As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2005
File No.
333-____________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
|
6770
(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification
Code Number) |
|
20-2726770
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number) |
2116
Financial Center
666
Walnut Street
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309
(515)
244-5746
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including
area
code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Matthew
P. Kinley
2116
Financial Center
666
Walnut Street
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309
(515)
244-5746
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copies
to:
Stuart
Neuhauser, Esq.
Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP
370
Lexington Avenue, 19th Floor
New
York, New York 10017
(212)
370-1300 |
|
|
|
Alan
Wovsaniker, Esq.
Steven
Skolnick, Esq.
Lowenstein
Sandler PC
65
Livingston Avenue
Roseland,
New Jersey 07068
(973)
597-2500 |
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable
after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933
check the following box. [X]
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. [ ]
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. [ ]
If
delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
Calculation
of Registration Fee
Title
of Each Class of
Security
to be Registered |
Amount
to be
Registered |
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per
Unit (1) |
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
(1) |
Amount
of
Registration
Fee |
Units,
each consisting of one share of Common Stock, $.0001 par value, and one
Warrant (2) |
6,900,000 |
$8.00 |
$55,200,000 |
$6,497 |
Shares
of Common Stock included as part of the Units
(2) |
6,900,000 |
— |
— |
—
(3) |
Warrants
included as part of the Units
(2) |
6,900,000 |
— |
— |
—
(3) |
Shares
of Common Stock underlying the Warrants included in the Units (4) |
6,900,000 |
$6.00 |
$41,400,000 |
$4,873 |
Representative’s
Unit Purchase Option |
1 |
$100 |
$100 |
$0 |
Units
underlying the Representative’s Unit Purchase Option (“Representative’s
Units”)(4) |
300,000 |
$10.00 |
$3,000,000 |
$353 |
Shares
of Common Stock included as part of the Representative’s Units(4) |
300,000 |
— |
— |
—
(3) |
Warrants
included as part of the Representative’s Units(4) |
300,000 |
— |
— |
—
(3) |
Shares
of Common Stock underlying the Warrants included in the Representative’s
Units(4) |
300,000 |
$7.50 |
$2,250,000 |
$265 |
Total |
|
|
$101,850,100
|
$11,988 |
_____________________________
(1) |
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
|
(2) |
Includes
900,000 Units and 900,000 shares of Common Stock and 900,000 Warrants
underlying such Units which may be issued on exercise of a 45-day option
granted to the Underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any.
|
(3) |
No
fee pursuant to Rule 457(g). |
(4) |
Pursuant
to Rule 416, there are also being registered such indeterminable
additional securities as may be issued as a result of the anti-dilution
provisions contained in the Warrants. |
The
registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
Preliminary
Prospectus |
Subject
to Completion, May 6, 2005 |
$48,000,000
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
6,000,000
units
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company recently formed for the purpose of
acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other
similar business combination, one or more domestic or international assets or an
operating business in the healthcare industry.
This is
an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit consists
of:
· |
one
share of our common stock; and |
Each
warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at a price
of $6.00. Each warrant will become exercisable on the later of our completion of
a business combination or ______________, 2006
[one
year from the date of this prospectus], and
will expire on ______________, 2009
[four
years from the date of this prospectus], or
earlier upon redemption.
We have
granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 900,000 additional
units solely to cover over-allotments, if any (over and above the 6,000,000
units referred to above). The over-allotment will be used only to cover the net
syndicate short position resulting from the initial distribution. We have also
agreed to sell to Maxim Group LLC, the representative of the underwriters, for
$100, as additional compensation, an option to purchase up to a total of 300,000
units at $10.00 per unit, with the warrants issued as part of such units
exercisable at $7.50 per share. Otherwise, the units issuable upon exercise of
this option are identical to those offered by this prospectus. The purchase
option and its underlying securities have been registered under the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
There is
presently no public market for our units, common stock or warrants. We intend to
apply to have our units quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
“_______”on or
promptly after the date of this prospectus. Once the securities comprising the
units begin separate trading, the common stock and warrants will be traded on
the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbols “_______”and
“_______”,
respectively.
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning
on page 6 of this prospectus for a discussion of information that should be
considered in connection with an investment in our securities.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may
not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy
these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not
permitted. |
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Public
offering
price |
Underwriting
discount
and
commissions (1) |
Proceeds,
before
expenses,
to us |
Per
unit |
$8.00 |
$0.64 |
$7.36 |
Total
|
$48,000,000
|
$3,840,000 |
$44,160,000 |
(1) |
Includes
a non-accountable expense allowance in the amount of 1% of the gross
proceeds, or $0.08 per unit ($480,000 in total) payable to Maxim Group
LLC, and also includes an additional underwriting discount in the amount
of 1% of the gross proceeds, or $0.08 per unit ($480,000 in total),
payable to Maxim Group LLC (including any units sold to cover
overallotments), payable upon consummation of a business combination.
|
Of the
net proceeds we receive from this offering, $42,960,000 ($7.16 per unit) will be
deposited into a trust account at JP Morgan Chase NY Bank maintained by
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
We are
offering the units for sale on a firm-commitment basis. Maxim Group LLC, acting
as representative of the underwriters, expects to deliver our securities to
investors in the offering on or about ______________, 2005.
MAXIM
GROUP LLC
__________________,
2005
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Prospectus
Summary |
1 |
Summary
Financial Data |
5 |
Risk
Factors |
6 |
Use
of Proceeds |
22 |
Dilution |
25 |
Capitalization |
26 |
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations |
27 |
Proposed
Business |
29 |
Management |
40 |
Principal
Stockholders |
44 |
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions |
46 |
Description
of Securities |
48 |
Underwriting |
53 |
Legal
Matters |
58 |
Experts |
58 |
Where
You Can Find Additional Information |
58 |
Index
to Financial Statements |
F-1 |
You
should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different
information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction
where the offer is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
This
summary highlights certain information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
For a more complete understanding of this offering, you should read the entire
prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and the financial statements.
Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus, references to “we,” “us” or “our
company” refer to Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Unless we tell you otherwise, the
information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise
their over-allotment option.
The
Company
We are a
blank check company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on April
25, 2005. We were formed to acquire, through a merger, capital stock exchange,
asset acquisition or other similar business combination, one or more domestic or
international assets or an operating business in the healthcare industry. To
date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities and we have not
acquired any business operations.
The
healthcare industry constitutes one of the largest segments of the United States
economy. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS,
healthcare expenditures have increased from $245.8 billion in 1980 to a
forecasted $1.9 trillion in 2005, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate, or
CAGR, of 9%. Further, in 2003, approximately 64% of total healthcare
expenditures were spent on the following categories: hospital care
(31%), physician and clinical services (23%) and prescription drugs (10%).
In 2003, healthcare expenditures totaled $1.7 trillion (or $5,800 per American)
and accounted for 15.3% of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, which outpaced
overall economic growth by 3%. In the future, national health expenditures are
projected to reach $3.6 trillion by 2014, representing a CAGR of 7.4% over the
next ten years. Health spending is projected to reach 18.7% of GDP by 2014. We
anticipate the substantial growth in healthcare witnessed over the past 25 years
should continue going forward. Therefore, we believe there will be numerous
acquisition targets within the healthcare sector.
While we
may seek to effect business combinations with more than one target business in
the healthcare industry, our initial business combination must be for assets or
with a target business whose fair market value is at least equal to 80% of our
net assets at the time of such acquisition. Consequently, it is likely that we
will have the ability to effect only a single business combination. As used in
this prospectus, a “target business” shall include assets or an operating
business in the healthcare industry and a “business combination” shall mean the
acquisition by us of such assets or target business.
Our
executive offices are located at 2116 Financial Center, 666 Walnut Street, Des
Moines, Iowa 50309, and our telephone number at that location is (515)
244-5746.
The
Offering
Securities
offered: |
|
6,000,000
units, at $8.00 per unit, each unit consisting of:
• one
share of common stock; and
• one
warrant
The
units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus.
Each of the common stock and warrants shall trade separately on the
90th
day
after the date of this prospectus unless Maxim Group LLC determines that
an earlier date is acceptable. Upon such separation, the units will no
longer trade. In no event will Maxim Group LLC allow separate trading of
the common stock and warrants until we file an audited balance sheet
reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering. We will
file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet,
upon the consummation of this offering, which is anticipated to take place
three business days from the date of this prospectus. The audited balance
sheet will include proceeds we receive from the exercise of the
over-allotment option if the over-allotment option is exercised prior to
the filing of the Form 8-K. |
Common
stock: |
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|
|
|
Number
outstanding before this offering |
|
1,500,000
shares |
|
|
|
Number
to be outstanding after this offering |
|
7,500,000
shares |
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|
Warrants: |
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|
|
|
|
Number
outstanding before this offering |
|
0 |
|
|
|
Number
to be outstanding after this offering |
|
6,000,000
warrants |
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Exercisability |
|
Each
warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock. |
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Exercise
price |
|
$6.00
per share |
|
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Exercise
period |
|
The
warrants will become exercisable on the later of:
• the
completion of a business combination with a target business, or
• _________________,
2006 [one
year from the date of this prospectus]
The
warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ________________,
2009 [four
years from the date of this prospectus]
or earlier upon redemption. |
|
|
|
Redemption |
|
We
may redeem the outstanding warrants, with Maxim Group LLC’s prior
consent:
• in
whole and not in part,
• at
a price of $.01 per warrant at any time after the warrants become
exercisable,
• upon
a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, and
• if,
and only if, the average closing sales price of our common stock equals or
exceeds $11.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day
period ending three business days before we send the notice of
redemption. |
Proposed
OTC Bulletin Board symbols for our:
Units:
Common
Stock:
Warrants:
|
|
“_____”
“_____”
“_____” |
|
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Offering
proceeds to be held in trust: |
|
$42,960,000
of the proceeds of this offering ($7.16 per unit) will be placed in a
trust account at JP Morgan Chase NY Bank maintained by Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, pursuant to an agreement to be signed
on the date of this prospectus. These proceeds will not be released until
the earlier of the completion of a business combination or our
liquidation. Therefore, unless and until a business combination is
consummated, the proceeds held in the trust fund will not be available for
our use for any expenses related to this offering or expenses which we may
incur related to the investigation and selection of a target business and
the negotiation of an agreement to acquire a target business. These
expenses may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net
proceeds of this offering not held in the trust fund (initially,
approximately $1,300,000 after the payment of the expenses relating to
this offering).
None
of the warrants may be exercised until after the consummation of a
business combination and, thus, after the proceeds of the trust fund have
been disbursed, the warrant exercise price will be paid directly to us.
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|
Stockholders
must approve business combination: |
|
We
will seek stockholder approval before we effect any business combination,
even if the nature of the acquisition would not ordinarily require
stockholder approval under applicable state law. In connection with the
vote required for any business combination, all of our existing
stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, have agreed to
vote the shares of common stock owned by them immediately before this
offering in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock
voted by the public stockholders. We will proceed with a business
combination
only if a majority of the shares of common stock voted by the public
stockholders are voted in favor of the business combination and public
stockholders owning less than 20% of the shares sold in this offering
exercise their conversion rights described below.
|
Conversion
rights for stockholders voting to reject a business
combination: |
|
Public
stockholders voting against a business combination will be entitled to
convert their stock into a pro rata share of the trust fund, including any
interest earned on their portion of the trust fund, if the business
combination is approved and completed. |
|
|
|
Liquidation
if no business combination: |
|
We
will dissolve and promptly distribute only to our public stockholders the
amount in our trust fund plus any remaining net assets if we do not effect
a business combination within 18 months after consummation of this
offering (or within 24 months from the consummation of this offering if a
letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement has been
executed within 18 months after consummation of this offering and the
business combination has not yet been consummated within such 18 month
period). |
|
|
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Escrow
of existing stockholders’ shares: |
|
On
the date of this prospectus, all of our existing stockholders, including
all of our officers and directors, will place the shares they owned before
this offering into an escrow account maintained by Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, acting as escrow agent. Subject to
certain limited exceptions, these shares will not be transferable during
the escrow period and will not be released from escrow until ______________,
2008 [three
years from the date of this prospectus].
|
Risks
In making
your decision on whether to invest in our securities, you should take into
account not only the backgrounds of our management team, but also the special
risks we face as a blank check company, as well as the fact that this offering
is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, therefore, you will not be entitled to
protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check
offerings. You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in
the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus.
SUMMARY
FINANCIAL DATA
The
following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and
should be read with our financial statements, which are included in this
prospectus. We have not had any significant operations to date, so only balance
sheet data is presented.
|
|
April
30, 2005 |
|
|
|
Actual
|
|
As
Adjusted |
|
Balance
Sheet Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Working
capital/(deficiency) |
|
$ |
(2,500 |
) |
$ |
44,282,500 |
|
Total
assets |
|
|
253,253
|
|
|
44,282,500 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
230,753 |
|
|
— |
|
Value
of common stock which may be converted to cash ($7.16 per share)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
8,587,704 |
|
Stockholders’
equity |
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
35,694,796 |
|
The “as
adjusted” information gives effect to the sale of the units we are offering
including the application of the related gross proceeds and the payment of the
estimated remaining costs from such sale.
The
working capital and total assets amounts include the $42,960,000 to be held in
the trust fund, which will be available to us only upon the consummation of a
business combination within the time period described in this prospectus. If a
business combination is not so consummated, we will be dissolved and the
proceeds held in the trust fund will be distributed solely to our public
stockholders.
We will
not proceed with a business combination if public stockholders owning 20% or
more of the shares sold in this offering vote against the business combination
and exercise their conversion rights. Accordingly, we may effect a business
combination if public stockholders owning up to approximately 19.99% of the
shares sold in this offering exercise their conversion rights. If this occurred,
we would be required to convert to cash up to approximately 19.99% of the
6,000,000 shares sold in this offering, or 1,199,400 shares of common stock, at
an initial per-share conversion price of $7.16, without taking into account
interest earned on the trust fund. The actual per-share conversion price will be
equal to:
· |
the
amount in the trust fund, including all accrued interest, as of two
business days prior to the proposed consummation of the business
combination, |
· |
divided
by
the number of shares of common stock sold in the offering.
|
RISK
FACTORS
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider
carefully all of the material risks described below, together with the other
information contained in this prospectus before making a decision to invest in
our units.
Risks
Associated With Our Current Business
We
are a newly formed company with no operating history and, accordingly, you will
not have any basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business
objective.
We are a
recently formed company with no operating results to date. Therefore, our
ability to begin operations is dependent upon obtaining financing through the
public offering of our securities. Since we do not have any operations or an
operating history, you will have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to
achieve our business objective, which is to acquire one or more domestic or
international assets or an operating business in the healthcare industry. We
have not conducted any discussions and we have no plans, arrangements or
understandings with any prospective acquisition candidates. We will not generate
any revenues (other than interest income on the proceeds of this offering)
until, at the earliest, after the consummation of a business combination.
If
we are forced to liquidate before a business combination, our public
stockholders will receive less than $8.00 per share upon distribution of the
trust fund and our warrants will expire worthless.
If we are
unable to complete a business combination and are forced to liquidate our
assets, the per-share liquidation will be less than $8.00 because of the
expenses of this offering, our general and administrative expenses and the
anticipated costs of seeking a business combination after this offering.
Furthermore, there will be no distribution with respect to our outstanding
warrants and, accordingly, the warrants will expire worthless if we liquidate
before the completion of a business combination. For a more complete discussion
of the effects on our stockholders if we are unable to complete a business
combination, see the section below entitled “Effecting a business
combination—Liquidation if no business combination.”
You
will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank
check companies.
Since the
net proceeds of this offering are intended to be used to complete a business
combination with a target business that has not been identified, we may be
deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws.
However, since we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the
consummation of this offering and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K
with the SEC upon consummation of this offering, including an audited balance
sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC
to protect investors of blank check companies such as Rule 419.
Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those
rules. Because we are not subject to Rule 419, our units will be
immediately tradable. For a more detailed comparison of our offering to
offerings under Rule 419, see the section entitled “Comparison to offerings
of blank check companies” below.
If
third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in trust could be
reduced and the per-share liquidation price received by stockholders will be
less than $7.16 per share.
Our
placing of funds in trust may not protect those funds from third party claims
against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, prospective target
businesses or other entities we engage execute agreements with us waiving any
right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the
trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, there is no guarantee
that they will execute such agreements. Nor is there any guarantee that such
entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result
of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and
will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Accordingly,
the proceeds held in trust could be subject to claims which could take priority
over the claims of our public stockholders and the per-share liquidation price
could be less than $7.16 per share held in the trust account, plus interest, due
to claims of such
creditors. If we are unable to complete a business combination and are forced to
liquidate, our chairman and executive officers will be personally liable under
certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the trust fund are not
reduced by the claims of various vendors or other entities that are owed money
by us for services rendered or products sold to us. However, we cannot assure
you that our executive officers will be able to satisfy those obligations.
We
may issue shares of our capital stock or debt securities to complete a business
combination, which would reduce the equity interest of our stockholders and
likely cause a change in control of our ownership.
Our
certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares
of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $.0001 per share. Immediately after this offering (assuming no
exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), there will be 86,500,000
authorized but unissued shares of our common stock available for issuance (after
appropriate reservation for the issuance of shares upon full exercise of our
outstanding warrants) and all of the 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock
available for issuance. Although we have no commitments as of the date of this
offering to issue our securities, we may issue a substantial number of
additional shares of our common stock or preferred stock, or a combination of
common and preferred stock, to complete a business combination. The issuance of
additional shares of our common stock or any number of shares of our preferred
stock:
· |
may
significantly reduce the equity interest of investors in this offering;
|
· |
will
likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares of
common stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability
to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and most likely also
result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and
directors; and |
· |
may
adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
|
Additionally,
the healthcare industry is capital intensive, traditionally using substantial
amounts of indebtedness to finance acquisitions, capital expenditures and
working capital needs. If we finance the purchase of assets or operations
through the issuance of debt securities, it could result in:
· |
default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business
combination were insufficient to pay our debt obligations;
|
· |
acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we have made all
principal and interest payments when due if the debt security contained
covenants that required the maintenance of certain financial ratios or
reserves and any such covenant were breached without a waiver or
renegotiation of that covenant; |
· |
our
immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the
debt security was payable on demand; and |
· |
our
inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, if the debt
security contained covenants restricting our ability to obtain additional
financing while such security was outstanding.
|
For a
more complete discussion of the possible structure of a business combination,
see the section below entitled “Effecting a business combination—Selection of a
target business and structuring of a business combination.”
Our
ability to effect a business combination and to execute any potential business
plan afterwards will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel,
some of whom may join us following a business combination and whom we would have
only a limited ability to evaluate.
Our
ability to effect a business combination will be totally dependent upon the
efforts of our key personnel. The future role of our key personnel following a
business combination, however, cannot presently be fully ascertained. Although
we expect most of our management and other key personnel, particularly our
chairman of the board, vice chairman and president to each remain associated
with us following a business combination, we may employ other personnel
following the business combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any
additional individuals we engage after a business combination, we cannot assure
you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These
individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a public
company as well as United States securities laws which could cause us to have to
expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such laws. This
could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory
issues which may adversely affect our operations.
Our
officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses thereby
causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to
devote to our affairs. This could have a negative impact on our ability to
consummate a business combination.
Our
officers and directors are not required to commit their full time to our
affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time
between our operations and other businesses. We do not intend to have any full
time employees prior to the consummation of a business combination. Each of our
officers are engaged in several other business endeavors and are not obligated
to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. If our
officers’ other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts
of time to such affairs, it could limit their ability to devote time to our
affairs and could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate a business
combination. For a discussion of potential conflicts of interest that you should
be aware of, see the section below entitled “Management—Conflicts of Interest.”
We cannot assure you that these conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
Management
services relating to our operations may be performed by management companies
that are affiliates of our officers and directors which could result in
potential conflicts of interest.
If we
complete a business combination, we anticipate engaging the services of one or
more management companies to provide technical and management services, relating
to our operations. Based on the prior business practices of our management, we
may utilize management companies that are controlled by one or more of our
officers or directors. Under management agreements with these management
companies, it is anticipated that the management companies will perform
important management functions for us. The management companies may receive fees
and commissions on gross revenue received by us. We anticipate that the terms of
the management agreements with these affiliated management companies will be at
least as favorable to us as we can obtain from unaffiliated third party
management companies, but cannot assure you that this will be true with respect
to every management agreement which we may enter into. The relationships between
our officers and directors and the applicable management companies may give rise
to conflicts of interest between us on the one hand and the management companies
on the other. In addition, some of our officers and directors also may hold
senior management positions with one or more of these management companies. In
light of their positions, these individuals may experience conflicts of interest
in selecting between our interests and those of the applicable management
companies.
Our
officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities engaged
in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and
accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining which entity a
particular business opportunity should be presented to.
Our
officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities,
including other “blank check” companies, engaged in business activities similar
to those intended to be conducted by us. Additionally, our officers and
directors may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate
for presentation to us as well as the other entities with which they are or may
be affiliated. Further, certain of our officers and directors are currently
involved in other businesses that are similar to the business activities that we
intend to conduct following a business combination. Due to these existing
affiliations, they may have fiduciary obligations to present potential business
opportunities to those entities prior to presenting them to us which could cause
additional conflicts of interest. Accordingly, they may have conflicts of
interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should
be presented. For a complete discussion of our management’s business
affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware
of, see the sections below entitled “Management—Directors and Executive
Officers” and “Management—Conflicts of Interest.” We cannot assure you that
these conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
Some
of our directors own shares of our securities which will not participate in
liquidation distributions and therefore they may have a conflict of interest in
determining whether a particular target business is appropriate for a business
combination.
Three of
our directors own stock in our company, but have waived their right to receive
distributions upon our liquidation if we are unable to complete a business
combination. Additionally, our chairman, or his designee, has agreed to purchase
up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 of warrants on the open market for a price not
to exceed $1.20 per warrant, once such warrants begin to trade separately. These
warrants will not be sold until the consummation of a business combination. The
shares and warrants owned by these three directors will be worthless if we do
not consummate a business combination. The personal and financial interests of
these directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a
target business and completing a business combination in a timely manner.
Consequently, these directors’ discretion in identifying and selecting a
suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining
whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination
are appropriate and in our stockholders’ best interest.
If
our common stock becomes subject to the SEC’s penny stock rules, broker-dealers
may experience difficulty in completing customer transactions and trading
activity in our securities may be adversely affected.
If at any
time we have net tangible assets of $5,000,000 or less and our common stock has
a market price per share of less than $5.00, transactions in our common stock
may be subject to the “penny stock” rules promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Under these rules, broker-dealers who recommend such
securities to persons other than institutional accredited investors must:
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make
a special written suitability determination for the purchaser;
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receive
the purchaser’s written agreement to a transaction prior to sale;
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provide
the purchaser with risk disclosure documents which identify certain risks
associated with investing in “penny stocks” and which describe the market
for these “penny stocks” as well as a purchaser’s legal remedies; and
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obtain
a signed and dated acknowledgment from the purchaser demonstrating that
the purchaser has actually received the required risk disclosure document
before a transaction in a “penny stock” can be completed.
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If our
common stock becomes subject to these rules, broker-dealers may find it
difficult to effectuate customer transactions and trading activity in our
securities may be adversely affected. As a result, the market price of our
securities may be depressed, and you may find it more difficult to sell our
securities.
It
is probable that we will only be able to complete one business combination,
which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business.
