significant working capital investments in
accordance with evolving industry and customer requirements
including maintaining levels of inventories of currently popular
products that we believe are necessary based on current market
conditions. These concentrations of working capital increase our
risk of loss due to product obsolescence.
Natural
disasters, epidemics, hostilities and terrorist acts could
disrupt our operations.
Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to
minimize the effects of natural disasters, epidemics, outbreak
of hostilities or terrorist attacks in markets served by us or
on our facilities, the actual effect of any such events on our
operations cannot be determined at this time. However, we
believe any of these events could disrupt our operations and
negatively impact our business.
The global
wireless industry is intensely competitive and we may not be
able to continue to compete successfully in this
industry.
We compete for sales of wireless voice and data equipment, and
expect that we will continue to compete, with numerous
well-established mobile operators, distributors and
manufacturers, including our own suppliers. As a provider of
logistic services, we also compete with other distributors,
logistic services companies and electronic manufacturing
services companies. Many of our competitors possess greater
financial and other resources than we do and may market similar
products or services directly to our customers. The global
wireless industry has generally had low barriers to entry. As a
result, additional competitors may choose to enter our industry
in the future. The markets for wireless handsets and accessories
are characterized by intense price competition and significant
price erosion over the life of a product. Many of our
competitors have the financial resources to withstand
substantial price competition and to implement extensive
advertising and promotional programs, both generally and in
response to efforts by additional competitors to enter into new
markets or introduce new products. Our ability to continue to
compete successfully will depend largely on our ability to
maintain our current industry relationships. We may not be
successful in anticipating and responding to competitive factors
affecting our industry, including new or changing outsourcing
requirements, the entry of additional well-capitalized
competitors, new products which may be introduced, changes in
consumer preferences, demographic trends, international,
national, regional and local economic conditions and
competitors discount pricing and promotion strategies. As
wireless telecommunications markets mature and as we seek to
enter into new markets and offer new products in the future, the
competition that we face may change and grow more intense.
We may not be
able to grow at our historical or current rates or effectively
manage future growth.
In prior years we have experienced domestic and international
growth but there can be no assurances as to our ability to
achieve future growth. We will need to manage our expanding
operations effectively, maintain or accelerate our growth as
planned and integrate any new
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businesses that we may acquire into our operations successfully
in order to continue our desired growth. If we are unable to do
so, particularly in instances in which we have made significant
capital investments, it could materially harm our operations.
Our inability to absorb, through revenue growth, the increasing
operating costs that we have incurred and continue to incur in
connection with our activities and the execution of our strategy
could cause our future earnings to decline. In addition, our
growth prospects could be harmed by a decline in the global
wireless industry generally or in one of our regional divisions,
either of which could result in reduction or deferral of
expenditures by prospective customers.
Our business
strategy includes entering into relationships and financing that
may provide us with minimal returns or losses on our
investments.
We have entered into several relationships with wireless
equipment manufacturers, mobile operators and other participants
in our industry. We intend to continue to enter into similar
relationships as opportunities arise. We may enter into
distribution or logistic services agreements with these parties
and may provide them with equity or debt financing. Our ability
to achieve future profitability through these relationships will
depend in part upon the economic viability, success and
motivation of the entities we select as partners and the amount
of time and resources that these partners devote to our
alliances. We may ultimately receive only minimal or no business
from these relationships and joint ventures, and any business we
receive may not be significant or at the level we anticipated.
The returns we receive from these relationships, if any, may not
offset possible losses, our investments or the full amount of
financings that we make upon entering into these relationships.
We may not achieve acceptable returns on our investments with
these parties within an acceptable period or at all.
We are subject to
certain personnel related issues.
Our success depends in large part on the abilities and continued
service of our executive officers and other key employees.
Although we have entered into employment agreements with several
of our officers and employees, we may not be able to retain
their services. We also have non-competition agreements with our
executive officers and some of our existing key personnel.
However, courts are sometimes reluctant to enforce
non-competition agreements. The loss of executive officers or
other key personnel could impede our ability to fully and timely
implement our business plan and future growth strategy. In
addition, in order to support our continued growth, we will be
required to effectively recruit, develop and retain additional
qualified management. Competition for such personnel is intense,
and there can be no assurance that we will be able to
successfully attract, assimilate or retain sufficiently
qualified personnel. The failure to retain and attract necessary
personnel could also delay or prevent us from executing our
planned growth strategy.
We are subject to a number of regulatory and contractual
restrictions governing our relations with certain of our
employees, including national collective labor agreements for
certain of our employees who are employed outside of the United
States and individual employer labor agreements. These
arrangements address a number of specific issues affecting our
working conditions, including hiring, work time, wages and
benefits, and termination of employment. We could be required to
make significant payments in order to comply with these
requirements. The cost of complying with these requirements
could be material.
Our distribution activities and logistic services are
labor-intensive, and we experience high personnel turnover. In
addition, we are from time to time subject to shortages in the
available labor force in certain geographical areas where we
operate. A significant portion of our labor force is contracted
through temporary agencies and a significant portion of our
costs consists of wages to hourly workers. Growth in our
business, together with seasonal increases in units, requires us
to recruit and train personnel at an accelerated rate from time
to time. We may not be able to continue to hire, train and
retain a significant labor force of qualified individuals
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when needed, or at all. Our inability to do so, or an increase
in hourly costs, employee benefit costs, employment taxes or
commission rates, could cause our operating results to decline.
In addition, if the turnover rate among our labor force
increases further, we could be required to increase our
recruiting and training efforts and costs, and our operating
efficiencies and productivity could decrease.
We rely to a
great extent on trade secret and copyright laws and agreements
with our key employees and other third parties to protect our
proprietary rights.
Our business success is substantially dependent upon our
proprietary business methods and software applications relating
to our information systems. We currently hold one patent
relating to certain of our business methods.
With respect to other business methods and software, we rely on
trade secret and copyright laws to protect our proprietary
knowledge. We also regularly enter into non-disclosure
agreements with our key employees and limit access to, and
distribution of, our trade secrets and other proprietary
information. These measures may not prove adequate to prevent
misappropriation of our technology. Our competitors could also
independently develop technologies that are substantially
equivalent or superior to our technology, thereby eliminating
one of our competitive advantages. We also have offices and
conduct our operations in a wide variety of countries outside
the United States. The laws of some other countries do not
protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws in
the United States. In addition, although we believe that our
business methods and proprietary software have been developed
independently and do not infringe upon the rights of others,
third parties might assert infringement claims against us in the
future or our business methods and software may be found to
infringe upon the proprietary rights of others.
We have
significant future payment obligations pursuant to certain
leases and other long-term contracts.
We lease our office and warehouse/distribution facilities under
real property and personal equipment leases. Many of these
leases are for terms that exceed one year and require us to pay
significant monetary charges for early termination or breach by
us of the lease terms. We cannot be certain of our ability to
adequately fund these lease commitments from our future
operations and our decision to modify, change or abandon any of
our existing facilities could negatively impact our operations.
We depend on our
computer and communications systems.
As a multi-national corporation, we rely on our computer and
communication network to operate efficiently. Any interruption
of this service from power loss, telecommunications failure,
weather, natural disasters or any similar event could negatively
impact our business and operations. Additionally, hackers and
computer viruses have disrupted operations at many major
companies. We may be vulnerable to similar acts of sabotage,
which could materially harm our business and operations.
We have included
certain preliminary selected unaudited results for the quarter
ended June 30, 2009 in this prospectus supplement, which
results may differ materially from our actual results of
operations for such period.
Because the second quarter has recently ended, the selected
unaudited financial information included in this prospectus
supplement, is, by necessity, preliminary in nature, based only
upon preliminary information available to us as of the date of
this prospectus supplement and has not been reviewed by our
independent registered public accounting firm. Our consolidated
financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2009
will not be available until after this
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offering is completed, and, consequently, will not be available
prior to an investor investing in our common stock in this
offering. Our actual results of operations for the quarter ended
June 30, 2009 could differ materially from our estimates
due to completion of our quarterly closing procedures, final
adjustments and other developments that may arise before our
financial results for this period are finalized. Accordingly,
you should not place undue reliance on the preliminary selected
unaudited financial information included in this prospectus
supplement.
Risks Related to
Our Common Stock
The market price
of our common stock may continue to be volatile.
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated
significantly from time to time. The trading price of our common
stock could experience significant fluctuations in the future,
including as a result of:
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actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating
results or financial position;
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issuances or repurchases of common stock;
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litigation;
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the introduction of new services, products or technologies by
us, our suppliers or our competitors;
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changes in other conditions or trends in the wireless voice and
data industry;
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changes in governmental regulation and the enforcement of such
regulation;
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changes in the assessment of our credit rating as determined by
various credit rating agencies;
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changes in securities analysts estimates of our future
performance or that of our competitors or our industry in
general; and
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investors perceptions of our prospects.
