UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

 

☐    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________ 

 

Commission File Number:   001-35762

 

CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   45-2853218

(State or other jurisdiction of
 incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer  

Identification Number)

     

c/o The Chart Group, LP

555 5th Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY

  10017
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 350-8205

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

  

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 ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or 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. (Check one):

 

  Large accelerated filer  ☐ Accelerated filer
  Non-accelerated filer  ☐ Smaller reporting company
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)     

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Date File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  ☒

 

As of May 11, 2015 there were 5,226,924 shares of Company’s common stock issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 
 

 

CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION        
         
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS     1  
         
Condensed Balance Sheets     1  
Condensed Statements of Operations     2  
Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity     3  
Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity     4  
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     5  
Notes to Condensed Interim Financial Statements     6  
         
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS     19  
         
Overview     19  
         
Results of Operations     21  
         
Liquidity and Capital Resources     22  
         
Significant Accounting Policies     25  
         
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK     27  
         
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES     27  
         
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION        
         
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS     28  
         
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS     28  
         
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS     29  
         
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES     29  
         
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE     29  
         
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION     29  
         
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS     29  

 

  

 
 

 

PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.  INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

  

March 31,

2015

  

December 31,

2014

 
   (unaudited)     
ASSETS        
Current Assets:        
Cash  $66,907   $146,669 
Due from Sponsor   660    660 
Prepaid Expenses   5,000    39,002 
Total Current Assets   72,567    186,331 
           
Non-current Assets:          
Cash and Investments Held in Trust Account   29,769,639    65,355,296 
Total Assets  $29,842,206   $65,541,627 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY          
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  $2,496,298   $2,184,357 
Due to Affiliate   6,614    1,442 
Note Payable, Sponsor   986,668    709,168 
Notes Payable, Affiliate of Sponsor   613,332    440,832 
Total Current Liabilities   4,102,912    3,335,799 
           
Deferred Underwriting Fee   2,343,750    2,343,750 
Warrant Liability   2,205,000    4,331,250 
Total Liabilities   8,651,662    10,010,799 
           
Common stock subject to possible redemption; 1,619,054 and 5,053,083 shares at $10.00 per share at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively   16,190,543    50,530,827 
           
Stockholders' Equity:          
Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding   -    - 
Common Stock, $.0001 par value; 29,000,000 shares authorized; 3,607,870 and 3,732,226 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014,  respectively (excluding 1,619,054 and 5,053,083 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively)   361    373 
Additional Paid-in Capital   6,473,285    7,716,839 
Accumulated Deficit   (1,473,645)   (2,717,211)
Total Stockholders' Equity   5,000,001    5,000,001 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity  $29,842,206   $65,541,627 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed interim financial statements.

  

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

  

Three Months

Ended

March 31,

2015

  

Three Months

Ended

March 31,

2014

 
Revenue  $-   $- 
Formation and Operating Costs   -    - 
Professional Fees   638,674    293,264 
Insurance   42,577    40,898 
Filing Fees   19,600    20,625 
Overhead Costs   30,000    30,000 
Other Expenses   153,289    67,829 
Total General and Administrative Expenses   884,140    452,616 
Loss from Operations   (884,140)   (452,616)
Other Income:          
Interest Income   1,456    6,118 
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability   2,126,250    472,500 
Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders  $1,243,566   $26,002 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding, basic and diluted   3,703,210    3,569,018 
Basic and Diluted Net Income per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders  $0.34   $0.01 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed interim financial statements. 

  

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015

(unaudited)

 

                Additional           Total  
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Accumulated     Stockholders'  
    Shares     Par     Capital     Deficit     Equity  
                               
Balances, January 1, 2015     3,732,226     $ 373     $ 7,716,839     $ (2,717,211 )   $ 5,000,001  
                                         
Redemption of 3,558,385 shares     (3,558,385 )     (356 )     (35,583,494 )     -       (35,583,850 )
                                         
Change in shares subject to possible redemption to 1,619,054 shares at March 31,2015     3,434,029       344       34,339,940       -       34,340,284  
                                         
Net income attributable to common stockholders     -       -       -       1,243,566       1,243,566  
                                         
Balances, March 31, 2015     3,607,870     $ 361     $ 6,473,285     $ (1,473,645 )   $ 5,000,001  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed interim financial statements.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

(unaudited)

 

 

                Additional           Total  
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Accumulated     Stockholders'  
    Shares     Par     Capital     Deficit     Equity  
                               
Balances, January1, 2014     3,569,047     $ 357     $ 6,085,062     $ (1,085,418 )   $ 5,000,001  
                                         

Change in shares subject to possible

redemption to 6,183,553 shares at March

31,2014

    (2,600     -       (26,002     -       (26,002
                                         

Net income attributable to common

stockholders

    -       -       -       26,002       26,002  
                                         
Balances, March 31, 2014     3,566,447     $ 357     $ 6,059,060     $ (1,059,416 )   $ 5,000,001  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed interim financial statements.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

   

Three Months

Ended

March 31,

2015

   

Three Months

Ended

March 31,

2014

 
             
Cash Flows from Operating Activities                
Net Income   $ 1,243,566     $ 26,002  
Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:                
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability     (2,126,250 )     (472,500 )
Change in operating assets and liabilities:                
Prepaid Expenses     34,002       40,898  
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses     311,941       191,255  
Interest – net of interest expense on Trust Account     (1,456 )     (6,118 )
Due to Affiliate     5,172       -  
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities     (533,025 )     (220,463 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities                
            Proceeds from interest earned in Trust Account     3,263       52,861  
        Proceeds from sale of securities in Trust Account     35,583,850       -  
            Net Cash used in Investing Activities     35,587,113       52,861  
                 
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities                
Proceeds from Note Payable, Affiliate of Sponsor     172,500       153,333  
Proceeds from Note Payable, Sponsor     277,500       246,667  
Distribution of proceeds from Trust Account     (35,583,850 )     -  
Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Financing Activities     (35,133,850     400,000  
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash     (79,762 )     232,398  
Cash at Beginning of the Period     146,669       118,706  
Cash at Ending of the Period   $ 66,907     $ 351,104  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:                
Cash paid for state franchise tax   $ 13,510     $ -  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed interim financial statements. 

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

1.  DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

 

Chart Acquisition Corp. (“Chart,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) was incorporated in Delaware on July 22, 2011. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, exchangeable share transaction or similar business combination, one or more operating businesses or assets (an “initial business combination”). The Company has neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

At March 31, 2015, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2015 relates to the Company’s formation, initial public offering (“public offering”) described below in Note 4, and search for an initial business combination. See Note 12 for a description of the definitive agreements the Company entered into with Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC (“Tempus”) to complete an initial business combination, including a merger agreement.

 

The registration statement for the public offering was declared effective on December 13, 2012. The Company consummated the public offering on December 19, 2012 and received net proceeds of approximately $76,120,000 which includes $3,750,000 received from the private placement of 375,000 units to Chart Acquisition Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company (the “Sponsor”),  Joseph Wright, the Company’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board and Cowen Overseas Investment LP (with Cowen Investments LLC, the assignee of the shares of Chart common stock and Chart warrants, “Cowen”), an affiliate of Cowen and Company, LLC, one of the lead underwriters of the public offering and is net of approximately $2,630,000 of legal, accounting and underwriting fees. The Sponsor, Joseph Wright and Cowen each purchased units consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock (the “private placement”—Note 5).

