UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the period April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31,
2006
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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Commission
file number: 000-51456
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AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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20-2650200
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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360
Madison Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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10017
(Zip
Code)
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REGISTRANT’S
TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (212) 703-7241
SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
None.
SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
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Title
of Each Class
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Units,
each consisting of one share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value,
and one
Warrant
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OTC
Bulletin Board
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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OTC
Bulletin Board
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Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock
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OTC
Bulletin Board
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨
No
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨
No
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý
No
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Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this
Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated
filer ¨Non-accelerated
filer ý
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ý
No
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The
aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting equity held by non-affiliates
of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing sales price for the
registrant’s units, each consisting of one share of the registrant’s common
stock and two warrants, each exercisable for an additional share of common
stock, on September 30, 2005, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, was
approximately $53,550,000.
As
of
June 28, 2006, 11,249,997 shares of the registrant's common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, were outstanding.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I 1
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Item
1.
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Business
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1
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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7
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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Item
2.
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Properties
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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PART
II
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Item
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer
Purchases
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of
Equity Securities
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosures
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35
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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35
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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PART
III
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Item
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Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant
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Item
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Executive
Compensation
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder
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Matters
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Item
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
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Item
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
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Item
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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SIGNATURES
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PART
I
Item
1. Business
General
We
are a
Delaware blank check company, organized in 2005 for the purpose of acquiring,
through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar
business combination, one or more operating businesses in the technology, media
or telecommunications industries. Since our initial public offering in August
2005, we have been actively engaged in sourcing a suitable business combination
candidate. We have met with target companies, service professionals and other
intermediaries to discuss our company, the background of our management and
our
combination preferences. However, we have not selected any target company with
which to consummate a business combination.
We
believe that there are opportunities for acquisitions in the technology, media
and telecommunications industries. In addition, we believe there exists
significant potential for growth in these industries as markets expand in
response to product innovation and increasing global access to technology.
The
emergence of voice over Internet protocol, digital music players and Internet
advertising are all examples of recent technological advances spawning new
industries and markets. In addition, we believe there is significant potential
for growth in the technology, media and telecommunications industries outside
the United States.
Our
management team has significant experience starting, financing, growing and
operating technology, media and telecommunications companies. Mr. Balter,
our chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and Mr. Slasky, our
president and secretary, have over 24 combined years of experience in these
industries. Through our management team and our directors, we believe that
we
have extensive contacts and sources from which to generate acquisition
opportunities. These contacts and sources include private equity and venture
capital funds, public and private companies, investment bankers, attorneys
and
accountants. The members of our management team intend to use their operating
and transaction experience to find and evaluate potential target companies
and
to maintain and build on the relationships that they have developed through
their years of experience in the technology, media and telecommunications
industries.
Effecting
a business combination
General
We
intend
to use cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering, our
capital stock, debt or a combination of these to effect a business combination
involving one or more operating businesses in the technology, media or
telecommunications industries. Although substantially all of the proceeds of
our
initial public 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. A business combination may involve the acquisition of, or
merger with, one or more operating businesses that do not need substantial
additional capital but desire to establish a public trading market for their
shares, while avoiding what they may deem to be adverse consequences of
undertaking a public offering itself. We believe these include certain time
delays, significant expense, loss of voting control and compliance with various
federal and state securities laws. In the alternative, a business combination
may involve one or more companies that may be financially unstable or in the
early stages of development or growth.
We
have not identified a target business or target industry
Subject
to the requirement that our initial business combination must be with one or
more operating businesses in the technology, media or telecommunications
industries that, collectively, 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
have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting prospective
acquisition candidates.
Accordingly, there is no basis for investors to evaluate the possible merits
or
risks of the particular industry in which we may ultimately operate or the
target businesses with which we may ultimately complete a business
combination.
Sources
of target businesses
Acquisition
candidates have been and we believe will continue to be brought to our attention
from various unaffiliated sources, including private equity and venture capital
funds, public and private companies, investment bankers, attorneys and
accountants, who may present solicited or unsolicited proposals. Our officers
and directors and their affiliates have solicited such proposals, and may also
bring to our attention acquisition candidates. In addition, the positions held
and contacts maintained by the members of our management within the financial
community have generated, and we anticipate will continue to generate, other
unsolicited proposals. We may engage the services of professional firms that
specialize in business acquisitions on a formal basis, in which event we may
pay
a finder’s fee or other compensation. In addition, we may be asked to pay
finder’s fees or other compensation to other sources providing proposals to us.
We would not pay finder’s fees or other compensation to any source in respect of
a proposal unless we consummate a business combination as a result of such
proposal or, prior to receiving such proposal, we had engaged that source to
provide us with proposals on a compensated basis. Any such finder’s fee or
compensation would be subject to arm’s-length negotiations between the Company
and any such professional firms or other sources of proposals. In no event,
however, will we pay any of our existing officers, directors, 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 target businesses and structuring of a business combination
Our
management
diligently reviews all of the proposals we receive with respect to prospective
target businesses. In evaluating prospective target businesses, our management
considers, 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 the targeted businesses’ 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 with one or more operating
businesses 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
prospective target businesses, we generally conduct an extensive due diligence
review which encompasses, among other things, meetings with incumbent management
and inspection of facilities, as well as review of financial and other
information which is made available to us.
We
will
endeavor to structure a business combination so as to achieve the most favorable
tax treatment to us, the target businesses and their stockholders, as well
as
our own stockholders. We cannot assure you, however, that the Internal Revenue
Service or appropriate state tax authority will agree with our tax treatment
of
the business combination.
The
time
and costs required to select and evaluate target businesses 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 prospective target businesses 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 directors, officers,
stockholders or special advisers, or any of their respective affiliates, for
services rendered to or in connection with a business combination.
Fair
market value of target businesses
The
initial target businesses 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 businesses 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 businesses have a sufficient fair
market value or if a conflict of interest exists, such as if management selects
a company affiliated with one of our initial stockholders as a prospective
target business, we will obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated, independent
investment banking firm which is a member of the NASD with respect to the
satisfaction of such criteria. We expect that any such opinion will be included
in our proxy soliciting materials furnished to our stockholders in connection
with a business combination, and that such independent investment banking firm
will be a consenting expert. However, 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
businesses have sufficient fair market value and no conflict of interest
exists.
Possible
lack of business diversification
The
net
proceeds from our initial public offering provided us with
approximately $51,190,000, which we may use to complete a business combination.
While we may seek to effect a business combination with more than one target
business, our initial business acquisition must be with one or more operating
businesses whose fair market value, collectively, is at least equal to 80%
of
our net assets at the time of such acquisition. At the time of our initial
business combination, we may not be able to acquire more than one target
operating business contemporaneously because of various factors, including
possible complex accounting issues, which would include generating pro forma
financial statements reflecting the operations of several target businesses
as
if they had been combined, and numerous logistical issues, which include
attempting to coordinate the timing of negotiations, proxy statement disclosure
and closing with multiple target businesses. In addition, we would also be
exposed to the risk that conditions to closings with respect to the acquisition
of one or more of the target businesses would not be satisfied bringing the
fair
market value of the business combination below the required fair market value
of
80% of our net assets threshold. As a result, we are likely to complete a
business combination with only a single operating business, which may have
only
a limited number of products or services. The resulting lack of diversification
may:
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in our dependency upon the performance of a single operating
business;
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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; and
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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.
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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 so as to diversify risks
and
offset losses. Further, the prospects for our success may be entirely dependent
upon the future performance of the initial target business or businesses we
acquire.
In
addition, if our business combination entails the contemporaneous acquisition
of
several operating businesses at the same time and may be with different sellers,
we would need to convince such sellers to agree that the purchase of their
businesses is contingent upon the simultaneous closings of the other
acquisitions.
Limited
ability to evaluate the target business’ management
Although
we intend to closely scrutinize the management of prospective target businesses
when evaluating the desirability of effecting a business combination, we cannot
assure you that our assessment of the target business’ management will prove to
be correct. In addition, we cannot assure you that the future management will
have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public
company intending to embark on a program of business development. Furthermore,
the future role of our officers and directors, if any, in the target businesses
cannot presently be stated with any certainty. While it is possible that one
or
more of our officers and directors will remain associated with us in some
capacity following a business combination, we will not request that the
resignation or retention of our current management be included as a condition
in
any agreement with respect to a business combination. In any event, it is
unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs
subsequent to a business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that our
officers and directors will have significant experience or knowledge relating
to
the operations of the particular target businesses acquired.
Following
a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement
the incumbent management of the target businesses. We cannot assure you that
we
will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional
managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary
to
enhance the incumbent management.
Opportunity
for stockholders to approve a 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 our initial business combination, all
of
our initial stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, have
agreed to vote the shares of common stock owned by them immediately before
our
initial public offering in accordance with the majority of the shares of common
stock voted by the public stockholders; however, they may cast votes with
respect to any shares of common stock acquired in connection with or following
our initial public offering in any manner as they may determine in their
discretion. As a result, an initial stockholder who acquires shares during
or
after our initial public offering may vote against the proposed business
combination with respect to those shares, and retain the right to exercise
the
conversion rights attributable to such shares in the event that a business
combination transaction is approved by a majority of our public stockholders.
We
will proceed with the initial 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 19.99% of
the
shares sold in our initial public 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 account,
inclusive of any interest (net of taxes payable on income of the funds in the
trust account and calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation
of the proposed business combination), divided by the number of shares sold
in
our initial public offering. Without taking into any account interest earned
on
the trust account, the initial per-share conversion price would be $5.60 or
$.40
less than the per-unit initial public offering price of $6.00. 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 account 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 our initial public offering, both vote against a business
combination, and, subsequently, exercise their conversion rights.
Liquidation
if no business combination
If
we do
not complete a business combination within 18 months after the consummation
of
our initial public offering, which occurred on August 31, 2005, or within 24
months if the extension criteria described below have been satisfied, we will
dissolve and distribute to all of our public stockholders, in proportion to
their respective equity interests, an aggregate sum equal to the amount in
the
trust account, inclusive of any interest, plus any remaining net assets. Our
initial stockholders have waived 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 our initial public offering; they will participate in any
liquidation distribution with respect to any shares of common stock acquired
in
connection with or following our initial public offering. There will be no
distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants, and all rights
with respect to our warrants will effectively cease upon our
liquidation.
If
we
were to expend all of the net proceeds of our initial public offering, other
than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into
account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the initial per-share
liquidation price would be $5.60, or $.40 less than the per-unit offering price
of $6.00. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become
subject to the claims of our creditors that 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
$5.60, plus interest, due to claims of creditors. Messrs. Balter and Slasky
have agreed pursuant to an agreement with us and Wedbush Morgan Securities
Inc.,
the representative of the underwriters for our initial public offering, that,
if
we liquidate prior to the consummation of a business combination, they will
be
personally liable to ensure that the proceeds of the trust account are not
reduced by the claims of vendors for services rendered or products sold to
us,
or claims by any target businesses with which we have entered into a letter
of
intent, confidentiality agreement or other written agreement, in each case
to
the extent the payment of such debts or obligations actually reduces the amount
of funds in the trust account. However, we cannot assure you that
Messrs. Balter and Slasky will be able to satisfy those
obligations.