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General market price declines or market volatility in the prices
of stock for companies in the global wireless industry or in the
distribution or logistic services sectors of the global wireless
industry could also cause the market price of our common stock
to decline.
There are amounts of our common stock issuable pursuant to our
2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan that, if issued, could result in
dilution to existing shareholders, reduce earnings and earnings
per share in future periods and reduce the market price of our
common stock. We have reserved a significant number of shares of
common stock that may be issuable pursuant to this plan. Grants
made under this plan could result in dilution to existing
shareholders.
The sales of
shares by NC Holding in this offering and the future sale by NC
Holding of the substantial number of shares it will continue to
hold after this offering could adversely affect our stock
price.
We issued 30,000,000 shares of our common stock (including
2,000,000 shares that remain in escrow) to NC Holding on
July 31, 2007 as partial consideration for our acquisition
of Dangaard Telecom. Pursuant to a demand by NC Holding under
the registration rights agreement we entered into with NC
Holding upon the closing of the acquisition, we have filed a
shelf registration statement covering these
30,000,000 shares, of which up to 15,000,000 shares
(16,500,000 shares if the over-allotment option is
exercised in full) are being sold in this offering. The sale of
these shares could cause a significant decline in the market
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price for our common stock. In addition, NC Holding retains
demand registration rights with respect to the balance of the
shares not subject to this offering, which, in the case of an
underwritten offering, can be exercised upon the expiration of
180 days from the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus supplement and accompanying
prospectus forms a part. Even without their registration, after
the 90-day
lock-up
period following this offering, NC Holding will have the ability
to sell a significant number of these remaining shares in the
public market pursuant to Rule 144 or other available
exemption from registration. Any such sales could cause a
significant decline in the market price for our common stock.
Future sales, or
the perception of future sales, of a substantial amount of our
common stock may depress the price of our common
stock.
As of July 15, 2009, we had 82,008,463 shares of
common stock outstanding. Of these shares, approximately
30,877,531 shares of common stock, including the
15,000,000 shares (16,500,000 shares if the
over-allotment option is exercised in full) being offered
hereby, are restricted shares. In addition, shares held by our
directors, executive officers and other affiliates, as that term
is defined in the Securities Act, are control securities under
the Securities Act. Neither restricted nor control securities
may be sold in the public market unless the sale of such shares
is registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from
registration is available. Upon the completion of this offering,
the 15,000,000 restricted shares, if held by holders that are
not affiliates of ours (16,500,000 restricted shares, if held by
holders that are not affiliates of ours and if the
over-allotment option is exercised in full) being offered hereby
may be freely tradable without restriction under the Securities
Act. If the holders of currently restricted shares of our common
stock or control shares choose to sell such shares in the public
market under Rule 144 or otherwise, the prevailing market
price for our common stock may decline.
USE OF
PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock
by the selling shareholder named in this prospectus supplement
and accompanying prospectus.
We have agreed to pay certain expenses in connection with the
registration of the shares being offered by the selling
shareholder. See Plan of Distribution in the
accompanying prospectus.
DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES
General
We are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. As of July 15,
2009, there were 82,008,463 shares of common stock and no
shares of preferred stock outstanding. As of July 15, 2009,
there were approximately 325 holders of record of our
common stock.
Common
Stock
Subject to the rights specifically granted to holders of any
then outstanding shares of our preferred stock, our common
shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Our common
shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights. The holders
of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as
and if declared by our board of directors in its discretion out
of funds legally available therefor. In the event of
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the
holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably the assets
of our company, if any, legally available
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for distribution to them after payment of debts and liabilities
of our company and after provision has been made for each class
of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock. The
holders of shares of common stock have no conversion, preemptive
or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or
sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All
outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and
non-assessable.
Preferred
Stock
Our board of directors has not yet determined the preferences,
qualifications, relative voting or other rights of the
authorized shares of preferred stock. Shareholder approval is
not required for our boards designation of the
preferences, qualifications, relative voting or other rights
related to the preferred stock.
Anti-Takeover
Considerations
Classified Board
of Directors
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws
provide for a board of directors that is divided into three
classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with directors
serving staggered three-year terms. Subject to the right of
holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors,
shareholders elect one class constituting approximately
one-third of the board of directors for a three-year term at
each annual meeting of shareholders. As a result, at least two
annual meetings of shareholders may be required for the
shareholders to change a majority of the board of directors. The
classification of directors makes it more difficult to change
the composition of our board of directors and instead promotes a
continuity of existing management.
Transfer
Agent
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New
York, New York.
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SELECTED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial
data for the periods and as of the dates indicated. We have
derived the summary consolidated financial data presented as of
and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006 from our audited consolidated financial statements, which
are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus. The selected consolidated financial
data presented as of and for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 and 2008 have been derived from our
unaudited consolidated financial statements incorporated by
reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, which in the opinion of our management, included all
adjustments, consisting of primarily normal recurring
adjustments, that we consider necessary for a fair presentation
of our financial position and results of the operations as of
such date and for such unaudited periods. The historical results
are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for
future periods, and results for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of results
that may be expected for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2009. You should read the information
presented below in conjunction with the sections of our Annual
Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as
revised in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
SEC on June 1, 2009, and our Quarterly Report for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 in our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2009, entitled
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and with our
consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto,
all of which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus. See
Information Incorporated by Reference.
(amounts in
thousands, except per share data and footnotes)
(as adjusted, see note 17 to our Consolidated Financial
Statements for the year ended December 31, 2008)
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709,077
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265,911
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150,867
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103,265
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49,670
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37,777
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taxes
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(16,222
|
)
|
|
|
1,326
|
|
|
|
(2,167
|
)
|
|
|
(22,815
|
)
|
|
|
(9,759
|
)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(2,266
|
)
|
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
|
|
(342,114
|
)
|
|
|
47,394
|
|
|
|
35,610
|
|
|
|
10,440
|
|
|
|
13,770
|
|
|
|
(3,073
|
)
|
|
|
775
|
|
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to common
stockholdersbasic(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
(4.16
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.76
|
|
|
$
|
0.77
|
|
|
$
|
0.69
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
|
(0.19
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(4.37
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.78
|
|
|
$
|
0.73
|
|
|
$
|
0.21
|
|
|
$
|
0.28
|
|
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to common
stockholdersdiluted(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
(4.16
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.73
|
|
|
$
|
0.75
|
|
|
$
|
0.67
|
|
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
|
(0.46
|
)
|
|
|
(0.19
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(4.37
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.75
|
|
|
$
|
0.71
|
|
|
$
|
0.21
|
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S-17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31,
|
|
|
At March 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$
|
234,741
|
|
|
$
|
525,778
|
|
|
$
|
159,760
|
|
|
$
|
121,336
|
|
|
$
|
103,525
|
|
|
$
|
189,668
|
|
|
$
|
451,656
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
1,146,360
|
|
|
|
1,972,361
|
|
|
|
778,353
|
|
|
|
487,824
|
|
|
|
437,584
|
|
|
|
898,154
|
|
|
|
1,814,713
|
|
Long-term obligations
|
|
|
175,607
|
|
|
|
441,521
|
|
|
|
3,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
134,773
|
|
|
|
356,322
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
895,796
|
|
|
|
1,370,778
|
|
|
|
583,525
|
|
|
|
338,782
|
|
|
|
286,847
|
|
|
|
659,397
|
|
|
|
1,175,355
|
|
Shareholders equity
|
|
|
250,564
|
|
|
|
601,583
|
|
|
|
194,828
|
|
|
|
149,042
|
|
|
|
150,737
|
|
|
|
238,757
|
|
|
|
638,344
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
The consolidated statements of
operations reflect the reclassification of the results of
operations of our locally branded PC notebook business in
Slovakia and our operations in Poland and Turkey to discontinued
operations for all periods presented in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. The locally branded PC
notebook business in Slovakia and our operations in Poland and
Turkey were previously reported in our EMEA reporting segment.
Operating data includes certain items that were recorded in the
years presented as follows: restructuring charges in 2008, 2007,
2006, and 2005; $325.9 million goodwill impairment charge
in 2008; $18 million of charges related to valuation
allowances on certain tax assets that are no longer expected to
be utilized in 2008; and $16.1 million of tax benefits in
2007.
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|
(2)
|
|
Per share amounts for all periods
have been adjusted to reflect the 6 for 5 common stock split
(paid in the form of a stock dividend) effected on May 31,
2006, and the 3 for 2 common stock splits (paid in the form of
stock dividends) effected on December 30, 2005 and
September 15, 2005.
