UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K/A
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
June
6, 2007
(Date
of Report)
ECASH,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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000-13822
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52-2171803
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(State
or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.)
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2535
Pilot Knob Road, Suite 118, Mendota Heights
Minnesota,
55120
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(651)
452-1606
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
March
1, 2007, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among
ECash, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), ECSI Acquisition Corp., a
Florida corporation (“Acquisition Corp.”), and Clarity Imaging International, a
Texas corporation (“Clarity”)
As
part
of this two pronged Agreement, Acquisition Corp. was merged with and into
Clarity at which time the separate legal existence of Acquisition Corp. ceased
and Clarity became the surviving corporation in the First
Merger. Clarity then merged with and into the Company (sometimes
hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”), and thereafter the
separate existence of Clarity ceased to exist and at which time the Company
succeeded to all of the rights, privileges, powers and property, including,
without limitation, all rights, privileges, franchises, patents, trademarks,
licenses, registrations, bank accounts, contracts, patents, copyrights and
other
assets of every kind and description of Clarity and continued its corporate
existence under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The
Agreement requires shareholder approval from eCash, Inc.
shareholders.
Clarity
Imaging International
Clarity
Imaging International, Inc. (n/k/a/ Netfone, Inc.) (“Clarity”) is a controlled
subsidiary, which specializes in the packaging and delivery of diagnostic
services and other innovative and highly leveragable health care technologies
and/or services. Clarity will focus on a number of imaging related
businesses. The first business will be the development and management of
medical imaging centers. These centers would be developed with Hospitals and
Radiology Groups. Clarity will be an equity partner in many of these
centers as well as having a long term management services contract to operate
the center.
Another
major line of business will be the development of physician office based
diagnostic services. Management anticipates that in late 2007 and the first
quarters of 2008 Clarity will also be developing an Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy
program. Esophageal capsule endoscopy is a diagnostic procedure that
allows a physician to "look" into the esophagus or swallowing tube without
the
oral passage of an endoscope. This exam does not replace upper endoscopy to
view
the stomach and proximal small bowel.
Esophageal
capsule endoscopy is a video capsule system that has two cameras, each pointed
out of the two ends of the capsule. The capsule, which is about the size of
a
large vitamin pill, contains LEDs (light emitting diodes), two lenses, two
color
camera chips, two silver oxide batteries, a radio frequency transmitter, and
an
antenna. Each camera takes pictures at a rate of 7 frames per second or 14
frames per second when combined. The cameras have CMOS (complementary metal
oxide semiconductor) chips, which require less power than present CCD (charged
coupled device) chips found on video endoscopes and digital cameras. They can
operate at very low levels of illumination.
The
capsule transmits the images to a recording device worn about a patient's waist.
Once the study is completed, the recording device is downloaded to a computer
workstation whose software provides the images to a computer screen. The capsule
is disposable and does not need to be retrieved by a patient. It is passed
naturally in a bowel movement.
This
service allows a primary care physician to prescribe a diagnostic test that
replaces the need for endoscopic intervention and to earn revenue through the
provision of the service in their office. The reimbursement for this service
is
in process with Medicare approving its use for portal hypertension.
Studies are underway for the inclusion of GERD (also known as acid reflux)
and
other diseases of the Esophagus.
The
above
services are healthcare care imaging and diagnostic testing services. All
require an approved CPT code. Other than the Esophageal capsule, the
others all have approved CPT codes and reimbursements
assigned.
Imaging Center
development business will come through Clarity’s already nationally established
reputation and experience in the imaging field. Clarity’s management
expects to add 4-5 centers in late 2007 and 2-3 centers each of the next 3
years.
The
physician practice based services will be heavily marketed through national
medical associations and through the manufactures assistance through their
national marketing and advertising programs.
In
addition to imaging services, Clarity also provides management services that
include billing, scheduling, and asset purchasing and overall operational
management. These imaging centers perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
on
patients for diagnostic purposes and may begin to perform MRI guided,
non-invasive surgery for therapeutic purposes. Clarity generates revenues by
charging management fees to facilities. Clarity currently has four
employees.
Clarity
has relied on the professional contacts of John Relic, the president of its
imaging business, to secure additional centers to which it can provide
management services.
Customer
Concentration
Clarity
expects that most of its customers will be hospitals, hospital groups,
university health systems and large medical group. Because the Company is in
its
development stage, it is difficult to predict the future importance of any
one
or more customers. However, Clarity will seek to build a customer
base that is sufficiently diverse so that its business is not materially
dependent on any one or few customers.
