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EXHIBIT 4.1

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED
BY SUCH SECURITIES.

DIGITAL RECORDERS, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANT

			
	Warrant No. 2004-14
	 	Original Issue Date: October 6, 2004

     Digital Recorders, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”),
hereby certifies that, for value received, ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up
to a total of 120,773 shares of Common Stock (each such share, a “Warrant
Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”), at any time and from time to
time from and after the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date and
through and including October 5, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to
the terms and conditions specified herein. This Amended and Restated Warrant
(this “Warrant”) is being issued to the Holder in replacement of the Warrant
(No. 2004-14) dated October 6, 2004, issued by the Company to the Holder (the
“Original Warrant”), which Original Warrant shall be terminated and superceded
in its entirety by this Warrant upon the execution and delivery of this
Warrant.

     1. Definitions. As used in this Warrant, the following terms shall have
the respective definitions set forth in this Section 1. Capitalized terms that
are used and not defined in this Warrant that are defined in the Purchase
Agreement (as defined below) shall have the respective definitions set forth in
the Purchase Agreement.

     “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a
federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or
other government action to close.

 

     “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per
share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be
reclassified.

     “Exercise Price” means $5.28, subject to adjustment in accordance with
Section 9.

     “New York Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, Borough of Manhattan.

     “Original Issue Date” means the Original Issue Date first set forth on the
first page of this Warrant.

     “Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
October 5, 2004, to which the Company and the investor listed on the signature
thereto are parties.

     “Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a
Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock
is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on
which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by
the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any
Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions
of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day
shall mean a Business Day.

     2. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to
the contrary.

     3. Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of
any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed,
to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or
transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of
this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of
this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant
evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any,
shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant
by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of
all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

     4. Exercise and Duration of Warrants. This Warrant shall be exercisable
by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the six
month anniversary of the Original Issue Date through and including the
Expiration Date. At 6:30 p.m., New York City
time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised
prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. The Company may not
call or redeem any portion of this Warrant without the prior written consent of
the affected Holder.

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     5. Delivery of Warrant Shares.

          (a) To effect exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to
physically surrender this Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Shares
represented by this Warrant is being exercised. Upon delivery of the Exercise
Notice (in the form attached hereto) to the Company (with the attached Warrant
Shares Exercise Log) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon
payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that
the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in no
event later than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined
herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, which, unless otherwise required by the Purchase
Agreement, shall be free of restrictive legends. The Company shall, upon
request of the Holder and subsequent to the date on which a registration
statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares has been declared effective
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, use its reasonable best efforts to
deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust
Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions, if available, provided, that, the Company may, but will not be
required to change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot
deliver Warrant Shares electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation.
A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered
to the Company: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached
to it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) if such Holder is not
utilizing the cashless exercise provisions set forth in this Warrant, payment
of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the
Holder to be purchased.

          (b) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails
to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required
pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.

          (c) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails
to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required
pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the
receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of
a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated
receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay in
cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price
(including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of
Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in
connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the closing bid price of the
Common Stock on the date of the sale giving rise to such purchase obligation
and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not
honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.

          (d) The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in
accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective
of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or
consent with respect to any provision

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hereof, the recovery of any judgment
against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged
breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or
any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person,
and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such
obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of
Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any
other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief
with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates
representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant
to the terms hereof.

     6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for
any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other
incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all
of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for
Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder
shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of
holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise
hereof.

     7. Reissuance of Warrant.

          (a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder
shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will
forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request,
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being
transferred by the Holder and, if less then the total number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number
of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

          (b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction,
of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary
form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this
Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant
Shares then underlying this Warrant.

          (c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable,
upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company,
for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in
the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to
purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the
Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants
for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

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          (d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a
new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall
be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the
face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder
which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other
new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the
number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an
issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same
as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as
this Warrant.

     8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at
all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but
unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein
provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable
upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any
other contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (taking into
account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants
that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and
the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.

     9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to
time as set forth in this Section 9.

          (a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or
otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in
shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which
the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of
this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such
subdivision or combination.