Prior
to
completion of a business combination, we will seek to have all vendors,
prospective target businesses or other entities that 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. In the event that a vendor, prospective target business or other
entity were to refuse to execute such a waiver, our decision to engage such
vendor or other entity or to enter into discussions with such target businesses
would be based on our management’s determination that we would be unable to
obtain, on a reasonable basis, substantially similar services or opportunities
from another entity willing to execute such a waiver.
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 our initial public 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 our initial public offering, we will then liquidate.
Upon notice from us, the trustee of the trust account will commence liquidating
the investments constituting the trust account 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.
Under
Delaware law, we will need to submit a plan of dissolution to our stockholders
for approval, which could delay our dissolution, the giving of notice to the
trustee and the distribution of our assets to the public stockholders. We cannot
assure you that our stockholders will approve our dissolution in a timely manner
or will ever approve our dissolution. As a result, we cannot provide investors
with assurances of a specific time frame for our dissolution and
liquidation.
Our
public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account
only in the event of our liquidation or if the stockholders seek to convert
their respective shares into cash upon a business combination that the
stockholder voted against and that is actually completed by us. In no other
circumstances, except as required by applicable law, will a stockholder have
any
right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account.
Under
the
Delaware General Corporation Law, stockholders may be held liable for claims
by
third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received
by
them in a dissolution. If the corporation complies with certain procedures
intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against
it,
including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be
brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation
may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before
any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of
stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser
of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to
the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after
the
third anniversary of the dissolution. However, it is our intention to make
liquidating distributions as soon as reasonably practical after dissolution
and,
therefore, do not intend to comply with this procedure. As such, our
stockholders could potentially be held liable for any claims by third parties
to
the extent of any distribution received by them in a dissolution and any
liability of our stockholders may extend beyond the third anniversary of our
dissolution.
Competition
In
identifying, evaluating and selecting target businesses, 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 from
our
initial public 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 target businesses. Further:
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our
obligation to seek stockholder approval of a business combination
may
delay the completion of a transaction;
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our
obligation to convert into cash shares of common stock held by our
stockholders in certain instances may reduce the resources available
to us
to effect a business combination; and
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our
outstanding warrants and the purchase option granted to Wedbush Morgan
Securities Inc., and the future dilution they potentially represent,
may
not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses.
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Any
of
these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully
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 ours in acquiring a target business
on
favorable terms.
Based
upon publicly available information, as of June 27, 2006, approximately 63
similarly structured “blank check” companies have completed initial public
offerings since August 2003, and numerous others have filed registration
statements. Of these companies, we estimate that only seven companies have
consummated a business combination, while twenty-one other companies have
announced that they have entered into definitive agreements or letters of intent
with respect to potential business combinations, but have not yet consummated
such business combinations. Accordingly, there are approximately 59 “blank
check” companies which we estimate to have more than $3.7 billion in trust, and
potentially an additional 38 “blank check” companies with more than an
additional $2.9 billion in trust, that have filed registration statements,
and
are or will be seeking to enter into a business combination. While some of
these
companies have specific industries in which they must identify a potential
target business, a number of these companies may complete a business combination
in any industry they choose. Further, the fact that only seven “blank check”
companies have completed a business combination, and twenty-one other companies
have entered into definitive agreements or letters of intent with respect to
potential business combinations, may be an indication that there are a limited
number of attractive target businesses available or that many target businesses
may not be inclined to enter into a business combination with a publicly-held
“blank check” company.
If
we
succeed in effecting a business combination, there will be, in all likelihood,
intense competition from competitors of the target businesses. In particular,
certain industries that experience rapid growth frequently attract an
increasingly larger number of competitors, including competitors with
increasingly greater financial, marketing, technical, human and other resources
than the initial competitors in the industry. The degree of competition
characterizing the industry of any prospective target business cannot presently
be ascertained. We cannot assure you that, subsequent to a business combination,
we will have the resources to compete effectively, especially to the extent
that
the target businesses are in high-growth industries.
Facilities
We
do not
own any real estate or other physical properties. Our headquarters are located
at 360 Madison Avenue, 21st
Floor,
New York, New York 10017. We entered into an informal agreement with an
unrelated third party whereby we pay a base rent of $2,058 per month on a
month-to-month basis in exchange for office space and certain administrative
services. We
believe that our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our business
as
it is presently conducted.
Employees
We
currently have two officers, both of whom are also members of our board of
directors. We have no other employees. These individuals are not obligated
to
devote any specific number of hours to our matters and intend to devote only
as
much time as they deem necessary to our affairs. We do not intend to have any
full time employees prior to the consummation of a business
combination.
Item
1A. 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 annual report on Form 10-K. If any of the
following events occur, our business, financial conditions and results of
operations may be materially adversely affected.
Risks
associated with our business
We
are a development stage company with no operating history and, accordingly,
you
will have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business
objective.
We
are a
recently incorporated development stage company with limited operating results
to date. Since we have a limited operating history, you have a limited basis
upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective, which
is
to acquire one or more operating businesses in the technology, media or
telecommunications industries. We will not generate any revenues (other than
interest income on the proceeds of our initial public offering) until, at the
earliest, after the consummation of a business combination. We cannot assure
you
as to when or if a business combination will occur.
We
may not be able to consummate a business combination within the required time
frame, in which case, we would be forced to
liquidate.
We
must
complete a business combination with a fair market value of at least 80% of
our
net assets at the time of acquisition by February 28, 2007 (or August 31, 2007
if a letter of intent, agreement in principle or a definitive agreement has
been
executed by February 28, 2007 and the business combination relating thereto
has
not yet been consummated by such date). If we fail to consummate a business
combination within the required time frame, we will be required to dissolve
and
liquidate our assets. We may not be able to find suitable target businesses
within the required time frame. In addition, our negotiating position and our
ability to conduct adequate due diligence on any potential target may be reduced
as we approach the deadline for the consummation of a business
combination.
Because
there are numerous companies with a business plan similar to ours seeking to
effectuate a business combination, it may be more difficult for us to do
so.
Based
upon publicly available information, as of June 27, 2006, approximately 63
similarly structured “blank check” companies have completed initial public
offerings since August 2003, and numerous others have filed registration
statements. Of these companies, we estimate that only seven companies have
consummated a business combination, while twenty-one other companies have
announced that they have entered into definitive agreements or letters of intent
with respect to potential business combinations, but have not yet consummated
such business combinations. Accordingly, there are approximately 59 “blank
check” companies which we estimate to have more than $3.7 billion in trust, and
potentially an additional 38 “blank check” companies with more than an
additional $2.9 billion in trust, that have filed registration statements,
and
are or will be seeking to enter into a business combination. While some of
these
companies have specific industries in which they must identify a potential
target business, a number of these companies may complete a business combination
in any industry they choose. Further, the fact that only seven “blank check”
companies have completed a business combination, and twenty-one other companies
have entered into definitive agreements or letters of intent with respect to
potential business combinations, may be an indication that there are a limited
number of attractive target businesses available or that many target businesses
may not be inclined to enter into a business combination with a publicly-held
“blank check” company. Because of this competition, we cannot assure you that we
will be able to effectuate a business combination within the required time
period. If we are unable to find a suitable target operating business within
such time periods, the terms of our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation will require us to liquidate.
If
we are forced to liquidate before a business combination, our public
stockholders will receive less than $6.00 per share upon distribution of
the trust account 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 $6.00 because of the
expenses related to the initial public offering, our general and administrative
expenses and the anticipated costs of seeking a business combination.
Furthermore, the warrants will expire worthless if we liquidate before the
completion of a business combination.
You
will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank
check companies under federal securities laws.
Since
we
had net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 and filed a Current Report
on
Form 8-K with the SEC upon consummation of the initial public offering,
including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we believe that
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.
If
third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account
could be reduced and the per-share liquidation price received by stockholders
will be less than $5.60 per share.
Our
placing of funds in the trust account 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 or that such waivers would be held
enforceable if challenged. 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.. If we are unable to complete
a business combination and are forced to liquidate, Howard S. Balter, our
chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and Ilan M. Slasky, our
president and secretary, have agreed, under certain circumstances, to be
personally liable to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not
reduced by the claims of vendors for services rendered or products sold to
us,
or claims of any target businesses with which we have entered into a letter
of
intent, confidentiality agreement or other written agreement, in each case
to
the extent the payment of such debts or obligations actually reduces the amount
of funds in the trust accounts. However, we cannot assure you that
Messrs. Balter and Slasky will be able to satisfy those obligations.
Accordingly, the proceeds held in the trust account 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 $5.60, plus interest (net of
taxes payable on income of the funds in the trust account), due to claims of
such creditors.
Under
Delaware law, our dissolution requires the approval of the holders of a majority
of our outstanding stock, without which we will not be able to dissolve and
liquidate, and distribute our assets to our public stockholders.
Under
Delaware law, our dissolution requires the affirmative vote of stockholders
owning a majority of our then outstanding common stock. Soliciting the vote
of
our stockholders will require the preparation of preliminary and definitive
proxy statements, which will need to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and could be subject to their review. This process could take a
substantial amount of time ranging from one to several months. As a result,
the
distribution of our assets to the public stockholders could be subject to a
considerable delay. Furthermore, we may need to postpone the stockholders
meeting, resolicit our stockholders, or amend our plan of dissolution and
liquidation to obtain the required stockholder approval, all of which would
further delay the distribution of our assets and result in increased costs.
If
we are not able to obtain approval from a majority of our stockholders, we
will
not be able to dissolve and liquidate and we may not be able to distribute
funds
from our trust account to holders of our common stock sold in this offering
and
these funds may not be available for any other corporate purpose. We cannot
assure you that our stockholders will approve our dissolution in a timely manner
or will ever approve our dissolution. As a result, we cannot provide investors
with assurances of a specific timeframe for our dissolution and liquidation.
If
our stockholders do not approve a plan of dissolution and liquidation and the
funds remain in the trust account for an indeterminate amount of time, we may
be
considered to be an investment company. Please see the section entitled “Risk
Factors—If we are deemed to be an investment company, we would be subject to
burdensome regulation which would restrict our activities and make it difficult
for us to complete a business combination.”
Under
Delaware law, the requirements and restrictions relating to our initial public
offering contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
may
be amended, which could reduce or eliminate the protection afforded to our
stockholders by such requirements and restrictions.
