National American University Holdings, Inc. - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
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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OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009
Commission
file number:
CAMDEN
LEARNING CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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83-0479936
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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incorporation
or organization)
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500
East Pratt Street, Suite 1200
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Baltimore,
MD
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21202
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(410)
878-6800
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common
Stock, $.0001 par value per share
Warrants
to purchase shares of Common Stock
Units,
each comprising of one share of Common Stock and one Warrant
(Title
Of Class)
Name of
each exchange on which registered
Over
The Counter Bulletin Board
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. Yes o No x.
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 x No o.
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. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Smaller
reporting company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No o.
The
aggregate market value of the outstanding common stock, other than shares held
by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference
to the closing sales price for the Registrant’s Common Stock on November 28,
2008, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, was approximately $60,591,200. As
of August 17, 2009, there were 8,188,800 shares of common stock, par value
$.0001 per share, of the registrant outstanding.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PART
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Item
1.
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Business
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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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
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
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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 of Equity Securities
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Item
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Selected
Financial Data
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Item
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Item
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item
9A(T).
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Controls
and Procedures
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Item
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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 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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PART
IV
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Item
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Transition Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words
“believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,”
“will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,” “continue,” or “should,” or, in
each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. Such
statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to our
ability to consummate any acquisition or other business combination and any
other statements that are not statements of current or historical facts. These
statements are based on management’s current expectations, but actual results
may differ materially due to various factors, including, but not limited to,
our:
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being a development stage
company with no operating
history;
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dependence on key personnel,
some of whom may join us following an initial
transaction;
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personnel allocating their
time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with
our business;
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potentially being unable to
obtain additional financing to complete an initial
transaction;
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limited pool of prospective
target businesses;
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securities’ ownership being
concentrated;
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potential change in control if
we acquire one or more target businesses for
stock;
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risk
associated with operating in the media, entertainment or
telecommunications
industries;
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delisting of our securities
from the OTC Bulletin Board or our inability to have our securities listed
on the OTC Bulletin Board following a business
combination;
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financial performance
following an initial transaction;
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those other risks and
uncertainties detailed in the Registrant’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission
(“Commission”).
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By
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because
they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in
the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial
condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate
may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking
statements contained in this Transition Report on Form 10-K. In addition, even
if our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and
developments in the industry in which we operate are consistent with the
forward-looking statements contained in this Transition Report on Form 10-K,
those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments
in subsequent periods.
These
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and
assumptions about us described in our filings with the Commission. The
forward-looking events we discuss in this Transition Report on Form 10-K speak
only as of the date of such statement and might not occur in light of these
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Except as required by applicable law, we
undertake no obligation and disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
Unless
otherwise provided in this Transition Report on Form 10-K, references to “the
Company,” “the Registrant,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Camden Learning
Corporation.
PART
I
Item
1. Business
Introduction
Camden
Learning Corporation (the “Company”, “Camden”, “we”, or “us”) is a blank check
company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 10, 2007. We
were formed to acquire, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition or other similar business combination, one or more domestic or
international assets or an operating business in the education industry.
Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we have until
November 29, 2009 to complete a business combination or our corporate existence
will terminate and we will liquidate. Prior to August 7, 2009, our
efforts have been limited to organizational activities, our initial public
offering and the search for a suitable business combination. On
August 7, 2009, Camden, Dlorah, Inc. a privately owned South Dakota corporation
(“Dlorah”) and Dlorah Subsidiary, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Camden (“Merger Sub”) entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, which agreement was amended and restated in its entirety
on August 11, 2009 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”). For a more
complete discussion of the effects on our stockholders if we are unable to
complete a business combination, see the section below entitled “The Proposed
Transaction—Liquidation if no Business Combination.”
Our
executive offices are located at 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore,
MD 21202 and our telephone number at that location is (410)
878-6800.
Significant
Activities Since Inception
A registration statement for our
initial public offering was declared effective on November 29,
2007. On December 5, 2007, the Company sold 6,250,000 units (“Units”)
in our initial public offering at a price of $8.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists
of one share of the Company’s common stock, $.0001 par value per share (“Common
Stock”) and one common stock purchase warrant (“Warrants”). On
December 19, 2007, the Company sold an additional 376,300 Units subject to the
underwriters’ over allotment option. Each Warrant entitles the holder
to purchase from the Company one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of
$5.50 commencing on the later of the completion of a business combination
or November 29, 2008 (one year from the effective date of the offering), and
expiring November 29, 2011 (four years from the effective date of the offering).
The Company may redeem the Warrants at a price of $0.01 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 $11.50 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. We received gross
proceeds of approximately $53,010,400 (which excludes the proceeds of a private
placement of 2,800,000 Warrants for $2,800,000 to the Company’s sponsor, Camden
Learning, LLC) from our initial public offering, of which $52,389,984 was placed
in trust.
On
November 29, 2007, our Units commenced trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under
the symbol “CAELU”. Holders of our Units were able to separately
trade the Common Stock and Warrants included in such Units commencing on
December 21, 2007 and the trading in the Units has continued under the symbol
CAELU. The Common Stock and Warrants are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under
the symbols CAEL and CAELW, respectively.
Overview
The U.S.
education industry has continued to show substantial growth in the past decade,
due to what we believe to be the importance of developing a skilled workforce. A
skilled workforce is increasingly reliant on intellectual capital as the U.S.
economy continues its shift to become focused on services rather than
manufacturing. While post-secondary graduates are approximately 30% of the U.S.
population, more than 85% have completed their K-12 education according to the
National Center for Education Statistics report entitled “Digest of Education
Statistics: 2005”. International competition, especially in math and science,
has driven education legislation, requiring minimum performance levels and
allocating funding for supplemental services in underperforming schools. In
addition to state and government spending, the U.S. has the second highest level
of education funding from private sources in the world at 28%, led only by
Korea, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s
report entitled “Education at a Glance 2006”. These factors have contributed to
the overall increase in education spending with total expenditures for education
expected to amount to 7.5% of U.S. gross domestic product in 2003-04, which is
approximately 0.6 percentage points higher than in 1993-94 according to the
National Center for Education Statistics report entitled “Digest of Education
Statistics: 2005”. Expenditures for public and private education, from
kindergarten through graduate school (excluding postsecondary schools not
awarding associate or higher degrees), are estimated at $827 billion for 2003-04
according to the National Center for Education Statistics report entitled
“Digest of Education Statistics: 2005”. We expect these factors to continue to
drive growth across all sectors of the education industry.
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We
believe this growth has created significant opportunities for companies engaged
in the for-profit education industry serving these students. For-profit, four
year, Title IV degree granting institutions increased from 80 in 1993-1994 to
350 in 2003-04, while not-for-profit, four year, Title IV degree granting
institutions increased from 2,110 in 1993-1994 to 2,180 in 2003-04 according to
the National Center for Education Statistic’s report entitled “Digest of
Education Statistics: 2005”. We believe the growth rate in the for-profit sector
will continue to outpace non-profit providers. In addition to enrollment in K-12
and post-secondary education, corporate training and early childcare have shown
recent growth, after slowdowns following 2000-2001.
Effecting
a Business Combination
General
We are
not presently engaged in any substantive commercial business. We intend to
utilize cash derived from the proceeds of the initial public offering, our
capital stock, debt or a combination of these in effecting a business
combination. A business combination may involve the acquisition of, or merger
with, a company that does not need substantial additional capital but desires to
establish a public trading market for its shares, while avoiding what it may
deem to be adverse consequences of undertaking a public offering itself. These
include time delays, significant expense, loss of voting control and compliance
with various Federal and state securities laws. In the alternative, we may seek
to consummate a business combination with a company that may be financially
unstable or in its early stages of development or growth. While we may seek to
effect business combinations with more than one target business, we will
probably have the ability, as a result of our limited resources, to initially
effect only a single business combination.
Sources
of target businesses
Target
business candidates have been brought to our attention from various unaffiliated
sources, including education industry executives, investment bankers, venture
capital funds, private equity funds, leveraged buyout funds, management buyout
funds and other members of the financial community, who present solicited or
unsolicited proposals. Our officers and directors as well as their affiliates
have also brought to our attention target business candidates. Each
member of our management team has been involved in the education industry,
investment banking or private equity investments for a majority of, if not
their entire, professional careers. In no event, however, will we pay any of our
existing officers, directors or stockholders or any entity with which they are
affiliated any finder’s fee or other compensation prior to or in connection with
the consummation of a business combination.
Limited
ability to evaluate the management of the target business
Although
we intend to closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business
when evaluating the desirability of effecting a business combination, we cannot
assure you that our assessment will prove to be correct. In addition, we cannot
assure you new members that join our management following a business combination
will have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public
company. Furthermore, the future role of our officers and directors, if any, in
the target business following a business combination cannot presently be stated
with any certainty. While certain of our current officers and directors may
remain associated in senior management or advisory positions with us following a
business combination, they may not devote their full time and efforts to our
affairs subsequent to a business combination. Moreover, they would only be able
to remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination if
they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection
with such business combination, which would be negotiated at the same time as
the business combination negotiations are being conducted and which may be a
term of the business combination. Such negotiations would take place
simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could
provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash
payments and/or our securities for services they would render to the company
after the consummation of the business combination. While the personal and
financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in
identifying and selecting a target business, the ability of such individuals to
remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination will
not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will
proceed with any potential business combination. Additionally, we cannot assure
you that our officers and directors will have significant experience or
knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target
business.
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Following
a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement
the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure you that we
will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that any such
additional managers we do recruit will have the requisite skills, knowledge or
experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Opportunity
for stockholder approval of business combination
Prior to
the completion of our initial business combination, we will submit the
transaction to our stockholders for approval, even if the nature of the business
combination 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, as
amended, which, among other matters, will include a description of the
operations of the target business and audited historical financial statements of
the business.
In
connection with the stockholder vote required to approve any business
combination, all of our founding stockholders have agreed to vote the shares of
common stock owned by them prior to the offering in the same manner as a
majority of the public stockholders who vote at the special or annual meeting
called for the purpose of approving a business combination. Our founding
stockholders have also agreed that if they acquire shares of common stock in or
following the offering, they will vote such acquired shares in favor of a
business combination. As a result, any of our founding stockholders that acquire
shares during or after the offering may not exercise conversion rights with
respect to those shares in the event that the business combination transaction
is approved. We will proceed with the business combination only if a majority of
the shares of common stock voted by the public stockholders are voted in favor
of the business combination and public stockholders owning less than 30% of the
shares sold in the initial public offering exercise their conversion rights. We
will only structure or consummate a business combination in which all
stockholders exercising their conversion rights, up to 29.99%, will be entitled
to receive their pro rata portion of the trust account (net of taxes payable and
working capital allowance). Additionally, we will not propose a business
combination to our stockholders which includes a provision that such business
combination will not be consummated if stockholders owning less than 29.99% vote
against such business combination and exercise their conversion rights as
described herein. Voting against the business combination alone will not result
in conversion of a stockholder’s shares into a pro rata share of the trust
account. Such stockholder must have also exercised its conversion rights
described below.
In
connection with any proposed business combination we submit to our stockholders
for approval, we will also submit to stockholders a proposal to amend our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide for our perpetual
existence, thereby removing the limitation on our corporate life of November 29,
2009. We will only consummate a business combination if stockholders vote both
in favor of such business combination and our amendment to provide for our
perpetual existence. The approval of the proposal to amend our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation to provide for our perpetual existence
would require the affirmative vote of a majority of our outstanding shares of
common stock.
Redemption
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 redeemed for cash if the stockholder votes against the business
combination, elects to redeem its shares of common stock and the business
combination is approved and completed. An eligible stockholder may request
redemption 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, elects to
redeem its shares of common stock and the business combination is approved and
completed. The actual per-share redemption price will be equal to $7.92 (plus
the interest earned on the trust account, net of any income taxes due on such
interest and up to $600,000 of interest income released to us to fund our
working capital), divided by the number of shares of common stock sold in the
offering. Because the initial per share redemption price is $7.92 per share
(plus any interest, net of taxes payable and amounts disbursed for working
capital purposes), which may be lower than the market price of the common stock
on the date of the redemption, there may be a disincentive on the part of public
stockholders to exercise their redemption rights.
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A
stockholder who requests redemption of his or her shares must hold these shares
from the record date through the closing date of the business combination. In
order to ensure accuracy in determining whether or not the redemption threshold
has been met, each redeeming stockholder must continue to hold their shares of
common stock until the consummation of the business combination. We will not
charge redeeming stockholders any fees in connection with the tender of shares
for redemption. If a stockholder votes against the business combination but
fails to properly exercise his or her redemption rights, such stockholder will
not have his or her shares of common stock redeemed for his or her pro rata
distribution of the trust account. Any request for redemption, once made, may be
withdrawn at any time up to the date of the meeting. It is anticipated the funds
to be distributed to stockholders entitled to redeem their shares who elect
redemption will be distributed promptly after completion of a business
combination. Public stockholders who redeem their stock into their share of the
trust account still have the right to exercise the warrants they received as
part of the units. We will not complete any business combination if
public stockholders owning 30% or more of the shares exercise their redemption
rights. Our founding stockholders are not entitled to redeem any
shares of common stock held by them whether acquired by them prior to or after
the offering. Even if less than 30% of the stockholders, as described above,
exercise their redemption rights, we may be unable to consummate a business
combination if such redemption leaves us with funds less than an aggregate fair
market value equal to at least 80% of the amount in our trust account (less the
deferred underwriting discount and commissions and taxes payable) at the time of
such transaction, which amount is required for our initial business combination.
In such event, we may be forced to either find additional financing to
consummate such a business combination, consummate a different business
combination or dissolve, liquidate and wind up.
An
eligible stockholder may request redemption 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, elects to redeem its shares of common stock and the business
combination is approved and completed. Additionally, we may require public
stockholders, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street
name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent at any time
through the vote on the business combination or to deliver their shares to the
transfer agent electronically using Depository Trust Company’s DWAC
(Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option. The proxy
solicitation materials we will furnish to stockholders in connection with the
vote for any proposed business combination will indicate whether we are
requiring stockholders to satisfy such certification and delivery requirements.
Accordingly, a stockholder would have from the time we send out our proxy
statement through the vote on the business combination to tender his shares if
he wishes to seek to exercise his redemption rights, a period that will not be
less than 10, nor more than 60, days. This time period varies depending on the
specific facts of each transaction. However, as the delivery process can be
accomplished by the stockholder, whether or not he is a record holder or his
shares are held in “street name,” in a matter of hours (because the transfer is
made electronically once final instruction is given to Depository Trust Company)
by simply contacting the transfer agent or his broker and requesting delivery of
his shares through the DWAC System, we believe this time period is sufficient
for an average investor. However, because we do not have any control over this
process, it may take significantly longer than we anticipated. Additionally, if
the shares of common stock cannot be transferred through the DWAC system, the
process may take such number of days required to complete the proper paperwork,
obtain the necessary authorizations and consents and to locate and deliver
physical stock certificates, if any. Traditionally, in order to perfect
redemption rights in connection with a blank check company’s business
combination, a holder could simply vote against a proposed business combination
and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to redeem.
After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such
stockholder to arrange for him to deliver his certificate to verify ownership.
As a result, the stockholder then had an “option window” after the consummation
of the business combination during which he could monitor the price of the stock
in the market. If the price rose above the redemption price, he could sell his
shares in the open market before actually delivering his shares to the company
for cancellation. Thus, the redemption right, to which stockholders were aware
they needed to commit before the stockholder meeting, would become a right of
redemption surviving past the consummation of the business combination and which
we would be obligated to honor until the redeeming holder delivered his
certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the
meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election to redeem is irrevocable once
the business combination is approved. There is a nominal cost associated with
the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares
or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically
charge the tendering broker $35 and it would be up to the broker whether or not
to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. This fee would be incurred
regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption
rights to tender their shares prior to the meeting. The need to deliver shares
is a requirement of redemption regardless of the timing of when such delivery
must be effectuated. Accordingly, this would not result in any increased cost to
stockholders when compared to the traditional process, however, in the event a
stockholder elects redemption of their shares of common stock but the proposed
business combination is not approved, a stockholder will have paid $35 to elect
redemption but would not actually have their shares of common stock redeemed.
Further, it is possible this tendering process will be cost-prohibitive for
stockholders in the event their aggregate holdings of our shares of common stock
do not exceed $35.
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If a vote
on our initial business combination is held and the business combination is not
approved, or is not consummated for any other reason, we may continue to try to
consummate a business combination with a different target until November 29,
2009. Public stockholders voting against our initial business combination who
exercised their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares
of common stock into a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in
the trust account in respect of the unconsummated initial business combination.
In such case, if we have required public stockholders to tender their
certificates prior to the meeting, we will promptly return such certificates to
the tendering public stockholder. Public stockholders would be entitled to
receive their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust
account only in the event the initial business combination they voted against
was duly approved and subsequently completed, or in connection with our
liquidation. If a stockholder redeems his shares of common stock, he will still
have the right to exercise the warrants received as part of the units purchased
in the offering in accordance with the terms hereof. If the proposed business
combination is not consummated then a stockholder’s shares will not be redeemed
into cash, even if such stockholder elected to redeem.
The
Proposed Transaction
On August
7, 2009, the Company, Dlorah and Dlorah Subsidiary, Inc., a newly formed
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Camden (“Merger Sub”),
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, which agreement was
amended and restated in its entirety on August 11, 2009. Pursuant to
the terms of the Merger Agreement, Dlorah stockholders have agreed to contribute
all of the outstanding capital stock of Dlorah to Camden in exchange for shares
of a newly created class of common stock, warrants and restricted shares of
currently authorized Common Stock, as further described below under the heading
“Consideration.” At the closing (the “Closing”), Merger Sub will
merge with and into Dlorah with Dlorah surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Camden (the “Transaction”). In connection with the Transaction,
Camden intends to apply to have its Common Stock and Warrants listed on either
the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, as the parties may
mutually determine.
Camden’s
board of directors has unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and recommends
its stockholders vote to approve the Merger Agreement, and each other proposal
to be set forth in the definitive proxy statement, at the special meeting of
Camden’s stockholders to be held pursuant to the terms of Camden’s certificate
of incorporation.
Dlorah, Inc., through its education
divisions known as National American University (“NAU”), operates a private,
for-profit university with 16 campuses in seven states, as well as extensive
online course offerings. NAU offers undergraduate and graduate
career-oriented technical and professional degree programs for traditional,
working adult and international learners at physical campuses and
online. NAU offers core academic programs in accounting, applied
management, business administration, health care and information
technology. NAU also offers graduate degree programs that include a
Master of Business Administration and a Master of Management
degree. Dlorah, through its real estate division, develops, leases
and sells luxury condominiums, apartments and townhouses in Rapid City, South
Dakota.
If
approved, the Transaction is expected to be consummated promptly following the
receipt of approval from Camden stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of
the other conditions described herein and in the Merger Agreement.
The
Merger Agreement is described in greater detail below. This description of the
Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
such agreement which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed
with the Commission on August 11, 2009. You are urged to read the
entire Merger Agreement.
Consideration
Camden
will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dlorah through a structured
transaction valued at approximately $152,000,000 in connection with which the
Dlorah stockholders will receive (1) 100,000 shares of a class of stock to be
created immediately prior to the Closing, such series to be known as Class A
Stock (the “Class A Stock” or the “Stock Consideration”), which shares shall be
convertible into 15,730,000 shares of Common Stock, as such conversion number
may be adjusted as described herein and in the Merger Agreement, (2) 2,800,000
newly issued Common Stock purchase warrants (the “Warrant Consideration”) to
purchase up to 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.50
per share, and (3) 575,000 shares of restricted Common Stock (the “Restricted
Stock Consideration”), which such shares shall not be freely tradable until such
time as the Common Stock trades at or above $8.00 per share for any sixty (60)
consecutive trading day period; provided, that such shares of restricted Common
Stock shall be forfeited on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance if such restriction has not been satisfied
(the Stock Consideration, the Warrant Consideration and the Restricted Stock
Consideration are referred to collectively herein as the “Merger
Consideration”). The Class A Stock shall be entitled to an annual
accruing dividend equal to $0.44 per share for the first two years following
issuance and shall automatically convert into Common Stock at the end of such
two year period. When and if a dividend is paid on the Class A Stock,
the holders of Common Stock will receive a dividend equal to one-fourth of the
total of the dividend paid on the Class A Stock.
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If, as of
the date of closing of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), the Merger
Consideration represents less than an aggregate of seventy percent (70%) of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of Camden, on an as-converted and fully
diluted basis, then the Merger Consideration shall be increased such that the
Merger Consideration equals seventy percent (70%) of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Camden, on an as-converted and fully diluted basis as of the
Closing Date.
