Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
11 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions
 
Related Party Transactions
4. 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 returned an aggregate of 44,176 Founder Shares to the Dennis A. Miller and James M. McNamara (together with the Sponsor, the “Initial Stockholders”), each of whom agreed to serve on the Company’s board of directors upon the closing of the Public Offering.

 

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”), will 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 Initial Business Combination.

 

Rights — The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of common stock included in the units being 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 have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares and public shares it purchases in connection with the Initial Business Combination and has also waived their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to consummate an Initial Business Combination by February 18, 2013.

 

Voting — If the Company seeks stockholder approval of its Initial Business Combination, the Initial Stockholders will agree 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 fails to consummate an Initial Business Combination by February 18, 2013, they will be entitled to redemption rights with respect to any Public Shares they may own.

 

Exercise Conditions — Each Sponsor Warrant is 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 are 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.

 

Accounting — Since the Company is not required to net-cash settle the Sponsor Warrants, management has determined that the Sponsor Warrants will be recorded at fair value and classified within stockholders’ equity as “Additional paid-in capital” upon their issuance in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40.

 

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 its Initial 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 an Initial 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 an Initial Business Combination.

 

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, Sponsor Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the securities held by them pursuant to a registration rights agreement. These stockholders will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these stockholders have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period, which occurs (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, (A) one year after the completion of the Initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Initial Business Combination, the last sales price of the Company’s common stock equals or 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 after the Initial Business Combination or (B) when the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after the Company’s Initial Business Combination which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property, and (ii) in the case of the Sponsor Warrants and the respective common stock underlying such warrants, 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The Company will bear the costs and expenses of filing any such registration statements.

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Related Party Transactions
5. Other Related Party Transactions

 

Administrative Services

 

The Company has agreed to pay up to $10,000 a month in total for office space and general and administrative services to Roscomare Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Harry E. Sloan, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commencing promptly after the date the Company’s securities were first listed on Nasdaq (May 13, 2011) and terminating upon the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination or (ii) the liquidation of the Company. $55,806 in payments have been made under this agreement as of December 31, 2011.  The Company has also agreed to pay $15,000 a month to James A. Graf, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, commencing promptly after the date the Company’s securities were first listed on Nasdaq (May 13, 2011) and terminating upon the earlier of (i) the completion of an Initial Business Combination or (ii) the liquidation of the Company.  The Company has incurred or accrued approximately $114,000 under this agreement for the period ended December 31, 2011.

 

Note Payable

 

The Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor on February 2, 2011 that provided for the Sponsor to advance to the Company, from time to time, up to $200,000 for expenses related to the Public Offering.  The Note was non-interest bearing and was payable on the earlier of August 1, 2011 or the completion of the Public Offering. The Sponsor advanced $140,000 to the Company under the Note in a series of transactions prior to the Public Offering. The Note was paid in full on May 18, 2011 and no balance remained outstanding subsequent to such date.