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains certain requirements
and restrictions relating to our initial public offering that will continue
to
apply to us until the consummation of a business combination. Specifically,
our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides, among other things,
that:
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upon
consummation of our initial public offering, $50,380,000 was placed
into
the trust account, which proceeds may not be disbursed from the trust
account except in connection with a business combination, upon our
liquidation or as otherwise permitted in the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation:
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prior
to the consummation of a business combination, we will submit such
business combination to our stockholders for approval;
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we
may consummate the business combination if approved by a majority
of the
shares of common stock voted by the public stockholders and public
stockholders owning less than 20% of the shares sold in our initial
public
offering exercise their conversion rights;
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if
a business combination is approved and consummated, public stockholders
who voted against the business combination and exercised their conversion
rights will receive their pro rata share of the trust
account;
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if
a business combination is not consummated or a letter of intent,
an
agreement in principle or a definitive agreement is not signed within
the
time periods specified in this prospectus, then we will be dissolved
and
distribute to all of our public stockholders their pro rata share
of the
trust account; and
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we
may not consummate any other merger, capital stock exchange, stock
purchase, asset acquisition or similar transaction other than a business
combination that meets the conditions specified in this prospectus,
including the requirement that the business combination be with an
operating business whose fair market value is equal to at least 80%
of our
net assets at the time of such business
combination.
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Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation may not be amended until
we
complete a business combination. However, provisions prohibiting amendment
of a
company’s certificate of incorporation may be deemed invalid under Delaware law.
If a court concluded that the prohibition on amending certain provisions of
our
charter was invalid, the above-described provisions would be amendable and
any
such amendment could reduce or eliminate the protection afforded to our
stockholders.
Our
stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the
extent of distributions received by them.
If
we do
not complete a business combination within 18 months after the consummation
of our initial public offering (or within 24 months after the consummation
of our initial public offering if a letter of intent, agreement in principle
or
definitive agreement is executed within 18 months after the consummation of
our initial public offering and the business combination relating thereto is
not
consummated within such 18-month period), we will initiate procedures to
dissolve. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, stockholders may be held
liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of
distributions received by them in a dissolution. If the corporation complies
with certain procedures intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision
for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any
third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period
during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional
150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to
stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating
distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of
the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of
the
stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
However, it is our intention to make liquidating distributions to our
stockholders as soon as reasonably possible after dissolution and, therefore
do
not intend to comply with those procedures. As such, our stockholders could
potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received
by
them in a dissolution and any liability of our stockholders may extend beyond
the third anniversary of such dissolution.
Because
we have not currently selected a target business with which to complete a
business combination, our investors are unable to currently ascertain the merits
or risks of any particular target business’
operations.
Because
we have not yet selected any prospective target businesses, investors have
no
current basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target
business’ operations. To the extent we complete a business combination with a
financially unstable company or an entity in its development stage, 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, or that we will have
adequate time to complete due diligence. We also cannot assure you that an
investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to
investors than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in any
particular target business.
A
significant portion of working capital could be expended in pursuing
acquisitions that are not consummated.
The
investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting,
and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments
requires substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for
accountants, attorneys and others. In addition, we may opt to make a deposit
or
down payment or pay exclusivity or similar fees in connection with structuring
and negotiating a business combination. If a decision is made not to complete
a
specific business combination, the costs incurred up to that point in connection
with the abandoned transaction, potentially including a deposit or down payment
or exclusivity or similar fees, would not be recoverable. Furthermore, even
if
an agreement is reached relating to a specific target business, we may fail
to
consummate the transaction for any number of reasons, including those beyond
our
control such as that shares representing 20% or more of the shares of common
stock purchased by our public stockholders vote against the transaction and
exercise their conversion rights even though a majority of our public
stockholders approve the transaction. Any such event will result in a loss
to us
of the related costs incurred, which could adversely affect subsequent attempts
to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
We
may issue shares of our capital stock, including through convertible 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
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of
up
to 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001.
Currently, there are 19,400,003
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 the purchase option granted to Wedbush Morgan
Securities Inc.) and all of the 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock
available for issuance. Although we have no commitments as of this date to
issue
any securities, we may issue a substantial number of additional shares of our
common stock or preferred stock, or a combination of both, including through
convertible debt securities, to complete a business combination. The issuance
of
additional shares of our common stock or any number of shares of preferred
stock, including upon conversion of any debt securities:
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significantly reduce your equity interest in us;
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will
likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares
of
common stock or voting preferred 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
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adversely affect prevailing market prices for our securities.
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may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt,
to complete a business combination, which may adversely affect our leverage
and
financial condition.
We
may
choose to incur a substantial amount of debt to finance a business combination.
The incurrence of debt:
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may
lead to default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues
after a business combination are insufficient to service our debt
obligations;
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may
cause an acceleration of our obligations to repay the debt even if
we make
all principal and interest payments when due if we breach the covenants
contained in the terms of any debt documents, such as covenants that
require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves,
without a
waiver or renegotiation of such covenants;
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may
create an obligation to immediately repay all principal and accrued
interest, if any, upon demand to the extent any debt securities are
payable on demand; and
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may
hinder our ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary,
to the
extent any debt securities contain covenants restricting our ability
to
obtain additional financing while such security is outstanding, or
to the
extent our existing leverage discourages other potential investors.
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The
loss of key executives could adversely affect our ability to
operate.
Our
operations are dependent upon a small group of key executives consisting of
Mr.
Balter, our chairman and chief executive officer, and Mr. Slasky, a director
and
our president and secretary. We believe that our success depends on the
continued service of our executive management team. Although we currently intend
to retain our existing management and enter into employment or other
compensation arrangements with them following our initial business combination,
we cannot assure you that such individuals will remain with us for the immediate
or foreseeable future. We do not have employment contracts with any of our
current executives. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of these
executives could have a detrimental effect on us.
Our
ability to successfully effect a business combination and to be successful
afterwards will be completely dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel,
some of whom may join us following a business combination, who may be unfamiliar
with the requirements of operating a public company and whom we would have
only
a limited ability to evaluate.
Our
ability to successfully effect a business combination will be completely
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. Specifically, the members of our current management are not obliged
to remain with us subsequent to a business combination. As a result, our
management and other key personnel, particularly our chairman of the board
and
chief executive officer, and our president and secretary, may not remain
associated with us following a business combination and we may employ other
personnel following a 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 that 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, and will not, 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. This could have a negative
impact on our ability to consummate a business combination. 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’ and directors’ other business affairs
require
them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their
current commitment levels, 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. We cannot assure you that these conflicts will be resolved in
our
favor.
Our
officers and directors are and 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 to which entity
a particular business opportunity should be presented.
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 that 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. We cannot assure you that these conflicts will be resolved in
our
favor.
Because
all of our directors own shares of our securities that will not participate
in
liquidation distributions, they may have a conflict of interest in determining
whether a particular target business is appropriate for a business
combination.
All
of
our directors own stock in our company, but have, with respect to those shares
of common stock acquired by them prior to our initial public offering, waived
their right to receive distributions upon our liquidation in the event we fail
to complete a business combination. Additionally, Messrs. Balter and Slasky
purchased
3,794,403 warrants at an average price of $0.4216 pursuant to agreements with
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc., the representative of the underwriters in our
initial public offering. Those
shares and warrants owned by our directors will be worthless if we do not
consummate a business combination. The personal and financial interests of
our
directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting target
businesses and completing a business combination in a timely manner.
Consequently, our directors’ discretion in identifying and selecting suitable
target businesses 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.
Our
directors’ and officers’ interests in obtaining reimbursement for out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by them may lead to a conflict of interest in determining
whether a particular target business is appropriate for a business combination
and in the public stockholders’ best interest.
Our
initial stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, will not
receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them to the
extent that such expenses exceed the amount of available proceeds from our
initial public offering not deposited in the trust account unless the business
combination is consummated. The amount of available proceeds was initially
based
on management’s estimates of the costs needed to fund our operations for
24 months and consummate a business combination. Those estimates may prove
to be inaccurate, especially if a portion of the available proceeds is used
to
make a down payment or pay exclusivity or similar fees in connection with a
business combination or if we expend a significant portion of
the
available proceeds in pursuit of a business combination that is not consummated.
The financial interest of our directors and officers could influence their
motivation in selecting a target business or proceeding with a business
combination and thus, there may be a conflict of interest in determining whether
a particular business combination is in the public stockholders’ best interest.
Specifically, our initial stockholders may view potential business combinations
where such excess expenses would be repaid more favorably than those where
such
excess expenses would not be repaid or any business combination in which such
excess expenses would be repaid more favorably than no business
combination.
Our
management’s interest in employment with us following a business combination may
lead to them to pursue business combinations or negotiate compensation
arrangements that may not be in our public stockholders’ best
interests.
We
intend
to retain our current management and enter into employment or other compensation
arrangements with them following our initial business combination. Our current
management’s financial interest in such employment or other compensation
arrangements may lead to a conflict of interest in determining whether a
particular target business is appropriate for a business combination or whether
these arrangements are appropriate under the circumstances. These potential
conflicts of interests may not be resolved in manner that is in our public
stockholders’ best interests.
We
may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that
have relationships with entities with which our initial stockholders also have
relationships, which may raise potential conflicts of
interest.
In
light
of our initial stockholders’ involvement with other technology, media and
telecommunications businesses and our purpose to consummate a business
combination with one or more operating businesses in those same sectors, we
may
decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated with our initial
stockholders. Despite our obligation to obtain an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm that a business combination with one or more businesses
affiliated with our initial stockholders is fair to our stockholders from a
financial point of view, potential conflicts of interest may still exist, and
as
a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous
to
our public stockholders as it would be absent any conflicts of
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, as amended. Under these rules, broker-dealers who
recommend such securities to persons other than institutional accredited
investors must:
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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 that identify certain
risks
associated with investing in “penny stocks” and that describe the market
for these “penny stocks” as well as the 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 effect customer transactions and trading activity in our securities
may be adversely affected. As a result, the market price of our securities
may
become 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 may cause us to be solely dependent on a single business and a limited
number of products or services.
The
net
proceeds of our initial public offering provided us with approximately
$51,190,000, which we may use to complete a business combination. While we
may
seek to effect a business combination with more than one target business, our
initial business acquisition must be with one or more operating businesses
whose
fair market value, collectively, is at least equal to 80% of our net assets
at
the time of such acquisition. At the time of our initial business combination,
we may not be able to acquire more than one target business contemporaneously
because of various factors, including possible complex accounting issues, which
would include generating pro forma financial statements reflecting the
operations of several target businesses as if they had been combined, and
numerous logistical issues, which would include attempting to coordinate the
timing of negotiations, proxy statement disclosure and closing with multiple
target businesses. In addition, we would also be exposed to the risk that
conditions to closings with respect to the acquisition of one or more of the
target businesses would not be satisfied, bringing the fair market value of
the
business combination below the required threshold of 80% of our net assets.
As a
result, we are likely to complete a business combination with only a single
operating business, which may have only a limited number of products or
services. The resulting lack of diversification may:
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in our dependency upon the performance of a single operating
business;
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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; and
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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.
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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
that
may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different
industries or different areas of a single industry so as to diversify risks
and
offset losses. Further, the prospects for our success may be entirely dependent
upon the future performance of the initial target business we
acquire.
Because
of our limited resources and the significant competition for business
combination opportunities, we may not be able to consummate an attractive
business combination.