The
Merger Consideration will also be adjusted if the average of the closing sales
price of the Common Stock on the applicable trading market during the 10 trading
day period ending immediately preceding the Closing Date is less than $7.00 per
share. In that event, the number of shares of Common Stock into which
the Class A Stock is convertible shall be increased such that the aggregate
value of the Stock Consideration and Warrant Consideration would have the same
aggregate value as if the average of the closing sales price of the Common Stock
were $7.00 per share.
The net
aggregate amount of proceeds held in Camden’s trust account will be available
for use as working capital of Dlorah following consummation of the
Transaction. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, such amount shall be
no less than $22,166,290.00 after payment in full of any taxes then due and
owing, the deferred underwriting fee owed to the underwriter’s of Camden’s
initial public offering, any fees and expenses payable to Camden’s investment
bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, any amounts paid to Camden
stockholders, warrantholders or unit holders for conversion of their Common
Stock or units or repurchase of their Common Stock, units or warrants, and any
other of Camden’s or Merger Sub’s unpaid costs, fees and expenses associated
with the Merger Agreement, the proxy statement to be filed in connection
therewith and the transactions contemplated thereby.
Lock-ups
Each of
the Dlorah stockholders has agreed, for a period of 180 days from the Closing
Date, whether on his, her or its own behalf or on behalf of entities, family
members or trusts affiliated with or controlled by him, her or it, not to offer,
issue, grant any option on, sell or otherwise dispose of any portion of the
Merger Consideration received.
Founders’
Warrants
In
connection with the Transaction, the 2,800,000 Warrants owned by Camden
Learning, LLC, Camden’s sponsor, shall have been exchanged for 250,000 shares of
restricted Common Stock, which shares shall not be freely tradable until such
time as the Common Stock trades at or above $8.00 per share for any sixty (60)
consecutive trading day period; provided, that such shares of restricted Common
Stock shall be forfeited on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance if such restriction has not been
satisfied.
Camden
Warrants
Camden will call a special meeting of
its warrantholders to seek approval of an amendment to the warrant agreement to
allow Camden to redeem all outstanding warrants for $0.50 per warrant upon
consummation of the Transaction.
Conditions
to Closing the Transaction
The
obligations of the parties to consummate the Transaction are subject to various
closing conditions, including, among others: (i) that the Camden
stockholders shall have approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby and the holders of not more than 30% less one share of the
Common Stock issued in Camden’s initial public offering and outstanding
immediately before the date of the special meeting of Camden stockholders shall
have exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the
trust account established at the closing of Camden’s initial public offering
rather than approve the Transaction; (ii) that the applicable waiting
period under any antitrust laws shall have expired or been terminated;
(iii) that all authorizations, approvals and permits required to be
obtained from any governmental authority and all consents required from third
parties shall have been obtained; (iv) that no governmental entity shall
have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order which has the
effect of making the Transaction illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting
consummation of the Transaction; (v) that Camden and its stockholders
shall have authorized the creation and issuance, and authorized the distribution
to the Dlorah stockholders, of the Class A Stock; (vi) that final versions of
the parties’ disclosure schedules shall have been delivered to the other parties
to the Merger Agreement and such schedules shall have been certified as the
final, true, correct and complete schedules of such party; (vii) none of the
regulatory approvals or consents received shall have required Camden, Dlorah or
NAU to take any action or commit to take any action, or consent or agree to any
condition, restriction or undertaking, if, in such parties’ good faith
determination, such action, condition, restriction or undertaking, individually
or in the aggregate, with all other such actions, conditions, restrictions or
undertakings, would materially adversely affect the benefits, taken as a whole,
the parties to the Merger Agreement reasonably expect to derive therefrom;
(viii) that there shall be no pending action against any party or any affiliate,
or any of their respective properties or assets, or any officer, director,
partner, member or manager, in his or her capacity as such, of any party or any
of their affiliates, with respect to the consummation of the Transaction or the
transactions contemplated thereby which could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect; (ix) that the Board of Directors and the officers of
Camden and Dlorah following the Transaction shall be constituted as set forth in
the Merger Agreement; (x) that the Common Stock and warrants shall be listed on
either the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Nasdaq Global Market; (xi) that Camden
shall have established an incentive option plan, and reserved for issuance to
its management, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to an aggregate of 1.5%
of the Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date,
(xii) the receipt of executed employment agreement from Dr. Shape, and
amended employment agreements from each of Mr. Buckingham and Dr.
Gallentine on terms reasonably satisfactory to Camden and Dlorah; (xiii) that no
material adverse effect shall have occurred and (xiv) that Camden shall have
changed its fiscal year end to May 31.
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The
obligations of Camden and Merger Sub to consummate the Transaction are subject
to various additional closing conditions, including, among others: (i) the
truth and correctness of Dlorah’s representations and warranties,
(ii) Dlorah’s material compliance with its agreements and covenants,
(iii) the receipt of executed lock-up agreements from the Dlorah
stockholders, (iv) receipt by Camden of a fairness opinion from an independent
investment bank stating the Merger Consideration is fair to Camden and Merger
Sub from a financial point of view, (v) receipt of audited financial statements
of Dlorah for Dlorah’s last two fiscal years, together with such other
statements that would be in compliance with Regulation S-X and the General Rules
and Regulations of the Securities Act, and such unaudited financial statements
as otherwise required for the quarterly periods (ending August 31, 2008,
November 30, 2008 and February 28, 2009) since the last audit; (vi) termination
of certain payments and transactions by Dlorah and (vii) certain individual
partners of the Fairway Hills III Partnership, of which Dlorah is a partner,
shall have brought their book-basis capital in the partnership to
$0.
The
obligation of Dlorah to consummate the Transaction is subject to various
additional closing conditions, including, among others: (i) the truth and
correctness of Camden’s representations and warranties, (ii) Camden’s
material compliance with its agreements and covenants, (iii) the closing date
shall be not later than November 29, 2009; provided, however, such date
shall be extended through January 31, 2010 in the event Camden is able to obtain
stockholder approval to extend its corporate existence, (iv) the cash amount
available from Camden’s trust fund for working capital following the Transaction
shall be not less than $22,166,290, after payment in full of the deferred
underwriting fee owed to Morgan Joseph & Co., any fees and expenses payable
to Camden’s investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, any
amounts paid to Camden stockholders, warrantholders or unit holders for
repurchase, redemption or conversion of their Common Stock or units or
repurchase of their warrants, and any other of Camden’s unpaid costs, fees and
expenses associated with the Merger Agreement, the Proxy Statement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, (v) the trading price of the Camden Common
Stock shall be not less than $5.50 per share, (vi) Camden shall have executed a
registration rights agreement granting demand and “piggy-back” registration
rights to the Dlorah stockholders with respect to the Common Stock received by
them, or receivable by them upon conversion or exercise of the Stock
Consideration and the Warrant Consideration, in the Transaction, (vii) Camden
Learning, LLC shall have purchased not less than $4,000,000 of Common Stock in
the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and (viii) the 2,800,000
common stock purchase warrants owned by Camden Learning, LLC shall have been
cancelled and exchanged for 250,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, which
such shares shall not be freely tradable until such time as the Common Stock
trades at or above $8.00 per share for any sixty (60) consecutive trading day
period; provided, that such shares of restricted Common Stock shall be forfeited
on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance if such restriction has not been
satisfied.
Termination
The
Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date,
notwithstanding the approval of the Merger Agreement by the Camden stockholders,
as follows:
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either Camden or Dlorah if (i) the closing conditions in the Merger
Agreement have not been satisfied by November 29, 2009; provided, however, such
date shall be extended through January 31, 2010 in the event Camden is
able to obtain stockholder approval to extend its corporate existence or
(ii) any governmental authority shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any order or law that has the effect of
enjoining or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the
Transaction;
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Camden if (i) prior to the closing there shall have been a material
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part
of Dlorah or any material representation or warranty of Dlorah shall have
become untrue or inaccurate and the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of
being cured prior to the closing or is not cured within twenty (20) days
of notice of such breach or inaccuracy or (ii) any of the conditions
to closing are unfulfilled by Dlorah by November 29, 2009; provided, however, such
date shall be extended through January 31, 2010 in the event Camden is
able to obtain stockholder approval to extend its corporate existence;
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Dlorah if (i) prior to the closing there shall have been a material
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part
of Camden or Merger Sub or any representation or warranty of Camden or
Merger Sub shall have become untrue or inaccurate and the breach or
inaccuracy is incapable of being cured prior to the closing or is not
cured within twenty (20) days of notice of such breach or inaccuracy or
(ii) any of the conditions to closing are unfulfilled by Camden by
November 29, 2009; provided, however, such
date shall be extended through January 31, 2010 in the event Camden is
able to obtain stockholder approval to extend its corporate
existence
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In the event of the termination of the
Merger Agreement, unless a party commits fraud, there shall be no liability on
the part of any party or any of their respective affiliates or the directors,
officers, partners, members, managers, employees, agents or other
representatives of any of them, and all rights and obligations of each party
thereto shall cease.
Except in the case of fraud, the
parties’ sole right with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or other agreement contained in the Merger Agreement by another party
or with respect to the transactions contemplated thereby shall be the right to
terminate the Merger Agreement.
Liquidation
If No Business Combination
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will continue
in existence only until November 29, 2009. This provision may not be amended
except in connection with the consummation of a business combination. If we have
not completed the Transaction by such date, our corporate existence will cease,
except for the purposes of winding up our affairs and liquidating, pursuant to
Section 278 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. This has the same effect as
if our board of directors and stockholders had formally voted to approve our
dissolution pursuant to Section 275 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Accordingly, limiting our corporate existence to a specified date as permitted
by Section 102(b)(5) of the Delaware General Corporation Law removes the
necessity to comply with the formal procedures set forth in Section 275 (which
would have required our board of directors and stockholders to formally vote to
approve our dissolution and liquidation and to have filed a certificate of
dissolution with the Delaware Secretary of State).
If we are
unable to consummate the Transaction by November 29, 2009, or extend our
existence as required by our amended and restated certificate of incorporation,
we will distribute to 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 (subject to our
obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors as described
below). We anticipate notifying the trustee of the trust account to begin
liquidating such assets promptly after such date and anticipate it will take no
more than 10 business days to effectuate such distribution.
Our
founding stockholders have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation
of our trust account or other assets with respect to shares of Common Stock
owned by them prior to the offering. In addition, in the event of liquidation,
our underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to the $1,590,312 of deferred
underwriting discount and commissions deposited in the trust account for its
benefit. There will be no distribution from the trust account or otherwise in
connection with dissolution with respect to our Warrants, which will expire
worthless. We estimate our total costs and expenses for implementing and
completing our liquidation and dissolution will be between $25,000 and $40,000.
This amount includes all costs and expenses relating to filing our dissolution
in the State of Delaware and the winding up of our company. We believe there
should be sufficient funds available, outside of the trust account as well as
from the interest earned on the trust account and released to us as working
capital, to fund the $25,000 to $40,000 in costs and expenses.
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If we are
unable to consummate the Transaction and expend all of the net proceeds of the
offering and the private placement, 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 to the public
stockholders would be equal to $7.92 per share. The proceeds deposited in the
trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors,
which could be prior to the claims of our public stockholders. Although we will
use our reasonable best efforts 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 even if they execute such agreements
that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account
including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary
responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the
enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with a
claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any
third party refused to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies
held in the trust account, we would perform an analysis of the alternatives
available to us if we chose not to engage such third party and evaluate if such
engagement would be in the best interest of our stockholders if such third party
refused to waive such claims. We may elect to forego obtaining waivers only if
we receive the approval of our Chief Executive Officer and the approving vote or
written consent of at least a majority of our board of directors. Examples of
possible instances where we may engage a third party that refused to execute a
waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular
expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to
those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases
where management is unable to find a provider of required services willing to
provide the waiver. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account,
our sponsor has agreed to indemnify us for claims of any vendors, service
providers, prospective target businesses or creditors that have not executed a
valid and binding waiver of any right or claim to the amounts in trust account.
As further assurance our sponsor will have the necessary funds required to meet
these indemnification obligations, (i) Camden Partners Strategic Fund III, L.P.
and Camden Partners Strategic Fund III-A, L.P., or collectively the Camden III
Funds, have agreed, under our sponsor’s limited liability company agreement, to
make capital contributions to our sponsor as and when required in order for the
sponsor to fulfill its indemnification obligations and (ii) our sponsor has
agreed to take all such action reasonably necessary to request its members make
such capital contributions. Additionally, in the event either of the Camden III
Funds undertakes a liquidating distribution while the indemnification
obligations of the sponsor are outstanding, they have each agreed, in our
sponsor’s limited liability company agreement, to use reasonable efforts to set
aside from such distribution adequate reserves to cover the reasonably
anticipated liabilities which may be incurred by our sponsor. We and the
representative of the underwriters are named as express third party
beneficiaries in and with respect to the provisions of our sponsor’s limited
liability company agreement which require the Camden III Funds to make such
capital contributions and establish such reserves. Although we have a fiduciary
obligation to pursue the sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations, and
intend to pursue such actions as and when we deem appropriate, there can be no
assurance it or the Camden III Funds will be able to satisfy those obligations,
if required to do so.
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 dissolution. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set
forth in Section 280 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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, as stated above, it is our
intention to make liquidating distributions to our stockholders as soon as
reasonably possible after November 29, 2009 and, therefore, we do not intend to
comply with those procedures. As such, our stockholders potentially could be
liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them and
liability of our stockholders may extend well beyond the third anniversary of
such date. Because we will not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) of
the Delaware General Corporation Law requires us to adopt a plan of dissolution
that will provide for our payment, based on facts known to us at such time, of
(i) all existing claims, (ii) all pending claims and (iii) all claims that may
be potentially brought against us within the subsequent 10 years. However,
because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our
operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to
acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as
accountants, lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or potential target businesses.
As described above, we intend to have all vendors and prospective target
businesses execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or
claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account. As a result,
the claims which could be made against us are significantly limited and the
likelihood any claim that would result in any liability extending to the trust
is minimal.
Additionally,
if we are forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is
filed against us which is not dismissed, any distributions received by
stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy
laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance”. As a
result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by our
stockholders in our dissolution. Furthermore, because we intend to distribute
the proceeds held in the trust account to our public stockholders promptly after
November 29, 2009, this may be viewed or interpreted as giving preference to our
public stockholders over any potential creditors with respect to access to or
distributions from our assets. Additionally, our board may be viewed as having
breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad
faith, and thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive
damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to
addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be
brought against us for these reasons.
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Our
public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account
only in the event of our liquidation or if they seek to redeem their respective
shares for cash upon a business combination which the stockholder voted against
and which is completed by us. In no other circumstances will a stockholder have
any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account.
Our
Management Team
Our
management team has extensive experience in the education industry, in
investment banking and private equity investments. David L. Warnock,
our President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has over 24 years of
investment experience in the education and business and financial services
industries. Mr. Warnock serves on the boards of directors of American Public
Education, Inc., New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.,
Primo Water Corporation and Questar Assessment, Inc., formerly Touchstone
Applied Science Associates. Donald W. Hughes, our Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary, also serves on the boards of directors of New Horizons Worldwide,
Inc. and Questar Assessment, Inc. Dr. Therese Crane, our director, was
previously President of Jostens Learning Corporation and its successor, Compass
Learning and previously was Vice President of Information and Education Products
at America Online. Ronald Tomalis, our director, was previously counselor to the
US Secretary of Education and Acting Assistant Secretary of Elementary and
Secondary Education. William Jews is a former governor of the Federal Reserve
Bank and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of CareFirst
Inc./CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield from 1993 through 2006, an organization
with more than $5 billion in annual revenues. Mr. Jews has previously been a
director of MBNA, MuniMae Inc., Nations Bank, Ecolab, Inc. and Crown Central
Petroleum, and currently serves on the boards of directors of The Ryland Group,
a national home builder and mortgage provider, Choice Hotels International, a
worldwide lodging franchisor and Fortress International Group, Inc., the parent
company of Total Site Solutions, which supplies industry and government with
secure data centers and other facilities designed to survive terrorist attacks,
natural disasters and blackouts. In the course of their careers, management
completed numerous strategic transactions and Transactions and developed
extensive contacts and relationships in the education industry.
Employees
We have
two executive officers, one of whom is also a member of our Board of Directors.
These individuals are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours
per week and intend to devote only as much time as they deem necessary to our
affairs. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based
on the availability of suitable target businesses to investigate, although we
expect such individuals to devote an average of approximately ten hours per week
to our business. We have two part-time employees in the accounting department.
We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the consummation of
the Transaction.
Available
Information
We are
subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act. Therefore, we file
periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information may be obtained by visiting the
Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. You
may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site
(http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and
other information regarding issuers that file electronically.
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
The
Company intends to file a Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A in connection with the
Transaction which will contain Risk Factors specific to the Transaction and our
business combination target company, and readers are directed to review the
Proxy Statement for a complete description of applicable Risk
Factors.
Risks
Associated With Our Business
We
are a newly formed development stage company with no operating history and no
revenues and, accordingly, our investors will not have any basis on which to
evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
We are a
development stage company with no operating results to date. Since we do not
have any operations or an operating history, our investors will have no basis
upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective, which is
to acquire one or more operating businesses in the education
industry. We will not generate any revenues or income, other than
interest on the trust account funds, until, at the earliest, after the
consummation of the Transaction. We cannot assure you as to when or if the
Transaction will occur.
If
we are unable to complete the Transaction and are forced to liquidate, our
public stockholders will receive less than $8.00 per share upon distribution of
the trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
If we are
unable to complete the Transaction, and are forced to liquidate our assets, the
per share liquidation will be less than $8.00 because of the expenses of the
offering, our general and administrative expenses and the costs of seeking,
evaluating and efforts to effectuate the Transaction. The per share liquidation
value will be $7.92 per share, plus interest earned thereon (net of amounts
released to us and net of taxes payable thereon), which includes the net
proceeds of the offering and the private placement of the insider warrants and
$1,590,312 ($0.24 per share) of deferred underwriting discounts and
commissions. While we will pay, or reserve for payment, from funds not held in
trust, our liabilities and obligations, and our sponsor has agreed to indemnify
us under certain circumstances for such liabilities and obligations, we cannot
assure you, where it is subsequently determined that the reserve for liabilities
is insufficient, that stockholders will not be liable for such amounts to
creditors. Furthermore, there will be no distribution with respect to our
outstanding warrants and, accordingly, the warrants will expire worthless if we
liquidate before the completion of a business combination. For a more complete
discussion of the effects on our stockholders if we are unable to complete a
business combination, see the section above entitled “The Proposed Transaction—
Liquidation if no Business Combination.”
If
we are unable to consummate a business combination, our public stockholders will
be forced to wait the full 24 months before receiving liquidation
distributions.
We have
24 months in which to complete a business combination. We have no obligation to
return funds to investors prior to such date unless we consummate a business
combination prior thereto and only then in cases where investors have sought
redemption of their shares. Only after the expiration of this full time period
will the public stockholders be entitled to liquidation distributions if we are
unable to complete a business combination. Accordingly, investors’ funds may be
unavailable to them until such date.
You
will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank
check companies, including the ability to receive all interest earned on the
amount held in trust.
Since the
net proceeds of the initial public offering are intended to be used to complete
a business combination with a target business which has not been identified, we
may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities
laws. However, since we had net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 and
filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC following consummation of the
initial public offering, including an audited balance sheet, we are exempt from
rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors of blank check companies such
as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors are not afforded the benefits or protections
of those rules, such as entitlement to all the interest earned on the funds
deposited into the trust account. Because we are not subject to Rule 419, a
portion of the interest earned on the funds deposited in the trust account will
be released to us to fund our working capital and will not be available at all
to those public stockholders redeeming in connection with a business
combination.
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Since we will
proceed with the Transaction if public stockholders holding not more than 30%
less one share of the common
stock sold in the
initial public offering exercise their redemption rights, rather than the 20%
threshold of most other blank check companies, we may be unable to consummate
the Transaction in the most efficient manner or to optimize our capital
structure.
Unlike
most other blank check offerings which have a 20% redemption threshold, we will
proceed with the business combination if public stockholders holding less than
30% of the shares sold in the offering exercise their redemption rights. As a
result of our higher redemption threshold, we may have less cash available to
complete the Transaction. Because we will not know how many stockholders may
exercise such redemption rights, we have structured the Transaction using the
issuance of our stock as consideration, however, our Merger Agreement requires
that we have certain cash reserves and we may need to arrange third party
financing to help fund the Transaction in case a larger percentage of
stockholders exercise their redemption rights than we expect. Accordingly, this
increase in redemption threshold to 30% may hinder our ability to consummate the
Transaction in the most efficient manner or to optimize our capital
structure.
If
third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in trust could be
reduced and the per-share liquidation price received by stockholders from the
trust account will be less than $7.92 per share.
