-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UfnQ62/ygAvgwt6vQZI2rb6FGPzVFnbYNIDLLlSefBlr0t93POVTZqD/5O3laEq/ FzsvFnskEOpKsnTIEKyI6Q== 0000950168-97-003029.txt : 19971020 0000950168-97-003029.hdr.sgml : 19971020 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950168-97-003029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971017 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19971017 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLENAYRE TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000808918 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 980085742 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-38169 FILM NUMBER: 97697545 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5935 CARNEGIE BOULEVARD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28209 BUSINESS PHONE: 7045530038 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: N W GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NU WEST GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880221 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NU WEST GROUP LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19871126 S-8 1 GLENARYE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 1997 Registration No. 333- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 GLENAYRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 98-0085742 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 5935 CARNEGIE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28209 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1995 STOCK PLAN OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the Plans) STANLEY CIEPCIELINSKI EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 5935 CARNEGIE BOULEVARD CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28209 (Name and address of agent for service) (704) 553-0038 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) WITH COPIES TO: A. ZACHARY SMITH III KENNEDY COVINGTON LOBDELL & HICKMAN, L.L.P. NATIONSBANK CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 4200 100 NORTH TRYON STREET CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28202-4006 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Amount Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of of securities to be to be offering price aggregate registration registered registered per share* offering price* fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $.02 par value 56,000 shares $ 0.17 $ 730,945 $ 222 Common Stock, $.02 par value 26,500 shares $ 1.13 Common Stock, $.02 par value 154,500 shares $ 3.70 Common Stock, $.02 par value 1,000 shares $ 16.08 Common Stock, $.02 par value 5,000 shares $ 20.75 ================================================================================================================================
* Based on options to purchase up to 243,000 shares of Common Stock, $.02 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. under the Open Development Corporation 1995 Stock Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. All of such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with fixed exercise prices. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the aggregate offering price has been computed upon the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised. This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 243,000 shares of Common Stock of Glenayre Technologies, Inc., ("Glenayre" or the "Company") issuable upon exercise of options granted pursuant to the 1995 Stock Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Stock Plans") of Open Development Corporation ("ODC"). ODC was acquired by Glenayre on October 15, 1997 pursuant to an Acquisition and Merger Agreement dated as of October 6, 1997 (the "Acquisition Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, Glenayre assumed all of the then outstanding options granted under the Stock Plans to purchase an aggregate of 3,894,476 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of ODC which are now options for the purchase of shares of Glenayre Common Stock. No additional options or other rights will be granted under the Stock Plans. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information.* Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* * The information required by Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents heretofore filed by Glenayre Technologies, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commission file number 0-15761, are incorporated herein by reference: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (b) (i) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997; (ii) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 26, 1997, May 21, 1997 and September 9, 1997. (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. As of October 9, 1997, partners and associates of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. and their spouses and minor children owned beneficially an aggregate of 13,472 shares of the Common Stock of the Company. 2 Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains provisions prescribing the extent to which directors and officers shall or may be indemnified against liabilities which they may incur in their capacities as such. Under those provisions the availability or requirements of indemnification or reimbursement of expenses is dependent upon numerous factors, including whether the action is brought by the corporation or by outsiders and the extent to which the potential indemnitee is successful in his defense. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. The statute also permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against liabilities which they may incur in their capacities as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify them under other provisions of the statute. The Company has purchased insurance to provide for indemnification of directors and officers. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. 4.1 Open Development Corporation 1995 Stock Plan (filed herewith) 4.2 Open Development Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith) 4.3 Open Development Corporation 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed herewith) 5 Opinion of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. (filed herewith) 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP (filed herewith) 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith) 23.3 Consent of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5) 23.4 Acknowledgment Letter of Ernst & Young, LLP (filed herewith)
Item 9. Undertakings. (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; 3 provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on the 17th day of October, 1997. GLENAYRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ Stanley Ciepcielinski Stanley Ciepcielinski Executive Vice President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ Ramon D. Ardizzone Ramon D. Ardizzone Chairman of the Board October 17, 1997 /s/ Gary B. Smith Gary B. Smith Director, President and Chief October 17, 1997 Executive Officer /s/ Stanley Ciepcielinski Director, Executive Vice Presi- October 17, 1997 Stanley Ciepcielinski dent, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Princi- pal Financial Officer) /s/ Clarke H. Bailey Director October 17, 1997 Clarke H. Bailey /s/ Donald S. Bates Director October 17, 1997 Donald S. Bates Peter Gilson Director October , 1997 /s/ John J. Hurley John J. Hurley Director October 17, 1997 /s/ Stephen P. Kelbley Stephen P. Kelbley Director October 17, 1997 /s/ Horace H. Sibley Director October 17, 1997 Horace H. Sibley /s/ Billy C. Layton Vice President, Controller and October 17, 1997 Billy C. Layton Chief Accounting Officer (Prin- cipal Accounting Officer) 5 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description 4.1 Open Development Corporation 1995 Stock Plan (filed herewith) 4.2 Open Development Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith) 4.3 Open Development Corporation 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed herewith) 5 Opinion of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. (filed herewith) 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP (filed herewith) 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith) 23.3 Consent of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5) 23.4 Acknowledgment Letter of Ernst & Young, LLP (filed herewith)
