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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ELECTRIC CITY CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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1280 Landmeier Road
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization
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(847) 437-1666
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(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone |
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Principal Executive Offices) |
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JEFFREY R. MISTARZ
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Electric City Corp., 1280 Landmeier Road, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007, (847) 437-1666
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
William M. Holzman
Schwartz Cooper Chartered.
180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2700
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 346-1300
Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed sale to the Public:
As soon as practical after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other
than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
check the following box. þ
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Offering Price |
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Aggregate Offering |
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Amount of |
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Securities to be Registered |
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Be Registered (1) |
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Per Share |
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Price |
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Registration Fee |
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Rights to Purchase Common
Stock, par value $.0001 per
share (2) |
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N/A |
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Common Stock, par value $0.0001 |
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29,474,020 |
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$29,474,020 |
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$3,153.72 |
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In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving the common
stock of the registrant, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares of common stock
registered hereby shall be automatically adjusted to cover the additional shares of common
stock in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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Evidencing the rights to subscribe for 29,474,020 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001
per share. |
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The rights are being issued without consideration |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
The
information in
this prospectus
is not complete
and may be
changed. These
securities may
not be sold until
the registration
statement filed
with the
Securities and
Exchange
Commission is
effective. This
prospectus is not
an offer to sell
these securities
and it is not
soliciting an
offer to buy
these securities
in any state
where the offer
or sale is not
permitted.
Subject to completion, dated September 11, 2006
PROSPECTUS
ELECTRIC CITY CORP.
Up To 29,474,020 Shares of Common Stock
We are distributing at no charge to the holders of our common stock (other than
the former Series E Preferred stockholders) non-transferable subscription rights to
purchase up to an aggregate of 29,474,020 shares of our common stock at a cash
subscription price of $1.00 per share, or an aggregate of $29,474,020.
Each stockholder will receive five subscription rights for each share of our common
stock owned on ___, 2006 (except the former holders of Series E Preferred who
acquired their common stock in the PIPE Transaction or upon conversion of their Series
E shares, who have all waived their rights to participate in the offering in order to
maximize the number of shares available for purchase by other stockholders). Each
subscription right will entitle you to purchase one share of our common stock.
The subscription rights will expire if they are not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on ___, 2006, the expiration date of this rights offering. We, in
our sole discretion, may extend the period for exercising the subscription rights. We
will extend the duration of the rights offering as required by applicable law, and may
choose to extend it if we decide that changes in the market price of our common stock
warrant an extension or if we decide to give investors more time to exercise their
subscription rights in this rights offering. Subscription rights that are not
exercised by the expiration date of this rights offering will expire and will have no
value. You should carefully consider whether or not to exercise your subscription
rights before the expiration date.
The rights may not be sold or transferred except under the very limited circumstances
described later in this prospectus.
Our common stock is traded in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol ELCY. On September 8, 2006, the closing bid price of
our common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board was $0.98 per share.
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$29,474,020 |
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$0.00 |
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$100,000 |
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Net Proceeds to Electric City |
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$1.00 |
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$29,374,020 |
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Our principal executive office is located at 1280 Landmeier Road, Elk Grove Village,
Illinois, 60007. Our telephone number at that address is (847) 437-1666. Our web site
is located at http://www.elccorp.com.
Investing in our common stock involves significant risks described beginning on page 13.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of
this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is September 11, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. Electric City Corp. has not authorized any other person to provide you with different
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely
on it. Electric City Corp. is not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction
where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this
prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus only. Our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have subsequently changed.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that reflect our
current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and
opportunities. We have tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using words such as
may, should, expect, hope, anticipate, believe, intend, plan, estimate and
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available
to us and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the factors
set forth under Risk Factors, that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or
opportunities in 2006 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements. These factors include, without limitation, our limited operating
history, our history of operating losses, fluctuations in retail electricity rates, our reliance on
licensed technologies, customers acceptance of our new and existing products, the risk of
increased competition, our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, products and
technologies, the recent changes in our management, our ability to manage our growth, our need for
additional financing and the terms and conditions of any financing that is consummated, the
possible volatility of our stock price, the concentration of ownership of our stock and the
potential fluctuation in our operating results. Although we believe that the expectations reflected
in these forward-looking statements are reasonable and achievable, such statements involve risks
and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that the actual results will be consistent with
these forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by Federal securities laws, we
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason, after the date
of this prospectus.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights and is qualified in its entirety by information contained elsewhere in
this document. You should read this entire document carefully, including the section entitled Risk
Factors and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this document or
incorporated by reference herein. Unless the context otherwise requires, Electric City, the
Company, we, our, us and similar expressions refers to Electric City Corp. and its
subsidiaries, and the term common stock means Electric City Corp.s common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share.
Our Company
We were organized as Electric City LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on December 5,
1997. On June 5, 1998 we merged Electric City LLC with and into Electric City Corp., a Delaware
corporation. On June 10, 1998, we issued approximately six (6%) percent of our then issued and
outstanding common stock to the approximately 330 stockholders of Pice Products Corporation, an
inactive, unaffiliated company with minimal assets, pursuant to the merger of Pice with and into
Electric City. This merger facilitated the establishment of a public trading market for our common
stock. Trading in our common stock commenced on August 14, 1998 through the OTC Bulletin Board
under the trading symbol ECCC. From December 12, 2000 to June 9, 2006, our common stock was
listed on the American Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ELC. Since June 12, 2006, our
common stock has traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the trading symbol ELCY.
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Our Products
We are a developer, manufacturer and integrator of energy saving technologies as well as an
energy solutions provider. Our
premier energy saving products are the EnergySaver system and the eMAC line of HVAC controllers.
The EnergySaver reduces energy consumed by lighting, typically by 20% to 30%, with minimal lighting
level reduction. This technology has been installed in applications in commercial buildings,
factories and office structures, as well as street lighting and parking lot lighting.
On May 3, 2005 we acquired Maximum Performance Group, Inc. (MPG), a technology-based
provider of energy and asset management products and services. MPG currently manufactures and
markets its eMAC line of controllers for commercial and industrial HVAC and lighting applications.