 

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the public offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the public offering are intended to be generally applied toward effecting an initial business combination. Net proceeds of approximately $75,000,000 from the public offering and simultaneous private placements of the placement units (as described below in Note 5) are being held in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), acting as trustee (“the Trust Account”). The proceeds held in the Trust Account will be invested only in United States government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in United States Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Except for interest income earned on the Trust Account balance and released to us for working capital purposes and to pay taxes or dissolution expenses, if any, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) provides that none of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of our initial business combination; (ii) the expiration or termination of any tender offer conducted by the Company in connection with a proposed business combination not otherwise withdrawn; (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to consummate an initial business combination by June 13, 2015 (which date has been extended from March 13, 2015, as described below), subject to applicable law; or (iv) otherwise upon its liquidation or in the event its management resolves to liquidate the Trust Account and ceases to pursue the consummation of an initial business combination prior to June 13, 2015 (which date has been extended from March 13, 2015, as described below). The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders.

 

On September 5, 2014, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “September 2014 Meeting”). At the September 2014 Meeting, the stockholders approved the following items: (i) an amendment to the Charter extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from September 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015, (ii) an amendment to the Charter permitting stockholders to redeem their public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account and authorizing the Company and Continental, the trustee of the Trust Account, to disburse such redemption payments and (iii) an amendment and restatement of the investment management trust agreement (as amended and restated, the “Trust Agreement”) between the Company and Continental permitting distributions from the Trust Account to those persons holding shares of common stock comprising part of the units sold in the public offering who wish to exercise their redemption rights in connection with the September 2014 Meeting, and extending the date on which to liquidate the Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement to March 13, 2015. The affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-five percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company was required to approve each of the proposals.

 

In connection with the September 2014 Meeting, 964,691 shares were redeemed by the Company at a price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption amount of $9,646,910. As of December 31, 2014, $65,355,296 was held in the Trust Account after the foregoing redemptions.

 

On March 11, 2015, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “March 2015 Meeting”). At the March 2015 Meeting, the stockholders approved the following items: (i) an amendment to the Charter extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from March 13, 2015 to June 13, 2015, (ii) an amendment to the Charter permitting stockholders to redeem their public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account and authorizing the Company and Continental, the trustee of the Trust Account, to disburse such redemption payments and (iii) an amendment and restatement of the Trust Agreement between the Company and Continental permitting distributions from the Trust Account to those persons holding shares of common stock comprising part of the units sold in the public offering who wish to exercise their redemption rights in connection with the March 2015 Meeting, and extending the date on which to liquidate the Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement to June 13, 2015. The affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-five percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company was required to approve each of the proposals.

 

In connection with the March 2015 Meeting, 3,558,385 shares were redeemed by the Company at a price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption amount of $35,583,850. As of March 31, 2015, $29,769,639 was held in the Trust Account after the foregoing redemptions.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

1.  DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS — (continued)

 

Initial Business Combination

 

For the purposes of consummating an initial business combination, the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although its management team intends to focus on operating businesses in the following sectors: the provision and/or outsourcing of government services. The management team anticipates structuring an initial business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. It may also, however, structure an initial business combination to acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business but will not acquire less than a controlling interest.

 

We have entered into an agreement and plan of merger with such a business, and we are in the process of preparing documentation with which to present our proposed business combination with that business to our stockholders, who must approve the proposed business combination. On January 5, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with Tempus, a Delaware limited liability company and other related parties, as described in further detail below. On March 20, 2015, the parties entered into a First Amendment to Merger Agreement (the “First Amendment”). Hereafter, we may refer to all the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as the “Business Combination.” The consummation of the Business Combination is subject to other conditions, and there can be no assurance that the Business Combination will be consummated. For additional information regarding the Merger Agreement and Tempus, see note 12. The consummation of the Business Combination is subject to other conditions, and there can be no assurance that the Business Combination will be consummated.

 

The Company may consummate the initial business combination and conduct the redemptions without stockholder vote pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and may file tender offer documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

Regardless of whether the Company holds a stockholder vote or a tender offer in connection with an initial business combination, public stockholders will have the right to redeem their shares for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest but less taxes payable plus amounts released to fund working capital requirements. As a result, such shares will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the public offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board, (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification, (“ASC") Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

 

The Company will not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and, solely if it seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the initial business combination.

 

Only if the Company holds a stockholder vote to approve the initial business combination, and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, it may enter into privately negotiated transactions to purchase public shares from stockholders who would otherwise elect to redeem their shares, with such purchases made using funds held in the trust account. All shares so purchased by the Company will be immediately cancelled.

 

Liquidation and Going Concern

 

If the Company does not consummate an initial business combination by June 13, 2015 it will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem all public shares then outstanding, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account, less any interest released to the Company for working capital purposes, the payment of taxes or dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of its remaining stockholders and board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to its obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

 

As of March 31, 2015, we had a cash balance of $66,907, held outside of the Trust Account after issuance of $1,600,000 in promissory notes, which is available for use by us to cover the costs associated with identifying a target business and negotiating an initial business combination and other general corporate uses. On April 22, 2015, we issued an additional $140,000 promissory note to the Sponsor, which funds are available for use by us to cover the costs associated with identifying a target business and negotiating a business combination and other general corporate uses. We believe that we have sufficient funds available to conduct the normal operations of the business. However, we may need to obtain additional financing from our Sponsor, Cowen and Mr. Wright to consummate our initial business combination with an operating business by June 13, 2015. 

  

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

2.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying condensed interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and the results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for a full fiscal year.

 

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

 

The Company complied with the reporting requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 915, “Development Stage Entities” (Topic 915). As of December 31, 2014, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-10 (ASU No. 2014-10) to Topic 915, which eliminated certain financial reporting requirements of companies previously identified as “Development Stage Entities” (Topic 915). The amendments in ASU No. 2014-10 simplify the accounting guidance by removing all incremental financial reporting requirements for development stage entities. The amendments also reduce data maintenance and, for those entities subject to audit, audit costs, by eliminating the requirement for development stage entities to present inception-to-date information in the statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity.

 

As of December 31, 2014, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15, which provided guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related footnote disclosures.

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company’s financial statements conform with the reporting and disclosure requirements above.

 

Net Income Per Common Share

 

Net income per common share is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company did have dilutive securities (warrants and notes that convert into warrants) that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common shares. However, since the exercise price of the dilutive securities are in excess of the average Company’s stock price for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, it is deemed out of the money. Accordingly, no incremental shares were included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share. As a result, diluted income per common share is the same as basic income per share for periods presented.

 

Cash and Investments Held in Trust Account

 

The Company records the cash and investments held in the Trust Account in accordance with ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” 

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Income Tax

 

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets when it is determined that it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had net deferred tax assets of approximately $511,000 and $951,000, respectively, before any valuation allowance, mainly related to change in the fair value of its warrant liability, net operating loss carry forwards and startup costs. The income taxes differed from the 35% expected rate due to the valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Management has determined that a full valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset is appropriate at this time.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES — (continued)

 

Income Tax (continued)

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards of $125,000 that will begin to expire in 2032.

 

FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48) (now incorporated into FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes), sets out a consistent framework to determine the appropriate level of tax reserves to maintain for uncertain tax positions. This interpretation uses a two-step approach wherein a tax benefit is recognized if a position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The amount of the benefit is then measured to be the highest tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely to be realized. Based on its analysis, the Company has determined that it has not incurred any liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2015. The Company’s conclusions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, on-going analyses of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof. The Company files an income tax return in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and may file income tax returns in various U.S. states and foreign jurisdictions.  The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. No interest expense or penalties have been recognized as of March 31, 2015.

