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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2006.
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ZIX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Texas
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incorporation or organization)
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2711 N. Haskell Avenue, Suite 2200, LB 36, Dallas, Texas 75204-2960
(214) 370-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Bradley C. Almond
Chief Financial Officer
2711 N. Haskell Avenue, Suite 2200, LB 36, Dallas, Texas 75204-2960
(214) 370-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered
only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: þ
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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This Registration Statement on Form S-3 covers resales of up to 1,340,000 shares of the
registrants common stock, par value $.01 per share, held by certain selling shareholders
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act based on the average high and low prices of the common stock on The
Nasdaq National Market on January 6, 2006. |
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE
NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY
DETERMINE.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling
shareholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer
or sale is not permitted.
Subject to completion, dated January 9, 2006
PROSPECTUS
ZIX CORPORATION
1,340,000 SHARES
COMMON STOCK
This prospectus relates to shares of our common stock that may be sold by the selling
shareholders named in this prospectus. The selling shareholders acquired the common stock from
another shareholder of the Company pursuant to transactions exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The common stock being registered is being offered for the account of the selling
shareholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock offered
under this prospectus.
The shares may be offered in transactions on The Nasdaq Stock Market, in negotiated
transactions or through a combination of methods of distribution, at prices relating to the
prevailing market prices, at negotiated prices or at fixed prices that may be changed. Please see
below under the heading Plan of Distribution.
Our common stock is quoted on The Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ZIXI. On January
6, 2006, the last sale price of our common stock, as reported on The Nasdaq National Market, was
$2.09 per share.
This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase shares only if you can
afford a loss of all or a portion of your investment. Please see Risk Factors below beginning on
page 2.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this prospectus is January ___, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus
supplement and the documents we have incorporated by reference. Neither Zix Corporation nor any of
its representatives has authorized anyone to provide prospective investors with any information or
to represent anything not contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
Furthermore, no dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to
represent anything not contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This
prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered by this prospectus, but only under the
circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should not assume that the
information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement
is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents. We will disclose
any material changes in our affairs in an amendment to this prospectus, a prospectus supplement or
a future filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission incorporated by reference in this
prospectus.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
Since January 1999, we have been developing and marketing products and services that bring
privacy, security and convenience to Internet users: specifically, e-messaging and e-prescribing
solutions and services. We provide easy-to-use-and-deploy e-communications services that protect,
manage and deliver sensitive information to enterprises and consumers in healthcare, finance,
insurance and government. Our eSecure services enable policy-driven email encryption, content
filtering and send-to-anyone capability while our eHealth services improve patient care, reduce
costs and improve efficiency through an e-prescribing and e-lab solutions.
This prospectus relates to an aggregate of up to 1,340,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par
value, purchased by the individuals listed under Selling Shareholders below (or their respective
transferees or assignees) from another of the Companys shareholders, Amulet Limited (Amulet), in
transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. In
connection with such transactions, Amulet assigned to the selling shareholders its right to require
the Company to register the shares of common stock sold in the transactions with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC). Amulet acquired the shares in a partial redemption of its
Convertible Notes due 2005-2008 originally acquired from the Company on November 1, 2004 in a
private placement. For more information on the Convertible Notes, see our Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (No. 333-124318) filed on July 12, 2005.
As of December 31, 2005, there were approximately 49.6 million shares of our common stock
issued and outstanding.
The selling shareholders may sell any or all of the shares, subject to federal and state
securities laws, but are under no obligation do so. The price at which the selling shareholders
may sell the shares of our common stock will be determined by the prevailing market for the shares
or in negotiated transactions. See Selling Shareholders below.
Zix was incorporated in Texas in 1988. Our executive offices are located at 2711 North
Haskell Avenue, Suite 2200, LB 36, Dallas, Texas 75204-2960, and our telephone number is (214)
370-2000. Our Web site address is www.zixcorp.com. Information contained on our Web site is not a
part of this prospectus. In this prospectus, we, us, ZixCorp, our and Zix refer to Zix
Corporation and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.
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RISK FACTORS
Before investing in our common stock offered by this prospectus, you should carefully consider
the following risks and uncertainties, in addition to the other information contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Also, you should be aware that the risks and
uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties
that we do not yet know of or that we currently think are immaterial may also impair our business
operations. If any of those risks or uncertainties or any of the risks and uncertainties described
below actually occur, our business, financial condition, prospects or results of operations could
be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of the common stock offered
in this prospectus could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
We continue to use significant amounts of cash for our business operations and for repaying our
debt which could result in us having insufficient cash to fund our operations under our current
business plan.
Our businesses operate in emerging markets and developing these businesses is costly and the
market is highly competitive. Emerging-market businesses involve risks and uncertainties, and
there are no assurances that we will be successful in our efforts.
