Hypercom Corporation
Ticker:HYC 2851 West Kathleen Road
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange Phoenix, AZ 85023
Industry:High-Tech (SIC Code 3578) (602) 504-5000
# of Employees:827

Offering Information
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:9/12/97
U.S. Shares:11,250,000 Offer Date:11/13/97
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$17.00 - $19.00
Primary Shares:8,500,000 Offer Price:$16.00
Secondary Shares:2,750,000 Gross Spread:$1.00
Offering Amount: $202,500,000 Selling:$0.55
Expenses: - Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:33,500,000

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Lehman Brothers IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 526-8100
Cowen & CompanyCo-manager (212) 495-6000
Salomon Brothers Inc.Co-manager (212) 783-2947

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Snell & Wilmer
Bank's Law Firm: Morrison & Foerster
Auditor: Coopers & Lybrand
Registrar/Transfer Agent: Harris Trust Company of California

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
6/30/97 6/30/97
Revenue:$196.74Assets:$138.74
Net Income:$15.56Curr Assets:$120.96
EPS:$0.57Liabilities:$77.85
Prior EPS:$0.32Curr Liabilities:$58.01
Cash Flow/Oper:$3.19Equity:$60.89
Cash Flow/Fin:$4.00Cash:$16.32
Cash Flow/Inv:-$6.03Working Cap:$62.95

Business Description
The company is a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and supplier of high performance, comprehensive point-of-sale payment systems and sophisticated enterprise networking products. The Company's end-to-end POS payment system solutions, comprised of terminals, peripherals, POS network products and software, enable merchants to automate credit, charge, debit and other electronic payment transactions, all with seamless integration and interoperability and at a lower total cost of ownership. The Company has the second largest installed base of POS terminals in the U.S. and worldwide, and the largest installed base in Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Leveraging nearly 20 years of expertise with POS networks, the Company has developed a family of multi-service switch/routers that enable the integration of business-critical legacy data, local area network ("LAN"), voice, fax and video traffic transmitted among central and remote locations. The Company's networking products allow its customers to eliminate duplicative networks and facilitate migration to cost-effective switched services.

Competition
The markets in which the Company operates are highly competitive and are becoming increasingly competitive. Principal competitive factors include product quality, reliability, performance, functionality,pricing, certification, and upgradeability. In the electronic payment industry the Company competes primarily against VeriFone, Inc., which was recently acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company, and in the enterprise networking market competes with Cisco Systems, Inc., 3Com Corporation, Bay Networks, Inc., Motorola Information Systems Group, and other providers. Certain of the Company's competitors have significantly greater financial and technical resources than the Company, as well as better name recognition and a larger customer base than the Company. The Company faces additional competitive factors in foreign countries, including preferences for national vendors, and difficulties in obtaining necessary certifications and in meeting the requirements of government policies. Competitive factors may result in, among other things, price discounts or other concessions by the Company and sales lost by the Company to competitors, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results and financial condition. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully in the future.

Business Plan
The Company's objective is to become the leading worldwide provider and innovator of POS payment system solutions. In addition, the Company is leveraging the extensive technical capabilities of its networking and software products to become a leading supplier in the enterprise networking market, particularly for branch networking applications. To achieve these objectives, the Company is pursuing the following key strategies: (I) Extend Technology Leadership, (ii) Exploit International Expertise, (iii) Capitalize on Retooling of POS Payments Infrastructure, (iv) Provide Complete End-to-end POS Payment Systems, (v) Leverage POS Network Expertise Into Branch Networking and (vi) Enhance Brand Awareness Through Increased Marketing and Distribution.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay debt, to expand facilities and for general corporate purposes including working capital, capital expenditures and possible acquisitions.

Principal and Selling Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
George Wallner50.60%34.20%
Paul Wallner44.00%29.30%
Al Irato5.90%3.40%
Note: Represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.
Executive Officers and Directors
Officer NameTitleAge
George WallnerChairman of the Board of Directors46
Thomas E. LinnenChief Financial Officer of the Company51
Jairo GonzalezVice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company and President of Hypercom International35
Paul WallnerVice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and President of Hypercom Network Systems43
Albert A. IratoVice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and Chief Executive Officer and President of Hypercom U.S.A., Inc.59

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