The eMAC line of microprocessor based controllers are used to optimize the performance of HVAC
systems and provide continuous monitoring, control and reporting. The eMAC system generally
reduces energy consumption by 15% to 20% through the use of intelligent operating algorithms which
learn the rate of cooling or heating required to achieve the desired space temperature while
optimizing compressor run time within these limits. The eMAC also monitors over 140 points of
system operation. This system information is captured on a real time basis and transmitted via
wireless two-way communication to MPGs central eMAC servers where it is analyzed to ensure maximum
system reliability. If the system detects a problem in an HVAC unit, the problem can be diagnosed
and the appropriate action can be taken to minimize or avoid system downtime. MPGs customers can
also remotely control their HVAC equipment and view historical operating information via the
Internet using a standard Internet browser.
Effective March 31, 2006 we sold Great Lakes Controlled Energy Corporation, our subsidiary
that sold integrated building and environmental control solutions for commercial and industrial
facilities. We sold this subsidiary in order to reduce our losses and to allow us to concentrate
on the Energy Technology business comprised of the EnergySaver and eMAC product lines.
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Our EnergySaver product line is manufactured at our facilities in Elk Grove Village, Illinois,
with manufacturing and assembly scaled to order demand. Maximum Performance Group has offices in
New York, New York and San Diego, California, but contracts for the manufacturing of its hardware
products with third party contract manufacturers.
Giorgio Reverberi has patented in the United States and Italy certain technologies underlying
the EnergySaver products. We have entered into a license agreement and series of agreements with
Mr. Reverberi and our founder, Mr. Joseph Marino, relating to the license of the EnergySaver
technology in the United States and certain other markets. We own all the patents and trademarks
related to MPGs products.
On June 30, 2006, we acquired Parke P.A.N.D.A. Corporation (Parke), an energy services
provider specializing in the design, engineering and installation of energy efficient lighting
upgrades for commercial and industrial users. Parke is headquartered in Glendora, California and
has offices in Danville and Carmel, California.
We are pursuing a multi-channel marketing and sales distribution strategy to bring our energy
saving products to market. Our multi-channel approach includes the use of a direct sales force,
third party distributors and independent manufacturers representatives.
Recent Events
AMEX Delisting
On April 21, 2006, we received a notice from the American Stock Exchange informing us that after a
review of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K it determined that we were not in compliance
with Section 1003(a)(iii) of its Company Guide. Section 1003(a)(iii) requires a listed company to
maintain shareholder equity of at least $6 million if it has sustained losses from continuing
operations and/or new losses in its most recent five fiscal years. On May 22, 2006, we notified
the American Stock Exchange of our decision to delist our common stock from the Exchange. On June
12, 2006, our common stock began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol ELCC.
Reverse Stock Split
On June 15, 2006, we effected a 1 for 15 reverse split of our common stock. As a result of the
reverse split the number of outstanding shares of our common stock was reduced from 53,789,349 to
3,585,957 shares and the number of common shares into which our Series E preferred stock could be
converted was reduced from 23,261,300 shares to 1,550,753 shares. We effected this reverse split
to allow us to complete the PIPE Transaction, the acquisition of Parke (both described below) and
this rights offering without having to increase the number of authorized shares of our common
stock. On the effective date of the reverse stock split our ticker symbol changed to ELCY.
The PIPE Transaction
On June 29, 2006, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with a group of 17 investors (the
PIPE Investors) pursuant to which we issued to such purchasers an aggregate of 17,875,000 shares
of our common stock at a price of $1.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $17,875,000 (the
PIPE Transaction). Ten of the PIPE Investors, who purchased an aggregate of 13,900,000 shares
of common stock in the PIPE Transaction, were holders of Series E shares, including three members
of our board of directors who, together with members of their families, purchased 7,700,000 shares
in the transaction.
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As originally issued, our Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series E) was convertible
into our common stock at $6.67 per share, after adjustment for the reverse split. However, the
Series E contained anti-dilitution provisions which required automatic reduction of the conversion
price of the Series E if we issued equity or securities convertible into common stock at a price
below the Series E conversion price to the price of the new issuance. Because we issued shares in
the PIPE Transaction at $1.00 per share, the Series E conversion price automatically reduced to
$1.00 per share.
In connection with the PIPE Transaction the holders of the Series E converted all outstanding
shares of Series E into common stock at the new conversion price on the closing of the transaction.
As a result, we issued 21,648,346 shares of our common stock upon the conversion of all
outstanding Series E.
Prior to closing the PIPE Transaction we owed Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (Laurus), $943,455
under a revolving convertible loan, $5,038,030 under two convertible term loans, $54,726 in accrued
interest and fees and $161,096 in liquidated damages for failing to register common stock with the
SEC for resale by Laurus as required in connection with the $5 million term loan of November 2005.
In connection with the PIPE Transaction Laurus agreed to convert the outstanding balance on the
revolving convertible loan and related accrued interest into common stock at $1.00 per share and
accept payment of the liquidated damages in shares of our common stock, again valued at $1.00 per
share. We used $5,601,418 of the proceeds from the PIPE Transaction to repay the convertible term
loans and pay related accrued interest and fees and prepayment penalties thereon and issued
1,111,961 shares of common stock upon conversion of the revolving convertible loan and to pay the
accrued interest and the liquidated damages. Laurus also agreed, in exchange for 231,500 shares of
our common stock, to terminate the requirement that we pay it a portion of the cash flows generated
by certain VNPP projects as required by the $5 million term loan of November 2005.
We also used $2,720,000 of the proceeds of the PIPE Transaction to fund the cash portion of
the purchase price of the Parke acquisition (described below) and $400,000 to repay Parkes
revolving line of credit. The remaining proceeds (together with the net proceeds of this rights
offering) will be used for general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the proceeds
to selectively acquire businesses, products and/or technologies that are complementary to our own.