6 EX-4 2 EXHIBIT 4.1 EXHIBIT 4.1 As Adopted: December 11, 1995 As Amended and Restated: February 20, 1996 OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1995 STOCK PLAN 1. Purpose. This 1995 Stock Plan (the "Plan") is intended to provide incentives: (a) to the officers and other employees of Open Development Corporation (the "Company"), its parent (if any) and any present or future subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, "Related Corporations") by providing them with opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which qualify as "incentive stock options" under Section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") ("ISO" or "ISOs"); (b) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which do not qualify as ISOs ("Non-Qualified Option" or "Non-Qualified Options"); (c) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with awards of stock in the Company ("Awards"); and (d) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with opportunities to make direct purchases of stock in the Company ("Purchases"). Both ISOs and NonQualified Options are referred to hereafter individually as an "Option" and collectively as "Options". Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases are referred to hereafter collectively as "Stock Rights". As used herein, the terms "parent" and "subsidiary" mean "parent corporation" and "subsidiary corporation", respectively, as those terms are defined in Section 425 of the Code. 2. Administration of the Plan. A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). Members of the Board who are either (i) eligible for Stock Rights pursuant to the Plan or (ii) have been granted Stock Rights may vote on any matters affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of any Stock Rights pursuant to the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting to himself of Stock Rights, but any such member may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which action is taken with respect to the granting to him of Stock Rights. All references in this Plan to the Committee shall mean the Board if no Committee has been appointed pursuant to subparagraphs B or C of this Section 2 below. B. The Board may delegate its powers with respect to the administration of the Plan to a stock plan committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board, provided that such Committee shall be composed pursuant to subparagraph C below if the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Committee may select one of its members as its chairman, and shall hold meetings at such time and places as it may determine. Acts by a majority of the Committee, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. From time to time the Board may increase or decrease the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies however caused, or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan. C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee (unless and until its members are not qualified to serve on the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan) which shall be composed of not fewer than two (2) members of the Board who shall be appointed from time to time by the Board. No member of such Committee may exercise discretion with respect to, or participate in, the administration of the Plan if, at any time, while a member of the Committee or during the twelve (12) month period prior to such exercise or participation, he has been granted or awarded Stock Rights or any other derivative security of the Company or any of its affiliate under this Plan or any similar plan of the Company, except that: 1 (a) participation in a "Formula Plan" shall not disqualify a director from being a disinterested person. A Formula Plan is a plan which: (i) permits officers and/or directors to receive awards and either (A) states the amount and price of securities to be awarded to designated officers and directors or categories of officers and directors, though not necessarily to others who may participate in the plan, and specifies the timing of awards to officers and directors or (B) sets forth a formula that determines the amount, price and timing of awards, using objective criteria such as earnings of the Company, value of the securities, years of service, job classification, and compensation levels; and (ii) provides that these plan provisions shall not be amended more than once every six (6) months, other than to comport with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), or the rules thereunder; (b) participation in an ongoing securities acquisition plan which meets the following conditions shall not disqualify a director from being a disinterested person: (i) the plan provides for broad-based employee participation and the terms of the plan do not discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees; (ii) officer or director participants making withdrawals must cease further purchases in the plan for six (6) months, or the securities so distributed must be held by the participant six (6) months prior to disposition; provided, however, that extraordinary distributions of all of the Company's securities held by the plan and distributions in connection with death, retirement, disability, termination of employment, or a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA, or the rules thereunder, are not subject to this requirement; (iii) officer or director participants who cease participation in the plan may not participate again for at least six (6) months; and (iv) for stock purchase plans under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code or similar plans, where the purchase price of the stock is not fixed and the participant is not obligated to purchase the stock until exercise of a right, in addition to the foregoing conditions, the stock acquired is held for six (6) months from the date the stock purchase price is fixed. (c) an election to receive an annual retainer fee in either cash or an equivalent amount of securities, or partly in cash and partly in securities, shall not disqualify a director from being a disinterested person; and (d) participation in a plan shall not disqualify a director from being a disinterested person for the purpose of administering another plan that does not permit participation by directors. Members of the Committee shall be subject to any additional restrictions necessary to satisfy the requirements for disinterested administration of the Plan as set forth in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as it may be amended from time to time. If at any time any member of the Committee does not satisfy such disinterested administration requirements, no stock options shall be granted under the Plan to any director or officer until such time as all members of the Committee satisfy such requirements. D. Subject to ratification of the grant or authorization of each Stock Right by the Board (if so required by applicable state law), and subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee, if so appointed, shall have the authority to (i) determine the employees of the Company and Related Corporations (from among the class of employees eligible under paragraph 3 to receive ISOs) to whom ISOs may be granted, and to determine (from among the class of individuals and entities eligible under paragraph 3 to receive Non-Qualified Options and Awards and to make Purchases) to whom Non-Qualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted; (ii) determine the time or times at which Options or Awards may be granted or Purchases made; (iii) determine the option price of shares subject to each Option, which price shall not be less than the minimum price (if any) specified in paragraph 6, and the purchase price of shares subject to each Purchase; (iv) determine whether each Option granted 2 shall be an ISO or a Non-Qualified Option; (v) determine (subject to paragraph 7) the time or times when each Option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; (vi) determine whether restrictions such as repurchase options are to be imposed on shares subject to Options, Awards and Purchases and the nature of such restrictions, if any; and (vii) interpret the Plan and prescribe and rescind rules and regulations relating to it. If the Committee determines to issue a Non-Qualified Option, it shall take whatever actions it deems necessary, under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, to ensure that such Option is not treated as an ISO. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provisions of the Plan or of any Stock Right granted under it shall be final unless otherwise determined by the Board. The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem best. No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Stock Right granted under it. 3. Eligible Employees and Others. ISOs may be granted to any employee of the Company or any Related Corporation. Those officers and directors of the Company who are not employees may not be granted ISOs under the Plan. NonQualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted to any director (whether or not an employee), officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any Related Corporation. The granting of any Stock Right to any individual or entity shall neither entitle that individual or entity to, nor disqualify him from, participation in any other grant of Stock Rights. 4. Stock. The stock subject to Options, Awards and Purchases shall be authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), or shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company in any manner. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the Plan is One Hundred Thousand (100,000), subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 13. Any such shares may be issued as ISOs, Non-Qualified Options or Awards, or to persons or entities making Purchases, so long as the number of shares so issued does not exceed such number, as adjusted. If any Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part, or if the Company shall reacquire any vested shares issued pursuant to Awards or Purchases, the unpurchased shares subject to such Options and any unvested shares so reacquired by the Company shall again be available for grants of Stock Rights under the Plan. 5. Granting of Stock Rights. Stock Rights may be granted under the Plan at any time after December 11, 1995 and prior to December 11, 2005. The date of grant of a Stock Right under the Plan will be the date specified by the Committee at the time it grants the Stock Right; provided, however, that such date shall not be prior to the date on which the Committee acts to approve the grant. The Committee shall have the right, with the consent of the optionee, to convert any ISO granted under the Plan to a NonQualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16. 