The net
proceeds from this offering will provide us with approximately $44,260,000
which we may use to complete a business combination. Our initial business
combination must be with a business with a fair market value of at least 80% of
our net assets at the time of such acquisition. Consequently, it is probable
that we will have the ability to complete only a single business combination,
although this may entail the simultaneous acquisitions of several assets or
closely related operating businesses at the same time. Accordingly, the
prospects for our ability to effect our business strategy may be:
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solely
dependent upon the performance of a single business; or
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dependent
upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of
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In this
case, we will not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the
possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which
may have the resources to complete several business
combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry.
Furthermore, since our business combination may entail the simultaneous
acquisitions of several assets or operating businesses at the same time and may
be with different sellers, we will need to convince such sellers to agree that
the purchase of their assets or businesses is contingent upon the simultaneous
closings of the other acquisitions.
We
may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a
business combination or to fund the operations and growth of the target
business, which could compel us to restructure the transaction or abandon a
particular business combination.
Although
we believe that the net proceeds of this offering will be sufficient to allow us
to consummate a business combination, in as much as we have not yet identified
any prospective target business, we cannot ascertain the capital requirements
for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of this offering prove to be
insufficient, either because of the size of the business combination or the
depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, or
because we become obligated to convert into cash a significant number of shares
from dissenting stockholders, we will be required to seek additional financing.
We cannot assure you that such financing would be available on acceptable terms,
if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when
needed to consummate a particular business combination, we would be compelled to
restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and
seek an alternative target business candidate. In addition, if we consummate a
business combination, we may require additional financing to fund the operations
or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing
could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of
the target business. None of our officers, directors or stockholders is required
to provide any financing to us in connection with or after a business
combination.
Our
existing stockholders, including our officers and directors, control a
substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring
stockholder vote.
Upon
consummation of our offering, our existing stockholders (including all of our
officers and directors) will collectively own 20% of our issued and outstanding
shares of common stock (assuming they do not purchase units in this offering).
Additionally, our chairman, or his designees, has agreed to purchase up to an
aggregate of $1,000,000 of warrants on the open market for a price not to exceed
$1.20 per warrant, once such warrants begin to trade separately. These warrants
cannot be sold until after consummation of a business combination. None of our
other existing stockholders, officers and directors has indicated to us that
they intend to purchase units in the offering or warrants on the open market.
Our board
of directors is divided into two classes, each of which will generally serve for
a term of two years with only one class of directors being elected in each year.
It is unlikely that there will be an annual meeting of stockholders to elect new
directors prior to the consummation of a business combination, in which case all
of the current directors will continue in office at least until the consummation
of the business combination. If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of
our “staggered” board of directors, initially only a minority of the board of
directors will be considered for election and our existing stockholders, because
of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the
outcome. Accordingly, our existing stockholders will continue to exert control
at least until the consummation of a business combination. In addition, our
existing stockholders and their affiliates and relatives are not prohibited from
purchasing units in this offering or in the aftermarket. If they do, we cannot
assure you that our existing stockholders will not have considerable influence
upon the vote in connection with a business combination.
Our
existing stockholders paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.0167 per
share, for their shares and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and
substantial dilution from the purchase of our common stock.
The
difference between the public offering price per share of our common stock and
the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this
offering constitutes the dilution to you and the other investors in this
offering. The fact that our existing stockholders acquired their shares of
common stock at a nominal price has significantly contributed to this dilution.
Assuming the offering is completed, you and the other new investors will incur
an immediate and substantial dilution of approximately 29 % or $2.33 per share
(the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value per share of
$5.67, and the initial offering price of $8.00 per unit).
Our
outstanding warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of common
stock and make it more difficult to effect a business combination.
In
connection with this offering, as part of the units (but not including any
overallotments issued to the underwriters), we will be issuing warrants to
purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock. To the extent we issue shares of
common stock to effect a business combination, the potential for the issuance of
substantial numbers of additional shares upon exercise of these warrants could
make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle in the eyes of a target business
as such securities, when exercised, will increase the number of issued and
outstanding shares of our common stock and reduce the value of the shares issued
to complete the business combination. Accordingly, our warrants may make it more
difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of the
target business. Additionally, the sale, or even the possibility of sale, of the
shares underlying the warrants could have an adverse effect on the market price
for our securities or on our ability to obtain future public financing. If and
to the extent these warrants are exercised, you may experience dilution to your
holdings.
If
our existing stockholders exercise their registration rights, it may have an
adverse effect on the market price our common stock and the existence of these
rights may make it more difficult to effect a business combination.
Our
existing stockholders are entitled to require us to register the resale of their
shares of common stock at any time after the date on which their shares are
released from escrow, which, except in limited circumstances, will not be before
three years from the date of this prospectus. If our existing stockholders
exercise their registration rights with respect to all of their shares of common
stock, then there will be an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock
eligible for trading in the public market. The presence of this additional
number of shares of common stock eligible for trading in the public market may
have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. In addition, the
existence of these rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business
combination or increase the cost of the target business, as the stockholders of
the target business may be discouraged from entering into a business combination
with us or will request a higher price for their securities as a result of these
registration rights and the potential future effect their exercise may have on
the trading market for our common stock.
If
you are not an institutional investor, you may purchase our securities in this
offering only if you reside within certain states and may engage in resale
transactions only in those states and a limited number of other jurisdictions.
We have
applied to register our securities, or have obtained or will seek to obtain an
exemption from registration, in Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island and
Wyoming. If you are not an “institutional investor,” you must be a resident of
these jurisdictions to purchase our securities in the offering. The definition
of an “institutional investor” varies from state to state but generally includes
financial institutions, broker-dealers,
banks, insurance companies and other qualified entities. In order to prevent
resale transactions in violation of states’ securities laws, you may engage in
resale transactions only in these states and in a limited number of other
jurisdictions in which an applicable exemption is available or an application
has been filed and accepted. This restriction on resale may limit your ability
to resell the securities purchased in this offering and may impact the price of
our securities. For a more complete discussion of the state securities laws and
registrations affecting this offering, please see “Underwriting - State Blue Sky
Information” below.
We
intend to have our securities quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, which will limit
the liquidity and price of our securities more than if our securities were
quoted or listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or a national exchange.
We
anticipate that our securities will be traded in the over-the-counter market. It
is anticipated that they will be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, an
NASD-sponsored and operated inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity
securities not included in the Nasdaq Stock Market. Quotation of our securities
on the OTC Bulletin Board will limit the liquidity and price of our securities
more than if our securities were quoted or listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or
a national exchange.
The
representative of the underwriters in the offering has only limited experience
acting in such role.
Although
certain principals of Maxim Group LLC have extensive experience in the
securities industry, Maxim Group LLC itself was formed in October 2002 and has
acted as the lead manager in only two firm commitment public offerings,
co-manager in two firm commitment public offerings and as a member of the
underwriting syndicate in forty underwritten public offerings. Since Maxim
Group LLC has limited experience in underwriting firm commitment public
offerings, their lack of experience may adversely affect the public offering
price of our units, common stock and warrants and the subsequent development, if
any, of a trading market for our units, common stock and warrants.
If
we are deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to institute
burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which
may make it difficult for us to complete a business combination.
If we are
deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, our
activities may be restricted which, among other problems, may make it difficult
for us to complete a business combination. Such restrictions include:
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restrictions
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on the issuance of securities. |
In
addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
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registration
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adoption
of a specific form of corporate structure; and
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reporting,
record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules
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We do not
believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the
Investment Company Act of 1940. To this end, the proceeds held in trust may only
be invested by the trust agent in “government securities” with specific maturity
dates. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, we
intend to meet the requirements for the exemption provided in Rule 3a-1
promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940. If we were deemed to be
subject to the act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would
require additional expense that we have not allotted for.
Our
directors may not be considered “independent” under the policies of the North
American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
Other
than Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Kinley, none of our officers or
directors own shares of our common stock. Additionally, no salary or other
compensation will be paid to our officers or directors for services rendered by
them on our behalf prior to or in connection with a business combination. We
believe that one member of our board of directors is “independent” as that term
is commonly used. However, under the policies of the North American Securities
Administrators Association, Inc., because our directors may receive
reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with
activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and
performing due diligence on suitable business combinations, state securities
administrators could take the position that such individual is not
“independent.” If this were the case, they would take the position that we would
not have the benefit of independent directors examining the propriety of
expenses incurred on our behalf and subject to reimbursement. Additionally,
there is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses that could be incurred
and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone
other than our board of directors, which would include persons who may seek
reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is
challenged. Although we believe that all actions taken by our directors on our
behalf will be in our best interests, whether or not one of them is deemed to be
“independent,” we cannot assure you that this will actually be the case. If
actions are taken, or expenses are incurred that are actually not in our best
interests, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and
operations and the price of our stock held by the public stockholders.
Because
our initial stockholders’ initial equity investment was only $25,000, our
offering may be disallowed by state administrators that follow the North
American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. Statement of Policy on
promotional or development stage companies.
Pursuant
to the Statement of Policy Regarding Promoter’s Equity Investment promulgated by
The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., an
international organization devoted to investor protection, any state
administrator may disallow an offering of a promotional or development stage
company if the initial equity investment by a company’s promoters does not equal
a certain percentage of the aggregate public offering price. Our promoters’
initial investment of $25,000 is less than the required $2,708,750 minimum
amount pursuant to this policy. Accordingly, a state administrator would have
the discretion to disallow our offering if it wanted to. We cannot assure you
that our offering would not be disallowed pursuant to this policy.
Since
we have not currently selected a prospective target business with which to
complete a business combination, investors in this offering are unable to
currently ascertain the merits or risks of the target business’ operations.
Since we
have not yet identified a prospective target, investors in this offering have no
current basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business’
operations. To the extent we complete a business combination with a financially
unstable company, an entity in its development stage and/or an entity subject to
unknown or unmanageable liabilities, we may be affected by numerous risks
inherent in the business operations of those entities. Although our management
will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we
cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the
significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our
units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in this
offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a target
business. For a more complete discussion of our selection of a target business,
see the section below entitled “Effecting a business combination—We have not
identified a target business.”
Acquisitions
that we may undertake would involve a number of inherent risks, any of which
could cause us not to realize the benefits anticipated to result.
It is
possible that, following our initial acquisition, our strategy will include
expanding our operations and other capabilities through acquisitions of
businesses and assets. Acquisition transactions involve various inherent risks,
such as:
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uncertainties
in assessing the value, strengths and potential profitability of, and
identifying the extent of all weaknesses, risks, contingent and other
liabilities (including environmental liabilities) of, acquisition or other
transaction candidates; |
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the
potential loss of key customers, management and employees of an acquired
business; |
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the
ability to achieve identified operating and financial synergies
anticipated to result from an acquisition or other transaction;
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problems
that could arise from the integration of the acquired business; and
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unanticipated
changes in business, industry or general economic conditions that affect
the assumptions underlying the acquisition or other transaction rationale.
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Any one
or more of these factors could cause us not to realize the benefits anticipated
to result from the acquisition of businesses or assets or could result in
unexpected liabilities associated with these acquisition candidates.
The
inability of the sellers of companies we may acquire to fulfill their
indemnification obligations to us under our acquisition agreements could
increase our liabilities and adversely affect our results of operations and
financial position.
We expect
that in our acquisition agreements, the respective sellers will agree to retain
responsibility for and indemnify us against damages resulting from certain
third-party claims or other liabilities. These third-party claims and other
liabilities include, without limitation, premium payments to funds created under
applicable Federal laws, costs associated with various litigation matters, and
certain environmental liabilities. The failure of any seller to satisfy its
obligations with respect to claims and retained liabilities covered by the
acquisition agreements could have an adverse effect on our results of operations
and financial position because claimants may successfully assert that we are
liable for those claims and/or retained liabilities. In addition, we expect that
certain obligations of the sellers to indemnify us will terminate upon
expiration of the applicable indemnification period and will not cover damages
in excess of the applicable coverage limit. The assertion of third-party claims
after the expiration of the applicable indemnification period or in excess of
the applicable coverage limit, or the failure of any seller to satisfy its
indemnification obligations with respect to breaches of its representations and
warranties, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and
financial position.
Risks
Associated with the Healthcare Industry
Even if
we acquire domestic or international assets or operations, of which no
assurances can be given, our proposed business will be subject to numerous
risks, including the following:
Changes
in the healthcare industry are subject to various influences, each of which may
affect our prospective business.
The
health care industry is subject to changing political, economic, and regulatory
influences. These factors affect the purchasing practices and operations of
health care organizations. Any changes in current health care financing and
reimbursement systems could cause us to make unplanned enhancements of our
prospective products or services, or result in delays or cancellations of
orders, or in the revocation of endorsement of our prospective products or
services by clients. Federal and state legislatures have periodically considered
programs to reform or amend the U.S. healthcare system at both the federal and
state level. Such programs may increase governmental regulation or involvement
in health care, lower reimbursement rates, or otherwise change the environment
in which health care industry participants operate. Health care industry
participants may respond by reducing their investments or postponing investment
decisions, including investments in our prospective products or
services.
Many
health care industry participants are consolidating to create integrated health
care systems with greater market power. As the health care industry
consolidates, competition to provide products and services to industry
participants will become even more intense, as will the importance of
establishing a relationship with each industry participant. These industry
participants may try to use their market power to negotiate price reductions for
our prospective products and services. If we were forced to reduce our prices,
our operating results could suffer if we could not achieve corresponding
reductions in our expenses.
Any
business we acquire will be subject to extensive government regulation. Any
changes to the laws and regulations governing our prospective business, or the
interpretation and enforcement of those laws or regulations, could cause us to
modify our operations and could negatively impact our operating results.
We
believe that our prospective business will be extensively regulated by the
federal government and any states in which we decide to operate. The laws and
regulations governing our operations, if any, are generally intended to benefit
and protect persons other than our stockholders. The government agencies
administering these laws and regulations have broad latitude to enforce them.
These laws and regulations along with the terms of any government contracts we
may enter into would regulate how we do business, what products and services we
could offer, and how we would interact with the public. These laws and
regulations, and their interpretations, are subject to frequent change. Changes
in existing laws or regulations, or their interpretations, or the enactment of
new laws or regulations could reduce our revenue, if any, by:
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our liability; |
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increasing
our administrative and other costs; |
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forcing
us to restructure our relationships with providers; or
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requiring
us to implement additional or different programs and systems.
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For
example, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 which mandates that health plans enhance privacy protections for
member protected health information. This requires health plans to add, at
significant cost, new administrative, information and security systems to
prevent inappropriate release of protected member health information. Compliance
with this law is uncertain and has affected the revenue streams of entities
subject to it. Similarly, individual states periodically consider adding
operational requirements applicable to health plans, often without identifying
funding for these requirements. California recently required all health plans to
make available to members independent medical review of their claims. Any
analogous requirements applied to our prospective products or services would be
costly to implement and could affect our prospective revenues.
We
believe that our business, if any, will be subject to various routine and
non-routine governmental reviews, audits and investigation. Violation of the
laws governing our prospective operations, or changes in interpretations of
those laws, could result in the imposition of civil or criminal penalties, the
cancellation of any contracts to provide products or services, the suspension or
revocation of any licenses, and exclusion from participation in government
sponsored health programs, such as Medicaid and the State Children’s Health
Insurance Program. If we become subject to material fines or if other sanctions
or other corrective actions were imposed upon us, we might suffer a substantial
reduction in revenue, and might also lose one or more of our government
contracts and as a result lose significant numbers of members and amounts of
revenue.
The
current administration's issuance of new regulations, its review of the existing
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 rules and other
newly published regulations, the states' ability to promulgate stricter rules,
and uncertainty regarding many aspects of the regulations may make compliance
with any new regulatory landscape difficult. In order to comply with any new
regulatory requirements, any prospective business we acquire may be required to
employ additional or different programs and systems, the costs of which are
unknown to us at this time. Further, compliance with any such new regulations
may lead to additional costs that we have not yet identified. We do not know
whether, or the extent to which, we would be able to recover our costs of
complying with any new regulations. Any new regulations and the related
compliance costs could have a material adverse effect on our
business.
If
we are unable to attract qualified healthcare professionals at reasonable costs,
it could limit our ability to grow, increase our operating costs and negatively
impact our business.
We may
rely significantly on our ability to attract and retain qualified healthcare
professionals who possess the skills, experience and licenses necessary to meet
the certification requirements and the requirements of the hospitals, nursing
homes and other healthcare facilities with which we may work, as well as the
requirements of applicable state and federal governing bodies. We will compete
for qualified healthcare professionals with hospitals, nursing homes and other
healthcare organizations. Currently, for example, there is a shortage of
qualified nurses in most areas of the United States. Therefore, competition for
nursing personnel is increasing, and nurses’ salaries and benefits have risen.
This may also occur with respect to other healthcare professionals on whom our
business may become dependent.
Our
ability to attract and retain such qualified healthcare professionals will
depend on several factors, including our ability to provide attractive
assignments and competitive benefits and wages. We cannot assure you that we
will be successful in any of these areas. Because we may operate in a fixed
reimbursement environment, increases in the wages and benefits that we must
provide to attract and retain qualified healthcare professionals or increases in
our reliance on contract or temporary healthcare professionals could negatively
affect our revenue. We may be unable to continue to increase the number of
qualified healthcare professionals that we recruit, decreasing the potential for
growth of our business. Moreover, if we are unable to attract and retain
qualified healthcare professionals, we may have to limit the number of clients
for whom we can provide any of our prospective products or services.
The
healthcare industry may not accept our products or services, if any, or buy such
products or services, which would adversely affect our financial results.
We will
have to attract customers throughout the healthcare industry or our financial
results will be adversely affected. To date, the healthcare industry has been
resistant to adopting certain new products and services, such as information
technology solutions.
We
believe that we will have to gain significant market share with our prospective
products and services before our competitors introduce alternative products or
services with features similar to ours. Any significant shortfall in the number
of clients using our prospective products or services would adversely affect our
financial results.
If
we become subject to malpractice and related legal claims, we could be required
to pay significant damages, which may not be covered by insurance.
In recent
years, physicians, hospitals and other health care providers have become subject
to an increasing number of legal actions alleging malpractice, product liability
or related legal theories. Many of these actions involve large monetary claims
and significant defense costs. We intend to maintain liability insurance in
amounts that we believe will be appropriate for our prospective operations. We
also intend to maintain business interruption insurance and property damage
insurance, as well as an additional umbrella liability insurance policy.
However, this insurance coverage may not cover all claims against us. Insurance
coverage may not continue to be available at a cost allowing us to maintain
adequate levels of insurance. If one or more successful claims against us were
not covered by or exceeded the coverage of our insurance, our financial
condition could be adversely affected.
We
may be dependent on payments from Medicare and Medicaid. Changes in the rates or
methods governing these payments for our prospective products or services, or
delays in such payments, could adversely affect our prospective
revenue.
A large
portion of our revenue may consist of payments from Medicare and Medicaid
programs. Because these are generally fixed payments, we would be at risk for
the cost of any products or services provided to our clients. We cannot assure
you that Medicare and Medicaid will continue to pay in the same manner or in the
same amount that they currently do. Any reductions in amounts paid by government
programs for our prospective products or services or changes in methods or
regulations governing payments would adversely affect our potential revenue.
Additionally, delays in any such payments, whether as a result of disputes or
for any other reason, would also adversely affect our potential
revenue.
If
our costs were to increase more rapidly than fixed payment adjustments we
receive from Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payors for any of our
potential products
or services,
our revenue could be negatively impacted.
We may
receive fixed payments for our prospective products or services based on the
level of service or care that we provide. Accordingly, our revenue may be
largely dependent on our ability to manage costs of providing any products or
services and to maintain a client base. We may become susceptible to situations
where our clients may require more extensive and therefore more expensive
products or services than we may be able to profitably deliver. Although
Medicare, Medicaid and certain third-party payors currently provide for an
annual adjustment of various payment rates based on the increase or decrease of
the medical care expenditure category of the Consumer Price Index, these
increases have historically been less than actual inflation. If these annual
adjustments were eliminated or reduced, or if our costs of providing our
products or services increased more than the annual adjustment, any revenue
stream we may generate would be negatively impacted.
We
may depend on payments from third-party payors, including managed care
organizations. If these payments are reduced, eliminated or delayed, our
prospective revenues could be adversely affected.
We may be
dependent upon private sources of payment for any of our potential products or
services. Any amounts that we may receive in payment for such products and
services may be adversely affected by market and cost factors as well as other
factors over which we have no control, including regulations and cost
containment and utilization decisions and reduced reimbursement schedules of
third-party payors. Any reductions in such payments, to the extent that we could
not recoup them elsewhere, would have a material adverse effect on our
prospective business and results of operations. Additionally, delays in any such
payments, whether as a result of disputes or for any other reason, would have a
material adverse effect on our prospective business and results of
operations.
Medical
reviews and audits by governmental and private payors could result in material
payment recoupments and payment denials, which could negatively impact our
business.
Medicare
fiscal intermediaries and other payors may periodically conduct pre-payment or
post-payment medical reviews or other audits of our prospective products or
services. In order to conduct these reviews, the payor would request
documentation from us and then review that documentation to determine compliance
with applicable rules and regulations, including the documentation of any
products or services that we might provide. We cannot predict whether medical
reviews or similar audits by federal or state agencies or commercial payors of
such products or services will result in material recoupments or denials, which
could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of
operations.
Regional
concentrations of our business may subject us to economic downturns in those
regions.
Our
business operations may include or consist of regional companies. If our
operations are concentrated in a small number of states, we will be exposed to
potential losses resulting from the risk of an economic downturn in these
states. If economic conditions in these states deteriorate, we may experience a
reduction in existing and new business, which may have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
may be dependent primarily on a single potential product or service. Such a
product or service may take us a long time to develop, gain approval for and
market.
Our
future financial performance may depend in significant part upon the
development, introduction and client acceptance of new or enhanced versions of a
single potential product or service to the healthcare industry. We cannot assure
you that we would be successful in acquiring, developing or marketing such a
product or service or any potential enhancements to it. Such activities may take
us a long time to accomplish, and there can be no guarantee that we would ever
actually acquire, develop or market any such product or service. In addition,
competitive pressures or other factors may result in price erosion that could
have a material adverse effect on our results of operation.
If
the FDA or other state or foreign agencies impose regulations that affect our
potential products, our costs will increase.
The
development, testing, production and marketing of any of our potential products
that we may manufacture, market or sell following a business combination may be
subject to regulation by the FDA as “devices” under the 1976 Medical Device
Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Before a new medical
device, or a new use of, or claim for, an existing product can be marketed in
the United States, it must first receive either 510(k) clearance or pre-market
approval from the FDA, unless an exemption applies. Either process can be
expensive and lengthy. The FDA's 510(k) clearance process usually takes from
three to twelve months, but it can take longer and is unpredictable. The process
of obtaining pre-market approval is much more costly and uncertain than the
510(k) clearance process and it generally takes from one to three years, or even
longer, from the time the application is filed with the FDA.
In the
United States, medical devices must be:
· |
manufactured
in registered and quality approved establishments by the FDA;
and |
· |
produced
in accordance with the FDA Quality System Regulation ("QSR") for medical
devices. |
As a
result, we may be required to comply with QSR requirements and if we fail to
comply with these requirements, we may need to find another company to
manufacture any such devices which could delay the shipment of our potential
product to our customers.