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by U.S. federal, U.S. states or foreign jurisdiction authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign tax laws.

 

We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of shares of our common stock authorized and outstanding to be approximately $78,000.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. No interest expense or penalties have been recognized as of March 31, 2015.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheets.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 

Redeemable Common Stock

 

As discussed in Note 1, all of the common shares sold as part of the units in the public offering and still outstanding at March 31, 2015 contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of common shares under the Company’s liquidation or tender offer/stockholder approval provisions. In accordance with ASC Topic 480 "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity", redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity.

 

Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC Topic 480. Although the Company does not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that in no event will they redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets (stockholders’ equity) to be less than $5,000,001.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES— (continued)

 

Redeemable Common Stock— (continued)

 

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of the security to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock shall be affected by charges against the par value of common stock and retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, by charges against additional paid-in capital in accordance with ASC Topic 480-10-S99. Accordingly, at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, public shares of 1,619,054 and 5,053,083, respectively, are classified outside of permanent equity at its redemption value. The redemption value (approximately $10.00 at March 31, 2015) is equal to the pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, less any interest released to the Company for working capital purposes or the payment of taxes.

 

4. PUBLIC OFFERING

 

In the public offering, the Company sold 7,500,000 units at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of (i) one share of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value (“common stock”), and (ii) one warrant to purchase one share of common stock (“warrant”). Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50. Each warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination and one year from the date of the prospectus for the public offering, and will expire five years from the date of the initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. The Company may redeem the warrants at a price of $0.01 per warrant upon 30 days’ prior written notice after the warrants become exercisable, only in the event that the last sales price of the common stock (or the closing bid price of the common stock in the event shares of our common stock are not traded on any specific trading day) equals or exceeds $17.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending three business days before the notice of redemption is given. In the event that a registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise, the holders of the warrants shall not be entitled to exercise such warrants (except on a cashless basis under certain circumstances) and in no event except as disclosed in Note 7 (whether in the case of a registration statement not being effective or otherwise) will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants and the warrants will expire worthless. For a further discussion of the warrants, please refer to the following two paragraphs and to Note 7.

 

In connection with our initial public offering, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright, and Cowen collectively committed to offer to purchase up to 3,750,000 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant in a proposed tender offer that would commence after our announcement of our initial business combination and expire upon the consummation of such initial business combination. The proposed purchase price of $0.60 was determined by our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen in consultation with the representatives of the underwriters of our initial public offering and based on these entities’ knowledge of the securities markets.

 

In connection with our initial public offering, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen deposited an aggregate of $2,250,000 with Continental into a segregated escrow account (representing $0.60 per warrant for up to 3,750,000 warrants). More specifically, the Sponsor deposited $1,387,500, Mr. Wright deposited $75,000 and Cowen deposited $787,500. The funds held in the escrow account were to be invested only in United States treasuries or in money market funds that invest solely in United States treasuries with a maturity of 180 days or less.

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Private Placement

 

On August 9, 2011, the Company issued to the Sponsor in a private placement 2,156,250 shares (after giving effect to its 0.75-for-1 reverse stock split effectuated on July 10, 2012) of restricted common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, of which 281,250 shares were forfeited in January 2013. The founder shares will not be released from transfer restrictions until: (i) one year after the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or earlier if, subsequent to its initial business combination, the last sales price of its common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after its initial business combination, or (ii) the date on which it consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after its initial business combination that results in all of its stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

The Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen purchased, simultaneously with the closing of the public offering, 375,000 units (the “placement units”) from the Company at a price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of common stock (“placement shares”) and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock (“placement warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $3,750,000 in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The placement warrants are identical to the warrants sold in the public offering except that, (i) if held by the initial holders or their permitted assigns, they (a) whenever exercisable, may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis at the option of the holder; and (b) will not be redeemable by the Company, and (ii) the placement warrants issued to Cowen, so long as held by Cowen or any of its related persons under FINRA rules, expire five years from the effectiveness of the registration statement. In addition, the placement warrants and placement shares are subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the initial business combination.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS — (continued)

 

Private Placement — (continued)

 

The founder shares and the placement shares are identical to the shares of common stock included in the units that were sold in the public offering except that (i) the founder shares and the placement shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions as described above, and (ii) each of the initial stockholders and Cowen has agreed not to redeem any of the founder shares or placement shares, as the case may be, held by them in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination, and each has also waived its rights to participate in any redemption with respect to its founder shares and placement shares, as the case may be, if the Company fails to consummate an initial business combination.

 

However, each of the initial stockholders and Cowen (as applicable) will be entitled to redeem any public shares it acquires in or after the public offering in the event the Company fails to consummate an initial business combination within the required time period.

 

In connection with a stockholder vote to approve an initial business combination, if any, each of the Company’s initial stockholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and/or placement shares, as the case may be, in favor of the initial business combination. In addition, the Company’s initial stockholders, officers and directors have each also agreed to vote any shares of common stock acquired in the public offering or in the aftermarket in favor of the initial business combination submitted to stockholders for approval, if any.

 

The initial holders of the Company’s founder shares and placement shares and their permitted transferees are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the date of the Company’s prospectus relating to the public offering.

 

Such holders are entitled to demand registration rights and certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the founder shares, the placement shares, the placement warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the placement warrants, commencing, in the case of the founder shares, one year after the consummation of the initial business combination and commencing, in the case of the placement shares, the placement warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the placement warrants, 30 days after the consummation of the initial business combination.

 

Note Payable to Sponsor

 

The Company issued a $246,667 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to the Sponsor on February 10, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the earlier of (i) the date that is nine (9) months from the date of the note or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The note is convertible at the Sponsor’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was further amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

 The Company issued a $215,834 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to the Sponsor on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The note is convertible at the Sponsor’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination and will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $246,667 unsecured non-interest bearing non-convertible promissory note to our Sponsor on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $277,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on February 4, 2015. Payment on this note is due on the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

  

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on April 22, 2015. Payment on this note is due on the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS — (continued)

 

Notes Payable to Affiliate

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen, an affiliate of one of our directors, on February 4, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the date of the consummation of an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Cowen’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was further amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $122,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Cowen’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing non-convertible promissory note to Cowen on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $157,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen on February 4, 2015. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $13,333 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on February 7, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the date of the consummation of an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Mr. Wright’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was further amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $11,666 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Mr. Wright’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $13,333 unsecured non-interest bearing non-convertible promissory note to Mr. Wright on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $15,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on February 4, 2015. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of : (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

Due to Affiliate

 

As of March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Chart Group L.P., an affiliate of the sponsor, has paid certain offering, formation and operating costs on behalf of the Company. The total of such costs do not bear interest, and is due on demand. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the total amount owed to the Chart Group L.P. is $6,614 and $1,442, respectively.

  

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS — (continued)

 

Administrative Services

 

The Company has agreed to pay the Chart Group L.P., an affiliate of the sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space and general and administrative services. Services commenced on December 14, 2012, the date the securities of the Company were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and will terminate upon the earlier of the consummation of an initial business combination or the liquidation of the Company.  For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 the Company incurred $30,000, pursuant to this service agreement. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company has prepaid $5,000 relative to the service agreement.

 

6.  COMMITMENTS

 

The Company paid an underwriting discount of 2.750% (or $2,062,500) of the public unit offering price to the underwriters at the closing of the public offering, with an additional deferred fee of 3.125% (or $2,343,750) of the gross offering proceeds payable to the representatives of the underwriters upon the Company’s consummation of an initial business combination.