We
expect
to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective
similar to ours, including venture capital and private equity funds, leveraged
buyout funds, operating businesses and other entities and individuals, both
foreign and domestic, competing for acquisitions. Many of these entities are
well established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting
business combinations directly or through affiliates. Many of these competitors
possess greater technical, human and other resources than we do and our
financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of
many of these competitors. Our ability to compete in acquiring certain sizable
target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources.
Further:
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our
obligation to seek stockholder approval of a business combination
may
delay the consummation of a business combination;
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our
obligation to convert shares of common stock into cash in certain
instances may reduce the resources available for a business
combination;
and
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our
outstanding warrants and the purchase option granted to Wedbush Morgan
Securities Inc., the representative of the underwriters in our initial
public offering, and the future dilution they potentially represent,
may
not be viewed favorably by target businesses.
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Any
of
these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully
negotiating a business combination.
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 or abandon a particular business
combination.
Although
we believe that the net proceeds of the initial public offering will be
sufficient to allow us to consummate a business combination, we cannot ascertain
the capital requirements for any particular business combination. If the net
proceeds of the initial public 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 target businesses, 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 through the issuance of equity
or debt securities or other financing arrangements. 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 or abandon
that particular business combination and seek alternative target business
candidates. In addition, if we consummate a business combination, we may require
additional financing to fund the operations or growth of the target businesses.
The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect
on the continued development or growth of the target businesses. None of our
officers, directors or stockholders is required to provide any financing to
us
in connection with or after a business combination.
Our
initial stockholders, including our officers and directors, control a
substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring
stockholder vote.
Our
initial stockholders, including our officers and directors, collectively own
approximately 20% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock.
Additionally, Messrs. Balter and Slasky purchased 3,794,403 warrants at an
average price of $0.4216 pursuant to agreements with Wedbush Morgan Securities
Inc., the representative of the underwriters in our initial public offering.
Although these warrants are not exercisable until after the completion of our
initial business combination, the exercise at that time would further increase
the initial stockholders’ ownership of the issued and outstanding shares of our
common stock.
Our
board
of directors is divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve
for a term of three 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 this “staggered” board of directors, only a minority of the
board of directors could be considered for election. As a result of their
substantial beneficial ownership, our officers and directors may exert
considerable influence on actions requiring a stockholder vote, including the
election of officers and directors, amendments to our certificate of
incorporation, the approval of benefit plans, mergers and similar transactions
(other than approval of the initial business combination). Moreover, except
to
the extent stockholder proposals are properly and timely submitted, our
directors will determine which matters, including prospective business
combinations, to submit to a stockholder vote. As a result, they will exert
substantial control over actions requiring a stockholder vote both before and
following a business combination.
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 our initial public offering, as part of the units, we issued
warrants to purchase 18,000,000 shares of common stock. In
addition, we issued to Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. an option to purchase
up
to a total of 450,000 units, which, if exercised, will result in the
issuance of warrants to purchase an additional 900,000 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 a 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 initial stockholders exercise their registration rights, it may have an
adverse effect on the market price of our common stock and the existence of
these rights may make it more difficult to effect a business
combination.
Our
initial stockholders are entitled to demand that we register the resale of
their
shares of common stock in certain circumstances.
If
our
initial stockholders exercise their registration rights with respect to all
of
their shares of common stock, then there will be an additional
2,249,997 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 effect a business combination or increase the cost of a target
business, as the stockholders of a particular 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.
Our
securities are quoted only on the OTC Bulletin Board, which limits the liquidity
and price of our securities more than if our securities were quoted or listed
on
the NASDAQ National Market or a national securities
exchange.
Our
securities are traded in the over-the-counter market and are quoted only on
the
OTC Bulletin Board, an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity
securities sponsored and operated by The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., but not
included in the NASDAQ National Market. Quotation of our securities on the
OTC
Bulletin Board limits the liquidity and price of our securities more than if
our
securities were quoted or listed on the NASDAQ National Market or a national
securities exchange. Lack of liquidity will limit the price at which you may
be
able to sell our securities or your ability to sell our securities at
all.
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.
In
order
not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act
of
1940, or the 1940 Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure
that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting
or
trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities.” Our business
will be to identify and consummate a business combination and thereafter to
operate the acquired business or businesses. The funds in the trust account
will
remain invested in money market funds composed of either primarily short-term
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or tax-exempt municipal
bonds until we use them to complete a business combination. By limiting the
investment of the funds to these instruments, we believe that we will not be
considered an investment company under the 1940 Act. The trust account and
the
purchase of government securities for the trust account is intended as a holding
place for funds pending the earlier to occur of either:
(i) the
consummation of our primary business objective, which is a business combination,
or (ii) absent a business combination, our dissolution, liquidation and
distribution of our assets, including the proceeds held in the trust account,
as
part of our plan of dissolution and liquidation. If we fail to invest the
proceeds as described above or if we cease to be primarily engaged in our
business as set forth above, we may be considered to be an investment company
and thus be required to comply with the 1940 Act.
If
we are
deemed to be an unregistered investment company, among other things, any
contract we enter into while unregistered would be rendered unenforceable.
In
addition, if we did register under the 1940 Act, we would be subject to certain
restrictions on our activities, including:
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restrictions
on the nature of our investments;
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restrictions
on the issuance of securities; and
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restrictions
on the amount of debt we may incur;
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each
of
which may make it difficult for us to consummate a business combination. We
would also become subject to burdensome regulatory requirements, including
reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements, and the
costs of meeting these requirements would reduce the funds we have available
outside the trust account to consummate a business combination.
Our
directors, including those who serve on our Audit Committee, may not be
considered “independent” under the policies of the North American Securities
Administrators Association, Inc. and, therefore, may take actions or incur
expenses that are not deemed to be independently approved or independently
determined to be in our best interest.
Under
the
policies of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.,
an
international organization devoted to investor protection, because each of
our
directors owns shares of our securities and 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 individuals are 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. To the extent such
out-of-pocket expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust
account, such out-of-pocket expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we
consummate a business combination. In addition, we may opt to make down payments
or pay exclusivity or similar fees in connection with structuring and
negotiating a business combination, which may have the effect of reducing the
available proceeds not deposited in the trust account available for
reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred on our behalf. We will not
require, however, that the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses be included
as a term or condition in any agreement with respect to a business combination.
Although we believe that all actions taken by our directors on our behalf will
be in our best interests, whether or not they are 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.
Risks
associated with the technology, media and telecommunications
industries
Our
investments in the technology, media or telecommunications companies may be
extremely risky and we could lose all or part of our
investments.
An
investment in technology, media or telecommunications companies may be extremely
risky relative to an investment in companies operating in other sectors due,
in
part, to the following factors:
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they
typically have limited operating histories, narrower product lines
and
smaller market shares than larger businesses, which tend to render
them
more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions, as well as
general economic downturns;
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because
they tend to be privately owned, there is generally little publicly
available information about these businesses; therefore, we may not
learn
all of the material information we need to know regarding these
businesses;
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they
are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of
a small
group of persons; therefore, the death, disability, resignation or
termination of one or more of these persons could have a material
adverse
impact on the operations of any technology, media or telecommunications
company we may acquire; and
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they
generally have less predictable operating results, may from time
to time
be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses
with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and
may
require substantial additional capital to support their operations,
finance expansion or maintain their competitive position.
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The
technology, media and telecommunications industries are highly cyclical, which
may affect our future performance and ability to sell our products and, in
turn,
hurt our profitability.
Technology,
media and telecommunications products and services tend to be relatively
expensive and buyers tend to defer purchases during periods of economic
weakness, opting instead to continue to use what they already own. Conversely,
during periods of economic strength, technology, media and telecommunications
sales frequently exceed expectations. As a consequence, revenues and earnings
for technology, media and telecommunications companies may fluctuate more than
those of less economically sensitive companies. Due to the cyclical nature
of
these technology, media and telecommunications industries, inventories may
not
always be properly balanced, resulting in lost sales when there are shortages
or
write-offs when there are excess inventories. This may adversely affect the
business, financial condition, and results of operations of any target
businesses that we may acquire.
If
we are unable to keep pace with the changes in the technology, media and
telecommunications industries, the products of any target business that we
acquire could become obsolete and it could hurt our results of
operations.
The
technology, media and telecommunications industries are generally characterized
by intense, rapid changes, often resulting in product obsolescence or short
product life cycles. Our ability to compete after the consummation of a business
combination will be dependent upon our ability to keep pace with changes in
these industries. If we are ultimately unable to adapt our operations as needed,
our business, financial condition and results of operations following a business
combination will be adversely affected.
The
technology, media and telecommunications industries are highly competitive
and
we may not be able to compete effectively which could adversely affect our
revenues and profitability upon consummation of a business
combination.
The
technology, media and telecommunications industries are rapidly evolving and
intensely competitive. We expect competition to intensify in the future. Many
of
the competitors we will face upon consummation of a business combination may
have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources
than we do. In addition, the management of our competitors may have greater
operating resources and experience in their respective industries. Some of
these
competitors may also offer a wider range of services than we can and have
greater name recognition and a larger client base. These competitors may be
able
to respond more quickly and effectively to new or changing opportunities,
technologies and client requirements. They may also be able to undertake more
extensive promotional activities, offer more attractive terms to clients, and
adopt more aggressive pricing policies. If we are unable to compete effectively
following a business combination, our business, financial condition, results
of
operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected.
We
may not be able to comply with government regulations that may be adopted with
respect to the telecommunications and media industries.
Certain
segments of the telecommunications and media industries, including wireline
and
wireless telecommunications networks, broadcast networks and radio stations,
have historically been subject to substantial government regulation. In the
past, the regulatory environment, particularly with respect to the
telecommunications industry and the television and radio industry, has been
fairly rigid. We cannot assure you that regulations currently in effect or
adopted in the future will not have a material adverse affect on our ability
to
acquire a particular telecommunications or media target or on any target
business acquired by us.
We
may be unable to protect or enforce the intellectual property rights of any
target businesses that we acquire.
After
completing a business combination, the procurement and protection of trademarks,
copyrights, patents, domain names, trade dress, and trade secrets will be
critical to our success. We will likely rely on a combination of copyright,
trademark, trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to protect any
proprietary technology and rights that we may acquire. Despite our efforts
to
protect those proprietary technology and rights, we may not be able to prevent
misappropriation of those proprietary rights or deter independent development
of
technologies that compete with the business we acquire. Our competitors may
file
patent applications or obtain patents and proprietary rights that block or
compete with our patents. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce
our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, or to determine
the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. It is also possible
that third parties may claim we have infringed their patent, trademark,
copyright or other proprietary rights. Claims or litigation, with or without
merit, could result in substantial costs and diversions of resources, either
of
which could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position and
business. Depending on the target business or businesses that we acquire, it
is
likely that we will have to protect copyrights, trademarks, patents, and domain
names in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive
and
may not be successful in every location. With respect to certain proprietary
rights, such as trademarks and copyrighted materials, of the target business
or
businesses that we will acquire, we expect that the target business or
businesses will have entered into license agreements in the past and will
continue to enter into such agreements in the future. These licensees may take
actions that diminish the value of such target business or businesses’
proprietary rights or cause harm to such target business or businesses’
reputation.