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PRICE RANGE OF
OUR COMMON STOCK
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol CELL. The table below sets forth
the high and the low sales prices of our common stock as
reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market for the periods
indicated.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High
|
|
|
Low
|
|
|
Year ending December 31, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third quarter (through July 15, 2009)
|
|
$
|
6.59
|
|
|
$
|
5.22
|
|
Second quarter
|
|
$
|
6.83
|
|
|
$
|
4.14
|
|
First quarter
|
|
$
|
5.15
|
|
|
$
|
3.15
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fourth quarter
|
|
$
|
7.23
|
|
|
$
|
3.10
|
|
Third quarter
|
|
$
|
8.75
|
|
|
$
|
6.21
|
|
Second quarter
|
|
$
|
10.35
|
|
|
$
|
6.89
|
|
First quarter
|
|
$
|
15.32
|
|
|
$
|
8.02
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fourth quarter
|
|
$
|
18.18
|
|
|
$
|
14.57
|
|
Third quarter
|
|
$
|
15.01
|
|
|
$
|
11.17
|
|
Second quarter
|
|
$
|
14.65
|
|
|
$
|
11.73
|
|
First quarter
|
|
$
|
14.02
|
|
|
$
|
10.17
|
|
The Company has declared the following forward and reverse
common stock splits. All of the forward stock splits were
effected in the form of common stock dividends.
S-18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend Payment or
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Split
|
|
|
Declaration Date
|
|
Effective Date
|
|
Split Ratio
|
|
August 31, 1995
|
|
September 20, 1995
|
|
5 for 4
|
November 12, 1996
|
|
December 17, 1996
|
|
3 for 2
|
January 28, 1997
|
|
March 3, 1997
|
|
5 for 4
|
October 22, 1997
|
|
November 21, 1997
|
|
2 for 1
|
June 26, 2002
|
|
June 27, 2002
|
|
1 for 7
|
July 29, 2003
|
|
August 25, 2003
|
|
3 for 2
|
September 15, 2003
|
|
October 15, 2003
|
|
3 for 2
|
August 12, 2005
|
|
September 15, 2005
|
|
3 for 2
|
December 5, 2005
|
|
December 30, 2005
|
|
3 for 2
|
May 9, 2006
|
|
May 31, 2006
|
|
6 for 5
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On July 15, 2009, the last reported sale price of our
common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $5.49 per
share. As of July 15, 2009, there were approximately 325
holders of record of our common stock. The number of record
holders does not include beneficial owners whose shares are held
in the name of banks, brokers, nominees or other fiduciaries.
Since our initial public offering in 1994, we have not paid cash
dividends on our common stock. We do not anticipate paying any
cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board
of directors and will depend upon our financial condition,
operating results, capital requirements, contractual
restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other
factors our board of directors deems relevant. Moreover, our
ability to pay dividends on our common stock may also be
prohibited by our current and future indebtedness.
In addition, certain of our bank agreements require consent from
the lender prior to declaring or paying cash dividends, making
capital distributions or other payments to shareholders. Our
board of directors intends to continue a policy of retaining
earnings to finance the growth and development of the business
and does not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future.
SELLING
SHAREHOLDER
Security
Ownership of the Selling Shareholder
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
selling shareholder based on information provided to us by the
selling shareholder. Percentage ownership of common stock after
the offering assumes the sale of all of the shares being offered
by the selling shareholder pursuant to this prospectus
supplement.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares of
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Percentage of Common
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Shares of
|
|
|
Shares of
|
|
|
Stock Beneficially
|
|
|
|
Beneficially Owned
|
|
|
Common Stock to be
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Owned
|
|
Name of
|
|
Prior to the
|
|
|
Sold in the
|
|
|
Beneficially Owned
|
|
|
Before
|
|
|
After
|
|
Selling Shareholder(1)
|
|
Offering
|
|
|
Offering
|
|
|
After the Offering
|
|
|
The Offering
|
|
|
The Offering
|
|
|
NC Telecom Holding A/S (formerly known as Dangaard Holding
A/S)(2)
|
|
|
30,000,000
|
|
|
|
15,000,000
|
(3)
|
|
|
15,000,000
|
(3)
|
|
|
36.6
|
%
|
|
|
18.3
|
%(3)
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
The address for the selling
shareholder is NC Telecom Holding A/S in care of NC Advisory
A/S, Sankt Annae Plads 11, 1250 Copenhagen, Denmark.
|
S-19
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
Based on a Schedule 13D/A
jointly filed with the SEC on June 29, 2009 by NC Holding
and Nordic Capital VI Limited, which states that these entities
share voting and dispositive power over the
30,000,000 shares as well as information provided to us by
Nordic Capital VI Limited and NC Holding. NC Holding is
ultimately controlled by Nordic, which shares voting and
dispositive power over the 30,000,000 shares owned by NC
Holding. The address of NC Holding is NC Telecom Holding A/S in
care of NC Advisory A/S, Sankt Annae Plads 11, 1250 Copenhagen,
Denmark. Three of our directors have an economic interest in
972,600 of these shares through their share ownership in NC
Holding (inclusive of their warrants on NC Holding stock). These
directors are Thorleif Krarup, Jan Gesmar-Larsen and Jorn
Jensen, who have an economic interest in 679,500, 271,800 and
21,300 shares, respectively, beneficially owned by NC
Holding, through their share ownership in NC Holding.
|
|
(3)
|
|
Assumes that the underwriter does
not exercise the option granted to it by the selling shareholder
to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares to cover
over-allotments, if any.
|
Our Agreements
with the Selling Shareholder
NC Holding is the sole selling shareholder in this offering. We
are registering for resale, pursuant to a registration rights
agreement that we entered into with NC Holding in connection
with our acquisition of Dangaard Telecom, the shares of common
stock issued to NC Holding. NC Holding is ultimately controlled
by Nordic, which shares voting and dispositive power over the
shares owned by NC Holding. NC Holding may offer and sell up to
an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of our common stock
pursuant to this prospectus supplement, plus an additional
1,500,000 shares upon exercise of the over-allotment option
granted by the selling shareholder to the underwriter.
Pursuant to the terms of the shareholder agreement that we
entered into with NC Holding upon the closing of the Dangaard
Telecom acquisition, NC Holding has the right to propose between
one and three individuals for election or appointment to our
board of directors. This right is subject to the final approval
of each such designee by our boards corporate governance
and nominating committee, applying reasonable and uniform
standards consistent with both its past practices and our
corporate governance principles and after it determines that
such designee satisfies the independence requirements under
NASDAQ Marketplace Rules. This right is contingent upon the
percentage of our common stock owned by NC Holding as follows:
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|
|
|
|
for as long as it owns at least 27.5% of our then outstanding
common stock, NC Holding will retain its designee proposal right
with respect to three designees;
|
|
|
|
for as long as it owns at least 17.5% but less than 27.5% of our
then outstanding common stock, NC Holding will retain its
designee proposal right with respect to two designees; and
|
|
|
|
for as long as it owns at least 7.5% but less than 17.5% of our
then outstanding common stock, NC Holding will retain its
designee proposal right with respect to one designee.
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NC Holding currently owns 36.6% of our outstanding common stock,
and three individuals it proposed for election or appointment,
each of whom is independent of the company under applicable
NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, serve on our board of directors. In
the event, and at such time as, the number of directors with
respect to which NC Holding has designee proposal rights is
reduced in accordance with the foregoing, upon request from us,
NC Holding shall immediately cause the requisite number of its
designated directors to resign from our board of directors.
In accordance with the terms of the shareholder agreement, if
15,000,000 shares are sold in this offering, we will have
the right to require one of the three directors currently on our
board of directors that was proposed for nomination by NC
Holding to resign immediately. Based on 82,008,463 outstanding
shares of common stock on July 15, 2009, if the
over-allotment option is exercised for any amount equal to or
exceeding 648,520 shares, we will have the right to require
two of the three directors currently on our board of directors
that were proposed for nomination by NC Holding to resign
immediately.
S-20
Voting
Arrangements with Shareholder
Pursuant to the terms of the shareholder agreement that we
entered into with NC Holding upon the closing of our acquisition
of Dangaard Telecom, until the earlier of (a) the date on
which NC Holding owns less than 7.5% of our outstanding common
stock and (b) the date on which it (i) owns less than
10% of our outstanding common stock, (ii) has no designee
serving as a member of our board of directors and (iii) has
irrevocably given up its director designee rights, NC Holding
will be required to vote all of its shares in favor of all
director candidates and shareholder proposals (other than those
seeking approval to authorize a merger, sale of all or
substantially all of our common stock or assets or other similar
business combination or for matters related to the foregoing)
recommended by our board of directors.