The FDA
requires producers of medical devices to obtain FDA licensing prior to
commercialization in the United States. Testing, preparation of necessary
applications and the processing of those applications by the FDA is expensive
and time consuming. We do not know if the FDA would act favorably or quickly in
making such reviews, and significant difficulties or costs may potentially be
encountered by us in any efforts to obtain FDA licenses. The FDA may also place
conditions on licenses that could restrict commercial applications of such
products. Product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory
standards is not maintained or if problems occur following initial marketing.
Delays imposed by the FDA licensing process may materially reduce the period
during which we have the exclusive right to commercialize any potential patented
products. We may make modifications to any potential devices and may make
additional modifications in the future that we may believe do not or will not
require additional clearances or approvals. If the FDA should disagree, and
require new clearances or approvals for the potential modifications, we may be
required to recall and to stop marketing the potential modified devices. We also
may be subject to Medical Device Reporting regulations, which would require us
to report to the FDA if our products were to cause or contribute to a death or
serious injury, or malfunction in a way that would likely cause or contribute to
a death or serious injury. We cannot assure you that such problems will not
occur in the future.
Additionally,
our potential products may be subject to regulation by similar agencies in other
states and foreign countries. Compliance with such laws or regulations,
including any new laws or regulations in connection any potential products
developed by us, might impose additional costs on us or marketing impediments on
such products which could adversely affect our revenues and increase our
expenses. The FDA and state authorities have broad enforcement powers. Our
failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements could result in
enforcement action by the FDA or state agencies, which may include any of the
following sanctions:
· |
warning
letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil
penalties; |
· |
repair,
replacement, refunds, recall or seizure of our
products; |
· |
operating
restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of
production; |
· |
refusal
of requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products,
new intended uses, or modifications to existing
products; |
· |
withdrawal
of 510(k) clearance or premarket approvals previously granted;
and |
If any of
these events were to occur, it could harm our business.
The
FDA can impose civil and criminal enforcement actions and other penalties on us
if we were to fail to comply with stringent FDA regulations.
Medical
device manufacturing facilities must maintain records, which are available for
FDA inspectors documenting that the appropriate manufacturing procedures were
followed. Should we acquire such a facility as a result of a business
combination, the FDA would have authority to conduct inspections of such a
facility. Labeling and promotional activities are also subject to scrutiny by
the FDA and, in certain instances, by the Federal Trade Commission. Any failure
by us to take satisfactory corrective action in response to an adverse
inspection or to comply with applicable FDA regulations could result in
enforcement
action against us, including a public warning letter, a shutdown of
manufacturing operations, a recall of our products, civil or criminal penalties
or other sanctions. From time to time, the FDA may modify such requirements,
imposing additional or different requirements which could require us to alter
our business methods which could potentially result in increased
expenses.
Because
any target business with which we attempt to complete a business combination
will be required to provide our stockholders with financial statements prepared
in accordance with and reconciled to United States generally accepted accounting
principles, prospective target businesses may be
limited.
In
accordance with requirements of United States federal securities laws, in order
to seek stockholder approval of a business combination, a proposed target
business will be required to have certain financial statements which are
prepared in accordance with, or which can be reconciled to, U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles and audited in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. To the
extent that a proposed target business does not have financial statements which
have been prepared with, or which can be reconciled to, U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles, and audited in accordance with the standards of the
PCAOB, we will not be able to acquire that proposed target business. These
financial statements may limit the pool of potential target businesses which we
may acquire.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We
estimate that the net proceeds of this offering will be as set forth in the
following table:
|
Without
Over- Allotment Option |
|
Over-Allotment
Option
Exercised |
Gross
proceeds |
|
$48,000,000 |
|
|
$55,200,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Offering
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underwriting
discount (1)(2) |
|
$2,880,000 |
|
|
$3,312,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underwriting
non-accountable expense allowance (3) |
|
$480,000 |
|
|
$480,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal
fees and expenses (including blue sky services and expenses)
|
|
$200,000 |
|
|
$200,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
expenses |
|
$11,327 |
|
|
$11,327 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Printing
and engraving expenses |
|
$50,000 |
|
|
$50,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses |
|
$25,000 |
|
|
$25,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SEC
registration fee |
|
$11,988 |
|
|
$11,988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NASD
registration fee |
|
$10,685 |
|
|
$10,685 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Initial
trustee’s fee |
|
$1,000 |
|
|
$1,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D&O
Insurance |
|
$70,000 |
|
|
$70,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
proceeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Held
in trust (2) |
|
$42,960,000 |
|
|
$49,404,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not
held in trust |
|
$1,300,000 |
|
|
$1,624,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
net proceeds |
|
$44,260,000 |
|
|
$51,028,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use
of net proceeds not held in trust |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal,
accounting and other expenses attendant to the due diligence
investigations, structuring and negotiation of a business combination
|
|
$200,000 |
|
|
$200,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payment
for administrative services and support ($7,500 per month for 18 months)
|
|
$135,000 |
|
|
$135,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
diligence of prospective target businesses |
|
$600,000 |
|
|
$600,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal
and accounting fees relating to SEC reporting obligations |
|
$50,000 |
|
|
$50,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment
of loans (4) |
|
$175,000 |
|
|
$175,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working
capital and reserves |
|
$140,000 |
|
|
$464,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$1,300,000 |
|
|
$1,624,000 |
(1) |
Consists
of an underwriting discount of 6% of the gross proceeds of this Offering
(including any units sold to cover overallotments). |
|
|
(2) |
Upon
consummation of a business combination, Maxim Group LLC will be paid an
additional underwriting discount in the amount of 1% of the gross proceeds
of this Offering (including any units sold to cover overallotments) out of
the funds held in trust. |
|
|
(3) |
The
1% non-accountable expense allowance is not payable with respect to the
units sold upon exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
|
|
|
(4) |
A
portion of the offering expenses have been paid from the funds we borrowed
from Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Kinley, as further described
below. These funds will be repaid out of the net proceeds of this offering
not being placed in trust upon consummation of this offering.
|
$42,960,000,
or $49,404,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full,
of the net proceeds will be placed in a trust account at JP Morgan Chase NY Bank
maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, New
York, as trustee. The proceeds will not be released from the trust fund until
the earlier of the completion of a business combination or our liquidation. The
proceeds held in the trust fund may be used as consideration to pay the sellers
of a target business with which we ultimately complete a business combination.
Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may
be used to finance operations of the target business or to effect other
acquisitions, as determined by our board of directors at that time.
We have
agreed to pay Equity Dynamics, Inc., an affiliated third party of which Mr.
Pappajohn is the President and principal stockholder, and Mr. Kinley a Senior
Vice President, approximately $6,000 per month for office space and certain
additional general and administrative services. We have also agreed to pay
another affiliated third party, The Lan Group, of which Dr. Schaffer is the sole
owner, approximately $1,500 per month for office space and certain additional
general and administrative services.
John
Pappajohn, our chairman and secretary, or his designees, has agreed to purchase
up to $1,000,000 of our warrants in the open market, at a price per warrant not
to exceed $1.20, within three months of such warrants being separately
tradeable. These warrants will not be sold by Mr. Pappajohn or his designees
until the consummation of a business combination. Maxim Group LLC has also
agreed to purchase up to $500,000 of our warrants in the open market on similar
terms. The warrants will not be callable as long as they are held by Mr.
Pappajohn or his designees, or by Maxim Group LLC.
Prior to
the closing of a business combination, we have agreed to obtain keyman life
insurance in the amount of $3,000,000 in the aggregate on the lives of certain
members of our management for a three year period. The premium for such life
insurance policy, of which we will be the sole beneficiary, is expected to be
approximately $_____.
We intend
to use the excess working capital (approximately $140,000) being
held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses
of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as
well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our existing
stockholders in connection with activities on our behalf as described below. We
believe that the excess working capital will be sufficient to cover the
foregoing expenses and reimbursement costs.
To the
extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to
effect a business combination, the proceeds held in the trust fund as well as
any other net proceeds not expended will be used to finance the operations of
the target business.
As of the
date of this prospectus, Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Kinley have loaned
us a total of $175,000 which was used to pay a portion of the expenses of this
offering, such as SEC registration fees, NASD registration fees and legal and
accounting fees and expenses. These loans will be payable without interest on
the earlier of April 28, 2006 or the consummation of this offering. The loans
will be repaid out of the net proceeds of this offering not being placed in
trust.
The net
proceeds of this offering not held in the trust fund and not immediately
required for the purposes set forth above will be invested only in United States
“government securities,” defined as any Treasury Bill issued by the United
States having a maturity of one hundred and eighty days or less so that we are
not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. The
interest income derived from investment of these net proceeds during this period
will be used to defray our general and administrative expenses, as well as costs
relating to compliance with securities laws and regulations, including
associated professional fees, until a business combination is completed. We
believe that, upon consummation of this offering, we will have sufficient
available funds to operate for at least the next 24 months, assuming that a
business combination is not consummated during that time.
No
compensation of any kind (including finder’s and consulting fees) will be paid
to any of our existing stockholders, or any of their affiliates, for services
rendered to us prior to or in connection with the consummation of the business
combination. However, our existing stockholders will receive reimbursement for
any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our
behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due
diligence on suitable business combinations. Since the role of present
management after a business combination is uncertain, we have no ability to
determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after a
business combination.
A public
stockholder will be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund (including
interest earned on his, her or its portion of the trust fund) only in the event
of our liquidation upon our failure to complete a business combination or if
that public stockholder were to seek to convert such shares into cash in
connection with a business combination which the public stockholder voted
against and which we actually consummate. In no other circumstances will a
public stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust
fund.
DILUTION
The
difference between the public offering price per share of common stock, assuming
no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units, and the pro forma
net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering
constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Net tangible book value
per share is determined by dividing our net tangible book value, which is our
total tangible assets less total liabilities (including the value of common
stock which may be converted into cash if voted against the business
combination), by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock.
At April
30, 2005, our net tangible book value was a deficiency of $2,500, or
approximately $0.00 per share of common stock. After giving effect to the sale
of 6,000,000 shares of common stock included in the units, and the deduction of
underwriting discounts and estimated expenses of this offering, our pro forma
net tangible book value (as decreased by the value of 1,199,400 shares of common
stock which may be converted into cash) at April 30, 2005 would have been
$35,694,796 or $5.67 per share, representing an immediate increase in net
tangible book value of $5.67 per share to the existing stockholders and an
immediate dilution of $2.33 per share or 29% to new investors not exercising
their conversion rights.
The
following table illustrates the dilution to the new investors on a per-share
basis, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units:
Public
offering price |
$8.00 |
|
Net
tangible book value before this offering |
— |
|
Increase
attributable to new investors |
$5.67 |
Pro
forma net tangible book value after this offering |
$5.67 |
Dilution
to new investors |
$2.33 |
Our pro
forma net tangible book value after this offering has been reduced by
approximately $8,587,704 because if we effect a business combination, the
conversion rights to the public stockholders may result in the conversion into
cash of up to approximately 19.99% of the aggregate number of the shares sold in
this offering at a per-share conversion price equal to the amount in the trust
fund calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the
proposed business combination, inclusive of any interest, divided by the number
of shares sold in this offering.
The
following table sets forth information with respect to our existing stockholders
and the new investors:
|
|
Shares
Purchased |
|
Total
Consideration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Price
Per
Share |
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
Existing
stockholders |
|
1,500,000
|
|
20.0% |
|
$25,000 |
|
0.001% |
|
$0.0167 |
|
New
investors(1) |
|
6,000,000 |
|
80.0% |
|
$48,000,000 |
|
99.999% |
|
$8.00 |
|
|
|
7,500,000 |
|
100.0% |
|
$48,025,000 |
|
100% |
|
|
|
(1) |
Assumes
the sale of 6,000,000 units in this offering, but not the exercise of
6,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock sold as part of
such units. |
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our capitalization at April 30, 2005 and as adjusted
to give effect to the sale of our units and the application of the estimated net
proceeds derived from the sale of our units:
|
|
|
April
30, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
Actual |
|
|
As
Adjusted |
|
Common
stock, $.0001 par value, -0- and 1,199,400 shares which are subject to
possible conversion, shares at conversion value(1) |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
8,587,704 |
|
Stockholders’
equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or
outstanding |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
—
|
|
Common
stock, $.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 1,500,000 shares
issued and outstanding; 6,300,600 shares issued and outstanding (excluding
1,199,400 shares subject to possible conversion), as adjusted
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
$ |
630 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital |
|
$ |
24,850 |
|
$ |
35,696,666 |
|
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage |
|
$ |
(2,500 |
) |
$ |
(2,500 |
) |
Total
stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
22,500 |
|
$ |
35,694,796 |
|
Total
capitalization |
|
$ |
22,500 |
|
$ |
44,282,500 |
|
(1) If we
consummate a business combination, the conversion rights afforded to our public
stockholders may result in the conversion into cash (approximately $8,587,704)
of up to approximately 19.99% of the aggregate number of shares (approximately
1,199,400 shares) sold in this offering at a per-share conversion price equal to
the amount in the trust fund ($7.16 per share), inclusive of any interest
thereon, as of two business days prior to the proposed consummation of a
business combination divided by the number of shares sold in this offering.
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
We were
formed on April 25, 2005, to serve as a vehicle to acquire one or more domestic
or international assets or an operating business in the healthcare industry,
through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar
business combination. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of
this offering, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, capital stock
and debt, in effecting a business combination. The issuance of additional shares
of our capital stock:
· |
may
significantly reduce the equity interest of our stockholders;
|
· |
will
likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares of
common stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability
to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and may also result
in the resignation or removal of one or more of our present officers and
directors; and |
· |
may
adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
|
Similarly,
if we issued debt securities, it could result in:
· |
default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business
combination were insufficient to pay our debt obligations;
|
· |
acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we have made all
principal and interest payments when due if the debt security contained
covenants that required the maintenance of certain financial ratios or
reserves and any such covenant were breached without a waiver or
renegotiation of that covenant; |
· |
our
immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the
debt security was payable on demand; and |
· |
our
inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, if the debt
security contained covenants restricting our ability to obtain additional
financing while such security was outstanding.
|
We have
neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our entire
activity since inception has been to prepare for our proposed fundraising
through an offering of our equity securities.
We
estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the units, after deducting
offering expenses of approximately $860,000, including $480,000 evidencing the
underwriters’ non-accountable expense allowance of 1% of the gross proceeds, and
underwriting discounts of approximately $2,880,000 (or $3,312,000 if the
underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), will be approximately
$44,260,000 (or $51,028,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is
exercised in full). Of this amount, $42,960,000, or $49,404,000 if the
underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, will be held in trust
and the remaining $1,300,000 (or $1,624,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment
option is exercised in full) will not be held in trust. We will use
substantially all of the net proceeds of this offering to acquire a target
business, including identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition
candidates, selecting the target business, and structuring, negotiating and
consummating the business combination. To the extent that our capital stock is
used in whole or in part as consideration to effect a business combination, the
proceeds held in the trust fund as well as any other net proceeds not expended
will be used to finance the operations of the target business. We believe that,
upon consummation of this offering, the funds available to us outside of the
trust fund will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next
24 months, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during
that time. Over this time period, we anticipate approximately $200,000 of
expenses for legal, accounting and other expenses attendant to the due diligence
investigations, structuring and negotiating of a business combination, $135,000
for administrative services and support payable to affiliated third parties (up
to $7500 per month for 18
months), $600,000 of expenses for the due diligence and investigation of a
target business, $50,000 of expenses in legal and accounting fees relating to
our SEC reporting obligations and $140,000 for general working capital that will
be used for miscellaneous expenses and reserves. We do not believe we will need
to raise additional funds following this offering in order to meet the
expenditures required for operating our business. However, we may need to raise
additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities if such
funds are required to consummate a business combination that is presented to us.
We would only consummate such a fund raising simultaneously with the
consummation of a business combination.
As of the date of this prospectus, Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and
Mr. Kinley have loaned us a total of $175,000 which was used to pay a portion of
the expenses of this offering, such as SEC registration fees, NASD registration
fees and legal and accounting fees and expenses. These loans will be payable
without interest on the earlier of April 28, 2006 or the consummation of this
offering. The loans will be repaid out of the net proceeds of this offering not
being placed in trust.
PROPOSED
BUSINESS
Introduction
We are a
blank check company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on April
25, 2005 and formed to serve as a vehicle for the acquisition of one or more
domestic or international assets or an operating business in the healthcare
industry.
Overview
The
healthcare industry constitutes one of the largest segments of the United States
economy. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS,
healthcare expenditures have increased from $245.8 billion in 1980 to a
forecasted $1.9 trillion in 2005, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate, or
CAGR, of 9%. Further, in 2003, approximately 64% of total healthcare
expenditures were spent on the following categories: hospital care (31%),
physician and clinical services (23%) and prescription drugs (10%). In 2003,
healthcare expenditures totaled $1.7 trillion (or $5,800 per American) and
accounted for 15.3% of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, which outpaced overall
economic growth by 3%. In the future, national health expenditures are projected
to reach $3.6 trillion by 2014, representing a CAGR of 7.4% over the next ten
years. Health spending is projected to reach 18.7% of GDP by 2014.
Funding
for healthcare comes from public and private sources. Medicaid and Medicare
programs were created in the mid 1960’s. Medicare focuses on elderly coverage
(over 65 years old) and the disabled of any age. Medicaid provides coverage for
the poor and indigent population and is jointly funded by the Federal and State
governments. In 2002, according to CMS, roughly 34% of healthcare payments came
from Medicaid and Medicare. Private health insurance supports roughly 35% of
total costs. As healthcare costs rise, the private sector is responding by
shifting more of the cost of healthcare to employees by paying a smaller percent
of healthcare premiums. The employee, usually in the form of a payroll
deduction, must pay the amount of the premium not funded by the employer.
However, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 40 million Americans
were uninsured in 2003.
We
believe that, as a result of continued growth, there will be numerous
acquisition targets within the healthcare sector. We believe that growth will be
driven by the following factors:
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Expanding
and Aging Population.
According
to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 2005 the American population is
approximately 296 million and growing. Simultaneously, we are witnessing
the “graying of America”, whereby the elderly population is increasing
more rapidly than the rest of the population and represents the largest
users of healthcare services. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
approximately 12% of the U.S. population was over-65 in 2003 and was
forecasted to account for roughly 20% of the population by 2030. By 2010,
the number of people in the United States between the ages of 40 and 60 is
expected to grow from roughly 58 million to more than 64 million.
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Evolving
Medical Treatments.
Advances in technology have favorably impacted the development of new
medical devices and treatments/therapies. The products are generally more
effective and easier-to-use. Some of these breakthroughs have reduced
hospital stays, costs and recovery periods. The continued advancement of
technological breakthroughs should continue to boost services administered
by healthcare providers. |
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Increased
Consumer Awareness.
In
recent years, the publicity associated with new technological advances and
new medical therapies has increased the number of patients visiting
healthcare professionals to seek treatment for new and innovative
therapies. Simultaneously, consumers have become more vocal due to rising
costs and reduced access to physicians. Lastly, the rise in cosmetic
procedures has emerged as one of the fastest growing healthcare
segments. Since many cosmetic procedures require out-of-pocket
expenditures, this rise may reflect a growing willingness
by consumers to pay for certain procedures out of their
discretionary funds. We believe that more active and aware consumers
will continue to stimulate a wide variety of healthcare
segments. |
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Access
to Capital. The
venture capital community has traditionally embraced healthcare companies.
Capital investments have allowed entities to grow and expand via
consolidation or organic growth. Therefore, we believe there are many
mature companies that may potentially serve as platforms for future
acquisitions and growth. According to Dow Jones VentureSource, 2,142
healthcare companies raised venture capital financing rounds from
2001-2004. In that time period, 66 venture-backed healthcare companies
completed initial public offerings and 194 venture-backed healthcare
companies were acquired via merger and
acquisition. |
Although
we may consider a target business in any segment of the healthcare industry, we
intend to concentrate our search for an acquisition candidate in the following
segments:
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healthcare
information technology; |
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healthcare
facilities; and |
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medical
devices and products. |
Our
Management Team
Mr.
Pappajohn, our chairman and secretary, has been an active private equity
investor in healthcare companies for more than 30 years and has served as a
director of more than 40 public companies. Mr. Pappajohn has been a founder in
several healthcare companies such as Caremark Rx, Inc., Quantum Health Resources
and Radiologix, Inc., all of which are public companies. Mr. Pappajohn and Dr.
Schaffer, our vice chairman and chief executive officer, have worked together
for more than fifteen years on a variety of healthcare companies and have
co-founded Allion Healthcare, Inc, Patient Infosystems, Inc. and
Radiologix all of which are public companies. In addition, Mr. Pappajohn
and Dr. Schaffer have worked together on many private healthcare companies, such
as Logisticare, Inc. and Source Medical Corporation.
Dr.
Schaffer serves as a director of Allion Healthcare and Patient InfoSystems. He
has served as chairman of several healthcare companies, including Radiologix
when it was private. He has been an active co-investor with Mr. Pappajohn for
more than fifteen years. Dr. Schaffer has also served as a director on many
healthcare boards, including several health systems and more than ten healthcare
services and technology companies. Dr. Schaffer is also currently a Clinical
Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Mr.
Kinley, our president and treasurer, has been involved in the financing and
development of more than twenty companies with Mr. Pappajohn in the past ten
years. Mr. Kinley has worked with Dr. Schaffer for more than ten years on
healthcare services and technology companies. Mr. Kinley has also held various
positions at KPMG Peat Marwick, working on tax, audit and merger and acquisition
issues.
Effecting
a Business Combination
General
We are
not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any substantive commercial
business for an indefinite period of time following this offering. We intend to
utilize cash derived from the proceeds of this offering, our capital stock, debt
or a combination of these in effecting a business combination. Although
substantially all of the net proceeds of this offering are intended to be
generally applied toward effecting a business combination as described in this
prospectus, the proceeds are not otherwise being designated for any more
specific purposes. Accordingly, prospective investors will invest in us without
an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any one or more
business combinations. A business combination may involve the acquisition of, or
merger with, a company which does not need substantial additional capital but
which desires to establish a public trading market for its shares, while
avoiding what it may deem to be adverse consequences of undertaking a public
offering itself. These include time delays, significant expense, loss of voting
control and compliance with various Federal and state securities laws. In the
alternative, we may seek to consummate a business combination with a company
that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or
growth. While we may seek to effect business combinations with more than one
target business, we will probably have the ability, as a result of our limited
resources, to effect only a single business combination.
We
have not identified a target business
To date,
we have not selected any target business on which to concentrate our search for
a business combination. Subject to the limitations that a target business have a
fair market value of at least 80% of our net assets at the time of the
acquisition, as described below in more detail, we will have virtually
unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition
candidate. Accordingly, there is no basis for investors in this offering to
evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may
ultimately complete a business combination. To the extent we effect a business
combination with a financially unstable company or an entity in its early stage
of development or growth, including entities without established records of
sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business
and operations of financially unstable and early stage or potential emerging
growth companies. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks
inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will
properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.
Sources
of target businesses
We
anticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our attention from
various unaffiliated sources, including investment bankers, venture capital
funds, private equity funds, leveraged buyout funds, management buyout funds and
other members of the financial community, who may present solicited or
unsolicited proposals. Our officers and directors as well as their affiliates
may also bring to our attention target business candidates. While we do not
presently anticipate engaging the services of professional firms that specialize
in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms in the
future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee or other compensation. In no
event, however, will we pay any of our existing officers, directors or
stockholders or any entity with which they are affiliated any finder’s fee or
other compensation for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with
the consummation of a business combination.