Our current liquidity and capital resources remain limited. There can be no assurance that
our liquidity or capital resource position would allow us to continue to pursue our current
business model after the proceeds from the issuance of the private placement are expended. As a
result, we could be forced to further augment our cash position through additional cost reduction
measures, sales of assets, additional financings or a combination of these actions. There is no
assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital if and when needed or on favorable
terms. In such case, we might have to alter our business model. Any of these adverse events could
substantially diminish the value of our common stock.
The market may not broadly accept our secure e-messaging and e-prescribing solutions and services,
which would prevent us from operating profitably.
We must be able to achieve broad market acceptance for our secure e-messaging and
e-prescribing solutions and services, at a price that provides an acceptable rate of return
relative to our costs in order to operate profitably. We have not yet been able to do this.
Furthermore, PocketScriptR, our e-prescribing service, operates in an emerging
market. There is no assurance that any of our services will become generally accepted or that they
will be compatible with any standards that become generally accepted, nor is there any assurance
that enough paying users will ultimately be obtained to enable us to operate these businesses
profitably.
Failure to enter into additional sponsorship agreements for our PocketScript e-prescribing service
or maintain existing and generate other revenue opportunities from PocketScript could harm our
business.
Our PocketScript business has incurred significant operating losses. Through December 31,
2005, significant orders for our PocketScript e-prescribing service came exclusively from
sponsorship agreements with healthcare payors, such as health insurance companies, pharmacy benefit
managers, or self-insured companies. Under our payor-sponsorship business model, we deploy
PocketScript to the end-user physician and provide the end-user physician a subscription to use the
service in return for payments from the healthcare payor. These payments are in the form of
guaranteed payments from the healthcare payor or contingent payments that are based on
contractually specified performance metrics. In some cases, these contingent payments could
represent a substantial portion of the revenue opportunity under the contract. Substantially all
of the end-user physicians who are using the PocketScript service and for whom we are currently
recognizing revenue are doing so under a subscription arrangement that has been paid for by a
healthcare payor. Although we believe that physicians will pay to use the PocketScript service
following the one year of service paid for by the healthcare payors or that healthcare payors will
extend their sponsorship, there is no assurance that they will do so.
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Failure to sign follow-on orders with additional healthcare payors from whom a significant
portion of our revenues are received or sign new sponsorship agreements with other payors in the
coming months, or generate significant revenue from contingent payments, or maintain and identify
other revenue opportunities for our e-prescribing services, such as add-on applications,
prescription transaction fees, and/or new uses for the transaction data itself, will prevent us
from achieving significant revenues from our e-prescribing services.
If healthcare providers fail to adopt our PocketScript service, we will fail to achieve the
critical mass of physicians to build a successful business.
Our PocketScript e-prescribing service is targeted to the emerging market for providing secure
communications among healthcare providers to deliver information in an efficient, economical
manner. This is an emerging market, and the success of PocketScript is dependent, in large
measure, on physicians changing the manner in which they write prescriptions. Our challenge is to
make this new business profitable. To do so will require us to invest significant resources,
including significant amounts of cash. There is no assurance that enough paying users will
ultimately be obtained to enable us to operate the PocketScript business profitably.
Competition in our businesses is expected to increase, which could cause our business to fail.
Our Zix-branded solutions and services are targeted to the secure e-messaging protection
services market. Our PocketScript business is targeted to the emerging market for electronic
prescriptions. As the publics and governmental authorities awareness about the need for privacy
and security of electronic communications has increased over the past few years, an increasing
number of competitors have entered the market.
There are many large, well-funded participants in the information technology security
industry; however, few currently participate in the secure e-messaging protection services market
in which our Zix-branded solutions and services compete. Most other product-only solutions in this
market require extensive increases in overhead to implement and deploy them. Our Zix-branded
solutions and services can be made operational in a very short period of time compared to the
longer procurement and deployment cycles common with the solutions of many of our competitors. Our
service offerings are focused on the secure communications market, including e-messaging protection
management. Companies that compete with our Zix-branded secure e-messaging business include
content management and secure delivery companies, such as Tumbleweed Communications Corp. and other
secure delivery participants such as Voltage Security, Postx, PGP Corporation, Certified Mail,
Authentica, and Sigaba Corporation.
In addition, we face competition from vendors of Internet server appliances, operating
systems, networking hardware, network management solutions and security software, many of which
now, or may in the future, develop or bundle secure e-messaging into their products.
Our PocketScript e-prescribing service applies the benefits of e-messaging to the medical
prescription process by enabling providers to write and transmit prescriptions electronically from
anywhere directly to the pharmacy. Our PocketScript business is expected to grow as more
physicians leverage technology in delivering healthcare services, coupled with the fact that the
number of prescriptions written annually in the United States continues to increase. Participants
in the e-prescribing space include AllScripts Healthcare Solutions, MedPlus, Dr. First, Inc.,
InstantDX LLC, and iScribe. Competition from these companies and from vendors in related areas,
such as electronic medical records vendors who are expected to include e-prescribing services as
an element of their service offering is expected to increase.
