UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
| ý | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission File Number: 001-33824
Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
26-0508760 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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695 East Main Street Stamford, CT (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
06901 (Zip Code) |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 363-0885 |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No 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 definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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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 ý No o
The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding as of April 25, 2008 was 31,250,000.
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| PART I: | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 3 | |||
ITEM 1 |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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Condensed Balance Sheets |
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| Condensed Statements of Operations | 4 | ||||
| Condensed Statements of Stockholders' Equity | 5 | ||||
| Condensed Statements of Cash Flows | 6 | ||||
| Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements | 7 | ||||
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
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ITEM 4 |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
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PART II: |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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ITEM 1 |
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
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ITEM 1A |
RISK FACTORS |
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ITEM 2 |
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
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ITEM 6 |
EXHIBITS |
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SIGNATURES |
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Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(a development stage company)
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March 31, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
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| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 42,764 | $ | 58,075 | ||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | 248,596,128 | 247,340,887 | ||||||
| Accrued interest income on Trust Account | 426,066 | 739,654 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 141,113 | 22,605 | ||||||
| Deferred tax asset | 56,542 | — | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 249,262,613 | $ | 248,161,221 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | $ | 135,662 | $ | 45,407 | ||||
| Accrued offering costs | — | 38,216 | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | 617,390 | 392,498 | ||||||
| Deferred underwriting commission | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 10,753,052 | 10,476,121 | ||||||
| Common stock, subject to possible conversion, 7,499,999 shares at conversion value | 74,099,990 | 74,099,990 | ||||||
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| Stockholders' equity | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | — | — | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 72,000,000 shares authorized; 31,250,000 shares (including 7,499,999 subject to possible conversion) issued and outstanding | 3,125 | 3,125 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 162,966,787 | 162,966,787 | ||||||
| Retained earnings accumulated during the development stage | 1,439,659 | 615,198 | ||||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 164,409,571 | 163,585,110 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 249,262,613 | $ | 248,161,221 | ||||
See notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(a development stage company)
Condensed Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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For the period from July 9, 2007 (date of inception) through March 31, 2008 |
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| Interest income | $ | 1,621,880 | $ | 2,702,421 | ||||
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| Formation and operating costs | 96,709 | 132,808 | ||||||
| Professional fees | 96,279 | 121,275 | ||||||
| Rent and office expenses | 22,500 | 34,250 | ||||||
| 215,488 | 288,333 | |||||||
| Net income before provision for income taxes | 1,406,392 | 2,414,088 | ||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 581,931 | 974,429 | ||||||
| Net income | $ | 824,461 | $ | 1,439,659 | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding : | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 31,250,000 | 19,345,630 | ||||||
| Net income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.07 | ||||
See notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(a development stage company)
Condensed Statements of Stockholders' Equity
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| Common shares issued to initial stockholders on July 18, 2007 at approximately $.003 per share | 7,187,500 | $ | 719 | $ | 24,281 | $ | — | $ | 25,000 | ||||||
| Sale of 25,000,000 units, net of underwriters' discount and offering expenses of $18,205,004 (includes 7,499,999 shares subject to possible conversion) | 25,000,000 | 2,500 | 231,792,496 | — | 231,794,996 | ||||||||||
| Proceeds subject to possible conversion of 7,499,999 shares | — | — | (74,099,990 | ) | — | (74,099,990 | ) | ||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of Sponsors' Warrants | — | — | 5,250,000 | — | 5,250,000 | ||||||||||
| Repurchase of 937,500 common shares issued to initial stockholders | (937,500 | ) | (94 | ) | — | — | (94 | ) | |||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | 615,198 | 615,198 | ||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2007 | 31,250,000 | 3,125 | 162,966,787 | 615,198 | 163,585,110 | ||||||||||
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| Net income | — | — | — | 824,461 | 824,461 | ||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2008 | 31,250,000 | $ | 3,125 | $ | 162,966,787 | $ | 1,439,659 | $ | 164,409,571 | ||||||
See notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(a development stage company)
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
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For the period from July 9, 2007 (date of inception) through March 31, 2008 |