Item
1B. Unresolved
Staff Comments
Not
applicable.
Item
2. Properties
We
do not
own any real estate or other physical properties. Our headquarters are located
at 360 Madison Avenue, 21st
Floor,
New York, New York 10017. We entered into an informal agreement with an
unrelated third party whereby we pay a base rent of $2,058 per month, on a
month-to-month basis in exchange for office space and certain administrative
services. We
believe that our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our business
as
it is presently conducted.
Item
3. Legal
Proceedings
We
are
not currently subject to any material legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge,
is any material legal proceeding threatened against us. From time to time,
we
may be a party to certain legal proceedings incidental to the normal course
of
our business. While the outcome of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted
with certainty, we do not expect that these proceedings will have a material
effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.
Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No
matters were submitted to a vote of stockholders during the quarter ended March
31, 2006.
PART
II
Item
5. Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
Price
Range of Common Stock
Our
units, which consist of one share of our common stock, par value $.0001 per
share, and two warrants, each to purchase an additional share of our common
stock, trade on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “AVPAU.” Our common
stock has traded separately on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “AVPA”
since October 10, 2005. Our warrants have traded separately on the OTC Bulletin
Board under the symbol “AVPAW” since October 10, 2005. Each warrant entitles the
holder to purchase from us one share of our common stock at an exercise price
of
$5.00 commencing the later of the completion of the initial business combination
or August 25, 2006. Our warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on August 25, 2010, or earlier upon redemption.
The
following tables set forth, for the calendar quarter indicated, the quarterly
high and low bid information of the Company’s units, common stock and warrants,
respectively, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board. The quotations listed
below
reflect interdealer prices, without retail markup, markdown or commission and
may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
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Units
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Quarter
ended
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High
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Low
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March
31, 2006
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$6.90
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$6.03
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December
31, 2005
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$6.12
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$5.85
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September
30, 2005
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$6.05
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$5.85
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(1) Represents
the high and low bid information for our units from our initial public
offering on August 25, 2005 through September 30, 2005.
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Common
Stock
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Quarter
ended
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High
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Low
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March
31, 2006
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$5.60
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$5.32
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December
31, 2005 (1)
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$5.34
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$5.14
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(1) Represents
the high and low bid information for our shares of common stock from
October 10, 2005, the date that our common stock first became separately
tradable, through December 31, 2005.
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Warrants
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Quarter
ended
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High
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Low
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March
31, 2006
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$0.71
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$0.37
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December
31, 2005 (1)
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$0.50
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$0.31
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(1) Represents
the high and low bid information for our warrants from October 10,
2005,
the date that our warrants first became separately tradable, through
December 31, 2005.
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Holders
of Common Equity
As
of
June 26, 2006, we had approximately 10 stockholders of record of our common
stock.
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 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.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
We
did
not engage in any unregistered sales of equity securities during the three
months ended March 31, 2006.
Use
of Proceeds from Registered Offering
On
August
25, 2005, we commenced our initial public offering of units, each consisting
of
one share of our common stock, par value $.0001 per share, and two warrants,
each exercisable for one share of our common stock, pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124141), which registration statement was
declared effective on August 25, 2005. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. served
as
lead managing underwriter for our initial public offering, which closed on
August 31, 2005. The net proceeds from our initial public offering were
approximately $51,190,000, after deducting offering expenses of approximately
$650,000 and underwriting discounts of $2,160,000. As of September 1, 2005,
$50,380,000 of this amount had been placed in trust for purposes of consummating
a business combination, with approximately $810,000 remaining.
For
the
period from April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006, we paid
or
incurred an aggregate of approximately $1,115,000 in expenses, which have been
or will be paid out of the proceeds of our initial public offering not held
in
trust for the following purposes:
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expenses
related to our initial public
offering;
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repayment
of the notes payable to Messrs. Balter and Slasky, which loan was
repaid
in full, with interest, and
cancelled;
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premiums
associated with our directors and officers liability insurance;
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for
payment of estimated taxes incurred as a result of interest income
earned
on funds currently held in the trust account;
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expenses
for due diligence and investigation of prospective target businesses;
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legal
and accounting fees relating to our SEC reporting obligations and
our
investigation of prospective target businesses;
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for
miscellaneous expenses.
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As
of
March 31, 2006, approximately $51,108,343 was held in trust and we had
approximately $579,029 of our offering proceeds not held in trust remaining
and
available to us for our activities in connection with identifying and conducting
due diligence of a suitable business combination, and for general corporate
matters.
Item
6. Selected
Financial Data
The
following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and
should be read in conjunction with our financial statements, and the notes
and
schedules related thereto, which are included in this annual report on Form
10-K. To date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities and
activities relating to our initial public offering.
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Income
Statement Data
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For
the Period April 7, 2005 (Inception) through March 31,
2006
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Loss
from operations
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$
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(216,093
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Other
income - interest
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740,102
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Income
before provision for income taxes
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524,009
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Provision
for income taxes
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116,000
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Net
income
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$
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408,009
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Balance
Sheet Data
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March
31,
2006
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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579,029
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Prepaid
expenses
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72,488
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Total
current assets
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651,517
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Investments
held in Trust Account
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51,108,343
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Fixed
assets, net of accumulated depreciation
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4,062
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Total
assets
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$
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51,763,922
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Accrued
expenses
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$
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90,310
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Taxes
payable
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116,000
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Total
current liabilities
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206,310
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Common
stock subject to possible redemption
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10,193,318
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Total
stockholders’ equity
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41,364,294
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Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$
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51,763,922
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The
total
assets amount includes the approximately $51,108,343 being held in the trust
account, which will be available to us only upon the consummation of a business
combination within the time period described in this annual report. If a
business combination is not so consummated, we will be dissolved and the
proceeds held in the trust account 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 our initial public offering vote against the business
combination and exercise their conversion rights. Accordingly, we may effect
a
business combination if public stockholders owning less than 20% of the shares
sold in our initial public offering exercise their conversion rights. If this
occurred, we would be required to convert to cash up to approximately 19.99%
of
the 9,000,000 shares of common stock sold in our initial public offering, or
1,799,100 shares of common stock, at an initial per share conversion price
of
$5.60, without taking into account interest earned on the trust account. The
actual per share conversion price will be equal to the amount in the trust
account, including all accrued interest (net
of
taxes payable on income of the funds in the trust account and calculated as
of
two business days prior to the consummation of the proposed business
combination),
divided
by the number of shares of common stock sold in our initial public
offering.
Item
7. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our combined
consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere
in
this Form 10-K.
This
Form
10-K contains forward-looking statements regarding the plans and objectives
of
management for future operations. This information may involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe
our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by
use
of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“believe,” “intend” or “project” or the negative of these words or other
variations on these words or comparable terminology. These forward-looking
statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and we cannot assure
you that these projections included in these forward-looking statements will
come to pass. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed
or
implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. We
have based the forward-looking statements included in this annual report on
Form
10-K on information available to us on the date of this annual report on Form
10-K.
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
We
were
formed on April 7, 2005 as a blank check company for the purpose of acquiring,
through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar
business combination, one or more operating businesses in the technology, media
or telecommunications industries. We intend to use cash derived from the net
proceeds of our initial public offering, which closed on August 31, 2005,
together with any additional financing arrangements that we undertake, to effect
a business combination.
The
net
proceeds from our initial public offering on August 31, 2005 were approximately
$51,190,000, after deducting offering expenses of approximately $650,000 and
underwriting discounts of $2,160,000. Of this amount, $50,380,000 was placed
in
a trust account, with approximately $810,000 remaining for our use to cover
business, legal and accounting due diligence expenses on prospective
acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses.
We
expect
to use substantially all of the net proceeds discussed above to acquire one
or
more operating businesses, including identifying and evaluating prospective
acquisition candidates, selecting one or more operating businesses, and
structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination, including
the making of a down payment or the payment of exclusivity or similar fees
and
expenses, if any. However, we may not use all of the proceeds held in the trust
account in connection with a business combination, either because the
consideration for the business combination is less than the proceeds in trust
or
because we finance a portion of the consideration with capital stock or debt
securities that we can issue. In that event, the proceeds held in the trust
account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used to finance
the operations of the target business or businesses.
We
may
issue additional capital stock or debt securities to finance a business
combination. The issuance of additional capital stock, including upon conversion
of any convertible debt securities we may issue, or the incurrence of debt,
could have material consequences on our business and financial condition. The
issuance of additional shares of our capital stock (including upon conversion
of
convertible debt securities):
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·
|
may
significantly reduce the equity interest of our stockholders;
|
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·
|
will
likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares
of
common stock or voting preferred 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
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·
|
may
adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
|
Similarly,
if we issue debt securities, it could result in:
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·
|
default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business
combination are insufficient to pay our debt obligations;
|
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·
|
acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all
principal
and interest payments when due if we breach the covenants contained
in any
debt securities, such as covenants that require the satisfaction
or
maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves, without a waiver
or
renegotiation of such covenants;
|
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·
|
an
obligation to immediately repay all principal and accrued interest,
if
any, upon demand to the extent any debt securities are payable on
demand;
and
|
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·
|
our
inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, to the extent
any
debt securities contain covenants restricting our ability to obtain
additional financing while such security is outstanding, or to the
extent
our existing leverage discourages other potential investors.
|
Results
of Operations and Liquidity
Through
March 31, 2006, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities,
activities relating to our initial public offering, activities relating to
identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates and activities
relating to general corporate matters. We have neither engaged in any operations
nor generated any revenues, other than interest income earned on the proceeds
of
our initial public offering. As of March 31, 2006, approximately $51,108,343
was
held in trust and we had approximately $579,029 of our offering proceeds not
held in trust remaining and available to us for our activities in connection
with identifying and conducting due diligence of a suitable business
combination, and for general corporate matters.
For
the
period April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006, we earned
approximately $740,102 in interest income.
For
the
period April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006, we paid or
incurred an aggregate of approximately $1,115,000 in expenses for the following
purposes:
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·
|
expenses
related to our initial public
offering;
|
| · |
repayment
of the notes payable to two of our initial stockholders, Messrs.
Balter
and Slasky, which loans were repaid in full, with interest, and cancelled;
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·
|
premiums
associated with our directors and officers liability insurance;
|
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·
|
payment
of estimated taxes incurred as a result of interest income earned
on funds
currently held in the trust account;
|
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·
|
expenses
for due diligence and investigation of prospective target businesses;
|
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·
|
expenses
in legal and accounting fees relating to our SEC reporting obligations
and
our investigation of prospective target businesses;
and
|
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·
|
miscellaneous
expenses.
|
We
believe we will have sufficient available funds outside of the trust account
to
operate through August 31, 2007, assuming that a business combination is not
consummated during that time. We do not believe we will need to raise additional
funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business.
If
we determine that we need to raise additional funds prior to a business
combination, we will likely do so through a private offering of debt because
our
underwriting agreement prohibits us from issuing additional equity securities
prior to a business combination. 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 financing simultaneously with the consummation of a
business combination.