Selection
of a target business and structuring of a business combination
Subject
to the requirement that our initial business combination must be with a target
business with a fair market value that is at least 80% of our net assets at the
time of such acquisition, our management will have virtually unrestricted
flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective target business. In
evaluating a prospective target business, our management will consider, among
other factors, the following:
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financial
condition and results of operation; |
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experience
and skill of management and availability of additional personnel;
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barriers
to entry into other industries; |
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stage
of development of the products, processes or services;
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degree
of current or potential market acceptance of the products, processes or
services; |
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proprietary
features and degree of intellectual property or other protection of the
products, processes or services; |
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regulatory
environment of the industry; and |
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costs
associated with effecting the business combination.
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These
criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the
merits of a particular business combination will be based, to the extent
relevant, on the above factors as well as other considerations deemed relevant
by our management in effecting a business combination consistent with our
business objective. In evaluating a prospective target business, we will conduct
an extensive due diligence review which will encompass, among other things,
meetings with incumbent management, where applicable, and inspection of
facilities, as well as review of financial and other information which will be
made available to us.
The time
and costs required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and
complete the business combination cannot presently be ascertained with any
degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and
evaluation of a prospective target business with which a business combination is
not ultimately completed will result in a loss to us and reduce the amount of
capital available to otherwise complete a business combination. However, we will
not pay any finders or consulting
fees to our existing stockholders, or any of their respective affiliates, for
services rendered to or in connection with a business combination.
Fair
Market Value of Target Business
The
initial target business that we acquire must have a fair market value equal to
at least 80% of our net assets at the time of such acquisition. The fair market
value of such business will be determined by our board of directors based upon
standards generally accepted by the financial community, such as actual and
potential sales, earnings and cash flow and book value. If our board is not able
to independently determine that the target business has a sufficient fair market
value, we will obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated, independent investment
banking firm which is a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. Since any
opinion, if obtained, would merely state that fair market value meets the 80% of
net assets threshold, it is not anticipated that copies of such opinion would be
distributed to our stockholders, although copies will be provided to
stockholders who request it. We will not be required to obtain an opinion from
an investment banking firm as to the fair market value if our board of directors
independently determines that the target business has sufficient fair market
value.
Probable
lack of business diversification
While we
may seek to effect business combinations with more than one target business, our
initial business combination must be with a target business which satisfies the
minimum valuation standard at the time of such acquisition, as discussed above.
Consequently, it is probable that we will have the ability to effect only a
single business combination. Accordingly, the prospects for our ability to
execute any potential business plan may be entirely dependent upon the future
performance of a single business. Unlike other entities which may have the
resources to complete several business combinations of entities operating in
multiple industries or multiple areas of a single industry, it is probable that
we will not have the resources to diversify our operations or benefit from the
possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses. By consummating a business
combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:
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subject
us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or
all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular
industry in which we may operate subsequent to a business combination, and
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result
in our dependency upon the development or market acceptance of a single or
limited number of products, processes or services.
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Additionally,
since our business combination may entail the simultaneous acquisitions of
several assets or operating businesses at the same time and may be with
different sellers, we will need to convince such sellers to agree that the
purchase of their assets or closely related businesses is contingent upon the
simultaneous closings of the other acquisitions.
Limited
ability to evaluate the target business’ management
Although
we expect most of our management and other key personnel, particularly our
chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president, to remain
associated with us following a business combination, they may be involved in
different capacities than at present, and we may employ other personnel
following the business combination. Although we intend to closely scrutinize
such individuals, we cannot assure you that our assessment will prove to be
correct. In addition, we cannot assure you that new members that join our
management following a business combination will have the necessary skills,
qualifications or abilities to help manage a public company.
Opportunity
for stockholder approval of business combination
Prior to
the completion of a business combination, we will submit the transaction to our
stockholders for approval, even if the nature of the acquisition is such as
would not ordinarily require stockholder approval under applicable state law. In
connection with seeking stockholder approval of a business combination, we will
furnish our stockholders with proxy solicitation materials prepared in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which, among other matters,
will include a description of the operations of the target business and certain
required financial information regarding the business.
In
connection with the vote required for any business combination, all of our
existing stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, have agreed
to vote their respective shares of common stock owned by them immediately prior
to this offering in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock
voted by the public stockholders. This voting arrangement shall not apply to
shares included in units purchased in this offering, if any, or purchased
following this offering in the open market by any of our existing stockholders,
officers and directors. We will proceed with the business combination only if a
majority of the shares of common stock voted by the public stockholders are
voted in favor of the business combination and public stockholders owning less
than 20% of the shares sold in this offering exercise their conversion rights.
Conversion
rights
At the
time we seek stockholder approval of any business combination, we will offer
each public stockholder the right to have such stockholder’s shares of common
stock converted to cash if the stockholder votes against the business
combination and the business combination is approved and completed. The actual
per-share conversion price will be equal to the amount in the trust fund,
inclusive of any interest (calculated as of two business days prior to the
consummation of the proposed business combination), divided by the number of
shares sold in this offering. Without taking into any account interest earned on
the trust fund, the initial per-share conversion price would be $7.16 or $0.84
less than the per-unit offering price of $8.00. An eligible stockholder may
request conversion at any time after the mailing to our stockholders of the
proxy statement and prior to the vote taken with respect to a proposed business
combination at a meeting held for that purpose, but the request will not be
granted unless the stockholder votes against the business combination and the
business combination is approved and completed. Any request for conversion, once
made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date of the meeting. It is
anticipated that the funds to be distributed to stockholders entitled to convert
their shares who elect conversion will be distributed promptly after completion
of a business combination. Public stockholders who convert their stock into
their share of the trust fund still have the right to exercise the warrants that
they received as part of the units. We will not complete any business
combination if public stockholders, owning 20% or more of the shares sold in
this offering, exercise their conversion rights.
Liquidation
if no business combination
If we do
not complete a business combination within 18 months after the consummation
of this offering, or within 24 months if the extension criteria described
below have been satisfied, we will be dissolved and will distribute to all of
our public stockholders, in proportion to their respective equity interests, an
aggregate sum equal to the amount in the trust fund, inclusive of any interest,
plus any remaining net assets. Our existing stockholders have waived their
rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to shares of
common stock owned by them immediately prior to this offering. There will be no
distribution from the trust fund with respect to our warrants, which will expire
worthless.
If we
were to expend all of the net proceeds of this offering, other than the proceeds
deposited in the trust fund, and without taking into account interest, if any,
earned on the trust fund, the initial per-share
liquidation price would be $7.16 or $0.84 less than the per-unit offering price
of $8.00. The proceeds deposited in the trust fund could, however, become
subject to the claims of our creditors which could be prior to the claims of our
public stockholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share liquidation
price will not be less than $7.16, plus interest, due to claims of creditors.
Our chairman and all of our executive officers have agreed pursuant to
agreements with us and Maxim Group LLC that, if we distribute the proceeds held
in trust to our public stockholders, they will be personally liable to pay debts
and obligations to vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for
services rendered or products sold to us in excess of the net proceeds of this
offering not held in the trust account. We cannot assure you, however, that they
would be able to satisfy those obligations.
If we
enter into either a letter of intent, an agreement in principle or a definitive
agreement to complete a business combination prior to the expiration of 18
months after the consummation of this offering, but are unable to complete the
business combination within the 18-month period, then we will have an additional
six months in which to complete the business combination contemplated by the
letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement. If we are
unable to do so by the expiration of the 24-month period from the consummation
of this offering, we will then liquidate. Upon notice from us, the trustee of
the trust fund will commence liquidating the investments constituting the trust
fund and will turn over the proceeds to our transfer agent for distribution to
our public stockholders. We anticipate that our instruction to the trustee would
be given promptly after the expiration of the applicable 18-month or 24-month
period.
Our
public stockholders shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund only
in the event of our liquidation or if the stockholders seek to convert their
respective shares into cash upon a business combination which the stockholder
voted against and which is actually completed by us. In no other circumstances
shall a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust
fund.
Competition
for Target Businesses
In
identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business, we may encounter
intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to
ours. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience
identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates.
Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources
than us and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted
with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous
potential target businesses that we could acquire with the net proceeds of this
offering, our ability to compete in acquiring certain sizable target businesses
will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive
limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target
business. Further:
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our
obligation to seek stockholder approval of a business combination or
obtain the necessary financial information to be included in the proxy
statement to be sent to stockholders in connection with such business
combination may delay or prevent the completion of a transaction;
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our
obligation to convert into cash shares of common stock held by our public
stockholders in certain instances may reduce the resources available to us
for a business combination; |
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our
outstanding warrants and options, and the future dilution they potentially
represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses; and
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the
requirement to acquire assets or an operating business that has a fair
market value equal to at least 80% of our net assets at the time of the
acquisition could require us to acquire several assets or closely related
operating businesses at the same time, all of which sales would be
contingent
on the closings of the other sales, which could make it more difficult to
consummate the business combination. |
Any of
these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in negotiating a
business combination. Our management believes, however, that our status as a
public entity and potential access to the United States public equity markets
may give us a competitive advantage over privately-held entities having a
similar business objective as us in acquiring a target business with significant
growth potential on favorable terms.
If we
effect a business combination, there will be, in all likelihood, intense
competition from competitors of the target business. We cannot assure you that,
subsequent to a business combination, we will have the resources or ability to
compete effectively.
Facilities
We
maintain our executive offices at 2116 Financial Center, 666 Walnut Street, Des
Moines, Iowa 50309. We have agreed to pay Equity Dynamics, Inc., an affiliated
third party of which Mr. Pappajohn is the President and principal stockholder,
and Mr. Kinley a Senior Vice President, approximately $6,000 per month for
office space (located at our executive offices) and certain additional general
and administrative services. We have also agreed to pay another affiliated third
party, The Lan Group, of which Dr. Schaffer is the sole owner, approximately
$1,500 per month for office space (located in Rochester, New York) and certain
additional general and administrative services.
We
consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
Employees
We have
three officers, all of whom are also members of our board of directors. These
individuals are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per
week and intend to devote only as much time as they deem necessary to our
affairs. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based
on the availability of suitable target businesses to investigate, although we
expect such individuals to devote an average of approximately ten hours per week
to our business. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the
consummation of a business combination.
Periodic
Reporting and Financial Information
We have
registered our units, common stock and warrants under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and have reporting obligations, including the
requirement that we file annual and quarterly reports with the SEC. In
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, our
annual reports will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our
independent accountants.
We will
not acquire an operating business in the healthcare industry if audited
financial statements based on United States generally accepted accounting
principles cannot be obtained for such target business. Alternatively, we will
not acquire assets if the financial information called for by applicable law
cannot be obtained for such assets. Additionally, our management will provide
stockholders with the foregoing financial information as part of the proxy
solicitation materials sent to stockholders to assist them in assessing each
specific target business or assets we seek to acquire. Our management believes
that the requirement of having available financial information for the target
business or assets may limit the pool of potential target businesses or assets
available for acquisition.
Legal
Proceedings
To the
knowledge of our management, there is no litigation currently pending or
contemplated against us or any of our officers or directors in their capacity as
such.
Comparison
to Offerings of Blank Check Companies
The
following table compares and contrasts the terms of our offering and the terms
of an offering of blank check companies under Rule 419 promulgated by the
SEC assuming that the gross proceeds, underwriting discounts and underwriting
expenses for the Rule 419 offering are the same as this offering and that
the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option. None of the
terms of a Rule 419 offering will apply to this offering.
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Terms
of Our Offering |
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Terms
Under a Rule 419 Offering |
Escrow
of offering
proceeds
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$42,960,000
of the net offering proceeds will be deposited into a trust account at JP
Morgan Chase NY Bank maintained by Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company. |
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$40,176,000
would be required to be deposited into either an escrow account with an
insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established
by a broker-dealer in which the broker-dealer acts as trustee for persons
having the beneficial interests in the account. |
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Investment
of net
proceeds
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The
$42,960,000 of net offering proceeds held in trust will only be invested
in U.S. “government securities,” defined as any Treasury Bill issued by
the United States having a maturity of one hundred and eighty days or
less. |
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Proceeds
could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund
meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or in securities
that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal
or interest by, the United States. |
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Limitation
on fair value
or
net assets of target business |
The
initial target business that we acquire must have a fair market value
equal to at least 80% of our net assets at the time of such acquisition.
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We
would be restricted from acquiring a target business unless the fair value
of such business or net assets to be acquired represent at least 80% of
the maximum offering proceeds. |
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Trading
of securities
issued |
The
units shall commence trading on or promptly after the date of this
prospectus. The common stock and warrants comprising the units shall begin
to trade separately on the 90th day after the date of this prospectus
unless Maxim Group LLC informs us of its decision to allow earlier
separate trading, provided we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on
Form 8-K, which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt
of the proceeds of this offering, including any proceeds we receive from
the exercise of the over-allotment option, if such option is exercised
prior to the filing of the Form 8-K. Thereafter the units will no longer
trade. |
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No
trading of the units or the underlying common stock and warrants would be
permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this
period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust
account. |
Exercise
of the warrants |
The
warrants cannot be exercised until the later of the completion of a
business combination or one year from the date of this prospectus and,
accordingly, will only be exercised after the trust fund has been
terminated and distributed. |
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The
warrants could be exercised prior to the completion of a business
combination, but securities received and cash paid in connection with the
exercise would be deposited in the escrow or trust
account. |
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Election
to remain
an
investor |
We
will give our stockholders the opportunity to vote on the business
combination. In connection with seeking stockholder approval, we will send
each stockholder a proxy statement containing information required by the
SEC. A stockholder following the procedures described in this prospectus
is given the right to convert his or her shares into his or her pro rata
share of the trust fund. However, a stockholder who does not follow these
procedures or a stockholder who does not take any action would not be
entitled to the return of any funds. |
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A
prospectus containing information required by the SEC would be sent to
each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the
company, in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and
no more than 45 business days from the effective date of the
post-effective amendment, to decide whether he or she elects to remain a
stockholder of the company or require the return of his or her investment.
If the company has not received the notification by the end of the
45th
business
day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow
account would automatically be returned to the stockholder. Unless a
sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all of the
deposited funds in the escrow account must be returned to all investors
and none of the securities will be issued. |
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Business
combination deadline |
A
business combination must occur within 18 months after the consummation of
this offering or within 24 months after the consummation of this offering
if a letter of intent or definitive agreement relating to a prospective
business combination was entered into prior to the end of the 18-month
period. |
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If
an acquisition has not been consummated within 18 months after the
effective date of the initial registration statement, funds held in the
trust or escrow account would be returned to
investors. |
Release
of funds |
The
proceeds held in the trust account will not be released until the earlier
of the completion of a business combination or our liquidation upon our
failure to effect a business combination within the allotted
time. |
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The
proceeds held in the escrow account would not be released until the
earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to
effect a business combination within the allotted
time. |
MANAGEMENT
Directors
and Executive Officers
Our
current directors and executive officers are as follows:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
John
Pappajohn |
76 |
Chairman
and Secretary |
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
57 |
Vice-Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
37 |
President,
Treasurer and Director |
Edward
B. Berger |
76 |
Director |
John
Pappajohn has
served as our chairman and secretary since April 2005. Since 1969, Mr. Pappajohn
has been the President and principal stockholder of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a
financial consulting firm, and the sole owner of Pappajohn Capital Resources, a
venture capital firm. He also serves as a director of the following public
companies: Allion Healthcare, Inc., MC Informatics, Inc., PACE Health Management
Systems, Inc. and Patient InfoSystems, Inc. Mr. Pappajohn has been an active
private equity investor in healthcare companies for more than 30 years and has
served as a director of more than 40 public companies. Mr. Pappajohn has been a
founder in several public healthcare companies such as Caremark Rx, Inc.,
Quantum Health Resources, and Radiologix, Inc. Mr. Pappajohn and Dr. Schaffer
have worked together for more than fifteen years on a variety of healthcare
companies, and they have co-founded Allion Healthcare, Inc., Patient
Infosystems, Inc., and Radiologix, Inc., all of which are public companies. In
addition, Mr. Pappajohn and Dr. Schaffer have worked together many private
healthcare companies, such as Logisticare, Inc. and SourceMedical Corporation.
Mr. Pappajohn received his B.S.C. from the University of Iowa.
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. Dr.
Schaffer has served as our vice chairman and chief executive officer since April
2005. Dr. Schaffer is the founder and CEO of The Lan Group, a venture capital
firm specializing in healthcare and high technology investments. He serves as a
director of Allion Healthcare, Inc. and Patient InfoSystems, Inc., both public
companies. He has served as chairman of several healthcare companies including,
Radiologix, Inc when it was private. He has been an active co-investor with Mr.
Pappajohn for more than fifteen years on a variety of healthcare companies, and
they have co-founded Allion Healthcare, Patient Infosystems and Radiologix, all
of which are public companies. In addition, Mr. Pappajohn and Dr. Schaffer have
worked together on many private healthcare companies, such as Logisticare, Inc.
and SourceMedical Corporation. Dr. Schaffer served as chief executive officer
and chairman of the board of Ide Imaging Group, P.C. from 1980 to 2001. Dr.
Schaffer has served as a director on many healthcare boards of directors
including several health systems and more than ten healthcare services and
technology companies. Dr. Schaffer received his postgraduate radiology training
at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he served as
Chief Resident. Dr. Schaffer is currently also a Clinical Professor of Radiology
at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Matthew
P. Kinley has
served as our president, treasurer and a director since April 2005. Since 1995,
he has served as Senior Vice President of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a financial
consulting firm, and Pappajohn Capital Resources, a venture capital firm, both
owned by John Pappajohn. Mr. Kinley has been involved in the financing and
development of more than 20 companies with Mr. Pappajohn in the past ten years.
Mr. Kinley has worked with Dr. Schaffer for more than ten years on healthcare
services and technology companies. From 1990 through 1995, Mr. Kinley was
manager and held various positions at KPMG Peat Marwick, working on tax, audit
and merger and acquisition issues. Mr. Kinley received his B.A. in Business,
with highest honors, from the University of Northern Iowa in May 1990.
Edward
B. Berger has
served as a director since April 2005. Mr. Berger is currently a member of the
Board, on the Audit Committee and Finance Committee of Patient Information
Systems, a public company. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equity
Acquisitions Incorporated, a position he has held since January 2004, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Southwest Business Systems, Chairman and CEO of
Berger Equities Inc., director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of
CardSystems Solutions and a director of Compass Bank of Tucson, AZ., a public
company. Mr. Berger has extensive healthcare experience: past President and CEO
of Palo Verde Hospital; past President and member of the Board of Trustees of
Kino Community Hospital; past member of the Long Range Planning Committee of
Tucson Medical Center, all in Tucson, AZ. Mr. Berger is currently an Adjunct
Professor in Political Science at Pima Community College and is the Chairman of
the MBA Advisory Council, Eller Graduate School of Management at the University
of Arizona. He has been admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the U.S. District Court-Arizona.
He is admitted to the New York Bar, the Arizona Bar and the District of Columbia
Bar. Mr. Berger received his Juris Doctor degree from New York Law
School.
Our board
of directors is divided into two classes with only one class of directors being
elected in each year and each class serving a two-year term. The term of office
of the first class of directors, consisting of Mr. Berger and another director
who will be appointed to the Board before the effective date of this prospectus,
will expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of
the second class of directors, consisting of Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and Mr.
Kinley, will expire at the second annual meeting.
These
individuals will play a key role in identifying and evaluating prospective
acquisition candidates, selecting the target business, and structuring,
negotiating and consummating its acquisition. None of these individuals has been
a principal of or affiliated with a public company or blank check company that
executed a business plan similar to our business plan and none of these
individuals is currently affiliated with such an entity. However, we believe
that the skills and expertise of these individuals, their collective access to
acquisition opportunities and ideas, their contacts, and their transaction
expertise should enable them to identify and effect an acquisition although we
cannot assure you that they will, in fact, be able to do so.
Executive
Compensation
No
executive officer has received any cash compensation for services rendered. No
compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid
to any of our existing stockholders, including our officers and directors, or
any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in
connection with a business combination. However, these individuals will be
reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities
on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due
diligence on suitable business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of
these out-of-pocket expenses and there will be no review of the reasonableness
of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors, which includes
persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such
reimbursement is challenged. If all of our directors are not deemed
“independent,” we will not have the benefit of independent directors examining
the propriety of expenses incurred on our behalf and subject to reimbursement.
We have
agreed to pay Equity Dynamics, Inc., an affiliated third party of which Mr.
Pappajohn is the President and principal stockholder, and Mr. Kinley a Senior
Vice President, approximately $6,000 per month for office space and certain
additional general and administrative services. We have also agreed to pay
another affiliated third party, The Lan Group, of which Dr. Schaffer is the sole
owner, approximately $1,500 per month for office space and certain additional
general and administrative services.
Conflicts
of Interest
Potential
investors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:
· |
None
of our officers or directors is required to commit their full time to our
affairs and, accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in
allocating management time among various business activities.
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· |
In
the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors
may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be
appropriate for presentation to us as well as the other entities with
which they are affiliated. They may have conflicts of interest in
determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be
presented. For a complete description of our management’s other
affiliations, see the previous section entitled “Directors and Executive
Officers.” |
· |
Our
officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities,
including other blank check companies, engaged in business activities
similar to those intended to be conducted by us.
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Since
our directors own shares of our common stock which will be released from
escrow only in certain limited situations, our board may have a conflict
of interest in determining whether a particular target business is
appropriate to effect a business combination. The personal and financial
interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in
identifying and selecting a target business and completing a business
combination timely. |
In
general, officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a
corporation if:
· |
the
corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;
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· |
the
opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and
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· |
it
would not be fair to the corporation and its stockholders for the
opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation.
|
Accordingly,
as a result of multiple business affiliations, our officers and directors may
have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities
meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. In addition, conflicts
of interest may arise when our board evaluates a particular business opportunity
with respect to the above-listed criteria. We cannot assure you that any of the
above mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
In order
to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple
corporate affiliations, each of our officers and directors has agreed in
principle, until the earlier of a business combination, our liquidation or such
time as he ceases to be an officer or director, to present to us for our
consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity, any business
opportunity which may reasonably be required to be presented to us under
Delaware law, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary obligations they might
have.
Each of
our directors has, or may come to have, to a certain degree, other fiduciary
obligations. In addition all of our officers and directors have fiduciary
obligations to those companies on whose board of directors they may sit. To the
extent that they identify business opportunities that may be suitable for the
entities to which they owe a fiduciary obligation, our officers and directors
will honor those fiduciary obligations. Accordingly, they may not present
opportunities to us that otherwise may be attractive to us unless the entities
to which they owe a fiduciary obligation and any successors to such entities
have declined to accept such opportunities.
In
connection with the vote required for any business combination, all of our
existing stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, have agreed
to vote their respective shares of common stock which were owned prior to this
offering in accordance with the vote of the public stockholders owning a
majority of the shares of our common stock sold in this offering. In addition,
they have agreed to waive their respective rights to participate in any
liquidation distribution occurring upon our failure to consummate a business
combination but only with respect to those shares of common stock acquired by
them prior to this offering.
To
further minimize potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to
consummate a business combination with an entity which is affiliated with any of
our existing stockholders unless we obtain an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm that the business combination is fair to our
stockholders from a financial point of view. We expect that any such opinion
will be included in our proxy solicitation materials, furnished to stockholders
in connection with their vote on such a business combination.
PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
common stock as of April 30, 2005, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of our
common stock included in the units offered by this prospectus (assuming no
purchase of units in this offering), by:
· |
each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
outstanding shares of common stock; |
· |
each
of our officers and directors; and |
· |
all
our officers and directors as a group. |
Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole
voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock
beneficially owned by them.
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Approximate
Percentage
of
Outstanding Common Stock |
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Amount
and Nature
of
Beneficial Ownership |
Before
the Offering |
After
the Offering(2) |
John
Pappajohn |
600,000 |
40% |
8% |
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
600,000 |
40% |
8% |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
300,000 |
20% |
4% |
Edward
B. Berger |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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All
directors and executive officers as a group (four individuals)
|
1,500,000 |
100% |
20% |
(1) |
Unless
otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is
2116 Financial Center, 666 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
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(2) |
Assumes
only the sale of 6,000,000 units in this offering, but not the exercise of
the 6,000,000 warrants to purchase our common stock included in such
units. |
John
Pappajohn, our chairman and secretary, or his designees, has agreed to purchase
up to $1,000,000 of our warrants on the open market, at a price per warrant not
to exceed $1.20, within three months of such warrants being separately
tradeable. These warrants will not be sold until the consummation of a business
combination. None of our other existing stockholders, officers and directors has
indicated to us that they intend to purchase units in the offering or warrants
on the open market. Immediately after this offering, our existing stockholders,
which include all of our officers and directors, collectively, will beneficially
own 20% of the then issued and outstanding shares of our common stock. Because
of this ownership block, these stockholders may be able to effectively influence
the outcome of all matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the
election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions other
than approval of a business combination.
All of
the shares of our common stock outstanding prior to the date of this prospectus
will be placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as escrow agent, until the earliest of:
· |
three
years following the date of this prospectus;
or |
· |
the
consummation of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar
transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to
exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other
property subsequent to our consummating a business combination with a
target business. |
During
the escrow period, the holders of these shares will not be able to sell or
transfer their securities except to their spouses and children or trusts
established for their benefit, but will retain all other
rights as our stockholders, including, without limitation, the right to vote
their shares of common stock and the right to receive cash dividends, if
declared. If dividends are declared and payable in shares of common stock, such
dividends will also be placed in escrow. If we are unable to effect a business
combination and liquidate, none of our existing stockholders will receive any
portion of the liquidation proceeds with respect to common stock owned by them
prior to the date of this prospectus.
Dr.
Schaffer, Mr. Pappajohn and Mr. Kinley each may be deemed to be our “parent” and
“promoter,” as these terms are defined under the Federal securities laws.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
In April
2005, we issued 1,500,000 shares of our common stock to the individuals set
forth below for an aggregate amount of $25,000 in cash, at an average purchase
price of approximately $0.0167 per share, as follows:
Name |
Number
of Shares |
Relationship
to Us |
John
Pappajohn |
600,000 |
Chairman
and Secretary |
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
600,000 |
Vice-Chairman
and CEO |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
300,000 |
President,
Treasurer and director |
The
holders of the majority of these shares will be entitled to require us, on up to
two occasions, to register these shares pursuant to an agreement to be signed
prior to or on the date of this prospectus. The holders of the majority of these
shares may elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the
date on which these shares of common stock are released from escrow, which,
except in limited circumstances, is not before three years from the date of this
prospectus. In addition, these stockholders have certain “piggy-back”
registration rights on registration statements filed subsequent to the date on
which these shares of common stock are released from escrow. We will bear the
expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration
statements.
As of the
date of this prospectus, Mr. Pappajohn, Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Kinley have loaned
us a total of $175,000 which was used to pay a portion of the expenses of this
offering, such as SEC registration fees, NASD registration fees and legal and
accounting fees and expenses. These loans will be payable without interest on
the earlier of April 28, 2006 or the consummation of this offering. The loans
will be repaid out of the net proceeds of this offering not being placed in
trust.
John
Pappajohn, our chairman and secretary, or his designees, has agreed to purchase
up to $1,000,000 of our warrants on the open market, at a price per warrant not
to exceed $1.20, within three months of such warrants being separately
tradeable. These warrants will not be sold until the consummation of a business
combination. Maxim Group LLC has also agreed to purchase up to $500,000 of our
warrants on the open market on similar terms.
We have
agreed to pay Equity Dynamics, Inc., an affiliated third party of which Mr.
Pappajohn is the President and principal stockholder, and Mr. Kinley a Senior
Vice President, approximately $6,000 per month for office space and certain
additional general and administrative services. We have also agreed to pay
another affiliated third party, The Lan Group, of which Dr. Schaffer is the sole
owner, approximately $1,500 per month for office space and certain additional
general and administrative services.
We will
reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business
expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf
such as identifying and investigating
possible target businesses and business combinations. There is no limit on the
amount of accountable out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us, which will be
reviewed only by our board or a court of competent jurisdiction if such
reimbursement is challenged.
Other
than the reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses payable to our officers and
directors, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finders and consulting
fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers or directors
who owned our common stock prior to this offering, or to any of their respective
affiliates for services rendered to us prior to or with respect to the business
combination.
All
ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors
or their respective affiliates, including loans by our officers and directors,
will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable than are available from
unaffiliated third parties and such transactions or loans, including any
forgiveness of loans, will require prior approval in each instance by a majority
of our uninterested “independent” directors (to the extent we have any) or the
members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either
case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal
counsel.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
General
We are
authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001, and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001. As of the date of this
prospectus, 1,500,000 shares of common stock are outstanding, held by three
record holders. No shares of preferred stock are currently outstanding.
Units
Each unit
consists of one share of common stock and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the
holder to purchase one share of common stock. The common stock and warrants
shall begin to trade separately on the 90th
day after
the date of this prospectus unless Maxim Group LLC informs us of its decision to
allow earlier separate trading, provided that in no event may the common stock
and warrants be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current
Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our
receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering. Thereafter the units will no
longer trade as units. We will file a Current Report on Form 8-K which
includes this audited balance sheet upon the consummation of this offering. The
audited balance sheet will reflect proceeds we receive from the exercise of the
over-allotment option, if the over-allotment option is exercised prior to the
filing of the Form 8-K.
Common
Stock
Our
stockholders are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all
matters to be voted on by stockholders. In connection with the vote required for
any business combination, all of our existing stockholders, including all of our
officers and directors, have agreed to vote their respective shares of common
stock owned by them immediately prior to this offering in accordance with the
public stockholders. This voting arrangement shall not apply to shares included
in units purchased in this offering, if any, or purchased following this
offering in the open market by any of our existing stockholders, officers and
directors. Additionally, our existing stockholders, officers and directors will
vote all of their shares in any manner they determine, in their sole discretion,
with respect to any other items that come before a vote of our stockholders.
We will
proceed with the business combination only if a majority of the shares of common
stock voted by the public stockholders are voted in favor of the business
combination and public stockholders owning less than 20% of the shares sold in
this offering exercise their conversion rights discussed below.
Our board
of directors is divided into two classes, each of which will generally serve for
a term of two years with only one class of directors being elected in each year.
There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors, with
the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted for the
election of directors can elect all of the directors.
If we are
forced to liquidate prior to a business combination, our public stockholders are
entitled to share ratably in the trust fund, inclusive of any interest, and any
net assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of
liabilities. Our existing stockholders have agreed to waive their rights to
share in any distribution with respect to common stock owned by them prior to
the offering if we are forced to liquidate.
Our
stockholders have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights and
there are no sinking fund or redemption provisions applicable to the common
stock, except that public stockholders have the right to have their shares of
common stock converted to cash equal to their pro rata share of the trust fund
if they vote against the business combination and the business combination is
approved and completed. Public stockholders who convert their stock into their
share of the trust fund still have the right to exercise the warrants that they
received as part of the units.
Preferred
Stock
Our
certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of
blank check preferred stock with such designation, rights and preferences as may
be determined from time to time by our board of directors. No shares of
preferred stock are being issued or registered in this offering. Accordingly,
our board of directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to issue
preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights
which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of
common stock, although the underwriting agreement prohibits us, prior to a
business combination, from issuing preferred stock which participates in any
manner in the proceeds of the trust fund, or which votes as a class with the
common stock on a business combination. We may issue some or all of the
preferred stock to effect a business combination. In addition, the preferred
stock could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a
change in control of us. Although we do not currently intend to issue any shares
of preferred stock, we cannot assure you that we will not do so in the future.
Warrants
No
warrants are currently outstanding. Each warrant entitles the registered holder
to purchase one share of our common stock at a price of $6.00 per share, subject
to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of:
· |
the
completion of a business combination; or |
· |
one
year from the date of this prospectus. |
The
warrants will expire four years from the date of this prospectus at
5:00 p.m., New York City time.
We may
call the warrants for redemption, with Maxim Group LLC’s prior consent,
· |
in
whole and not in part; |
· |
at
a price of $.01 per warrant at any time after the warrants become
exercisable; |
· |
upon
not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each
warrant holder; and |
· |
if,
and only if, the average closing sale price of the common stock equals or
exceeds $11.50
per share, for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending
on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant
holders. |
The
warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us.
You should review a copy of the warrant agreement, which has been filed as an
exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, for a
complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the warrants.
The
exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the
warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a
stock dividend, or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or
consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of
common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.
The
warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior
to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise
form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as
indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price, by certified check
payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders
do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock and any voting
rights until they exercise their warrants and receive shares of common stock.
After the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each
holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters
to be voted on by stockholders.
No
warrants will be exercisable unless at the time of exercise a prospectus
relating to common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is current and
the common stock has been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under
the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants.
Under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed to meet these
conditions and use our best efforts to maintain a current prospectus relating to
common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the
warrants. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so. The
warrants may be deprived of any value and the market for the warrants may be
limited if the prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon the
exercise of the warrants is not current or if the common stock is not qualified
or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holders of the
warrants reside. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the
warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to
receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round up to
the nearest whole number the number of shares of common stock to be issued to
the warrant holder.
Purchase
Option
We have
agreed to sell to the representative of the underwriters an option to purchase
up to a total of 300,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The warrants issued in
conjunction with these units will be exercisable at $7.50 per share. Otherwise,
the units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to those offered
by this prospectus. For a more complete description of the purchase option, see
the section below entitled “Underwriting--Purchase Option.”
Dividends
We have
not paid any dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay
dividends prior to the completion of a business combination. The payment of
dividends in the future will be contingent upon our revenues and earnings, if
any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to
completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to
a business combination will be within the discretion of our then board of
directors. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all
earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board
does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future.
Our
Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent
The
transfer agent for our securities and warrant agent for our warrants is
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 17 Battery Place, New York,
New York 10004.
Shares
Eligible for Future Sale
Immediately
after this offering, we will have 7,500,000 shares of common stock outstanding,
or 8,400,000 shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in
full. Of these shares, the 6,000,000 shares sold in this offering, or 6,900,000
shares if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, will be freely
tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act,
except for any shares
purchased by one of our affiliates within the meaning of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act. All of the remaining 1,500,000 shares are restricted securities
under Rule 144, in that they were issued in private transactions not
involving a public offering. None of those will be eligible for sale under
Rule 144 prior to April 25, 2006. Notwithstanding this, all of those shares
have been placed in escrow and will not be transferable for a period of three
years from the date of this prospectus and will only be released prior to that
date subject to certain limited exceptions.
Rule 144
In
general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person who has
beneficially owned restricted shares of our common stock for at least one year
would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that
does not exceed the greater of either of the following:
· |
1%
of the number of shares of common stock then outstanding, which will equal
75,000 shares immediately after this offering (or 84,000 if the
underwriters’ exercise their over-allotme option);
and |
· |
the
average weekly trading volume of the common stock during the four calendar
weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to
the sale. |
Sales
under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice
requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.
Rule 144(k)
Under
Rule 144(k), a person who is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates
at the time of or at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who
has beneficially owned the restricted shares proposed to be sold for at least
two years, including the holding period of any prior owner other than an
affiliate, is entitled to sell their shares without complying with the manner of
sale, public information, volume limitation or notice provisions of
Rule 144.
SEC
Position on Rule 144 Sales
The
Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the position that promoters or
affiliates of a blank check company and their transferees, both before and after
a business combination, would act as an “underwriter” under the Securities Act
when reselling the securities of a blank check company. Accordingly, the
Securities and Exchange Commission believes that those securities can be resold
only through a registered offering and that Rule 144 would not be available
for those resale transactions despite technical compliance with the requirements
of Rule 144.
Registration
Rights
The
holders of our 1,500,000 issued and outstanding shares of common stock on the
date of this prospectus will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an
agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this offering. The
holders of the majority of these shares are entitled to require us, on up to two
occasions, to register these shares. The holders of the majority of these shares
can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the date on
which these shares of common stock are released from escrow. In addition, these
stockholders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration
statements filed subsequent to the date on which these shares of common stock
are released from escrow. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with
the filing of any such registration statements.
UNDERWRITING
Maxim
Group LLC is lead managing underwriter of the offering and is acting as
representative of the underwriters named below. Subject to the terms and
conditions in the underwriting agreement, each underwriter named below has
agreed to purchase from us, on a firm commitment basis, the respective number of
units shown opposite its name below, at the public offering price, less the
underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus:
|
Underwriter
|
Number
of Units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maxim
Group LLC |
|
|
|
Total
|
6,000,000 |
|
The
underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are committed to purchase
all of the units offered by this prospectus if they purchase any of the units.
This commitment does not apply to the units subject to an over-allotment option
granted by us to the underwriters to purchase additional units in
this offering.
The underwriting agreement also provides that the obligations of the
underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the units are subject to the
passing upon of certain legal matters by counsel and certain other
conditions.
State
Blue Sky Information
We will
offer and sell the units to retail customers only in Colorado, Delaware, the
District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York,
Rhode Island and Wyoming. We have applied to have the units registered for sale,
or we are relying on exemptions from registration in the states mentioned above.
In states that require registration, we will not sell the units in these states
until such registration is effective in each of these states (including in
Colorado, pursuant to 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Revised Statutes).
If you
are not an institutional investor, you may purchase our securities in this
offering only in the jurisdictions described directly above. Institutional
investors in every state except in Idaho and Oregon may purchase the units in
this offering pursuant to exemptions provided to such entities under the Blue
Sky laws of various states. The definition of an “institutional investor” varies
from state to state but generally includes financial institutions,
broker-dealers, banks, insurance companies and other qualified entities.
Under the
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, the states and territories
of the United States are preempted from regulating the resale by shareholders of
the units, from and after the effective date, and the common stock and warrants
comprising the units, once they become separately transferable, because we will
file periodic and annual reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
However, states are permitted to require notice filings and collect fees with
regard to these transactions and a state may suspend the offer and sale of
securities within such state if any such required filing is not made or fee is
not paid. As of the date of this prospectus, the following states do not require
any notice filings or fee payments and permit the resale by shareholders of the
units, and the common stock and warrants comprising the units, once they become
separately transferable:
Alabama,
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
Wyoming.
Additionally,
the following states permit the resale by shareholders of the units, and the
common stock and warrants comprising the units, once they become separately
transferable, if the proper notice filings have been made and fees
paid:
District
of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota,
Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Vermont.
As of the
date of this prospectus, we have not determined in which, if any, of these
states we will submit the required filings or pay the required fee.
Additionally, if any of the states that have not yet adopted a statute, rule or
regulation relating to the National Securities Markets Improvement Act adopts
such a statute in the future requiring a filing or fee or if any state amends
its existing statutes, rules or regulations with respect to its requirements, we
would need to comply with those new requirements in order for the securities to
continue to be eligible for resale in those jurisdictions.
However,
we believe that the units, from and after the effective date, and the common
stock and warrants comprising the units, once they become separately
transferable, may be eligible for sale on a secondary market basis in various
states, without any notice filings or fee payments, based upon the availability
of another applicable exemption from the state's registration
requirements.
Underwriting
Terms
Pursuant
to the underwriting agreement, we have granted to the underwriters an option,
exercisable for 45 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an
additional 900,000 units from us on the same terms and at the same per unit
price as the other units being purchased by the underwriters from us. The
underwriters may exercise the option solely to cover over-allotments, if any, in
the units that the underwriters have agreed to purchase from us. If the
over-allotment option is exercised in full, the total public offering price,
underwriting discounts and commissions and proceeds to us before expenses will
be $[___],
$[___] and
$[___],
respectively.
The
following table shows the public offering price, underwriting discount to be
paid by us to the underwriters and the proceeds, before expenses, to us. This
information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of
their over-allotment option.
|
|
Per
unit |
|
Without
option |
|
With
option |
|
Public
offering price |
|
$ |
8.00 |
|
$ |
48,000,000 |
|
$ |
55,200,000 |
|
Discount
(1) |
|
$ |
0.48 |
|
$ |
2,880,000 |
|
$ |
3,312,000 |
|
Non-accountable
expense allowance(2) |
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
$ |
480,000 |
|
$ |
480,000 |
|
Proceeds
before expenses(3) |
|
$ |
7.44 |
|
$ |
44,640,000 |
|
$ |
51,336,000 |
|
(1) Consists
of an underwriting discount of 6% of the gross proceeds of this offering
(including any units sold to cover overallotments). Does not include an
additional underwriting discount in the amount of 1% of the gross proceeds of
this offering (including any units sold to cover overallotments), payable out of
the funds held in trust upon consummation of a business
combination.
(2) The 1%
non-accountable expense allowance is not payable with respect to the units sold
upon exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
(3) The
offering expenses are estimated at $380,000.
We have
agreed to sell the units to the underwriters at the initial public offering
price less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus. The underwriting agreement also provides that the representative of
the underwriters will be paid a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of
the gross proceeds from the sale of the units offered by this prospectus
($50,000 of which has been previously advanced to Maxim), exclusive of any units
purchased on exercise of the over-allotment option.
We
estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, not including
underwriting discounts, commissions, the non-accountable expense allowance and
not taking into consideration the underwriters’ over-allotment option, will be
approximately $380,000. These expenses include, but are not limited to, SEC
registration fees, NASD filing fees, accounting fees and expenses, legal fees
and expenses, printing and engraving expenses, transfer agent fees and blue sky
fees and expenses.
The
underwriters will initially offer the units to be sold in this offering directly
to the public at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover of
this prospectus and to selected dealers at the initial public offering price
less a selling concession not in excess of $ per unit. The underwriters may
allow, and the selected dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $ per
unit on sales to brokers and dealers. After the offering, the underwriters may
change the offering price and other selling terms. No change in those terms will
change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover of
this prospectus.
We have
agreed to sell to the representative, for $100, an option to purchase up to a
total of 300,000 units, exercisable at $10.00 per unit. The warrants issued in
conjunction with these units will be exercisable at $7.50 per share. Otherwise,
the units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to those offered
by this prospectus. This option is commencing on the later of the consummation
of a business combination and one year from the date of this prospectus and
expiring five years from the date of this prospectus. The option and the 300,000
units, the 300,000 shares of common stock and the 300,000 warrants underlying
such units, and the 300,000 shares of common stock underlying such warrants,
have been deemed compensation by the NASD and are therefore subject to a 180-day
lock-up pursuant to Rule 2710(g)(1) of the NASD Conduct Rules. Additionally, the
option may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for a
one-year period (including the foregoing 180-day period) following the date of
this prospectus. However, the option may be transferred to any underwriter and
selected dealer participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or
partners. Thereafter, the representative’s units will be transferable provided
such transfer is in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
Although the purchase option and its underlying securities have been registered
under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part of, the
option grants to holders demand and “piggy back” rights for periods of five and
seven years, respectively, from the date of this prospectus with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of the securities directly and indirectly
issuable upon exercise of the option. We will bear all fees and expenses
attendant to registering the securities, other than underwriting commissions
which will be paid for by the holders themselves. The exercise price and number
of units issuable upon exercise of the option may be adjusted in certain
circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or our
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the option
will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise
price. We will set aside and at all times have available a sufficient number of
shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise of the representative’s units.
We have
engaged Maxim Group LLC, the representative of the underwriters, on a
non-exclusive basis, as our agent for the solicitation of the exercise of the
warrants. To the extent not inconsistent with the guidelines of the NASD and the
rules and regulations of the SEC, we have agreed to pay the representative for
bona fide services rendered a commission equal to 4% of the exercise price for
each warrant exercised more than one year after the date of this prospectus if
the exercise was solicited by the underwriters. In addition to soliciting,
either orally or in writing, the exercise of the warrants, the representative’s
services may also include disseminating information, either orally or in
writing, to warrant holders about us or the market for our securities, and
assisting in the processing of the exercise of the warrants. No compensation
will be paid to the representative upon the exercise of the warrants if:
· |
the
market price of the underlying shares of common stock is lower than the
exercise price; |
· |
the holder of the warrants has not confirmed in writing
that the underwriters solicited the
exercise; |
· |
the
warrants are held in a discretionary account;
|
· |
the
warrants are exercised in an unsolicited transaction; or
|
· |
the
arrangement to pay the commission is not disclosed in the prospectus
provided to warrant holders at the time of
exercise. |
Maxim
Group LLC, the representative of the underwriters, has agreed to purchase up to
$500,000 of our warrants on the open market, at a price per warrant not to
exceed $1.20, within three months of such warrants being separately tradeable.
Prior to
this offering there has been no public market for any of our securities. The
public offering price of the units and the terms of the warrants were negotiated
between us and the representative. Factors considered in determining the prices
and terms of the units, including the common stock and warrants underlying the
units, include:
· |
the
history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the
acquisition of other companies; |
· |
prior
offerings of those companies; |
· |
our
prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values;
|
· |
an
assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating
companies; |
· |
general
conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering; and
|
· |
other
factors as were deemed relevant. |
However,
although these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price
is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities for an operating company in a
particular industry since the underwriters are unable to compare our financial
results and prospects with those of public companies operating in the same
industry.
Although
they are not obligated to do so, any of the underwriters may introduce us to
potential target businesses or assist us in raising additional capital, as needs
may arise in the future, but there are no preliminary agreements or
understandings between any of the underwriters and any potential targets. We are
not under any contractual obligation to engage any of the underwriters to
provide any services for us after this offering, but if we do, we may pay the
underwriters a finder’s fee that would be determined at that time in an arm’s
length negotiation where the terms would be fair and reasonable to each of the
interested parties; provided that no agreement will be entered into and no fee
will be paid prior to the one year anniversary of the date of this prospectus.
In
connection with this offering, the underwriters may distribute prospectuses
electronically. No forms of prospectus other than printed prospectuses and
electronically distributed prospectuses that are printable in Adobe PDF format
will be used in connection with this offering.
The
underwriters have informed us that they do not expect to confirm sales of units
offered by this prospectus to accounts over which they exercise discretionary
authority without obtaining the specific approval of the account
holder.
In
connection with this offering, our underwriters may engage in stabilizing
transactions, over-allotment transactions, covering transactions and penalty
bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
· |
Stabilizing
transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as
the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified
maximum. |
· |
Over-allotment
involves sales by the underwriters of units in excess of the number of
units the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a short
position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a
naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of units
over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of units
that it may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short
position, the number of units involved is greater than the number of units
in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered
short position by either exercising their over-allotment option or
purchasing units in the open market. |
· |
Covering
transactions involve the purchase of units in the open market after the
distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. In
determining the source of units to close out the short position, the
underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of units
available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at
which it may purchase units through the over-allotment option. If the
underwriters sell more units than could be covered by the over-allotment
option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by
buying units in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to
be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward
pressure on the price of the units in the open market after pricing that
could adversely affect investors who purchase in this
offering. |
· |
Penalty
bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a
selected dealer when the units originally sold by the selected dealer is
purchased in a stabilizing covering transaction to cover short
positions. |
These
stabilizing transactions, covering transactions and penalty bids may have the
effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our units or preventing or
retarding a decline in the market price of our units. As a result, the price of
our units may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open
market. These
transactions may occur on the OTC Bulletin Board, in the over-the-counter market
or on any trading market. If any of these transactions are commenced, they may
be discontinued without notice at any time.