We may face increased competition as these competitors partner with others or develop new
solution and service offerings to expand the functionality that they can offer to their customers.
We believe that the secure e-messaging and e-prescribing services markets are growing, unlike many
segments of the information technology security industry. Our competitors may, over time, develop
new technologies that are perceived as being more secure, effective, or cost efficient than our
own. These competitors could successfully garner a significant share of the market, to the
exclusion of our company. Furthermore, increased competition could result in pricing pressures,
reduced margins, or the failure of our business to achieve or maintain market acceptance, any one
of which could harm our business.
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Our inability to successfully and timely develop and introduce new e-messaging and e-prescribing
services and related services and to implement technological changes could harm our business.
The emerging nature of the secure e-messaging and e-prescribing businesses and their rapid
evolution require us to continually develop and introduce new and related solutions and services
and to improve the performance, features, and reliability of our existing solutions and services,
particularly in response to competitive offerings.
We also have under development new feature sets for our current Zix-branded service offerings
and are considering new services. The success of new or enhanced services depends on several
factors primarily market acceptance. We may not succeed in developing and marketing new or
enhanced services that respond to competitive and technological developments and changing customer
needs. This could harm our business.
If the market for secure e-messaging and e-prescribing services and related services does not
continue to grow, demand for our solutions and services will be adversely affected.
The market for secure electronic communications is a developing market. Continued growth of
the secure e-messaging and e-prescribing services and related services market will depend, to a
large extent, on the market recognizing the need for secure electronic communications, such as
email encryption and e-prescribing. Failure of this market to grow would harm our business.
If critical services and products that we source from third parties were to no longer be made
available to us or at a considerably higher price than we currently pay for them, and suitable
alternatives could not be found, our business could be harmed.
For certain elements of our service offerings, we sometimes rely on the products and services
of third parties under contracts. Those third parties are not under our control beyond the terms
of their agreements and, therefore, should they elect to withhold their products or services or
significantly raise their prices, we could be damaged financially in lower returns on sales and a
lessening of competitive advantages if suitable alternatives could not be found in a reasonable
period of time.
Future asset impairments could affect our financial results.
On September 30, 2005, we sold our other MyDocOnline service, Dr. Chart, a Web-based
communication tool that connects healthcare providers and laboratories by allowing doctors to
initiate lab orders, check medical necessity compliance, and view results rapidly and accurately
using a secure Internet connection. The sale of the Dr. Chart service resulted in ZixCorp
recognizing a one-time, non-cash loss from the sale in the third quarter of 2005 totaling $4.7
million. The primary factor in determining the amount of the loss is the inclusion of the full
amount of goodwill associated with the purchase of MyDocOnline, totaling $4.8 million.
We continue to have $2.2 million of goodwill on our balance sheet relating to the eSecure
product line. Goodwill is evaluated at least on an annual basis or whenever there is a reason to
question if the goodwill value is impaired. Future events could impact the valuation of the
remaining goodwill valuation. It is possible that we may incur further charges for other asset
impairments in the future as we evaluate the prospects of our various lines of business and the use
of technologies acquired by us from third parties via asset acquisitions in 2003 and 2004.
Capacity limits on our technology and network hardware and software may be difficult to project,
and we may not be able to expand and/or upgrade our systems to meet increased use, which would
result in reduced revenues.
While we have ample through-put capacity to handle our customers requirements for the medium
term, at some point we may be required to materially expand and/or upgrade our technology and
network hardware and software. We may not be able to accurately project the rate of increase in
usage on our network, particularly since we have significantly expanded our potential customer base
by the growing acceptance of our PocketScript service, which is supported by our ZixData
CenterTM. In addition, we may not be able to expand and/or upgrade our systems and
network hardware and software capabilities in a timely manner to accommodate increased traffic on
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network. If we do not timely and appropriately expand and/or upgrade our systems and network
hardware and software, we may lose customers and revenues.
Security interruptions to our data centers could disrupt our business, and any security breaches
could expose us to liability and negatively impact customer demand for our solutions and services.
Our business depends on the uninterrupted operation of our data centers currently, our
ZixData Center located in Dallas, Texas; the Austin, Texas data center used for fail-over and
business continuity services; and the Mason, Ohio data center used for quality assurance and
staging of new customers of our PocketScript e-prescribing service. We must protect these centers
from loss, damage, or interruption caused by fire, power loss, telecommunications failure, or other
events beyond our control. Any damage or failure that causes interruptions in our data centers
operations could materially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
In addition, our ability to issue digitally-signed certified time-stamps and public encryption
codes in connection with our Zix-branded solutions and services and to support the PocketScript
e-prescribing service depends on the efficient operation of the Internet connections between
customers and our data centers. We depend on Internet service providers efficiently operating
these connections. These providers have experienced periodic operational problems or outages in
the past. Any of these problems or outages could adversely affect customer satisfaction.