6. Minimum Option Price; ISO Limitations. A. The price per share specified in the agreement relating to each ISO granted under the Plan shall not be less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of such grant. In the case of an ISO to be granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation, the price per share specified in the agreement relating to such ISO shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant. B. In no event shall the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an ISO is granted) of Common Stock for which ISOs granted to any employee are exercisable for the first time by such employee during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Company and any Related Corporation) exceed $100,000; provided that this paragraph 6(B) shall have no force or effect if its inclusion in the Plan is not necessary for Options issued as ISOs to qualify as ISOs pursuant to Section 422(d) of the Code. C. If, at the time an Option is granted under the Plan, the Company's Common Stock is publicly traded, "fair market value" shall be determined as of the last business day for which the prices or quotes discussed in this sentence are available prior to the date such Option is granted and shall mean (i) the average (on that date) of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common stock is traded, if the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or (ii) the last reported sale 3 price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market List, if the Common Stock is not then traded on a national securities exchange; or (iii) the closing bid price (or average of bid prices) last quoted (on that date) by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the NASDAQ National Market List. However, if the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time an option is granted under the Plan, "fair market value" shall be deemed to be the fair value of the Common Stock as determined by the Committee after taking into consideration all factors which it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Stock in private transactions negotiated at arm's length. 7. Option Duration. Subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraphs 9 and 10, each Option shall expire on the date specified by the Committee, but not more than (i) ten (10) years and one day from the date of grant in the case of Non-Qualified Options, (ii) ten (10) years from time date of grant in the case of ISOs generally, and (iii) five (5) years from the date of grant in the case of ISOs granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation. Subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraphs 9 and 10, the term of each ISO shall be the term set forth in the original instrument granting such ISO, except with respect to any part of such ISO that is converted into a Non-Qualified option pursuant to paragraph 16. 8. Exercise of Option. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 9 through 12, each Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as follows: A. The Option shall either be fully exercisable on the date of grant or shall become exercisable thereafter in such installments as the Committee may specify. B. Once an installment becomes exercisable it shall remain exercisable until expiration or termination of the Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. C. Each Option or installment may be exercised at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, for up to the total number of shares with respect to which it is then exercisable. D. The Committee shall have the right to accelerate the date of exercise of any installment of any Option; provided that the Committee shall not accelerate the exercise date of any installment of any Option granted to any employee as an ISO (and not previously converted into a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16) if such acceleration would violate the annual vesting limitation contained in Section 422 (d) of the Code as described in paragraph 6(C). 9. Termination of Employment. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations other than by reason of death or disability as defined in paragraph 10, no further installments of his ISOs shall become exercisable, and his ISOs shall terminate after the passage of sixty (60) days, from the date of termination of his employment, but in no event later than on their specified expiration dates, except to the extent that such ISOs (or unexercised installments thereof) have been converted into Non-Qualified Options pursuant to paragraph 16. Employment shall be considered as continuing uninterrupted during any bona fide leave of absence (such as those attributable to illness, military obligations or governmental service) provided that the period of such leave does not exceed ninety (90) days or, if longer, any period during which such optionee's right to reemployment is guaranteed by statute. A bona fide leave of absence with the written approval of the Committee shall not be considered an interruption of employment under the Plan, provided that such written approval contractually obligates the Company or any Related Corporation to continue the employment of the optionee after the approved period of absence. ISOs granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of employment within or among the Company and Related Corporations, so long as the optionee continues to be an employee of the Company or any Related Corporation. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any grantee of any Stock Right the right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Related Corporation for any period of time. 10. Death; Disability. A. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations by reason of his death, any ISO of his may be exercised, to the extent of the number or shares with respect to which he could have exercised it on his death, by his estate, personal representative or beneficiary who has acquired the ISO by will 4 or by the laws of descent and distribution, at any time prior to the earlier of the ISO's specified expiration date or 180 days from the date of the optionee's death. B. If an ISO optionee ceases to be reemployed by the Company and all Related Corporations by reason of his disability, he shall have the right to exercise any ISO held by him on the date of termination of employment, to the extent of the number of shares with respect to which he could have exercised it on that date, at any time prior to the earlier of the ISO's specified expiration date or 180 days from the date of the termination of the optionee's employment. For the purposes of the Plan, the term "disability" shall mean "permanent and total disability" as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or successor statute. 11. Assignability. No Stock Right shall be assignable or transferable by the grantee except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of the grantee each Stock Right shall be exercisable only by him. 12. Terms and Conditions of Options. Options shall be evidenced by instruments (which need not be identical) in such forms as the Committee may from time to time approve. Such instruments shall conform to the terms and conditions set forth in paragraphs 6 through 11 hereof and may contain such other provisions as the Committee deems advisable which are not inconsistent with the Plan, including restrictions applicable to shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options. In granting any Non-Qualified Option, the Committee may specify that such Non-Qualified Option shall be subject to the restrictions set forth herein with respect to ISOs, or to such other termination and cancellation provisions as the Committee may determine. The Committee may from time to time confer authority and responsibility on one or more of its own members and/or one or more officers of the Company to execute and deliver such instruments. The proper officers of the Company are authorized and directed to take any and all action necessary or advisable from time to time to carry out the terms of such instruments. 13. Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, an optionee's rights with respect to Options granted to him hereunder shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in the written agreement between the optionee and the Company relating to such option: A. If the shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of Options shall be appropriately increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price per share to reflect such subdivision, combination or stock dividend. B. If the Company is to be consolidated with or acquired by another entity in a merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or otherwise (an "Acquisition"), the Committee or the board of directors of any entity assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the "Successor Board"), shall, as to outstanding Options either (i) make appropriate provision for the continuation of such Options by substituting on an equitable basis for the shares then subject to such Options the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Acquisition; or (ii) upon written notice to the optionee, provide that all Options must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable, within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii) terminate all Options in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares subject to such Options (to the extent then exercisable) over the exercise price thereof. C. In the event of a recapitalization or reorganization of the Company (other than a transaction described in subparagraph B above) pursuant to which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, an optionee upon exercising an option shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such exercise the securities he would have received if he had exercised his Option prior to such recapitalization or reorganization. D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to subparagraphs A, B or C with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the Committee, after consulting with counsel for the Company, determines whether such adjustments would constitute a "modification" of such ISOs (as that term is defined in Section 425 of 5 the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holders of such ISOs. If the Committee determines that such adjustments made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs, it may refrain from making such adjustments. E. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Committee shall (ii) upon written notice to the optionee, provide that all Options must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable, within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii) terminate all Options in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares subject to such Options (to the extent then exercisable) over the exercise price thereof. F. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Options. No adjustments shall be made for dividends paid in cash or in property other than securities of the Company. G. No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the optionee shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares. H. Upon the happening of any of the foregoing events described in subparagraphs A, B or C above, the class and aggregate number of shares set forth in paragraph 4 hereof that are subject to Stock Rights which previously have been or subsequently may be granted under the Plan shall also be appropriately adjusted to reflect the events described in such subparagraphs. The Committee or the Successor Board shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under this paragraph 13 and, subject to paragraph 2, its determination shall be conclusive. If any person or entity owning restricted Common Stock obtained by exercise of a Stock Right made hereunder receives shares or securities or cash in connection with a corporate transaction described in subparagraphs A, B or C above as a result of owning such restricted Common Stock, such shares or securities or cash shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions applicable to the restricted Common Stock with respect to which such shares or securities or cash were issued, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Successor Board. 14. Means of Exercising Stock Rights. A Stock Right (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company at its principal office address. Such notice shall identify the Stock Right being exercised and specify the number of shares as to which such Stock Right is being exercised, accompanied by full payment of the purchase price therefor either (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) at the discretion of the Committee, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of the Stock Right, or (c) at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of the grantee's personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the lowest applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, or (d) at the discretion of the Committee, by any combination of (a), (b) and (c) above. If the Committee exercises its discretion to permit payment of the exercise price of an ISO by means of the methods set forth in clauses (b), (c), or (d) of the preceding sentence, such discretion shall be exercised in writing at the time of the grant of the ISO in question. The holder of a Stock Right shall not have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares covered by his Option until the date of issuance of a stock certificate to him for such shares. Except as expressly provided above in paragraph 13 with respect to changes in capitalization and stock dividends, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or similar rights for which the record date is before the date such stock certificate is issued. 15. Terms and Amendment of Plan. This Plan was adopted by the Board on December 11, 1995, subject to approval of the Plan by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company present, or represented, and entitled to vote at a stockholders' meeting held within twelve (12) months thereafter. Any Stock Rights granted prior to such stockholder approval shall become null and void if such stockholder approval is not obtained. The Plan shall expire on December 11, 2005; provided, however, that the Plan and all Stock Rights granted under the Plan prior to such date shall remain in effect and subject to adjustment and amendment as herein provided until they have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms of the respective grants or awards and the related option instruments. The Board may terminate or amend the Plan in any respect at any time without the authorization of stockholders to the extent allowed by law, including without limitation any rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, except 6 that, unless approved by the stockholders, it may not: (a) increase the total number of shares that may be issued under the Plan (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); (b) modify the provisions of paragraph 3 regarding eligibility for grants of ISOs; (c) modify the provisions of paragraph 6(B) regarding the exercise price at which shares may be offered pursuant to ISOs (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); and (d) extend the expiration date of the Plan. In no event may action of the Board or stockholders alter or impair the rights of a grantee, without his consent, under any Stock Right previously granted to him. 16. Conversion of ISOs into Non-Qualified Options; Termination of ISOs. The Committee, at the written request of any optionee, may in its discretion take such actions as may be necessary to convert such optionee's ISOs for any installment or portions of installments thereof) that have not been exercised on the date of conversion into NonQualified Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether the optionee is an employee of the Company or a Related Corporation at the time of such conversion. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, extending the exercise period or reducing the exercise price of the appropriate installments of such Options. At the time of such conversion, the Committee (with the consent of the Optionee) may impose such conditions on the exercise of the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Committee in its discretion may determine, provided that such conditions shall not be inconsistent with this Plan. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any optionee the right to have such optionee's ISOs converted into Non-Qualified Options, and no such conversion shall occur until and unless the Committee takes appropriate action. The Committee, with the consent of the optionee, may also terminate any portion of any ISO that has not been exercised at the time of such termination. 17. Application of Funds. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of shares pursuant to Options granted and Purchases authorized under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes. 18. Governmental Regulation. The Company's obligation to sell and deliver shares of the Common Stock under this Plan is subject to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such shares. 19. Withholding of Additional Income Taxes. Upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Option, the grant of an Award, the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for less than its fair market value, the making of a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in paragraph 20) or the vesting of restricted Common Stock acquired on the exercise of a Stock Right hereunder, the Company, in accordance with Section 3402(a) of the Code, may require the optionee, Award recipient or purchaser to pay additional withholding taxes in respect of the amount that is considered compensation includible in such person's gross income. The Committee in its discretion may condition (i) the exercise of an Option, (ii) the grant of an Award, (iii) the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for less than its fair market value, or (iv) the vesting of restricted Common Stock acquired by exercising a Stock Right on the grantee's payment of such additional withholding taxes. 20. Notice to Company of Disqualified Disposition. Each employee who receives an ISO must agree to notify the Company in writing immediately after the employee makes a Disqualifying Disposition of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO. A Disqualifying Disposition is any disposition (including any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (a) two (2) years after the date the employee was granted the ISO or (b) one (1) year after the date the employee acquired Common Stock by exercising the ISO. If the employee has died before such stock is sold, these holding period requirements do not apply and no Disqualifying Disposition can occur thereafter. 21. Governing Law; Construction. The validity and construction of the Plan and the instruments evidencing Stock Rights shall be governed by the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In construing this Plan, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, unless the context otherwise requires. 7 EX-4 3 EXHIBIT 4.2 EXHIBIT 4.2 OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN 1. Purpose. The purpose of this plan (the "Plan") is to secure for Open Development Corporation (the "Company") and its stockholders the benefits arising from capital stock ownership by employees, officers and directors of, and consultants or advisors to, the Company and its subsidiary corporations who are expected to contribute to the Company's future growth and success. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term "Company" shall include all present and future subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time (the "Code"). Those provisions of the Plan which make express reference to Section 422 shall apply only to Incentive Stock Options (as that term is defined in the Plan). 