          (b) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (1) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3)
any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person)
is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to
tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or
(4) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively
converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or

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property (in any such
case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind
of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon
the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant
Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate
Consideration”). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the
Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate
Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in
respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the
Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in
a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components
of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any
choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental
Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate
Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such
Fundamental Transaction. If any successor to the Company or surviving entity
in such Fundamental Transaction shall fail to issue, not later than the earlier
of 15 days after consummation of such Fundamental Transaction or three days
after written request therefor by the Holder, to the Holder a new warrant
substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent with the foregoing
provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate
Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof, then the
Holder shall have the right to require such successor or surviving entity to
purchase the Warrant from the Holder for a purchase price, payable in cash
within five Trading Days after such request, equal to the Black Scholes value
of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such
request. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental
Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or
surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (b) and
insuring that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.

          (c) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the
Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 9, the number of Warrant Shares that
may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased
proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price
payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same
as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.

          (d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition
of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

          (e) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment
pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute
such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number
or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such

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adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is
based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each
such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

          (f) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or
any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its
Common Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement
contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction
or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice
describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction (but only to
the extent such disclosure would not result in the dissemination of material,
non-public information to the Holder) at least 10 calendar days prior to the
applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common
Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction, and
the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that
the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to
such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction;
provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be
described in such notice.

     10. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in
one of the following manners:

          (a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately available funds; or

          (b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may notify the Company in an Exercise
Notice of its election to utilize cashless exercise, in which event the Company
shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows:

	 	 	 
	

	 	X = Y [(A-B)/A]
	where:
	 	 
	

	 	X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the
Holder.
	

	 	 
	

	 	Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which
this Warrant is being exercised.
	

	 	 
	

	 	A = the average of the closing prices for the five
Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including)
the Exercise Date.
	

	 	 
	

	 	B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant
Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was
originally issued.

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          (c) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company
shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not
disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

     11. Limitations on Exercise.

          (a) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect the exercise of
this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant,
to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such Person (together
with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being
made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i)
exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially
owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without
limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation
contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes
of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current
Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the
Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting
forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any
time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within
one Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to
the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Warrant, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.

          (b) Principal Market Regulation. The Company shall not be obligated to
issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant if the issuance
of such shares of Common Stock would exceed that number of shares of Common
Stock which the Company may issue upon exercise of this Warrant (including, as
applicable, any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant)
without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of
the Principal Market (the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall
not apply in the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its
shareholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal Market for
issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from
outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which
opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Until such
approval or written opinion is obtained, no Investor shall be

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issued, upon
exercise or conversion, as applicable, of any Warrant or any Securities, shares
of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares
of Common Stock issued to such Investor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on
the Issuance Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock issued to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement on the Issuance Date (with respect to each Investor, the “Exchange
Cap Allocation”). In the event that any Investor shall sell or otherwise
transfer any of such Investor’s Warrants, the transferee shall be allocated a
pro rata portion of such Investor’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the
restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect
to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee. In
the event that any holder of Warrants shall exercise all of such holder’s
Warrants into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is
less than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between
such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock
actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange
Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of Warrants on a pro rata basis in
proportion to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants then held by
each such holder.

     12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Warrant Shares will be issued in
connection with any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares
which would otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash equal to the
product of such fraction multiplied by the closing price of one share of Common
Stock as reported by the applicable Trading Market on the date of exercise.

     13. Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via
facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving
rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the
Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such
disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder,
then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the
disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable
investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the
disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s
independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the
investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the
determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the
results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed
determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all
parties absent demonstrable error.

     14. Remedies, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The
remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all
other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction
Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance
and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of
the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply
with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it
of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that
the remedy at law for any such breach may be

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inadequate. The Company therefore
agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder
of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies,
to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

     15. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date
of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at
the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications
shall be: (i) if to the Company, to Digital Recorders, Inc., Attn: President,
or to Facsimile No.: (214) 378-8437 (or such other address as the Company
shall indicate in writing in accordance with this Section), or (ii) if to the
Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or
such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company
in accordance with this Section.

     16. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this
Warrant. Upon 10 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new
warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent
may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the
Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s
last address as shown on the Warrant Register.

     17. Miscellaneous.

          (a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the
preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any
Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right,
remedy or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only
in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and
assigns.

