Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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5.   Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares — In February 2011, the Sponsor purchased 4,417,683 shares of common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $25,000, or $0.01 per share. Subsequently, in March 2011, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 44,176 Founder Shares to Dennis A. Miller and James M. McNamara and in May 2012, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 10,000 Founder Shares to Cole A. Sirucek (together with the Sponsor, the “Initial Stockholders”), in the case of Dennis A. Miller and James M. McNamara each of whom agreed to serve on the Company’s board of directors upon the closing of the Public Offering and in the case of Cole A. Sirucek who agreed to serve on the Company’s board of directors as of May 2012.

 

On May 18, 2011, members of the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 7,000,000 warrants (the “Sponsor Warrants”) at $0.75 per warrant (for an aggregate purchase price of $5,250,000) from the Company on a private placement basis simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering. Subsequently, in July 2011, the Sponsor transferred 333,333 Sponsor Warrants to Dennis A. Miller for an aggregate purchase price of $250,000, or $0.75 per Sponsor Warrant.

 

Forfeiture — As a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option for the Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited an aggregate of 248,598 Founder Shares on May 18, 2011, reflected on the audited balance sheet as of May 19, 2011, which the Company has cancelled. After giving effect to the forfeitures, the Initial Stockholders owned 18% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares.

 

In addition, a portion of the Founder Shares in an amount equal to 4.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Public Offering (“Earnout Shares”), were be subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor in the event the last sales price of the Company’s stock does not equal or exceed $13.00 per share for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period within 24 months following the closing of the Company’s Business Combination.

 

Rights — The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of common stock included in the units sold in the Public Offering except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, and (ii) the Initial Stockholders agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares and Public Shares they purchase in connection with the initial business combination and also waived their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company failed to consummate an initial business combination by February 18, 2013.

 

Voting — If the Company decided to seek stockholder approval of its initial business combination, the Initial Stockholders agreed to vote the Founder Shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the Public Stockholders and to vote any Public Shares purchased during or after the Public Offering in favor of the initial business combination.

 

Liquidation — Although the Initial Stockholders waived their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company failed to consummate an initial business combination by February 18, 2013, they were entitled to redemption rights with respect to any Public Shares they may have owned.

  

Exercise Conditions — Each Sponsor Warrant was exercisable into one share of common stock at $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the sale of the Sponsor Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Public Offering held in the Trust Account. The Sponsor Warrants were identical to the warrants included in the units sold in the Public Offering except that the Sponsor Warrants (i) are not redeemable by the Company as long as they are held by members of the Sponsor or any of their permitted transferees, (ii) are subject to certain transfer restrictions described in more detail below and (iii) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis.

 

Disposition Restrictions

The Initial Stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares, except to certain permitted transferees, until one year after the completion of the Business Combination or earlier if the last sales price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $13.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days from the date of consummation of the Business Combination. The holders of the Sponsor Warrants have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Sponsor Warrants including the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Sponsor Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination.

 

Registration Rights

In connection with the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination, the Company entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement, dated January 31, 2013 by and among the Company, the Sponsor, Par Investment Partners, L.P. (“PAR”), Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund and Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund (“Putnam”), and the members of the Sponsor signatory thereto (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”). The A&R Registration Rights Agreement is described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 17, 2013, and supplemented on January 28, 2013 (the “Proxy Statement”), in the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreements—Additional Agreements—Registration Rights Agreement” beginning on page 137, which description is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 6, 2013 and also incorporated by reference herein.