Acquisition of Parke P.A.N.D.A. Corporation
On June 30, 2006 we completed the previously announced acquisition of Parke for consideration
consisting of $2.72 million in cash and $5 million of our common stock (5,000,000 shares valued at
$1.00 per share). As part of the acquisition we assumed approximately $446,000 of Parkes
liabilities, $400,000 of which we repaid upon closing. Parke was owned by Dan Parke, a director
of Electric City.
Parke (now named Parke Industries, LLC) is an energy services provider specializing in the
design, engineering and installation of energy efficient lighting upgrades for commercial and
industrial users. Parke has 30 employees and is headquartered in Glendora, California with offices
in Danville and Carmel, California.
Dan Parke, the president and founder of Parke continues to serve as the President of Parke and
has as of June 30, 2006 also assumed the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of
Electric City.
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Special Committee of the Board of Directors
Due to potential conflicts of interest resulting from (i) certain members of our board of
directors beneficially owning Series E shares and being asked to purchase shares of common stock in
the PIPE Transaction and concurrently convert their Series E shares into our common stock, and (ii)
Dan Parkes ownership of Parke, our board of directors established a special committee comprised of
disinterested, independent directors to review, negotiate and approve the acquisition of Parke, the
PIPE Transaction and this rights offering. The special committee retained an investment bank to
act as its financial advisor and legal counsel to assist it in its review of these transactions.
The investment bank reviewed the Parke acquisition and delivered to the special committee an
opinion to the effect that the purchase price paid for Parke was fair to us from a financial point
of view. It also provided information, advice and analysis on the structure and pricing of the
PIPE Transaction and the rights offering. Our legal counsel assisted the special committee in its
review of these transactions and advised the committee on its duties and responsibilities. After
considering all of the information it had gathered, the committee concluded that these transactions
were in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and approved the Parke acquisition,
the PIPE Transaction and the rights offering.
The Restructured Company
After effecting the PIPE Transaction and the Parke acquisition and following the closing of
the rights offering, we have the following:
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Cash of between $9 million and $39 million, depending on the number of shares purchased
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Significantly reduced debt. Our debt consists of the mortgage on our headquarters in
the amount of $535,000, a $150,000 demand note owed to one of our stockholders and various
auto loans and capitalized leases totaling approximately $47,000; |
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One class of outstanding equity (common stock), with no outstanding convertible
preferred stock or convertible debt; |
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Approximately 70 employees; |
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Seven sales offices located in New York, Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Glendora,
California, Danville, California and Carmel, California; |
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Proprietary technology that controls and reduces energy consumed in commercial lighting
and HVAC applications; |
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A business that designs, engineers and installs energy efficient lighting upgrades for
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A largely revamped board of directors (4 of the 7 directors have joined the Board since
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We believe that as a result of these recently implemented changes we will be better positioned
to take advantage of the growth in demand for energy efficiency products and services, hopefully
leading to improved profitability and cash flow. We also believe that there are opportunities for
future acquisitions that could broaden our product line, increase our geographic reach and lead us
to new markets for our products, all of which we hope would also contribute to increased sales and
profitability.
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THE RIGHTS OFFERING
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Rights
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We will distribute to each stockholder
of record on ___, 2006, (except the
former holders of Series E shares who
acquired their common stock in the
PIPE Transaction or upon conversion of
their Series E shares, who have all
waived their rights to participate in
the offering in order to maximize the
number of shares available for
purchase by other stockholders) at no
charge, five non-transferable
subscription rights for each share of
our common stock then owned. The
rights will be evidenced by
non-transferable rights certificates.
If and to the extent that our
stockholders exercise their right to
purchase our common stock we will
issue up to 29,474,020 shares and
receive gross proceeds of up to
$29,474,020 in the rights offering. |
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Basic Subscription Privilege
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Each right will entitle the holder to
purchase one share of our common stock
for $1.00, the per share subscription
price. |
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Over-Subscription Privilege
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Each rights holder who elects to
exercise its basic subscription
privilege in full may also subscribe
for additional shares that are not
otherwise subscribed for by other
rights holders, at the same
subscription price per share. If an
insufficient number of shares are
available to fully satisfy the
over-subscription privilege requests,
any available shares will be
distributed proportionately among
rights holders who exercised their
over-subscription privilege based on
the number of shares each rights
holder subscribed for under the basic
subscription privilege. The
subscription agent will return any
excess payments by mail without
interest or deduction promptly after
the expiration of the rights offering. |
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Subscription Price
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$1.00 per share |
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Record Date
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Expiration Date
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Non-Transferability of Rights
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The rights are not transferable,
except to affiliates of the recipient
and by operation of law. |
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Procedure for Exercising Rights
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You may exercise your rights by
properly completing and signing your
rights certificate. You must deliver
your rights certificate with full
payment of the subscription price
(including any amounts in respect of
the over-subscription privilege) to
the subscription agent on or prior to
the expiration date. If you use the
mail, we recommend that you use
insured, registered mail, return
receipt requested. If you cannot
deliver your rights certificate to the
subscription agent on time, you may
follow the guaranteed delivery
procedures described under The Rights
OfferingGuaranteed Delivery
Procedures beginning on page 28. If
you hold shares of our common stock
through a broker, custodian bank or
other nominee, see How Rights
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Others below. |
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No Revocation
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Once you have exercised your basic
subscription privilege your exercise
may not be revoked. Rights not
exercised prior to the expiration of
the rights offering will expire. |
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How Rights Holders Can Exercise
Rights Through Others
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If you hold our common stock through a
broker, custodian bank or other
nominee, we will ask your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee to
notify you of the rights offering. If
you wish to exercise your rights, you
will need to have your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee act
for you. To indicate your decision,
you should complete and return to your
broker, custodian bank or other
nominee the form entitled Beneficial
Owner Election Form. You should
receive this form from your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee with
the other rights offering materials.