 

7. WARRANT LIABILITY

 

The Company sold 7,875,000 units in the public offering and private placement, each comprised of one share of common stock and one warrant.  The warrants expire five years after the date of the Company's initial business combination.  The warrants issued contain a cash settlement provision, as provided in the amended and restated warrant agreement in the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined therein) after the initial business combination (see below), which requires liability treatment under ASC Topic 815-40-55-2 as the warrant agreement requires net-cash settlement upon a change in control must be classified as an asset or liability.  

 

In connection with our initial public offering, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright, and Cowen collectively committed to offer to purchase up to 3,750,000 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant in a proposed tender offer that would commence after our announcement of our initial business combination and expire upon the consummation of such initial business combination. The proposed purchase price of $0.60 was determined by our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen in consultation with the representatives of the underwriters of our initial public offering and based on these entities’ knowledge of the securities markets.

 

In connection with our initial public offering, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen deposited an aggregate of $2,250,000 with Continental into a segregated escrow account (representing $0.60 per warrant for up to 3,750,000 warrants). More specifically, the Sponsor deposited $1,387,500, Mr. Wright deposited $75,000 and Cowen deposited $787,500. The funds held in the escrow account were to be invested only in United States treasuries or in money market funds that invest solely in United States treasuries with a maturity of 180 days or less.

 

In August 2014, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 7,500,000 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.30 per warrant in connection with the in connection with a special meeting of Chart’s stockholders to approve, among other matters, an amendment to Chart’s existing charter extending the date by which Chart must consummate its initial business combination from September 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015. A total of 7,700 warrants were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer. In September 2014, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen accepted for purchase all such warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $2,310.

 

In March 2015, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 3,750,000 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.30 per warrant in connection with the Meeting. A total of 647,500 warrants were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer. In March 2015, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen accepted for purchase all such warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $194,250.

 

Management uses the closing price of the warrants (unless no trade occurred in which case the last trade price is used) for the valuation of the warrants to determine the warrant liability to be $2,205,000 and $4,331,250 as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.  This valuation is revised on a quarterly basis until the warrants are exercised or they expire, with the changes in fair value recorded in the statements of operations.

 

In the event of a Fundamental Transaction, which can only happen after the initial business combination, at the request of the holder delivered at any time through the date that is 30 days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company (or the successor entity to the Company) shall purchase such warrant from the holder by paying to the holder, within five trading days after such request, cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of such warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction. Any holder that receives cash pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall not receive any Alternate Consideration (as defined in the amended and restated warrant agreement) from such transaction. For purposes hereof, "Black Scholes Value" means the value of the warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the "OV" function on Bloomberg using (i) a price per share of common stock equal to the closing sale price of the common stock for the trading day immediately preceding the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such warrant as of such date of request, and (iii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of (A) forty percent (40%) and (B) the 30-day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg determined as of the trading day immediately following the announcement of the Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a "Style" of "Warrant" and (v) a "Warrant type" of "Capped" where "Call cap" equals $17.50.

  

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

8. INVESTMENT HELD IN TRUST ACCOUNT

 

Subsequent to the public offering, an amount of $75,000,000 (including $2,343,750 of deferred underwriters’ fee) of the net proceeds of the public offering and private placement, was deposited in a Trust Account and invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 have a maturity of 180 days or less until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a business combination, or (ii) liquidation of the Company. In connection with the September 2014 Meeting, 964,691 shares were redeemed by the Company at a price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption amount of $9,646,910. In connection with the March 2015 Meeting, 3,558,385 shares were redeemed by the Company at a price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption amount of $35,583,850. As of March 31, 2015, $29,769,639 was held in the Trust Account after the foregoing redemptions.

 

As of March 31, 2015, investment securities in the Trust Account consist of $29,767,691 in United States money market mutual fund securities and another $1,948 is held as cash. As of December 31, 2014, investment securities in the Trust Account consist of $65,353,505 in United States money market mutual fund securities and another $1,791 is held as cash.

 

9.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Company complies with ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement” for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest rates and yield curves. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and includes situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability:

 

   March 31,  

Quoted Prices

In Active

Markets

  

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

  

Significant

Other

Unobservable

Inputs

 
Description  2015   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3) 
Assets:                
U.S. Treasury money market mutual fund held in Trust Account  $29,767,691   $29,767,691         
Liabilities:                    
Warrant Liability  $2,205,000       $2,205,000     

  

   December 31,  

Quoted Prices

In Active

Markets

  

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

  

Significant

Other

Unobservable

Inputs

 
Description  2014   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3) 
Assets:                
U.S. Treasury money market mutual fund held in Trust Account  $65,353,505   $65,353,505         
Liabilities:                    
Warrant Liability  $4,331,250       $4,331,250     

 

The fair values of the Company's investments held in the Trust Account and warrant liability are determined through market, observable and corroborated sources. 

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

10. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 29,000,000 shares of common stock. Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share.

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were 3,607,870 and 3,732,226 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively (excluding 1,619,054 and 5,053,083 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively).

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more series, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company has not issued any shares of preferred stock.

 

11. INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION

 

On July 16, 2014, the Company announced that it signed definitive agreements to complete an initial business combination with Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC ("Tempus Intermediate"). Pursuant to the definitive agreements, at the closing, a subsidiary of the Company was to issue to the equity holders of Tempus Intermediate equity interests exchangeable for approximately 10 million shares of the Company's common stock and was to assume liabilities of Tempus Intermediate, representing a total purchase price of $140 million, subject to adjustments as defined in the definitive agreements. The cash held in the Company's trust account was to be used to fund any redemption by the Company’s public stockholders and the payment of transaction fees and expenses. Remaining cash was to be used for working capital. On January 5, 2015, the definitive agreements relating to the business combination with Tempus Intermediate were terminated.

 

Termination Agreement

 

On January 5, 2015, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Supporting Stockholder Agreement, the parties to the Equity Transfer and Acquisition Agreement, dated July 15, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), and the Supporting Stockholder Agreement, dated July 15, 2014 (the “Old SSA”), entered into a Termination Agreement, by and among Chart, Tempus Group Holdings, LLC, Tempus Intermediate, each of the members of Tempus Intermediate, Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, as the Members’ Representative under the Purchase Agreement, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Mr. Joseph Wright and Cowen, as the Warrant Offerors under the Purchase Agreement, and Chart Acquisition Group, LLC, The Chart Group, L.P., Christopher D. Brady, Joseph Wright and Cowen, as the Stockholders under the Old SSA, pursuant to which the Purchase Agreement and the Old SSA were each terminated, effective immediately, and are no longer of any force or effect.