2. Type of Options and Administration. (a) Types of Options. Options granted pursuant to the Plan may be either incentive stock options ("Incentive Stock Options") meeting the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or Non-Statutory Options which are not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code ("Non-Statutory Options"). (b) Administration. (i) The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose construction and interpretation of the terms and provisions of the Plan shall be final and conclusive. The Board of Directors may in its sole discretion grant options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock") and issue shares upon exercise of such options as provided in the Plan. The Board shall have authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to construe the respective option agreements and the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective option agreements, which need not be identical, and to make all other determinations which are, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Board of Directors may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any option agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. No director or person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors shall be liable for any action or determination under the Plan made in good faith. (ii) The Board of Directors may, to the full extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws or regulations and Section 3(b) of this Plan delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to a committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors, and if the Committee is so appointed all references to the Board of Directors in the Plan shall mean and relate to such Committee. (c) Applicability of Rule 16b-3. Those provisions of the Plan which make express reference to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any successor rule ("Rule 16b-3"), or which are required in order for certain option transactions to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3, shall apply only to such persons as are required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (a "Reporting Person"). 3. Eligibility. (a) General. Options may be granted to persons who are, at the time of grant, employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company; provided, that the class of employees to whom Incentive Stock Options may be granted shall be limited to all employees of the Company. A person who has been granted an option may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional options if the Board of Directors shall so determine. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the maximum number of shares with respect to which options may be granted to any employee under the Plan shall not exceed 300,000 shares of Common Stock during any calendar year during the term of the Plan. For the purpose of calculating such maximum number, (a) an option shall continue to be treated as outstanding notwithstanding its repricing, cancellation or expiration and (b) the repricing of an outstanding option or the issuance of a new option in substitution for a cancelled option shall be deemed to constitute the grant of a new additional option separate from the original grant of the option that is repriced or cancelled. (b) Grant of Options to Directors and Officers. From and after the registration of the Common Stock of the Company under the Exchange Act, the selection of a director or an officer (as the terms "director" and "officer" are defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3) as a recipient of an option, the timing of the option grant, the exercise price of the option and the number of shares subject to the option shall be determined either (i) by the Board of Directors, of which all members shall be "disinterested persons" (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) by two or more directors having full authority to act in the matter, each of whom shall be a "disinterested person." For the purposes of the Plan, a director shall be deemed to be a "disinterested person" only if such person qualifies as a "disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, as such term is interpreted from time to time. 4. Stock Subject to Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued and sold under the Plan is 2,000,000 shares. If an option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject to such option shall again be available for subsequent option grants under the Plan. If shares issued upon exercise of an option under the Plan are tendered to the Company in payment of the exercise price of an option granted under the Plan, such tendered shares shall again be available for subsequent option grants under the Plan; provided, that in no event shall such shares be made available for issuance to Reporting Persons or pursuant to exercise of Incentive Stock Options. 5. Forms of Option Agreements. As a condition to the grant of an option under the Plan, each recipient of an option shall execute an option agreement in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as may be approved by the Board of Directors. Such option agreements may differ among recipients. 6. Purchase Price. (a) General. Subject to Section 3(b), the purchase price per share of stock deliverable upon the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Board of Directors, provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of such stock, as determined by the Board of Directors, at the time of grant of such option, or less than 110% of such fair market value in the case of options described in Section 11(b). (b) Payment of Purchase Price. Options granted under the Plan may provide for the payment of the exercise price by delivery of cash or a check to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of such options, or, to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement, (i) by delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock of the Company already owned by the optionee having a fair market value equal in amount to the exercise price of the options being exercised or (ii) by any other means (including, without limitation, by delivery of a promissory note of the optionee payable on such terms as are specified by the Board of Directors) which the Board of Directors determines are consistent with the purpose of the Plan and with applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of Regulation T promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board). The fair market value of any shares of the Company's Common Stock or other non-cash consideration which may be delivered upon exercise of an option shall be determined by the Board of Directors. 7. Option Period. Each option and all rights thereunder shall expire on such date as shall be set forth in the applicable option agreement, except that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such date shall not be later than ten years after the date on which the option is granted and, in all cases, options shall be subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan. -2- 8. Exercise of Options. Each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either in full or in installments at such time or times and during such period as shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing such option, subject to the provisions of the Plan. 9. Nontransferability of Options. Options shall not be assignable or transferable by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the life of the optionee, shall be exercisable only by the optionee; provided, however, that Non-Qualified Options may be transferred pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Rule 16b-3). 10. Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Relationship. Except as provided in Section 11(d) with respect to Incentive Stock Options, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board of Directors shall determine the period of time during which an optionee may exercise an option following (i) the termination of the optionee's employment or other relationship with the Company or (ii) the death or disability of the optionee. Such periods shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing such option. 