You should contact your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee if you
believe you are entitled to
participate in the rights offering but
you have not received this form. |
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How Foreign Stockholders and
Stockholders with APO or FPO
Addresses Can Exercise Rights
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The subscription agent will mail
rights certificates to you if you are
a stockholder whose address is outside
the United States or if you have an
Army Post Office or a Fleet Post
Office address. To exercise your
rights, you must notify the
subscription agent prior to 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on ___,
2006, and take all other steps which
are necessary to exercise your rights,
on or prior to the date on which the
rights offering expires. If you do not
follow these procedures prior to the
expiration of the rights offering,
your rights will expire. |
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Material United States Federal
Income Tax Consequences
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A holder should not recognize income
or loss for United States Federal
income tax purposes in connection with
the receipt or exercise of
subscription rights in the rights
offering. For a detailed discussion,
see Material United States Federal
Income Tax Consequences. |
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Issuance of Our Common Stock
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We will issue certificates
representing shares purchased in the
rights offering as soon as practicable
after the expiration of the rights
offering. |
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No Recommendation to Rights Holders
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We are not making any recommendations
as to whether or not you should
subscribe for shares of our common
stock. You should decide whether to
subscribe for shares based upon your
own assessment of your best interests. |
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Use of Proceeds
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The proceeds from the rights offering
will be used for general corporate
purposes. We may also use a portion
of the net proceeds to acquire or
invest in businesses, products and
technologies that we believe are
complementary to our own. Pending
these uses, the net proceeds will be
invested in investment-grade,
interest-bearing securities. |
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Subscription Agent LaSalle Bank National Association
For additional information concerning the rights offering, see The Rights Offering,
beginning on page 23.
An investment in our common stock involves significant risks. See Risk Factors beginning on
page 13.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE RIGHTS OFFERING
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What is the rights offering? |
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The rights offering is a distribution to holders of our common stock of five non-transferable subscription rights for each
share of common stock owned as of ___, 2006, with each right evidencing the right to purchase one share of our common
stock, for a total of 29,474,020 subscription rights. |
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What is a subscription right? |
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Each subscription right is a right to purchase one share of our common stock and carries with it a basic subscription
privilege and an over-subscription privilege. |
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How many shares may I purchase if I exercise my subscription rights? |
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You will receive five non-transferable subscription rights for each share of our common stock that you owned on ___,
2006, the record date. Each subscription right contains the basic subscription privilege and the over-subscription
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What is the basic subscription privilege? |
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The basic subscription privilege of each subscription right entitles you to purchase one share of our common stock at the
subscription price of $1.00 per share. |
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What is the over-subscription privilege? |
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The over-subscription privilege of each subscription right entitles each holder who fully exercises his basic subscription
privilege, to subscribe for additional shares of our common stock at the same subscription price per share on a pro rata
basis if any rights offering shares are not purchased by other holders of subscription rights under their basic
subscription privileges as of the expiration date. Pro rata means in proportion to the number of shares of our common
stock that you and the other subscription rights holders have purchased by exercising your basic subscription privileges on
your common stock holdings. |
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What if there are an insufficient number of shares to satisfy the over-subscription requests? |
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If there are an insufficient number of shares of our common stock available to fully satisfy the over-subscription requests
of rights holders, subscription rights holders who exercised their over-subscription privilege will receive the available
shares pro rata based on the number of shares |
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each subscription rights holder subscribed for under the basic subscription privilege. Any
excess subscription payments will be returned, without interest or deduction, promptly after the
expiration of the rights offering. |
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Why are we engaging in a rights offering? |
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The rights offering is being made to raise equity capital in a cost-effective manner and to offer our common stockholders
(except former holders of Series E shares who acquired common stock in the PIPE Transaction or upon conversion of their
Series E, who have all waived their rights to participate in the offering in order to maximize the number of shares
available for purchase by other stockholders) an opportunity to reduce the dilution they sustained as a result of the
recently completed PIPE Transaction and the Parke acquisition by purchsing of shares of our common stock at the same price
paid by the PIPE Investors. |
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Am I required to subscribe in the rights offering? |
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No. |
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What happens if I choose not to exercise my subscription rights? |
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You will retain your current number of shares of common stock even if you do not exercise your subscription rights.
However, if you do not exercise your basic subscription privileges, the percentage of our common stock that you own will
decrease and your voting and other rights will be diluted if and to the extent that other stockholders exercise their basic
and over-subscription rights. |
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Do you need to have a certain participation level in order to complete the rights offering? |
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No. We may choose to consummate the rights offering regardless of the number of shares actually purchased. |
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Can the board of directors cancel the rights offering? |
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Yes. Our board of directors may decide to cancel the rights offering at any time prior to the expiration of the rights
offering for any reason. If we cancel the rights offering, any money received from subscribing stockholders will be
refunded promptly, without interest or deduction. See The Rights OfferingCancellation Right. |
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May I transfer my rights if I do not want to purchase any shares? |
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No. Should you choose not to exercise your rights, you may not sell, give away or otherwise transfer your rights. However,
rights will be transferable to affiliates of the recipient and by operation of law, for example, upon death of the
recipient. |
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When will the rights offering expire? |
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The subscription rights will expire, if not exercised prior thereto, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ___, 2006,
unless we decide to extend the rights offering until some later time. See The Rights OfferingExpiration of the Rights
Offering and Extensions and Termination. The subscription agent must actually receive all required documents and payments
before that time and date. There is no maximum duration for the rights offering. |
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How do I exercise my subscription rights? |
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You may exercise your subscription rights by properly completing and signing your subscription rights certificate. Your
subscription rights certificate, together with full payment of the subscription price, must be received by the subscription
agent on or prior to the expiration date of the rights offering. If you use the mail, we recommend that you use insured,
registered mail, return receipt requested. If you cannot deliver your subscription rights certificate to the subscription