  

12. MERGER AGREEMENT

 

Merger Agreement with Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC

 

On January 5, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with Tempus, the current holders of Tempus’ membership interests (the “Sellers”), Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, together, in their capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the Sellers for the purposes set forth therein (the “Members’ Representative”), Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary which will be the holding company for Tempus and Chart following the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) (“Tempus Holdings”), Chart Merger Sub Inc., a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (“Chart Merger Sub”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (“Tempus Merger Sub”), Chart Acquisition Group LLC in its capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the equity holders of Chart and Tempus Holdings (other than the Sellers and their successors and assigns) in accordance with the terms thereof (the “Chart Representative”) and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen (together, the “Warrant Offerors”). On March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Merger Agreement (the “First Amendment”), by and among the Company, Tempus, the Sellers, the Members’ Representative, Tempus Holdings, Chart Merger Sub, Tempus Merger Sub, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

12. MERGER AGREEMENT— (continued)

 

Merger Agreement with Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC— (continued)

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) Chart Merger Sub would merge with and into Chart, with Chart being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (such merger, the “Chart Merger”), (ii) Tempus Merger Sub would merge with and into Tempus, with Tempus being the surviving entity and a wholly owned-subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (such merger, the “Tempus Merger”), and (iii) Tempus Holdings would become a publicly traded company. Hereafter, we may also refer to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as the “Business Combination.” The Chart Merger and the Tempus Merger (together, the “Mergers”) will occur simultaneously upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

In the Chart Merger, the outstanding equity securities of Chart would be cancelled and the holders of outstanding shares of Chart common stock and warrants would receive substantially identical securities of Tempus Holdings. In the Tempus Merger, the outstanding membership interests of Tempus would be cancelled in exchange for the right of the Sellers to receive as the aggregate merger consideration 3,700,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, subject to certain adjustments, plus an additional right to receive potentially up to 6,300,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock as an earn-out if certain financial milestones are achieved (the “Earn-out Shares”).

 

As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chart Merger Sub and Tempus Merger Sub would cease to exist, Chart and Tempus would become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tempus Holdings, and the equity holders of Chart and Tempus would become the stockholders of Tempus Holdings. In addition, the consummation of the Business Combination is subject to the completion of the Warrant Offerors’ offer to purchase up to 3,422,400 warrants to purchase common stock of Chart at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant (the “Warrant Tender Offer”). The Warrant Tender Offer commenced on April 21, 2015. Chart will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of common stock for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, less taxes, upon the consummation of the Business Combination. For additional information relating to the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination, see the section below titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Overview” and see the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, initially filed by Tempus Holdings with the SEC on January 9, 2015.

 

Merger Consideration

 

As consideration in the pending Chart Merger, each Chart stockholder would receive one share of Tempus Holdings common stock for each share of Chart common stock owned by such stockholder, and each Chart warrant holder will receive a warrant to purchase one share of Tempus Holdings common stock for each warrant to acquire one share of Chart common stock owned by such warrant holder (with the terms of such Tempus Holdings warrant otherwise being substantially identical to such Chart warrant).

 

As consideration in the pending Tempus Merger, at the closing, the Sellers would receive in the aggregate 3,700,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, subject to an upward or downward dollar-for-dollar merger consideration adjustment deliverable in shares of Tempus Holdings common stock at the closing (with each share of Tempus Holdings common stock valued at $10.00 per share) to the extent that Tempus’ estimated working capital and/or debt as of the closing varies from certain targets specified in the Merger Agreement. After the closing, the merger consideration will be subject to a further upward or downward dollar-for-dollar adjustment payable in shares of Tempus Holdings common stock (with each share of Tempus Holdings common stock valued at $10.00 per share) to the extent that Tempus’ actual working capital and/or debt varies from the amounts estimated at the closing, with such actual amounts determined by the Chart Representative, subject to a dispute resolution process in the event that the Members’ Representative disputes such calculation.

 

Additionally, the Sellers would have the right, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, to receive the Earn-Out Shares, as more fully described below, if they meet the performance targets set forth in the Merger Agreement. The aggregate merger consideration payable to the Sellers, including any Earn-out Shares would be paid pro rata to each Seller based on their membership interests in Tempus.

 

Earn-out Provisions

 

In addition to the 3,700,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock deliverable by Tempus Holdings to the Sellers at the Closing (as adjusted for Tempus working capital and debt), the Sellers would have the right to receive an additional earn-out payment of 1,550,000 Earn-out Shares if the trailing twelve month consolidated EBITDA, as adjusted to account for normal operations of Tempus Holdings and its subsidiaries exceeds $14,100,000 for any two consecutive fiscal quarters during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. The Sellers would further have the right to receive an additional 2,000,000 Earn-out Shares if the trailing twelve month consolidated EBITDA, as adjusted to account for normal operations, of Tempus Holdings and its subsidiaries exceeds $17,500,000 for any two consecutive fiscal quarters during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. The Sellers would further have the right to receive an additional 2,750,000 Earn-out Shares if the trailing twelve month consolidated EBITDA, as adjusted to account for normal operations, of Tempus Holdings and its subsidiaries exceeds $22,500,000 for any two consecutive fiscal quarters during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. The Sellers are eligible to receive a total of 6,300,000 Earn-out Shares under the Merger Agreement.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

12. MERGER AGREEMENT— (continued)

 

Earn-out Provisions— (continued)

 

The calculation of the trailing twelve month consolidated EBITDA, as adjusted to account for normal operations, of Tempus Holdings and its subsidiaries would be done each fiscal quarter by the Chart Representative after Tempus Holdings’ preparation and delivery to its board of directors of its consolidated financial statements for such fiscal quarter, subject to a dispute resolution process in the event that the Members’ Representative disputes such calculation, and any Earn-out Shares that are finally determined to be earned by the Sellers would be delivered by Tempus Holdings within 60 days after final determination that they were so earned.

 

The Earn-out Shares would be subject to lock-up (in addition to any lock-up restrictions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, as more fully described below) for the longer of 12 months from the date of the Merger Agreement and six months from the date of issuance, subject to earlier release in the event of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or similar transaction involving Tempus Holdings. Additionally, during such lock-up period, the Earn-out Shares would be subject to claw-back by Tempus Holdings in the event that after the Earn-out Shares are issued, it is determined that there was a financial statement error, contract adjustment or other mistake or adjustment, and as a result of which, the Earn-out Shares should have not been paid.

 

Conditions to Closing of the Business Combination

 

The obligations of the parties to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of customary closing conditions of the respective parties. In addition, each parties’ obligations to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of other closing conditions, including: (a) completion of the tender offer by the Warrant Offerors to purchase up to 3,422,400 Chart warrants at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant (the “Warrant Tender Offer”); (b) the receipt of the requisite approval from Chart stockholders of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and of the Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”); (c) a registration statement on Form S-4 registering the shares to be issued to Chart’s stockholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement shall have become effective; (d) the members of the board of directors of Tempus Holdings as specified in the Merger Agreement shall have been appointed to the board of directors of Tempus Holdings; and (e) Chart shall not have redeemed its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets (stockholders’ equity) to be less than $5,000,001. Additionally, the obligations of the Chart Parties to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of other closing conditions, including, among others: (i) the combined assets and liabilities of Chart and Tempus as of the Closing (but giving effect to the Closing, including any redemptions of Chart’s public shares), are such that on a combined basis, there will be net tangible assets (stockholders’ equity) of at least $5,000,001, plus an additional amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents sufficient to pay for any accrued expenses of Chart, Tempus and their respective subsidiaries through the Closing and to provide Tempus Holdings and its subsidiaries (including Tempus) with sufficient working capital as of the Closing to enable them to pay for expenses required under contracts entered into by Chart, Tempus or the respective subsidiaries at or prior to the Closing, as they come due; and (ii) Tempus shall have entered into one or more contracts providing for at least $100 million of revenues payable to Tempus within 12 months after the date of the Closing. Additionally, the obligations of Tempus and the Sellers to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of the closing condition that Tempus Holdings shall have filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment and restatement of its certificate of incorporation in the form attached to the Merger Agreement.