11. Incentive Stock Options. Options granted under the Plan which are intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions: (a) Express Designation. All Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall, at the time of grant, be specifically designated as such in the option agreement covering such Incentive Stock Options. (b) 10% Stockholder. If any employee to whom an Incentive Stock Option is to be granted under the Plan is, at the time of the grant of such option, the owner of stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (after taking into account the attribution of stock ownership rules of Section 424(d) of the Code), then the following special provisions shall be applicable to the Incentive Stock Option granted to such individual: (i) The purchase price per share of the Common Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of one share of Common Stock at the time of grant; and (ii) the option exercise period shall not exceed five years from the date of grant. (c) Dollar Limitation. For so long as the Code shall so provide, options granted to any employee under the Plan (and any other incentive stock option plans of the Company) which are intended to constitute Incentive Stock Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the extent that such options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first time in any one calendar year for shares of Common Stock with an aggregate fair market value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of more than $100,000. (d) Termination of Employment, Death or Disability. No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised unless, at the time of such exercise, the optionee is, and has been continuously since the date of grant of his or her option, employed by the Company, except that: (i) an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the period of three months after the date the optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option agreement), provided, that the agreement with respect to such option may designate a longer exercise period and that the exercise after such three-month period shall be treated as the exercise of a non-statutory option under the Plan; -3- (ii) if the optionee dies while in the employ of the Company, or within three months after the optionee ceases to be such an employee, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised by the person to whom it is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution within the period of one year after the date of death (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option agreement); and (iii) if the optionee becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provision thereto) while in the employ of the Company, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the period of one year after the date the optionee ceases to be such an employee because of such disability (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option agreement). For all purposes of the Plan and any option granted hereunder, "employment" shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.421-7(h) of the Income Tax Regulations (or any successor regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after its expiration date. 12. Additional Provisions. (a) Additional Option Provisions. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements covering options granted under the Plan, including without limitation restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights, commitments to pay cash bonuses, to make, arrange for or guaranty loans or to transfer other property to optionees upon exercise of options, or such other provisions as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; provided that such additional provisions shall not be inconsistent with any other term or condition of the Plan and such additional provisions shall not cause any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan to fail to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. (b) Acceleration, Extension, Etc. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any particular option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised or (ii) extend the dates during which all, or any particular, option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised. 13. General Restrictions. (a) Investment Representations. The Company may require any person to whom an option is granted, as a condition of exercising such option, to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such person is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the option for his or her own account for investment and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other effects as the Company deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws, or with covenants or representations made by the Company in connection with any public offering of its Common Stock. (b) Compliance With Securities Laws. Each option shall be subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such option upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Board of Directors. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to satisfy such condition. 14. Rights as a Stockholder. The holder of an option shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation, any rights to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to such shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued. 15. Adjustment Provisions for Recapitalizations and Related Transactions. -4- (a) General. If, through or as a result of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii) additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock or other securities, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment may be made in (x) the maximum number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (y) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding options under the Plan, and (z) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate purchase price as to which such options remain exercisable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 15 if such adjustment would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of the Code. (b) Board Authority to Make Adjustments. Any adjustments under this Section 15 will be made by the Board of Directors, whose determination as to what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof will be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares will be issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments. 16. Merger, Consolidation, Asset Sale, Liquidation, etc. (a) General. In the event of a consolidation or merger or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for securities, cash or other property of any other corporation or business entity or in the event of a liquidation of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company, or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, may, in its discretion, take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding options: (i) provide that such options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), provided that any such options substituted for Incentive Stock Options shall meet the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code, (ii) upon written notice to the optionees, provide that all unexercised options will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the optionee within a specified period following the date of such notice, (iii) in the event of a merger under the terms of which holders of the Common Stock of the Company will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the merger (the "Merger Price"), make or provide for a cash payment to the optionees equal to the difference between (A) the Merger Price times the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding options (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Merger Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding options in exchange for the termination of such options, and (iv) provide that all or any outstanding options shall become exercisable in full immediately prior to such event. (b) Substitute Options. The Company may grant options under the Plan in substitution for options held by employees of another corporation who become employees of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or as a result of the acquisition by the Company, or one of its subsidiaries, of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Company may direct that substitute options be granted on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors considers appropriate in the circumstances. (c) Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan and except as otherwise provided in the relevant option agreement, in the event of a "Change in Control of the Company" (as defined below), the vesting schedule of all options then outstanding which were granted to individuals who, at the time of the Change in Control of the Company, have been designated by the Board of Directors, shall be accelerated one year. For purposes of the Plan, a "Change in Control of the Company" shall occur or be deemed to have occurred only if (i) any "person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining -5- outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no "person" (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities or (C) a merger or consolidation which has been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors; or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets which, in either case, has not previously been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company may, in its sole discretion, by a resolution adopted by two-thirds of the Disinterested Directors prior to the occurrence of any of the events otherwise constituting a Change in Control of the Company, declare that such event will not constitute a Change in Control of the Company for the purposes of the Plan. If such resolution is adopted, such event shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company for any purpose of the Plan. "Disinterested Directors" shall mean, collectively, during any period of two consecutive years ending during the term of the Plan (not including any period prior to the adoption of the Plan), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect any transaction described in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 16) whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or whose nomination for election was previously so approved. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the foregoing shall not be applicable to any option the acceleration of which would, taking into account any other consideration to be received by the optionholder from the Company, constitute an excess parachute payment as defined in Section 280G of the Code. 17. No Special Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option shall confer upon any optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the optionee. 