agent on time, you may follow the guaranteed delivery procedures described under The Rights OfferingGuaranteed Delivery
Procedures. |
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What should I do if I want to participate in the rights offering but my shares are held in the name of my broker, custodian
bank or other nominee? |
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If you hold shares of our common stock through a broker, custodian bank or other nominee, we will ask your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee to notify you of the rights offering. If you wish to exercise your rights, you will need to
have your broker, custodian bank or other nominee act for you. To indicate your decision, you should complete and return to
your broker, custodian bank or other nominee the form entitled Beneficial Owner Election Form. You should receive this
form from your broker, custodian bank or other nominee with the other rights offering materials. You should contact your
broker, custodian bank or other nominee if you believe you are entitled to participate in the rights offering but you have
not received this form. |
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What should I do if I want to participate in the rights offering, but I am a stockholder with a foreign address or a
stockholder with an APO or FPO address? |
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The subscription agent will not mail subscription rights certificates to you if you are a stockholder of record as of the
rights offering record date with an address outside the United States or with an Army Post Office or a Fleet Post Office
address. To exercise your subscription rights, you must notify the subscription agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on ___, 2006 and establish to the satisfaction of the subscription agent that you are permitted to exercise your
subscription rights under applicable law. In addition, you must take all other steps that are necessary to exercise your
subscription rights, on or prior to the date required for participation in the rights offering. If you do not follow these
procedures prior to the expiration of the rights offering, your rights will expire. |
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Will I be charged a sales commission or a fee if I exercise my subscription rights? |
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We will not charge a brokerage commission or a fee to rights holders for exercising their subscription rights. However, if
you exercise your subscription rights through a broker or nominee, you will be responsible for any fees charged by your
broker or nominee. |
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Are there any conditions to my right to exercise my subscription rights? |
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Yes. The rights offering is subject to certain limited conditions. Please see The Rights OfferingConditions to the Rights
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What is the board of directors recommendation regarding the rights offering? |
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Neither we, nor our board of directors is making any recommendation as to whether or not you should exercise your
subscription rights. You are urged to make your decision based on your own assessment of the rights offering and after
considering all of the information herein, including the Risk Factors section of this document. You should not view the
recent purchase of shares by three of our directors in the PIPE Transaction as a recommendation or other indication that
the exercise of your subscription rights is in your best interests. |
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How was the $1.00 per share subscription price established? |
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The subscription price per share is equal to the price at which we recently sold shares of our common stock to investors in
the PIPE Transaction. This per share price was established through arms length negotiations with the investors in the
PIPE Transaction and with Dan Parke in connection with the Parke acquisition. Because the PIPE Transaction and the Parke
acquisition involved certain conflicts of interest on the part of certain of our directors, these transactions and this
rights offering were reviewed and approved by a special committee comprised of disinterested, independent directors after
consideration of a variety of factors, including analysis and financial advice from an independent financial advisor
regarding the PIPE Transaction, and the receipt of a fairness opinion regarding the Parke acquisition prepared by the same
independent financial advisor. |
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May stockholders in all states participate? |
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Although we intend to distribute the rights to all stockholders, we reserve the right in some states to require
stockholders, if they wish to participate, to state and agree that upon exercise of their respective rights that they are
acquiring the shares for investment purposes only, and that they have no present intention to resell or transfer any shares
acquired. |
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Is exercising my subscription rights risky? |
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The exercise of your subscription rights involves significant risks. Exercising your rights means buying additional shares
of our common stock and should be considered as carefully as you would consider any other equity investment. Among other
things, you should carefully consider the significant risks described under the heading Risk Factors, beginning on page
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How many shares will be outstanding after the rights offering? |
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The number of shares of common stock currently outstanding is 49,286,611. We may issue as many as 29,474,020 additional
shares through the rights offering. The actual number of shares issued will depend on the level of participation by our
common stockholders. |
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How will the rights offering affect the PIPE investors ownership of our common stock? |
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The PIPE Investors and former holders of our Series E shares collectively own approximately 80% of our outstanding common
stock. If rights holders exercise their right to purchase all 29,474,020 shares of common stock being offered in this
rights offering, the ownership of the PIPE Investors and other former holders of Series E shares would be reduced to
approximately 50%. |
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After I exercise my rights, can I change my mind and cancel my purchase? |
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No. Once you send in your subscription rights certificate and payment you cannot revoke the exercise of your subscription
rights, even if you later learn information about us that you consider to be unfavorable and even if the market price of
our common stock is below the $1.00 per share subscription price. You should not exercise your subscription rights unless
you are certain that you wish to purchase additional shares of our common stock at a price of $1.00 per share. Subscription
rights not exercised prior to the expiration of the rights offering will expire and have no value. See The Rights
OfferingNo Revocation. |
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What are the United States Federal income tax consequences of exercising my subscription rights? |
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A holder should not recognize income or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes in connection with the receipt
or exercise of subscription rights in the rights offering. You should consult your tax advisor as to the particular
consequences to you of the rights offering. See Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences. |
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If the rights offering is not completed, will my subscription payment be refunded to me? |
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Yes. The subscription agent will hold all funds it receives in escrow until completion of the rights offering. If the
rights offering is not completed, the subscription agent will return promptly, without interest, all subscription payments. |
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If I exercise my subscription rights, when will I receive shares of common stock purchased in the rights offering? |
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We will deliver certificates representing the shares of our common stock purchased in the rights offering as soon as
practicable after the expiration date of the rights offering and after all pro rata allocations and adjustments have been
completed. We will not be able to calculate the number of shares to be issued to each exercising holder until 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third business day after the expiration date of the rights offering, which is the latest time by
which subscription rights certificates may be delivered to the subscription agent under the guaranteed delivery procedures
described under The Rights OfferingGuaranteed Delivery Procedures. |
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Who is the subscription agent for the rights offering? |
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The subscription agent is LaSalle Bank N.A.. The address for delivery to the subscription agent is as follows: |
By Mail, Overnight Courier or by Hand:
LaSalle Bank N.A.