 

Termination

 

The Merger Agreement may also be terminated under certain customary and limited circumstances at any time prior to the Closing. In addition, the Merger Agreement may be terminated under other circumstances at any time prior to the Closing, including, among others: (i) by either the Members’ Representative or Chart if the Closing has not occurred on or before March 13, 2015 (unless Chart receives the approval of its stockholders to extend the deadline for Chart to consummate Chart’s initial business combination, in which case the March 13, 2015 date will be extended to the earlier of (x) such extended date or (y) 180 days after the date of Merger Agreement), so long as there is no breach by such terminating party (or its related parties) that caused the Closing not to have occurred; (ii) by either the Members’ Representative or Chart if the special meeting of Chart’s stockholders shall have occurred and Chart’s stockholders shall not have approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and the Incentive Plan; or (iii) by either the Members’ Representative or Chart if at the conclusion of a special meeting of Chart’s stockholder called to approve an amendment to Chart’s existing charter to extend the deadline for Chart to consummate its initial business combination beyond March 13, 2015, such deadline extension is not approved.

 

If the Merger Agreement is terminated, all further obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement (except for certain obligations related to confidentiality, public announcements and general provisions) will terminate, and no party to the Merger Agreement will have any further liability to any other party thereto except for liability for fraud or for willful breach of the Merger Agreement. There are no termination fees in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement.

 

Other Agreements

 

In connection with the Business Combination, a number of additional agreements have been or will be entered into by the parties, including a Supporting Stockholder Agreement, a Registration Rights Agreement and Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement.

 

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CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

13. COMPLIANCE

 

The Company received a written notice on September 2, 2014 from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of NASDAQ indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(3), which requires the Company to maintain a minimum of 300 public holders for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, and that NASDAQ had determined to initiate procedures to delist the Company’s securities. The Company appealed such determination to a hearings panel (the “Panel”) and on October 23, 2014, NASDAQ advised the Company that the Panel had granted its request for continued listing subject to completing its business combination and achieving compliance with all NASDAQ initial listing requirements, including but not limited to the minimum shareholder requirements, by March 4, 2015.

 

On March 2, 2015, the Company received a letter from NASDAQ stating that the Panel had determined to delist the Company’s securities from NASDAQ, and will suspend trading in the Company’s securities effective at the open of business on March 5, 2015, due to the Company’s failure to demonstrate compliance with the minimum shareholder requirements. NASDAQ further indicated that it would complete the delisting action by filing a Form 25 Notification of Delisting with the SEC after all applicable appeal periods have lapsed. The Company decided not to appeal the Panel’s delisting determination.

 

On April 27, 2015, NASDAQ issued a press release stating that it will delist the Company’s common stock, warrant, and units which were suspended on March 5, 2015 and have not traded on NASDAQ since that time. On April 28, 2015, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the SEC to complete the delisting. The delisting will become effective ten days after the filing of the Form 25. The Company’s common stock, warrants and units continue trading on the OTCQB market under the ticker symbols “CACG,” “CACGW” and “CACGU,” respectively.

  

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

Management has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date of issuance of the financial statements, noting the following events disclosed in Notes 5, 12 and 13:

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on April 22, 2015. Payment on this note is due on the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination.

 

On April 21, 2015, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 3,422,400 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant in connection with, and contingent upon, the consummation of the Business Combination 

 

On April 27, 2015, NASDAQ issued a press release stating that it will delist the Company’s common stock, warrant, and units which were suspended on March 5, 2015 and have not traded on NASDAQ since that time. On April 28, 2015, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the SEC to complete the delisting. The delisting will become effective ten days after the filing of the Form 25. The Company’s common stock, warrants and units continue trading on the OTCQB market under the ticker symbols “CACG,” “CACGW” and “CACGU,” respectively.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the interim financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q (“Report”). Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

 

Special Note Regarding 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 Operations” 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 our filings with the SEC. 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 are a newly organized blank check company formed on July 22, 2011 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.  We consummated our initial public offering on December 19, 2012. We seek to capitalize on the global network and investing and operating experience of our management team to identify, acquire and operate one or more businesses focused on the provision and/or outsourcing of government services operating within or outside of North America, although we may pursue acquisition opportunities in other business sectors or geographic regions. We believe that the acquisition and operation of an established business focused on the provision and/or outsourcing of government services will provide a foundation from which to build, through acquisition or organic growth, a diversified business platform. We believe our management team has the skills and experience to identify, evaluate and consummate a business combination and is positioned to assist businesses we acquire to satisfy the increased demand for the provision and/or outsourcing of government services because of the experience of our management team in the government sector. However, our management team’s global network and investing and operating experience is not a guarantee of a successful initial business combination.

 

On September 5, 2014, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “September 2014 Meeting”) at which the stockholders approved the following items: (i) an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from September 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015, (ii) an amendment to the Charter permitting stockholders to redeem their public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) and authorizing the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), the trustee of the Trust Account, to disburse such redemption payments (the “Redemption Rights Amendment”) and (iii) an amendment and restatement of the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as amended and restated, the “Trust Agreement”) between the Company and Continental permitting distributions from the Trust Account to those persons holding shares of common stock comprising part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering who wish to exercise their redemption rights in connection with the September 2014 Meeting, and extending the date on which to liquidate the Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement to March 13, 2015 (the “Trust Amendment”). The affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-five percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company was required to approve each of the proposals. The number of shares of common stock redeemed in connection with the September 2014 Meeting was 964,691.

 

In August 2014, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 3,750,000 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.30 per warrant in connection with the Meeting. A total of 7,700 warrants were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer. In September 2014, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen accepted for purchase all such warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $2,310.

 

On January 5, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with Tempus Applied Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tempus”), the current holders of Tempus’ membership interests (the “Sellers”), Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, together, in their capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the Sellers for the purposes set forth therein (the “Members’ Representative”), Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary which will be the holding company for Tempus and Chart following the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) (“Tempus Holdings”), Chart Merger Sub Inc., a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (“Chart Merger Sub”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (“Tempus Merger Sub”), Chart Acquisition Group LLC in its capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the equity holders of Chart and Tempus Holdings (other than the Sellers and their successors and assigns) in accordance with the terms thereof (the “Chart Representative”) and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen (together, the “Warrant Offerors”). On March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Merger Agreement (the “First Amendment”), by and among the Company, Tempus, the Sellers, the Members’ Representative, Tempus Holdings, Chart Merger Sub, Tempus Merger Sub, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, the “Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors.

 

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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) Chart Merger Sub would merge with and into Chart, with Chart being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (such merger, the “Chart Merger”), (ii) Tempus Merger Sub would merge with and into Tempus, with Tempus being the surviving entity and a wholly owned-subsidiary of Tempus Holdings (such merger, the “Tempus Merger”), and (iii) Tempus Holdings would become a publicly traded company. Hereafter, we may also refer to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as the “Business Combination.” The Chart Merger and the Tempus Merger (together, the “Mergers”) will occur simultaneously upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

In the Chart Merger, the outstanding equity securities of Chart would be cancelled and the holders of outstanding shares of Chart common stock and warrants would receive substantially identical securities of Tempus Holdings. In the Tempus Merger, the outstanding membership interests of Tempus would be cancelled in exchange for the right of the Sellers to receive as the aggregate merger consideration 3,700,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, subject to certain adjustments, plus an additional right to receive potentially up to 6,300,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock as an earn-out if certain financial milestones are achieved (the “Earn-out Shares”).