Although
certain principals of Maxim Group LLC have extensive experience in the
securities industry, Maxim Group LLC itself was formed in October 2002 and has
acted as an underwriter in only two firm commitment public offerings, co-manager
in two firm commitment public offerings and as a member of the underwriting
syndicate in forty underwritten public offerings. Since Maxim Group LLC has
limited experience in underwriting firm commitment public offerings, their lack
of experience may adversely affect the public offering price of our securities
and the subsequent development, if any, of a trading market for our securities.
Maxim Group LLC is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
The
underwriting agreement provides for indemnification between us and the
underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, and for contribution by us and the underwriters to payments that
may be required to be made with respect to those liabilities. We have been
advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
indemnification liabilities under the Securities Act is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore, unenforceable.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The
validity of the securities offered in this prospectus is being passed upon for
us by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York. Such firm has
previously represented Maxim Group LLC and expects to do so again in the future.
Lowenstein Sandler PC is acting as counsel for the underwriters in this
offering.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements included in this prospectus and in the registration
statement have been audited by LWBJ, LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, to the extent and for the period set forth in their report
appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and in the registration statement. The
financial statements and the report of LWBJ, LLP are included in reliance upon
their report given upon the authority of LWBJ, LLP as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have
filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1, which includes
exhibits, schedules and amendments, under the Securities Act, with respect to
this offering of our securities. Although this prospectus, which forms a part of
the registration statement, contains all material information included in the
registration statement, parts of the registration statement have been omitted as
permitted by rules and regulations of the SEC. We refer you to the registration
statement and its exhibits for further information about us, our securities and
this offering. The registration statement and its exhibits, as well as our other
reports filed with the SEC, can be inspected and copied at the SEC’s public
reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1004. The
public may obtain information about the operation of the public reference room
by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains a web site
at http://www.sec.gov which contains the Form S-1 and other reports, proxy
and information statements and information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC.
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Financial
Statements
April 30,
2005
Contents
Report
of Independent Auditors |
F-1 |
|
|
Audited
Financial Statements |
|
|
|
Balance
Sheet |
F-2 |
Statement
of Operations |
F-3 |
Statement
of Stockholders' Equity |
F-4 |
Statement
of Cash Flows |
F-5 |
Notes
to Financial Statements |
F-6
- F-10 |
Report
of Independent Auditors
The Board
of Directors
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp.
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheet of Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (a
corporation in the development stage) as of April 30, 2005, and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the period
from April 25, 2005 (inception) to April 30, 2005. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (a
corporation in the development stage) as of April 30, 2005, and the results of
its operations and its cash flows for the period from April 25, 2005 (inception)
to April 30, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.
/s/ LWBJ,
LLP
West Des
Moines, Iowa
May 6,
2005
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
(a
corporation in the development
stage) |
|
Balance
Sheet |
|
April
30, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Current
assets: |
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
140,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets: |
|
|
|
|
Deferred
offering costs |
|
|
113,253
|
|
Total
assets |
|
$ |
253,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and stockholders' equity |
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accrued
expenses |
|
$ |
55,753 |
|
Notes
payable, stockholders |
|
|
175,000
|
|
Total
current liabilities |
|
|
230,753
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
equity: |
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $.0001par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none
issued |
|
|
|
|
Common
stock, $.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 1,500,000 issued and
outstanding |
|
|
150
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital |
|
|
24,850
|
|
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
Total
stockholders' equity |
|
|
22,500
|
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity |
|
$ |
253,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
accompanying notes. |
|
|
|
|
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
(a
corporation in the development
stage) |
|
Statement
of Operations |
|
For
the period from April 25, 2005 (inception) to April 30,
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formation
and operating costs |
|
$ |
2,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
2,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding |
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per share |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
accompanying notes. |
|
|
|
|
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION
CORP. |
(a
corporation in the development
stage) |
|
Statement
of Stockholders'
Equity |
|
For
the period from April 25, 2005 (inception) to April 30,
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in |
|
|
During the |
|
|
Stockholders' |
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Excess of Par |
|
|
Development
Stage |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
shares issued |
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
$ |
24,850 |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
25,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at April 30, 2005 |
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
$ |
24,850 |
|
$ |
(2,500 |
) |
$ |
22,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
accompanying notes. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
(a
corporation in the development
stage) |
|
Statement
of Cash Flows |
|
For
the period from April 25, 2005 (inception) to April 30,
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
activities |
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(2,500 |
) |
Net
cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Financing
activities |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from note payable, stockholders |
|
|
175,000
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of common stock |
|
|
25,000
|
|
Payments
made for deferred offering costs |
|
|
(57,500 |
) |
Net
cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
142,500
|
|
Net
increase in cash |
|
|
140,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
at beginning of period |
|
|
-
|
|
Cash
at end of period |
|
$ |
140,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash financing activities |
|
|
|
|
Accrual
of deferred offering costs |
|
$ |
55,573 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
accompanying notes. |
|
|
|
|
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes to
Financial Statements
April 30,
2005
1. Nature
of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
Nature
of Operations
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware on April 25,
2005, as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination,
a currently unidentified operating business.
At April
30, 2005, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through
April 30, 2005 relates to the Company's formation and the proposed public
offering described below. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal
year-end. The Company's ability to commence operations is contingent upon
obtaining adequate financial resources through a proposed public offering
("Proposed Offering"), which is discussed in Note 2. The Company's management
has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net
proceeds of this Proposed Offering, although substantially all of the net
proceeds of the Proposed Offering are intended to be generally applied toward
consummating a business combination with an operating domestic or international
company in the healthcare industry, a "target business".
In
evaluating a prospective target business, the Company will consider, among other
factors, the financial condition and results of operation; growth potential;
experience and skill of management; availability of additional personnel;
capital requirements; competitive position; barriers to entry into other
industries; stage of development of the products, processes or services; degree
of current or potential market acceptance of the products, processes or
services; proprietary features and degree of intellectual property or other
protection of the products, processes or services; regulatory environment of the
industry; and costs associated with effecting the business combination. These
criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the
merits of a particular business combination will be based, to the extent
relevant, on the above factors, as well as other considerations deemed relevant
by the Company in effecting a business combination consistent with its business
objective.
Upon the
closing of the Proposed Offering, $42,960,000 or 89.5% of the proceeds of this
offering ($7.16 per unit) will be placed in a trust account at JP Morgan Chase
NY Bank maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("Trust
Fund") and invested in United States Treasury Bills having a maturity of one
hundred eighty (180) days or less, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of
the Company's first business combination or (ii) the liquidation of the Company.
The remaining proceeds, not held in trust, may be used to pay for business,
legal and accounting expenses related to this offering or expenses which may be
incurred related to the investigation and selection of a target business, and
the negotiation of an agreement to acquire a target business.
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes to
Financial Statements (continued)
1. Nature
of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued)
Nature
of Operations (continued)
The
Company's first business combination must be with a business with a fair market
value of at least 80% of the Company's net asset value at the time of
acquisition. The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for the
acquisition of a target business, will submit such transaction for stockholder
approval. In the event that stockholders owning 20% or more of the outstanding
stock excluding, for this purpose, those persons who were stockholders prior to
the Proposed Offering, vote against the business combination and request
their consummation right as described below, the business combination will not
be consummated. All of the Company's stockholders prior to the Proposed
Offering, including all of the officers and directors of the Company ("Initial
Stockholders"), have agreed to vote their 1,500,000 founding shares of common
stock in accordance with the vote of the majority in interest of all other
stockholders of the Company ("Public Stockholders") with respect to any business
combination. After consummation of the Company's first business combination, all
of these voting safeguards will no longer be applicable.
With
respect to the first business combination which is approved and consummated, any
Public Stockholder who voted against the business combination may demand that
the Company redeem his or her shares. The per share redemption price will equal
the amount in the Trust Fund as of the record date for determination of
stockholders entitled to vote on the business combination divided by the number
of shares of common stock held by Public Stockholders at the consummation of the
Proposed Offering. Accordingly, Public Stockholders holding 19.99% of the
aggregate number of shares owned by all Public Stockholders may seek redemption
of their shares in the event of a business combination. Such Public Stockholders
are entitled to receive their per share interest in the Trust Fund computed,
without regard to the shares held by Initial Stockholders.
The
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for mandatory
liquidation of the Company, without stockholder approval, in the event that the
Company does not consummate a business combination within eighteen (18) months
from the date of the consummation of the Proposed Offering, or twenty-four (24)
months from the consummation of the Proposed Offering if certain extension
criteria have been satisfied. In the event of liquidation, it is likely that the
per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution
(including Trust Fund assets) will be less than the initial public offering
price per share in the Proposed Offering (assuming no value is attributed to the
Warrants contained in the Units to be offered in the Proposed Offering discussed
in Note 2.)
The
Company's common stock and Warrants will not be traded separately until it files
an audited balance sheet on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which reflects receipt of the gross proceeds from the Proposed
Offering. Upon completion of the Proposed Offering, shares owned by the Initial
Stockholders will be held in an escrow account maintained by the trustee, acting
as escrow agent, for up to three (3) years.
Loss
Per Common Share
Loss per
share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares
of common stock outstanding during the period.
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes to
Financial Statements (continued)
1. Nature
of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued)
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Income
Taxes
Deferred
income taxes are provided for the differences between the basis of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting and income tax purposes. A valuation
allowance is established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the
amount expected to be realized.
The
Company recorded a deferred income tax asset for the tax effect of net operating
loss carryforwards and temporary differences aggregating to approximately
$1,000. In recognition of the uncertainty regarding the ultimate amount of
income tax benefits to be derived, the Company has recorded a full valuation
allowance at April 30, 2005.
The
effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 34% due to the increase in
the valuation allowance.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective,
accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the
accompanying financial statements.
2. Proposed
Public Offering
The
Proposed Offering calls for the Company to offer for public sale up to 6,000,000
units ("Units") at a maximum price of $8.00 per unit. Each Unit consists of one
share of the Company's common stock, $.0001 par value and one Redeemable Common
Stock Purchase Warrant ("Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to
purchase from the Company one share of common stock at an exercise price of
$6.00 commencing the later of the completion of a business combination with a
target business or one (1) year from the effective date of the Proposed Offering
and expiring four (4) years from the date of the prospectus. An additional
900,000 Units may be issued on exercise of a 45-day option granted to the
underwriters to cover any over-allotments. The Warrants will be redeemable by
the Company, upon prior written consent of the underwriters, at a price of $.01
per Warrant, upon thirty (30) days notice after the Warrants become exercisable,
only in the event that the average sales price of the common stock is at least
$11.50 per share for any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30)
trading-day period ending on the third day prior to date on which notice of
redemption is given.
3. Deferred
Offering Costs
Deferred
offering costs consist principally of underwriting fees, legal fees, accounting
fees, and other fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to
the Proposed Offering and that will be charged to capital upon the receipt of
the capital raised.
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes to
Financial Statements (continued)
4. Notes
Payable, Stockholders
The
Company issued an aggregate of $175,000 unsecured promissory notes to three
Initial Stockholders, who are also officers, on April 28, 2005. The notes are
non-interest bearing and are payable on the earlier of April 28, 2006 or the
consummation of the Proposed Offering. Due to the short-term nature of the
notes, the fair value of the notes approximates their carrying
amount.
5. Commitments
and Contingencies
The
Company has agreed to pay up to $7,500 per month, beginning at the effective
date of the Proposed Offering, for office space and general and administrative
expense to two (2) related entities owned by two (2) of the Initial Stockholders
located in Des Moines, Iowa and Rochester, New York. The remaining Initial
Stockholder is an officer of one of the related entities. Upon completion of a
business combination or liquidation, the Company will no longer be required to
pay these monthly fees.
An
Initial Stockholder has agreed that after this offering is completed and within
the first ninety (90) days after separate trading of the Warrants has commenced,
he or certain designees will collectively purchase up to $1,000,000 of the
Company's Warrants in the public marketplace at prices not to exceed $1.20 per
Warrant. He has further agreed that any Warrants purchased by him or his
affiliates or designees, will not be sold or transferred until the completion of
a business combination. In addition, subject to any regulatory
restrictions and within the first ninety (90) days after separate trading
of the Warrants has commenced, the representative of the underwriters, or
certain of its principals, affiliates or designees has agreed to purchase up to
$500,000 of the Company's Warrants in the public marketplace at prices not to
exceed $1.20 per Warrant.
The
Company has agreed to sell to the representative of the underwriters for $100,
an option to purchase up to a total of 300,000 units. The units issuable upon
exercise of this option are identical to those offered by the prospectus, except
that the warrants included in the option have an exercise price of $7.50 (125%
of the exercise price of the warrants included in the Units sold in the
offering). This option is exercisable at $10.00 per unit commencing on the later
of the consummation of a business combination and one (1) year from the date of
the prospectus and expiring five (5) years from the date of the prospectus. The
option and the 300,000 units, the 300,000 shares of common stock and the
warrants underlying such units, and the shares of common stock underlying such
Warrants, may be deemed compensation by the National Association of Securities
Dealers ("NASD") and may be therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to
Rule 2710(g)(1) of the NASD Conduct Rules. Additionally, the option may not be
sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for a one-year period
(including the foregoing 180-day period) following the date of the prospectus.
However, the option may be transferred to any underwriter and selected dealer
participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or partners. Although
the purchase option and its underlying securities have been registered under the
registration statement of which the prospectus forms a part of, the option
grants to holders demand and "piggy back" rights for periods of five (5) and
seven (7) years, respectively, from the date of the prospectus with respect to
the registration under the Securities Act of the securities directly and
indirectly issuable upon exercise of the option. The Company will bear all fees
and expenses attendant to registering the securities, other than underwriting
commissions, which will be paid for by the holders themselves. The exercise
price and number of units issuable upon exercise of the option may be adjusted
in certain circumstances, including in the event of a stock dividend, or our
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the option
will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise
price.
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes to
Financial Statements (continued)
5. Commitments and
Contingencies (continued)
The
Company has engaged a third party to act as the representative of the
underwriters, on a non-exclusive basis, as its agent for the solicitation of the
exercise of the Warrants. To the extent not inconsistent with the guidelines of
the NASD and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Company has agreed to pay the representative for bona fide
services rendered, a commission equal to 4% of the exercise price for each
Warrant exercised more than one (1) year after the date of this prospectus if
the exercise was solicited by the underwriters. In addition to soliciting,
either orally or in writing, the exercise of the Warrants, the representative's
services may also include disseminating information, either orally or in
writing, to Warrant holders about the Company or the market for its securities,
and assisting in the processing of the exercise of the Warrants. No compensation
will be paid to the representative upon the exercise of the Warrants
if:
· |
the
market price of the underlying shares of common stock is lower than the
exercise price; |
· |
the
holder of the Warrants has not confirmed in writing that the underwriters
solicited the exercise; |
· |
the
Warrants are held in a discretionary
account; |
· |
the
Warrants are exercised in an unsolicited transaction;
or |
· |
the
arrangement to pay the commission is not disclosed in the prospectus
provided to Warrant holders at the time of
exercise. |
Upon
consummation of a business combination, the Company is obligated to pay the
underwriters an additional underwriting discount of $480,000.
The
Initial Stockholders who are holders of 1,500,000 issued and outstanding shares
of common stock will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement
to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this Proposed Offering. The
holders of the majority of these shares are entitled to request the Company, on
up to two (2) occasions, to register these shares. The holders of the majority
of these shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time
after the date on which these shares of common stock are released from escrow.
In addition, these stockholders have certain "piggy-back" registration rights on
registration statements filed subsequent to the date on which these shares of
common stock are released from escrow. The Company will bear the expenses
incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration
statements.
The
Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such
designations, voting and other rights and preferences, as may be determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
Until
[
],
2005, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or
not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a
prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold
allotments or subscriptions.
No
dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any
information or make any representations in connection with this offering
other than those contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, the
information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or
a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the securities
offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the
offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.
|
$48,000,000
[LOGO]
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
6,000,000
Units
________________
PROSPECTUS
________________
Maxim
Group LLC
________,
2005
|
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The
estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in
this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and
commissions and the representative’s non-accountable expense allowance) will be
as follows:
Initial
Trustees’ fee |
|
$
|
1,000.00
|
(1)
|
SEC
Registration Fee |
|
|
11,988.00 |
|
NASD
filing fee |
|
|
10,685.00
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses |
|
|
25,000.00
|
|
Printing
and engraving expenses |
|
|
50,000.00
|
|
Directors
& Officers liability insurance premiums |
|
|
70,000.00
|
(2)
|
Legal
fees and expenses |
|
|
150,000.00
|
|
Blue
sky services and expenses |
|
|
50,000.00
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
11,327.00
|
(3)
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
380,000.00
|
|
(1) In
addition to the initial acceptance fee that is charged by Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee following the offering, the
registrant will be required to pay to Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company annual fees of approximately $3,000 for acting as trustee,
approximately $4,800 for acting as transfer agent of the registrant’s common
stock, approximately $2,400 for acting as warrant agent for the registrant’s
warrants and approximately $1,800 for acting as escrow agent.
(2) This
amount represents the approximate amount of Director and Officer liability
insurance premiums that we anticipate paying following the consummation of our
initial public offering and until we consummate a business combination.
(3) This
amount represents additional expenses that may be incurred by us in connection
with the offering over and above those specifically listed above, including
distribution and mailing costs.
Item
14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our
certificate of incorporation provides that all of our directors, officers,
employees and agents shall be entitled to be indemnified by us to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law concerning indemnification of officers,
directors, employees and agents is set forth below.
“Section 145. Indemnification
of officers, directors, employees and agents; insurance.
(a) A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was
unlawful.
(b) A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the
extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or
in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any
indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the
person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be
made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties
to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or
(2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such
directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may
be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred
by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid
upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and
as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
(g) A
corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and
incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s
status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
such person against such liability under this section.
(h) For
purposes of this section, references to “the corporation” shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under
this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such
person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
(i) For
purposes of this section, references to “other enterprises” shall include
employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references
to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall
be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation” as referred to in this section.
(j) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
(k) The Court
of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine
all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this
section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a
corporation’s obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys’
fees).”
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in a successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
Paragraph B
of Article Eighth of our certificate of incorporation provides:
“The
Corporation, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the GCL, as
amended from time to time, shall indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify
pursuant thereto. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or
director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative
action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to
indemnification hereunder shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Corporation as authorized hereby.”
Pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration
Statement, we have agreed to indemnify the underwriters, and the underwriters
have agreed to indemnify us, against certain civil liabilities that may be
incurred in connection with this offering, including certain liabilities under
the Securities Act.
Item
15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
(a) During
the past three years, we sold the following shares of common stock without
registration under the Securities Act:
Stockholders |
|
Number
of
Shares |
John
Pappajohn |
|
600,000 |
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
|
600,000 |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
|
300,000 |
Such
shares were issued on April 25, 2005 in connection with our organization
pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act as they were sold to sophisticated, wealthy individuals. The
shares issued to the individuals and entities above were sold for an aggregate
offering price of $25,000 at an average purchase price of approximately $0.0167
per share. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to
such sales.
Item
16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
No. |
|
Description |
1.1 |
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Form
of Underwriting Agreement. * |
1.2 |
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Form
of Selected Dealers Agreement. * |
3.1 |
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. |
3.2 |
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By-laws. |
4.1 |
|
Specimen
Unit Certificate. |
4.2 |
|
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate. |
4.3 |
|
Specimen
Warrant Certificate. |
4.4 |
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company and the Registrant. * |
5.1 |
|
Opinion
of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP. * |
10.1.1 |
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Maxim Group LLC and John
Pappajohn.* |
10.1.2 |
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Maxim Group LLC and Derace L. Schaffer,
M.D.* |
10.1.3 |
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Maxim Group LLC and Matthew P.
Kinley.* |
10.1.4 |
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Maxim Group LLC and Edward B.
Berger.* |
10.2 |
|
Form
of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.* |
10.3 |
|
Form
of Stock Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company and the Initial Stockholders. *
|
10.4 |
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Initial
Stockholders. |
10.5.1 |
|
Office
Services Agreement by and between the Registrant and Equity Dynamics,
Inc. |
10.5.2 |
|
Office
Services Agreement by and between the Registrant and The Lan
Group. |
10.6.1 |
|
Promissory
Note, dated April 28, 2005, issued to John Pappajohn, in the amount of
$70,000. |
10.6.2 |
|
Promissory
Note, dated April 28, 2005, issued to Derace L. Schaffer, M.D., in the
amount of $70,000. |
10.6.3 |
|
Promissory
Note, dated April 28, 2005, issued to Matthew P. Kinley, in the amount of
$35,000. |
10.7 |
|
Form
of Unit Option Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and Maxim Group
LLC.* |
10.8 |
|
Form
of Warrant Purchase Agreement by and between the Registrant, John
Pappajohn and Maxim Group LLC. * |
23.1 |
|
Consent
of LWBJ, LLP. |
23.2 |
|
Consent
of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
|
24 |
|
Power
of Attorney. |
* to be
filed by amendment
Item
17. Undertakings.
|
(a) |
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
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(1) |
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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i. |
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933; |
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ii. |
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the 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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in
the effective registration statement. |
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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.
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(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. |
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(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. |
(b) The
undersigned hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing
specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and
registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt
delivery to each purchaser.
(c) 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.
(d) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
|
(1) |
For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a
form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part
of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
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(2) |
For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of
Iowa, on the 6th day of
May, 2005.
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HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Derace L. Schaffer,
M.D. |
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Name: Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. |
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Title: Vice-Chairman and CEO
(Principal Executive
Officer) |
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. and Matthew P. Kinley his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any
and 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 Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute, each
acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Name |
Position
|
Date
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/s/
John Pappajohn |
Chairman
and Secretary |
May
6, 2005 |
John
Pappajohn |
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/s/
Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. |
Vice-Chairman
and CEO (Principal executive officer) |
May
6, 2005 |
Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
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/s/
Matthew P. Kinley |
President,
Treasurer and Director |
May
6, 2005 |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
(Principal
financial and accounting officer) |
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/s/
Edward B. Berger |
Director |
May
6, 2005 |
Edward
B. Berger |
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
ADOPTED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 242 AND 245
OF
THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
* * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") does hereby certify
that:
FIRST:
The name of the corporation is Healthcare Acquisition Corp. The date of filing
of the original Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of
State was April 25, 2005 and the name under which the Company was originally
incorporated was Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
SECOND:
This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate")
amends, restates and integrates the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company and has been duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "GCL") by the written consent of the holders of the outstanding
stock entitled to vote thereon in accordance with the provisions of Section 228
of the GCL.
THIRD:
This Certificate shall become effective immediately upon its filing with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH:
Upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of this
Certificate, the Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to be and read as set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate to be executed by a
duly authorized officer April 28, 2005.
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HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Matthew P.
Kinley |
|
Name: Matthew P. Kinley |
|
Title:
President |
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
FIRST:
The name of the corporation is Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the "Corporation").
SECOND:
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is
National Registered Agents, Inc., 9 East Loockerman Street, Suite 1B, Dover,
Delaware 19901, County of Kent. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent
at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.