135 S. LaSalle Street
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Chicago, IL 60603
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Your delivery to an address or other than by the methods set forth above will not constitute valid delivery. |
For a more complete description of the rights offering, see The Rights Offering beginning on
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RISK FACTORS
We were formed in December 1997. To date, we have generated limited revenues from the sale of
our products and do not expect to generate significant revenues until we sell a significantly
greater amount of our products and services. Accordingly, we have only a limited operating history
upon which you can base an evaluation of our business and prospects. Moreover, we have acquired
four businesses over the past six years and subsequently sold two of them because of changes in our
overall strategy. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the risks and
uncertainties frequently encountered by early stage companies like ours in an evolving market. If
we are unsuccessful in addressing these risks and uncertainties, our business will be materially
harmed or in the worst case, could fail.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have a limited operating history upon which to evaluate our potential for future success.
We were formed in December 1997. To date, we have generated limited revenues from the sale of
our products and do not expect to generate significant revenues until we sell a significantly
larger number of our products. Accordingly, we have only a limited operating history upon which you
can base an evaluation of our business and prospects. Moreover, we have acquired four businesses
over the past six years and subsequently sold two of them because of changes in our overall
strategy. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the risks and uncertainties
frequently encountered by early stage companies like ours in an evolving market. If we are
unsuccessful in addressing these risks and uncertainties, our business will be materially harmed or
in the worst case, could fail.
We have incurred significant operating losses since inception and may not achieve or sustain
profitability in the future.
We have experienced operating losses and negative cash flow from operations since our
inception and we currently have an accumulated deficit. These factors raise substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is
ultimately dependent on our ability to increase sales to a level that will allow us to operate
profitably and sustain positive operating cash flows. Although we are continuing our efforts to
improve profitability through expansion of our business in both current and new markets, we must
overcome significant manufacturing hurdles, including gearing up to produce large quantities of
product or arranging to outsource the production of our products, and marketing hurdles, including
gaining market acceptance, in order to sell large quantities of our products and services. In
addition, we may be required to reduce the prices of our products in order to increase sales. If we
reduce prices, we may not be able to reduce costs sufficiently to achieve acceptable profit
margins. As we strive to grow our business, we have spent and expect to continue to spend
significant funds (1) for general corporate purposes, including working capital, marketing,
recruiting and hiring additional personnel; and (2) for research and development. To the extent
that our revenues do not increase as quickly as these costs and expenditures, our results of
operations and liquidity will be materially adversely affected. If we experience slower than
anticipated revenue growth or if our operating expenses exceed our expectations, we may not achieve
profitability. Even if we achieve profitability in the future, we may not be able to sustain it.
Our auditors have modified their opinion to our audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2005 to include an emphasis paragraph, stating that our continuing losses and
negative cash flow from operations raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern. We have recently raised gross proceeds of $17,875,000 through the issuance of shares of
our common stock, which has improved our current liquidity. We have also recently sold a
subsidiary and acquired Parke Industries and we are in the process of making other changes to our
business which we hope will lead to
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an improvement in our cash flow in future periods. Whether these changes will lead to us
becoming cash flow positive remains to be seen.
Our independent registered public accountants have issued a going concern opinion
raising doubt about our financial viability.
As a result of our continuing losses and negative cash flows, our independent registered
public accounting firm, BDO Seidman, LLP, issued a going concern opinion in connection with their
audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005. This opinion expressed
substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The going concern opinion could
have an adverse impact on our ability to execute our business plan, result in the reluctance on the
part of certain suppliers to do business with us, result in the inability to obtain new business
due to potential customers concern about our ability to deliver products or services, or adversely
affect our ability to raise additional debt or equity capital.
Failure to replace a significant customer could materially and adversely affect our results
of operations and financial condition.
We have historically derived a significant portion of our annual revenue from a limited number
of customers. Seldom has any one customer represented 10% or more of our revenues for more than
one year in a row. This requires that we continually replace major customers whose needs we have
satisfied, with one or more new customers. The failure to replace a major customer could have a
significant negative effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
A decrease in electric retail rates could lessen demand for our products.
Our principal products, our EnergySaver and eMAC products and our lighting retro-fit services,
have the greatest profit potential in areas where commercial electric rates are relatively high.
However, retail electric rates for commercial establishments in the United States may not remain at
their current levels. Due to a potential overbuilding of power generating stations in certain
regions of the United States, wholesale power prices may decrease in the future. Because the price
of commercial retail electric power is largely attributed to the wholesale cost of power, it is
reasonable to expect that commercial retail rates may decrease as well. In addition, much of the
wholesale cost of power is directly related to the price of certain fuels, such as natural gas, oil
and coal. If the prices of those fuels decrease, the prices of the wholesale cost of power may
also decrease. This could result in lower electric retail rates and reduced demand for our energy
saving products and services.
We have a license to use certain patents and our ability to sell our products may be
adversely impacted if the license expires or is terminated.
We have entered into a license agreement with Messrs. Giorgio Reverberi and Joseph Marino with
regard to the core technology used in our EnergySaver product. Mr. Reverberi holds a U.S. patent
and has applied for several patents in other countries. Pursuant to the terms of the license, we
have been granted the exclusive right to manufacture and sell products containing the load
reduction technology claimed under Mr. Reverberis U.S. patent or any other related patent held by
him in the U.S., the remainder of North America, parts of South America and parts of Africa.
However, the exclusive rights that we received may not have any value in territories where Mr.
Reverberi does not have or does not obtain protectable rights. The term of the license expires when
the last of these patents expires. We expect that these patents will expire around November 2017.
The license agreement may be terminated if we materially breach its terms and fail to cure the
breach within 180 days after we are notified of the breach. If our license is terminated it could
impact our ability to manufacture, sell or otherwise commercialize
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products in those countries where Mr. Reverberi holds valid patents relating to our products,
including the United States.
If we are not able to protect our intellectual property rights against infringement, or if
others obtain intellectual property rights relating to energy management technology, we
could lose our competitive advantage in the energy management market.