Furthermore, it is critical that our facilities and infrastructure remain secure and the
market perceives them to be secure. Despite our implementation of network security measures, our
infrastructure may be vulnerable to physical break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers, and
similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering with our computer systems. In addition, we are
vulnerable to coordinated attempts to overload our systems with data, resulting in denial or
reduction of service to some or all of our users for a period of time. We do not carry insurance
to compensate us for losses that may occur as a result of any of these events; therefore, it is
possible that we may have to use additional resources to address these problems.
Secure messages sent through our ZixPortR and ZixMessage
CenterTM messaging portals, in connection with the operation of our secure e-messaging
protection services, include personal healthcare information as well as personal financial
information. This information will reside, for a user-specified period of time, in our secure data
center network; and individual prescription histories transmitted through our PocketScript system
will reside in our secure data center network. Federal and state laws impose significant financial
penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal healthcare information and personal financial
information. Exposure of this information, resulting from any physical or electronic break-ins or
other security breaches or compromises of this information, could expose us to significant
liability, and customers could be reluctant to use our Internet-related services.
Pending litigation could have a material impact on our operating results and financial condition.
Beginning in early September 2004, several purported shareholder class action lawsuits were
filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against us and certain of our
current and former officers and directors. The purported class action lawsuits seek unspecified
monetary damages on behalf of purchasers of ZixCorps common stock between October 30, 2003 and May
4, 2004. The purported shareholder class action lawsuits allege that the defendants made
materially false and misleading statements and/or omissions in violation of Sections 10(b) and
20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), during this time
period.
Also, three purported shareholder derivative lawsuits have been filed against us and certain
of our current and former officers and directors. The shareholder derivative lawsuits relate to
the allegedly materially false and misleading statements and/or omissions that are the subject of
the purported shareholder class action lawsuits. The derivative lawsuits name ZixCorp as a nominal
defendant and as actual defendants the individuals named in the purported shareholder class action
lawsuits mentioned above, as well as ZixCorps outside directors. The suits seek to require
ZixCorp to initiate legal action for unspecified damages against the individual defendants named in
the purported shareholder class action lawsuits. The suits also allege breaches of fiduciary duty,
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insider selling and misappropriation of information and seek contribution and indemnification
against the individual defendants.
These lawsuits may require significant management time and attention and could result in
significant legal expenses. While we believe these lawsuits are without merit and intend to defend
them vigorously, since these legal proceedings are in the preliminary stages we are unable to
predict the scope or outcome of these matters and quantify their eventual impact, if any, on our
company. An unfavorable outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating
results, cash flow, and financial condition. We maintain insurance that may limit our financial
exposure for defense costs and liability for an unfavorable outcome, should we not prevail, for
claims covered by the insurance coverage.
We may have to defend our rights in intellectual property that we use in our services, which could
be disruptive and expensive to our business.
We may have to defend our intellectual property rights or defend against claims that we are
infringing the rights of others. Intellectual property litigation and controversies are disruptive
and expensive. Infringement claims could require us to develop non-infringing services or enter
into royalty or licensing arrangements. Royalty or licensing arrangements, if required, may not be
obtainable on terms acceptable to us. Our business could be significantly harmed if we are not
able to develop or license the necessary technology. Furthermore, it is possible that others may
independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property, thus enabling them to
effectively compete against us.
Defects or errors in our services could harm our business.
We subject our Zix-branded solutions and services to quality assurance testing prior to
release. There is no assurance that the quality and assurance testing previously conducted by the
businesses we acquired on their current solutions and services conform to our standards for quality
assurance testing. Regardless of the level of quality assurance testing, any of our solutions
could contain undetected defects or errors. In particular, our PocketScript system is used to
dispense prescription drugs. Defects or errors in our PocketScript system could result in
inaccurate prescriptions being generated, which could result in injury or death to patients. Thus,
undetected defects or errors could result in loss of or delay in revenues, failure to achieve
market acceptance, diversion of development resources, injury to our reputation, litigation claims,
increased insurance costs, or increased service and warranty costs. Any one of these could prevent
us from implementing our business model and achieving the revenues we need to operate profitably.
Public key cryptography technology is subject to risks.
Our Zix-branded solutions and services and the PocketScript e-prescribing service employ, and
future solutions and services may employ, public key cryptography technology. With public key
cryptography technology, a public key and a private key are used to encrypt and decrypt messages.
