june122009s-8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2009
Registration
No. 333-_______
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
______________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
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Wireless
Ronin Technologies, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota 41-1967918
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5929
Baker Road, Suite 475
Minnetonka,
Minnesota 55345
(Address,
including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
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WIRELESS
RONIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN
(Full
Title of the Plan)
______________
DARIN P.
MCAREAVEY |
Copies
to: |
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |
BRETT D. ANDERSON,
ESQ. |
Wireless Ronin Technologies,
Inc. |
JEN RANDOLPH REISE,
ESQ. |
5929 Baker Road, Suite
475 |
Briggs and Morgan,
P.A. |
Minnetonka, Minnesota
55345 |
2200 IDS
Center |
(952) 564-3500 |
80 South Eighth
Street
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(Name, address,
including zip code and telephone
number, including
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
55402 |
area code, of Agent
for Service) |
(612) 977-8400
(phone) |
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(612) 977-8650
(fax)
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#160;
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Each Class of Securities To Be Registered
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Amount
To
Be
Registered
(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per
Share (2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
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Amount
of
Registration
Fee
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Wireless
Ronin Technologies, Inc.
Amended
and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
Common
stock (par value $0.01 per share)
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375,000
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$2.835
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$1,063,125
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$59.32
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(1)This
registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock
which become issuable under the Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. Amended
and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and
low sale prices for such stock on June 8, 2009, as reported by the NASDAQ
Global Market.
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EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Registration Statement is being filed by Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") pursuant to General Instruction E to the Form S-8 Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an
additional 375,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), which will be issued pursuant to the Company's
Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity Incentive
Plan"). A total of 1,749,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under
the Equity Incentive Plan has been previously registered pursuant to the
Company's Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 30, 2007 (File No. 333-145795) and
November 16, 2007 (File No. 333-147458).
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The SEC
allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with them, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to
documents we file with the SEC. The information incorporated by
reference is considered to be part of this registration
statement. Information that we file later with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate
by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with
the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until all
of the shares covered by this registration statement have been sold or
deregistered:
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•
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Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, including
those sections incorporated by reference from our Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 29,
2009;
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•
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Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended March 31,
2009;
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•
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Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2009 and June 12, 2009;
and
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•
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The
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A (File No. 001-33169) filed on November 27, 2006, as the same
may be amended from time to time.
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Item
4. Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5. Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item
6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section 302A.521,
subd. 2, of the Minnesota Statutes requires that we indemnify a person made or
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person with respect to the company, against judgments,
penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against
the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in
connection with the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions if
such person (1) has not been indemnified by another organization or
employee benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties or fines, (2) acted
in good faith, (3) received no improper personal benefit, and statutory
procedure has been followed in the case of any conflict of interest by a
director, (4) in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe the conduct was unlawful, and (5) in the case of acts or
omissions occurring in the person’s performance in the official capacity of
director or, for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer,
board committee member or employee, reasonably believed that the conduct was in
the best interests of the company, or, in the case of performance by a director,
officer or employee of the company involving service as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another organization or employee benefit
plan, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests
of the company. In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, requires
payment by us, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition of the proceeding in certain instances. A decision as to
required indemnification is made by a disinterested majority of our board of
directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by
a designated committee of the board, by special legal counsel, by the
shareholders, or by a court.
Our
articles of incorporation and by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of
our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permissible by
Minnesota Statute, as detailed above. We also maintain a director and officer
liability insurance policy.
Item
7. Exemption
From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
See
"Exhibit Index."
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 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 securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the
effective 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;
Provided, however,
That:
(A) Paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 (§ 239.16b of this chapter), and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in 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
(15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement; and
(B) Paragraphs
(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 (§239.13 of this chapter) or Form F-3 (§
239.33 of this chapter) and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b) of this chapter) that is part of the
registration statement.
(C) Provided further, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 (§ 239.13 of
this chapter), and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB
(§ 229.1100(c)).
(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.
(4) If
the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective amendment
to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by
Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a
continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant
includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial
statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information
necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as
current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective
amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such
financial statements and information are 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 Form F-3.
(5) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:
(i) If
the registrant is relying on Rule 430B (§ 230.430B of this
chapter):
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(A)
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Each
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§
230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part
of and included in the registration statement;
and
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(B)
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Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or
(b)(7) (§ 230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this chapter) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) (§ 230.415(a)(1)(i),
(vii), or (x) of this chapter) for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of
the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in
the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for
liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an
underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that
no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part
of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a
time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify
any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such effective date;
or
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(ii) If
the registrant is subject to Rule 430C (§ 230.430C of this chapter), each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B
or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§ 230.430A of this
chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.
(6) That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities:
The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§ 230.424 of this
chapter);
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
registrant to the purchaser.
(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 Section 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.
(h) 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.
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 Minnetonka, State of
Minnesota, on June 12, 2009.
WIRELESS RONIN TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
By: /s/ James C.
Granger
James C. Granger
President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James C.
Granger and Darin P. McAreavey, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ James C.
Granger
James
C. Granger
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President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Darin P. McAreavey
Darin P. McAreavey
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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June
12, 2009
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/s/ Gregory T. Barnum
Gregory T. Barnum
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Chairman
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June
12, 2009
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/s/
Stephen F. Birke
Stephen F. Birke
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Director
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June
12, 2009
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/s/
Thomas J. Moudry
Thomas
J. Moudry
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Director
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June
12, 2009
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/s/
William F. Schnell
Dr.
William F. Schnell
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Director
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June
12, 2009
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/s/ Brett A.
Shockley
Brett A.
Shockley
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Director
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June
12, 2009
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/s/ Geoffrey J. Obeney
Geoffrey J.
Obeney
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Director
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June
12,
2009
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
4.1
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Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to our Form SB-2 filed on October 12,
2006 (File No. 333-136972)).
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4.2
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By-laws
of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-QSB filed on November 14, 2007 (File No.
001-33169)).
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4.3
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Specimen
common stock certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to our Form SB-2 filed on October 12, 2006
(File No. 333-136972)).
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4.4
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Wireless
Ronin Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to our Definitive Schedule 14A (Proxy
Statement) filed on April 29, 2009 (File No.
001-33169)).
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exhibit5.htm
EXHIBIT
5
Briggs
and Morgan
Professional
Association
2200
IDS Center
Minneapolis,
MN 55402
(612)
977-8400
June 12,
2009
Wireless
Ronin Technologies, Inc.
5929
Baker Road, Suite 475
Minnetonka,
Minnesota 55345
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Re:
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Wireless
Ronin Technologies, Inc.
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Registration
Statement on Form S-8
Amended
and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with the registration on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of an
additional 375,000 shares of common stock to be issued under the Wireless Ronin
Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, we have
examined such documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have
considered necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this opinion and, based
thereon, we advise you that, in our opinion, when such shares have been issued
and sold pursuant to the provisions of the plan, and in accordance with the
registration statement, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of common stock of Wireless Ronin Technologies,
Inc.
We hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above described
registration statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BRIGGS AND MORGAN,
Professional Association
exhibit232.htm
EXHIBIT
23.2
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 of our report dated March 13, 2009, relating to the consolidated financial
statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of
Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc., appearing in the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/ Baker Tilly Virchow Krause,
LLP
June 12, 2009
Minneapolis,
Minnesota