CERTAIN U.S.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S. HOLDERS
The following is a general discussion of certain material
U.S. federal income and, to a limited extent, certain
estate tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and
disposition of our common stock. This discussion applies only to
a
non-U.S. holder
(as defined below) of our common stock. This discussion is based
upon the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, or the Code, the Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial
interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof, all of which
are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This
discussion is limited to
non-U.S. holders
that hold our common stock as capital assets for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. Furthermore, this
discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal
income and estate taxation that may be applicable to
non-U.S. holders
in light of their particular circumstances, or to
non-U.S. holders
subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income or
estate tax law, such as financial institutions, insurance
companies, tax-exempt organizations, entities that are treated
as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes, dealers in
securities or currencies, expatriates, controlled foreign
corporations, passive foreign investment companies, former
long-term residents of the United States, persons deemed to sell
our common stock under the constructive sale provisions of the
Code and persons that hold our common stock as part of a
straddle, hedge, conversion transaction or other integrated
investment. Furthermore, this discussion does not address any
U.S. federal gift tax consequences or any state, local or
foreign tax consequences. Prospective investors should consult
their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign income, estate and other tax consequences of the
purchase, ownership and disposition of our common stock.
For purposes of this summary, the term
non-U.S. holder
means a beneficial owner of our common stock that is not, for
U.S. federal income and estate tax purposes, (i) a
citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a
corporation or other entity subject to tax as a corporation for
such purposes that is created or organized under the laws of the
United States or any political subdivision thereof (except for
certain
non-U.S. entities
taxed as U.S. corporations under specialized sections of
the Code), (iii) a partnership (including any entity or
arrangement treated as a partnership for such purposes),
(iv) an estate the income of which is subject to
U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or
(v) a trust (A) if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and
one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all
of its substantial decisions or (B) that has made a valid
election to be treated as a U.S. person for such purposes.
If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as
a partnership for such purposes) owns our common stock, the tax
treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend upon the
status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. In
the case of certain trusts, the tax treatment of a beneficiary
of the trust will depend on the status of the beneficiary.
Partners in a partnership and beneficiaries of a trust that owns
our common stock should consult their tax advisors as to the
particular U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences
applicable to them.
S-21
Dividends
Dividends paid to a
non-U.S. holder
generally will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal
income tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified
by an applicable income tax treaty. Non-U.S. holders should
consult their tax advisors regarding their entitlement to
benefits under an applicable income tax treaty and the manner of
claiming the benefits of such treaty. A
non-U.S. holder
that is eligible for a reduced rate of withholding tax under an
income tax treaty may obtain a refund or credit of any excess
amounts withheld by filing an appropriate claim for refund with
the Internal Revenue Service.
Dividends that are effectively connected with a
non-U.S. holders
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and, if
certain income tax treaties apply, that are attributable to a
non-U.S. holders
permanent establishment in the United States are not subject to
the withholding tax described above but instead are subject to
U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis at applicable
graduated U.S. federal income tax rates. A
non-U.S. holder
must satisfy certain certification requirements for its
effectively connected dividends to be exempt from the
withholding tax described above. Dividends received by a foreign
corporation that are effectively connected with its conduct of a
trade or business in the United States may be subject to an
additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate
as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.
Gain on
Disposition of Common Stock
A
non-U.S. holder
generally will not be taxed on gain recognized on a disposition
of our common stock unless:
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|
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|
|
the
non-U.S. holder
is an individual who holds our common stock as a capital asset,
is present in the United States for 183 days or more during
the taxable year of the disposition and meets certain other
conditions;
|
|
|
|
the gain is effectively connected with the
non-U.S. holders
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and, if
certain income tax treaties apply, is attributable to the
non-U.S. holders
permanent establishment in the United States; or
|
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|
|
we are or have been a United States real property holding
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes at
any time within the five-year period preceding the disposition
or the
non-U.S. holders
holding period, whichever period is shorter, and our common
stock has ceased to be regularly traded on an established
securities market prior to the beginning of the calendar year in
which the sale or disposition occurs or the
non-U.S. holder
owns or has owned more than 5% of our common stock.
|
Individual
non-U.S. holders
who are subject to U.S. federal income tax because the
holders were present in the United States for 183 days or
more during the year of disposition are taxed on their gains
(including gains from the sale of our common stock and net of
applicable U.S. losses from sales or exchanges of other
capital assets recognized during the year) at a flat rate of 30%
or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income
tax treaty. Other
non-U.S. holders
subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain
recognized on the disposition of our common stock generally will
be taxed on any such gain on a net income basis at applicable
graduated U.S. federal income tax rates and, in the case of
foreign corporations, the branch profits tax discussed above
also may apply.
We believe we are not and do not anticipate becoming a
United States real property holding corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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Federal Estate
Tax
Our common stock that is owned or treated as owned by an
individual who is a
non-U.S. holder
at the time of death will be included in the individuals
gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes, and,
therefore, U.S. federal estate tax may be imposed with
respect to the value of such stock, unless an applicable estate
tax or other treaty provides otherwise.
Information
Reporting and Backup Withholding
In general, backup withholding will apply to dividends on our
common stock paid to a
non-U.S. holder,
unless the holder has provided the required certification that
it is a
non-U.S. holder
and the payor does not have actual knowledge (or reason to know)
that the holder is a U.S. person, or the holder otherwise
establishes an exemption. Generally, information will be
reported to the United States Internal Revenue Service regarding
the amount of dividends paid, the name and address of the
recipient, and the amount, if any, of tax withheld. These
information reporting requirements apply even if no tax was
required to be withheld. A similar report is sent to the
recipient of the dividend. Copies of these information reports
also may be made available under the provisions of a treaty or
other agreement to the tax authorities of the country in which a
non-U.S. holder
resides.
In general, information reporting and possibly backup
withholding will apply to the payment of proceeds from the
disposition of our common stock by a
non-U.S. holder
through a U.S. office of a broker or through the
non-U.S. office
of a broker that is a U.S. person or has certain enumerated
connections with the United States, unless the holder has
provided the required certification that it is a
non-U.S. holder
and the payor does not have actual knowledge (or reason to know)
that the holder is a U.S. person, or the holder otherwise
establishes an exemption.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts that
are withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment
to a
non-U.S. holder
will be refunded or credited against the holders
U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that
certain required information is furnished to the Internal
Revenue Service.
Non-U.S. holders
should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of
the information reporting and backup withholding rules to them.
The Obama
Administrations Proposed Changes to Withholding Tax
Rules
The Obama Administration has recently proposed legislation that
may limit the ability of
non-U.S. investors
to claim relief from U.S. withholding tax in respect of
dividends paid on our common stock and may impose a withholding
tax on gross proceeds of the sale of our common stock, in
certain circumstances. The proposals appear to be directed at
limiting tax evasion and not to be intended to disrupt ordinary
and customary transactions. A
non-U.S. investor
generally would be permitted to claim a refund to the extent any
tax withheld exceeded the investors actual tax liability.
Non-U.S. holders
are encouraged to consult with their tax advisers regarding the
possible implications of the Administrations proposals on
their investment in respect of our common stock.
The preceding discussion of certain material
U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences is general
information only and is not tax advice. Accordingly, you should
consult your own tax adviser as to the particular tax
consequences to you of purchasing, holding or disposing of our
common stock, including the applicability and effect of any
state, local or foreign tax laws, and of any changes or proposed
changes in applicable law.
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UNDERWRITING
Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting
agreement, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. has agreed to purchase
from the selling shareholder the following number of shares of
common stock at a public offering price less the underwriting
discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus supplement:
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The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the
underwriter to purchase the shares of common stock offered
hereby are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the
underwriter will purchase all of the shares of common stock
offered by this prospectus supplement, other than those covered
by the over-allotment option described below, if any of these
shares are purchased.
We have been advised by the underwriter that the underwriter
proposes to offer the shares of common stock to the public at
the public offering price set forth on the cover of this
prospectus supplement and to dealers at a price that represents
a concession not in excess of $0.105 per share under the public
offering price. The underwriter may allow, and these dealers may
re-allow, a concession of not more than $0.10 per share to other
dealers. After the initial public offering, the underwriter may
change the offering price and other selling terms.
The selling shareholder has granted to the underwriter an
option, exercisable not later than 30 days after the date
of this prospectus supplement, to purchase from the selling
shareholder up to 1,500,000 additional shares of common stock at
the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and
commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus
supplement. The underwriter may exercise this option only to
cover over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. To the
extent that the underwriter exercises this option, the
underwriter will become obligated, subject to conditions, to
purchase these additional shares of common stock. The selling
shareholder will be obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell
these additional shares of common stock to the underwriter to
the extent the option is exercised. If any additional shares of
common stock are purchased, the underwriter will offer the
additional shares on the same terms as those on which the
15,000,000 shares are being offered.