The security afforded by this technology depends, in large measure, on the integrity of the private
key, which is dependent, in part, on the application of certain mathematical principles. The
integrity of the private key is predicated on the assumption that it is difficult to mathematically
derive the private key from the related public key. Should methods be developed that make it
easier to derive the private key, the security of encryption services using public key cryptography
technology would be reduced or eliminated and such services could become unmarketable. This could
require us to make significant changes to our services, which could damage our reputation and
otherwise hurt our business. Moreover, there have been public reports of the successful decryption
of certain encrypted messages. This or related publicity could adversely affect public perception
of the security afforded by public key cryptography technology, which could harm our business.
We depend on key personnel.
We depend on the performance of our senior management team including our CEO, President and
COO Richard D. Spurr, and our Vice President of Finance and Administration, CFO and Treasurer
Bradley C. Almond, and their direct reports and other key employees, particularly highly skilled
technical personnel. Our success
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depends on our ability to attract, retain and motivate these individuals. There are no binding
agreements with any of our employees that prevent them from leaving our company at any time. There
is competition for these personnel. In addition, we do not maintain key person life insurance on
any of our personnel. The loss of the services of any of our key employees or our failure to
attract, retain and motivate key employees could harm our business.
We could be affected by government regulation.
Exports of software solutions and services using encryption technology, such as our
Zix-branded solutions and services, are generally restricted by the U.S. government. Although we
have obtained U.S. government approval to export our solutions and services to almost all
countries, the list of countries to which our solutions and services cannot be exported could be
revised in the future. Furthermore, some countries impose restrictions on the use of encryption
solutions and services, such as ours. Failure to obtain the required governmental approvals would
preclude the sale or use of our solutions and services in international markets.
Furthermore, boards of pharmacy in the various states in which our PocketScript business
operates regulate the process by which physicians write prescriptions. While regulations in the
states in which these businesses currently operate generally permit the electronic writing of
prescriptions, such regulations could be revised in the future. Moreover, regulations in states in
which these businesses do not currently operate may not be as favorable and may impede our ability
to develop business in these states.
The federal government has proposed regulations to create an exception to the prohibition on
physicians referrals to health care entities with which they have financial relationships for
certain electronic prescribing arrangements, to be codified at 42 C.F.R. § 411.357(v), and an
exception to the related federal health care anti-kickback rules for certain electronic prescribing
arrangements, to be codified at 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(x). The purpose of the proposed regulations
is to encourage physicians to use electronic prescribing systems to create and deliver
prescriptions to the pharmacy. The proposed regulations seek to accomplish this purpose by
creating certain safe harbors that are intended to encourage health care entities, such as health
insurance companies and hospitals, to provide financial incentives to physicians to use electronic
prescribing systems. There is no assurance that the final regulations will actually encourage the
use of electronic prescribing systems. Furthermore, the final regulations could provide other
participants in the market a competitive advantage or could have currently unforeseen consequences
that harm our business.
Also, future state or federal regulation could mandate standards for the electronic writing of
prescriptions or for the secure electronic transmittal of personal health information through the
Internet that our technology and systems do not comply with, which would require us to modify our
technology and systems. The costs of compliance could be substantial.
Our stock price may be volatile.
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated significantly in the past and is likely to
fluctuate in the future. Our stock price may decrease as a result of the dilutive effect caused by
the additional number of shares that may become available in the market due to the issuances of our
common stock in connection with the capital funding and acquisition transactions we completed over
the last year. As of December 15, 2005, there was a short position in our common stock of
4,960,163 shares.
One investor owns a large percentage of our outstanding stock and could significantly influence the
outcome of actions.
George W. Haywood and an IRA for the benefit of Mr. Haywood beneficially own approximately
11.2% of our outstanding common stock, including the shares of Common Stock to be sold hereunder
(measured as of December 31, 2005). Therefore, Mr. Haywood could exert substantial influence over
all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of directors. Mr.
Haywoods interests may not be aligned with the interests of our other shareholders. This
concentration of ownership and voting power may discourage or prevent someone from acquiring our
business.
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We have a certain amount of debt and may be unable to service or refinance this debt or
servicing this debt may restrict cash available for our business operations or complying with the
covenants of the debt could restrict certain desired business actions.
As
of September 30, 2005, our total outstanding indebtedness,
including capital leases, required us to make payments totaling
$21.1 million payable over the next three years, excluding
interest. Subsequently, we redeemed $5.85 million principal amount of our outstanding convertible notes using shares of out common stock and repaid approximately
$6.95 million principal amount of our outstanding convertible
notes in cash, of which $4.85 million was paid from a restricted cash collateral account for the benefit of the noteholders.