18. Other Employee Benefits. Except as to plans which by their terms include such amounts as compensation, the amount of any compensation deemed to be received by an employee as a result of the exercise of an option or the sale of shares received upon such exercise will not constitute compensation with respect to which any other employee benefits of such employee are determined, including, without limitation, benefits under any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, life insurance or salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors. 19. Amendment of the Plan. (a) The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in any respect, except that if at any time the approval of the stockholders of the Company is required under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock Options, or under Rule 16b-3, the Board of Directors may not effect such modification or amendment without such approval. (b) The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of an optionee, affect his or her rights under an option previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the optionee affected, the Board of Directors may amend outstanding option agreements in a manner not inconsistent with the Plan. The Board of Directors shall have the right to amend or modify (i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan to the extent necessary to qualify any or all such options for such favorable federal income tax treatment (including deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code and (ii) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding option to the extent necessary to ensure the qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3. 20. Withholding. -6- (a) The Company shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the optionee any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares issued upon exercise of options under the Plan. Subject to the prior approval of the Company, which may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion, the optionee may elect to satisfy such obligations, in whole or in part, (i) by causing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise of an option or (ii) by delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock already owned by the optionee. The shares so delivered or withheld shall have a fair market value equal to such withholding obligation. The fair market value of the shares used to satisfy such withholding obligation shall be determined by the Company as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. An optionee who has made an election pursuant to this Section 20(a) may only satisfy his or her withholding obligation with shares of Common Stock which are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Reporting Person, no election to use shares for the payment of withholding taxes shall be effective unless made in compliance with any applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 (unless it is intended that the transaction not qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3). 21. Cancellation and New Grant of Options, Etc. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionees, (i) the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and the grant in substitution therefor of new options under the Plan covering the same or different numbers of shares of Common Stock and having an option exercise price per share which may be lower or higher than the exercise price per share of the cancelled options or (ii) the amendment of the terms of any and all outstanding options under the Plan to provide an option exercise price per share which is higher or lower than the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding options. 22. Effective Date and Duration of the Plan. (a) Effective Date. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors, but no option granted under the Plan shall become exercisable unless and until the Plan shall have been approved by the Company's stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve months after the date of the Board's adoption of the Plan, options previously granted under the Plan shall not vest and shall terminate and no options shall be granted thereafter. Amendments to the Plan not requiring stockholder approval shall become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors; amendments requiring stockholder approval (as provided in Section 19) shall become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors, but no option granted after the date of such amendment shall become exercisable (to the extent that such amendment to the Plan was required to enable the Company to grant such option to a particular person) unless and until such amendment shall have been approved by the Company's stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve months of the Board's adoption of such amendment, any options granted on or after the date of such amendment shall terminate to the extent that such amendment was required to enable the Company to grant such option to a particular optionee. Subject to this limitation, options may be granted under the Plan at any time after the effective date and before the date fixed for termination of the Plan. (b) Termination. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section 16, the Plan shall terminate, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, upon the earlier of (i) the close of business on the day next preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the exercise or cancellation of options or the final vesting of awards granted under the Plan. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section 16, the Plan shall terminate with respect to options which are not Incentive Stock Options and awards on the date specified in (ii) above. If the date of termination is determined under (i) above, then options outstanding on such date shall continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments evidencing such options. 23. Provision for Foreign Participants. -7- The Board of Directors may, without amending the Plan, modify awards or options granted to participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States to recognize differences in laws, rules, regulations or customs of such foreign jurisdictions with respect to tax, securities, currency, employee benefit or other matters. Adopted by the Board of Directors on June 18, 1996. -8- EX-4 4 EXHIBIT 4.3 EXHIBIT 4.3 OPEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN 1. Purpose. The purpose of this 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of Open Development Corporation (the "Company") is to encourage ownership in the Company by outside directors of the Company whose continued services are considered essential to the Company's future progress and to provide them with a further incentive to remain as directors of the Company. 2. Administration. The Board of Directors shall supervise and administer the Plan. Grants of stock options under the Plan and the amount and nature of the awards to be granted shall be automatic in accordance with Section 5. However, all questions concerning interpretation of the Plan or any options granted under it shall be resolved by the Board of Directors and such resolution shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan. 3. Participation in the Plan. Directors of the Company who are not full-time employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company ("outside directors") shall be eligible to receive options under the Plan. 4. Stock Subject to the Plan. (a) The maximum number of shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock"), which may be issued under the Plan shall be 150,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7. (b) If any outstanding option under the Plan for any reason expires or is terminated without having been exercised in full, the shares covered by the unexercised portion of such option shall again become available for issuance pursuant to the Plan. (c) All options granted under the Plan shall be non-statutory options not entitled to special tax treatment under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). 5. Terms, Conditions and Form of Options. Each option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement in such form as the Board of Directors shall from time to time approve, which agreements shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) Option Grant Dates. Options shall automatically be granted to all eligible outside directors as follows: (i) each person who is an eligible outside director on the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board of Directors shall be granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock; (ii) each person who first becomes an eligible outside director after the adoption of the Plan shall be granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock on the date of his or her initial election to the Board of Directors; and (iii) each eligible outside director shall be granted an additional option to purchase 2,500 shares of Common Stock on the date of the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, beginning with the Annual Meeting held in 1997. (b) Option Exercise Price. The option exercise price per share for each option described in Section 5(a) shall be determined as follows: (i) if the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market or another nationally recognized exchange or trading system as of the Option Grant Date, the option exercise price shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price per share of Common Stock thereon on such date (or if no such price is reported on such date, such price on the nearest preceding date on which such a price is reported); and (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on the Nasdaq National Market or another nationally recognized exchange or trading system as of the Option Grant Date, the exercise price per share shall be deemed to be