The underwriting discounts and commissions per share are equal
to the public offering price per share of common stock less the
amount paid by the underwriter to the selling shareholder per
share of common stock. The underwriting discounts and
commissions are 3.50% of the initial public offering price. The
selling shareholder has agreed to pay the underwriter the
following discounts and commissions, assuming either no exercise
or full exercise by the underwriter of the underwriters
over-allotment option:
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In addition, we estimate that our share of the total expenses of
this offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions,
will be approximately $300,000.
We and the selling shareholder have agreed to indemnify the
underwriter against some specified types of liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to
contribute to payments the underwriter may be required to make
in respect of any of these liabilities. We
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and the selling shareholder have also agreed to indemnify each
other against certain types of liabilities related to this
offering.
We, each of our officers and directors and the selling
shareholder have agreed not to offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction that is
designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition
of any shares of our common stock or other securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
our common stock or derivatives of our common stock owned by
these persons prior to this offering or common stock issuable
upon exercise of options or warrants held by these persons for a
period of 45 days, in the case of the company and our
directors and officers, and 90 days in the case of the
selling shareholder, after the date of this prospectus
supplement without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. This consent may be given at any time without
public notice.
With respect to our officers and directors, the lock-up does not
apply to transfer of (a) shares of our common stock
pursuant to an existing 10b5-1 plan; (b) shares of our
common stock acquired in open market transactions after the
completion of this offering; (c) transfers of any or all of
the shares of our common stock or other securities of the
company if the transfer is (i) by gift, will or intestacy,
(ii) to any trust, partnership or limited liability company
for the direct or indirect benefit of the transferring person
and/or the
immediate family of the transferring person, (iii) to any
investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the
transferring person or (iv) to a nominee or custodian of a
person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be
permissible under clauses (i) through (iii) above;
provided, that the transferee, in each case, agrees to be bound
by the terms of the lock-up in the same form as agreed to by the
transferring person and that the transfer shall not involve a
disposition for value; and (d) shares of our common stock
for the purpose of financing the payment of any taxes payable in
connection with the vesting of restricted stock or restricted
stock units.
With respect to us the lock-up does not apply to (a) grants
by the company of stock options, restricted stock, restricted
stock units or other awards pursuant to the companys 2004
Long-Term Incentive Plan, (b) the issuance by the company
of shares of common stock upon (i) the exercise of any
option outstanding on the date of this prospectus supplement,
(ii) the vesting of restricted stock units outstanding on
the date of this prospectus supplement, (c) the issuance of
shares of common stock by the company in connection with a
strategic partnering transaction, (d) the issuance of
shares of common stock in exchange for equity or assets of a
company in connection with a merger or acquisition, (e) the
distribution by the company of shares of common stock to
shareholders of the company or (f) the transfer by the company
of shares of common stock to any wholly-owned subsidiary;
provided, however, that in the case of a transfer pursuant to
clause (f) above, it shall be a condition to the transfer
that such subsidiary execute an agreement stating that the
subsidiary is receiving and holding such common stock subject to
the lock-up restrictions.
With respect to the selling shareholder, the lock-up does not
apply to (a) the transfer of shares of our common stock to
any wholly-owned subsidiary, (b) the transfer of shares of
our common stock (i) by distribution to partners, members
or shareholders of the selling shareholder, (ii) to any
trust, partnership or limited liability company for the direct
or indirect benefit of the selling shareholder, or (iii) to
a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a
disposition or transfer would be permissible under
clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided, however, that in
the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (a) or
(b) above, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the
transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is
receiving and holding such common stock subject to the lock-up
restrictions and (c) any sale of shares of our common stock
by the selling shareholder to us.
The 45-day
and 90-day
lock-up
periods described above will be automatically extended if:
(1) during the last 17 days of the applicable lock-up
period we issue an earnings release or
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announce material news or a material event relating to us
occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the applicable
lock-up period, we announce that we will release earnings
results during the
16-day
period following the last day of the applicable
lock-up
period, in which case the restrictions described in the
preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration
of the
18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the
announcement of the material news or event, unless the
underwriter waives this extension in writing in its sole
discretion.
Pursuant to the registration rights agreement we entered with NC
Holding in connection with our acquisition of Dangaard Telecom,
NC Holding is entitled to demand registrations with respect to
its shares. Under the registration rights agreement, NC Holding
is not entitled to make another demand for an underwritten
offering of its shares until 180 days have expired since
the effective date of the registration statement of which this
prospectus supplement forms a part. Following the expiration of
the NC Holding
lock-up
period described above, however, NC Holding may sell all or a
portion of the shares it then holds in open market transactions
in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as
permitted by that rule, Section 4(1) under the Securities
Act, if available, or any other available exemption from
registration under the Securities Act. NC Holding has agreed,
however, pursuant to the shareholder agreement it entered into
with us upon the closing of the Dangaard Telecom acquisition,
not to transfer any of the shares it acquired during any
90-day
period in excess of the amount it otherwise would be permitted
to transfer under the volume limitations of Rule 144 under
the Securities Act (except for transfers pursuant to a
registration statement pursuant to the registration rights
agreement or certain transfers to affiliates or members or
partners of the selling shareholder).
The underwriter has advised us that the underwriter does not
intend to confirm sales to any account over which it exercises
discretionary authority.
In connection with the offering, the underwriter may purchase
and sell shares of our common stock in the open market. These
transactions may include short sales, purchases to cover
positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions.
Short sales involve the sale by the underwriter of a greater
number of shares than it is required to purchase in the
offering. Covered short sales are sales made in an amount not
greater than the underwriters option to purchase
additional shares of common stock from the selling shareholder
in the offering. The underwriter may close out any covered short
position by either exercising its option to purchase additional
shares or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining
the source of shares to close out the covered short position,
the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of
shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to
the price at which it may purchase shares through the
over-allotment option.
Naked short sales are any sales in excess of the over-allotment
option. The underwriter must close out any naked short position
by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position
is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned
that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares
in the open market prior to the completion of the offering.
Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or
purchases of our common stock made by the underwriter in the
open market prior to the completion of the offering.
Purchases to cover a short position and stabilizing transactions
may have the effect of preventing or slowing a decline in the
market price of our common stock. Additionally, these purchases,
along with the imposition of the penalty bid, may stabilize,
maintain or otherwise affect the market price of our common
stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may
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be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open
market. These transactions may be effected on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, in the
over-the-counter
market or otherwise.
A prospectus supplement in electronic format may be made
available on the Internet web sites maintained by the
underwriter or by its affiliates. Other than the prospectus
supplement in electronic format, the information on the
underwriters or any of its affiliates web sites and
any information contained in any other web site maintained by
the underwriter or any of its affiliates is not part of this
prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or the
registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms
a part, has not been approved
and/or
endorsed by us or the underwriter and should not be relied upon
by investors.
Sales Outside the
United States
No action has been taken in any jurisdiction that would permit a
public offering of the shares of our common stock, or the
possession, circulation or distribution of this prospectus
supplement, accompanying prospectus or any other material
relating to us or our common stock in any jurisdiction where
action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, our common
stock may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and
none of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
or any other offering material or advertisements in connection
with our common stock may be distributed or published, in or
from any country or jurisdiction except in compliance with any
applicable rules and regulations of any such country or
jurisdiction.
The underwriter may arrange to sell our common stock offered
hereby in certain jurisdictions outside the United States,
either directly or through affiliates, where they are permitted
to do so.
European Economic
Area
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area
which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant
Member State), the underwriter has represented and agreed that
with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus
Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the
Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make
an offer of our common stock to the public in that Relevant
Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in
relation to our common stock which has been approved by the
competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where
appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and
notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member
State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except
that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant
Implementation Date, make an offer of our common stock to the
public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to
operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(b) to any legal entity which has two or more of
(1) an average of at least 250 employees during the
last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than
43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more
than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or
consolidated accounts;
(c) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than
qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive)
subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives
for any such offer; or
(d) in any other circumstances which do not require the
publication by the Issuer of a prospectus pursuant to
Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
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For the purposes of this provision, the expression an
offer of our common stock to the public in relation
to our common stock in any Relevant Member State means the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
information on the terms of the offer and our common stock to be
offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or
subscribe our common stock, as the same may be varied in that
Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus
Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus
Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant
implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
United
Kingdom
We have been advised by the underwriter that:
(a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated
and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an
invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity
(within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services
and Markets Act of 2000, or the FSMA) received by it in
connection with the issue or sale of our common stock in
circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA would not,
if we were not an authorized person, apply to us; and
(b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable
provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to our common stock in, from or otherwise involving the
United Kingdom.