Unit
Purchase Option
We
have
also sold to Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc., for $100, an option to purchase
up
to a total of 450,000 units, consisting of one share of common stock and two
warrants, at $7.50 per unit, from the consummation of the business combination
until up to five years after August 25, 2005, the date we completed our initial
public offering. The warrants underlying such units will have terms that are
identical to those issued in the initial public offering, with the exception
of
the exercise price, which will be set at $6.65 per warrant. The purchase option
may be transferred, in whole or in part, to any subsidiary or affiliate of
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. upon notice to the Company, or to any third
party
transferee, subject to the Company’s consent. The purchase option also contains
a cashless exercise feature that allows the holder of the purchase option to
receive units on a net exercise basis. In addition, the purchase option provides
for registration rights that will permit the holder of the purchase option
to
demand that a registration statement be filed with respect to all or any part
of
the securities underlying the purchase option within five years of August 25,
2005, the date we completed our initial public offering. Further, the holder
of
the purchase option is entitled to piggy-back registration rights in the event
we undertake a subsequent registered offering within seven years of August
25,
2005, the date of the prospectus relating to our initial public
offering.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
consolidated amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and
expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ
from those estimates. We have determined that we currently are not subject
to
any critical accounting policies.
Item
7A. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
To
date,
our efforts have been limited to organizational activities and activities
relating to our initial public offering and the identification of a target
business; we have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues.
As the proceeds from our initial public offering held in trust have been
invested in short term investments, our only market risk exposure relates to
fluctuations in interest rates.
As
of
March 31, 2006, approximately $51,108,343 was held in trust for the purposes
of
consummating a business combination. As of March 31, 2006, the proceeds held
in
trust have been invested in a Smith Barney Municipal Market Fund, Class Y.
The
average rating in the portfolio is MIG 1. As of March 31, 2006, the effective
annualized interest rate payable on our investment was approximately 2.67%.
Assuming no other changes to our holdings as of March 31, 2006, a 1% decrease
in
the underlying interest rate payable on our investments as of March 31, 2006
would result in a decrease of approximately $126,020 in the interest earned
on
our investments for the following 90-day period, and a corresponding decrease
in
our net increase in stockholders’ equity resulting from operations, if any, for
that period.
We
have
not engaged in any hedging activities since our inception on April 7, 2005.
We
do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market
risk to which we are exposed.
Item
8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
Index
to Financial Statements
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Documents
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Page
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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27
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Balance
Sheet at March 31, 2006
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28
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Statement
of Operations for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception) through
March
31, 2006
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29
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Statement
of Stockholders’ Equity for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception)
through March 31, 2006
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30
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|
Statement
of Cash Flows for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception) through
March
31, 2006
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31
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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32
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board
of
Directors and Stockholders
Ad.Venture
Partners, Inc.
We
have
audited the accompanying balance sheet of Ad.Venture Partners, Inc. (a
development stage company) as of March 31, 2006 and the related statements
of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from April 7,
2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006. 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 the 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. An audit includes examining,
on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes 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 Ad.Venture Partners, Inc. as of
March 31, 2006 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the
period from April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006 in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/
Eisner
LLP
New
York,
New York
June
24,
2006
AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(a
development stage company)
BALANCE
SHEET
| |
|
March
31, 2006
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
579,029
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
72,488
|
|
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
651,517
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
held in Trust Account
|
|
|
51,108,343
|
|
|
Fixed
assets, net of accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
4,062
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$
|
51,763,922
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
$
|
90,310
|
|
|
Taxes
payable
|
|
|
116,000
|
|
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
206,310
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock, and changes in Trust Account value attributable to shares
subject
to possible redemption, 1,799,100 shares at $5.60 per
share
|
|
|
10,193,318
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock—$.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized;
0
shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
— |
|
|
Common
stock—$.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 11,249,997 shares
issued and outstanding (which includes 1,799,100 shares subject to
possible redemption)
|
|
|
1,125
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
41,073,518
|
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
289,651
|
|
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
41,364,294
|
|
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
$
|
51,763,922
|
|
See
notes
to financial statements
AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(a
development stage company)
STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS
| |
|
April
7, 2005
(Date
of Inception) Through
March
31, 2006
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Operating
costs
|
|
$
|
(216,093
|
)
|
|
Loss
from operations
|
|
|
(216,093
|
)
|
|
Other
income—interest
|
|
|
740,102
|
|
|
Income
before provision for income taxes
|
|
|
524,009
|
|
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
(116,000
|
)
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
408,009
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding—basic
|
|
|
7,696,020
|
|
|
Net
income per share—basic
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding—diluted
|
|
|
8,793,060
|
|
|
Net
income per share—diluted
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Pro
Forma Adjustment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption
(net of
taxes of $0)
|
|
$
|
(118,358
|
)
|
|
Pro
forma net income attributable to common stockholders not subject
to
possible redemption
|
|
$
|
289,651
|
|
|
Pro
forma weighted average number of shares outstanding, excluding shares
subject to possible redemption—basic
|
|
|
6,607,360
|
|
|
Pro
forma net income per share, excluding shares subject to possible
redemption—basic
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
|
Pro
forma weighted average number of shares outstanding, excluding shares
subject to possible redemption—diluted
|
|
|
7,485,102
|
|
| Pro
forma net income per share, excluding shares
subject to possible redemption—diluted |
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
See
notes
to financial statements
AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(a
development stage company)
STATEMENT
OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
| |
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
|
|
Retained
Earnings
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Balance—April
7, 2005 (date of inception)
|
|
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
|
Contributions
from initial stockholders
|
|
|
2,249,997
|
|
|
225
|
|
|
775
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
Sale
of 9,000,000 units and representative’s option, net of underwriters’
discount and offering expenses
|
|
|
9,000,000
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
51,147,703
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
51,148,603
|
|
|
Net
proceeds subject to possible redemption of 1,799,100 shares
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(10,074,960
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(10,074,960
|
)
|
|
Change
in accretion of Trust Account relating to common stock subject to
possible
redemption, net of tax
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(118,358
|
)
|
|
(118,358
|
)
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
408,009
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance—March
31, 2006
|
|
|
11,249,997
|
|
$
|
1,125
|
|
$
|
41,073,518
|
|
$
|
289,651
|
|
$
|
41,364,294
|
|
See
notes
to financial statements
AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(a
development stage company)
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
| |
|
April
7, 2005
(Date
of Inception) Through
March
31, 2006
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
408,009
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,015
|
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
(72,488
|
)
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
90,310
|
|
|
Taxes
payable |
|
|
116,000 |
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
542,846
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments held
in Trust Account
|
|
|
(51,108,343
|
)
|
|
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(5,077
|
)
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(51,113,420
|
)
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of stock
|
|
|
51,148,503
|
|
|
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholder
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
Repayment
of note payable to stockholder
|
|
|
(150,000
|
)
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of common stock to founders
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of representative’s option
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
51,149,603
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
579,029
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents—beginning of period
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents—end of period
|
|
$
|
579,029
|
|
See
notes
to financial statements
AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
(a
development stage company)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March
31, 2006
Note
A—Organization And Business Operations
Ad.Venture
Partners, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware on April 7, 2005.
The Company was formed to serve as a vehicle for the acquisition through a
merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business
combination (the “Business Combination”) of one or more operating business in
the technology, media or telecommunications industries. The Company has neither
engaged in any operations nor generated revenue. The Company is considered
to be
in the development stage and is subject to the risks associated with activities
of development stage companies. The Company has selected March 31 as its fiscal
year end.
The
registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the
“Offering”) (as described in Note C) was declared effective on August 25,
2005. The Company consummated the Offering on August 31, 2005 and received
net proceeds of approximately $51,190,000. The Company’s management has broad
discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of
the
Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Offering are
intended to be generally applied toward a Business Combination. Furthermore,
there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect
a
Business Combination. Of the net proceeds, $50,380,000 was placed in a trust
account (“Trust Account”) and invested in mutual funds and municipal money
market funds until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the first Business
Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Fund as described below.
The remaining proceeds may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting
due
diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative
expenses. 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 holders of 20% or more of the shares issued in the Offering
vote
against the Business Combination, the Business Combination will not be
consummated. However, the persons who were stockholders prior to the Offering
(the “Initial Stockholders”) will participate in any liquidation distribution
only with respect to any shares of the common stock acquired in connection
with
or following the Offering.
In
the
event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within 18
months from the date of the consummation of the Offering, or 24 months from
the
consummation of the Offering if certain extension criteria have been satisfied
(the “Acquisition Period”), the proceeds held in the Trust Fund will be
distributed to the Company’s public stockholders, excluding the Initial
Stockholders to the extent of their initial stock holdings. In the event of
such
distribution, it is likely that the per share value of the residual assets
remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will
be
less than the initial public offering price per share in the Offering (assuming
no value is attributed to the Warrants contained in the Units to be offered
in
the Proposed Offering discussed in Note C)).
Note
B—Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
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Cash
and cash equivalents:
|
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents.
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Investments
held in Trust Account:
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At
March
31, 2006, the investments held in the Trust Account consist of tax-exempt
municipal money market funds, and are treated as trading securities and recorded
at their market value. The excess of market over cost is included in interest
income in the accompanying statement of operations.
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Earnings
per common share:
|
Earnings
per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders
by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.
Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number
of
shares outstanding adjusted per the incremental shares attributed to outstanding
options to purchase common stock.
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 and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Deferred
income taxes are provided for the differences between the bases 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 start-up
costs and temporary differences, aggregating approximately $135,000. 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
March 31, 2006.
The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 34% due to the
increase in the valuation allowance.
Note
C—Public Offering
On
August 31, 2005, the Company consummated an initial public offering of
9,000,000 units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s
common stock, $.0001 par value, and two warrants (“Warrants”). Each Warrant
entitles the holder to purchase from the Company one share of common stock
at an
exercise price of $5.00. Each warrant is exercisable on the later of
(a) the completion of a Business Combination or (b) August 25,
2006 and expires on August 25, 2010. The Warrants are redeemable at a price
of $.01 per Warrant upon 30 days notice after the Warrants become
exercisable, only in the event that the last sale price of the common stock
is
at least $8.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period
ending on the third day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is
given.
In
connection with the Offering, the Company paid the underwriters an underwriting
discount of 4% of the gross proceeds of the Offering. In addition, the Company
agreed to pay the underwriters additional underwriting fees and expenses of
$1,620,000 upon the consummation of the initial business combination. The
Company expects that such additional fees and expenses will be paid out of
the
proceeds in the trust account. Of such additional fees and expenses $1,080,000
constitute additional underwriting fees and $540,000 constitutes an additional
non-accountable expense allowance.
The
Company also sold to the representative of the underwriters for a purchase
price
of $100 an option to purchase up to a total of 450,000 units at a price of
$7.50
per unit. The units issuable upon the exercise of this option are identical
to
those offered in the prospectus, except that the exercise price of the warrants
underlying the underwriters’ purchase option is $6.65. This option is
exercisable commencing on the later of the consummation of a business
combination and one year from the date of the prospectus and expiring five
years
from the date of the prospectus and may be exercised on a cashless basis. The
option may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for
a
one-year 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.