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| Net income | $ | 824,461 | $ | 1,439,659 | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Interest income earned on Trust Account | (1,621,880 | ) | (2,702,421 | ) | |||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Increase in prepaid expenses | (118,507 | ) | (141,112 | ) | |||||||
| Increase in deferred tax asset | (56,542 | ) | (56,542 | ) | |||||||
| Increase in accrued expenses | 90,255 | 135,662 | |||||||||
| Increase in income taxes payable | 224,892 | 617,390 | |||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (657,321 | ) | (707,364 | ) | |||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||||||
| Cash placed in Trust Account | — | (247,000,000 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash withdrawn from Trust Account | 680,226 | 680,226 | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 680,226 | (246,319,774 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||||||
| Gross proceeds from initial public offering | — | 250,000,000 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of Sponsors' Warrants | — | 5,250,000 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of shares of common stock to initial stockholders | — | 25,000 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from notes payable to stockholders | — | 200,000 | |||||||||
| Repayment of notes payable to stockholders | — | (200,000 | ) | ||||||||
| Repurchase of common shares from initial stockholders | — | (94 | ) | ||||||||
| Payment of offering costs | (38,216 | ) | (8,205,004 | ) | |||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (38,216 | ) | 247,069,902 | ||||||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash | (15,311 | ) | 42,764 | ||||||||
| Cash at beginning of period | 58,075 | — | |||||||||
| Cash at end of period | $ | 42,764 | $ | 42,764 | |||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities | |||||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commission | — | $ | 10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | |||||||||||
| Cash paid during the period for income taxes | $ | 413,580 | $ | 413,580 | |||||||
See notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Prospect Acquisition Corp.
(a development stage company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
1. Interim Financial Information
Prospect Acquisition Corp.'s (the "Company") unaudited condensed interim financial statements as of March 31, 2008 and for the period from July 9, 2007 (date of inception) through March 31, 2008, have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operation results for the interim period presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year.
These unaudited condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto for the period ended December 31, 2007 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008. The December 31, 2007 balance sheet and the changes in stockholders' equity through December 31, 2007 have been derived from those audited financial statements. The accounting policies used in preparing these unaudited financial statements are consistent with those described in the December 31, 2007 audited financial statements.
2. Organization, Business Operations and Significant Accounting Policies
The Company was incorporated in Delaware on July 9, 2007, and is a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring control of, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more operating businesses or assets in the financial services industry (a "Business Combination"). At March 31, 2008, the Company's operations related to the Company's formation and the initial public offering described below.
The registration statement for the Company's initial public offering (the "Offering") was declared effective November 14, 2007. The Company consummated the Offering on November 20, 2007 and received gross proceeds of $250,000,000 and $5,250,000 from the sale of Sponsors' Warrants on a private placement basis (see Note 3). The Company's management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Offering are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. An amount of $247,000,000 (or approximately $9.88 per unit) of the net proceeds of the Offering and the sale of the Sponsors' Warrants (see Note 3) was deposited in a trust account (the "Trust Account") and invested in United States "government securities" within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 having a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 until the earlier of (i) the consummation of its initial Business Combination or (ii) liquidation of the Company. At March 31, 2008, the Trust Account was invested in United States government securities and has been accounted for as a trading security. The placing of funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company has sought and will seek to have all vendors, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements. A Company officer and two initial stockholders have agreed that they will be
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personally liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for services rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company, subject to limited exceptions. However, there can be no assurance that they will be able to satisfy those obligations. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) are being used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. Until the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company, proceeds held in the Trust Account will not be available for the Company's use for any purpose, except there can be released to the Company from the Trust Account (i) interest income earned on the Trust Account balance to pay any income taxes on such interest and (ii) interest income earned of up to $2.75 million on the Trust Account balance to fund the Company's working capital requirements, provided that after such release there remains in the Trust Account a sufficient amount of interest income previously earned on the Trust Account balance to pay any due and unpaid income taxes on such $2.75 million of interest income.
The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for a Business Combination with a target business or businesses, is required to submit such transaction for stockholder approval. In the event that those persons that purchase securities in the Offering or thereafter ("Public Stockholders") owning 30% or more of the shares sold in the Offering vote against the Business Combination and exercise their conversion rights described below, the Business Combination will not be consummated. All of the Company's stockholders prior to the Offering, including all of the directors of the Company (the "Initial Stockholders"), have agreed to vote all of their founding shares of common stock in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock voted by the Public Stockholders with respect to any Business Combination.