France
This prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus have not
been prepared in connection with the offering of our securities
that has been approved by the Autorité des marchés
financiers or by the competent authority of another State
that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European
Economic Area and notified to the Autorité des
marchés financiers; no security has been offered or
sold and will be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the
public in France except to permitted investors, or Permitted
Investors, consisting of persons licensed to provide the
investment service of portfolio management for the account of
third parties, qualified investors (investisseurs
qualifiés) acting for their own account
and/or
corporate investors meeting one of the four criteria provided in
article D.
341-1 of the
French Code Monétaire et Financier and belonging to
a limited circle of investors (cercle restreint
dinvestisseurs) acting for their own account, with
qualified investors and limited circle of
investors having the meaning ascribed to them in
Article L.
411-2, D.
411-1, D.
411-2, D.
734-1, D.
744-1, D.
754-1 and D.
764-1 of the
French Code Monétaire et Financier; none of this
prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any other
materials related to the offer or information contained therein
relating to our securities has been released, issued or
distributed to the public in France except to Permitted
Investors; and the direct or indirect resale to the public in
France of any securities acquired by any Permitted Investor may
be made only as provided by articles L.
411-1, L.
411-2, L.
412-1 and L.
621-8 to L.
621-8-3 of
the French Code Monétaire et Financier and
applicable regulations thereunder.
Italy
The offering of our common stock has not been registered
pursuant to the Italian securities legislation and, accordingly,
the underwriter has not offered or sold, and will not offer or
sell, any of our common stock in the Republic of Italy in a
solicitation to the public, and sales of our common stock in the
Republic of Italy shall be effected in accordance with all
Italian securities, tax and exchange control and other
applicable laws and regulations. In any case, our common stock
cannot be offered or sold to any individuals in the Republic of
Italy either in the primary market or the secondary market. The
underwriter will not offer, sell or deliver our common
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stock or distribute copies of this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus or any other document relating to our
common stock in the Republic of Italy except: to
Professional Investors, as defined in
Article 31.2 of Commissione Nazionale per le
Società e la Borsa, or CONSOB,
Regulation No. 11522 of 2 July 1998 as amended
(Regulation No. 11522), pursuant to
Article 30.2 and 100 of Legislative Decree No. 58 of
24 February 1998 as amended (Decree
No. 58), or in any other circumstances where an
expressed exemption to comply with the solicitation restrictions
provided by Decree No. 58 or Regulation No. 11971
of 14 May 1999 as amended applies, provided, however, that
any such offer, sale or delivery of our common stock or
distribution of copies of the prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus or any other document relating to our
common stock in the Republic of Italy must be (a) made by
investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to
conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance
with Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993 as
amended (Decree No. 385), Decree No. 58,
CONSOB Regulation No. 11522 and any other applicable
laws and regulations; (b) in compliance with
Article 129 of Decree No. 385 and the implementing
instructions of the Bank of Italy, pursuant to which the issue,
trading or placement of securities in Italy is subject to a
prior notification to the Bank of Italy, unless an exemption,
depending, inter alia, on the aggregate amount and the
characteristics of our common stock issued or offered in the
Republic of Italy, applies; and (c) in compliance with any
other applicable notification requirement or limitation which
may be imposed by CONSOB or the Bank of Italy.
The underwriter and its affiliates have provided investment
banking services to us and the selling shareholder in the past
and may do so in the future. They receive customary fees and
commissions for these services. The underwriter is a lender to
the company under its global credit facility.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Blank Rome LLP of New York, New York, has acted as counsel for
Brightpoint in connection with this offering. Ice Miller LLP of
Indianapolis, Indiana will pass upon the validity of the shares
of common stock being offered by this prospectus supplement.
Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be
passed upon for the underwriter by Cleary Gottlieb
Steen & Hamilton LLP of New York, New York. Certain
legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed
upon for the selling shareholder by Accura Advokataktieselskab
of Copenhagen, Denmark and by Latham & Watkins LLP of
New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Brightpoint, Inc. appearing in Brightpoint, Inc.s Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, as revised by a
Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated June 1, 2009, and the effectiveness of Brightpoint,
Inc.s internal control over financial reporting appearing
in Brightpoint, Inc.s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008 have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included
therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and schedule are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority
of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Dangaard Telecom as of
September 30, 2005 and 2006, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended September 30, 2006, are
incorporated by reference herein and in the registration
statement in reliance upon the report of KPMG Statsautoriseret
Revisionspartnerselskab (Partnership of State Authorized Public
Accountants), independent accountants, incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement, and upon the authority
of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. As discussed
in Note 35 to these consolidated financial statements, the
consolidated balance sheet
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as of September 30, 2006 and 2005 and the related
consolidated income statement for the year ended
September 30, 2006 have been restated.
INFORMATION
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on
Form S-3
under the Securities Act covering the securities offered by this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, which
form part of the registration statement, do not contain all of
the information that you can find in our registration statement
and the exhibits to the registration statement. Statements
contained in this prospectus supplement as to the contents of
any contract or other document referred to are not necessarily
complete and in each instance such statement is qualified by
reference to each such contract or document filed or
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration
statement.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the
information we file with them. This means that we may disclose
important information to you by referring you to other documents
filed separately with the SEC. The information we incorporate by
reference in this prospectus supplement is legally deemed to be
a part of this prospectus supplement, and later information that
we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the
information in this prospectus supplement and the documents
listed below. Our SEC file number for documents we file under
the Exchange Act is:
001-12845.
We incorporate the documents listed below:
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Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on
February 25, 2009;
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our Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed with the
SEC on March 23, 2009;
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our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the three months ended March 31, 2009, filed with the
SEC on May 7, 2009;
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our Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009 (only with respect
to Items 2.05, 2.06, 3.03, 5.02 and 9.01 (exhibit 4.1
only)), March 13, 2009, May 8, 2009, May 21,
2009, June 1, 2009, June 18, 2009 and July 2,
2009;
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the amendment to our Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009;
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Form S-3
filed with the SEC on November 19, 2007;
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The Consolidated Financial Statements of Dangaard Telecom as of
September 30, 2006 and 2005 and for the three years ended
September 30, 2006 included in Annex C-(1) to our
Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed with the SEC
on June 20, 2007; and
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the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statements on
Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC and all amendments or reports filed by us for
the purpose of updating those descriptions.
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All reports and other documents subsequently filed by us
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus supplement and
prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and to
be part hereof from the dates of filing of such reports and
other documents; provided, however, that we are not
incorporating any information furnished under either
Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on
Form 8-K,
which is not deemed to be filed and is not incorporated by
reference herein.
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You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing
or telephoning us at Brightpoint, Inc., 7635 Interactive Way,
Suite 200, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attention: Investor
Relations, Telephone:
(317) 707-2355.
WHERE YOU CAN
FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange
Act and we file reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC.
You may read and copy any of the reports, statements, or other
information we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Section
at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. Information on
the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by
calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC also maintains a website at
http://www.sec.gov
that contains reports, proxy statements and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
Our internet address is www.brightpoint.com. We make available
free of charge, on or through our website, Annual Reports on
Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q,
Current Reports on
Form 8-K
and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file such
material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Information contained
on our website is not part of this prospectus supplement.
S-31
PROSPECTUS
BRIGHTPOINT,
INC.
30,000,000 shares
of common stock
Up to 30,000,000 shares of our common stock may be offered
and sold by the selling shareholder identified on page 4 of
this prospectus from time to time. We will not receive any
proceeds from sales of the shares of our common stock by the
selling shareholder.
The securities offered by this prospectus may be sold through
one or more underwriters or in other manners as set forth under
the heading Plan of Distribution. Each time the
selling shareholder offers any shares of our common stock
pursuant to this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus
supplement and attach it to this prospectus. The prospectus
supplement will contain more specific information about the
offering, including the offering price, and may also add to,
update or change information contained in this prospectus. This
prospectus may not be used to offer or sell securities without a
prospectus supplement describing the method and terms of the
particular offering.
You should carefully read this prospectus and any accompanying
prospectus supplement, as well as any documents incorporated by
reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement,
before you invest in our common stock.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol CELL. On July 10, 2009, the
last sale price of our common stock as reported by NASDAQ was
$5.84 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See Risk
Factors on page 2 of this prospectus and the risk
factors that are incorporated by reference from our annual
report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, for information that
you should consider before making any investment decision.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus is July 10, 2009
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About
This Prospectus
Unless the context requires otherwise, reference in this
prospectus to we, us, our,
Brightpoint or the company refers to
Brightpoint, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the
term you refers to a prospective investor.