          (b) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (except for
matters governed by corporate law in the State of North Carolina), without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of this Warrant and the transactions herein
contemplated (“Proceedings”) (whether brought against a party hereto or its
respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively

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in
the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such Proceeding has
been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party
at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any
right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.

          (c) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.

          (d) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a
valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Warrant.

          (e) Prior to exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof shall not, by
reason of by being a Holder, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with
respect to the Warrant Shares

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SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DIGITAL RECORDERS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David L. Turney 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David L. Turney 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman, CEO and President 	 
	 

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EXERCISE NOTICE

DIGITAL RECORDERS, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANT DATED OCTOBER 6, 2004

     The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase                 
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the above referenced Amended and Restated
Warrant (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

     (1) The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase                 
Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.

     (2) The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as
(check one):

	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	           
	 	“Cash Exercise” under Section 10
	
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	           
	 	“Cashless Exercise” under Section 10

     (3) If the holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of
$              to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

     (4) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder
              Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

     (5) By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and
warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby
the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of
Common Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) permitted to be owned under Section 11 of this Warrant to
which this notice relates.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                  ,       	Name of Holder:

    	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	(Print)  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as

specified on the face of the Warrant)

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Warrant Shares Exercise Log

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Number of Warrant	 	 	 	 	 	Number of Warrant
	 	 	Shares Available to	 	Number of Warrant	 	Shares Remaining to
	Date
	 	be Exercised
	 	Shares Exercised
	 	be Exercised

	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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DIGITAL RECORDERS, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANT ORIGINALLY ISSUED OCTOBER 6, 2004

WARRANT NO. 2004-14

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                      the right represented by the
above-captioned Warrant to purchase                     shares of Common Stock to
which such Warrant relates and appoints                      attorney to transfer
said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the
premises.

Dated:                     ,                     

	 	 
	 	
 

	 	(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)

	 	

	 	
 

	 	Address of Transferee

	 	

	 	

	 	
 

	 	

	 	
 

In the presence of:

	 	 
	
 
	 
	 

15exv10w1

 

EXHIBIT 10.1

ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

(as amended and restated as of January 11, 2005)

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

     As used herein, the following terms have the meanings hereinafter set forth unless the context
clearly indicates to the contrary:

(a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(b) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee
as the Board may designate. The Committee shall consist of not fewer than three members of
the Board. Each member of the Committee shall be a “disinterested person” as defined in Rule
16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(c) “Company” shall mean ABM Industries Incorporated.

(d) For the purposes of this Plan, the term “fair market value,” when used in reference to
the date of grant of an option or the date of surrender of Stock in payment for the purchase
of shares pursuant to the exercise of an option, as the case may be, shall refer to the
closing price of the Stock as quoted in the Composite Transactions Index for the New York
Stock Exchange, on the day before such date as published in the “Wall Street Journal,” or if
no sale price was quoted in any such Index on such date, then as of the next preceding date
on which such a sale price was quoted.

(e) “Nonemployee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is neither an employee of
the Company nor of any Subsidiary.

(f) “Option” shall mean an option to purchase Stock granted to the provisions of Article VI
hereof.

(g) “Optionee” shall mean an individual to whom an Option has been granted hereunder.

(h) “Plan” shall mean the ABM Industries Incorporated Executive Stock Option Plan, the terms
of which are set forth herein.

(i) “Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company or, in the event that the outstanding shares
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different stock or securities of the Company or some other corporation, such other stock or
securities.

(j) “Stock Option Agreement” shall mean the agreement between the Company and the Optionee
under which the Optionee may purchase Stock hereunder.

(k) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, the majority of the outstanding capital stock
of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

(l) “Vesting Date” shall mean an Optionee’s “Initial Vesting Date” or “Final Vesting Date”,
as the case may be. An Optionee’s Initial Vesting Date shall apply to the first fifty percent
(50 %) of the shares covered by his or her Option, and shall mean the Optionee’s sixty-first
(61st) birthday. An Optionee’s Final Vesting Date shall apply to the remaining fifty percent
(50%) of the shares covered by such Option, and shall mean the Optionee’s sixty fourth (64th)
birthday.

