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XLRT Stock News, Xplore Receives over $1 Million Order from Major Pharma Company for Clean Rooms

Xplore Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:XLRT stock news), a leader in the design and development of rugged mobile computers, today announced it has received significant orders totaling over $1 million from a major pharmaceutical company for its iX104C4 Tablet PCs. Many of the devices will be utilized in clean room environments.

Mark Holleran, President of Xplore Technologies, made the announcement, noting that it represents the first time that Xplore tablets have been specifically developed for clean room use. “Clean rooms require computers that are sterile,” Holleran explained. He said that for this particular order, the company created a design in which the units are “completely sealed with no holes. We also customized the computer and docking station so that there would be no area where liquid can pool and cause contamination, which would be absolutely unacceptable in a clean room environment.”

Clean rooms are environments that are specifically designed to avoid any sort of contamination and prevent any foreign particles from entering the manufacturing process. Such environments are familiar to consumers in their use in the chip manufacturing process, but have expanded rapidly in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. “This represents a significant opportunity for Xplore as we move forward, and we believe our work on the iX104C4 for this particular application is valuable for the industry -- a rugged computer designed specifically for use in a clean room,” Holleran said.

Xplore Raises $1.055 Million in Private Placements

Xplore Technologies Corp.  (“Xplore” or the “Company”) announced today that it has raised $1,055,000 in gross proceeds through the private placement of subordinated secured promissory notes, common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Xplore Technologies Corporation of America (“Subsidiary”, together with the Company, the “Borrowers”) issued Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $655,000 and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,550,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, in two separate closings (on February 27, 2009 and March 5, 2009) pursuant to a note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”). The Company also sold 4,000,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to investors in units, at a price of $0.10 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $400,000. Each unit consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.13 per share. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placements for working capital and general corporate purposes.

“We are pleased to close on this additional round of funding aimed at supporting our business as we complete development of certain industry specific features that are expected to enhance the appeal of our products within those segments,” stated Philip Sassower, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xplore.

The Notes issued under the Note Purchase Agreement are due and payable in full on December 31, 2010 and bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Interest on the Notes may be paid in cash or, at the option of the Company, in shares of the Company’s common stock. The Notes are secured by all of the assets of the Borrowers and the right of repayment of principal and interest on the Notes and the security interest granted by the Borrowers to the holders of the Notes is subordinated to the rights and security interest of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), the Company’s senior lender, in connection with the loan and security agreement between the Subsidiary and SVB dated as of September 15, 2005, as amended. The warrants issued to the note purchasers are exercisable immediately, at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, and will expire on February 27, 2012. The warrants issued to the common stock investors are exercisable immediately, at an exercise price of $0.13 per share, and will expire on February 27, 2013.

In addition, on February 27, 2009, the Borrowers entered into an amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement dated September 5, 2008, as amended (the “Fall 2008 Note Purchase Agreement”), with a majority-in-interest of the purchasers thereunder, extending the maturity date of the secured subordinated promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3 million (the “Fall 2008 Notes”) to December 31, 2010 and reducing the exercise price of the warrants to purchase a total of 25,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Fall 2008 Warrants”) to $0.10 per share. The Company also agreed to extend the expiration date of the Fall 2008 Warrants to February 27, 2012. All other terms and provisions of the Fall 2008 Note Purchase Agreement, the Fall 2008 Notes and the Fall 2008 Warrants remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

The securities sold in the private placements have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

HydroChem Expands Base of Xplore's Rugged Tablet PC

Xplore's iX104(TM) Tablet PCs with ALLVUE(TM) Technology Helps Improve 
HydroChem Customer Service

AUSTIN, TX, July 7 /CNW/ - Xplore Technologies(R) Corp.         
(TSX:XPL; OTC:XLRTF), a leading international rugged Tablet PC provider, today
announced that the company has received an order for an additional 90 rugged
Tablet PC's for HydroChem Industrial Services. The order was secured by one of
Xplore's leading edge channel partner's, Comtech Tolt Technologies, Inc. based
in Gig Harbor Washington. This brings the total number of Xplore rugged Tablet
PC systems being used by HydroChem to more than 300.
HydroChem uses Xplore's rugged iX104 Tablet PC computers to generate
service receipts on the job as well as provide data to the billing and payroll
systems. HydroChem, a leading provider of industrial cleaning services
throughout the US, provides specialized industrial cleaning services to
customers in the petrochemical, oil refining, electric utility and pulp and
paper industries. As a result, there was a specific need for durable computers
that could withstand challenging field conditions and provide UL1604 (C1,D2)
certifications for use in potentially hazardous conditions.
HydroChem has deployed a variety of Xplore's iX104 systems including the
iX104RV with AllVue LCD Technology. Xplore's rugged iX104RV Tablet PC System
uses an innovative optics technology, namely AllVue, which supports the
ability to view the display in challenging light conditions, including direct
sunlight. The iX104RV Tablet PC family has been 3rd party tested and verified
to meet or exceed Military Standards for use in challenging environmental
conditions and provides UL1604 and ATEX certification for use in hazardous
conditions.

About XLRT Stock Profile Xplore Technologies®

Xplore (www.xploretech.com) is engaged in the business of developing, integrating and marketing of rugged mobile wireless PC computing systems. The Company’s products enable the extension of traditional computing systems to a range of field and on-site personnel, regardless of location or environment. Using a range of wireless communication mediums together with the Company’s rugged computing products, the Company’s end-users are able to receive, collect, analyze, manipulate and transmit information in a variety of environments not suited to traditional non-rugged computing devices. The Company’s end-users are in markets that include utility, warehousing/logistics, public safety, field service, transportation, manufacturing, route delivery, military and homeland security.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. When used in this document, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Xplore’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made including those factors detailed from time to time in filings made by Xplore with securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated or expected. Xplore does not intend and does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc.
Beverly Jedynak, 312-943-1123, bjedynak@janispr.com or
Laura Grock, 312-943-1106, lgrock@janispr.com