On July 31, 2007, we acquired all of the capital stock of
Dangaard Telecom A/S, a Danish company, from its sole
shareholder, Dangaard Holding A/S. Dangaard Holding A/S
subsequently changed its name to NC Telecom Holding A/S and is
referred to in this prospectus as NC Holding or the selling
shareholder. We are registering the shares of common stock
covered by this prospectus on this shelf registration statement
pursuant to a registration rights agreement that we entered into
with NC Holding in connection with our acquisition of Dangaard
Telecom.
Of the shares issued to NC Holding in connection with the
acquisition, initially 3,000,000 shares were placed in
escrow with American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company to secure NC Holdings indemnification
obligations under the acquisition agreement. We have previously
made indemnification claims against NC Holding pursuant to the
acquisition agreement which we believe are in excess of the
value of these 3,000,000 shares. We understand that NC
Holding intends to defend against these claims, and we can give
no assurance that all or any part of our indemnification claims
against NC Holding will be successful. Of these
3,000,000 shares, 2,000,000 remain in the escrow account
and 1,000,000 shares have been released from escrow subject
to our reservation of a right to assert a claim for
indemnification. Although the 2,000,000 shares that remain
in the escrow account are included in the shares covered by this
prospectus, such shares may not be released from the escrow
account until the proceeds of the sale of such shares have been
deposited into the escrow account.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC,
using a shelf registration process. By using a shelf
registration statement, the selling shareholder identified in
this prospectus in the section entitled Selling
Shareholder may, over time, offer and resell the shares of
common stock covered by the shelf registration statement. We
will not receive any proceeds from the resale by the selling
shareholder of the shares of common stock covered by the shelf
registration statement.
This prospectus provides you with some of the general terms that
may apply to an offering of our common stock by the selling
shareholder. Each time the selling shareholder offers shares of
our common stock for resale pursuant to this prospectus, we will
provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific
information about the terms of that specific offering and the
specific manner in which such shares may be offered, including
the offering price. This prospectus may not be used to offer or
sell securities without a prospectus supplement describing the
method and terms of the particular offering. Any prospectus
supplement may also add to, update or change information
contained in this prospectus. If there is an inconsistency
between the information in this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
You should read carefully both this prospectus, including the
information incorporated by reference herein as set forth herein
under the heading Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference, and the applicable prospectus supplement,
before making an investment decision.
The registration statement that contains this prospectus
(including the exhibits to the registration statement) contains
additional information about us and the common stock offered
under this prospectus. That registration statement can be read
at the SEC web site (www.sec.gov) or at the SEC offices
mentioned herein under the heading Where You Can Find More
Information.
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The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and
may be changed. You should rely only on the information provided
or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the
applicable prospectus supplement. Neither we nor the selling
shareholder have authorized anyone else to provide you with
different information. This prospectus is not an offer to sell
nor is it a solicitation of an offer to buy any security in any
jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. Neither
the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made under this
prospectus shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has
been no change in our affairs since the date of this prospectus
or that the information contained in this prospectus or
incorporated by reference herein is correct as of any time
subsequent to its date. Our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects may have changed since such
dates.
Our
Business
Brightpoint, Inc. is a global leader in the distribution of
wireless devices and accessories and provision of customized
logistic services to the wireless industry. We have operations
centers
and/or sales
offices in various countries including Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala,
India, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal,
Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and
the United States. We provide customized integrated logistic
services including procurement, inventory management, software
loading, kitting and customized packaging, fulfillment, credit
services and receivables management, call center and activation
services, website hosting,
e-fulfillment
solutions, reverse logistics, transportation management and
other services within the global wireless industry. Our
customers include mobile network operators, mobile virtual
network operators, resellers, retailers and wireless equipment
manufacturers. We distribute wireless communication devices and
we provide value-added distribution and logistic services for
wireless products manufactured by companies such as Apple, High
Tech Computer Corp., Kyocera, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia,
Research in Motion, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and
UTStarcom.
Our principal executive offices are located at 7635 Interactive
Way, Suite 200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278 and our phone
number is
(317) 707-2355.
In addition, our website is www.brightpoint.com. We have
included our website address for reference only. Information on
our website or that can be accessed through our website is not
incorporated by reference into and does not form a part of this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement.
Risk
Factors
Any investment in shares of our common stock involves a high
degree of risk. You should consider carefully the specific
factors discussed under the heading Risk Factors in
the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all of the
other information contained in the applicable prospectus
supplement or appearing or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement before
purchasing any of our securities. You should also consider the
risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed in our annual
report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, as updated by our
subsequent filings with the SEC and incorporated by reference in
this prospectus. Each of these risk factors could adversely
affect our business, operating results and financial condition,
as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our
common stock. Moreover, these risk factors may be amended,
supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we
file with the SEC in the future, and additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently
deem immaterial may also impair our business, operating results
and financial condition.
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Forward-Looking
Statements
Certain statements in this prospectus or the documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act) and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act). These forward-looking statements are based on our
current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections
about our business and our industry and include those relating
to future events, performance
and/or
achievements. Actual future results may differ materially from
the forward-looking statements included or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus.
We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by the
use of words such as may, should,
will, could, estimate,
project, predict, potential,
continue, anticipate,
believe, plan, seek,
expect, future and intend or
the negative of these terms or other comparable expressions
which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future
performance. They are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our
control and difficult to predict and could cause our actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted
in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. Some, but not
all of the factors that may cause these differences will be
discussed in the Risk Factors section of the
applicable prospectus supplement and in other information
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these
forward-looking statements as they speak only as of the date
that they were made. All forward-looking statements attributable
to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in
their entirety by these cautionary statements and the risk
factors contained in the applicable prospectus supplement or in
documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Moreover, unless we are required by law to update them, we will
not necessarily update any of these forward-looking statements
after the date of this prospectus, either to conform them to
actual results or to changes in our expectations.
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Use of
Proceeds
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock
by the selling shareholder named in this prospectus.
Selling
Shareholder
On July 31, 2007, we acquired all of the capital stock of
Dangaard Telecom A/S from its sole shareholder, NC Holding,
pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated as of
February 19, 2007, as amended on April 19, 2007,
May 17, 2007 and June 15, 2007, among us, NC Holding,
Dangaard Telecom A/S and Nordic Capital Fund VI.
We are registering for resale the shares of common stock held by
NC Holding pursuant to a registration rights agreement that we
entered into with NC Holding in connection with our acquisition
of Dangaard Telecom A/S. NC Holding may, in accordance with the
terms of the registration rights agreement, offer and sell up to
an aggregate of 30,000,000 shares of our common stock
pursuant to this prospectus together with any applicable
prospectus supplement.
Pursuant to the terms of the shareholder agreement that we
entered into with NC Holding upon the closing of the Dangaard
Telecom A/S acquisition, NC Holding has the right to propose
between one and three individuals for election or appointment to
our board of directors. This right is subject to the final
approval of each such designee by our boards corporate
governance and nominating committee, applying reasonable and
uniform standards consistent with both its past practices and
our corporate governance principles and after it determines that
such designee satisfies the independence requirements under
NASDAQ Marketplace Rules. This right is contingent upon the
percentage of our common stock owned by NC Holding as follows:
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for as long as it owns at least 27.5% of our then outstanding
common stock, NC Holding will retain its designee proposal right
with respect to three designees;
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for as long as it owns at least 17.5% but less than 27.5% of our
then outstanding common stock, NC Holding will retain its
designee proposal right with respect to two designees; and
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for as long as it owns at least 7.5% but less than 17.5% of our
then outstanding common stock, NC Holding will retain its
designee proposal right with respect to one designee.
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NC Holding currently owns 36.6% of our outstanding common stock,
and three individuals it proposed for election or appointment,
each of whom is independent of the Company under applicable
Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, serve on our board of directors. In
the event, and at such time as, the number of directors with
respect to which NC Holding has designee proposal rights is
reduced in accordance with the foregoing, upon request from us,
NC Holding shall immediately cause the requisite number of its
designated directors to resign from our board of directors.
Also pursuant to the terms of the shareholder agreement, until
the earlier of (a) the date on which NC Holding owns less
than 7.5% of our outstanding common stock and (b) the date
on which NC Holding (i) owns less than 10% of our
outstanding common stock, (ii) has no designee serving as a
member of our board of directors and (iii) has irrevocably
given up its director designee rights, NC Holding will be
required to vote all of its shares in favor of all director
candidates and shareholder proposals (other than those seeking
approval to authorize a merger, sale of all or substantially all
of our common stock or assets or other similar business
combination or for matters related to the foregoing) recommended
by our board of directors.
