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11-May-2009
Quarterly Report
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes hereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations. This information may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of words "may," "will," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "intend," or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and we cannot assure you that these projections included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
We have based the forward-looking statements included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q on information available to us on the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Although we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make directly to you or through reports that we in the future may file with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K.
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 quarterly report on Form 10-Q and the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
OVERVIEW
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 at the time of such acquisition. We intend to use cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering and concurrent private placement, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, capital stock and debt, to effect such business combination.
Since our initial public offering, we have been actively searching for a suitable business combination candidate. We currently have not entered into any definitive agreement with any potential target businesses. We have met with service professionals and other intermediaries to discuss our company, the background of our management and our combination preferences. In the course of these discussions, we have also spent time explaining the capital structure of the initial public offering, the combination approval process and the timeline within which we must consummate a business combination, or return the proceeds of the initial public offering held in the trust account to investors. Consistent with the disclosures in our prospectus, we have focused our search on companies in the education industry, which include but are not limited to early child care (pre-school programs and/or day care facilities for pre-school aged children), K-12 (kindergarten through twelfth grade), post-secondary (a formal instructional program for students who have completed the requirements for a high school diploma or its equivalent, including programs whose purpose is academic, vocational and continuing professional education), and corporate training. We cannot assure investors we will find a suitable business combination within the allotted time.
We are currently in the process of evaluating and identifying targets for an initial transaction. We are not presently engaged in, and will not engage in, any substantive commercial business until we consummate our initial business combination. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering, the private placement, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, capital stock and debt, in effecting our initial business combination. We are authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of common stock and may need to authorize additional shares in conjunction with a business combination. The issuance of additional shares of our capital stock:
• may significantly reduce the equity interest of our current stockholders;
• may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded to our common stock;
• will likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares of common stock or preferred stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and most likely also result in the resignation or removal of one or more of our present officers and directors; and
• may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our securities.
Similarly, if we issued debt securities, it could result in:
• default and foreclosure on our assets, if our operating revenues after an initial transaction were insufficient to pay our debt obligations;
• 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;
• our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security was payable on demand; and
• 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.
We anticipate we would only consummate such a financing simultaneously with the consummation of a business combination, although nothing would preclude us from raising more capital in anticipation of a possible business combination.
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. On November 24, 2007, 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 $53,182,836 (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 are being held outside of the trust. The funds held outside of trust (together with $600,000 of interest we may earn on funds in the trust account which we are entitled to withdraw 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 and to cover the expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a business combination.
For the three For the three April 10, 2007
months ended months ended (inception) through
March 31, 2009 March 31, 2008 March 31, 2009
Investments held in trust - beginning of period $ 53,034,322 $ 52,543,772 $ -
Contribution to trust (which includes the deferred
underwriting discount and commission of $1,590,312
) - - 52,389,984
Interest income received 21,284 470,321 1,275,622
Withdrawals to pay taxes - - (610,000 )
Total investments held in trust $ 53,055,606 $ 53,014,093 $ 53,055,606
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At March 31, 2009, $600,000 remains available for working capital purposes from the restricted funds held in the Trust Account.
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 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 29, 2009, assuming 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.
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 completion of a business combination as such term is defined in our prospectus filed on Form 424B4 on November 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
We may need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required to consummate a business combination before November 29, 2009. Although we believe the net proceeds of the offering and the private placement will be sufficient to allow us to consummate a business combination, in as much as we have not yet identified any prospective target business, we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of the offering and the private placement prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of the business combination 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, we will be required to seek additional financing. We cannot assure you such financing would be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
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.
We may use all or substantially all of the proceeds held in trust, other than the deferred portion of the underwriter's fee, to acquire one or more target businesses. We may not use all of the proceeds held in the trust account in connection with a business combination, either because the consideration for the business combination is less than the proceeds in trust or because we finance a portion of the consideration with capital stock or debt securities that we can issue. In that event, the proceeds held in the trust account as well as any other net proceeds not expended, will be used to finance the operations of the target business or businesses. The operating business that we acquire in such business combination must have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding deferred underwriter's fee of $1,590,312) at the time of such acquisition. If we consummate multiple business combinations that collectively have a fair market value of 80% of our net assets, then we would require that such transactions are consummated simultaneously.
If we are unable to find a suitable target business 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 completion of a business combination.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended March 31, 2009, we had a net loss of $112,132 consisting of interest income of $17,611 less costs attributable to general and administrative expenses of $187,060 and net of a benefit for income taxes of $57,317. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, we had net income of $195,711, consisting of interest income of $473,499 less costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $152,833 and net of a provision for income taxes of $124,955. The decrease in interest income for the period was a result of a significant decrease in the interest rate caused by an increase in demand for government securities and treasury bills. For the period from April 10, 2007 (inception) through March 31, 2009, we had net income of $211,200, consisting of interest income of $1,197,587 less costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $811,713 and net of a provision for income taxes of $174,674.
Through March 31, 2009, our efforts have been primarily activities relating to our search for a target company with which to do a business combination. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. We currently have no operating business and have not entered into a definitive agreement with any potential target businesses. Beginning December 5, 2007 (the date of the consummation of our initial public offering) until our consummation of a business combination, we expect interest earned on the offering proceeds held in our trust account to be our primary source of income.
We received net proceeds from the offering 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 additional proceeds of $2,889,984, before deducting deferred underwriting compensation of $90,312.
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 an initial transaction that is presented to us. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such a fund-raising simultaneously with the consummation of an initial 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.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long term liabilities. We entered into a Service Agreement with Camden Partners Holdings, LLC requiring us to pay $7,500 per month. The agreement terminates on the earlier of the completion of a business combination or upon our dissolution.
The Company has entered into an engagement agreement with Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. whereby Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. will provide financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company.
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 transaction 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 transaction with one of the predetermined entities.
Other than contractual obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, we do not have any other long-term contractual obligations.
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