The
holders of the option have demand and piggy-back registration rights under
the
Securities Act for periods of five and seven years, respectively, from the
date
of the prospectus with respect to registration of the securities directly and
indirectly issuable upon exercise of the option. 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, recapitalization,
reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the option will not be
adjusted for issuances at a price below its exercise price.
The
Company has estimated, based upon a Black Scholes model, that the fair value
of
the option on the date of sale would be approximately $1,906,382, using an
expected life of five years, volatility of 94.4% and a risk-free rate of 4.12%.
However, because the Company has not consummated the Business Combination,
management derived the volatility estimate based on the average five-year
historical stock prices for a representative sample of 20 technology, media
and
telecommunications companies with market capitalizations below $500 million,
which management believes is a reasonable benchmark to use in estimating the
expected volatility of the units after the consummation of a Business
Combination. Although an expected life of five years was used in the
calculation, if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within
the prescribed time period and the Company liquidates, the option will become
worthless.
As
part
of the Offering, the Company and the managing underwriters agreed that, within
the first 45 calendar days after separate trading of the warrants commenced,
the
managing underwriters or certain of their principals, affiliates or designees
would place bids for and, if their bids were accepted, spend up to $400,000
to
purchase warrants in the public marketplace at prices not to exceed $.70 per
warrant. The managing underwriters agreed that any warrants purchased by them
or
their affiliates or designees would not be sold or transferred until completion
of a Business Combination by the Company. Additionally, the chief executive
officer and the president agreed with the representative of the underwriters,
that within the first 45 calendar days after separate trading of the warrants
commenced, they or certain of their affiliates or designees would collectively
place bids for, and if their bids were accepted, spend up to $1,600,000 to
purchase warrants in the public marketplace at prices not to exceed $.70 per
warrant. The chief executive officer and president further agreed that any
warrants purchased by them or their affiliates or designees will not be sold
or
transferred until completion of a Business Combination. The units separated
on
October 10, 2005 and, within the time specified, management purchased 3,794,403
warrants at an average price of $0.4216, and the underwriter purchased 948,000
warrants at an average price of $0.4216.
Note
D—Notes Payable to Stockholder
The
Company issued an aggregate of $150,000 in promissory notes to Messrs. Balter
and Slasky in April 2005. The notes bear interest at a rate of 4% per year.
The
notes were paid upon consummation of the Offering from the net proceeds of
the
Offering.
Note
E—related party transaction
Following
the consummation of its initial public offering, the Company cancelled its
office agreement with Innovation Interactive, LLC, a company where certain
of
the Initial Stockholders served in executive capacities, under which the Company
agreed to pay an administrative fee of $7,500 per month for office space and
general and administrative services. Following cancellation of that arrangement,
the Company relocated its offices under an informal agreement with an unrelated
third party whereby the Company has agreed to pay a base rent of $2,058 per
month, on a month-to-month basis, in exchange for office space and certain
administrative services.
Note
F—Common Stock Reserved for Issuance
At
March
31, 2006, 18,900,000 shares of stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise
of
redeemable warrants.
Item
9. Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosures
Not
applicable.
Item
9A. Controls
and Procedures
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
of the
end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K, our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer conducted an evaluation of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon this evaluation, our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them of any material
information relating to us that is required to be disclosed by us in the reports
we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 13-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that occurred
during the period April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006
that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other
Information
None.
PART
III
Item
10. Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Directors
and Executive Officers
Our
current directors and executive officers are as follows:
|
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
|
|
Year
Appointed/Elected
|
|
Howard
S. Balter
|
|
43
|
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
2005
|
|
Ilan
M. Slasky
|
|
36
|
|
President,
Secretary and Director
|
|
2005
|
|
Lawrence
J. Askowitz*
|
|
40
|
|
Director
|
|
2005
|
|
Dr.
Shlomo Kalish*
|
|
54
|
|
Director
|
|
2005
|
*
Member
of the Audit Committee
Howard
S. Balter is
our
chairman and chief executive officer. In addition, Mr. Balter has been
chairman and a managing member of Innovation Interactive, LLC, a diversified
Internet advertising company, from May 2002 when it was acquired in a management
buy-out from Net2Phone, Inc. until its sale in November 2005. Prior to that
he
was chief executive officer and a director of Net2Phone, Inc., a leading
Internet telephony company. Mr. Balter was a director at Net2Phone, Inc.
from October 1997 to October 2001, its chief executive officer from January
1999
to October 2001 and its vice chairman of the board of directors from May 1999
to
October 2001. Mr. Balter also served as Net2Phone, Inc.’s treasurer from
October 1997 to July 1999. Prior to his employment with Net2Phone, Inc.,
Mr. Balter was employed by IDT Corp., a diversified international
telecommunications company, where he was chief operating officer from 1993
to
1998 and chief financial officer from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Balter was a
director of IDT Corp. from December 1995 to January 1999 and vice chairman
of
IDT Corp.’s board of directors from October 1996 to January 1999.
Ilan
M. Slasky is
our
president, secretary and one of our directors. In addition, Mr. Slasky has
been vice chairman and a managing member of Innovation Interactive, LLC since
May 2002 until its sale in November 2005. Prior to that he was chief financial
officer at Net2phone, Inc. from January 1999 to January 2002. Prior to his
employment with Net2Phone, Inc., Mr. Slasky was employed by IDT Corp.,
where he was its executive vice president of finance from December 1997 to
January 1999, its director of carrier services from November 1996 to July 1997
and its director of finance from May 1996 to November 1996. Mr. Slasky
worked for Merrill Lynch as a supervisor in the Risk Management group from
1992
to 1993, as an assistant fixed income trader from 1993 to 1994 and as a
collateral management specialist in the Global Equity Derivatives group from
1994 to 1995.
Lawrence
J. Askowitz is
one of
our directors. In addition, Mr. Askowitz is a founder and partner at
Z Communications Capital, which advises and acquires communication and
media technology companies. Before founding Z Communications Capital, from
April
2004 to April 2005, Mr. Askowitz was the telecommunication and media
technology partner at ZelnickMedia Corporation, a private equity firm that
acquires and operates media businesses. Mr. Askowitz was employed by
Deutsche Bank in the Telecommunications Corporate Finance Group, where he served
as a director from September 2000 through December 2001 and as a managing
director and head of the U.S. Wireless Banking practice from January 2002
to September 2003. From April 1998 to December 1999, Mr. Askowitz was a
vice president at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Media &
Telecommunications Corporate Finance Group and the Mergers &
Acquisitions Group and served as a director of those groups from January 2000
to
September 2000. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Askowitz was employed by Lazard
where he worked as an analyst, associate and vice president in the Banking
and
Public Finance Departments. Mr. Askowitz served as a director of Horizon
PCS, Inc., a provider of personal communications services under the Sprint
brand
from October 2004 until July 2005 when it merged into iPCS Inc., another Sprint
affiliate.
Since
November 1, 2005, Mr. Askowitz has served on the Advisory Board of Infogate
Online, an IPTV middleware provider.
Dr. Shlomo
Kalish is
one of
our directors. Dr. Kalish has been the chairman and chief executive officer
of Jerusalem Global Ventures Ltd., a venture capital firm that manages funds
focusing on early stage investments in software, communications, homeland
security and life sciences since 2000. Dr. Kalish was general partner of
Concord Ventures, a venture capital firm, from 1997 to 1999. He founded
Jerusalem
Global Ltd., and served as chairman and chief executive officer from 1994 to
1997. From 1985 to 1994, Dr. Kalish was a member of the faculty at Tel Aviv
University School of Management. Dr. Kalish has served as a director of:
Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd., an engineering software company, since
November 1999; Camero, Inc., a developer of through-wall imaging micro-power
radar, since June 2004; Certagon Ltd., an integrated application environment
software provider, since March 2003; Chiasma Inc., a biotechnology company
that
develops non-invasive alternatives to macromolecule therapies, since May 2001;
LocatioNet Systems Ltd., a developer of a comprehensive location-based service
system for the wireless market, since October 2000; Notal Vision Ltd., a
developer of solutions for the opthalmic industry, since April 2001; Saifun
Semiconductors Ltd., a non-volatile memory solutions provider, since
April 1998; and VideoCodes, a digital video broadcasting software provider,
since March 2004. Dr. Kalish is also a member of the board of governors of
Bar Ilan University, the Technion and The Jerusalem College of
Technology.
Number
and Terms of Directors
Our
board
of directors has four directors and is divided into three classes with only
one
class of directors being elected in each year and each class serving a
three-year term. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting
of Mr. Askowitz, will expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders.
The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Dr. Kalish
and Mr. Slasky, will expire at the second annual meeting. The term of office
of
the third class of directors, consisting of Mr. Balter, will expire at the
third
annual meeting. Each of our current directors has served on our board since
our
inception in April 2005.
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 successfully identify and effect an acquisition,
although we cannot assure you that they will, in fact, be able to do
so.
Committee
of the Board of Directors
Our
Board
of Directors has established an Audit Committee, which reports to the Board
of
Directors. Mr. Askowitz and Dr. Kalish serve as members of our Audit
Committee. In addition, Board of Directors has determined that Dr.
Kalish is an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined under
Item 401 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Audit Committee is responsible for meeting with our independent accountants
regarding, among other issues, audits and adequency of our accounting and
control systems.
The
Audit
Committee is required to be composed entirely of at least two independent
directors.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Pursuant
to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, the Company’s directors and
executive officers, and any persons holding 10% or more of its common stock,
are
required to report their beneficial ownership and any changes therein to the
Commission and the Company. Specific due dates for those reports have been
established, and the Company is required to report herein any failure to file
such reports by those due dates. Based on the Company’s review of Forms 3, 4 and
5 filed by such persons, the Company believes that during the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006 all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such persons
were met in a timely manner.
Special
Advisors
We
consult from time-to-time with certain individuals who have demonstrated
experience in the financial and technology-related sectors, who we call our
special advisors. Our special advisors have no formal rights or duties as such,
are not considered consultants or members of our management and therefore owe
no
fiduciary duties to us or our stockholders. We consider all special advisors
to
have equal stature and we expect them to act as an informal advisory panel
for
us. We expect to look to our special advisors primarily for assistance with
locating and evaluating prospective target businesses. We have initially
identified the following individuals as our special advisors.
Thomas
Rogers
has
served as a special advisor since May 2005. Mr. Rogers has served on the
board of directors of TiVo Inc., a digital video recording company, since
September 2003 and has served as the vice chairman of the board since October
2004. On June 27, 2005, TiVo Inc. announced Mr. Rogers would be named
its chief executive officer effective July 1, 2005. He has been the
chairman of the board of Teleglobe, a global telecom, mobile telephony and
voice
over Internet protocol company, since November 2004. Mr. Rogers has been
the chairman of TRget Media LLC, a media industry investment and operations
advisory firm, since June 2003 and the senior operating executive for media
and
entertainment for Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. since January 2004.