The applicable prospectus supplement for any offering of common
stock by the selling shareholder will include the following
information:
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the nature of any position, office or other material
relationship that the selling shareholder has with us or any of
our affiliates;
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the number of shares held by the selling shareholder before and
after the offering; and
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Plan of
Distribution
In accordance with the registration rights agreement, all costs,
expenses and fees incurred in connection with the registration
of the shares offered by this prospectus other than
(i) those of any counsel and other experts retained by the
selling shareholder, (ii) all fees and expenses of the
underwriters, if any, for the offering not paid by the
underwriters, and (iii) all underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any, shall be borne by us, up
to a specified amount. Brokerage costs, if any, attributable to
the sale of the selling shareholders shares will be borne
by the selling shareholder.
Shares of common stock may be sold to one or more underwriters
for public offering and sale by them. Any underwriter involved
in the offer and sale of shares of common stock will be named in
the applicable prospectus supplement to the extent required.
The selling shareholder may:
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sell shares of common stock in a firm commitment underwritten
offering to one or more underwriters for resale to individuals
or institutional investors;
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sell shares of common stock in a block trade in which the
broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may
position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction; and
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enter into option or other types of transactions that require
the selling shareholder to deliver our common stock to a
broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof or other third party, who
may then resell or transfer the common stock pursuant to this
prospectus.
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The selling shareholder also may resell all or a portion of the
shares in open market transactions in reliance upon
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that
rule, Section 4(1) under the Securities Act, if available,
or any other available exemption from registration under the
Securities Act rather than under this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of shares of common stock,
underwriters may be compensated in the form of underwriting
discounts or commissions. The shares of common stock will be
acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be
resold from time to time, at a fixed price or prices, which may
be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of the
sale, or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or
at negotiated prices. The shares of common stock may be offered
to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented
by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more
of such firms. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus
supplement, the obligations of underwriters to purchase the
shares of common stock offered will be subject to certain
conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to
purchase all the offered shares of common stock if any are
purchased. Any public offering price and any discounts or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid by underwriters or
dealers to other dealers may be changed from time to time.
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement any
compensation that may be paid to underwriters in connection with
the offering of shares of common stock, and any discounts,
concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to
participating dealers. Dealers participating in the distribution
of shares of common stock may be deemed to be underwriters, and
any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit
realized by them on resale of the shares of common stock may be
deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions. We may
enter into agreements to indemnify underwriters and dealers
against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act, and to reimburse these persons for certain
expenses.
The selling shareholder may enter into derivative or other
hedging transactions with financial institutions. These
financial institutions may in turn engage in sales of our common
stock to hedge their position, deliver this prospectus in
connection with some or all of those sales and use the shares
covered by this prospectus to close out any short position
created in connection with those sales. The selling shareholder
may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of our
common stock covered by this prospectus to support a derivative
or hedging position or other obligation and, if the selling
shareholder defaults in the performance of its obligations, the
pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell our common stock
from time to time pursuant
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to this prospectus. Such financial institution, pledgee or
secured party will be an underwriter and will be identified in
the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement).
To facilitate the offering of shares of common stock, certain
persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions
that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the
shares of common stock. This may include over-allotments or
short sales of the securities, which involve the sale by persons
participating in the offering of more securities than the
selling shareholder sold to them. In these circumstances, these
persons would cover such over-allotments or short positions by
making purchases in the open market or by exercising their
over-allotment option, if any. In addition, these persons may
stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for
or purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing
penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to dealers
participating in the offering may be reclaimed if securities
sold by them are repurchased in connection with stabilization
transactions. The effect of these transactions may be to
stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a
level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open
market. These transactions may be discontinued at any time.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers and their associates may
engage in transactions with and perform services for us and the
selling shareholder in the ordinary course of our respective
businesses for which they receive compensation.
Under the registration rights agreement we entered into with NC
Holding, we have agreed to indemnify NC Holding and its
successors and permitted assigns against certain liabilities
under the Securities Act.
The selling shareholder is subject to applicable provisions of
the Exchange Act and the SECs rules and regulations,
including Regulation M, which provisions may limit the
timing of purchases and sales of the shares by a selling
shareholder.
In order to comply with certain states securities laws, if
applicable, the shares may be sold in those jurisdictions only
through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In certain
states the shares may not be sold unless the shares have been
registered or qualified for sale in such state, or unless an
exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
obtained.
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Description
of Common Stock
General
We are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. As of the date of
this prospectus, there are 82,008,463 shares of common
stock outstanding, and no shares of preferred stock are
outstanding.
Common
Stock
Subject to the rights specifically granted to holders of any
then outstanding shares of our preferred stock, our common
shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Our common
shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights. The holders
of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and
if declared by our board of directors in its discretion out of
funds legally available therefor. In the event of liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the company, the holders of common
stock are entitled to share ratably the assets of the company,
if any, legally available for distribution to them after payment
of debts and liabilities of the company and after provision has
been made for each class of stock, if any, having preference
over the common stock. The holders of shares of common stock
have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights, and
there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to
the common stock. All outstanding shares of our common stock are
fully paid and non-assessable.
Transfer
Agent
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New
York, New York.
The description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statements on
Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC and all amendments or reports filed by us for
the purpose of updating those descriptions are incorporated
herein by reference.
Legal
Matters
Blank Rome LLP of New York, New York, has acted as counsel for
the company in connection with this offering. Ice Miller LLP of
Indianapolis, Indiana will pass upon the validity of the shares
of common stock being offered by this prospectus.
Experts
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Brightpoint, Inc. appearing in Brightpoint, Inc.s Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, as revised by a
Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated June 1, 2009, and the effectiveness of Brightpoint,
Inc.s internal control over financial reporting appearing
in Brightpoint, Inc.s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008 have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included
therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and schedule are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority
of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Dangaard Telecom A/S as
of September 30, 2005 and 2006, and for each of the years
in the three-year period ended September 30, 2006, are
incorporated by reference herein and in the registration
statement in reliance upon the report of KPMG Statsautoriseret
Revisionspartnerselskab (Partnership of State Authorized Public
Accountants), independent accountants, incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement, and upon the authority
of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. As discussed
in Note 35 to these consolidated financial statements, the
consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2006 and
2005 and the related consolidated income statement for the year
ended September 30, 2006 have been restated.
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Incorporation
of Certain Documents By Reference
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the
information we file with them. This means that we may disclose
important information to you by referring you to other documents
filed separately with the SEC. The information we incorporate by
reference in this prospectus is legally deemed to be a part of
this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede the information in this
prospects and the documents listed below. Our SEC file number
for documents we file under the Exchange Act is:
001-12845.
We incorporate the documents listed below:
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our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on
February 25, 2009;
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our Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed with the
SEC on March 23, 2009;
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our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the three months ended March 31, 2009, filed with the
SEC on May 7, 2009;
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our Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009 (only with respect
to Items 2.05, 2.06, 3.03, 5.02 and 9.01 (exhibit 4.1
only)), March 13, 2009, May 8, 2009, May 21,
2009, June 1, 2009, June 18, 2009 and July 2,
2009;
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the amendment to our Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009;
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Annex A to our Registration Statement on
Form S-3
filed with the SEC on November 19, 2007;
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The Consolidated Financial Statements of Dangaard Telecom A/S as
of September 30, 2006 and 2005 and for the three years
ended September 30, 2006 included in
Annex C-(1)
to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed with
the SEC on June 20, 2007; and
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the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statements on
Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC and all amendments or reports filed by us for
the purpose of updating those descriptions.
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All reports and other documents subsequently filed by us
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the
termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this prospectus and to be part hereof from the
dates of filing of such reports and other documents; provided,
however, that we are not incorporating any information furnished
under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current
Report on
Form 8-K,
which is not deemed to be filed and is not incorporated by
reference herein.
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing
or telephoning us at Brightpoint, Inc., 7635 Interactive
Way, Suite 200, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attention: Investor
Relations, Telephone:
(317) 707-2355.
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Where You
Can Find More Information
We have filed a registration statement on
Form S-3,
as amended, with the SEC relating to the securities offered by
this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the
information set forth in the registration statement and the
exhibits thereto. Statements contained in this prospectus as to
the contents of any contract or other document referred to are
not necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is
made to the copy of the contract or other document filed as an
exhibit to the registration statement, each such statement being
qualified in all respects by such reference. We have omitted
parts of the registration statement, as permitted by the rules
and regulations of the SEC.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange
Act and we file reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC.
You may read and copy any of the reports, statements, or other
information we file with the SEC at the SECs Public
Reference Section at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. Information on
the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by
calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC maintains a website at
http://www.sec.gov
that contains reports, proxy statements, information statements
and other information regarding issuers that file electronically
with the SEC.
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Brightpoint, Inc.
15,000,000 Shares
Prospectus Supplement
July 15, 2009
Common Stock
Deutsche Bank
Securities