After consummation of a Business Combination, these voting safeguards will no longer apply.
With respect to a Business Combination which is approved and consummated, any Public Stockholder who voted against the Business Combination may demand that the Company convert his or her shares into cash from the Trust Account. The per share conversion price will equal the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, before payment of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and including accrued interest, net of income taxes on such interest and net of interest income on the Trust Account balance released to the Company as described above, calculated as of two business days prior to the proposed consummation of the initial Business Combination, divided by the number of shares of common stock sold in the Offering. Accordingly, Public Stockholders holding not more than 30% of the shares (minus one share) sold in the Offering may seek conversion of their shares in the event of a Business Combination. Such Public Stockholders are entitled to receive their per share interest in the Trust Account (net of the tax and working capital items described above) computed without regard to the shares held by Initial Stockholders.
Accordingly, a portion of the net proceeds from the Offering (29.99% of the amount placed in the Trust Account) has been classified as common stock subject to possible conversion in the accompanying financial statements.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation was amended on November 14, 2007 to provide that the Company will continue in existence only until 24 months from the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Offering (the "Effective Date"), or November 14, 2009. If the Company has
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not completed a Business Combination by such date, its corporate existence will cease except for the purposes of liquidating and winding up its affairs. In the event of liquidation, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including assets in the Trust Account) will be less than the initial public offering price per Unit in the Offering (assuming no value is attributed to the Warrants contained in the Units offered in the Offering discussed in Note 3) because of the expenses of the Offering, the Company's general and administrative expenses and the anticipated costs of seeking an initial Business Combination.
New Accounting Pronouncements:
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS 157, "Fair Value Measurements," ("SFAS 157"). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on its financial statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an Amendment of FASB No. 115," ("SFAS 159"). SFAS 159 allows a company to irrevocably elect fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain financial assets and financial liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and will be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of SFAS 159 will have on its financial statements.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
3. Initial Public Offering
On November 20, 2007, the Company sold 25,000,000 units (the "Units") at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit. The Company granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 Units solely to cover over-allotments. Said option could have been exercised in whole or in part at any time before the 30th day after the Effective Date, and has expired without having been exercised by the underwriters.
Each Unit consists of one share of the Company's common stock and one warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable on the later of the completion of the initial Business Combination and fifteen months from the Effective Date, provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available. The Warrants will expire five years from the Effective Date, unless earlier redeemed. The Company may call the Warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at any time after the Warrants become exercisable and there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants available and current throughout the 30-day Redemption Period defined hereafter, upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption (the "30-day Redemption Period") at a price of $0.01 per Warrant, only in the event that
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the last sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $14.50 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 the notice of redemption is sent to the Warrant holder. In accordance with the warrant agreement relating to the Warrants sold and issued in the Offering, the Company is only required to use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement covering the Warrants from the date the warrants become exercisable until the warrants expire or are redeemed. 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 such 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 settle the warrant exercise, whether by net cash settlement or otherwise. Consequently, the Warrants may expire unexercised and unredeemed (and therefore worthless), and, as a result, an investor in the Offering may effectively pay the full Unit price solely for the shares of common stock included in the Units.
The Company entered into an agreement with the underwriters of the Offering (the "Underwriting Agreement"). The Underwriting Agreement requires the Company to pay 3% of the gross proceeds of the Offering as an underwriting discount plus an additional 4% of the gross proceeds of the Offering only upon consummation of a Business Combination. The Company paid an underwriting discount of 3% of the gross proceeds of the Offering ($7.5 million) in connection with the consummation of the Offering and has placed 4% of the gross proceeds of the Offering ($10 million) in the Trust Account. The $10 million amount due to the underwriters has been classified as deferred underwriting commission on the accompanying balance sheets. The Company did not have to pay any discount related to the Sponsors' Warrants sold on a private placement basis. The underwriters have waived their right to receive payment of the 4% of the gross proceeds for the Offering upon the Company's liquidation if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination.