Our
placing of funds in trust may not protect those funds from third party claims
against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, with the
exception of our independent registered public accountants, prospective target
businesses or other entities with which we execute agreements waive 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 they
will execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements that they
would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including but
not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility and
other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the
waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with a claim against our
assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third
party refused to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in
the trust account, we would perform an analysis of the alternatives available to
us if we chose not to engage such third party and evaluate if such engagement
would be in the best interest of our stockholders if such third party refused to
waive such claims. We may elect to forego obtaining waivers only if
we receive the approval of our Chief Executive Officer and the approving vote or
written consent of at least a majority of our board of directors, including all
of our non-independent directors. Examples of possible instances
where we may engage a third party that refused to execute a waiver include the
engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are
believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other
consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is
unable to find a provider of required services willing to provide the
waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee 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 not seek recourse
against the trust account for any reason.
Accordingly,
the proceeds held in trust could be subject to claims that could take priority
over the claims of our public stockholders and the per-share liquidation price
could be less than the $7.92 per share held in the trust account, plus interest
(net of any taxes due on such interest, which taxes, if any, shall be paid from
the trust account and net of any amounts released to us as working capital), due
to claims of such creditors. If we are unable to complete a business
combination and are forced to dissolve and liquidate, our sponsor will be liable
to ensure the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by the claims of
various vendors, prospective target businesses or other entities owed money by
us for services rendered or products sold to us, to the extent necessary to
ensure such claims do not reduce the amount in the trust account in order to
preserve a $7.92 per-share liquidation price. In order to protect the
amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed to indemnify us for
claims of creditors that have not executed a valid and binding waiver of their
right to seek payment of amounts due to them out of the trust
account. However, we cannot assure you the sponsor will be able to
satisfy those obligations. We believe the likelihood of our sponsor
having to indemnify the trust account is minimal because we will endeavor to
have all vendors and prospective target businesses, as well as other entities,
execute agreements with us waiving all right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to monies held in the trust account.
Additionally,
if we are forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is
filed against us which is not dismissed, the funds held in our trust account
will be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our
bankruptcy estate and subject to claims of third parties with priority over the
claims of our public stockholders. To the extent bankruptcy claims deplete the
trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return to our public
stockholders the liquidation amounts due them.
Because
the amount of time it will take to obtain physical stock certificates is
uncertain and beyond our control, stockholders who wish to redeem may be unable
to obtain physical certificates by the deadline for exercising their redemption
rights.
We may
require that stockholders who wish to exercise their redemption rights tender
physical certificates representing their shares to us not later than the day
prior to the stockholders meeting. In order to obtain a physical stock
certificate, a stockholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC and our transfer
agent will need to act to facilitate this request. It is our understanding that
stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical
certificates from the transfer agent. However, because we do not have any
control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, it may take significantly
longer than two weeks to obtain a physical stock certificate. If it takes longer
than we anticipate to obtain a physical certificate, stockholders who wish to
redeem may be unable to obtain physical certificates by the deadline for
exercising their redemption rights and thus will be unable to redeem their
shares.
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Our
stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the
extent of distributions received by them.
In the
event of dissolution, stockholders may be held liable under the Delaware General
Corporation Law for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent
of distributions received by them in dissolution. If the corporation
complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law intended to ensure 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 within 10
business days after the 24 month period and, therefore, we do not intend to
comply with these procedures. Because we will not be complying with
Section 280, we will comply with Section 281(b) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, requiring us to adopt a plan of dissolution that will provide
for our payment, based on facts known to us at such time, of (i) all existing
claims, (ii) all pending claims and (iii) all claims that may be potentially
brought against us within the subsequent 10 years. However, because
we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our
operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to
acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as
accountants, lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or potential target businesses.
As described above, we intend to have all vendors and prospective target
businesses execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or
claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account. As a
result, the claims that could be made against us are significantly limited and
the likelihood any claim would result in any liability extending to the trust is
minimal. However, because we will not be complying with Section 280,
our public stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent
of distributions received by them in a dissolution, and any such liability of
our stockholders will likely extend beyond the third anniversary of such
dissolution. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that third parties will not seek
to recover from our public stockholders amounts owed to them by us.
If we are
forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is filed
against us which is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders
could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as
either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a
bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by our stockholders.
Any distributions received by stockholders could also be viewed under applicable
Delaware fraudulent transfer laws and debtors/creditors could seek to recover
all amounts received by our stockholders. Furthermore, because we
intend to distribute the proceeds held in the trust account to our public
stockholders promptly after November 29, 2009, this may be viewed or interpreted
as giving preference to our public stockholders over any potential creditors
with respect to access to or distributions from our assets. Furthermore, our
board may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors
and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and our company to
claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account
prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you
that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
We
may choose to redeem our outstanding warrants at a time that is disadvantageous
to our warrant holders.
Subject
to there being a current prospectus under the Securities Act of 1933 with
respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, we
may redeem the warrants issued as a part of our units at any time after the
warrants become exercisable in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per
warrant, upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, if and
only if, the last sales price of our common stock equals or exceeds $11.50 per
share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending three
business days before we send the notice of redemption. Redemption of
the warrants could force the warrant holders (i) to exercise the warrants and
pay the exercise price thereafter at a time when it may be disadvantageous for
the holders to do so, (ii) to sell the warrants at the then current market price
when they might otherwise wish to hold the warrants, or (iii) to accept the
nominal redemption price which, at the time the warrants are called for
redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of the
warrants. The foregoing does not apply to the warrants included as
part of the 2,800,000 warrants purchased prior to the offering, as such warrants
are not subject to redemption while held by the initial holder or any permitted
transferee of such initial holder.
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Although
we are required to use our best efforts to have an effective registration
statement covering the issuance of the shares underlying the warrants at the
time that our warrant holders exercise their warrants, we cannot guarantee a
registration statement will be effective, in which case our warrant holders may
not be able to exercise our warrants.
Holders
of our warrants will be able to exercise the warrant only if (i) a current
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the shares
of our common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and (ii) such
shares are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the applicable
securities laws of the states in which the various holders of warrants
reside. Although we have undertaken in the warrant agreement, and
therefore have a contractual obligation, to use our best efforts to maintain a
current registration statement covering the shares underlying the warrants
following completion of the offering to the extent required by federal
securities law, and we intend to comply with such undertaking, we cannot assure
you we will be able to do so. In addition, we have agreed to use our
reasonable efforts to register the shares underlying the warrants under the blue
sky laws of the states of residence of the exercising warrant holders, to the
extent an exemption is not available. The value of the warrants may
be greatly reduced if a registration statement covering the shares issuable upon
the exercise of the warrants is not kept current or if the securities are not
qualified, or exempt from qualification, in the states in which the holders of
warrants reside. For example, some states may not permit us to
register the shares issuable on exercise of our warrants for sale. We
are not obligated to pay cash or other consideration to the holders of the
warrants in such situations. Holders of warrants who reside in
jurisdictions in which the shares underlying the warrants are not qualified and
in which there is no exemption will be unable to exercise their warrants and
would either have to sell their warrants in the open market or allow them to
expire worthless. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us,
we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to qualify the
underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities
laws.
Because
the warrants sold in the private placement were originally issued pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements under the federal securities laws,
holders of such warrants will be able to exercise their warrants even if, at the
time of exercise, a prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon
exercise of such warrants is not current. As a result, the holders of
the warrants purchased in the private placement will not have any restrictions
with respect to the exercise of their warrants. As described above,
the holders of the warrants purchased in the initial public offering will not be
able to exercise them unless we have a current registration statement covering
the shares issuable upon their exercise.
If
the Transaction is approved by our stockholders, we will issue shares of our
capital stock and debt securities to complete the Transaction, which would
reduce the equity interest of our stockholders and cause a change in control of
our ownership.
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up
to 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, and 1,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share. As of the date of this
Transition Report, there are 1,134,900 authorized but unissued and unreserved
shares of our common stock available for issuance, together with all of the
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock available for issuance. In order to approve
the Transaction, we will ask our stockholders to increase the authorized capital
of the Company to 51,100,000 shares consisting of 50,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, 100,000 shares of class A Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock and if stockholders approve the Transaction, we will issue Merger
Consideration to Dlorah stockholders as described above in the section entitled
“The Proposed Transaction –Consideration”. The issuance of additional
shares of our common stock or any number of shares of our preferred
stock:
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will
significantly reduce the equity interest of investors in the Company’s
initial public offering;
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cause a change in control, 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;
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adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock;
and
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will
subordinate the rights of holders of our common stock if preferred stock
is issued with rights senior to those afforded to the common
stock.
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Additionally,
the issuance of debt securities, if any, could result
in:
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default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating cash flow after a business
combination were insufficient to pay our debt
obligations;
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acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we have made all
principal and interest payments
when
due, if
the
debt security
contained covenants that required the maintenance of certain
financial ratios or reserves and any such covenant were breached without a
waiver or renegotiation of that
covenant;
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our
immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the
debt security was payable on
demand;
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covenants
that limit our ability to acquire capital assets or make additional
acquisitions; and
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our
inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, if the debt
security contained covenants restricting our ability to obtain additional
financing while such security was
outstanding.
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Our
ability to effect the Transaction and to execute any potential business plan
afterwards will be dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom
may join us as a result of the Transaction and whom we would have only a limited
ability to evaluate.
Our
ability to effect the Transaction will be dependent upon the efforts of our key
personnel. The future role of our key personnel following the Transaction,
however, cannot presently be fully ascertained. Although we expect most of our
management and other key personnel to remain associated with us following the
Transaction, we may employ other personnel following the Transaction. While we
intend to closely scrutinize any additional individuals we engage after the
Transaction, we cannot assure you our assessment of these individuals will prove
to be correct. Moreover, our current management will only be able to remain with
the combined company after the consummation of the Transaction if they are able
to negotiate terms with the combined company as part of any such
combination. If we acquired a target business in an all-cash
transaction, it would be more likely that current members of management would
remain with us if they chose to do so. However, the Transaction is structured as
a merger whereby at the consummation of the Transaction, the management of the
combined entity will be jointly appointed by Dlorah and by the
Company. In making the determination as to whether current management
should remain with us following the Transaction, management will analyze the
experience and skill set of the management of our target business, and negotiate
as part of the Transaction that certain members of current management remain if
it is believed to be in the best interests of the combined company
post-Transaction. If management negotiates to be retained post-business
combination as a condition to any potential business combination, such
negotiations may result in a conflict of interest.
Certain
directors and officers of ours own shares of our common stock, and certain of
our directors own warrants purchased in the private placement, which will not
participate in liquidation distributions and therefore they may have a conflict
of interest in determining whether a particular target business is appropriate
for a business combination.
Our
sponsor is partially owned, indirectly, by David Warnock, our President,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and it is the sponsor that owns shares of
our common stock, as well as warrants purchased in a private placement
consummated prior to the initial public offering. The sponsor has
waived its right to the liquidation of the trust account as part of our
stockholder-approved plan of dissolution and liquidation with respect to those
shares upon the liquidation of the trust account to our public stockholders if
we are unable to complete a business combination. The shares and
warrants owned by the sponsor will be worthless if we do not consummate a
business combination. The personal and financial interests of Mr.
Warnock may influence his motivation in identifying and selecting a target
business and completing a business combination in a timely
manner. Consequently, his discretion in identifying and selecting a
suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining
whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination
are appropriate and in our stockholders’ best interest.
Our
founding stockholders will not receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by them to the extent such expenses exceed the amount
available outside the trust account unless the business combination is
consummated, and therefore they may have a conflict of interest.
Our
founding stockholders will not receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by them to the extent such expenses exceed the amount
available outside the trust account, unless the Transaction is consummated. The
amount of available proceeds is based on management estimates of the capital
needed to fund our operations for the next 24 months and to 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 in pursuit of an acquisition which is not
consummated. The financial interests of such persons could influence their
motivation in selecting a target business and thus, there may be a conflict of
interest when determining whether a particular business combination is in the
stockholders’ best interest.
If
our common stock becomes subject to the Commission’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 less than $5,000,000 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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make
a special written suitability determination for the
purchaser;
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receive
the purchaser’s written agreement to a transaction prior to
sale;
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provide
the purchaser with risk disclosure documents which identify certain risks
associated with investing in “penny stocks” and which describe the market
for these “penny stocks” as well as a purchaser’s legal remedies;
and
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obtain
a signed and
dated acknowledgment from the purchaser demonstrating the purchaser has
actually received the required risk disclosure document before a
transaction in a “penny stock” can be
completed.
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If our
common stock becomes subject to these rules, broker-dealers may find it
difficult to effectuate customer transactions and trading activity in our
securities may be adversely affected. As a result, the market price of our
securities may be depressed and you may find it more difficult to sell our
securities.
On
August 7, 2009, we entered into the merger agreement to consummate the
Transaction with a single target business, which will cause us to be solely
dependent on a single business.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, we have entered into an agreement to purchase a single
target business meeting the 80% threshold. Consequently, due to the
timeline for completion, we will have the ability to complete only the
Transaction with the proceeds of the offering and the private
placement. Accordingly, the prospects for our success will be solely
dependent upon the performance of our target business. Thus, 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.
The ability of
our stockholders to exercise their redemption rights may not allow us to
effectuate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital
structure.
At the
time we seek stockholder approval of the Transaction, we will offer each public
stockholder the right to have such stockholder's shares of common stock redeemed
for cash if the stockholder votes against the Transaction and the Transaction is
approved and completed. If public stockholders holding more than 30% less one
shares of common stock vote against the Transaction and ask for redemption of
their shares we may not be able to consummate the Transaction. This
may limit our ability to effectuate the most attractive business combination
available to us.
We
may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to fund the
operations and growth of our business combination target, which could have a
material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the combined
entity and our continued operations.
Although
we believe the net proceeds of the offering and the private placement will be
sufficient to allow us to consummate the Transaction and fund the operations of
our target company, if the net proceeds of the offering and the private
placement prove to be insufficient, either because of the depletion of the
available net proceeds in search of a target business, or because we become
obligated to redeem for cash a significant number of shares from dissenting
stockholders, we will be required to seek additional financing. We cannot assure
you such financing would be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the
extent additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to consummate
the Transaction, we would be compelled to restructure the Transaction or abandon
it and seek an alternative target business candidate. In addition, if we
consummate the Transaction, we may require additional financing to fund the
operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional
financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or
growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or stockholders
is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after the
Transaction.
Our
founding stockholders, including our officers and directors, control a
substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring
stockholder vote.
Our
founding stockholders (including all of our officers and directors) collectively
own 21.68% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock (not including
the purchase of 2,800,000 warrants in the private placement by our
sponsor). None of our other founding stockholders, officers and
directors has indicated to us they intend to purchase units or warrants on the
open market.
In
addition, our sponsor has entered into an agreement with the representative
pursuant to which it will place limit orders for $4,000,000 of our common stock
commencing ten business days after we file our Current Report on Form 8-K
announcing our execution of a definitive agreement for a business combination
and ending on the business day immediately preceding the meeting date for the
meeting of stockholders at which such business combination is to be approved.
These purchases will be made in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange
Act at a price equal to the per share amount held in our trust account as
reported in such Form 8-K.
Our board
of directors is divided into two classes, each of which will generally serve for
a term of two years, with only one class of directors being elected in each
year. It is unlikely there will be an annual meeting of stockholders to elect
new directors prior to the consummation of the Transaction, in which case all of
the current directors will continue in office at least until the consummation of
the Transaction. If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of our
“staggered” board of directors, initially only a minority of the board of
directors will be considered for election and our founding stockholders, because
of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the
outcome. Accordingly, our founding stockholders will continue to exert control
at least until the consummation of the Transaction. In addition, our founding
stockholders and their affiliates and relatives are not prohibited from
purchasing units in the open market. If they do, we cannot assure you our
founding stockholders will not have considerable influence upon the vote in
connection with the Transaction.
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Our
outstanding warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of common
stock and make it more difficult to effect the Transaction.
In
connection with the initial public offering as part of the units, and the
private placement, we issued warrants to purchase up to 9,426,300 shares of our
common stock. We issued an option to the underwriters to purchase up
to 625,000 units each consisting of one share and one warrant. 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
Merger Consideration issued to complete the Transaction. Accordingly, our
warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate the Transaction or increase
the cost of the target business. Additionally, the sale, or even the possibility
of sale, of the shares underlying the warrants could have an adverse effect on
the market price for our securities or on our ability to obtain future public
financing. If and to the extent these warrants are exercised, you may experience
dilution to your holdings.
If
our founding 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
founding stockholders, including our sponsor, which purchased warrants in the
private placement, are entitled to require us to register the resale of their
warrants as well as their shares of common stock at any time after the date on
which their securities are released from escrow. If such existing
security holders exercise their registration rights with respect to all of their
shares of common stock (including those 2,800,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of warrants included as part of the insider warrants),
there will be an additional 4,362,500 shares of common stock eligible for
trading in the public market and we will bear the costs of registering such
securities. The presence of this additional number of shares of
common stock eligible for trading in the public market may have an adverse
effect on the market price of our common stock. In addition, the existence of
these rights may make it more difficult to effectuate the Transaction or
increase the cost of the target business, as the stockholders may 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 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 Stock Market or a national exchange.
Our
securities are traded in the over-the-counter market and quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board, an NASD-sponsored and operated inter-dealer automated quotation
system for equity securities not included in the Nasdaq Stock
Market. Quotation of our securities on the OTC Bulletin Board limits
the liquidity and price of our securities more than if our securities were
quoted or listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or a national
exchange. 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.
We may be
deemed to be an investment company, as defined under Sections 3(a)(1)(A) and (C)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, because, prior to the
consummation of a business combination, we may be viewed as engaging in the
business of investing in securities (in this case United States government
securities as described below) having a value exceeding 40% of our total
assets. If we are deemed to be an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, our activities may be restricted which, among
other problems, may make it difficult for us to complete a business combination.
Such restrictions include restrictions on the nature of our investments and
restrictions on the issuance of securities.
In
addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements,
including:
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of a specific form of corporate structure;
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reporting,
record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules
and regulations.
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However,
we do not believe our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the
Investment Company Act of 1940. To this end, the proceeds held in trust may only
be invested by the trust agent in “government securities” with specific maturity
dates or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7
promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940. By restricting the
investment of the proceeds to these instruments, we intend to avoid being deemed
an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The offering was not intended for persons who are seeking a return on
investments in government securities. 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 and return of the funds held in trust to
our public stockholders as part of our plan of dissolution and
liquidation.
Our
directors may not be considered “independent” under the policies of the North
American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. and, therefore, may take
actions or incur expenses not deemed to be independently approved or
independently determined to be in our best interest.
No salary
or other compensation will be paid to any of our officers or directors for
services rendered by them on our behalf prior to or in connection with a
business combination. We do not believe any members of our board of
directors are currently “independent” as that term is commonly
used. Under the policies of the North American Securities
Administrators Association, Inc., because our directors may receive
reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with
activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses and
performing due diligence on suitable business combinations, state securities
administrators could take the position such individual is not
“independent.” If this were the case, they would take the position
that we would not have the benefit of independent directors examining the
propriety of expenses incurred on our behalf and subject to reimbursement.
Additionally, there is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses that
could be incurred and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the
expenses by anyone other than our board of directors, which would include
persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such
reimbursement is challenged. 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 which event this reimbursement obligation would in all
likelihood be negotiated with the owners of a target
business. Although we believe all actions taken by our directors on
our behalf will be in our best interests, whether or not they are deemed to be
“independent” under the policies of the North American Securities Administrator
Association, we cannot assure you 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.
Your
only opportunity to evaluate and affect the investment decision regarding the
Transaction will be limited to voting for or against the Transaction submitted
to our stockholders for approval.
Your only
opportunity to evaluate and affect the investment decision regarding the
Transaction will be limited to voting for or against the Transaction as
submitted to our stockholders for approval. In addition, a proposal you vote
against could still be approved if a sufficient number of public stockholders
vote for the proposed Transaction. Alternatively, a proposal you vote for could
still be rejected if a sufficient number of public stockholders vote against the
Transaction.
We
will need to consummate the Transaction to continue operations as a going
concern.
Our
Report from our Independent Registered Accounting Firm raises substantial doubt
about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to
continue present operations will be dependent upon our ability
to consummate the Transaction. If we are unable to consummate the
Transaction we will not likely have sufficient time to find another suitable
business partner, and we will, in all likelihood seek to liquidate, in
which event amounts currently held in our trust account will be returned to our
common stockholders and our shares, along with our units and warrants, would
then expire worthless.
Risks
Associated with the Our Acquisition of a Target Business in the Education
Industry
We have
entered a Merger Agreement to consummate the Transaction with a company in the
education industry. The following risk factors address issues that
may arise in connection with the Transaction.