Accordingly as of December 31, 2005, our total outstanding indebtedness, including capital leases,
requires us to make payments totaling $8.1 million payable over the next two years, excluding
interest. This level of debt could have negative consequences. For example, it could:
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result in our inability to comply with the financial and other restrictive covenants in
our outstanding convertible notes, which, among other things, require us to maintain specified cash levels and limit our ability to incur debt and
sell assets, which could in turn result in an event of default that, if not cured or
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to
make scheduled principal payments on our debt or to meet required cash reserves,
thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow for working capital, capital
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increase our vulnerability to adverse industry and general economic conditions; |
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limit our ability to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital,
capital investments and other business activities; |
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limit our ability to refinance our indebtedness on terms that are commercially
reasonable or at all; and |
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limit our flexibility to plan for, and react to, changes in our business and our
industry. |
We have a significant amount of convertible securities and related warrants outstanding, have
recently issued a significant amount of warrants in a private placement, and may issue additional
equity securities in the future. Conversion or redemption of our outstanding convertible notes into our common stock,
exercise of the outstanding warrants, and future issuances or conversion of other securities will
dilute the ownership interests of existing shareholders.
The outstanding balance of our convertible promissory notes was $5.0 million at December 31,
2005. Per the terms of the Companys convertible notes the full amount outstanding may be
converted by the holders at a conversion price of $5.38 per share. If fully converted at this
price, we would be obligated to issue an additional 929,368 shares of our common stock. We have
also issued warrants covering 1,910,834 shares of our common stock to the current and former
holders of the convertible notes and additional warrants to purchase 166,667 shares of common stock
were issued to the broker of the transaction. Including these warrants, we have outstanding
warrants and options, including options held by Company employees, covering approximately 15.2 million shares of
our common stock with exercise prices ranging from $1.44 to $57.60.
The issuances of shares of common stock in respect of the convertible notes and the warrants
and options would result in a substantial voting dilution of our current shareholders. Any sales
in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such conversion or redemption of the notes
or exercise of the warrants and options could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our
common stock.
In the future, we may determine to seek additional capital funding or to acquire additional
businesses, which could involve the issuance of one or more types of equity securities, including
convertible debt, common and convertible preferred stock, and warrants to acquire common or
preferred stock. Such equity securities could be issued at or below the then-prevailing market
price of our common stock. In addition, we incent our employees and attract new employees by
issuing shares of our common stock and options to purchase shares of our common stock. The
interest of our existing shareholders may be diluted by any equity securities issued in capital
funding financings or business acquisitions and would be diluted by any such future share issuances
and stock option grants to employees.
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Finally, as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants described above, we may
in the future be obligated to register additional shares of common stock issuable to the
warrantholders.
We may have liability for indemnification claims arising from the sale of our Web
InspectorR, Message InspectorR, and Dr.
ChartR product lines.
We disposed of our Web Inspector and Message Inspector product lines in March 2005 and our Dr.
Chart product line in September 2005. In selling those products, we agreed to provide customary
indemnification to the purchasers of those businesses for breaches of representations and
warranties, covenants, and other specified matters. Indemnification claims could be asserted
against us with respect to these matters.
We may encounter other unanticipated risks and uncertainties in the markets we serve or in
developing new services, and we cannot assure that we will be successful in responding to any
unanticipated risks or uncertainties.
There are no assurances that we will be successful or that we will not encounter other, and
even unanticipated, risks. We discuss other operating, financial or legal risks or uncertainties
in our periodic filings with the SEC. We are, of course, also subject to general economic risks.
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state
securities laws, including: any projections of future business, market share, earnings, revenues or
other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for
future operations; any statements concerning proposed new products, services or developments; any
statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements of belief; and any
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements may include
the words may, will, predict, plan, should, goal, estimate, intend, continue,
believe, expect, anticipate and other similar words. Such forward-looking statements may be
contained in the Risk Factors section above, among other places.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in any of our forward-looking statements
are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in any of
our forward-looking statements. Our future financial condition and results of operations, as well
as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and to inherent risks and uncertainties,
such as those disclosed in this document. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update
any forward-looking statement.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
We furnish our shareholders with annual reports containing audited financial statements and
other appropriate reports. We also file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and
other information with the SEC. Instead of repeating information that we have already filed with
the SEC, we are allowed to incorporate by reference in this prospectus information contained in
those documents we have filed with the SEC. These documents are considered to be part of this
prospectus.