 

As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chart Merger Sub and Tempus Merger Sub would cease to exist, Chart and Tempus would become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tempus Holdings, and the equity holders of Chart and Tempus would become the stockholders of Tempus Holdings. In addition, the consummation of the Business Combination is subject to the completion of the Warrant Offerors’ offer to purchase up to 3,422,400 warrants to purchase common stock of Chart at a purchase price of $0.60 per warrant (the “Warrant Tender Offer”). The Warrant Tender Offer commenced on April 21, 2015. Chart will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of common stock for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, less taxes, upon the consummation of the Business Combination. For additional information relating to the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination, see the Registration Statement on Form S-4, initially filed by Tempus Holdings with the SEC on January 9, 2015, as amended on April 20, 2015.

 

On January 5, 2015, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the supporting agreements, the parties to the Equity Transfer and Acquisition Agreement, dated July 15, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), and the Supporting Stockholder Agreement, dated July 15, 2014 (the “Old SSA”), entered into a Termination Agreement, by and among Chart, Tempus Group Holdings, LLC, Tempus Intermediate Holdings each of the members of Tempus Intermediate Holdings, Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, as the Members’ Representative under the Purchase Agreement, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Mr. Joseph Wright and Cowen, as the Warrant Offerors under the Purchase Agreement, and Chart Acquisition Group, LLC, The Chart Group, L.P., Christopher D. Brady, Joseph Wright and Cowen, as the Stockholders under the Old SSA, pursuant to which the Purchase Agreement and the Old SSA were each terminated, effective immediately, and are no longer of any force or effect.

 

On March 11, 2015, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “March 2015 Meeting”). At the March 2015 Meeting, the stockholders approved the following items: (i) an amendment to the Company’s Charter extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from March 13, 2015 to June 13, 2015, (ii) an amendment to the Charter permitting stockholders to redeem their public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account and authorizing the Company and Continental, the trustee of the Trust Account, to disburse such redemption payments and (iii) an amendment and restatement of the Trust Agreement between the Company and Continental permitting distributions from the Trust Account to those persons holding shares of common stock comprising part of the units sold in the public offering who wish to exercise their redemption rights in connection with the March 2015 Meeting, and extending the date on which to liquidate the Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement to June 13, 2015. The affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-five percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company was required to approve each of the proposals.

 

In connection with the March 2015 Meeting, 3,558,385 shares were redeemed by the Company at a price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption amount of $35,583,850. As of March 31, 2015, $29,769,639 was held in the Trust Account after the foregoing redemptions

 

In March 2015, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 7,492,300 of our issued and outstanding warrants at a purchase price of $0.30 per warrant in connection with the Meeting. A total of 647,500 warrants were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer. In March 2015, our Sponsor, Mr. Wright and Cowen accepted for purchase all such warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $194,250.

 

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Results of Operations

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 we had a net gain of $1,243,566, consisting primarily of a change in the fair value of the warrant liability offset by general and administrative expenses.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 we had a net gain of $26,002, consisting primarily of a change in the fair value of the warrant liability offset by general and administrative expenses.

 

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date.  All activity through March 31, 2015 relates to our formation, our private placements and offering, the identification and evaluation of prospective candidates for an initial business combination, and general corporate matters.  Since the completion of our offering, we have not generated any operating revenues and will not until after completion of our initial business combination, at the earliest.  We may generate small amounts of non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents, but such income is not expected to be significant in view of the current low yields on Treasury securities.   We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. As of March 31, 2015, approximately $30 million was held in the trust account and we had cash outside of trust of approximately $67,000 (from the proceeds of certain notes) and approximately $2,496,000 in accounts payable and accrued expenses. All interest income on the balance of the trust accounts may be available to us to fund our working capital requirements. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company has withdrawn $3,263 in funds from interest earned on the trust proceeds. Other than the deferred underwriting fees, no amounts are payable to the underwriters of our initial public offering in the event of a business combination. On April 22, 2015, we issued an additional $140,000 promissory note to the Sponsor, which funds are available for use by us to cover the costs associated with identifying a target business and negotiating a business combination and other general corporate uses. We believe that we have sufficient funds available to conduct the normal operations of the business. However, we may need to obtain additional financing to consummate our initial business combination by June 13, 2015.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

On December 19, 2012, we consummated our offering of 7,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Simultaneously with the consummation of our offering, we consummated the private sale of 375,000 units to our sponsor, Joseph Wright and Cowen for $3.75 million. We received net proceeds from our offering and the sale of the placement units of approximately $76,120,000 net of the non-deferred portion of the underwriting commissions of $2,062,050 and offering costs of approximately $567,550. Upon the closing of the offering and the private placement, $75,000,000 was placed into a trust account while the remaining funds were placed in an account outside the trust for working capital purposes. 

 

On September 5, 2014, 964,691 shares of common stock were redeemed at a price of $10.00 per share for a total redemption amount of $9,646,910.

 

On March 11, 2015, 3,558,385 shares of common stock were redeemed at a price of $10.00 per share for a total redemption amount of $35,583,850.

 

As of March 31, 2015, investment securities in our trust account consisted of $29,767,691 in United States money market mutual fund securities. In March 2015, the Company renewed its officers and directors insurance covering a 3 month period from March 13, 2015 through June 13, 2015 for a cost of $29,920. The invoice was paid in April 2015. As of March 31, 2015, we had a cash and cash equivalent balance of $66,907 held outside of our trust account after issuance of $450,000 in notes, which is available for use by us to cover the costs associated with identifying a target business and negotiating a business combination and other general corporate uses. We believe that we have sufficient funds available to conduct the normal operations of the business. However, we may need to obtain additional financing to consummate our initial business combination by June 13, 2015.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, we used cash of $533,025 in operating activities, which was largely attributable to a loss from operations of approximately $884,140 (exclusive of a non-cash gain from the change in fair value of the warrant liability).

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, we used cash of $220,463 in operating activities, which was largely attributable to a loss from operations of approximately $452,616 (exclusive of a non-cash gain from the change in fair value of the warrant liability).

 

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less amounts released to us for working capital purposes or to pay taxes and deferred underwriting commissions) to consummate our initial business combination. We may use all interest earned on the trust account for purposes of working capital, to pay taxes and dissolution expenses. We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of shares of our common stock authorized and outstanding to be approximately $78,000. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the trust account. 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 to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

 

We are an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we have elected, pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act, to take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B) for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We will therefore delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. We may take advantage of this extended transition period provided in Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B) until the first to occur of the date we (i) are no longer an “emerging growth company” or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B). As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

Upon the issuance of a new or revised accounting standard that applies to our financial statements and has a different effective date for public and private companies, we will disclose the date on which adoption is required for non-emerging growth companies and the date on which we will adopt the recently-issued accounting standard.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

  

None.

 

Contractual obligations

 

The Company issued a $246,667 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on February 10, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the earlier of (i) the date that is nine (9) months from the date of the note or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at the Sponsor’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was further amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

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The Company issued a $215,834 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at the Sponsor’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $246,667 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $277,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on February 4, 2015. The proceeds from the loan will be used for working capital purposes. Payment on this note is due on the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which we consummate our initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to our Sponsor on April 22, 2015. Payment on this note is due on the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen, an affiliate of one of our directors, on February 4, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the date of the consummation of an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Cowen’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $122,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Cowen’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $140,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $157,500 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Cowen on February 4, 2015. The proceeds from the loan will be used for working capital purposes. Payment on the notes are due on the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which we consummate our initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $13,333 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Joseph Wright, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, on February 7, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note was initially payable on the date of the consummation of an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Mr. Wright’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On September 9, 2014, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was further amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

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The Company issued a $11,666 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. The notes are convertible at Mr. Wright’s election upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Upon such election, the notes will convert, at a price of $0.75 per share, into warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. These warrants would be identical to the placement warrants. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $13,333 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on September 9, 2014. The proceeds from the loan were used for working capital purposes of the Company. The principal balance of the note is payable on the earlier of (i) March 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

The Company issued a $15,000 unsecured non-interest bearing promissory note to Mr. Wright on February 4, 2015. The proceeds from the loan will be used for working capital purposes. Payment on the notes are due on the earlier of: (i) March 13, 2015 and (ii) the date on which we consummate our initial business combination. On March 11, 2015, the promissory note was amended to provide that the payment date shall be the earlier of: (i) June 13, 2015 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

We do not have any other long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities other than a monthly fee of $10,000 payable to the Chart Group L.P., an affiliate of our Sponsor, for office space, secretarial and administrative services.