Overview
and Plan of Operations
While
Clarity has begun to generate revenue from its operations, it is an early stage
company that is not yet profitable. Clarity manages diagnostic
imaging centers in California and Texas. These imaging centers
perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on patients for diagnostic purposes.
Medical Imaging is the fastest growing segment of the domestic healthcare
markets.
DESCRIPTION
OF PROPERTY
The
Clarity Imaging office is in Austin and consists of approximately 1,300 square
feet. This lease is for 24 months, with a 24 month renewal option, and expires
in March of 2007. The other offices are all in the 1,000 square foot or smaller
range, and under month to month terms.
Risk
Factors Related Strictly to Clarity
Risks
related to our Business
If
we are unable to develop and maintain alliances with strategic partners, we
may
have difficulty developing and selling our products and
services.
Our
ability to develop business alliances with medical device, medical service
and/or health- related companies is an essential component of our
strategy. There can be no assurance that our efforts to develop such
business relationships will progress to mature relationships or that any such
relationships will be successful. Generally, our arrangements with
strategic partners do not require those partners to purchase or commit to sell
any minimum amount of our products or services, and therefore these partners
may
not devote sufficient resources to the development and sale of our products
and
technologies. Moreover, some of our arrangements with strategic
partners are not exclusive, and these partners may develop products or
technologies competitive with our products and technologies. If our
alliances with strategic partners are not successful or if we are unable to
negotiate acceptable alliances in the future, the development of our products
and services could be impeded and our financial results negatively
impacted.
We
depend heavily on key personnel.
Our
performance is substantially dependent on the performance of our Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Michael Chermak, our President and Chief Operating
Officer, John Relic, and other key employees. Although none of these
employees has indicated that he intends to leave the Company, the loss of the
services of any of these employees could have a material adverse effect on
the
business, operating results and financial condition of the Company.
Our
common stock is subject to the "penny stock" rules of the SEC, which will make
transactions in our common stock cumbersome and may depress the trading price
of
our common stock.
Our
securities are subject, and may in the future continue to be subject, to the
“penny stock” rules adopted pursuant to Section 15(g) of the Exchange Act. The
penny stock rules apply generally to companies whose common stock trades at
less
than $5.00 per share, subject to certain limited exemptions. Such rules require,
among other things, that brokers who trade “penny stocks” to persons other than
“established customers” complete certain documentation, make suitability
inquiries of investors and provide investors with certain information concerning
trading in the security, including a risk disclosure document and quote
information under certain circumstances. Many brokers have decided
not to trade “penny stocks” because of the requirements of these rules and, as a
result, the number of broker-dealers willing to act as market makers in such
securities is limited. In the event that we remain subject to the
penny stock rules for any significant period, there may develop an adverse
impact on the market, if any, for our securities.
We
will incur significant additional expense related to compliance with the
internal control over financial reporting requirements and other requirements
of
the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), and any inability to comply
with these requirements may harm our business and the price of our common
stock.
If
we
fail to comply in a timely manner with the requirements of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding internal control over financial reporting
or to remedy any material weaknesses in our internal controls that we may
identify, such failure could result in material misstatements in our financial
statements, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial
information and have a negative effect on the trading price of our common
stock.
Pursuant
to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and current SEC
regulations, beginning with our annual report on Form 10-KSB for our fiscal
period ending June 30, 2008, we will be required to furnish a report by our
management on our internal control over financial reporting. We will soon begin
the process of documenting and testing our internal control procedures in order
to satisfy these requirements, which is likely to result in increased general
and administrative expenses and may shift management time and attention from
revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. While our management
is
expending significant resources in an effort to complete this important project,
there can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve our objective on
a
timely basis. There also can be no assurance that our auditors will be able
to
issue an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
our internal control over financial reporting. Failure to achieve and maintain
an effective internal control environment or complete our Section 404
certifications could have a material adverse effect on our stock
price.
In
addition, in connection with our on-going assessment of the effectiveness of
our
internal control over financial reporting, we may discover “material weaknesses”
in our internal controls as defined in standards established by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB. A material weakness is a
significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual
or
interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The PCAOB
defines “significant deficiency” as a deficiency that results in more than a
remote likelihood that a misstatement of the financial statements that is more
than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected.
In
the
event that a material weakness is identified, we will employ qualified personnel
and adopt and implement policies and procedures to address any material
weaknesses that we identify. However, the process of designing and implementing
effective internal controls is a continuous effort that requires us to
anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory
environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a system of
internal controls that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligations as
a
public company. We cannot assure you that the measures we will take will
remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or that we will implement
and maintain adequate controls over our financial process and reporting in
the
future.