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Failure
of any acquired schools to comply with the extensive regulatory requirements for
school operations could result in financial penalties, restrictions on
operations and loss of external financial aid funding, which could affect
revenues and impose significant operating restrictions on any business we
acquire.
Any
on-ground or online schools we acquire can be expected to be subject to
extensive regulation by federal and state governmental agencies and by
accrediting commissions. In particular, the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Department of
Education, or DOE, set forth numerous standards schools must satisfy to
participate in various federal student financial assistance programs under
Title IV Programs. To participate in Title IV Programs, schools must
receive and maintain authorization by the applicable education agencies in the
state in which each school is physically located, be accredited by an
accrediting commission recognized by the DOE and be certified as an eligible
institution by the DOE. These regulatory requirements can be expected
to cover the vast majority of operations of any business we acquire in the
education services market, including educational programs, facilities,
instructional and administrative staff, administrative procedures, marketing,
recruiting, financial operations and financial condition. These
regulatory requirements may also affect our ability to acquire or open
additional schools, add new educational programs, expand existing educational
programs, and change our corporate structure and ownership.
If any
acquired school fails to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, the
school and its related main campus and/or additional locations, if any, could be
subject to the loss of state licensure or accreditation, the loss of eligibility
to participate in and receive funds under the Title IV Programs, the loss
of the ability to grant degrees, diplomas and certificates, provisional
certification, or the imposition of liabilities or monetary penalties, each of
which could adversely affect our revenues and impose significant operating
restrictions upon us. The various regulatory agencies periodically
revise their requirements and modify their interpretations of existing
requirements and restrictions. We cannot predict with certainty how
any of these regulatory requirements will be applied or whether each of our
schools will be able to comply with these requirements or any additional
requirement instituted in the future.
If
we fail to demonstrate "administrative capability" to the Department Of
Education, our business could suffer.
DOE
regulations specify extensive criteria an institution must satisfy to establish
it has the requisite “administrative capability” to participate in Title IV
Programs. These criteria require, among other things, that the
institution:
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Comply
with all applicable Title IV regulations;
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Have
capable and sufficient personnel to administer Title IV
Programs;
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Have
acceptable methods of defining and measuring the satisfactory academic
progress of its students;
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Provide
financial aid counseling to its students;
and
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Submit
in a timely manner all reports and financial statements required by the
regulations.
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If an
institution fails to satisfy any of these criteria or any other DOE regulation,
the DOE may:
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Require
repayment of Title IV funds;
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Impose
a less favorable payment system for the institution's receipt of
Title IV funds;
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Place
the institution on provisional certification status; or
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Commence
a proceeding to impose a fine or to limit, suspend or terminate the
participation of the institution in Title IV
Programs.
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If we are
found not to have satisfied the DOE's "administrative capability" requirements,
one or more of our institutions, including its additional locations, could be
limited in its access to, or lose, Title IV Program funding which could
materially impact our future growth and financial prospects.
If
we do not meet specific financial responsibility ratios and tests established by
the DOE, our U.S. schools may lose eligibility to participate in federal student
financial aid programs.
To
participate in the federal student financial aid programs, an institution must
either satisfy quantitative standards of financial responsibility, or post a
letter of credit in favor of the DOE and possibly accept other conditions on its
participation in the federal student financial aid programs. Each year, based on
financial information submitted by institutions that participate in federal
student financial aid programs, the DOE calculates three financial ratios for an
institution: an equity ratio, a primary reserve ratio and a net income ratio.
Each of these ratios is scored separately and then combined to determine the
institution’s financial responsibility. If an institution’s score is above 1.5,
it may continue its participation in federal student financial aid programs. We
cannot assure you that we and our institutions will continue to satisfy the
numeric standards in the future.
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Congress
may change the law or reduce funding for Title IV Programs, which could
reduce student population, revenues or profit margin.
Congress
periodically revises the Higher Education Act and other laws governing
Title IV Programs and annually determines the funding level for each
Title IV Program. Recently, Congress temporarily extended the provisions of
the Higher Education Act, or HEA, pending completion of the formal
reauthorization process. In February 2006, Congress enacted the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005, which contained a number of provisions affecting Title IV
Programs, including some provisions that had been in the HEA reauthorization
bills. It is possible the Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress will revise
provisions of the HEA in significantly different ways than were being considered
by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in 2005 and 2006. Any
action by Congress that significantly reduces funding for Title IV Programs
or the ability of schools or students to receive funding through these programs
could reduce student population and revenues of any target business we acquire.
Congressional action may also require modification of practices in ways that
could result in increased administrative costs and decreased profit
margin.
In
addition, current requirements for student and school participation in
Title IV Programs may change or one or more of the present Title IV
Programs could be replaced by other programs with materially different student
or school eligibility requirements. If we cannot comply with the provisions of
the Higher Education Act, as they may be revised, or if the cost of such
compliance is excessive, our revenues or profit margin could be adversely
affected.
Regulatory
agencies or third parties may conduct compliance reviews, bring claims or
initiate litigation against us. If the results of these reviews or claims are
unfavorable, our future results of operations and financial condition could be
adversely affected.
Because
education is a highly regulated industry, a company we acquire may be subject to
compliance reviews and claims of noncompliance and lawsuits by government
agencies and third parties. If the results of these reviews or proceedings are
unfavorable, or if we are unable to defend successfully against third-party
lawsuits or claims, we may be required to pay money damages or be subject to
fines, limitations on the operations of our business, loss of federal funding,
injunctions or other penalties. Even if we adequately address issues raised by
an agency review or successfully defend a third-party lawsuit or claim, we may
have to divert significant financial and management resources from our ongoing
business operations to address issues raised by those reviews or defend those
lawsuits or claims.
If our target
business is unable to respond to the technological, legal, financial or other
changes in the education industry and changes in our customers’ requirements and
preferences, we will not be able to effectively compete with our
competitors.
If our
target business is unable, for technological, legal, financial or other reasons,
to adapt in a timely manner to changing market conditions, customer needs or
regulatory requirements, it could lose customers. Changes in customer
requirements and preferences, the introduction of new products and services
embodying new technologies, and the emergence of new industry standards and
practices could render the existing products of the company we acquire obsolete.
The success of our target business will depend, in part, on its ability
to:
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Enhance
products and services;
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Anticipate
changing customer requirements by designing, developing and launching new
products and services that address the increasingly sophisticated and
varied needs of customers;
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Respond
to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on
a cost-effective and timely basis; and
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Respond
to changing regulatory requirements in a cost effective and timely
manner.
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The
development of additional products and services involves significant
technological and business risks and requires substantial expenditures and lead
time. We cannot assure you, even if our target business is able to
introduce new products or adapt our products to new technologies, its products
would gain acceptance among its customers.
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We may be unable
to protect or enforce the intellectual property rights of any target businesses
we acquire.
We may
acquire a target business whose business is dependent upon its proprietary
technology and intellectual property. Accordingly, the protection of
trademarks, copyrights, patents, domain names, trade dress and trade secrets may
be critical to the ability of our target business to compete with its
competitors. In such a case, our target business will likely rely on a
combination of copyright, trademark, trade secret laws and contractual
restrictions to protect any proprietary technology and rights it may
acquire. Despite the efforts of our target business to protect its
proprietary technology and rights, our target business may not be able to
prevent misappropriation of its proprietary rights, disclosure of such rights to
government entities in connection with performing work for them or deter
independent development of technologies that compete with the business we
acquire. Competitors may file patent applications or obtain patents and
proprietary rights that block or compete with patents of any company we acquire.
Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce intellectual property
rights, to protect trade secrets, or to determine the validity and scope of the
proprietary rights of others. It is also possible third parties may claim our
target business has 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 the competitive position and business of our target
business. Depending on the target business or businesses we acquire, we may have
to protect 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 we
will acquire, the target business or businesses may 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.
Our target
business may regularly employ subcontractors to assist in satisfying its
contractual obligations. If these subcontractors fail to adequately perform
their contractual obligations, our target business’s prime contract performance
and its ability to obtain future business could be materially and adversely
impacted.
The
performance by our target business of government contracts may involve the
issuance of subcontracts to other companies upon which our target business may
rely to perform all or a portion of the work it is obligated to deliver to
customers. There is a risk our target business may have disputes with
subcontractors concerning a number of issues including the quality and
timeliness of work performed by the subcontractor. A failure by one or more
subcontractors to satisfactorily deliver on a timely basis the agreed-upon
supplies and/or perform the agreed-upon services may materially and adversely
impact the ability of our target business to perform its obligations as a prime
contractor. In extreme cases, such subcontractor performance
deficiencies could result in the government terminating our target’s contract
for default. A default termination could expose our target business
to liability for excess costs of reprocurement by the government and have a
material adverse effect on the ability of our target business to compete for
future contracts.
Our ability to execute our business
plan will depend, in part, on our ability to respond to constantly changing
trends and consumer demands.
Our
ability to execute our business plan will depend, in part, on our ability to
originate and define products and trends, as well as to anticipate, gauge and
react to changing consumer demands in a timely manner. Our products
and services will need to appeal to a broad range of consumers whose preferences
cannot be predicted with certainty and are subject to rapid
change. We cannot assure you we will be able to develop appealing
products or have the ability to meet constantly changing consumer demands in the
future. In addition, we cannot assure you any new products we
introduce will be accepted by consumers. Any failure on our part to
anticipate, identify and respond effectively to changing consumer demands and
trends could adversely affect acceptance of our products and
services.
Failure
to establish and operate additional schools or campuses or effectively identify
suitable expansion opportunities could reduce our ability to implement our
growth strategy.
As part
of our business strategy we may open and operate new schools or campuses
following consummation of the Transaction. Establishing new schools or campuses
poses unique challenges and requires us to make investments in management and
capital expenditures, incur marketing expenses and devote other resources that
are different, and in some cases greater, than those required with respect to
the operation of acquired schools.
To open a
new school or campus, we would be required to obtain appropriate state and
accrediting commission approvals, which may be conditioned or delayed in a
manner that could significantly affect our growth plans. In addition, to be
eligible for federal Title IV Program funding, a new school or campus would have
to be certified by the DOE and would require federal authorization and
approvals. In the case of entirely separate, freestanding U.S. schools, a
minimum of two years' operating history is required to be eligible for Title IV
Program funding. We cannot be sure we will be able to identify suitable
expansion opportunities or that we will be able to successfully integrate or
profitably operate any new schools or campuses. A failure to effectively
identify suitable expansion opportunities and establish and manage the
operations of newly established schools or online offerings could slow our
growth and make any newly established schools or online programs unprofitable or
more costly to operate than we had planned.
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Our
success depends in part on our ability to update and expand the content of
existing programs and develop new programs in a cost-effective manner and on a
timely basis.
Prospective
employers demand that employees possess appropriate technological skills. These
skills are becoming more sophisticated in line with technological advancements
across all industries. Accordingly, educational programs must keep
pace with those technological advancements. The expansion of our existing
programs and the development of new programs may not be accepted by our
students, prospective employers or the education market. Even if we are able to
develop acceptable new programs, we may not be able to introduce these new
programs as quickly as our competitors or as quickly as employers demand. If we
are unable to adequately respond to changes in market requirements due to
financial constraints, unusually rapid technological changes or other factors,
our ability to attract and retain students could be impaired, our placement
rates could suffer and our revenues could be adversely affected.
We
may not be able to retain our key personnel or hire and retain the personnel
needed to sustain and grow our business.
The
success of any business we acquire will depend largely on the skills, efforts
and motivation of our executive officers who generally have significant
experience within the education industry. Our success also depends in large part
upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified faculty, school
directors, administrators and corporate management. Due to the nature of the
business, we expect to face significant competition in the attraction and
retention of personnel who possess the skill sets we seek. In addition, key
personnel may leave and subsequently compete against us. The loss of the
services of any of our key personnel, or our failure to attract and retain other
qualified and experienced personnel on acceptable terms, could have an adverse
effect on our ability to operate our business efficiently and execute our growth
strategy.
If
we are unable to hire, retain and continue to develop and train our employees
responsible for student recruitment, the effectiveness of our student recruiting
efforts would be adversely affected.
In order
to support revenue growth, we need to hire new employees dedicated to student
recruitment and retain and continue to develop and train our current student
recruitment personnel. Our ability to develop a strong student recruiting team
may be affected by a number of factors, including our ability to integrate and
motivate our student recruiters; our ability to effectively train our student
recruiters; the length of time it takes new student recruiters to become
productive; regulatory restrictions on the method of compensating student
recruiters; the competition in hiring and retaining student recruiters; and our
ability to effectively manage a multi-location educational organization. If we
are unable to hire, develop or retain our student recruiters, the effectiveness
of our student recruiting efforts would be adversely affected.
Competition
could decrease our market share and cause us to lower our tuition
rates.
The
education market is highly competitive, as we expect to compete for students and
faculty with colleges and universities and proprietary schools, many of which
have greater financial and other resources than we expect to have, which may,
among other things, allow our competitors to secure strategic relationships with
some or all of our existing strategic partners or develop other high profile
strategic relationships or devote more resources to expanding their programs and
their school network, all of which could affect the success of our marketing
programs. If we are unable to compete effectively for students, our
student enrollments and revenues will be adversely affected.
We may be
required to reduce tuition or increase spending in response to competition in
order to retain or attract students or pursue new market opportunities. As a
result, our market share, revenues and operating margin may be decreased. We
cannot be sure we will be able to compete successfully against current or future
competitors or that the competitive pressures we face will not adversely affect
our revenues and profitability.
An
institution would lose eligibility to participate in Title IV Programs if
its former students defaulted on repayment of their federal student loans in
excess of specified levels, which could reduce its student population and
revenues.
An
institution of higher education loses its eligibility to participate in some or
all Title IV Programs if its former students default on the repayment of
their federal student loans in excess of specified levels. If any institution we
acquire exceeds the official student loan default rates published by the DOE, it
will lose eligibility to participate in Title IV Programs. That loss would
adversely affect students' access to various government-sponsored student
financial aid programs, which could reduce its student population and
revenues.
An
increase in interest rates could adversely affect our ability to attract and
retain students.
Interest
rates have reached historic lows in recent years, creating a favorable borrowing
environment for students. Much of the financing students receive is tied to
floating interest rates. Higher interest rates can also contribute to
higher default rates with respect to student repayment of education loans.
Higher default rates may in turn adversely impact eligibility for Title IV
Program participation or the willingness of private lenders to make private loan
programs available to students who attend any schools we may acquire, which
could result in a reduction in student population.
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Failure
to comply with environmental laws and regulations governing education activities
could result in financial penalties and other costs which could adversely impact
results of operations.
On-ground
schools use hazardous materials and generate small quantities of waste, such as
used oil, antifreeze, paint and car batteries. As a result, schools are subject
to a variety of environmental laws and regulations governing, among other
things, the use, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous substances and
waste, and the clean-up of contamination at on-site or off-site locations to
which hazardous waste is sent for disposal. In the event of non-compliance with
any of these laws and regulations, or any on-ground school we acquire or
establish, is responsible for a spill or release of hazardous materials, we
could incur significant costs for clean-up, damages, and fines or penalties
which could adversely impact our results of operations.
The
number of lenders and financial institutions that make federally guaranteed
student loans and that guarantee Title IV loans is relatively small. The
loss of any of these lenders or guarantors could cause a material adverse effect
on revenues.
While we
believe the lenders would be willing to make federally guaranteed student loans
to students if loans were no longer available from current lenders, we cannot
assure you there are other lenders who would make federally guaranteed loans to
students. If such alternative lenders were not forthcoming, enrollment and our
results of operations and future operating prospects could be materially and
adversely affected.
Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Not
applicable.
Item
2. Properties
We do not
own any real estate or other physical properties materially important to our
operation. Our executive office is located at 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1200,
Baltimore, MD 21202. The cost for this space is included in the
$7,500 per-month fee Camden Partners Holdings, LLC charges us for general and
administrative services, including but not limited to receptionist, secretarial
and general office services, pursuant to a letter agreement between us and
Camden Partners Holdings, LLC. This agreement commenced
on November 29, 2007 and shall continue until the earliest to occur of: (i)
consummation of a business combination, (ii) November 29, 2009, and (iii) the
date on which we cease our corporate existence in accordance with our amended
and restated certificate of incorporation. We believe, based on fees for similar
services in the greater Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area that the fee
charged by Camden Partners Holdings, LLC is at least as favorable as we could
have obtained from an unaffiliated person.
We
consider our current office space adequate for our current
operations.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
To the
knowledge of our management, there is no litigation currently pending or
contemplated against us or any of our officers or directors in their capacity as
such.
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders
No
matters were submitted to a vote of stockholders during the year ended May 31,
2009.
PART
II
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common
Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
(a)
Market Information
Our
Common Stock, Warrants and Units are each traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under
the symbols CAEL, CAELW and CAELU, respectively. Our units commenced
public trading on November 29, 2007, and our common stock and warrants commenced
public trading on December 21, 2007.
The table
below sets forth, for the calendar quarter indicated, the high and low bid
prices of our units, Common Stock and warrants as reported on the OTC Bulleting
Board. The following table sets forth the high and low sales
information for our units for the period from December 5, 2007 through May 31,
2009 and our Common Stock and warrants for the period from December 21, 2007
through May 31, 2009.
Quarter
Ended
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Units
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Common
Stock
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Warrants
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High
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Low
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High
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Low
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High
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Low
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31-May-09
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7.60 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
28-Feb-09
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7.60 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
30-Nov-08
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7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
31-Aug-08
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7.70 | 7.70 | 7.70 | 7.70 | 0.27 | 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
31-May-08
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7.85 | 7.85 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
29-Feb-08
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8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
On August
19, 2009, the closing prices of our common stock, units and warrants were $7.84,
$8.00 and $0.20, respectively.
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(b) Holders
On August
14, 2009, there were 5 holders of record of our Common Stock, 2 holders of record of our
Warrants and 1 holder of record of our Units.
(c)
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 the 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.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, if the Company consummates the Transaction, the Class A
Stock issued as consideration shall be entitled to an annual accruing dividend
equal to $0.44 per share for the first two years following issuance and shall
automatically convert into Common Stock at the end of such two year
period. When and if a dividend is paid on the Class A Stock, the
holders of Common Stock will receive a dividend equal to one-fourth of the total
of the dividend paid on the Class A Stock.
(d)
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans.
None.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
Prior to
the consummation of the IPO, we completed a private placement of an aggregate of
2,800,000 warrants to Camden Learning, LLC, a limited liability company
indirectly controlled and partially owned by certain of the Company’s officers
and directors, generating gross proceeds of $2,800,000. The warrants sold in the
private placement contain substantially similar terms and conditions as the
warrants sold in the IPO, except that the warrants sold in the private placement
(i) will not be subject to redemption, (ii) may be exercised on a cashless
basis, in each case if held by the Company’s sponsor or its permitted assigns
and (iii) may not be sold, assigned or transferred prior to the 90th day
following the Company’s consummation of a business combination. These warrants
were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section
4(2) of the Securities Act as they were sold to sophisticated, wealthy non “U.S.
Person” individuals. No underwriting discounts or commissions were
paid with respect to such sales. A private placement subscription agreement was
entered into between the Company and our sponsor in connection with this
purchase.
On April
10, 2007 we issued 1,125,000 shares of our common stock as set forth below for
an aggregate offering price of $25,000 at an average purchase price of
approximately $0.02 per share. No underwriting discounts or
commissions were paid with respect to such sales.
Stockholders
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Number
of
Shares
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Camden
Learning, LLC
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1,000,000
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Jack
L. Brozman
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25,000
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Therese
Kreig Crane, Ed.D
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25,000
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Ronald
Tomalis
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25,000
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Harry
T. Wilkins
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25,000
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William
Jews
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25,000
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On July
3, 2007, Mr. Wilkins resigned as a director and transferred, for a purchase
price of $.02 per share, an aggregate of 25,000 shares of common stock to Camden
Learning, LLC such that our current share ownership is as reflected in the
section entitled “Principal Stockholders.”
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On August
27, 2007, Mr. Brozman resigned as a director and transferred, for a purchase
price of $.02 per share, an aggregate of 25,000 shares of common stock to Camden
Learning, LLC such that our current share ownership is as reflected in the
section entitled “Principal Stockholders.”
Effective
November 20, 2007, our board of directors authorized a forward stock split in
the form of a stock dividend of 0.3888888 shares of common stock for each
outstanding share of common stock, effectively lowering the purchase price to
approximately $0.016 per share.
Use
of Proceeds from our Initial Public Offering
The
effective date of our registration statement, which was filed on Form S-1 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-143098), and which related to the
initial public offering of our units, was November 29, 2007. Each unit consisted
of one share of common stock, $.0001 par value per share, and one warrant to
purchase one share of common stock. A total of 7,812,500 (including the
underwriters’ over allotment) units were registered at a proposed maximum
aggregate offering price of $57,500,000 (including the underwriters’ over
allotment).
