GREENWICH, CT, May 2, 2012 – S.A.V.E. Partners IV, LLC, its nominees and certain other shareholders are members of a group (“SAVE”) that collectively owns 3,044,739 shares of common stock of USA Technologies, Inc. (“USAT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: USAT), representing approximately 9.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares. Today, SAVE issued the following statement regarding USAT’s announcement of its results for its third quarter of fiscal 2012:
SAVE is deeply concerned with the Company’s third fiscal quarter results, as the Company once again reported operating and overall net losses for the quarter and continues to use significant cash in operations. In SAVE’s view, these results provide further evidence of the current Board’s inability to realize the Company’s significant potential. Many shareholders of the Company also appear to have this concern, as USAT’s share price was down over 8.4% on a day when the NASDAQ Composite was generally positive. In contrast, USAT’s share price increased 4.7% on the day the Company announced SAVE was seeking majority representation on the Board (a day when the NASDAQ Composite was otherwise down). We believe it is clear that shareholders are demanding and would welcome meaningful change on the Board.
SAVE has nominated seven highly-qualified individuals for election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders. Our nominees are committed to implementing SAVE’s business plan to drive profitability at the Company and maximize shareholder value. As USAT’s largest shareholder, our interests are closely aligned with all shareholders.
Contact:
Morrow & Co., LLC
Tom Ball
John Ferguson
(203) 658-9400
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
S.A.V.E. Partners IV, LLC (“SAVE”), together with the other participants named herein, intends to make a preliminary filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying WHITE proxy card to be used to solicit votes in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of individuals to the Board of Directors of USA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company.
SAVE ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR, MORROW & CO. LLC, TOLL-FREE AT (800) 607-0088, BANKS AND BROKERS CALL COLLECT AT (203) 658-9400 OR EMAIL INFO@SAVEUSAT.COM.
The participants in the proxy solicitation are SAVE, Locke Partners I LLC (“Locke”), John S. Ioannou, Ajoy H. Karna, Rodman K. Reef, Andrew Salisbury, Craig W. Thomas, Bradley M. Tirpak, George Wallner, James W. Stuckert, Diane V. Stuckert, James W. Stuckert Revocable Trust U/A DTD 2/10/86 Amended & Restated 2/7/07 (the “JWS Trust”) and Diane V. Stuckert Revocable Trust U/A DTD 8/7/03 (the “DVS Trust”) (collectively, the “Participants”).
As of the close of business on April 27, 2012, SAVE owned directly 2,398,609 shares of Common Stock of the Company. Locke, as the managing member of SAVE, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,398,609 shares of Common Stock directly owned by SAVE Each of Messrs. Tirpak and Thomas, as co-managing members of Locke, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,398,609 shares of Common Stock directly owned by SAVE
As of the close of business on April 27, 2012, Mr. Tirpak directly owned 134,130 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, convertible into 10 shares of Common Stock.
As of the close of business on April 27, 2012, the JWS Trust owned directly 200,000 shares of Common Stock, the DVS Trust owned directly 300,000 shares of Common Stock and Mr. Stuckert owned directly 12,000 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Stuckert may be deemed to beneficially own the 200,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by the JWS Trust and Mrs. Stuckert may be deemed to beneficially own the 300,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by the DVS Trust.
As members of a “group” for the purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the Participants is deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Company beneficially owned in the aggregate by the other Participants. Each of the Participants disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
Contact:
Morrow & Co., LLC
Tom Ball
John Ferguson
(203) 658-9400
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