Any
failure to complete our assessment of our internal control over financial
reporting, to remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or to
implement new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their
implementation, could harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet
our
reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial
statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of the
periodic management evaluations of our internal controls and, in the case of
a
failure to remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify, would
adversely affect the annual auditor attestation reports regarding the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that are required
under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Inadequate internal
controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial
information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our
common stock.
Stockholders
are subject to potential dilution as a result of future issuances of
securities.
In
the
event the Company needs additional capital, the Company may offer to sell
additional stock with rights, preferences and privileges senior to our common
stock. Any such issuance would dilute the outstanding stockholders’
equity interests in the Company and might adversely affect the value of the
outstanding shares.
Section
5-- Corporate Governance and Management
Item
5.01-- Changes in Control of Registrant.
As
a
consequence of the reverse merger transaction, a change of control
occurred. The table below outlines the shareholders representing
Officers, Directors, Control and or Affiliates and the percentage owned by
them
subsequent to the reverse merger.
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Shareholder
Name
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Amount
of Shares Owned
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Percentage
of Class Owned
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Bridgetech
Holdings International, Inc.
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12,390,400
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72.60%
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John
Relic
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853,333
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5.00%
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Michael
Chermak
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853,333
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5.00%
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Lynn
Dixon
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28,444
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0.14%
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
As
a
consequence of the reverse merger transaction, the following appointment or
reappointment of officers and Directors were confirmed on March 1, 2007 (and
on
March 8, 2007 upon appointed to the Board of Directors). The names of each
appointed director or officer are listed below with their appointed
officer/director position adjacent to their name and their respective
biographies below.
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Name
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Age
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Title(s)
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Michael
D. Chermak
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46
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Lynn
Dixon
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48
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Director
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John
Relic
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53
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President
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Michael
D. Chermak has been the Chief Executive Officer of Clarity since February 26,
2007 and will be appointed our Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company
on March 8, 2007. Michael D. Chermak has been the Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Clarity Imaging International,
Inc. since May 2, 2005. From June, 2004 through May, 2005, Mr.
Chermak was the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
of Retail Pilot, , a private company located in San Diego, California that
marketed security devices to the retail industry. From August
2003 to June 2004, Mr. Chermak was the Chief Executive Officer Carttronics,
LLC,
which made and marketed loss prevention solutions for retailers. From June
2001
to July 2002, Mr. Chermak was the chief executive officer of First Opinion
Corp.
which develops software used to assist healthcare providers in making
differential diagnoses of patients.
John
Relic is the President of Clarity, which the Company acquired in 2005 and will
continue in the role for the Company. From 1996 through the present,
Mr. Relic has been a Certified Medical Practice Executive (certification through
Medical Group Management Association). Mr. Relic received his Masters in Public
Health-Health Services Administration from the University of California
Planning.
Lynn
M.
Dixon is currently the President and CEO of Freedom Financial Consulting, Inc.
which he joined in March of 2005. Prior to this position, Mr. Dixon
served in a variety of sales, management and executive positions for two
industry leading independent leasing companies. More recently at Insight
Investments, Inc he served as a senior executive from September 2003 to February
2005. Just prior to that Mr. Dixon worked at Comdisco, Inc from July 1992 to
August 2003. His last position there was as EVP where he directed all IT sales
and operational functions on a global basis. In addition, Mr. Dixon
was President of Comdisco’s Healthcare Division and was responsible for all
aspects of the business.
Section
9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a)
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Financial
statements of business acquired.
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Clarity
Imaging International, Inc. Balance Sheet and related Statement of Operations,
Statement of Shareholder's Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the period
of
Inception to December 31, 2006, together with the Report of the
Independent Auditors, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to
this
Form
8-K/A.
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(b)
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Pro
Forma financial information
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Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements of Clarity Imaging international, Inc.
and Ecash, Inc. are filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K/A.
Exhibit
No. Description
2.1 Agreement
and Plan of
Merger by and between Clarity Imaging International, Inc., Econ Acquisition
Corp., and Ecash, Inc. dated March 1, 2007.
99.1.
Clarity Imaging international, Inc. Balance Sheet and related Statement of
Operations, Statement of Shareholder's Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for
the period of Inception to December 31, 2006, together with the
Report of the Independent Auditors, together with the Report of the
Independent Auditors.
99.2
Un-audited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements of Clarity Imaging
International, Inc. and Ecash, Inc.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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ECASH,
INC.
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Michael
Chermak, CEO
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