The
public offering was consummated on December 5, 2007, and on December 19, 2007,
we sold additional units subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The
underwriters of the offering were Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc., Ferris, Baker
Watts Incorporated and Legend Merchant Capital Group. A total of
6,626,300 Units were sold in the offering for an aggregate offering price of
$53,010,400. Each of our units commenced trading its component share of common
stock and warrant separately on December 21, 2007.
The net
proceeds to us from the sale of our Units and the sale of the underwriters’
purchase option, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of
$3,710,728 (including $1,590,312 placed in the Trust Account representing a
deferred underwriters’ discount) and offering expenses of $508,635, was
$48,791,137. $49,589,984 plus interest and proceeds from the sale of
our sponsor warrants is currently being held in trust and the remaining funds of
approximately $800,000 are being held outside of the trust. The remaining
proceeds are held for working capital such as business, legal and accounting due
diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative
expenses. We will use substantially all of the net proceeds of the initial
public offering to acquire a target business, including identifying and
evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, selecting the target business,
and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination. To the
extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to
effect a business combination, the proceeds held in the trust fund as well as
any other net proceeds not expended will be used to finance the operations of
the target business. We believe we will have sufficient available funds outside
of the trust fund to operate through November 2009, 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. However, we may need to raise additional funds
through a private or public 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.
No
expenses of the offering were paid to any of our officers and directors, to
persons owning ten percent (10%) or more of Common Stock or any of their
respective affiliates. We did, however, repay our sponsor for loans made to us
prior to the consummation of the initial public offering. The aggregate amount
of principal on such loans that we repaid was $200,000. This loan had an
interest rate of 4.9%. All the funds held in the trust account have
been invested in Government Institutional Securities.
Repurchases
of Equity Securities
None.
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Item
6. Selected Financial Data
We are a smaller reporting company as
defined in Regulation S-K; as such pursuant to Regulation S-K we are not
required to make disclosures under this Item.
Item
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our financial
statements and the related notes thereto which are included in this transition
report and the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included
in our Final Prospectus filed with the SEC on November 29, 2007 and our Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on December 5, 2007.
We were
formed on April 10, 2007, for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination,
an operating business in the education industry. Our initial business
combination must be with a target business whose fair market value is at least
equal to 80% of our net assets (excluding the deferred underwriting commission
of the underwriters held in the Trust Account) at the time of such
acquisition. On August 7, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Reorganization, which agreement was amended and restated in its entirety on
August 11, 2009, to effectuate the Transaction as described in the section above
entitled “The Proposed Transaction.”
CHANGES
IN FINANCIAL CONDITION
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
On May
16, 2007 we entered into an agreement with certain of our initial stockholders
for the sale of 2,800,000 warrants in a private placement. Each warrant entitles
the holder to purchase from us one share of our common stock on a cashless
basis. The warrants were sold at a price of $1.00 per warrant,
generating net proceeds of $2,800,000.
On
December 5, 2007, we consummated our initial public offering of 6,250,000
units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one
warrant. On December 19, 2007, we consummated the closing of 376,300 additional
units subject to the underwriters’ over allotment option. Each
warrant entitles the holder to purchase from us one share of our common stock at
an exercise price of $5.50.
The net
proceeds we received from the private placement and the sale of our units and
warrants were $53,181,449 (not including deferred underwriting discounts and
commissions of $1,590,312). Of this amount, $52,389,984 was placed in
a Trust Account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. The remaining funds of
approximately $800,000 are being held outside of the trust. The approximately
$800,000 held outside of trust (and including $600,000 of interest we may earn
on funds in the trust account, which we are entitled to in order to cover our
operating expenses and the costs associated with our plan of dissolution and
liquidation if we do not consummate a business combination) will be used to
cover our operating expenses for the next 6 months and to cover the expenses
incurred in connection with a business combination. At May 31, 2009,
$300,000 remains available for working capital purposes from the restricted
funds held in the Trust Account.
The
$1,590,312 of the funds attributable to the deferred underwriting discount and
commissions in connection with the offering and private placement will be
released to the underwriters less $0.24 per share for any public stockholders
exercising their redemption rights, upon consummation of the
Transaction.
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We
believe we will have sufficient available funds outside of the trust fund to
operate through November 2009. Although we do not believe we will
need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for
operating our business or effectuating the proposed Transaction, we may need to
raise additional funds if the net proceeds of the offering and the private
placement prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of the
Transaction, or the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a
target business, or because we become obligated to redeem for cash a significant
number of shares from dissenting stockholders. If we do need to raise additional
funds through a private or public offering of debt or equity securities in order
to consummate the Transaction, we would only effectuate such a financing in
anticipation of or simultaneously with the consummation of the
Transaction. We cannot assure you such financing would be available
on acceptable terms, if at all.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, Camden will acquire all of the outstanding shares of
Dlorah through a structured transaction valued at approximately $152,000,000 in
connection with which the Dlorah stockholders will receive (1) 100,000 shares of
a class of stock to be created immediately prior to the closing of the
Transaction, such series to be known as Class A Stock, which shares shall be
convertible into 15,730,000 shares of Common Stock, as such conversion number
may be adjusted as described herein and in the Merger Agreement, (2) 2,800,000
newly issued Common Stock purchase warrants to purchase up to 2,800,000 shares
of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share, and (3) 575,000 shares
of restricted Common Stock, which such shares shall not be freely tradable until
such time as the Common Stock trades at or above $8.00 per share for any sixty
(60) consecutive trading day period; provided, that such shares of restricted
Common Stock shall be forfeited on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance, if such restriction has not been
satisfied. The Class A Stock shall be entitled to an annual accruing
dividend equal to $0.44 per share for the first two years following issuance and
shall automatically convert into Common Stock at the end of such two year
period. When and if a dividend is paid on the Class A Stock, the
holders of Common Stock will receive a dividend equal to one-fourth of the total
of the dividend paid on the Class A Stock.
If, as of
the Closing Date, the Merger Consideration represents less than an aggregate of
seventy percent (70%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Camden, on
an as-converted and fully diluted basis, then the Merger Consideration shall be
increased such that it equals seventy percent (70%) of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Camden, on an as-converted and fully diluted basis
as of the Closing Date.
The
Merger Consideration will also be adjusted if the average of the closing sales
price of the Common Stock on the applicable trading market during the 10 trading
day period ending immediately preceding the Closing Date is less than $7.00 per
share. In that event, the number of shares of Common Stock into which
the Class A Stock is convertible shall be increased such that the aggregate
value of the Stock Consideration and Warrant Consideration would have the same
aggregate value as if the average of the closing sales price of the Common Stock
were $7.00 per share.
The net
aggregate amount of proceeds held in Camden’s trust account will be available
for use as working capital of Dlorah following consummation of the
Transaction. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, such amount shall be
no less than $22,166,290.00 after payment in full of any taxes then due and
owing, the deferred underwriting fee owed to the underwriter’s of Camden’s
initial public offering, any fees and expenses payable to Camden’s investment
bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, any amounts paid to Camden
stockholders, warrantholders or unit holders for conversion of their Common
Stock or units or repurchase of their Common Stock, units or warrants, and any
other of Camden’s or Merger Sub’s unpaid costs, fees and expenses associated
with the Merger Agreement, the proxy statement to be filed in connection
therewith and the transactions contemplated thereby.
Each of
the Dlorah stockholders has agreed, for a period of 180 days from the closing
date of the Transaction, whether on his, her or its own behalf or on behalf of
entities, family members or trusts affiliated with or controlled by him, her or
it, not to offer, issue, grant any option on, sell or otherwise dispose of any
portion of the Merger Consideration received. In connection with the
Transaction, the 2,800,000 Warrants owned by Camden Learning, LLC, the Company’s
sponsor, shall be exchanged for 250,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, which
shares shall not be freely tradable until such time as the Common Stock trades
at or above $8.00 per share for any sixty (60) consecutive trading day period;
provided, that such shares of restricted Common Stock shall be forfeited on the
fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance if such restriction has not been
satisfied.
Commencing
on November 29, 2007, we began incurring a fee of $7,500 per month for certain
administrative services from Camden Partners Holdings, LLC. In
addition, in 2007, Camden Learning, LLC advanced to us an aggregate of $200,000
for payment of offering expenses on our behalf. These advances were repaid on
December 5, 2007 from the proceeds of the initial public offering that were
allocated to pay offering expenses.
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If we are
unable to consummate the Transaction by November 29, 2009, we will be forced to
liquidate. If we are forced to liquidate, the per share liquidation amount may
be less than the initial per unit offering price because of the underwriting
commissions and expenses related to our initial public offering and because of
the value of the warrants in the per unit offering price. Additionally, if third
parties make claims against us, the initial public offering proceeds held in the
trust account could be subject to those claims, resulting in a further reduction
to the per share liquidation price. Under Delaware law, our stockholders who
have received distributions from us may be held liable for claims by third
parties to the extent such claims have not been paid by us. Furthermore, our
warrants will expire worthless if we liquidate before the consummation of the
Transaction.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
For the
five months ended May 31, 2009, we had net loss of $440,346 consisting of
interest income of $22,266 less costs attributable to organization, formation
and general and administrative expenses of $613,625 and net of a benefit for
income taxes of $151,013. For the five months ended May 31, 2008, we
had a net income of $253,683, consisting of interest income of $693,091 less
costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative
expenses of $271,919 and net of a provision for income taxes of $167,489. For
the year ended December 31, 2008, we had net income of $279,142 consisting of
interest income of $1,048,371 less costs attributable to organization, formation
and general and administrative expenses of $565,106 and net of a provision for
income taxes of $204,123. For the period from April 10, 2007
(inception) through December 31, 2007, we had a net income of $44,190,
consisting of interest income of $131,605 less costs attributable to
organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $59,547 and
net of a provision for income taxes of $27,868. For the period from
April 10, 2007 (inception) through May 31, 2009, we had a net loss of $117,014
consisting of interest income of $1,202,242 less costs attributable to
organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $1,238,278
and net of a provision for income taxes of $80,978. For the year ended May 31,
2009, we had net loss of $414,887 consisting of interest income of $377,546 less
costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative
expenses of $906,812 and net of a benefit for income taxes of
$114,379. For the year ended May 31, 2008, we had a net income of
$301,140, consisting of interest income of $826,833 less costs attributable to
organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $330,336 and
net of a provision for income taxes of $195,357.
The
Company received net proceeds from the offering and sale of the underwriters’
purchase option of $47,492,852, before deducting deferred underwriting
compensation of $1,500,000. On December 19, 2007 the underwriters for
the offering exercised a portion of their over-allotment option, generating
proceeds of $2,889,984, before deducting deferred underwriting compensation of
$90,312.
Our
efforts since inception have been primarily organizational activities,
activities relating to our initial public offering and active searching and
evaluating a target company with which to do a business combination. On August
11, 2009, we entered into a Merger Agreement pursuant to which we will issue
equity securities as consideration for all the outstanding stock of Dlorah, as
more fully described above in Item 1 in the section entitled “Proposed
Transaction – Consideration.” In addition, we may need to raise
additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities if such
funds are required to consummate the Transaction. Subject to
compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only effectuate such a
fund-raising in anticipation of or simultaneously with the consummation of the
Transaction.
We
currently pay Camden Partners Holdings, LLC an aggregate fee of $7,500 per month
which includes the cost of other general and administrative services provided to
us by Camden Partners Holdings, LLC.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
None.
Item 8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Reference
is made to pages 43 through 53 comprising a portion of this Transition Report on Form
10-K.
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Item 9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
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On June
25, 2008, the Company dismissed Eisner LLP (“Eisner”) as its independent
registered public accountant, effective immediately. The dismissal
was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
The
reports of Eisner on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the
period from April 10, 2007 to December 31, 2007, did not contain any adverse
opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to
uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During
the period from April 10, 2007 to December 31, 2007, and through the date of
dismissal, there were no disagreements with Eisner on any matter of accounting
principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Eisner would have caused
it to make reference thereto in connection with its reports on the financial
statements for such period.
On July
1, 2008, the Company engaged McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as the Company’s
independent registered public accountant. The engagement of McGladrey
& Pullen, LLP was approved by the Board of Directors. The Company
had not previously consulted with McGladrey & Pullen, LLP on any of the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, the type of
audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’s financial
statements or any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a
reportable event.
Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures.
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Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Our
management with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”) evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the “Exchange
Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this Transition Report on Form
10-K. Based on this evaluation, our Certifying Officers have
concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and
procedures were adequate and effective.
Internal
Control over Financial Reporting
Our
Certifying Officers are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act.
Internal
control over financial reporting is promulgated under the Exchange Act as a
process designed by, or under the supervision of our Certifying Officers and
effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and
procedures that:
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Pertain
to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets;
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Provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and
directors; and
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·
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Provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition or disposition of our assets that could have a
material effect on the financial
statements.
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Readers
are cautioned that internal control over financial reporting, no matter how well
designed, has inherent limitations and may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Therefore, even effective internal control over
financial reporting can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to the
financial statement preparation and presentation.
Our
management, with the participation of our Certifying Officers, assessed the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of
the end of the transition period ended May 31, 2009. In making this
assessment, management used the criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. Based on this assessment,
management has concluded that, as of May 31, 2009 the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting is effective.
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This
report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public
accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting, pursuant to
temporary rules of the Commission that permit the Company to provide only
management’s report in this transition report.
No change
in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred
during the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2009 that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
controls over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information
None.
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance
Our
current directors and executive officers are as follows:
Name
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Age
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Position
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David
L. Warnock
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51
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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Donald
W. Hughes
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59
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Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary
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Therese
Kreig Crane, Ed.D
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58
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Director
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Ronald
Tomalis
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46
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Director
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William
Jews
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56
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Director
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David L.
Warnock is a
partner with Camden Partners and co-founded the firm in 1995. He has over 24
years of investment experience and focuses on investments in the education and
business and financial services sectors. He serves on the boards of directors of
New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., one of the largest global IT training companies,
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a nationwide provider of pre-K through 8th grade
private schools and Questar Assessment, Inc., formerly Touchstone Applied
Science Associates which provides testing and assessment services for
standardized testing, all of which are Camden Partners’ portfolio companies. Mr.
Warnock served as the Chairman of Nobel from September 2003 through February
2004. Mr. Warnock has previously served on the boards of Concord Career Colleges
from 1997 thru 2006 and Children’s Comprehensive Services, Inc. from 1993 to
2000. Previously, Mr. Warnock was President of T. Rowe Price Strategic Partners
and T. Rowe Price Strategic Partners II. He was also co-manager of the T. Rowe
Price New Horizons Fund. Mr. Warnock was employed by T. Rowe Price Associates
from 1983 to 1995. Upon forming Camden Partners (formerly known as Cahill,
Warnock & Company) and until December 31, 1997, Mr. Warnock served as a
consultant to the advisory committees of T. Rowe Price Strategic Partners and T.
Rowe Price Strategic Partners II.
Mr.
Warnock is also involved with numerous non-profit organizations. He is the
Chairman of the Center for Fathers, Families, and Workforce Development, as well
as Calvert Education Services, the nation's largest non-sectarian home-schooling
organization. He also serves on the board of the National Alliance to End
Homelessness and the University of Wisconsin Applied Security Analysis Program
and is a trustee on the board of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Mr. Warnock earned
a B.A. degree from the University of Delaware and a M.S. (in Finance) from the
University of Wisconsin. He is a CFA Charterholder.
Donald W.
Hughes has been our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since
inception. Since February 1997, Mr. Hughes has served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Camden Partners, Inc. and a member of
and Chief Financial Officer of Camden Partners Holdings, LLC, each of which is
an affiliate of Camden Learning, LLC, Camden Partners Strategic Fund III, L.P.
and Camden Partners Strategic Fund III-A, L.P. Prior to joining Camden in
February 1997, Mr. Hughes served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary of Capstone Pharmacy Services, Inc. from December 1995 and as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broventure Company,
Inc., a closely-held investment management company, from July 1984 to November
1995. Mr. Hughes serves on the boards of directors of Questar Assessment, Inc.,
New Horizons Worldwide, Inc. and the Maryland Food Bank. Mr. Hughes received a
B.A. from Lycoming College and an M.S.F. from Loyola College in Maryland, and is
a Certified Public Accountant.
Therese Kreig
Crane, Ed.D, currently serves in various leadership capacities within the
education industry, including as a trustee for the National Education
Association Foundation (2003 – present) and the Western Governors
University (2001 – present), as Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Nobel Learning Communities Inc. (2004 – present) and as a director of
Questia Media, Inc. (2001 – present) and Tutor.com.
(2005 – Present). From 2003 until June 2005, Dr. Crane served on the
board of AlphaSmart, a provider of affordable, portable personal learning
solutions for the K-12 classroom. In August, 2003, she formed Crane Associates
as a sole proprietorship, engaged in the educational technology consulting
practice, advising educational technology companies in business strategy,
marketing, and sales. Dr. Crane was engaged as a retained consultant by
e-Luminate Group in 2003 and currently serves as the Senior Education Advisor.
From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Crane was Vice President, Information and Education
Products at America Online. Prior to that, she was President of Jostens Learning
Corporation and its successor company, Compass Learning. Dr. Crane also held
various positions with Apple Computer, including Senior Vice President,
Education of Americas, and was a corporate officer as Apple Computer’s Senior
Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Market Segments. Dr. Crane started her
career as an elementary school classroom teacher. Dr. Crane has a B.S. in
elementary education and mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, an
M.Ed. in early childhood education, and an Ed.D. in administrative leadership
from the University of North Texas.
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Ronald
Tomalis is a director of Dutko Worldwide and is a
former director, owner and co-founder of The Chartwell Educational Group.
He has served as a director since July 2005. Mr. Tomalis advises education
companies, non profit organizations, and domestic and international education
organizations/agencies on areas of education policy, finance, governance, and
management. Mr. Tomalis also served as a director of ELLIS, Inc from 2005
through 2006. From August 2004 to July 2005, Mr. Tomalis was an independent
consultant. From June 2001 to August 2004, Mr. Tomalis held various senior
positions in the United States Department of Education, including managing the
implementation of the No Child Left Behind Law as well as the $25 billion Title
I/II programs. Mr. Tomalis also served as counselor to the United States
Secretary of Education and as Acting Assistant Secretary of Elementary and
Secondary Education. For six years prior to joining the United States Department
of Education, Mr. Tomalis was the Executive Deputy Secretary of Education for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was appointed to the position by Governor
Tom Ridge in December of 1995. As Executive Deputy Secretary for Education for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he took on the role of Chief Operating Officer
for that department. He was also the principal policy advisor to the
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and spearheaded many of the reform
initiatives proposed by Governor Ridge. Mr. Tomalis graduated from Dickinson
College with a degree in political science.
William
Jews retired
in December 2006. Prior to such time, Mr. Jews was the President and Chief
Executive Officer of CareFirst Inc./CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield from 1993
through 2006. With more than $5 billion in annual revenues, CareFirst and its
affiliates and subsidiaries are a combination of not-for-profit and for-profit
entities with nearly 3 million customers, including the nation's largest federal
health program, served by 6,300 associates in five states and the District of
Columbia. From 1990 through 1993, Mr. Jews was the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Dimensions Health Corporation, a multi-faceted health care
corporation which included two acute care hospitals, a for-profit and
not-for-profit nursing home and an emergency ambulatory/surgical center. Mr.
Jews currently serves on the boards of directors and as chair of the
compensation committee of The Ryland Group, a national home builder and mortgage
provider and as the chair of the audit committee and on the board of directors
of Fortress International Group, Inc., the parent company of Total Site
Solutions, which supplies industry and government with secure data centers and
other facilities designed to survive terrorist attacks, natural disasters and
blackouts. He also serves on the board of Choice Hotels International, a
worldwide lodging franchisor, including serving on the Nominating/Governance and
Diversity committees. He has previously been a director of Ecolab, Inc., MBNA,
MuniMae Inc., Nations Bank and Crown Central Petroleum and is a former governor
of the Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Jews received a B.A. in Social and Behavioral
Science from The Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in Urban Planning and
Policy Analysis, with Health Administration emphasis from MorganStateUniversity,
Baltimore, MD.
Number
and Terms of Office of Directors
Our board
of directors is divided into two classes with only one class of directors being
elected in each year and each class serving a two-year term. The term of office
of the first class of directors, consisting of Messrs. Warnock and Tomalis, will
expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the
second class of directors, consisting of Ms. Crane and Mr. Jews, will expire at
the second annual meeting.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our officers,
directors and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of our common
stock to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. These
reporting persons are also required to furnish us with copies of all Section
16(a) forms they file. All of these reports were filed in a timely
manner.