We regard our intellectual property rights, such as patents, licenses of patents, trademarks,
copyrights and trade secrets, as important to our success. Although we have entered into
confidentiality and rights to inventions agreements with our employees and consultants, the steps
we have taken to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate. Third parties may
infringe or misappropriate our intellectual property rights or we may not be able to detect
unauthorized use and take appropriate steps to enforce our rights. Failure to take appropriate
protective steps could materially adversely affect any competitive advantage we may have in the
energy management market. Furthermore, our license to use Mr. Reverberis patents may have little
or no value to us if Mr. Reverberis patents are not valid. In addition, patents held by third
parties may limit our ability to manufacture, sell or otherwise commercialize products and could
result in the assertion of claims of patent infringement against us. If that were to happen, we
could try to modify our products to be non-infringing, but we might not be successful or such
modifications might not avoid infringing on the intellectual property rights of third parties.
Claims of patent infringement against us, regardless of merit, could result in the expenditure
of significant financial and managerial resources by us. We could be forced to seek to enter into
license agreements with third parties (other than Mr. Reverberi) to resolve claims of infringement
by our products of the intellectual property rights of third parties. Such licenses may not be
available on acceptable terms or at all. The failure to obtain such licenses on acceptable terms
could have a negative effect on our business.
David Asplund, our new Chief Executive Officer has limited experience operating a Company
such as ours and no direct industry experience.
Mr. Asplund, who has been on our Board since June 2002, has a degree in mechanical engineering
and has had a successful career in the financial industry. Mr. Asplund founded an investment
banking firm in 1999 and operated the firm as its president for six years, but Mr. Asplund has not
operated a manufacturing company and he has limited industry experience. His past experience does
not assure that he will be successful in his new role as CEO of Electric City.
If we are unable to achieve or manage our growth, it will adversely affect our business, the
quality of our products and services, and our ability to attract and retain key personnel.
If we succeed in growing our sales as we need to do, we will be subject to the risks inherent
in the expansion and growth of a business enterprise. Growth in our business will place a strain on
our operational and administrative resources and increase the level of responsibility for our
existing and new management personnel. To manage our growth effectively, we will need to:
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Our systems currently in place may not be adequate if we grow and may need to be modified and
enhanced. The skills of management currently in place may not be adequate if we experience
significant growth.
If our management fails to properly identify companies to acquire and to effectively
negotiate the terms of these acquisition transactions, our growth may be impaired.
As part of our growth strategy we intend to seek to acquire companies with complementary
technologies, products and/or services. Our management, including our board of directors, will have
discretion in identifying and selecting companies to be acquired by us and in structuring and
negotiating these acquisitions. In general, our common stockholders may not have the opportunity to
approve these acquisitions. In addition, in making acquisition decisions, we will rely, in part,
on financial projections developed by our management and the management of potential target
companies. These projections will be based on assumptions and subjective judgments. The actual
operating results of any acquired company or the combination of us and an acquired company may fall
significantly short of projections.
We may be unable to acquire companies that we identify as targets for various reasons,
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our inability to interest such companies in a proposed transaction; |
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our inability to agree on the terms of an acquisition; |
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incompatibility between our management and management of a target company; and |
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our inability to obtain the approval of the holders of our common stock, if required. |
If we cannot consummate acquisitions on a timely basis or agree on terms at all, or if we
cannot acquire companies with complementary technologies, products and/or services on terms
acceptable to us, our future growth may be impaired.
Our growth may be impaired and our current business may suffer if we do not successfully
address risks associated with acquisitions.
Since January 1, 2000, we have acquired four companies; Switchboard Apparatus Inc., Great
Lakes Controlled Energy Corporation, Maximum Performance Group, Inc. and Parke P.A.N.D.A.
Corporation, two of which (Switchboard Apparatus and Great Lakes Controlled Energy) we subsequently
sold at a loss. Our future growth may depend, in part, upon our ability to successfully identify,
acquire and operate other complementary businesses. We may encounter problems associated with such
acquisitions, including the following:
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difficulties in integrating acquired operations and products with our existing
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difficulties in meeting operating expectations for acquired businesses; |
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diversion of managements attention from other business concerns; |
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adverse impact on earnings of amortization or write-offs of goodwill and other
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In addition, often an acquired companys performance is largely dependent on a few key people,
particularly in smaller companies. If these key people leave the company, become less focused on
the business or less motivated to make the business successful after the acquisition, the
performance of the acquired company may suffer.
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If our products and services do not achieve or sustain market acceptance, our ability to
compete will be adversely affected.
To date, we have not sold our EnergySaver or eMAC product lines in very large quantities and a
sufficient market may not develop for them. Significant marketing will be required in order to
establish a sufficient market for these products. The technology underlying our products may not
become a preferred technology to address the energy management needs of our customers and potential
customers. Failure to successfully develop, manufacture and commercialize products on a timely and
cost-effective basis will have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the energy
management market or survive as a business.
Failure to meet customers expectations or deliver expected technical performance could
result in losses and negative publicity.
Customer engagements involve the installation of energy management equipment to help our
clients reduce energy/power consumption. We often rely on outside contractors to install our
EnergySaver and eMAC products. Any defects in this equipment and/or its installation or any other
failure to meet our customers expectations could result in:
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requirements to provide additional products, replacement parts and/or services
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negative publicity regarding us and our products, which could adversely affect
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Raising additional capital or consummation of additional acquisitions through the issuance
of equity or equity-linked securities could dilute your ownership interest in us.
We have recently raised additional capital through the issuance of common stock to repay debt,
fund an acquisition, grow our product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales activities at
the pace that we intend, and to continue to fund operating losses until our cash flow turns
positive. We may find it necessary to raise capital again some time in the future. If we
determine that we do need to raise additional capital in the future and we are not successful in
doing so, we might have to significantly scale back or delay our growth plans, reduce staff and
delay planned expenditures on research and development and capital expenditures in order to
continue as a going concern. Any reduction or delay in our growth plans could materially adversely
affect our ability to compete in the marketplace, take advantage of business opportunities and
develop or enhance our products.
If we raise additional funds in the future through the issuance of equity securities or
convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders will likely experience dilution of their
present equity ownership position and voting rights. Depending on the number of shares issued and
the terms and conditions of the issuance, new equity securities could have rights, preferences, or
privileges senior to those of our common stock. Depending on the terms, common stock holders may
not have approval rights with respect to such issuances.