the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the Option Grant Date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. (c) Options Non-Transferable. To the extent required to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), any option granted under the Plan to an optionee shall not be transferable by the Optionee other than by will or the laws of decent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder, and shall be exercisable during the optionee's lifetime only by the optionee or the optionee's guardian or legal representative. (d) Vesting Period. (i) General. Each option described in Section 5(a) shall become exercisable in three equal annual installments starting on the first anniversary of the Option Grant Date; provided, however, that in each instance described herein the optionee is serving as a director on such dates. (ii) Acceleration Upon Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each outstanding option granted under the Plan shall immediately become exercisable in full in the event a Change in Control (as defined in Section 8) of the Company occurs. (e) Termination. Each option shall terminate, and may no longer be exercised, on the earlier of the (i) the date 10 years after the Option Grant Date or (ii) the date 60 days after the optionee ceases to serve as a director of the Company; provided that, in the event an optionee ceases to serve as a director due to his or her death or disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provision), then the exercisable portion of the option may be exercised, within the period of 180 days following the date the optionee ceases to serve as a director (but in no event later than 10 years after the Option Grant Date), by the optionee or by the person to whom the option is transferred by will, by the laws of descent and distribution, or by written notice pursuant to Section 5(g). (f) Exercise Procedure. An option may be exercised only by written notice to the Company at its principal office accompanied by payment in cash of the full consideration for the shares as to which the option is exercised. (g) Exercise by Representative Following Death of Director. An optionee, by written notice to the Company, may designate one or more persons (and from time to time change such designation), including his or her legal representative, who, by reason of the optionee's death, shall acquire the right to exercise all or a portion of the option. If the person or persons so designated wish to exercise any portion of the option, they must do so within the term of the option as provided herein. Any exercise by a representative shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan. 6. Limitation of Rights. (a) No Right to Continue as a Director. Neither the Plan, nor the granting of an option nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan, shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company will retain the optionee as a director for any period of time. (b) No Stockholders' Right for Options. An optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares covered by his or her option until the date of the issuance to him or her of a stock certificate therefor, and no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights (except as provided in Section 7) for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued. -2- 7. Adjustment Provisions for Mergers, Recapitalizations and Related Transactions. If, through or as a result of any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or of another entity, or (ii) additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or of another entity are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock, the Board of Directors shall make an appropriate and proportionate adjustment in (x) the maximum number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (y) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to then outstanding options under the Plan, and/or (z) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding options under the Plan (without changing the aggregate purchase price for such options), to the end that each option shall be exercisable, for the same aggregate exercise price, for such securities as such optionholder would have held immediately following such event if he had exercised such option immediately prior to such event. No fractional shares will be issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments. 8. Change in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred only if any of the following events occurs: (i) any "person", as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; or (iv) individuals who, on the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors, constituted the Board of Directors of the Company, together with any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors or whose election or nomination was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors. 9. Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options. The Board of Directors shall have the power to modify or amend outstanding options; provided, however, that no modification or amendment may (i) have the effect of altering or impairing any rights or obligations of any option previously granted without the consent of the optionee, or (ii) modify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option (except as provided in Section 7). 10. Termination and Amendment of the Plan. The Board of Directors may suspend, terminate or discontinue the Plan or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that without approval of the stockholders of the Company, no amendment may (i) increase the number of shares subject to the Plan (except as provided in Section 7), (ii) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility to receive options under the Plan, or (iii) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants in the Plan; and provided further that the Board of Directors may not amend the provisions of Section 3, 5(a) or 5(b) more frequently than once every six months, other than to comply with changes in the Code or the rules thereunder. -3- 11. Notice. Any written notice to the Company required by any of the provisions of the Plan shall be addressed to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and shall become effective when it is received. 12. Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. 13. Stockholder Approval. The Plan is conditional upon stockholder approval of the Plan within one year from its date of adoption by the Board of Directors. No option under the Plan may be exercised until such stockholder approval is obtained, and the Plan and all options granted under the Plan shall be null and void if the Plan is not so approved by the Company's stockholders. Adopted by the Board of Directors on June 18, 1996. Approved by the Stockholders on June 18, 1996. -4- EX-5 5 EXHIBIT 5 EXHIBIT 5 KENNEDY COVINGTON LOBDELL & HICKMAN, L.L.P. ATTORNEYS AT LAW NationsBank Corporate Center Suite 4200 100 North Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4006 October 17, 1997 Glenayre Technologies, Inc. 5935 Carnegie Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 Gentlemen: You have requested our opinion in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 243,000 shares of the $.02 par value Common Stock (the Common Stock) of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation, by the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with assumption by the Company of Open Development Corporation's 1995 Stock Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the Stock Plans). We have made such investigations of law, examined original copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments, and received such statements from officers and representatives of the Company, as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 243,000 shares of the Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement have been duly and validly authorized and will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable when issued in accordance with the Stock Plans and receipt by the Company of the consideration therefor. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Sincerely, KENNEDY COVINGTON LOBDELL & HICKMAN, L.L.P. EX-23 6 EXHIBIT 23.1 EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the Open Development Corporation 1995 Stock Plan, Open Development Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan and Open Development Corporation 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. of our report dated January 28, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ERNST & YOUNG LLP Charlotte, North Carolina October 17, 1997 EX-23 7 EXHIBIT 23.2 EXHIBIT 23.2 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated February 3, 1995, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1996. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Charlotte, North Carolina October 16, 1997 EX-23 8 EXHIBIT 23.4 EXHIBIT 23.4 October 17, 1997 To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. for the registration of common stock under the Open Development Corporation 1995 Stock Plan, Open Development Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan and Open Development Corporation 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan of our reports dated April 17, 1997 and July 18, 1997 relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. that are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997. Pursuant to Rule 436(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 our reports are not a part of the registration statement prepared or certified by accountants within the meaning of Section 7 or 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. Very truly yours, ERNST & YOUNG LLP -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----