Mr. Rogers was chairman and chief executive officer of PRIMEDIA Inc., a
targeted media company, from October 1999 to April 2003. From January 1987
to
October 1999, Mr. Rogers worked for NBC, the television network, as
president of NBC Cable and executive vice president of NBC. Mr. Rogers led
the founding of CNBC, the business news channel and established the
NBC/Microsoft cable channel, and Internet joint venture, MSNBC.
Ken
Jacquin has
served as a special advisor since June 2005. Mr. Jacquin has been the chief
financial officer of Winder Farms, a home delivery business, since January
2005.
From January 2000 through March 2004, Mr. Jacquin was employed by Deutsche
Bank as a director in Equity Capital Markets. Between June 1995 and December
1999, Mr. Jacquin was an associate and then a vice president of the Media
and Telecommunications Group at Banker’s Trust, formerly Alex Brown &
Sons.
We
may
identify, from time to time, additional individuals to serve as special advisors
if those individuals possess a level of experience within the technology, media
and telecommunications sectors that we believe may be beneficial to us. We
will
not compensate individuals for service as special advisors, other than providing
reimbursement 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.
Code
of Ethics
We
have
adopted a code of ethics that applies to directors, officers and employees.
You
may obtain a copy of the Company’s code, free of charge, by contacting our
corporate secretary, Mr. Ilan M. Slasky, at 360 Madison Avenue,
21st
Floor,
New York, NY 10017. The Company intends to disclose amendments to or waivers
from a required provision of the code on Form 8-K.
Item
11. Executive
Compensation
No
executive officer, director or initial stockholder, nor any affiliate thereof,
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 initial
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, provided that no proceeds held in the trust account will be used
to
reimburse out-of-pocket expenses prior to a business combination. 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. In addition, since the role of our current
management and directors subsequent to a business combination is uncertain,
we
have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to our
current management and directors prior to or after a business combination by
any
target businesses.
Item
12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
our
common stock as of June 1 2006, by:
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•
|
each
person known by us, as a result of such person’s public filings with the
SEC and the information contained therein, to be the beneficial owner
of
more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;
|
| |
•
|
each
of our officers and directors; and
|
| |
•
|
all
of 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.
|
Name
|
|
Number
of Shares
|
|
Percentage
of Class(3)
|
|
Relationship
to Us
|
|
Howard
S. Balter
|
|
1,012,500
|
|
9.0%
|
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
Ilan
M. Slasky
|
|
1,012,500
|
|
9.0%
|
|
President,
Secretary and Director
|
|
Lawrence
J. Askowitz
|
|
45,000
|
|
*
|
|
Director
|
|
Dr.
Shlomo Kalish
|
|
45,000
|
|
*
|
|
Director
|
|
Executive
officers and directors as a group
|
|
2,115,000
|
|
18.8%
|
|
|
|
Sapling,
LLC(1)(4)
535
Fifth Avenue
31st
Floor
New
York, New York 10017
|
|
723,416
|
|
6.4%
|
|
Stockholder
|
|
Amaranth
LLC(2)(5)
One
American Lane
Greenwich,
Connecticut 06831
|
|
1,109,000
|
|
9.9%
|
|
Stockholder
|
|
Satellite
Asset Management, L.P.(6)
10
East 30th Street
21st
Floor
New
York, NY 10022
|
|
803,100
|
|
7.1%
|
|
Stockholder
|
*
Represents less than one percent.
|
(1)
|
Shares
beneficially held as a group together with Fir Tree Recovery Master
Fund,
L.P.
|
|
(2)
|
Shares
beneficially held as a group together with Amaranth Advisors L.L.C.
and
Nicholas M. Maounis.
|
|
(3)
|
Based
on a total of 11,249,997 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and
outstanding on June 1, 2006.
|
|
(4)
|
Based
upon information contained in the Schedule 13G filed September 23,
2005,
by Sapling, LLC and Fir Tree Recovery Master Fund,
L.P.
|
|
(5)
|
Based
upon information contained in the Schedule 13G/A filed January 30,
2006 by
Amaranth LLC, Amaranth Advisors L.L.C. and Nicholas M.
Maounis.
|
|
(6)
|
Based
upon information contained in the Schedule 13G/A filed February 15,
2006,
by Satellite Asset Management, L.P.
|
Item
13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
Conflicts
of Interest
Investors
should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:
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•
|
None
of our officers and directors are 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.
|
| |
•
|
In
light of Messrs. Balter’s and Slasky’s prior involvement with Innovation
Interactive, LLC and our objective of effecting a business combination
with one or more operating businesses in the technology, media or
telecommunications industries, we may determine to enter into a business
combination with Innovation Interactive,
LLC.
|
| |
•
|
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.
|
| |
•
|
Since
our directors own shares of our common stock that will be subject
to
lock-up agreements restricting their sale until six months after
a
business combination is successfully completed, 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 target businesses and completing
a
business combination in a timely
manner.
|
| |
•
|
In
the event we elect to make a substantial down payment, or otherwise
incur
significant expenses, in connection with a potential business combination,
our expenses could exceed the remaining proceeds not held in trust.
Our
officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect
to
evaluating a particular business combination if we incur such excess
expenses. Specifically, our officers and directors may tend to favor
potential business combinations with target businesses that offer
to
reimburse any expenses in excess of our available proceeds not held
in
trust.
|
| |
•
|
Our
officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect
to
evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or
resignation of any such officers and directors were included by a
target
business as a condition to any agreement with respect to a business
combination.
|
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:
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•
|
the
corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;
|
| |
•
|
the
opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and
|
| |
•
|
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 other 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 fiduciary obligation arising from a relationship
established prior to the establishment of a fiduciary relationship with
us.
The
initial stockholders 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 our initial public offering; they will participate
in
any liquidation distribution with respect to any shares of common stock acquired
in connection with or following that offering. In addition, in connection with
the vote required for our initial business combination, all of our initial
stockholders, including all of our officers and directors, have agreed to vote
the shares of common stock owned by them immediately before our initial public
offering in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock voted
by
the public stockholders; however, they may cast votes with respect to any shares
of common stock acquired in connection with or following our initial public
offering in any manner as they may determine in their discretion. As a result,
an initial stockholder who acquired shares during or after our initial public
offering may vote against the proposed business combination with respect to
those shares, and retain the right to exercise the conversion rights
attributable to such shares in the event that a business combination transaction
is approved by a majority of our public stockholders.
Item
14. Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
Eisner
LLP (“Eisner”) is exclusively responsible for the opinion rendered in connection
with its examination.
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For
the Period April 7, 2005 (Inception) through March 31,
2006
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Fiscal
Year Ended March 31, 2005
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Audit
Fees
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$35,000
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N/A
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Audit-Related
Fees
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—
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N/A
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Tax
Fees
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—
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N/A
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All
Other Fees
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—
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N/A
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Total
Fees:
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$35,000
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N/A
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Audit
Fees.
Audit
fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit
of
our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by
Eisner in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.
Audit-Related
Fees.
Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services
that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our
financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services
include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and
consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting
standards.
Tax
Fees.
Tax fees
consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance. These
services include assistance regarding federal, state, and local tax
compliance.
All
Other Fees.
All
other fees would include fees for products and services other than the services
reported above.
Policy
on Board Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-audit Services of Independent
Auditors
The
Audit
Committee is responsible for appointing, setting compensation, and overseeing
the work of the independent auditor. In recognition of this responsibility,
the
Audit Committee has established a policy to pre-approve all audit and
permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditor.
In
addition to retaining Eisner to audit our consolidated financial statements
for
the period April 7, 2005 (date of inception) through March 31, 2006, we may
retain Eisner to provide advisory services and due diligence work in connection
with prospective business combinations to us in our 2006 fiscal year. We
understand the need for Eisner to maintain objectivity and independence in
its
audit of our financial statements.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibit
and, Financial Statement Schedules
| 1.
Financial
Statements: |
Page
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Index
to Financial Statements
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26
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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27
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Balance
Sheet at March 31, 2006
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28
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Statement
of Operations for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception) through
March
31, 2006
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29
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Statement
of Stockholders’ Equity for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception)
through March 31, 2006
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30
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Statement
of Cash Flows for the period from April 7, 2005 (inception) through
March
31, 2006
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31
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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32
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2. Financial
Statement Schedule(s):
No
financial statement schedules are filed herewith because (i) such schedules
are
not required or (ii) the information required has been presented in the
aforementioned financial statements.
3. Exhibits:
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
of Document
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3.1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation *
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3.2
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By-laws
**
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4.1
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Specimen
Unit Certificate ***
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4.2
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Specimen
Common Stock Certificate **
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4.3
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Specimen
Warrant Certificate ***
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4.4
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Form
of Warrant Agreement entered into by and between Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant *
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4.5
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Form
of Purchase Option issued to Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
*
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10.1
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Form
of Letter Agreement entered into by and between the Registrant and
each of
the initial stockholders ***
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10.2
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Form
of Letter Agreement entered into by and between Wedbush Morgan Securities
Inc. and each of the initial stockholders ***
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10.3
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Form
of Lock-up Agreement entered into by and between Wedbush Morgan Securities
Inc. and each of the initial stockholders ***
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10.5
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Form
of Investment Management Trust Agreement entered into by and between
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant
*
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10.6
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Promissory
Note issued by the Registrant to Howard S. Balter **
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10.7
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Promissory
Note issued by the Registrant to Ilan M. Slasky **
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10.8
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement entered into by and among the Registrant
and each of the initial stockholders ***
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10.9
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Form
of Warrant Purchase Agreement entered into by and between the Registrant
and Howard S. Balter and Ilan M. Slasky *
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14.1
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Code
of Ethics ****
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant
to
Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant
to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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99.1
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Amended
and Restated Audit Committee Charter
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________
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*
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Previously
filed in connection with amendment no. 5 to Ad.Venture Partners,
Inc.’s
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on
August
24, 2005.
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**
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Previously
filed in connection with Ad.Venture Partners, Inc.’s registration
statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on April 18, 2005.
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***
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Previously
filed in connection with amendment no. 1 to Ad.Venture Partners,
Inc.’s
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on
June 30,
2005.
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****
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Previously
filed in connection with amendment no. 2 to Ad.Venture Partners,
Inc.’s
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on
August
8, 2005.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date:
June 29, 2006
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AD.VENTURE
PARTNERS, INC.
/s/
Howard
S. Balter
Howard
S. Balter
Chief
Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know
All Persons by these Presents,
that
each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Howard
S. Balter and
Ilan M. Slasky ,
and
each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 report on Form 10-K, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacity and on the dates indicated.
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Date:
June 29, 2006
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/s/
Howard
S. Balter
Howard
S. Balter
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
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Date:
June 29, 2006
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/s/
Ilan
M. Slasky
Ilan
M. Slasky
President,
Secretary and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer
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Date:
June 29, 2006
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/s/
Lawrence
J. Askowitz
Lawrence
J. Askowitz
Director
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Date:
June 29, 2006
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/s/
Dr.
Shlomo Kalish
Dr.
Shlomo Kalish
Director
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