Pursuant to purchase agreements dated November 14, 2007, certain of the Initial Stockholders have purchased from the Company, in the aggregate, 5,250,000 warrants for $5,250,000 (the "Sponsors' Warrants"). The purchase and issuance of the Sponsors' Warrants occurred simultaneously with the consummation of the Offering on a private placement basis. All of the proceeds the Company received from these purchases were placed in the Trust Account. The Sponsors' Warrants are identical to the Warrants included in the Units offered in the Offering except that the Sponsors' Warrants (i) are non-redeemable so long as they are held by the original purchasers or their permitted transferees, (ii) are subject to certain transfer restrictions and will not be exercisable while they are subject to these transfer restrictions and (iii) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis. The purchase price of the Sponsors' Warrants has been determined to be the fair value of such warrants as of the purchase date.
The Initial Stockholders have waived their right to receive a liquidation distribution with respect to their founding shares upon the Company's liquidation if it is unable to complete a Business Combination.
4. Related Party Transactions
The Company presently occupies office space provided by affiliates of certain of the Company's officers and directors. Such affiliates have agreed that until the Company consummates a Business
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Combination, they will make such office space, as well as certain general and administrative services including utilities and administrative support, available to the Company, as may be required by the Company from time to time. The Company has agreed to pay such affiliates a total of $7,500 per month for such services commencing on the Effective Date.
5. Commitments
The Initial Stockholders and holders of the Sponsors' Warrants (or underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights with respect to their founding shares or Sponsors' Warrants (or underlying securities), as the case may be, pursuant to an agreement dated November 14, 2007. In addition, the Initial Stockholders have certain "piggy-back" registration rights with respect to registration statements filed by the Company generally commencing nine months after the consummation of the Company's initial Business Combination, and the holders of the Sponsors' Warrants (or underlying securities) have certain "piggy-back" registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company's consummation of a Business Combination.
6. Capital Stock
The Company's original Certificate of Incorporation authorized the Company to issue 6,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. In October, 2007, the Company's certificate of incorporation was amended to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 6,000,000 shares to 8,000,000 shares. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation was amended on November 14, 2007 to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to 72,000,000. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
On July 18, 2007, the Company issued 4,312,500 shares of common stock to the founders for an aggregate of $25,000 in cash, at a purchase price of approximately $0.006 per share. In October, 2007, the aggregate outstanding 4,312,500 shares of common stock were increased to 7,187,500 shares of common stock as a result of a 5-for-3 stock split declared by our board of directors. All references in the accompanying financial statements to the number of shares of stock have been retroactively restated to reflect these transactions.
In accordance with the terms of the Offering, with the expiration of the underwriters' option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 Units solely to cover over-allotments, in December 2007, the Company repurchased 937,500 shares of common stock from the Initial Stockholders at a price of $0.0001 per share.
7. Legal
There is no material litigation currently pending against the Company or any member of its management team in their capacity as such.
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ITEM 2 MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Financial Statements and notes thereto contained in this report.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation" regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward looking statements. When used in this Form 10-Q, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written or oral forward looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
Overview
We were formed on July 9, 2007, to serve as a vehicle to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more operating business in the financial services industry. Our initial business combination must be with a business or businesses whose collective fair market value is in excess of 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding the amount held in the trust account representing a portion of the underwriters' discount) at the time of the initial business combination. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our recently completed public offering, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, capital stock and debt, in effecting a business combination.
Results of Operations
For the three months ended March 31, 2008, we had a net income of $824,461, consisting of interest income of approximately $1.6 million less costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $215,488 and net of a provision for income taxes of $581,931. For the period from July 9, 2007 (date of inception) through March 31, 2008, we had a net income of $1,439,659, consisting of interest income of approximately $2.7 million less costs attributable to organization, formation and general and administrative expenses of $288,333 and net of a provision for income taxes of $974,429. Through March 31, 2008 we did not engage in any significant operations. Our activities from inception through March 31, 2008 were to prepare for our initial public offering and begin the identification of a suitable business combination candidate.