We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below:
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 10, 2005 (reported under Item 5.02),
March 17, 2005, March 29, 2005, April 14, 2005, June 9, 2005, July 26, 2005, August 4,
2005, August 9, 2005 (as amended by Form 8-K/A filed on August 10, 2005 and Form 8K/A
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2005), September 27, 2005, October 5, 2005, October 25, 2005, November 4, 2005,
November 23, 2005, December 12, 2005, and January 4, 2006; |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed May 10, 2005;
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, filed August 9, 2005; |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed
November 9, 2005; and |
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the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-A, dated September 25, 1989, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description. |
Any documents that we file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the selling shareholders selling all of the shares of common stock offered
by this prospectus, will also be considered to be part of this prospectus and will automatically
update and supersede the information contained in this prospectus. Further, all filings we make
under the Exchange Act after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to
effectiveness of the registration statement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
At your request, we will provide you, without charge, a copy of any of the documents we have
incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus (other than
exhibits to such documents, unless those exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
the documents that this prospectus incorporates). If you want more information, write or call:
Bradley C. Almond
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Zix Corporation
2711 North Haskell Avenue, Suite 2200, LB 36
Dallas, Texas 75204-2960
Telephone: (214) 370-2000
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are delivering this prospectus to you in accordance with the U.S. securities laws. We have
filed a registration statement with the SEC to register the common stock that the selling
shareholders are offering to you. This prospectus is part of that registration statement. As
allowed by the SECs rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information that is
included in the registration statement.
You may obtain a copy of the registration statement, or a copy of any other filing we have
made with the SEC, directly from the SEC. You may either:
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read and copy any materials we have filed with the SEC at the SECs Public Reference
Room maintained at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549; or |
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visit the SECs Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy
and information statements, and other information regarding us and other issuers that
file electronically with the SEC. |
You may obtain more information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the
SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
On December 9, 2005, the selling shareholders named herein purchased 1,340,000 shares of our
common stock from Amulet, another of the Companys shareholders, in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the same transaction,
Amulet assigned its registration rights to the selling shareholders with respect to such shares.
In an agreement entered into between Amulet and the Company on December 8, 2005, the Company
confirmed the right of the selling shareholders to require the Company to file a registration
statement with the SEC to register the resale of the purchased shares. This Prospectus covers such
resale.
Amulet received the shares from the Company on December 9, 2005 in connection with the
Companys redemption of a portion of its convertible notes due 2005-2008 issued by the Company to
Amulet pursuant to a private placement in November 2004. For more information regarding the
redemption transaction, see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2005.
The table below lists in the first column the selling shareholders and other information
regarding their ownership of our common stock. The second and third columns list the number and
percent of shares of common stock beneficially held by each selling shareholder as of December 31,
2005. The fourth column shows the total number of shares of our common stock that we have agreed
to register with the SEC under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
The fifth and sixth columns show the number and percent of shares of common stock to be
beneficially held by each selling shareholder after the offering of shares under this prospectus
(assuming the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this
prospectus).
The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. We do
not know how long the selling shareholders will hold the shares before selling them or how many
shares they will sell, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the
security holders regarding the sale of any of the shares held by them.
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Heartland Value
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937,500 |
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George W. Haywood
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250,000 |
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David M. Westrum |
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30,504 |
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Alice Ann
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30,504 |
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Bradley A. Erickson
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30,504 |
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Includes 198,000 shares that the selling shareholder has the right to acquire pursuant to
outstanding warrants that become exercisable on February 9, 2006. The registrant has been
advised that Heartland Advisors, Inc. (Heartland Advisors), as the investment advisor to
Heartland Value Plus Fund, may be deemed to exercise voting and dispositive power with respect
to the shares held by the selling shareholder. Portfolio Managers employed by Heartland
Advisors have primary responsibility for managing the investments in the Value Plus Fund.
Those Portfolio Managers are subject to change at the discretion of the management of
Heartland Advisors, and the Portfolio Managers manage the investments under the ultimate
direction of the Board of Directors of Heartland Group, Inc. Additional information on
Heartland Advisors, the Portfolio Managers, and Heartland Group, Inc. can be found in the SEC
filings made by Heartland Group, Inc. (File No. 811-4982). |
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Includes (i) 41,500 shares that are owned by family members of Mr. Haywood, (ii) 115,000
shares owned by the estate of a family member for which Mr. Haywood is executor and has voting
power, (iii) 199,556 shares currently issuable to him upon exercise of certain warrants, and
(iv) 264,000 shares issuable to him under warrants that become exercisable on February 9,
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The registrant has been advised that each of Eric Nitardy and JoAnn Dvorak holds voting and
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The registrant has been advised that Mr. Erickson is currently affiliated with Piper Jaffray & Co., a
broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act and a member of the
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The registrant has been advised that Mr. Lastavich is currently affiliated with Piper Jaffray & Co., a
broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act and a member of the
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Percentages are based on the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on
December 31, 2005, which was 49,605,380. Shares of our common stock that were not outstanding
but could be acquired upon exercise of an option or other convertible security within 60 days
of December 31, 2005 are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of
outstanding shares beneficially owned by a particular person. However, such shares are not
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding shares
beneficially owned by any other person. |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the shares of common stock to permit the resale of the shares of common
stock by the selling shareholders. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the
selling shareholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to
our obligation to register the shares of common stock.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the common stock beneficially owned by
them and offered hereby from time-to-time directly or through one or more underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents. If the common stock is sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the
selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents
commissions. The common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at
prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale,
or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in by any one or more of the following
methods:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but
may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
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privately negotiated transactions; |
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law; or |
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The selling shareholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Act, if available,
rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by a selling shareholder may arrange for other broker-dealer to
participate in sales. If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling shares of
common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters,
brokers-dealers or agents may receive commissions to facilitate the transactions in the form of
discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers
of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal
(which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, brokers-dealers or
agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection
with sales of the common stock or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging
transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in
the course of hedging in positions they assume. Subject to compliance with applicable law, the
selling shareholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock
covered by this prospectus to close out short positions, provided that the short sale is made after
the registration statement is declared effective and a copy of this prospectus is delivered in
connection with the short sale.