THIRD:
The purpose of the Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law
("GCL").
FOURTH:
The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation
shall have authority to issue is 101,000,000 of which 100,000,000 shares shall
be Common Stock of the par value of $.0001 per share and 1,000,000 shares shall
be Preferred Stock of the par value of $.0001 per share.
A.
Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is expressly granted authority to issue
shares of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix for each such
series such voting powers, full or limited, and such designations, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and
expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors
providing for the issue of such series (a "Preferred Stock Designation") and as
may be permitted by the GCL. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock
may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting
together as a single class, without a separate vote of the holders of the
Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is
required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation.
B. Common
Stock. Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in any
Preferred Stock Designation, the holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively
possess all voting power and each share of Common Stock shall have one
vote.
FIFTH:
The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator of the Corporation are as
follows:
Name: |
Matthew
P. Kinley |
Address: |
c/o
Equity Dynamics, Inc. |
|
2116
Financial Center |
|
Des
Moines, Iowa, 50309 |
SIXTH:
The following provisions (A) through (E) shall apply during the period
commencing upon the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation and terminating
upon the consummation of any "Business Combination". A "Business Combination"
shall mean the acquisition by the Corporation, whether by merger, capital stock
exchange, asset or stock acquisition or other similar type of transaction, of
assets or an operating business in the healthcare industry ("Target
Business").
A. Prior
to the consummation of any Business Combination, the Corporation shall submit
such Business Combination to its stockholders for approval regardless of whether
the Business Combination is of a type which normally would require such
stockholder approval under the GCL. In the event that a majority of the IPO
Shares (defined below) cast at the meeting to approve the Business Combination
are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Corporation shall
be authorized to consummate the Business Combination; provided that the
Corporation shall not consummate any Business Combination if 20% or more in
interest of the holders of IPO Shares exercise their conversion rights described
in paragraph B below.
B. In the
event that a Business Combination is approved in accordance with the above
paragraph A and is consummated by the Corporation, any stockholder of the
Corporation holding shares of Common Stock ("IPO Shares") issued in the
Corporation's initial public offering ("IPO") of securities who voted against
the Business Combination may, contemporaneous with such vote, demand that the
Corporation convert his IPO Shares into cash. If so demanded, the Corporation
shall convert such shares at a per share conversion price equal to the quotient
determined by dividing (i) the amount in the Trust Fund (as defined below),
inclusive of any interest thereon, calculated as of two business days prior to
the proposed consummation of the Business Combination, by (ii) the total number
of IPO Shares. "Trust Fund" shall mean the trust account established by the
Corporation at the consummation of its IPO and into which a certain amount of
the net proceeds of the IPO are deposited.
C. In the
event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by the
later of (i) 18 months after the consummation of the IPO or (ii) 24 months after
the consummation of the IPO in the event that either a letter of intent, an
agreement in principle or a definitive agreement to complete a Business
Combination was executed but was not consummated within such 18 month period
(such later date being referred to as the "Termination Date"), the officers of
the Corporation shall take all such action necessary to dissolve and liquidate
the Corporation as soon as reasonably practicable. In the event that the
Corporation is so dissolved and liquidated, only the holders of IPO Shares (at
such time) shall be entitled to receive liquidating distributions and the
Corporation shall pay no liquidating distributions with respect to any other
shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
D. A
holder of IPO Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust
Fund only in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation or in the event he
demands conversion of his shares in accordance with paragraph B, above. In no
other circumstances shall a holder of IPO Shares have any right or interest of
any kind in or to the Trust Fund.
E. The
Board of Directors shall be divided into two classes: Class A and Class B. The
number of directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. Prior to
the IPO, there shall be elected two Class A directors for a term expiring at the
Corporation's first Annual Meeting of Stockholders and three Class B directors
for a term expiring at the Corporation's second Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Commencing at the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and at each annual
meeting thereafter, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms
expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the second succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders after their election. Except as the GCL may
otherwise require, in the interim between annual meetings of stockholders or
special meetings of stockholders called for the election of directors and/or the
removal of one or more directors and the filling of any vacancy in that
connection, newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of
Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of directors
for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors
then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in the Corporation's
Bylaws), or by the sole remaining director. All directors shall hold office
until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their
successors shall have been elected and qualified. A director elected to fill a
vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director shall
serve for the remainder of the full term of the director whose death,
resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor
shall have been elected and qualified.
SEVENTH:
The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for
the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition,
limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors
and stockholders:
A.
Election of directors need not be by ballot unless the by-laws of the
Corporation so provide.
B. The
Board of Directors shall have the power, without the assent or vote of the
stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the by-laws of the
Corporation as provided in the by-laws of the Corporation.
C. The
directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or
ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the
stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and
any contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation which is represented in
person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided that a
lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall
be as valid and binding upon the Corporation and upon all the stockholders as
though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation,
whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack
because of directors' interests, or for any other reason.
D. In
addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly
conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such
powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the
Corporation; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the statutes of
Delaware, of this Certificate of Incorporation, and to any by-laws from time to
time made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no by-law so made shall
invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such
by-law had not been made.
EIGHTH:
A. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary
duty by such director as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of
the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the GCL, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the
GCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the
Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the GCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph A by the
stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation with respect to events occurring
prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
B. The
Corporation, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the GCL, as amended
from time to time, shall indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant
thereto. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit
or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to
indemnification hereunder shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
the Corporation as authorized hereby.
NINTH:
Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and
its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its
stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within
the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this
Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of
any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under Section 291 of
Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or
of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under Section 279 of
Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of
creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this
Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court
directs. If a majority in number representing three fourths in value of the
creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of
stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or
arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as a consequence of
such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said
reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application
has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on
all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case
may be, and also on this Corporation.
TENTH:
The Corporation hereby elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the
GCL.
BY-LAWS
OF
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
A
DELAWARE CORPORATION
ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
SECTION
1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the
State of Delaware is National Registered Agents, Inc., 9 East Loockerman Street,
Suite 1B, Dover, Delaware 19901, County of Kent. The name of the Corporation’s
registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents,
Inc.
SECTION
2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places,
within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE
II
MEETINGS
OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION
1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the
principal executive office of the Corporation, or at such other place within or
outside of the State of Delaware as may be fixed from time to time by the Board
of Directors.
SECTION
2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on April 1st
of each year, or if that day is a legal holiday, on the next following business
day, or at such other date and time as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.
At each annual meeting of stockholders the stockholders shall elect directors
and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting.
SECTION
3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time
for any purpose or purposes by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive
Officer, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or the
Secretary upon the written request of the majority of the directors or upon the
written request of the holders of at least 10% of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote on the action proposed to be taken. Such written request must
state the date, time, place and purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. A
special meeting of stockholders called by the Board of Directors or the
President, other than one required to be called by reason of a written request
of stockholders, may be cancelled by the Board of Directors at any time not less
than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting.
SECTION
4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice of each annual meeting or special meeting
of stockholders, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and (i) in the
case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted,
or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters that the Board of
Directors, at the time of giving notice, intends to present for action by the
stockholders, must be given in the manner set forth in Article VI of these
By-Laws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of
the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If directors
are to be elected, the notice shall include the names of all nominees whom the
Board intends, at the time of notice, to present for election.
The
notice shall also state the general nature of any proposed action to be taken at
the meeting.
SECTION
5. QUORUM AND ADJOURNMENTS. Except as otherwise required by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of holders of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders will be
necessary, and will constitute a quorum, for the transaction of business at such
meeting. If a quorum is not present or represented by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the
meeting who are present in person or represented by proxy may adjourn the
meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. An adjourned meeting may be
held later without notice other than announcement at the meeting, except that if
the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the
adjourned meeting shall be given in the manner set forth in Article VI to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting.
SECTION
6. PROXY AND VOTING. At any meeting of stockholders each stockholder having the
right to vote may vote in person or by proxy. Except as otherwise provided by
law or in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder will be entitled to
one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote standing in his name on the
books of the Corporation. All elections will be determined by plurality
votes. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws, any other matter will be determined by the vote
of a majority of the shares which are voted with regard to it.
SECTION
7. WRITTEN CONSENTS. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting is required
or permitted in connection with any corporate action, the meeting and vote may
be dispensed with if the action taken has the written consent of the holders of
shares having at least the minimum number of votes required to authorize the
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote were present and
voted.
ARTICLE
III
DIRECTORS
SECTION
1. FUNCTION. The Board of Directors will manage the business of the Corporation,
except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-Laws.
SECTION
2. NUMBER. The number of directors which will constitute the entire Board of
Directors shall be such number, not less than one (1) nor more than nine (9), as
shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time, provided that
in the event the outstanding shares of stock are owned by fewer than three (3)
stockholders the number of directors may be a number not less than the number of
stockholders. Until further action by the Board of Directors, the number of
directors which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall
be three (3). As used in these By-Laws, the term "entire Board of
Directors" means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have
if there were no vacancies.
SECTION
3. ELECTION AND TERM. Except as provided in Section 5 of this Article, the
directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws,
each director elected will serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified.
SECTION
4. REMOVAL. Any of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of a majority
of the entire Board. Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or
without cause by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
each class of voting stock of the Corporation voting as a class.
SECTION
5. VACANCIES. Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the
number of directors and vacancies occurring in the Board may be filled by vote
of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum
exists. A director elected to fill a vacancy, including a vacancy created by a
newly created directorship, shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting
of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified.
SECTION
6. LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. The books of the Corporation, except such as
are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware, may be kept at such
place or places within or outside of the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.
SECTION
7. COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of
any of its members, may establish reasonable compensation of any or all
directors for services to the Corporation as directors or officers or
otherwise.
ARTICLE
IV
MEETINGS
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION
1. FIRST MEETING. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors
shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders. If the
meeting is held at the place of the meeting of stockholders, no notice of the
meeting need be given to the newly elected directors. If the first meeting is
not held at that time and place, it shall be held at a time and place specified
in a notice given in the manner provided for notice of special meetings of the
Board of Directors.
SECTION
2. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon
such notice, or without notice, at such times and at such places within or
outside of the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION
3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
the Chairman of the Board, if there is one, or by the Chief Executive Officer,
on at least four (4) days' notice by mail or forty-eight (48) hours' notice to
each director delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph, and shall be
called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or the Secretary on like notice
at the written request of any two directors (one of which must include the
Chairman of the Board, if there is one, or the Chief Executive Officer).
SECTION
4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Whenever notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors is
required, the notice must be given in the manner set forth in Article VI of
these By-Laws and shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting. Except as
provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or other provisions of these
By-Laws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the
notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.
SECTION
5. QUORUM, ACTION AND ADJOURNMENTS. Except as otherwise required by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation or other provisions of these By-Laws, a majority of
the directors in office, but in no event less than one-third (1/3) of the entire
Board of Directors, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
provided that if there shall be fewer than three (3) directors in office, then
the number of directors in the office shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at
any meeting at which a quorum is present will be the act of the Board of
Directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of directors, a majority of
the directors present at the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice of the adjourned meeting other than announcement at the meeting.
To the extent permitted by law, a director participating in a meeting by
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other will be deemed present in
person at the meeting and all acts taken by him during his participation shall
be deemed taken at the meeting.
SECTION
6. WRITTEN CONSENTS. Any action of the Board of Directors may be taken without a
meeting if written consent to the action signed by all members of the Board of
Directors is filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors.
SECTION
7. ACTION BY TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE. Members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by such board, may participate in a meeting of such board
or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other,
and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
ARTICLE
V
COMMITTEES
SECTION
1. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may designate from among its
members an Executive Committee and other committees, each consisting of two or
more directors, and may also designate one or more of its members to serve as
alternates on these committees. To the extent permitted by law, the Executive
Committee will have all the authority of the Board of Directors, except as the
Board of Directors otherwise provides, and, to the extent permitted by law, the
other committees will have such authority as the Board of Directors grants them.
The Board of Directors will have power at any time to change the membership of
any committees, to fill vacancies in their membership and to discharge any
committees. All resolutions establishing or discharging committees, designating
or changing members of committees, or granting or limiting authority of
committees, may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
entire Board of Directors.
SECTION
2. PROCEDURES. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and
report to the Board of Directors as and when the Board of Directors shall
require. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, a majority of the
members of any committee may determine its actions and the procedures to be
followed at its meetings (which may include a procedure for participating in
meetings by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other), and may fix the
time and place of its meetings.
SECTION
3. WRITTEN CONSENTS. Any action of a committee may be taken without a meeting if
written consent to the action signed by all the members of the committee is
filed with the minutes of the committee.
ARTICLE
VI
NOTICES
SECTION
1. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Any notice to a stockholder shall be given personally
or by first-class mail. If mailed, a notice will be deemed given when deposited
in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his
address as it appears on the records of stockholders.
SECTION
2. NOTICE TO DIRECTORS. Any notice to a director may be given personally, by
telephone or by mail, facsimile transmission, telex, telegraph, cable or similar
instrumentality. A notice will be deemed given when actually given in person or
by telephone, when received, if given by facsimile transmission or telex, on the
third business day after the day when deposited with the United States mail,
postage prepaid, or on the day when delivered to a cable or similar
communications company, directed to the director at his business address or at
such other address as the director may have designated to the Secretary in
writing as the address or number to which notices should be sent.
SECTION
3. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Any person may waive notice of any meeting by signing a
written waiver, whether before or after the meeting. The waiver the notice need
not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or
special meeting of the stockholders. In addition, attendance at a meeting will
be deemed a waiver of notice unless the person attends for the purpose,
expressed to the meeting at its commencement, of objecting to the transaction of
any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.
ARTICLE
VII
OFFICERS
SECTION
1. DESIGNATIONS. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive
Officer, President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. In addition, the Board of
Directors may also elect a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairmen of the Board,
and one or more Vice Presidents (one or more of whom may be designated an
Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice President), one or more Assistant
Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, or one or more Chief Financial Officers,
and such other officers as it may from time to time deem advisable. Any number
of offices may be held by the same person. No officer except the Chairman of the
Board need be a director of the Corporation.
SECTION
2. ELECTIONS, TERM AND REMOVAL. Each officer shall be elected by the Board of
Directors and shall hold office for such term, if any, as the Board of Directors
shall determine. Any officer may be removed at any time, either with or without
cause, by the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
SECTION
3. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to
the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer. Such resignation will
take effect at the time specified in the notice or, if no time is specified, at
the time of receipt of the notice, and the acceptance of such resignation will
not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION
4. COMPENSATION. The compensation of officers shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors or in such manner as it may provide.
SECTION
5. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at
all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall have
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
6. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general
charge of the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject
to the control of Board of Directors, and will ensure that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The Chief
Executive Officer will preside over any meetings of the stockholders and of the
Board of Directors at which neither the Chairman of the Board nor a Vice
Chairman is present.
SECTION
7. OTHER OFFICERS. The officers of the Corporation, other than the Chairman of
the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, shall have such powers and perform
such duties in the management of the property and affairs of the Corporation,
subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive
Officer, as customarily pertain to their respective offices, as well as such
powers and duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
8. FIDELITY BONDING. The Corporation may secure the fidelity of any or all of
its officers or agents by bond or otherwise.
ARTICLE
VIII
CERTIFICATES
FOR SHARES
SECTION
1. CERTIFICATES. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates, in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the Chief
Financial Officer and the Secretary or the Treasurer.
SECTION
2. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. Any or all signatures upon a certificate may be a
facsimile. Even if an officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall cease to be
that officer, transfer agent or registrar before the certificate is issued, that
certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or it
were that officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of
issue.
SECTION
3. LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may direct
that a new certificate be issued in place of any certificate issued by the
Corporation which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. When doing
so, the Board of Directors may prescribe such terms and conditions precedent to
the issuance of the new certificate as it deems expedient, and may require a
bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made
against it with regard to the allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
the issuance of the new certificate.
SECTION
4. SURRENDER, TRANSFER AND CANCELLATION. The Corporation or a transfer agent of
the Corporation, upon surrender to it of a certificate representing shares, duly
endorsed and accompanied by proper evidence of lawful succession, assignment or
authority of transfer, shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled to
it, and shall cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon the
books of the Corporation.
SECTION
5. RECORD DATE. The Board of Directors may fix a date as the record date for
determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders, or to express consent to, or dissent from, any proposal
without a meeting, or to receive payment of any dividend or allotment of any
rights, or to take or be the subject of any other action. The record date must
be not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the proposed action. If no
record date is fixed, the record date will be as provided by law. A
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders which has been made as provided in this Section will apply to any
adjournment of the meeting, unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.
SECTION
6. STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD. The Corporation shall for all purposes be entitled to
treat a person registered on its books as the owner of those shares, with the
exclusive right, among other things, to receive dividends and to vote with
regard to those shares, and the Corporation will not be bound to recognize any
equitable or other claim to or interest in shares of its stock on the part of
any other person, whether or not the Corporation has notice of the claim or
interest of the other person, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION
1. SUITS BY THIRD PARTIES. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or
is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, will not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct
was unlawful.
SECTION
2. DERIVATIVE SUITS. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court
shall deem proper.
SECTION
3. INDEMNIFICATION AS OF RIGHT. To the extent that a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection therewith.
SECTION
4. DETERMINATION THAT INDEMNIFICATION IS PROPER. Any indemnification under
Sections 1 and 2 of this Article (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by
the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in Sections 1 and 2. Such determination will be made (1) by the Board of
Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable and a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a
written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.
SECTION
5. ADVANCE OF FUNDS. Expenses (including attorneys fees)incurred by an officer,
director, employee or agent in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding, or threat thereof, shall be paid by
the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or
agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the person
is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this
Article.
SECTION
6. NON-EXCLUSIVITY. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, the other Sections of this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.
SECTION
7. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article shall, unless otherwise
provided, when authorized or ratified continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person.
SECTION
8. INSURANCE PREMIUMS. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the
person and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of the person's
status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
SECTION
9. REFERENCES TO "CORPORATION". References in this Article to "the Corporation"
will include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees
or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, will
stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to
the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
SECTION
10. REFERENCES TO CERTAIN TERMS. For purposes of this Article, references to
"other enterprises" will include employee benefit plans; references to "fines"
will include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee
benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the Corporation" will
include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary of
the Corporation and any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director,
officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan will be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Article.
SECTION
11. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE. The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article shall, unless otherwise
provided, when authorized or ratified continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person.
SECTION
12. RETROACTIVE EFFECT. The provisions of this Article will be deemed
retroactive and will include all acts of the officers and directors of the
Corporation since the date of incorporation.
ARTICLE
X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SECTION
1. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed on it the name of the
Corporation, the year of its creation, and such other appropriate legend as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Unless prohibited by the
Board of Directors, a facsimile of the corporate seal may be affixed or
reproduced in lieu of the corporate seal itself.
SECTION
2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation will end on December 31,
unless changed to such other date as the Board of Directors may
prescribe.
ARTICLE
XI
AMENDMENTS
SECTION
1. BY-LAWS. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, and new By-Laws may be
adopted, amended or repealed (a) at any regular or special meeting of
stockholders, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board
of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of
Directors.
[FACE OF
CERTIFICATE]
NUMBER
U
SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
UNITS
CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF
COMMON STOCK
U N I T
S
CUSIP TO
COME
This
Certifies that
is the
owner of ____________ Units.
Each Unit
(“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $.0001 per share
(“Common Stock”), of Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and one warrant (the “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one (1) share of Common Stock for $6.00 per share (subject to
adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) the
Company’s completion of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or
other similar business combination and (ii) , 2006, and will expire unless
exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on , 2009, or earlier upon
redemption (the “Expiration Date”). The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the
Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to ,
2005, subject to earlier separation in the discretion of Maxim Group LLC. The
terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of , 2005,
between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein,
all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by
acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of
the Warrant Agent at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004, and are
available to any Warrant holder on written request and without
cost.
This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and
Registrar of the Company.
Witness
the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signature of its duly
authorized officers.
By
SECRETARY
[SEAL]
PRESIDENT
COUNTERSIGNED
AND REGISTERED:
CONTINENTAL
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
TRANSFER
AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY
AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURE
[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp.
The
Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a
statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences
and/or rights.
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -
as tenants in common
TEN ENT -
as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -
as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF GIFT
MIN ACT- (Cust) Custodian (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value
received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE)
Units
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint ____________
Attorney
to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated
Notice:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature(s)
Guaranteed:
THE
SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS,
STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN
AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17Ad-15).
Unassociated Document
[FACE OF
CERTIFICATE]
NUMBER
HC
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
INCORPORATED
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
COMMON
STOCK
SHARES
SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP TO
COME
This
Certifies that
is the
owner of _______
FULLY
PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON
STOCK OF
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
transferable
on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon
surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.
This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and
registered by the Registrar.
Witness
the seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized
officers.
Dated:
SECRETARY
[SEAL]
PRESIDENT
COUNTERSIGNED
AND REGISTERED:
CONTINENTAL
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
TRANSFER
AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY
AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURE
[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp.
The
Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and
the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby are issued and shall
be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and
all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for
the issue of shares of Preferred Stock (copies of which may be obtained from the
secretary of the Corporation), to all of which the holder of this certificate by
acceptance hereof assents.
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -
as tenants in common
TEN ENT -
as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -
as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF GIFT
MIN ACT- (Cust) Custodian (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value
received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE)
shares of
the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________ Attorney to transfer the
said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated
Notice:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature(s)
Guaranteed:
THE
SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS,
STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN
AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17Ad-15).
The
holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust
fund only in the event of the Company’s liquidation or if the holder seeks to
convert his respective shares into cash upon a business combination which he
voted against and which is actually completed by the Company. In no other
circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to
the trust fund.
[FACE OF
CERTIFICATE]
NUMBER
HCW
(THIS
WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, ,
2009)
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
WARRANT
WARRANTS
CUSIP TO
COME
THIS
CERTIFIES THAT, for value received _____________
is the
registered holder of a Warrant or Warrants expiring , 2009 (the “Warrant”) to
purchase one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value
$.0001 per share (“Shares”), of Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), for each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from the
Company, commencing on the later of (i) the Company’s completion of a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination
and (ii) , 2006, such number of Shares of the Company at the price of $6.00 per
share, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant
Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company (such payment to be made by check made payable to the
Warrant Agent), but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company. The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain
events the Warrant Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder,
set forth on the face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.
The term Warrant Price as used in this Warrant Certificate refers to the price
per Share at which Shares may be purchased at the time the Warrant is
exercised.
No
fraction of a Share will be issued upon any exercise of a Warrant. If the holder
of a Warrant would be entitled to receive a fraction of a Share upon any
exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up to the
nearest whole number the number of Shares to be issued to such
holder.
Upon any
exercise of the Warrant for less than the total number of full Shares provided
for herein, there shall be issued to the registered holder hereof or his
assignee a new Warrant Certificate covering the number of Shares for which the
Warrant has not been exercised.
Warrant
Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent by
the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in
writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided
in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon due
presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the
office or agency of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of
Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement,
without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental
charge.
The
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the
absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
This
Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company.
The
Company reserves the right to call the Warrant, with the prior consent of Maxim
Group LLC, Inc., at any time prior to its exercise, with a notice of call in
writing to the holders of record of the Warrant, giving 30 days’ notice of such
call at any time after the Warrant becomes exercisable if the average closing
sales price of the Shares has been at least $11.50 per share for any 20 trading
days within any 30 trading day period ending on the third business day prior to
the date on which notice of such call is given. The call price of the Warrants
is to be $.01 per Warrant. Any Warrant either not exercised or tendered back to
the Company by the end of the date specified in the notice of call shall be
canceled on the books of the Company and have no further value except for the
$.01 call price.
