Fort Lee, NJ, March 15, 2010 – ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data
communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and
leading provider of space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) services, today announced
that it has completed an agreement with Lloyd’s List Intelligence (previously Lloyd’s MIU) for
Satellite AIS data services.
Lloyd’s List Intelligence is a leading provider of information and global maritime intelligence. The
addition of ORBCOMM satellite AIS information will extend coverage beyond coastal areas with
the availability of open ocean vessel reporting. The agreement with Lloyd’s List Intelligence
includes a minimum annual license fee to ORBCOMM and grants immediate access to
ORBCOMM’s global satellite AIS offering.
“ORBCOMM welcomes Lloyd’s List Intelligence to the growing list of partners for our spacebased
AIS data services,” said Marc Eisenberg, Chief Executive Officer. “The combination of
Lloyd’s List Intelligence’s current maritime information and services, with the integration of the
ORBCOMM data, makes for a very compelling and robust product offering.”
“Our customers will find that the integration of this new reporting source will be of major benefit in assisting them with business decisions by providing an even greater understanding of both local and global maritime markets and supply chains. We are very excited about this beneficial agreement
with ORBCOMM and have worked hard to build the extra benefits and intelligence into our range
of products,” said Andrew Cooney, Commercial Director at Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
About ORBCOMM Inc.
ORBCOMM is a leading global satellite data communications company, focused on Machine-to-
Machine (M2M) communications. Its customers include Caterpillar Inc., Doosan Infracore
America, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Hyundai Heavy Industries, I.D. Systems, Inc., Komatsu
Ltd., Manitowoc Crane Companies, Inc., and Volvo Construction Equipment among other industry
leaders. ORBCOMM is the leading commercial provider of global AIS data from space, with users
that include the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection and IHS Fairplay, among other government and commercial organizations.
By means of a global network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites and accompanying ground
infrastructure, ORBCOMM’s low-cost and reliable two-way data communication services track,
monitor and control mobile and fixed assets in four core markets: commercial transportation; heavy
equipment; industrial fixed assets; and marine/homeland security. ORBCOMM based products are
installed on trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, backhoes, pipelines, oil wells, utility
meters, storage tanks and other assets. ORBCOMM is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and
has its network control center in Dulles, Virginia. For more information, visit www.orbcomm.com.
About Lloyd’s List Intelligence
Lloyd’s List Intelligence (previously Lloyd’s MIU) is founded on the heritage of the maritime
industry bible, Lloyd’s List, and employs a unique global network of specialist sources of business critical maritime data to track all commercial vessel movements, as well as to capture all details
pertaining to vessel characteristics, ownership, casualties, detentions and piracy. Lloyd’s List
Intelligence also has the largest global network of land based AIS receivers corroborated by 700
Lloyd’s Agents and Sub-Agents.
About Lloyd’s List
Lloyd’s List is part of Informa Group plc one of the world’s leading providers of specialist
information and services for the academic, scientific, professional and commercial business
communities. All Informa products are based on high value content in a wide variety of subject areas. These range from the arts and humanities through social sciences to physical science and technology; from the professional domains of finance and the law through to commercial fields such as telecommunications, maritime trade, energy, commodities and agriculture. Included in Informa’s many constituent businesses are some of the longest standing names in world publishing including Lloyd’s List which dates back to 1734 when the first issue was pinned to the wall of Edward Lloyd’s City of London coffee shop. For more information on Informa please visit www.informa.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
generally relate to our plans, objectives and expectations for future events and include statements
about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements, including those concerning the
Company’s expectations, are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from the results, projected, expected or implied by the
forward-looking statements, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, that may cause the
Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: the impact
of global recession and continued worldwide credit and capital constraints; substantial losses we
have incurred and expect to continue to incur; demand for and market acceptance of our products and services and the applications developed by our resellers; loss or decline or slowdown in the growth in business from Asset Intelligence, a subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. (“AI”) (formerly a
division of General Electric Company (“GE” or “General Electric”)), other value-added resellers or
VARs and international value-added resellers or IVARs; loss or decline or slowdown in growth in
business of any of the specific industry sectors the Company serves, such as transportation, heavy
equipment, fixed assets and maritime; litigation proceedings; technological changes, pricing
pressures and other competitive factors; the inability of our international resellers to develop
markets outside the United States; market acceptance and success of our Automatic Identification
System (“AIS”) business; the inability to provide AIS service due to the in-orbit satellite failure of
the remaining two quick-launch satellites; satellite launch and construction delays and cost overruns of our next-generation satellites; in-orbit satellite failures or reduced performance of our existing satellites; the failure of our system or reductions in levels of service due to technological
malfunctions or deficiencies or other events; our inability to renew or expand our satellite
constellation; political, legal regulatory, government administrative and economic conditions and
developments in the United States and other countries and territories in which we operate; and
changes in our business strategy.; and the other risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For more detail on these and other risks, please see our “Risk Factors” section in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Contacts
Investor Inquiries:
Lucas Binder
VP Business Development and Investor Relations
ORBCOMM Inc.
703-433-6505
Binder.lucas@orbcomm.com
Media Inquiries:
Jennifer Lattif
Senior Account Executive
The Abernathy MacGregor Group
212-371-5999
jcl@abmac.com