ARTICLE II

The Plan

     2.1 Name. This Plan shall be known as the “ABM Industries Incorporated Executive Stock Option
Plan”.

     2.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its
shareholders by affording to Nonemployee Directors and to key management employees of the Company
and its Subsidiaries an opportunity to acquire or increase their proprietary interest in the
Company by the grant to such individuals of Options under the terms set forth herein. By thus
encouraging such individuals to become owners of the Company shares, the Company seeks to motivate,
retain, and attract those highly competent individuals upon whose judgment, initiative, leadership,
and continued efforts the success of the Company in large measure depends.

ARTICLE III

Participants

     Any officer or other key management employee of the Company of its Subsidiaries shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan. Prior to December 9, 2003, the Committee may grant Options to
any eligible employee in accordance with such determinations as the Committee from time to time in
its sole discretion shall make. Effective December 9, 2003, no additional Options shall be granted
under the Plan. Each Nonemployee Director who both (1) is such on the date of the 1995 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, and (2) does not hold an Option, automatically shall receive as of such
date only, an Option to purchase 12,000 shares of Stock, but subject to Section 6.2 (regarding the
ineligibility of 10 percent ((10%) holders). Each Nonemployee Director who becomes such after the
1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and prior to December 9, 2003,

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automatically shall receive, as of the date of his or her election or appointment to the
Board, an Option to purchase 12,000 shares of Stock.

ARTICLE IV

Administration

     4.1 Duties and Powers of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject
to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the sole discretion and authority
to determine from among eligible employee those to whom an the time or times at which the Options
may be granted and the number of shares of Stock to be subject to each Option. Subject to the
express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also have complete authority to interpret the
Plan, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the
details and provisions of each Stock Option Agreement, and to make all other determinations
necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan.

     4.2 Majority Rule. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum, and
any action taken by a majority present at a meeting at which a quorum is present or any action
taken without a meeting evidenced by a writing executed by a majority of the whole Committee shall
constitute the action of the Committee.

     4.3 Company Assistance. The Company shall supply fill and timely information to the Committee
on all matters relating to eligible employees and Nonemployee Directors, their employment or
service, death, retirement, disability or other termination of employment or service, and such other
pertinent facts as the Committee may require. The Company shall furnish the Committee with such
clerical and other assistance as is necessary in the performance of its duties.

ARTICLE V

Shares of Stock Subject to Plan

     5.1 Limitations. Subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof, the
number of shares of Stock which may be issued and sold hereunder shall not exceed 2,360,000 shares.
Such shares may be either authorized and unissued shares or shares issued and thereafter acquired
by the Company.

     5.2 Options and Awards Granted Under Plan. Shares of Stock with respect to which an Option
granted hereunder shall have been exercised shall not again be available for Options hereunder. If
Options granted hereunder shall terminate for any reason without being wholly exercised, new
Options may be granted hereunder for the number of shares to which such Option termination relates.

     5.3 Antidilution. In the event that the outstanding shares of Stock hereafter are changed into
or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of

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the Company or of another corporation by reason of merger, consolidation, other
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination of shares, stock split-up or stock
dividend:

(a) The aggregate number and kind of shares subject to Options which may be granted
hereunder shall be adjusted appropriately;

(b) Rights under outstanding Options granted hereunder, both as to the number of subject shares
and the Option price, shall be adjusted appropriately;

(c) Where dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any merger or combination in which
the Company is not a surviving corporation is involved, each outstanding Option granted
hereunder shall terminate, but the Optionee shall have the right, immediately prior to such
dissolution, liquidation, merger, or combination, to exercise his Option in whole or in part,
without regard to any time of exercise provisions.

     The foregoing adjustments and the manner of application of the foregoing provisions shall be
determined solely the Committee, and any such adjustment may provide for the elimination of
fractional share interests

ARTICLE VI

Options

     6.1 Option Grant and Agreement. Each Option granted hereunder shall be evidenced by minutes of
a meeting or the written consent of the Committee and by a written Stock Option Agreement dated as
of the date of grant and executed by the Company and the Optionee, which Agreement shall set forth
such terms and conditions as my be determined by the Committee consistent with the Plan.

     6.2 Participant Limitation. The Committee shall not grant an Option to any individual for such
number of shares of Stock that, immediately after the grant, the total number of shares of Stock
owned or subject to all options exercisable at any time by such individual exceed ten percent (10
%) of the total combined voting power of all Stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries. For this
purpose an individual shall be considered as owning stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for
his brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors, and lineal
descendents, and stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation, partnership, estate,
or trust shall be considered as being owned proportionately by or for its shareholders, partners,
or beneficiaries.