Board
Committees
Our board
of directors in its entirety will act as the audit committee. We
intend to establish an audit committee and a compensation committee upon
consummation of the Transaction. At that time our board of directors
intends to adopt charters for these committees. Prior to such time we do not
intend to establish either one. Since inception and through the signing of our
Merger Agreement, our operations have been limited to evaluating potential
business combinations. Accordingly, we did not have a separate
committee comprised of members of our board of directors with specialized
accounting and financial knowledge to meet, analyze and discuss solely financial
matters concerning the business combination. We do not feel a compensation
committee is necessary prior to the Transaction as there is no salary, fees or
other compensation being paid to our officers or directors prior to the
consummation of the Transaction, other than as disclosed in this
prospectus. .
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Code
of Conduct
We have
adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and
employees in accordance with applicable federal securities laws.
Item
11. Executive Compensation
Executive
Compensation
No
compensation of any kind, including finders and consulting fees, has or will be
paid to any of our founding stockholders, including all of our officers and
directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services
they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Transaction.
However, our founders 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.
Since our
formation, we have not granted any stock options or stock appreciation rights or
any awards under long-term incentive plans.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership based
on 8,188,800 shares of our common stock outstanding as of August 6, 2009, based
on information obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the
beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock by:
•
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each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
outstanding shares of
common stock;
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•
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each of our officers and
directors; and
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•
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all our officers and directors as
a group.
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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 and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership(2)
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Percentage of
Class
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Camden
Learning, LLC(3)
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1,670,834 | 20.40 | % | |||||
David
L. Warnock, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman(3)
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1,670,834 | 20.40 | % | |||||
Donald
W. Hughes, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary(3)
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1,670,834 | 20.40 | % | |||||
Therese
Kreig Crane, Ed.D, Director
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34,722 | .424 | % | |||||
Ronald
Tomalis, Director
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34,722 | .424 | % | |||||
William
Jews, Director
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34,722 | .424 | % | |||||
Polar
Securities Inc. (4)
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651,565 | 8 | % | |||||
Arrowgrass
Capital Partners (US) LP (5)
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763,350 | 9.3 | % | |||||
Loeb
entities (6)
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798,663 | 9.75 | % | |||||
QVT
Financial LP (7)
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588,253 | 7.18 | % | |||||
Silver
Capital Management, LLC (8)
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413,426 | 5.95 | % | |||||
HBK
Investments L.P.(9)
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619,887 | 7.57 | % | |||||
Bulldog
Investors, Phillip Goldstein and Andrew Dakos (10)
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612,850 | 7.48 | % | |||||
Hartz
Capital, Inc.
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520,000 | 6.35 | % | |||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (5
individuals)
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1,775,000 | 21.68 | % |
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(1)
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Unless
otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is
500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD 21202 and our telephone
number is (410) 878-6800.
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(2)
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The
percentage ownership for all executive officers and directors does not
include the shares of common stock underlying the insider warrants sold in
the private placement. Such warrants are not currently
exercisable but are expected to be exercisable on the 90th
day following consummation of our business
combination.
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(3)
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Camden
Learning, LLC is the sponsor, as described herein. The sole owners and
members of our sponsor are Camden Partners Strategic Fund III, L.P.
(96.01% ownership of the sponsor) and Camden Partners Strategic Fund
III-A, L.P. (3.99% ownership of the sponsor). The general partner of each
limited partnership is Camden Partners Strategic III, LLC and the managing
member of such entity is Camden Partners Strategic Manager, LLC. David L.
Warnock, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Donald W.
Hughes, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Richard M. Johnston and
Richard M. Berkeley are the four managing members of Camden Partners
Strategic Manager, LLC, which has sole power to direct the vote and
disposition of the securities held by the sponsor. Each of Mr. Warnock and
Mr. Hughes disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares owned by Camden
Learning, LLC.
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(4)
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Polar
Securities Inc. serves as an investment manager of North Pole Capital
Master Fund and both entities have shared voting and dispositive power
over the securities. The principal address of the holders is
372 Bay Street, 21st
floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2W9,
Canada.
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(5)
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Arrowgrass
Capital Partners (US) LP is the general partner of Arrowgrass Capital
Services (US) Inc., and has shared voting and dispositive
powers. The principal address of the holders is 245 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10167.
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(6)
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All
entities referenced herein are located at 61 Broadway, New York, New York
10006. Loeb Arbitrage Management LLC (“LAM”) is the investment manager of
Loeb Arbitrage Fund (“LAF”) and Loeb Marathon Fund LP (“LMF”). LAM’s
President and Chief Executive Officer is Gideon J. King. Loeb Offshore
Management, LLC (“LOM”) is the investment adviser of Loeb Offshore Fund,
Ltd. (“LOF”) and Loeb Marathon Offshore Fund, Ltd. (“LMOF”). Gideon J.
King and Thomas L. Kempner are Directors of LOF and LMOF and Managers of
LOM. LAM and LOM jointly do business as Loeb Capital Management (“LCM”).
Loeb Holding Corporation (“LHC”) is the sole stockholder of LAM and LOM.
Thomas L. Kempner is the President, Chief Executive Officer, director and
majority stockholder of LHC.
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(7)
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QVT
Financial LP (“QVT Financial”) LP, located at 1177 Avenue of the Americas,
9th
Floor, New York, NY 10036 has shared voting and dispositive power over QVT
Fund LP (the “Fund”), which beneficially owns 488,061 shares of Common
Stock; Quintessence Fund L.P. (“Quintessence”), which beneficially owns
54,839 shares of Common Stock; and a separate discretionary account
managed for a third party (the “Separate Account”), which holds 45,353
shares of Common Stock. The Fund, Quintessence and the Separate Account
own Warrants which are not exercisable until the later of the Issuer’s
completion of a business combination and November 29, 2008, and will
expire on November 29, 2011 or earlier upon redemption. As of the date of
this filing, there has been no report of the completion of a business
combination. QVT Financial GP LLC, as General Partner of QVT
Financial, may be deemed to beneficially own the same number of shares of
Common Stock reported by QVT Financial. QVT Associates GP LLC, as General
Partner of the Fund and Quintessence, may be deemed to beneficially own
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock owned by the Fund and
Quintessence, and accordingly, QVT Associates GP LLC may be deemed to be
the beneficial owner of an aggregate amount of 542,900 shares of Common
Stock. Each of QVT Financial and QVT Financial GP LLC disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by the Fund and
Quintessence and held in the Separate Account. QVT Associates GP LLC
disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock owned by the
Fund and Quintessence, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest
therein.
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(8)
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Mr.
Bruce Silver is the managing member of Silver Capital Management, LLC
(“Silver Capital”) located at 767 Third Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New
York 10017. Silver Capital is the investment manager of Silver Capital
Fund, LLC, (the “Domestic Fund”) and Silver Capital Fund (Offshore) Ltd.,
(the “Offshore Fund”). The Domestic Fund beneficially owns 293,591 shares
of Common Stock. The Offshore Fund beneficially owns 119,925 shares of
Common Stock. Each of Mr. Silver and Silver Capital beneficially owns
413,426 shares of Common Stock.
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(9)
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HBK
Investments L.P., located at 21201 Cedar Springs Road, Suite 700, Dallas,
TX 75201, has delegated discretion to vote and dispose of the securities
to HBK Services LLC ("Services"). Services may, from time to
time, delegate discretion to vote and dispose of certain of the Securities
to HBK New York LLC, HBK Virginia LLC, and/or HBK Europe Management LLP,
(collectively, the "Subadvisors"). Each of Services and the
Subadvisors is under common control with HBK Investments
L.P.
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(10)
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Phillip
Goldstein and Andrew Dakos are principals of Bulldog Investors, located at
60 Heritage Drive Pleasantville, NY
10570.
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If holders of more than 20% of the
shares sold in the offering vote against a proposed business combination and
seek to exercise their redemption rights and such business combination is
consummated, our founding stockholders have agreed to forfeit, on a pro rata
basis, and return to us for cancellation, a number of the initial 1,562,500
shares of our common stock purchased, up to a maximum of 112,997 shares, so that
the existing stockholders will collectively own no more than 23.81% (without
regard to any purchase of units in the initial public offering, any open market
purchases or private purchases of units by the sponsor directly from us, as set
forth elsewhere herein) of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to the
consummation of such business combination after giving effect to the
redemption.
Subject
to the possible forfeiture of shares described above, all of the shares of our
common stock outstanding prior to the date of our initial public offering were
placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow
agent, until the earlier of:
•
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one
year following consummation of a business combination;
or
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•
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the
consummation of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar
transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to
exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other
property subsequent
to our consummating a business combination with a target
business.
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During
the escrow period, the holders of these shares will not be able to sell or
transfer their securities except to their spouses and children or trusts
established for their benefit, but will retain all other rights as our
stockholders including, without limitation, the right to vote their shares of
common stock and the right to receive cash dividends, if declared. If dividends
are declared and payable in shares of common stock, such dividends will also be
placed in escrow. If we are unable to effect a business combination and
liquidate, none of our existing stockholders will receive any portion of the
liquidation proceeds with respect to common stock owned by them prior to the
date of initial public offering or purchased in the private
placement.
The
warrants purchased by our sponsor in the private placement contain restrictions
prohibiting their transfer until the earlier of the 90th day following
consummation of a business combination or our liquidation and will be held in
escrow by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company until such
time.
Our
sponsor has entered into an agreement with the representative of the
underwriters pursuant to which it will place limit orders to purchase up to
$4,000,000 of our common stock in the open market commencing ten business days
after we file our current report on Form 8-K announcing our execution of a
definitive agreement for the Transaction and ending on the business day
immediately preceding the date of the meeting of stockholders at which the
Transaction is to be approved. Such purchases will be made in accordance with
Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a price
per share of not more than the per share amount held in the trust account (less
taxes payable) as reported in such Form 8-K and will be made by a broker-dealer
mutually agreed upon by our sponsor and the representative of the underwriters
in such amounts and at such times as such broker-dealer may determine, in its
sole discretion, so long as the purchase price does not exceed the
above-referenced per share purchase price. Our sponsor has agreed to vote all
such shares of common stock purchased in the open market in favor of our initial
business combination, representing a maximum aggregate of 8% of the shares
entitled to vote on any proposed business combination. Unless a business
combination is approved by our stockholders, our sponsor has agreed not to sell
such shares, provided it will be entitled to participate in any liquidating
distributions with respect to the shares purchased in the open market. In the
event our sponsor does not purchase $4,000,000 of our common stock through those
open market purchases, our sponsor has agreed to purchase from us in a private
placement a number of units identical to the units offered hereby at a purchase
price of $8.00 per unit until it has spent an aggregate of $4,000,000 in the
open market purchases described above and this co-investment. This co-investment
will occur immediately prior to our consummation of a business combination,
which will not occur until after the signing of a definitive business
combination agreement and the approval of that business combination by a
majority of our public stockholders. Our sponsor, whose sole owners are the
Camden III Funds, has agreed to such purchases because the managing members of
the general partner of the Camden III Funds, including David L. Warnock, our
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Donald W. Hughes, our Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary, want the Camden III Funds to have a substantial
cash investment in us, including any target business we may
acquire. All of our directors will be deemed to be our “parents” and
“promoters” as these terms are defined under the federal securities
laws.
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Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Transaction, and in exchange
for all the outstanding stock of Dlorah, Dlorah stockholders will receive the
following consideration: (1) 100,000 shares of Class A Stock, which shares shall
be convertible into 15,730,000 shares of Common Stock, as such conversion number
may be adjusted as described herein and in the Merger Agreement, (2) Warrants to
purchase 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per
share, and (3) 575,000 shares of Restricted Common Stock, which shares shall not
be freely tradable until such time as the Common Stock trades at or above $8.00
per share for any sixty (60) consecutive trading day period; provided, that such
shares of restricted Common Stock shall be forfeited on the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of issuance if such restriction has not been
satisfied. If, as of the date of closing of the Transaction (the
“Closing Date”), the Merger Consideration represents less than an aggregate of
seventy percent (70%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Camden, on
an as-converted and fully diluted basis, then the number of shares of Common
Stock into which the Class A Stock is convertible shall be increased such that
the Merger Consideration equals seventy percent (70%) of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Camden, on an as-converted and fully diluted basis
as of the Closing Date.
The
Merger Consideration will also be adjusted if the average of the closing sales
price of the Common Stock on the applicable trading market during the 10 trading
day period ending immediately preceding the Closing Date is less than $7.00 per
share. In that event, the number of shares of Common Stock into which
the Class A Stock is convertible shall be increased such that the aggregate
value of the Stock Consideration and Warrant Consideration would have the same
aggregate value as if the average of the closing sales price of the Common Stock
were $7.00 per share.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
In April
2007, we issued 1,125,500 shares of our common stock as set forth below for an
aggregate amount of $25,000 in cash, at an average purchase price of
approximately $0.02 per share, as follows:
Name
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Number of Shares
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Relationship
to Us
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Camden
Learning, LLC
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1,000,000
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Sponsor.
Donald W. Hughes and David L. Warnock are among the four managing members
of the managing member of Camden Learning, LLC.
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Jack
L. Brozman
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25,000
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Director
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Therese
Kreig Crane, Ed.D
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25,000
|
Director
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Ronald
Tomalis
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25,000
|
Director
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William
Jews
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25,000
|
Director
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Harry
T. Wilkins
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25,000
|
Director
|
On July
3, 2007, Mr. Wilkins resigned as a director and transferred, for a purchase
price of $.02 per share, an aggregate of 25,000 shares of common stock to Camden
Learning, LLC such that our current share ownership is as reflected in the
section entitled “Principal Stockholders.”
On August
27, 2007, Mr. Brozman resigned as a director and transferred, for a purchase
price of $.02 per share, an aggregate of 25,000 shares of common stock to Camden
Learning, LLC such that our current share ownership is as reflected in the
section entitled “Principal Stockholders.”
Effective
November 20, 2007, our board of directors authorized a forward stock split in
the form of a stock dividend of 0.3888888 shares of common stock for each
outstanding share of common stock, effectively lowering the purchase price to
approximately $0.016 per share.
The
holders of the majority of these shares will be entitled to require us, on up to
two occasions, to register these shares pursuant to an agreement signed prior to
the effective date of the prospectus. The holders of the majority of these
shares may elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the
date on which these shares of common stock are released from escrow, which,
except in limited circumstances, is not before one year from the consummation of
a business combination. In addition, these stockholders have certain
“piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed subsequent to
the date on which these shares of common stock are released from escrow. We will
bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such
registration statements.
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Our
sponsor purchased 2,800,000 warrants from us at a purchase price of $1.00 per
warrant in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act.
We have granted the holders of such warrants demand and “piggy-back”
registration rights with respect to the warrants and shares of common stock
underlying such warrants at any time commencing on the date we announce we have
entered into a letter of intent with respect to a proposed business combination,
provided, however, any such registration will not become effective prior to
completion of our initial business combination. The demand registration may be
exercised by the holders of a majority of such warrants. We will bear the
expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration
statements. The insider warrants will not be subject to redemption and may be
exercised on a “cashless” basis if held by the initial holder thereof or its
permitted assigns.
In order
to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed to
indemnify us for claims of any vendors, service providers, prospective target
businesses or creditors that have not executed a valid and binding waiver of any
right or claim to the amounts in trust account. As further assurance our sponsor
will have the necessary funds required to meet these indemnification
obligations, (i) the Camden III Funds have agreed, under our sponsor’s limited
liability company agreement, to make capital contributions to our sponsor as and
when required in order for the sponsor to fulfill its indemnification
obligations and (ii) our sponsor has agreed to take all such action reasonably
necessary to request its members make such capital contributions. Additionally,
in the event either of the Camden III Funds undertakes a liquidating
distribution while the indemnification obligations of the sponsor are
outstanding, they have agreed, in our sponsor’s limited liability company
agreement, to use reasonable efforts to set aside from such distribution,
adequate reserves to cover the reasonably anticipated liabilities which may be
incurred by our sponsor. We and the representative of the underwriters are named
as express third party beneficiaries in and with respect to the provisions of
our sponsor’s limited liability company agreement which require the Camden III
Funds to make such capital contributions and establish such reserves. Although
we have a fiduciary obligation to pursue the sponsor to enforce its
indemnification obligations, and intend to pursue such actions as and when we
deem appropriate, there can be no assurance it or the Camden III Funds will be
able to satisfy those obligations, if required to do so.
During
2007, our sponsor loaned us a total of $200,000, which was used to pay a portion
of the expenses of the offering, such as SEC registration fees, FINRA
registration fees, blue sky fees and certain legal and accounting fees and
expenses. This loan was repaid, with interest on December 5, 2007.
We
maintain executive offices at 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD
21202 and our telephone number is (410) 878-6800. The cost for this space is
included in the $7,500 per month fee Camden Partners Holdings, LLC charges us
for general and administrative services, including but not limited to
receptionist, secretarial and general office services, pursuant to a letter
agreement between us and Camden Partners Holdings, LLC. This agreement commenced
on November 29, 2007 and shall continue until the earliest to occur of: (i)
consummation of a business combination, (ii) 24 months after the completion of
the offering if no business combination has been consummated and (iii) the date
on which we cease our corporate existence in accordance with our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation. We believe, based on fees for similar
services in the greater Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area, that the fee
charged by Camden Partners Holdings, LLC is at least as favorable as we could
have obtained from an unaffiliated person.
We will
reimburse our officers, directors and founders for any reasonable out-of-pocket
business expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our
behalf such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and
business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of accountable
out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us, which will be reviewed only by our
board or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is
challenged.
Other
than the reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses payable to our officers, directors
and founders, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finders and
consulting fees, will be paid to any of our founding stockholders, officers or
directors who owned our common stock prior to the offering, or to any of their
respective affiliates for services rendered to us prior to or with respect to
the business combination.
Our
founding stockholders will not receive reimbursement for any out-of- pocket
expenses incurred by them to the extent that such expenses exceed the working
capital allowance amount in the trust account unless the Transaction is
consummated and there are sufficient funds available for reimbursement after
such consummation. The financial interest of such persons could influence their
motivation in selecting a target business and thus, there may be a conflict of
interest when determining whether a particular business combination is in the
stockholders’ best interest.
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After the
consummation of the Transaction if any, to the extent our management remains as
officers of the resulting business, we anticipate that our officers and
directors may enter into employment or consulting agreements, the terms of which
shall be negotiated and which we expect to be comparable to employment or
consulting agreements with other similarly-situated companies in the industry of
the business combination target. Further, after the consummation of the
Transaction, if any, to the extent our directors remain as directors of the
resulting business, we anticipate that they will receive compensation comparable
to directors at other similarly-situated companies in the industry in which we
consummate a business combination.
Unless
stated otherwise, our board of directors reviews any related party transactions
to determine whether they are in the best interest of the Company and the
Company’s stockholders.
Director
Independence
All
ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors
or their respective affiliates, including loans by our officers and directors,
will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable than are available from
unaffiliated third parties and such transactions or loans, including any
forgiveness of loans, will require prior approval in each instance by a majority
of our uninterested “independent” directors or the members of our board who do
not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our
expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel.
Under the
policies of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., an
international organization devoted to investor protection, because each of our
directors own shares of our common stock 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 such individual is not “independent.”
Item
14. Principal
Accountant Fees and Services.
During
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009, the firm of McGladrey & Pullen LLP
which we refer to as McGladrey, was our principal accountant. The following is a
summary of fees paid or to be paid to McGladrey for services
rendered.
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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
McGladrey in connection with regulatory filings. We paid McGladrey
$60,000 in connection with our December 31, 2008 and 2007 year-end audit and
$43,250 for reviews of interim financial statements through March 31,
2009. We expect to be billed approximately $35,000 in connection with
our May 31, 2009 and 2008 fiscal year-end audit.
We paid
Eisner LLP (former principal accountant) $39,800 in connection with our December
31, 2007 year-end audit and we paid $15,500 for the review of our first quarter
2008 interim financial statements.
Audit-Related
Fees. Audit-related services consist of fees billed for
assurance and related services that are reasonably related to 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. There were no fees billed for audit-related
services rendered by McGladrey during the last two fiscal years.
Tax Fees. We were billed
$5,800 by McGladrey for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice for the year
ended December 31, 2008.
We paid
Eisner LLP $7,950 for the preparation of our 2007 corporate tax
returns.
All other
fees. Auditing services provided by Eisner LLP in regards to
our initial public offering totaled $135,000.