 

We began incurring these fees on December 14, 2012 (the date the securities of the Company were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market) and will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the consummation of an initial business combination or (ii) the liquidation of the Company.

 

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Significant Accounting Policies

 

We have identified the following as our significant accounting policies.

 

Net Income Per Common Share

 

 

Net income per common share is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company did have dilutive securities (warrants and notes that convert into warrants) that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common shares. However, since the exercise price of the dilutive securities are in excess of the average Company’s stock price for the three months ended March 31, 2015, it is deemed out of the money. Accordingly, no incremental shares were included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share. As a result, diluted income per common share is the same as basic income per share for periods presented.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Redeemable Common Stock

 

All of the common shares sold as part of the units in the public offering and still outstanding as of March 31, 2015, contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of common shares under the Company’s liquidation or tender offer/stockholder approval provisions. In accordance with ASC Topic 480 "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity", redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC Topic 480. Although the Company does not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that in no event will they redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets (stockholders’ equity) to be less than $5,000,001.

 

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of the security to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock shall be affected by charges against the par value of common stock and retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, by charges against additional paid-in capital in accordance with ASC Topic 480-10-S99.

 

Accordingly, at March 31, 2015, 1,619,054 public shares are classified outside of permanent equity at its redemption value. The redemption value is equal to the pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest but less franchise and income taxes payable (approximately $10.00 at March 31, 2015 ).

 

Income Tax

 

 The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets when it is determined that it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company has net deferred tax assets of approximately $511,000 and $951,000, respectively, before any valuation allowance, mainly related to change in the fair value of its warrant liability, net operating loss carry forwards and startup costs. The income taxes differed from the 35% expected rate due to the valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Management has determined that a full valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset is appropriate at this time.

 

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 As of March 31, 2015, the Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards of $125,000 that will begin to expire in 2032.

 

FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48) (now incorporated into FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes), sets out a consistent framework to determine the appropriate level of tax reserves to maintain for uncertain tax positions. This interpretation uses a two-step approach wherein a tax benefit is recognized if a position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The amount of the benefit is then measured to be the highest tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely to be realized. Based on its analysis, the Company has determined that it has not incurred any liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2015. The Company’s conclusions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, on-going analyses of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof. The Company files an income tax return in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and may file income tax returns in various U.S. states and foreign jurisdictions.  The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. No interest expense or penalties have been recognized as of March 31, 2015.

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by U.S. federal, U.S. states or foreign jurisdiction authorities regarding its income tax liability. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign tax laws.

 

We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of shares of our common stock authorized and outstanding to be approximately $78,000.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. No interest expense or penalties have been recognized as of March 31, 2015.

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The net proceeds of the initial public offering and the private placement in December 2012 were placed into a 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.  Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there is no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Certifying Officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our first fiscal quarter of 2015 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls

 

Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our control have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any control design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

None.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this report are any of the risks described in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 initially filed by Tempus Holdings with the SEC on January 9, 2015, as amended (the “Form S-4”). Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.

 

As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes, except as provided below, to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2014, except we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in the Form S-4 or in our future filings with the SEC.

 

NASDAQ has delisted our securities from trading on its exchange, which may limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and reduce the liquidity of our securities.

 

The Company received a written notice on September 2, 2014 from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of NASDAQ indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(3), which requires the Company to maintain a minimum of 300 public holders for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, and that NASDAQ had determined to initiate procedures to delist the Company’s securities. The Company appealed such determination to a hearings panel (the “Panel”) and on October 23, 2014, NASDAQ advised the Company that the Panel had granted its request for continued listing subject to completing its business combination and achieving compliance with all NASDAQ initial listing requirements, including but not limited to the minimum shareholder requirements, by March 4, 2015.

 

On March 2, 2015, the Company received a letter from NASDAQ stating that the Panel had determined to delist the Company’s securities from NASDAQ, and will suspend trading in the Company’s securities effective at the open of business on March 5, 2015, due to the Company’s failure to demonstrate compliance with the minimum shareholder requirements. NASDAQ further indicated that it would complete the delisting action by filing a Form 25 Notification of Delisting with the SEC after all applicable appeal periods have lapsed. The Company decided not to appeal the Panel’s delisting determination.

 

On April 27, 2015, NASDAQ issued a press release stating that it will delist the Company’s common stock, warrant, and units which were suspended on March 5, 2015 and have not traded on NASDAQ since that time. On April 28, 2015, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the SEC to complete the delisting. The delisting will become effective ten days after the filing of the Form 25. The Company’s common stock, warrants and units continue trading on the OTCQB market under the ticker symbols “CACG,” “CACGW” and “CACGU,” respectively.

 

As a result of our delisting from trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market, we could face adverse consequences, including:

 

  ●  a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
     
  ●  reduced liquidity for our securities;

 

  ●  a determination that our common stock is a “penny stock” which would require brokers trading in our common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity for our securities;
     
  ●  a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
     
  ●  a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

 

The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, once our securities are delisted from NASDAQ, they will no longer be considered covered securities and we will be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

 

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 5, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015)
     

2.2

 

First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 20, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2015)

     

3.1

 

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the State of Delaware on March 12, 2015 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)

     
10.1  

Supporting Stockholder Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions LLC, the Members’ Representative and the stockholders of Chart Acquisition Corp. named therein (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015)

     
10.2   Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. and the stockholders of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. named therein (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015)
     

 

10.3

Form of Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement by John G. Gulbin III and Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC in favor of and for the benefit of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, and each of their respective present and future successors and direct and indirect subsidiaries (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015)
     

 

10.4

 

Termination Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Group Holdings, LLC, Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC, each of the members of Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC, the Members’ Representative, the Warrant Offerors and the Stockholders (incorporated by as Exhibit 10.4 reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015)

     
10.5   Form of Promissory Note, dated February 4, 2015 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 5, 2015)
     
10.6   Second Amended and Restated Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 11, 2015, by and between Chart Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1  to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)
     

10.7

 

Second Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated March 11, 2015, by and between Chart Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)

 

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10.8

 

Form of Letter Agreement, dated March 11, 2015 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)

     

10.9

 

Form of Second Amended and Restated Letter Agreement, dated March 11, 2015, by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., certain of Chart Acquisition Corp.’s security holders and the officers and directors of Chart Acquisition Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Cowen Investments, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)

     

10.10

 

Second Amended and Restated Escrow Agreement, dated March 11, 2015, by and between Chart Acquisition Group, LLC, Joseph Wright, and Cowen Investments LLC, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015)

     
31.1*   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
     
31.2*   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
     
32.1*   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
     
32.2*   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

  CHART ACQUISITION CORP.
   
Dated: May 11, 2015 /s/ Joseph Wright
 

Joseph Wright

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal executive officer)

 

Dated: May 11, 2015 /s/ Michael LaBarbera
 

Michael LaBarbera

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

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