By
COUNTERSIGNED
CONTINENTAL
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
AS
WARRANT AGENT
BY:
AUTHORIZED
OFFICER
[SEAL]
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
To Be
Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants
The
undersigned Registered Holder irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants
represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that
Certificates for such shares shall be issued in the name of
(PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
(SOCIAL
SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be
delivered to
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)
and, if
such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be
registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder at the
address stated below:
Dated:
(SIGNATURE)
(ADDRESS)
(TAX
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
ASSIGNMENT
To Be
Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants
For Value
Received, hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto
(PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
(SOCIAL
SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be
delivered to
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)
of the
Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint ________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant
Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:
(SIGNATURE)
THE
SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE NAME
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A
COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE AMERICAN STOCK
EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR CHICAGO STOCK
EXCHANGE.
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of the ___
day of _________, 2005, by and among: HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"); and the undersigned parties listed under Investors
on the signature page hereto (each, an "Investor" and collectively, the
"Investors").
WHEREAS,
the Investors currently hold all of the issued and outstanding securities of the
Company;
WHEREAS,
the Investors and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the
Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of shares of Common
Stock held by them;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following
meanings:
"Agreement"
means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Commission"
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency then
administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
"Common
Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the
Company.
"Company"
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Demand
Registration" is defined in Section 2.1.1.
"Demanding
Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.1.
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be
in effect at the time.
"Form
S-3" is defined in Section 2.3.
"Indemnified
Party" is defined in Section 4.3.
"Indemnifying
Party" is defined in Section 4.3.
"Investor"
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Investor
Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 4.1.
"Maximum
Number of Shares" is defined in Section 2.1.4.
"Notices"
is defined in Section 6.3.
"Piggy-Back
Registration" is defined in Section 2.2.1.
"Register,"
"registered" and "registration" mean a registration effected by preparing and
filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming
effective.
"Registrable
Securities" mean all of the shares of Common Stock owned or held by Investors.
Registrable Securities include any warrants, shares of capital stock or other
securities of the Company issued as a dividend or other distribution with
respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such shares of Common Stock.
As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the
sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and
such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in
accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been
otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend
restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and
subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the
Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (d)
the Securities and Exchange Commission makes a definitive determination to the
Company that the Registrable Securities are salable under Rule
144(k).
"Registration
Statement" means a registration statement filed by the Company with the
Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of Common Stock (other
than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or
any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in
exchange for securities or assets of another entity).
"Release
Date" means the date on which shares of Common Stock are disbursed from escrow
pursuant to that certain Stock Escrow Agreement dated as of _______________,
2005 by and among the parties hereto and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company.
"Securities
Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at
the time.
"Underwriter"
means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal
in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer's market-making
activities.
2.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
2.1
Demand Registration.
2.1.1.
Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time on or after the
Release Date, the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable
Securities held by the Investors or the transferees of the Investors, may make a
written demand for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their
Registrable Securities (a "Demand Registration"). Any demand for a Demand
Registration shall specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities
proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The
Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and
each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of
such holder's Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such
holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a
"Demanding Holder") shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after
the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request,
the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities
included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos
set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more
than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in
respect of Registrable Securities.
2.1.2.
Effective Registration. A registration will not count as a Demand Registration
until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such
Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied
with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided,
however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is
interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other
governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such
Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless
and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise
terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter
elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be
obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement
that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is
terminated.
2.1.3.
Underwritten Offering. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so
elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for
a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to
such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In
such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in
such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder's participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such holder's Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. All
Demanding
Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or
Underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority-in-interest of the
holders initiating the Demand Registration.
2.1.4.
Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand
Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the
Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of
Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken
together with all other shares of Common Stock or other securities which the
Company desires to sell and the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which
registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back
registration rights held by other shareholders of the Company who desire to
sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price,
the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such
offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable,
the "Maximum Number of Shares"), then the Company shall include in such
registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand
Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance
with the number of shares of Registrable Securities which such Demanding Holder
has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of
shares of Registrable Securities held by each Demanding Holder) that can be sold
without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause
(i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to
sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii)
third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached
under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock for the
account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to
written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (v) fourth, to the extent that the
Maximum Number of Shares have not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii), the shares of Common Stock that other shareholders desire to
sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares.
2.1.5.
Withdrawal. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the
terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their
Registrable Securities in any offering, such majority-in-interest of the
Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written
notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to
withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the
Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the majority-in-interest
of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand
Registration, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration
provided for in Section 2.1.1.
2.2
Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.1.
Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time on or after the Release Date the Company
proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect
to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations
exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the
Company for its own account or for shareholders of the Company for their account
(or by the Company and by shareholders of the Company including, without
limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i)
filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, or
(ii) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written
notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon
as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated
filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be
included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name
of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering,
and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the
opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable
Securities as such holders may request in writing within fifteen (15) days
following receipt of such notice (a "Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company
shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and
shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of
a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested
to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration to be included on the same terms and
conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or
other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended
method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities
proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that
involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for
such Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.2.
Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a
Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the
Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar
amount or number of shares of Common Stock which the Company desires to sell,
taken together with shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has
been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other
than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities
as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the
shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested
pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other
shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the
Company shall include in any such registration:
(i) If
the registration is undertaken for the Company's account: (A) first, the shares
of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clause (A), the shares of Common Stock,if any, including the Registrable
Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written
contractual piggy-back registration rights of security holders (pro rata in
accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock which each such person has
actually requested to be included in such registration, regardless of the number
of shares of Common Stock with respect to which such persons have the right to
request such inclusion) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares; and
(ii) If
the registration is a "demand" registration undertaken at the demand of persons
other than the holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to written contractual
arrangements with such persons, (A) first, the shares of Common Stock for the
account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum
Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares
has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock
or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the
Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A)
and (B), the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested
under this Section 2.2 (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of
Registrable Securities held by each such holder); and (D) fourth, to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which
registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back
registration rights which other shareholders desire to sell that can be sold
without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.2.3.
Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such
holder's request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back
Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw
prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company may also
elect to withdraw a registration statement at any time prior to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such
withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of
Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back
Registration
as provided in Section 3.3.
2.3
Registrations on Form S-3. The holders of Registrable Securities may at any time
and from time to time, request in writing that the Company register the resale
of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar
short-form registration which may be available at such time ("Form S-3");
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect such
request through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of such written request,
the Company will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to
all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable
thereafter, effect the registration of all or such portion of such holder's or
holders' Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with
all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other holder or holders
joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within
fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such
registration pursuant to this Section 2.3: (i) if Form S-3 is not available
for such offering; or (ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities,
together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to
inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such
other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than
$500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be
counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.
3.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
3.1
Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company
shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such
request:
3.1.1.
Filing Registration Statement. The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible
and in any event within sixty (60) days after receipt of a request for a Demand
Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a
Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which
counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available
for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in
accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use
its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain
effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that the
Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to thirty
(30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable
to deferment of any demand registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration
relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate
signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be materially
detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Registration Statement
to be effected at such time; provided further, however, that the Company shall
not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding
proviso more than once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration
hereunder.
3.1.2.
Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to
the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such
holders' legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be
filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each
case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference
therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each
preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable
Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders
may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities
owned by such holders.
3.1.3.
Amendments and Supplements. The Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements
to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith
as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in
compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until all Registrable
Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth
in such Registration Statement (which period shall not exceed the sum of one
hundred eighty (180) days plus any period during which any such disposition is
interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any
governmental agency or court) or such securities have been
withdrawn.
3.1.4.
Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall
promptly, and in no event more than ten (10) business days after such filing,
notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders promptly and
confirm such advice in writing in all events within ten (10) business days of
the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement
becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the
Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall take all actions required to
prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any
request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration
Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of
the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or
amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or
amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration
Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including
documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal
counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed
sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with
a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon, and the
Company shall not file any Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, to which such
holders or theirlegal counsel shall object.
3.1.5.
State Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i)
register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement under such securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the
United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may
request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such
other Governmental Authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and
operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be
necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included
in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it
would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph (e) or subject
itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.
3.1.6.
Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into customary agreements
(including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take
such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties
and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or
for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be
made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in
such registration statement. No holder of Registrable Securities included in
such registration statement shall be required to make any representations or
warranties in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with respect to
such holder's organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable
Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with such holder's material agreements
and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating
to such holder that such holder has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion
in such Registration Statement.
3.1.7.
Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal
financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the
Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company
shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which
cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the
Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering
materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with
Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.
3.1.8.
Records. The Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any
attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence
responsibility, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to
supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such
Registration Statement.
3.1.9.
Opinions and Comfort Letters. The Company shall furnish to each holder of
Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement a signed
counterpart, addressed to such holder, of (i) any opinion of counsel to the
Company delivered to any Underwriter and (ii) any comfort letter from the
Company's independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter. In the
event no legal opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall
furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement, at any time that such holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion
of counsel to the Company to the effect that the Registration Statement
containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop order is
in effect.
3.1.10.
Earnings Statement. The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its
shareholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of
twelve (12) months, beginning within three (3) months after the effective date
of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder.
3.1.11.
Listing. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or
otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued
by the Company are then listed or designated or, if no such similar securities
are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration.
3.2
Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, in
the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof,
upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading
compliance program adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, of the ability
of all "insiders" covered by such program to transact in the Company's
securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each
holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately
discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder
receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section
3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of "insiders" to transact in the
Company's securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the
Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such holder's possession, of the most recent
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such
notice.
3.3
Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Piggy-Back
Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration on Form S-3 effected
pursuant to Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying
with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration
Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration
and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or "blue
sky" laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue
sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv)
the Company's internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section
3.1.11; (vi) National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees; (vii) fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for
independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the
expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort
letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii) the fees and expenses of
any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration
and (ix) the fees and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a
majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting
discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities
being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling
commissions shall be borne by such holders. Additionally, in an underwritten
offering, all selling shareholders and the Company shall bear the expenses of
the underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of shares each
is selling in such offering.
3.4
Information. The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide such
information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing
Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration
Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 2 and in connection with the Company's obligation to comply with federal
and applicable state securities laws.
4.
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
4.1
Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each
of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners,
members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor
and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an "Investor
Indemnified Party"), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims,
damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon
any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable
Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement,
or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of
or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or
regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to
action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such
registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified
Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such
expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus,
or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such
selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall indemnify any
Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates,
directors, partners, members and agents and each person who controls such
Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification
provided above in this Section 4.1.
4.2
Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each selling holder of
Registrable Securities will, in the event that any registration is being
effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable
Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors and officers and each underwriter (if any), and each other
person, if any, who controls such selling holder or such underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or
liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims,
judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of
such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse
the Company, its directors and officers, and each such controlling person for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection
with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action. Each selling holder's indemnification obligations hereunder shall be
several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds
actually received by such selling holder.
4.3
Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of
any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the
"Indemnified Party") shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the
"Indemnifying Party") in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability
or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to
notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any
liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party
hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually
prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification
with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then
the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action,
and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties,
to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified
Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action,
the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more
than one such separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its
controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in
respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the
Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by
such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such
Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No
Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified
Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim
or proceeding.
4.4
Contribution.
4.4.1. If
the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is
unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in
lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with
the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying
Party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
4.4.2.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section 4.4.1. The
amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim,
damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net
proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or
taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities
which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
5.
UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION.
5.1 Rule
144. The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed
by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further
action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to
the extent required from time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable
Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules
may be amended from time to time, or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission.
6.
MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Other
Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other
than a holder of the Registrable Securities or the holders of certain purchase
options to acquire certain of the Company’s securities issued to the
underwriters in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, has any
right to require the Company to register any shares of the Company's capital
stock for sale or to include shares of the Company's capital stock in any
registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares of capital stock for
its own account or for the account of any other person.
6.2
Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties
and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the
Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and
obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely
assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction
with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such
holder. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors and
the permitted assigns of the Investor or holder of Registrable Securities or of
any assignee of the Investor or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement
is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not
party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section
6.2.
6.3
Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other
communications (collectively, "Notices") required or permitted to be given
hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with
charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile,
addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have
specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the
date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram,
telex or facsimile; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a
business day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed
given on the next business day. Notice otherwise sent as provided herein shall
be deemed given on the next business day following timely delivery of such
notice to a reputable air courier service with an order for next-day
delivery.
To the
Company:
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp.
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Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
with a
copy to:
Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP
370
Lexington Avenue
19th
Floor
New York,
New York 10017
Attn:
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
To an
Investor, to:
[
]
with a
copy to:
Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP
370
Lexington Avenue
19th
Floor
New York,
New York 10017
Attn:
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
6.4
Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof.
Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the
parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a
provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may
be possible and be valid and enforceable.
6.5
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
6.6
Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant
hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and
thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the
parties, whether oral or written.
6.7
Modifications and Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of this
Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless executed in writing by such
party.
6.8
Titles and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this
Agreement.
6.9
Waivers and Extensions. Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach
or default which such party has the right to waive, provided that such waiver
will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is
signed by such party, and specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be
made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the breach or default
waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver of any breach of
any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any
preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision
herein contained. No waiver or extension of time for performance of any
obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for
performance of any other obligations or acts.
6.10
Remedies Cumulative. In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform
any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under this Agreement, the
Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may proceed to protect
and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law, whether for specific
performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction against
the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in
this Agreement or to enforce any other legal or equitable right, or to take any
one or more of such actions, without being required to post a bond. None of the
rights, powers or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be mutually
exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in
addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this
Agreement or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or
otherwise.
6.11
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of [New York]
applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of [New
York], without giving effect to any choice-of-law provisions thereof that would
compel the application of the substantive laws of any other
jurisdiction.
6.12
Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waives the right to a trial by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or other
proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of,
connected with or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated
hereby, or the actions of the Investor in the negotiation, administration,
performance or enforcement hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to
be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the
date first written above.
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HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION
CORP. A
Delaware corporation |
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INVESTORS:
__________________________
[name]
__________________________
[name]
_________________________
[name]
__________________________
[name]
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
April 28,
2005
Equity
Dynamics Inc.
2116
Financial Center
666
Walnut Street
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309
Gentlemen:
This
letter will confirm our agreement that, commencing on the effective date
“Effective Date") of the registration statement for the initial public offering
("IPO") of the securities of Healthcare Acquisition Corp. ("HAC") and continuing
until the earlier of the consummation by HAC of a "Business Combination" or
HAC's liquidation (as described in HAC's IPO prospectus; such date the
"Termination Date"), Equity Dynamics Inc. shall make available to HAC certain
office and secretarial services as may be required by HAC from time to time,
situated at 2116 Financial Center, 666 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. In
exchange therefore, HAC shall pay Equity Dynamics Inc. the sum of $6,000 per
month on the Effective Date and continuing monthly thereafter until the
Termination Date.
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Very truly yours, |
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HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION
CORP. |
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/s/ Matthew P.
Kinley |
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Name: Matthew P. Kinley |
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President |
AGREED TO
AND ACCEPTED BY:
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EQUITY DYNAMICS
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/s/ John
Pappajohn |
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Title:
President |
HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP.
April 28,
2005
The Lan
Group
3489
Elmwood Avenue
Rochester,
New York 14610
Gentlemen:
This
letter will confirm our agreement that, commencing on the effective date
“Effective Date") of the registration statement for the initial public offering
("IPO") of the securities of Healthcare Acquisition Corp. ("HAC") and continuing
until the earlier of the consummation by HAC of a "Business Combination" or
HAC's liquidation (as described in HAC's IPO prospectus; such date the
"Termination Date"),The Lan Group shall make available to HAC certain office and
secretarial services as may be required by HAC from time to time, situated at
3489 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14610. In exchange therefore, HAC shall
pay The Lan Group the sum of $1,500 per month on the Effective Date and
continuing monthly thereafter until the Termination Date.
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CORP. |
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/s/ Matthew P.
Kinley |
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Name: Matthew P. Kinley |
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President |
AGREED TO
AND ACCEPTED BY:
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THE LAN
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/s/ Derace L. Schaffer,
M.D. |
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Name: Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. |
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Title: |
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$70,000
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As
of April 28, 2005 |
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New
York, New York |
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. (the "Maker") promises to pay to the order of John Pappajohn
(the "Payee") the principal sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($70,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and
conditions described below.
1. Principal.
The
principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the earlier of (i) April
28, 2006 or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering
of its securities.
2. Interest.
No
interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
3. Application
of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of
any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including
(without limitation) reasonable attorney's fees, then to the payment in full of
any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of
this Note.
4. Events
of Default. The following shall constitute Events of
Default:
(a)
Failure
to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note
within five (5) business days following the date when due.
(b)
Voluntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts
become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of
the foregoing.
(c)
Involuntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days.
5. Remedies.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by
written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the
principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall
become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b)
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the
unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this
Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases
without any action on the part of Payee.
6. Waivers. Maker
and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive
presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of
protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any
proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits
that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any
property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of
any such property, from attachment, levy or
sale
under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil
process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate
that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any
writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in
part in any order desired by Payee.
7. Unconditional
Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the
delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of
this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard
to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by
any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or
consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals,
waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the
payment or other provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers,
endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to
them or affecting their liability hereunder.
8. Notices. Any
notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii)
dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery
service providing receipted delivery or (iv) sent by telefacsimile or (v) to the
following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by
notice in accordance with this Section:
If
to Maker: |
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Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. |
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Attn:
Matthew P. Kinley |
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2116
Financial Center |
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666
Walnut Street |
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Des
Moines, Iowa 50309 |
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Fax:
(515) 244-2346 |
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If
to Payee: |
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John
Pappajohn |
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c/o
Equity Dynamics |
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2116
Financial Center |
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666
Walnut Street |
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Des
Moines, Iowa 50309 |
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Fax:
(515) 244-2346 |
Notice
shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving
party, (ii) the date shown on a telefacsimile transmission confirmation, (iii)
the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (iv) two (2) Business Days
following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery
service.
9. Construction. THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC, INTERNAL
LAW, BUT NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
10. Severability.
Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this
Note to be duly executed by its President the day and year first above
written.
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HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
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Date: |
By: |
/s/ Matthew P.
Kinley |
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Name:
Matthew P. Kinley |
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Title:
President |
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$70,000 |
As
of April 28, 2005 |
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New
York, New York |
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. (the "Maker") promises to pay to the order of Derace L.
Schaffer, M.D. (the "Payee") the principal sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars and
No Cents ($70,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms
and conditions described below.
1. Principal.
The
principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the earlier of (i) April
28, 2006 or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering
of its securities.
2. Interest.
No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this
Note.
3. Application
of Payments. All
payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the
collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation)
reasonable attorney's fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and
finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this
Note.
4. Events
of Default. The
following shall constitute Events of Default:
(a)
Failure
to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note
within five (5) business days following the date when due.
(b)
Voluntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such
debts
become
due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
(c)
Involuntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days.
5. Remedies.
(a)
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by
written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the
principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall
become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b)
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the
unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this
Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases
without any action on the part of Payee.
6. Waivers. Maker
and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive
presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of
protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any
proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits
that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any
property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of
any such property, from attachment, levy or
sale
under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil
process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate
that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any
writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in
part in any order desired by Payee.
7. Unconditional
Liability. Maker
hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees
that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of
any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence,
extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by
Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or
modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other
provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers, endorsers,
guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to them or
affecting their liability hereunder.
8. Notices. Any
notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii)
dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery
service providing receipted delivery or (iv) sent by telefacsimile or (v) to the
following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by
notice in accordance with this Section:
If
to Maker: |
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Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. |
|
Attn:
Matthew P. Kinley |
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2116
Financial Center |
|
666
Walnut Street |
|
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309 |
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Fax:
(515) 244-2346 |
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If
to Payee: |
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|
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Derace
L. Schaffer, M.D. |
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c/o
The LAN Group |
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3489
Elmwood Avenue |
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Rochester,
New York 14610 |
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Fax:
(585) 241-6580 |
Notice
shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving
party, (ii) the date shown on a telefacsimile transmission confirmation, (iii)
the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (iv) two (2) Business Days
following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery
service.
9. Construction. THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC, INTERNAL
LAW, BUT NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
10. Severability. Any
provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this
Note to be duly executed by its President the day and year first above
written.
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HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Matthew P.
Kinley |
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Name: Matthew P. Kinley |
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Title:
President |
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$35,000 |
As
of April 28, 2005 |
|
New
York, New York |
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. (the "Maker") promises to pay to the order of Matthew P.
Kinley (the "Payee") the principal sum of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars and No
Cents ($35,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms
and conditions described below.
1. Principal.
The
principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the earlier of (i) April
28, 2006 or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering
of its securities.
2. Interest. No
interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
3. Application
of Payments. All
payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the
collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation)
reasonable attorney's fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and
finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this
Note.
4. Events
of Default. The
following shall constitute Events of Default:
(a)
Failure
to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note
within five (5) business days following the date when due.
(b)
Voluntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such
debts
become
due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
(c)
Involuntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days.
5. Remedies.
(a)
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by
written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the
principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall
become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b)
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the
unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this
Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases
without any action on the part of Payee.
6. Waivers. Maker
and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive
presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of
protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any
proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits
that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any
property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of
any such property, from attachment, levy or
sale
under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil
process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate
that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any
writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in
part in any order desired by Payee.
7. Unconditional
Liability. Maker
hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees
that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of
any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence,
extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by
Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or
modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other
provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers, endorsers,
guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to them or
affecting their liability hereunder.
8. Notices. Any
notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii)
dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery
service providing receipted delivery or (iv) sent by telefacsimile or (v) to the
following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by
notice in accordance with this Section:
If
to Maker: |
|
|
|
Healthcare
Acquisition Corp. |
|
Attn:
Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. |
|
2116
Financial Center |
|
666
Walnut Street |
|
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309 |
|
Fax:
(515) 244-2346 |
|
|
If
to Payee: |
|
|
|
Matthew
P. Kinley |
|
c/o
Equity Dynamics |
|
2116
Financial Center |
|
666
Walnut Street |
|
Des
Moines, Iowa 50309 |
|
Fax:
(515) 244-2346 |
Notice
shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving
party, (ii) the date shown on a telefacsimile transmission confirmation, (iii)
the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (iv) two (2) Business Days
following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery
service.
9. Construction. THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC, INTERNAL
LAW, BUT NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
10. Severability. Any
provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this
Note to be duly executed by its President the day and year first above
written.
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HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP. |
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|
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Date: |
By: |
/s/ Derace L. Schaffer,
M.D. |
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Name: Derace L. Schaffer, M.D. |
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Title: Chief Executive
Officer |
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby
consent to the use in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated
May 6, 2005, relating to the financial statements of Healthcare Acquisition
Corp. (a corporation in the development stage) as of April 30, 2005, and the
related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the
period from April 25, 2005 (inception) to April 30, 2005, which appear in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
“Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ LWBJ,
LLP
West Des
Moines, Iowa
May 6,
2005