Financial Condition and Liquidity
We consummated our initial public offering of 25,000,000 units on November 20, 2007. Gross proceeds from our initial public offering were $250,000,000. We paid a total of $7,500,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $705,004 for other costs and expenses related to the offering. After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses, the total net proceeds including $5,250,000 from the sale of the sponsor warrants to us from the offering were $247,044,996, and an amount of $247,000,000, including $10,000,000 of deferred underwriting commissions, was deposited into a trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, maintained by
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Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of this 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 14, 2009, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, less the payment due the underwriter for the deferred underwriting discount, to acquire a target business. However, as long as we consummate our initial business combination with one or more target businesses with a fair market value in excess of 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding the amount held in the trust account representing the underwriters' deferred discount), we may use the assets in the trust account for any purpose we may choose. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used in whole or in part as consideration to consummate our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital, including director and officer compensation, change-in-control payments or payments to affiliates, or to finance the operations of the target business, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
We believe that the funds available to us outside of the trust account of $50,000 and up to $2,750,000 of the interest earned on the trust account that may be released to us will be sufficient to allow us to operate through at least November 14, 2009, assuming that our initial business combination is not consummated during that time. During this period, although we are not required to, we intend to use these funds to identify and evaluate prospective acquisition candidates, to perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, to travel to and from offices or similar locations of prospective target businesses, to select the target business to acquire and to structure, negotiate, and consummate our initial business combination.
We anticipate that we will incur approximately $1,300,000 of expenses for legal, accounting and other expenses attendant to the due diligence investigation, structuring and negotiating of our initial business combination, $180,000 in the aggregate for the administrative fee payable to Teleos Management, L.L.C. and LLM Capital Partners LLC ($4,500 and $3,000, respectively, per month for 24 months), $100,000 of expenses in legal and accounting fees relating to our SEC reporting obligations, and $1,220,000 for general working capital that can be used in connection with our acquisition plans. We do not believe that 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 an offering of debt or equity securities if funds are required to consummate a business combination that is presented to us, although we have not entered into any such arrangements and have no current intention of doing so.
ITEM 3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
To date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities, activities relating to our initial public offering and the identification of a target business. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues. As the proceeds from our initial public offering held in the trust account have been invested in short term investments, our only market risk exposure relates to fluctuations in interest.
As of March 31, 2008, $249,022,194 of the net proceeds of our initial public offering (including accrued interest) was held in the trust account for the purposes of consummating our initial business combination. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee, has invested the money held in the trust account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA.
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We have not engaged in any hedging activities since our inception on July 9, 2007. We do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market risk to which we are exposed.
ITEM 4 CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules, regulations and related forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management on a timely basis to allow decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2008. Based upon that evaluation, management has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual report.
During the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Exchange Act that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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None.
There has been no material changes in our risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2007.
ITEM 2 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On November 20, 2007, we closed our initial public offering of 25,000,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of our common stock and one warrant, each to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. The units from the initial public offering were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating total gross proceeds of $250,000,000. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as the sole bookrunning manager and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. acting as co-managers of the initial public offering. The securities sold in the offering were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333- 145110). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective on November 14, 2007.
We paid a total of $7,500,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $705,004 for other costs and expenses related to the offering.
We also consummated the simultaneous private sale of 5,250,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating total proceeds of approximately $5,250,000. The warrants were purchased by Flat Ridge Investments LLC, LLM Structured Equity Fund L.P., LLM Investors L.P. and Capital Management Systems, Inc. The warrants are identical to the Warrants included in the Units sold in the IPO except that the warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis and, if we call the warrants for redemption, the warrants will not be redeemable by us so long as they are held by these purchasers or their permitted transferees. The purchasers of the warrants have agreed that the warrants will not be sold or transferred by them until 30 days after we have completed a business combination.
After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses, the total net proceeds to us from the offering were $247,044,996, and an amount of $247,000,000, including $10,000,000 of deferred underwriting commissions, was deposited into the trust account.
As of March 31, 2008, we have paid an aggregate of $707,364 in expenditures, which have been paid out of the proceeds of our initial public offering not held in trust and our withdrawal of $680,226 of interest earned on the funds held in trust, for the following purposes:
As of March 31, 2008, after giving effect to our initial public offering and our operations subsequent thereto, $249,022,194 (including accrued interest) was held in the trust account and we had
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$42,764 of unrestricted cash available to us for our activities in connection with identifying and conducting due diligence of a suitable business combination, and for general corporate matters.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
| 31.1 | Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Principal Executive Officer | |
| 31.2 | Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Principal Financial Officer | |
| 32.1 | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Executive Officer | |
| 32.2 | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Financial Officer |
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In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| PROSPECT ACQUISITION CORP. | |
Dated: May 12, 2008 |
/s/ DAVID A. MINELLA |
David A. Minella Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ JAMES J. CAHILL |
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James J. Cahill Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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