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
CAMDEN
LEARNING CORPORATION
(a
corporation in the development state)
Financial
Statements
Contents
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
|
Audited
Financial Statements:
|
|
Balance Sheets as of
May 31, 2009, May 31, 2008, December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007
|
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|
Statements
of Operations for the five months ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008, for
the year ended December 31, 2008, for the period from April 10, 2007
(inception) to December 31, 2007 and for the cumulative period from April
10, 2007 (inception) to May 31, 2009
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44
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Statement of
Operations for the years ended May 31, 2009 and May 31,
2008
|
45
|
Statement
of Stockholders’ Equity for the cumulative period from April 10, 2007
(inception) to May 31, 2009
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46
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the five months ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008, for
the year ended December 31, 2008, for the period from April 10, 2007
(inception) to December 31, 2007 and for the cumulative period from April
10, 2007 (inception) to May 31, 2009
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47
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Statements of Cash
Flows for the year ended May 31, 2009 and May 31,
2008
|
48
|
Notes to Financial
Statements
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders
Camden Learning
Corporation
We have audited the accompanying balance
sheets of Camden Learning Corporation (a corporation in the
development stage) as of
May 31, 2009 and 2008
and December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the five months ended May 31, 2009 and 2008, the year
ended December 31, 2008, the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to December
31, 2007, the cumulative period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to May 31,
2009 and the years ended May 31, 2009 and 2008, and the statement of
stockholders equity for the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to May 31,
2007. 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 audits.
We conducted our audits 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 audits provide 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 Camden Learning Corporation as of May 31, 2009, May 31, 2008, December 31,
2008 and 2007, and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for the five months ended May 31, 2009 and 2008,
the year ended December 31, 2008, the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to
December 31, 2007, the
cumulative period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to May 31, 2009, and the years ended May 31, 2009 and
2008 and its stockholders equity for the
period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to May 31, 2007 in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
The accompanying financial statements
have been prepared assuming that Camden Learning Corporation will continue as a
going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company
will face a mandatory liquidation on November 29, 2009 if a business combination is not
consummated, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to
continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
We were not engaged to examine
management's assessment of the effectiveness of Camden Learning Corporation’s
internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2009, included in the
accompanying management’s
report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, and, accordingly, we do not express an
opinion thereon.
/s/ McGladrey & Pullen,
LLP
McGLADREY & PULLEN,
LLP
New York, NY
August 20,
2009
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Balance
Sheets
May
31, 2009
|
May
31, 2008
|
December
31,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
|||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Current
assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 96,482 | $ | 170,835 | $ | 190,665 | $ | 858,347 | ||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
72,936 | 145,668 | 60,695 | — | ||||||||||||
Refundable
income tax
|
150,486 | — | 155,399 | — | ||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
319,904 | 316,503 | 406,759 | 858,347 | ||||||||||||
Restricted
funds held in trust
|
52,761,303 | 53,232,971 | 53,034,322 | 52,543,772 | ||||||||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
378,536 | 117,233 | 222,610 | 19,141 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 53,459,743 | $ | 53,666,707 | $ | 53,663,691 | $ | 53,421,260 | ||||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$ | 290,590 | $ | 92,226 | $ | 59,290 | $ | 104,656 | ||||||||
Income
tax payable
|
— | 52,590 | — | 47,009 | ||||||||||||
Deferred
interest
|
62,149 | — | 57,051 | — | ||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
352,739 | 144,816 | 116,341 | 151,665 | ||||||||||||
Deferred
underwriting compensation
|
1,590,312 | 1,590,312 | 1,590,312 | 1,590,312 | ||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
1,943,051 | 1,735,128 | 1,706,653 | 1,741,977 | ||||||||||||
Commitments
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stock, subject to possible redemption 1,987,889 shares
|
15,744,081 | 15,744,081 | 15,744,081 | 15,744,081 | ||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Preferred
Stock, $.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
or outstanding
|
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Common
Stock, $.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized;
8,188,800 shares issued and outstanding (less 1,987,889
shares subject to possible redemption)
|
620 | 620 | 620 | 620 | ||||||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
35,889,005 | 35,889,005 | 35,889,005 | 35,890,392 | ||||||||||||
Deficit/earnings
accumulated during the development stage
|
(117,014 | ) | 297,873 | 323,332 | 44,190 | |||||||||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
35,772,611 | 36,187,498 | 36,212,957 | 35,935,202 | ||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ | 53,459,743 | $ | 53,666,707 | $ | 53,663,691 | $ | 53,421,260 |
See notes
to financial statements.
43
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Operations
For
the five months ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008, for the year ended December
31, 2008, for the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007
and for the cumulative period from
April
10, 2007 (inception) through May 31, 2009
5 months
ended May 31,
2009
|
5 months
ended May 31,
2008
|
Year ended
December 31,
2008
|
April 10, 2007
(inception)
through
December 31,
2007
|
For the period
from April 10,
2007
(inception)
through May
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
and formation expenses
|
$ | 613,625 | $ | 271,919 | $ | 565,106 | $ | 59,547 | $ | 1,238,278 | ||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(613,625 | ) | (271,919 | ) | (565,106 | ) | (59,547 | ) | (1,238,278 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income, net
|
22,266 | 693,091 | 1,048,371 | 131,605 | 1,202,242 | |||||||||||||||
(Loss)/income
before provision for taxes
|
(591,359 | ) | 421,172 | 483,265 | 72,058 | (36,036 | ) | |||||||||||||
Income
tax benefit/(expense)
|
151,013 | (167,489 | ) | (204,123 | ) | (27,868 | ) | (80,978 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ | (440,346 | ) | $ | 253,683 | $ | 279,142 | $ | 44,190 | $ | (117,014 | ) | ||||||||
Net
(loss)/income per share
Basic
and Diluted
|
$ | (0.05 | ) | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.02 | |||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
and Diluted
|
8,188,800 | 8,188,800 | 8,188,800 | 2,217,752 |
See notes
to financial statements.
44
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Operations
For
the years ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008
Year ended
May 31, 2009
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||
Operating
and formation expenses
|
$ | 906,812 | $ | 330,336 | ||||
Loss
from operations
|
(906,812 | ) | (330,336 | ) | ||||
Other
income:
|
||||||||
Interest
income, net
|
377,546 | 826,833 | ||||||
(Loss)/income
before provision for taxes
|
(529,266 | ) | 496,497 | |||||
Income
tax benefit/(expense)
|
114,379 | (195,357 | ) | |||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ | (414,887 | ) | $ | 301,140 | |||
Net
(loss)/income per share
Basic
and Diluted
|
$ | (0.05 | ) | $ | 0.06 | |||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
||||||||
Basic
and Diluted
|
8,188,800 | 4,788,837 |
See notes
to financial statements.
45
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Stockholders’ Equity
For
the cumulative period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to May 31,
2009
Common Stock
|
Additional
Paid-In
|
Retained
Earnings/
(Deficit)
Accumulated
During
the
Development
|
Total
Stockholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Stage
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
shares issued to initial stockholders on April 10, 2007 at approximately
$.02 per share
|
1,562,500 | $ | 156 | $ | 24,844 | $ | — | $ | 25,000 | |||||||||||
Discount
on note payable to affiliate
|
— | — | 17,569 | — | 17,569 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
— | — | — | (3,267 | ) | (3,267 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance
at May 31, 2007
|
1,562,500 | $ | 156 | $ | 42,413 | $ | (3,267 | ) | $ | 39,302 | ||||||||||
Sale
of 2,800,000 private placement warrants on November 29, 2007 at
$1.00
per warrant
|
— | — | 2,800,000 | — | 2,800,000 | |||||||||||||||
Sale
of 6,626,300 units, net of underwriters’ discount and offering expenses of
$508,635 (including 1,987,889 shares subject to possible redemption) and
sale of underwriter’s purchase
option
|
6,626,300 | 663 | 48,791,861 | — | 48,792,524 | |||||||||||||||
Net
proceeds subject to possible redemption of 1,987,889
shares
|
— | (199 | ) | (15,743,882 | ) | — | (15,744,081 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net
income
|
— | — | — | 47,457 | 47,457 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
8,188,800 | $ | 620 | $ | 35,890,392 | $ | 44,190 | $ | 35,935,202 | |||||||||||
Offering
expenses
|
— | — | (1,387 | ) | — | (1,387 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net
income
|
— | — | — | 253,683 | 253,683 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at May 31, 2008
|
8,188,800 | $ | 620 | $ | 35,889,005 | $ | 297,873 | $ | 36,187,498 | |||||||||||
Net
income
|
— | — | — | 25,459 | 25,459 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
8,188,800 | $ | 620 | $ | 35,889,005 | $ | 323,332 | $ | 36,212,957 | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
— | — | — | (440,346 | ) | (440,346 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance
at May 31, 2009
|
8,188,800 | $ | 620 | $ | 35,889,005 | $ | (117,014 | ) | $ | 35,772,611 |
See notes
to financial statements.
46
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Cash Flows
For
the five months ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008, for the year ended December
31, 2008, for the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007
and for the cumulative period from
April
10, 2007 (inception) through May 31, 2009
5 months
ended May
31, 2009
|
5 months
ended May 31,
2008
|
Year ended
December 31,
2008
|
April 10, 2007
(inception)
through
December 31,
2007
|
April 10, 2007
(inception)
through May
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income/(loss)
|
$ | (440,346 | ) | $ | 253,683 | $ | 279,142 | $ | 44,190 | $ | (117,014 | ) | ||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Accretion
of interest on note payable
|
— | — | — | 17,569 | 17,569 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(155,926 | ) | (98,092 | ) | (203,469 | ) | (19,141 | ) | (378,536 | ) | ||||||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease/(Increase)
in prepaid expenses
|
(12,241 | ) | (145,668 | ) | (60,695 | ) | — | (72,936 | ) | |||||||||||
Decrease/(Increase)
in refundable income tax
|
4,913 | — | (155,399 | ) | — | (150,486 | ) | |||||||||||||
Increase
in accounts payable and
accrued expenses
|
231,300 | 43,748 | 10,812 | 48,478 | 290,590 | |||||||||||||||
Increase/(decrease)
in income tax payable
|
— | 5,581 | (47,009 | ) | 47,009 | — | ||||||||||||||
Increase
in accrued interest
|
— | — | — | 4,083 | — | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in deferred interest
|
5,098 | — | 57,051 | — | 62,149 | |||||||||||||||
Net
cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
|
(367,202 | ) | 59,252 | (119,567 | ) | 138,105 | (348,664 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of units placed in trust
|
— | — | — | (49,589,984 | ) | (49,589,984 | ) | |||||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of warrants placed in trust
|
— | — | — | (2,800,000 | ) | (2,800,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
Interest
income earned on funds held in trust
|
(26,981 | ) | (689,199 | ) | (1,100,550 | ) | (153,788 | ) | (1,281,319 | ) | ||||||||||
Withdrawals
for payments of income tax expense
|
— | — | 610,000 | — | 610,000 | |||||||||||||||
Withdrawals
for working capital
|
300,000 | — | — | — | 300,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
273,019 | (689,199 | ) | (490,550 | ) | (52,543,772 | ) | (52,761,303 | ) | |||||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of stock to initial stockholders
|
— | — | — | 25,000 | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from note payable to affiliate
|
— | — | — | 200,000 | 200,000 | |||||||||||||||
Advance
from affiliates
|
— | — | — | 37,500 | 37,500 | |||||||||||||||
Repayment
to affiliates
|
— | — | — | (37,500 | ) | (37,500 | ) | |||||||||||||
Gross
proceeds from initial public offering
|
— | — | — | 53,010,500 | 53,010,500 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of warrants
|
— | — | — | 2,800,000 | 2,800,000 | |||||||||||||||
Payment
of offering costs
|
— | (57,565 | ) | (57,565 | ) | (2,571,486 | ) | (2,629,051 | ) | |||||||||||
Repayment
of note payable to affiliate
|
— | — | — | (200,000 | ) | (200,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net
cash (used in)/provided by financing activities
|
— | (57,565 | ) | (57,565 | ) | 53,264,014 | 53,206,449 | |||||||||||||
Net
(decrease)/increase in cash
|
(94,183 | ) | (687,512 | ) | (667,682 | ) | 858,347 | 96,482 | ||||||||||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
190,665 | 858,347 | 858,347 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 96,482 | $ | 170,835 | $ | 190,665 | $ | 858,347 | $ | 96,482 | ||||||||||
Supplemental
Disclosures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Non-cash
financing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
underwriting compensation
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,590,312 | $ | 1,590,312 | ||||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital from discount on note payable to affiliate
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,569 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Increase
in deferred offering costs, and in related accounts payable and accrued
expenses and due to affiliates
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 56,178 | ||||||||||||
Cash
flow information:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for income taxes
|
$ | — | $ | 260,000 | $ | 610,000 | $ | — | $ | 610,000 | ||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,987 | $ | 5,987 |
See notes
to financial statements.
47
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Cash Flows
For
the years ended May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2008
Year ended
May 31, 2009
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net
income/(loss)
|
$ | (414,887 | ) | $ | 301,140 | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income/(loss) to net
|
||||||||
cash
provided by (used in) operating activities
|
||||||||
Accretion
of interest on note payable
|
— | 16,249 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(261,303 | ) | (117,233 | ) | ||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
||||||||
Decrease/(Increase)
in prepaid expenses
|
72,732 | (145,668 | ) | |||||
Increase
in refundable income tax
|
(150,486 | ) | — | |||||
Increase
in accounts payable and
accrued expenses
|
198,364 | 128,726 | ||||||
Increase/(decrease)
in income tax payable
|
(52,590 | ) | 52,590 | |||||
Decrease
in interest payable
|
— | (817 | ) | |||||
Increase
in deferred interest
|
62,149 | — | ||||||
Net
cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
|
(546,021 | ) | 234,987 | |||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of units placed in trust
|
— | (49,589,984 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
from sale of warrants placed in trust
|
— | (2,800,000 | ) | |||||
Interest
income earned on funds held in trust
|
(438,332 | ) | (842,987 | ) | ||||
Withdrawals
for payments of income tax expense
|
610,000 | — | ||||||
Withdrawals
for working capital
|
300,000 | — | ||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
471,668 | (53,232,971 | ) | |||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of stock to initial stockholders
|
— | — | ||||||
Proceeds
from note payable to affiliate
|
— | — | ||||||
Advance
from affiliates
|
— | — | ||||||
Repayment
to affiliates
|
— | (37,500 | ) | |||||
Gross
proceeds from initial public offering
|
— | 53,010,500 | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of warrants
|
— | 2,800,000 | ||||||
Payment
of offering costs
|
— | (2,589,122 | ) | |||||
Repayment
of note payable to affiliate
|
— | (200,000 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
— | 52,983,878 | ||||||
Net
(decrease)/increase in cash
|
(74,353 | ) | (14,106 | ) | ||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
170,835 | 184,941 | ||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 96,482 | $ | 170,835 | ||||
Supplemental
Disclosures:
|
||||||||
Non-cash
financing activities:
|
||||||||
Deferred
underwriting compensation
|
$ | — | $ | 1,590,312 | ||||
Cash
flow information:
|
||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for income taxes
|
$ | 350,000 | $ | 260,000 | ||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | — | $ | 5,987 |
See notes
to financial statements.
48
Camden
Learning Corporation
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes
to Financial Statements
Note
1 – Organization and Nature of Business Operations
Camden
Learning Corporation (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in
the state of Delaware on April 10, 2007 for the purpose of effecting a merger,
capital stock exchange, stock purchase, asset acquisition or other similar
business combination with one or more operating businesses in the education
industry. In April 2007, the Company issued 1,562,500 shares of
common stock to the Initial Stockholders for an aggregate amount of
$25,000. The Company is 20.4% owned by Camden Learning, LLC, whose
members are Camden Partners Strategic Fund III, LP and Camden Partners Strategic
Fund III-A, LP.
At May
31, 2009, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity
through May 31, 2009 relates to the Company’s formation, initial public offering
(the “Offering”) and efforts to identify prospective target businesses described
below and in Note 3. Effective with the execution of the Merger
Agreement described in Note 12, the Board of Directors of Camden
unanimously voted to change Camden’s fiscal year end from December 31 to May
31.
The
financial statements give retroactive effect to a common stock split in the form
of a stock dividend of 0.3888888 shares of common stock for each outstanding
share of common stock declared and paid as of November 20, 2007.
The
registration statement for the Offering was declared effective November 29,
2007. The Company consummated the Offering on December 5, 2007 and
received proceeds of $45,991,365, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
of $3,500,000 (including $1,500,000 of deferred underwriting discounts and
commissions placed in the trust account pending completion of a business
combination). In addition, on December 19, 2007 the underwriters for
the Offering exercised a portion of their over-allotment option, generating
proceeds of $2,799,672, net of underwriting discounts and commissions of
$210,728 (including $90,312 of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions
placed in the trust account pending completion of a business
combination). 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 applied toward effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, stock purchase,
asset acquisition or other similar business combination with one or more
operating businesses in the education industry. As used herein, a
“Business Combination” shall mean the merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition or other similar business combination with one or more operating
businesses in the education industry having, collectively, a fair market value
of at least 80.0% of the amount in the Company’s trust account, less the
deferred underwriting discount and commissions and taxes payable at the time of
such transaction.
The trust
account is maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Trustee. On September 25, 2008, the Company determined, in light of the current
market uncertainties, to authorize the transfer of funds being held in a trust
account from the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund – Government
Portfolio to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund – Treasury
Portfolio. The portfolio invests in U.S. treasuries and short
duration repurchase agreements collateralized by the U.S.
treasuries.
49
Upon the
closing of the Offering, the Over-Allotment Option Exercise by the underwriters
and the private placement of warrants (see Note 4), $52,389,984 was placed in a
trust account invested until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the
Company’s initial Business Combination or (ii) the dissolution of the
Company. The proceeds in the trust account include the deferred
underwriting discount of $1,590,312 that will be released to the underwriters if
the initial Business Combination is completed (subject to a $0.24 per share
reduction for public stockholders who exercise their redemption
rights). Interest (after taxes) earned on assets held in the trust
account will remain in the trust. However, up to $600,000 of the
interest earned on the trust account, and amounts required for payment of taxes
on interest earned, may be released to the Company to cover a portion of the
Company’s operating expenses and expenses incurred in connection with the
Company’s dissolution and liquidation, if a Business Combination is not
consummated. Through May 31, 2009, $610,000 has been withdrawn from
the trust account for payment of income taxes and $300,000 has been withdrawn
for payment of operating expenses.
The
Company will seek stockholders’ approval before it will effect the initial
Business Combination. In connection with the stockholder vote
required to approve the initial Business Combination, the Company’s holders of
common stock prior to the Offering including all of the Company’s officers and
directors, have agreed to vote the shares of common stock owned by them prior to
the Offering in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock voted
by the Public Stockholders. “Public Stockholders” is defined as the
holders of common stock sold as part of the units in the Offering or in the
aftermarket. The Company 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 such Business Combination and Public
Stockholders owning less than 30% of the shares sold in the Offering exercise
their right to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account. If a majority of the
shares of common stock voted by the Public Stockholders are not voted in favor
of a proposed initial Business Combination but 24 months has not yet passed
since the date of the prospectus, the Company may combine with another Target
Business meeting the fair market value criterion described above.
Public
Stockholders voting against a Business Combination will be entitled to redeem
their stock for a pro rata share of the total amount on deposit in the trust
account including the $0.24 per share deferred underwriter’s compensation, and
including any interest earned net of income taxes on their portion of the trust
account, net of up to $600,000 of the interest earned on the trust account which
may be released to the Company to cover a portion of the Company’s operating
expenses. Public Stockholders who convert their stock into their
share of the trust account will continue to have the right to exercise any
Warrants they may hold.
If
holders of more than 20% of the shares sold in the Offering vote against a
proposed Business Combination and seek to exercise their redemption rights and
the Business Combination is consummated, the Company’s initial stockholders have
agreed to forfeit, on a pro rata basis, a number of the initial 1,562,500 shares
of the Company’s common stock purchased, up to a maximum of 112,997 shares, so
that the initial stockholders will collectively own no more than 23.81% (without
regard to any purchase of units in the Offering, any open market purchases or
private purchases of units directly from the Company) of the Company’s
outstanding common stock immediately prior to the consummation of the Business
Combination.
The
Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation filed with the State
of Delaware includes a requirement that the initial Business Combination be
presented to Public Stockholders for approval; a prohibition against completing
a Business Combination if 30% or more of the Company’s Public Stockholders
exercise their redemption rights in lieu of approving a Business Combination; a
provision giving Public Stockholders who vote against a Business Combination the
right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account in lieu
of participating in a proposed Business Combination; and a requirement that if
the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within 24 months from the
date of the prospectus for the Offering, the Company will dissolve and
liquidate, including liquidation of the trust account for the benefit of the
Public Stockholders. Consequently, the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation includes a limitation on the Company’s corporate
existence of November 29, 2009, if the Company does not consummate a Business
Combination. This factor raises substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do
not include any adjustment that may result from the outcome of this
uncertainity.
The
Company will dissolve and promptly distribute only to its Public Stockholders
the amount in the trust account, less any income taxes payable on interest
income, plus any remaining net assets if the Company does not affect a Business
Combination within 24 months after consummation of the Offering.
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In the
event of dissolution, 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 sold in
the Offering discussed in Note 3).