The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares
of common stock owned by such selling shareholders, and, if such selling shareholders default in
the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell
the shares of common stock from time-to-time pursuant to this prospectus. The selling shareholders
may also transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the
transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners
for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares
of common stock may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Act, and any
commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to any such broker-dealer may be deemed
to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Act. At the time a particular offering of
the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which
will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the
offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions
and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts,
commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such
states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the
shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for
sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied
with.
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There can be no assurance that the selling shareholders will sell any or all of the shares of
common stock registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus
forms a part.
The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be
subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of
purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling shareholders and any other
participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the
distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to
the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of
common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with
respect to the shares of common stock.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the
registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of
compliance with state securities or blue sky laws; provided, however, that the selling
shareholders will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. In connection
with sales made pursuant to this prospectus, we will indemnify the selling shareholders against
liabilities, including some liabilities under the Act, in accordance with the registration rights
agreement, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We will be indemnified by
the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act
that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholders for use in
this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we will be
entitled to contribution.
Once sold under the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the
shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
In connection with the purchase by the selling shareholders of the shares to be sold hereunder
from Amulet, the selling shareholders were assigned registration rights requiring us to prepare and
file a registration statement covering the resale of such shares. Amulet received such
registration rights from us pursuant to a registration rights agreement originally entered into
with us in November 2004.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the common stock by the selling
shareholders; rather, the selling shareholders will receive those proceeds directly.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Ronald A. Woessner, our
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and managements report on the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Companys Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated
herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given
upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The
consolidated financial statements for our fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to above under the heading Documents
Incorporated by Reference have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by
reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance
upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The following table sets forth an estimate of the fees and expenses relating to the issuance
and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and
commissions, all of which shall be borne by the registrant. All of such fees and expenses, except
for the SEC Registration Fee, are estimated:
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
As permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act, the registrants Restated Articles of
Incorporation provide that its directors shall not be personally liable to the registrant or its
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
for (i) any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the registrant or its shareholders, (ii)
any act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal
benefit, (iv) any act or omission where the liability of the director is expressly provided for by
statute, or (v) any act related to an unlawful stock repurchase or payment of a dividend. In
addition, the registrants Restated Articles of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws include certain
provisions permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act whereby its directors, officers,
employees and agents generally are to be indemnified against certain liabilities to the fullest
extent authorized by the Texas Business Corporation Act. Furthermore, an agreement between the
registrant and Richard D. Spurr (the registrants chief executive officer and its president and
chief operating officer), dated January 20, 2004, provides Mr. Spurr with a contractual right to
indemnification as an officer and/or director of the registrant as set forth in Article VII of the
registrants Restated Bylaws, dated August 1, 2002. The registrant maintains insurance on behalf
of its directors and executive officers insuring them against any liability asserted against them
in their capacities as directors or officers or arising out of such status.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on page II-4
of this registration statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933; |
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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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
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would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low
or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement. |
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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; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i)(1) and (a)(i)(2) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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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. |
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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. |
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plans 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. |
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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
provisions described in Item 15 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 Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on January 9, 2006.
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ZIX CORPORATION |
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By:
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/s/ Bradley C. Almond |
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Bradley C. Almond |
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and |
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Treasurer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 9, 2006.
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Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief |
/s/ Richard D. Spurr |
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Operating Officer, Director |
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and |
/s/ Bradley C. Almond |
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Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Director |
/s/ Robert C. Hausmann |
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Director |
/s/ Charles N. Kahn, III |
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Director |
/s/ Michael E. Keane |
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Director, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors |
/s/ James S. Marston |
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Director |
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Director |
/s/ Paul E. Schlosberg |
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Director |
/s/ Ben G. Streetman |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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5.1
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Legal Opinion of Ronald A. Woessner (1) |
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23.1
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Consent of Ronald A. Woessner (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1) |
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (1) |