     6.3 Option Price. The per share Option price of the Stock subject to each Option shall be
determined by the Committee, but the per share price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value
of the Stock on the date the Option is granted. The per share Option

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price of the Stock subject to each Option granted to a Nonemployee Director shall equal 100%
of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date the Option is granted.

     6.4 Period of Exercisablity. Subject to Sections 6.5 (a) and 6.7, the period during which each
Option may be exercised shall be determined in accordance with the following rules. As to the first
fifty percent (50%) of the shares covered by an Option, the Option may be exercised during the
period commencing on the Optionee’s Initial Vesting Date and ending one (1) year after the
Optionee’s termination of employment with the Company and all of its Subsidiaries (termination from
the Board, in the case of Nonemployee Director).

     As to the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the shares covered by the Option, the Option may be
exercised during the period commencing on the Optionee’s Final Vesting Date and ending one (1) year
after the Optionee’s termination of employment with the Company and all of its Subsidiaries
(termination from the Board, in the case of a Nonemployee Director).

     6.5 Option Exercise.

(a) Options granted hereunder may not be exercised unless the Optionee shall have remained
in the employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries (on the Board in the case of a Nonemployee
Director) until the applicable Vesting Date.

(b) Options may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time with respect to whole shares
only, during such period for the exercise thereof, and shall be exercised by written
notice of exercise with respect to a specified number of shares delivered to the Company at
its headquarters office, and payment in full to the Company at said office of the amount of
the Option price for the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is
exercised. In addition to and at the time of payment of the Option price, Optionee shall pay
to the Company in cash the full amount of all the federal and/or state withholding taxes
applicable to the taxable income of such Optionee resulting from such exercise.

     6.6 Nontransferablitiy of Option. No Option shall be transferable by an Optionee and shall be
exercisable only by him.

     6.7 Effect of Termination of Employment or Service. If, prior to an Optionees applicable
Vesting Date, the Optionee’s employment or service shall be terminated by the Company or a
Subsidiary with or without cause, or by the act of the Optionee, the right to exercise such Option
(or portion thereof) shall terminate and all rights thereunder shall cease.

     6.8 Rights as Stockholder. An Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to
any shares subject to such Option prior to the purchase of such shares by exercise of such Option
as provided herein.

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ARTICLE VII

Stock Certificates

     The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for shares of Stock
purchased upon the exercise of any Option granted hereunder prior to fulfillment of all the
following conditions:

(a) The admission of such shares to listing on all stock exchanges on which the Stock is
then listed;

(b) The completion of any registration or other qualification of such shares under any
federal or state law or under the rulings or regulations of the Securities Exchange
Commission or any other governmental regulatory body, which the Committee shall in its sole
discretion deem necessary or advisable;

(c) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any federal or state governmental
agency which the Committee shall in its sole discretion determine to be necessary or
advisable; and

(d) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the
Committee from time to time may establish or approve for reasons of administrative
convenience.

ARTICLE VIII

Amendment and Termination of Plan

     The Board may at any time, or from time to time, amend or terminate the Plan in any respect,
except that, to the extent required to maintain this Plan’s qualification under Rule 16b-3, any
amendment shall be subject to stockholder approval.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

     9.1 No Effect on Employment or Service. Nothing in the Plan or in any Option granted hereunder
or in any Stock Option Agreement shall confer upon any employee the right to continue as a member
of the Board or in the employ of the Company or in any Subsidiary.

     9.2 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Stock pursuant to
the exercise of Options shall be added to the Company’s general funds and used for general
corporate purposes.

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     9.3 Effective Date. The effective date of this amendment and restatement of the Plan is
December 9, 2003, the date of its approval by the Board. The amendment and restatement of the Plan
shall have no effect on the Options granted under the Plan prior to the amendment and restatement.

     9.4 Plan Binding on Successors. The Plan shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of
the Company.

     9.5 Singular, Plural; Gender. Wherever used herein, nouns in the singular shall include the
plural and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine gender.

     9.6 Headings Not Part of Plan. Headings of Articles and Sections hereof are inserted for
convenience and reference; they constitute no part of the Plan.

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