The
Company’s initial stockholders placed the shares they owned before the Offering
into an escrow account, and with limited exceptions, these shares will not be
transferable and will not be released from escrow until one year after
consummation of a Business Combination. If the Company is forced to
dissolve or liquidate, these shares will be cancelled. Additionally,
the insider warrants (see Note 4) have been placed into the escrow account, and
subject to limited exceptions, will not be transferable and will not be released
from escrow until the 90th day
following the completion of a Business Combination.
Note
2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Income
Taxes
Deferred
income taxes are provided for the differences between the 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.
Earnings
(Loss) Per Share
Basic net
income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted net
income per common share reflects the additional dilution for all potentially
dilutive securities such as outstanding warrants and the underwriter’s option
described in Note 3. The effect of the warrants outstanding as of May 31, 2009
and 2008 for the purchase of 6,626,000 shares issued in connection with the
Offering and for the purchase of 2,800,000 shares issued in a private placement
have not been considered in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per
common share since the ability of the holders to exercise the warrants is
contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination. The effect of the
625,000 units included in the underwriters’ option (See Note 3) has not been
considered in the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share since
the average market price of a unit through May 31, 2009 and 2008 was less than
the exercise price per unit.
Recent
accounting pronouncements
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (“SFAS
141R”), which establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a
business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in
the acquiree. SFAS 141R also provides guidance for recognizing and
measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what
information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate
the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS
141R will apply to us with respect to any acquisitions that we complete on or
after January 1, 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB released SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”), which
establishes accounting and reporting standards for the ownership interests in
subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent and for the deconsolidation
of a subsidiary. SFAS 160 also establishes disclosure requirements
that clearly identify and distinguish between the interest of the parent and the
interests of the non-controlling owners. SFAS 160 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. SFAS 160 will apply to us with respect to any acquisitions,
that we complete on or after January 1, 2009, which will result in a
noncontrolling interest.
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In June
2008, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 07-5, “Determining Whether an Instrument
(or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF
07-5”). EITF 07-5 provides guidance on how to determine if certain
instruments or embedded features are considered indexed to our own stock,
including instruments similar to our convertible notes and warrants to purchase
our stock. EITF 07-5 requires companies to use a two-step approach to
evaluate an instrument’s contingent exercise provisions and settlement
provisions in determining whether the instrument is considered to be indexed to
its own stock and exempt from the application of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. Although EITF 07-5 is
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, any outstanding
instrument at the date of adoption will require a retrospective application of
the accounting through a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings upon
adoption. The Company adoption of EITF 07-5 did not have a
significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
No other
recently issued accounting pronouncements that became effective during the year
ended May 31, 2009 or that will become effective in a subsequent period has had
or is expected to have a material impact on our financial
statements.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the
prior year's financial statements to conform to the current year's
presentation.
Note
3 – Initial Public Offering
On
December 5, 2007, the Company sold to the public 6,250,000 units (“Units”) at a
price of $8.00 per unit. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s common
stock, $.0001 par value, and one warrant. Each warrant will entitle
the holder to purchase from the Company one share of common stock at
an exercise price of $5.50 commencing the later of the completion of a Business
Combination with a Target Business or one year from the date of the prospectus
for the Offering and expiring four years from the date of the prospectus, unless
earlier redeemed. The warrants will be redeemable at the Company’s
option, at a price of $0.01 per warrant upon 30 days’ written notice after the
warrants become exercisable, only in the event that the last price of the common
stock is at least $11.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading
day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which notice of
redemption is given.
In
accordance with the Warrant Agreement related to the warrants (the “Warrant
Agreement”), the Company is only required to use its best efforts to effect the
registration of the shares of common stock underlying the
Warrants. The Company will not be obligated to deliver securities,
and there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities, if a
registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise.
Additionally,
in the event that a registration statement is not effective at the time of
exercise, the holder of a warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant
and in no event (whether in the case of a registration statement not being
effective or otherwise) will the Company be required to net cash settle the
warrant exercise. Consequently, the warrants may expire
unexercised.
On
December 19, 2007 the Company sold an additional 376,300 Units pursuant to the
Over-Allotment Option Exercise.
The
Company sold to the underwriters, for $100, an option to purchase up to a total
of 625,000 units exercisable on a cashless basis at $9.60 per unit commencing
one year from the date of the prospectus and expiring five years from the date
of the prospectus. The units issuable upon exercise of this option
are identical to those that were sold in the Offering, except that the warrants
in these units have an exercise price of $6.71. The sale of the
option was accounted for as a cost attributable to the
Offering. Accordingly, there was no net impact on the Company’s
financial position or results of operations, except for the recording of the
$100 proceeds from the sale. 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 $2,430,000, using an expected life of five years, volatility of
59.4%, and a risk-free interest rate of 3.08%. However, because the
units do not have a trading history, the volatility assumption is based on
information currently available to the Company. The Company believes
the volatility estimate calculated is a reasonable benchmark to use in
estimating the expected volatility of the units. The volatility
calculation is based on the most recent trading day average volatility of
publicly traded companies providing educational services with market
capitalizations less than $500 million. 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 automatically
dissolves and subsequently liquidates the trust account, the option will become
worthless.
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Note
4 – Note Payable to Affiliate and Related Party Transactions
The
Company issued a $200,000 unsecured promissory note to Camden Learning, LLC, an
affiliate, on April 26, 2007. The note was interest bearing at an
annual rate of 4.9% and both principal and interest were payable on the earlier
of April 26, 2008 or the consummation of the Offering of the
Company. The note was fully repaid on December 5, 2007 and no further
amounts are due.
On April
26, 2007 the note was recorded as a liability in the amount of $182,431, net of
a discount in the amount of $17,569, which has been credited to additional
paid-in capital, based on an imputed interest rate of 15% per
annum. The $17,569 discount was accreted by charges to interest
expense over the term of the note using the interest method. The
amount of interest expense recorded through December 5, 2007 totaled $23,556,
including amounts accrued at 4.9% per annum. In its computations of
the discount on the note, the Company considered that the loan was unsecured,
the Company had no operations and the Company would be able to repay the loan
only in the event of a successful public offering, as to which there could be no
assurance. In making its computation, the Company also considered the
related party nature of the note, the below-market stated interest rate, the
equity-like risks associated with the note and the higher interest rates
commonly associated with bridge financings.
The
Company has agreed to pay up to $7,500 a month in total for certain general and
administrative services, including but not limited to receptionist, secretarial
and general office services, to Camden Partners Holdings,
LLC. Services commenced on November 29, 2007 and will terminate upon
the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s Business Combination or (ii)
the Company’s dissolution.
The
Company is allocated a percentage of the part-time accounting staff’s salaries
from Camden Partners Holdings. The allocation percentage is based
upon the amount of the staff’s time spent on the Company.
On
November 29, 2007, Camden Learning, LLC purchased warrants to acquire 2,800,000
shares of Common Stock from the Company at a price of $1.00 per warrant for a
total of $2,800,000 in a private placement prior to the completion of the
Offering. The terms of these warrants are identical to the terms of the warrants
issued in the Offering, except that these insider warrants will not be subject
to redemption and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case if held by
the initial holder thereof or its permitted assigns, and may not be sold,
assigned or transferred prior to the 90th day
following consummation of a Business Combination. The holder of these
insider warrants will not have any right to any liquidation distributions with
respect to shares underlying these warrants if the Company fails to consummate a
Business Combination, in which event these warrants will expire
worthless.
Camden
Learning, LLC has agreed to indemnify the Company for claims of creditors that
have not executed a valid and binding waiver of their rights to seek payments of
amounts due to them out of the trust account.
The
Company’s principal stockholder has entered into an agreement with the
underwriter pursuant to which it will place limit orders to purchase up to an
additional $4,000,000 of the Company’s common stock in the open market
commencing the later of (i) ten business days after the Company files its
current report on Form 8-K announcing its execution of a definitive agreement
for a Business Combination and (ii) 60 calendar days after the end of the
restricted period in connection with the Offering, as defined under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and ending on the business day preceding the
record date of the stockholders’ meeting at which a Business Combination is to
be approved. In the event the Company’s principal stockholder does
not purchase $4,000,000 of the Company’s common stock in the open market, the
stockholder has agreed to purchase from the Company in a private placement a
number of units identical to the units to be sold in the Offering at a purchase
price of $8.00 per unit until it has spent, together with the aforementioned
open market purchases, an aggregate of $4,000,000 for purchase of the Company’s
common stock.
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Note
5 – Restricted Funds Held in Trust:
5
months ended
|
5
months ended
|
For
the
Year
ended
|
For
the
Year
ended
|
April 10,
2007
(Inception)
Through
|
||||||||||||||||
May
31, 2009
|
May
31, 2008
|
May
31, 2009
|
May
31, 2008
|
May
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments held in trust - beginning of period | $ | 53,034,322 | $ | 52,543,772 | $ | 53,232,971 | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||
Contribution to trust (which includes the deferred | ||||||||||||||||||||
underwriting
discount and commission of $1,590,312)
|
- | - | - | 52,389,984 | 52,389,984 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
income received
|
26,981 | 689,199 | 438,332 | 842,987 | 1,281,319 | |||||||||||||||
Withdrawals
for working capital
|
(300,000 | ) | - | (300,000 | ) | - | (300,000 | ) | ||||||||||||
Withdrawals
to pay taxes
|
- | - | (610,000 | ) | - | (610,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total
investments held in trust
|
$ | 52,761,303 | $ | 53,232,971 | $ | 52,761,303 | $ | 53,232,971 | $ | 52,761,303 |
At May
31, 2009, $300,000 remains available for working capital purposes from the
restricted funds held in the Trust Account.
Note
6 – Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The
Company will not proceed with a Business Combination if Public Stockholders
owning 30% or more of the shares sold in the Offering vote against the Business
Combination and exercise their redemption rights. Accordingly, the
Company may effect a Business Combination only if stockholders owning one share
less than 30% of the shares sold in this Offering exercise their redemption
rights. If this occurred, the Company would be required to redeem for
cash up to one share less than 30% of the 6,626,300 shares of common stock sold
in the Offering, or 1,987,889 shares of common stock, at a per-share redemption
price of $7.92 (plus their pro-rata portion of the interest earned on the trust
account, net of (i) taxes payable on interest earned and (ii) up to $600,000 of
interest income released to the Company to fund its working capital), which
includes $0.24 per share of deferred underwriting discount and commissions which
the underwriters have agreed to forfeit to pay redeeming stockholders. Through
May 31, 2009, total interest earned of $1.28 million less estimated taxes on
interest earned of $474,088 and working capital of $600,000 is
approximately $207,231. The dissenting stockholder’s pro-rata share of this
amount is reflected on the balance sheet as deferred interest.
Note
7 – Commitments
The
Company entered into an engagement agreement with a consultant on June 23,
2008. The consultant will provide financial advisory services to the
Company in connection with a potential Business Combination with certain
predetermined entities. The Company is obligated to pay the
consultant 1.5% of the Transaction Value (as defined in the engagement
agreement), provided, however, the aggregate Transaction Fee shall not be less
than $1,000,000 in the event a Business Combination is completed with any of the
predetermined entities. The Company also agreed to reimburse the
consultant for its reasonable business expenses in connection with services
rendered. The agreement is on a month-to-month basis. Upon
termination, no party shall have any liability to the other except that the
consultant shall be entitled to its transaction fee if, within twelve (12)
months from the date of termination of the agreement, the Company consummates a
Business Combination with one of the predetermined entities. Dlorah,
Inc. was not one of the predetermined entities.
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Note
8 – Common Stock
The
Company has 10,676,300 shares reserved for issuance for the exercise of the
underwriter’s purchase option units and the private placement warrants, as well
as the warrants sold in the initial public offering.
Note
9 – Preferred Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such
designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
Note
10 – Income Taxes
The
Company’s benefit and provision for income taxes consist of:
5
months ended May 31,
2009 |
5
months ended May 31, 2008 |
Year
ended December 31,
2008 |
April 10,
2007(Inception)
Through December 31,
2007 |
For
the Period from
April 10, 2007
(Inception) Through May
31, 2009
|
Year
ended May 31,
2009 |
Year
ended May 31,
2008 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal
|
$ | 4,114 | $ | 215,837 | $ |
341,603
|
$ |
37,859
|
|
$ |
374,211
|
$ | 119,743 | $ | 254,136 | |||||||||||||
State
|
799 | 49,744 |
65,989
|
9,150
|
|
85,303
|
27,181 | 58,454 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
|
(155,926 | ) | (98,092 | ) |
(203,469
|
) |
(19,141
|
)
|
(378,536
|
) | (261,303 | ) | (117,233 | ) | ||||||||||||||
$ | (151,013 | ) | $ | 167,489 | $ |
204,123
|
$ |
27,868
|
$ |
80,978
|
$ | (114,379 | ) | $ | 195,357 |
Significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax asset are as follows:
May
31, 2009
|
May
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||
Expenses
deferred for income tax purposes
|
$ | 483,230 | $ | 117,233 | $ | 249,865 | $ | 19,141 | ||||||||
Less:
Valuation Allowance
|
104,694 | - | 27,255 | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 378,536 | $ | 117,233 | $ | 222,610 | $ | 19,141 |
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The
difference between the actual income tax expense and that computed by applying
the U.S. federal income tax rate to pretax income from operations is summarized
below:
5
months ended May 31,
2009 |
5 months
ended May 31,
2008 |
Year
ended December 31,
2008 |
April 10,
2007 (Inception) Through December 31, 2007
|
Year
ended May 31,
2009 |
Year
ended May 31,
2008 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Computed
expected tax expense
|
34 | % | 34 | % |
34
|
% |
34
|
% | 34 | % | 27 | % | ||||||||||||
Permanent
differences
|
0 | % | 0 | % |
0
|
% |
0
|
% | 0 | % | 7 | % | ||||||||||||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
-5 | % | 3 | % |
4
|
% |
0
|
% | -5 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||
State
income tax net of federal benefit
|
5 | % | 5 | % |
4
|
%
|
5
|
% | 5 | % | 5 | % | ||||||||||||
34 | % | 42 | % |
42
|
% |
39
|
% | 34 | % | 39 | % |
The
Company is considered to be in the development stage for income tax reporting
purposes. Federal income tax regulations require that the Company
defer substantially all of its operating expenses for tax purposes until the
Company begins business operations. The Company
has recorded a valuation allowance against a portion of
its state and local deferred tax asset because it believes that based on current
operations at May 31, 2009, it will not be able to fully utilize this
asset.
Note
11- Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Effective
January 1, 2008 the Company adopted Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. Statement No. 157 applies to all assets and
liabilities that are being measured and reported on a fair value
basis. Statement No. 157 requires new disclosure that establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosure about fair
value measurements. This statement enables the reader of the
financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by
establishing a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the
information used to determine fair values. The statement requires
that assets and liabilities carried at fair value will be classified and
disclosed in one of the following three categories:
Level
1:
|
Quoted
market prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities.
|
Level
2:
|
Observable
market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market
data.
|
Level
3:
|
Unobservable
inputs that are not corroborated by market
data.
|
In
determining the appropriate levels, the Company performs a detailed analysis of
the assets and liabilities that are subject to Statement No. 157. At
each reporting period, all assets and liabilities for which the fair value
measurement is based on significant unobservable inputs are classified as Level
3.
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The table
below presents the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on
a recurring basis by level within the hierarchy.
May
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
|||||||||||||
Funds
Held in Trust
|
$ | 52,761,303 | $ | 52,761,303 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 52,761,303 | $ | 52,761,303 | $ | — | $ | — |
The
Company’s restricted funds held in trust include are invested in an
institutional liquidity fund invested in U.S. treasuries and repurchase
agreements collateralized by U.S. treasuries that are considered to be highly
liquid and easily tradable. These securities are valued using inputs
observable in active markets for identical securities and therefore are
classified as level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.
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Note
12 – Subsequent Events
On August
7, 2009, Camden, Dlorah, Inc., a privately owned South Dakota corporation
(“Dlorah”), and Dlorah Subsidiary, Inc., a newly formed Delaware Corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Camden (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, which agreement was amended and restated in its entirety
on August 11, 2009 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms
of the Merger Agreement, the Dlorah stockholders have agreed to contribute all
of the outstanding capital stock of Dlorah to Camden in exchange for shares of a
newly created class of stock, warrants and restricted shares of currently
authorized common stock of Camden. At the closing, Merger Sub will merge with
and into Dlorah with Dlorah surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Camden
(the “Transaction”). In connection with the Transaction, Camden
intends to apply to have its common stock and warrants listed on either the
Nasdaq Capital Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, as the parties may mutually
determine.
Camden’s
board of directors has unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and recommends
its stockholders vote to approve the Merger Agreement, and each other proposal
to be set forth in the definitive proxy statement, at the special meeting of
Camden’s stockholders to be held pursuant to the terms of Camden’s certificate
of incorporation.
Dlorah,
Inc., through its education divisions known as National American University
(“NAU”), operates a private, for-profit university with 16 campuses in seven
states, as well as extensive online course offerings. NAU offers
undergraduate and graduate career-oriented technical and professional degree
programs for traditional, working adult and international learners at physical
campuses and online. NAU offers core academic programs in accounting,
applied management, business administration, health care and information
technology. NAU also offers graduate degree programs that include a
Master of Business Administration and a Master of Management
degree. Dlorah, through its real estate division, develops leases and
sells luxury condominiums, apartments and townhouses in Rapid City, South
Dakota.
If
approved, the Transaction is expected to be consummated promptly following the
receipt of approval from Camden stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of
the other conditions described herein and in the Merger Agreement.
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Exhibits.
We hereby
file as part of this Transition Report on Form 10-K the Exhibits listed in the
attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by
reference can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities
maintained by the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington D.C.
20549. Copies of such material can also be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at
prescribed rates or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
1.1
|
|
Underwriting
Agreement. (5)
|
3.1
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (5)
|
|
3.2
|
Amended
and Restated By-laws.
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Unit Certificate. (3)
|
|
4.2
|
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate.(3)
|
|
4.3
|
Specimen
Warrant Certificate. (3)
|
|
4.4
|
Warrant
Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company and the
Registrant.(2)
|
|
4.5
|
Form
of Unit Option Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and Morgan Joseph
& Co. Inc. (2)
|
|
10.1.1
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and Camden
Learning, LLC. (2)
|
|
10.1.2
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and Jack L.
Brozman. (3)
|
|
10.1.3
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and Therese
Kreig Crane, Ed.D. (3)
|
|
10.1.4
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and Ronald
Tomalis. (3)
|
|
10.1.6
|
Letter
Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and William
Jews.(3)
|
|
10.2
|
Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer and Trust
Company and the Registrant. (5)
|
|
10.3
|
Stock
Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company and the Initial Stockholders. (5)
|
|
10.4
|
Registration
Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Initial Stockholders.
(5)
|
|
10.5
|
Lease/Office
Services Agreement dated November 20, 2007 by and among the Registrant and
Camden Partners Holdings, LLC. (2)
|
|
10.6
|
Amended
and Restated Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and certain
officers and directors of the Registrant.(4)
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10.7
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Promissory
Note in the amount of $200,000 dated April 26, 2007 issued in favor of
Camden Learning, LLC.(4)
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10.8
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Right
of First Refusal Agreement by and among Camden Learning LLC, Camden
Partners Strategic Fund III, L.P. and Camden Partners Strategic Fund
III-A, L.P. (4)
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10.9
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Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of August 7, 2009, by and among
Camden Learning Corporation, Dlorah, Inc. and Dlorah Subsidiary, Inc.
(6)
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10.10
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Amended
and Restated Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of August
10, 2009, by and among Camden Learning Corporation, Dlorah, Inc. and
Dlorah Subsidiary, Inc. (6)
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31
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended
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32
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C.
1350
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99.1
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Code
of
Ethics.
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(1) Previously filed with the SEC on Form
8-K on December 5, 2007.
(2) Previously filed with the SEC on Form
S-1/A on November 27, 2007.
(3) Previously filed with the SEC on Form
S-1/A on August 17, 2007.
(4) Previously filed with the SEC on Form
S-1/A on July 27, 2007.
(5) Previously filed with the SEC on Form
8-K on December 5, 2007.
(6) Previously filed with the SEC
on Form 8-K on August 11, 2009.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CAMDEN
LEARNING CORP.
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By:
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/s/ David
L. Warnock
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Name:
David L. Warnock
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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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 capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ David
L. Warnock
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
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August
20, 2009
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David
L. Warnock
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(principal
executive officer)
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/s/ Donald
W. Hughes
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Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
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August
20, 2009
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Donald
W. Hughes
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(principal
financial and accounting officer)
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/s/ Therese
Crane
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Director
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August
20, 2009
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Therese
Kreig Crane
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/s/ Ronald
Tomalis
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Director
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August
20, 2009
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Ronald
Tomalis
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/s/ William
Jews
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Director
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August
20, 2009
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William
Jews
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