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Failure to effectively market our energy management products and services could impair our
ability to sell significant quantities of these products and services.
One of the challenges we face in commercializing our energy management products and services
is demonstrating the advantages of our products and services over competitive products and
services. To do this, we will need to further develop our marketing and sales force. If we do not
successfully develop and expand our internal sales force our ability to generate significant
revenues may be harmed.
If we do not successfully compete with others in the very competitive energy management
market, we may not achieve profitability.
In the energy management market, we compete with other manufacturers of energy management
products that are currently used by our potential customers. Many of these companies have
substantially greater financial resources, larger research and development staffs and greater
manufacturing and marketing capabilities than we do. Our competitors may provide energy management
products at lower prices and/or with superior performance. If we are unable to successfully compete
with conventional and new technologies our business may be materially harmed.
Product liability claims could result in losses and could divert our managements time and
resources.
The manufacture and sale of our products creates a risk of product liability claims. Any
product liability claims, with or without merit, could result in costly litigation and reduced
sales, cause us to incur significant expenses and divert our managements time, attention and
resources. We do have product liability insurance coverage; however, there is no assurance that
such insurance is adequate to cover all potential claims. The successful assertion of any such
claim against us could materially harm our liquidity and operating results.
Our current internal manufacturing capacity is limited and if demand for our products
increases significantly and we are unable to increase our capacity quickly and efficiently
our business could suffer.
Our EnergySaver products are currently manufactured at our facilities. To be financially
successful, we must manufacture our products, including our EnergySaver products, in substantial
quantities, at acceptable costs and on a timely basis. While we have produced approximately 1,800
EnergySaver units over the past eight years, we have never approached what we believe is our
production capacity. To produce larger quantities of our EnergySaver products at competitive prices
and on a timely basis, we will have to further develop our processing, production control,
assembly, testing and quality assurance capabilities. If our production requirements exceed our
internal capacity we plan to contract with outside manufacturers to produce individual components
and/or entire EnergySaver units. We may also choose to move our production to outside
manufacturers if our production volume is so low that it does not justify maintaining our own
production capacity. Since the manufacturing process that we are currently performing only
involves the assembly of components manufactured by others, we believe there are many contract
manufacturers located across the country that could assemble our EnergySaver product for us with
relatively little lead time. We have had discussions with several potential contract manufacturers
and they have produced units on a trial basis, but their ability to deliver significant quantities
of product in a timely manner with acceptable quality is still unproven. We may be unable to
manufacture our EnergySaver products in sufficient volume and may incur substantial costs and
expenses in connection with manufacturing larger quantities of our EnergySaver products. If we are
unable to make the transition to large-scale commercial production successfully, when the need
arises, our business
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will be negatively affected. We could encounter substantial difficulties if we decide to outsource
the manufacturing of our products, including delays in manufacturing and poor production quality.
Risks Related to the Rights Offering
If you do not exercise your full basic subscription right, your percentage ownership and
voting rights in us will be lower than it would have been in the absence of the rights
offering.
If you choose not to exercise your basic subscription right in full, your relative ownership
interest in us will be lower than it would have been in the absence of the rights offering if and
to the extent others exercise their basic subscription and over-subscription rights. Your voting
rights and percentage interest in any potential future earnings will also be lowered if you do not
exercise your rights in full.
The subscription price determined for this offering is not an indication of our value.
The subscription price does not necessarily bear any relationship to the book value of our
assets, past operations, cash flows, losses, financial condition or any other established criteria
for value. You should not consider the subscription price as an indication of our value. In
addition, you should not rely on the decision of the PIPE investors (including three of our
directors) to purchase shares of common stock at a price equal to the subscription price or the
decision of Dan Parke, another of our directors, to accept the merger consideration which included
$5.0 million of common stock valued at a price per share equal to the subscription price to be a
recommendation or an indication that the subscription price is reflective of our value.
You may not revoke your subscription exercise and could be committed to buying shares above
the prevailing market price.
Once you exercise your subscription rights, you may not revoke the exercise for any reason
unless we amend the offering. The public trading market price of our common stock may decline
before the subscription rights expire. If you exercise your subscription rights and, afterwards,
the public trading market price of our common stock decreases below $1.00, you will have committed
to buying shares of common stock at a price above the prevailing market price. Once you have
exercised your subscription rights, you may not revoke your exercise. Moreover, you may be unable
to sell your shares of our common stock at a price equal to or greater than the offering price.
Because we may terminate the offering at any time, your participation in the offering is not
assured.
We may terminate the offering at any time. If we decide to terminate the offering, we will not
have any obligation with respect to the subscription rights except to return any subscription
payments, without interest or deduction.
You will need to act promptly and carefully follow subscription instructions.
Stockholders who desire to purchase shares in the rights offering must act promptly to ensure
that all required forms and payments are actually received by the subscription agent prior to 5:00
pm on ___, 2006, the expiration date. If you fail to complete and sign the required subscription
forms, send an incorrect payment amount, or otherwise fail to follow the subscription procedures
that apply to your desired transaction the subscription agent may, depending on the circumstances,
reject your subscription or accept it to the extent of the payment received. Neither we nor our
subscription agent undertakes to
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contact you concerning, or attempt to correct, an incomplete or incorrect subscription form or
payment. We have the sole discretion to determine whether a subscription exercise properly follows
the subscription procedures.
If you use a personal check to pay for the shares, it may not clear in time.
Any personal check used to pay for shares must clear prior to the expiration date, and the
clearing process may require seven or more business days. If you wish to pay the subscription price
by uncertified personal check, we urge you to make payment sufficiently in advance of the time the
rights offering expires to ensure that your payment is received and clears by that time.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock Generally
Due to the current market price of our common stock, in conjunction with the fact that we
are a relatively small company with a history of operating losses, the future trading market
for our stock may not be active on a consistent basis, which may make it difficult for you
to sell your shares.
The trading volume of our stock in the future depends in part on our ability to increase our
revenue and reduce or eliminate our operating losses, which should increase the attractiveness of
our stock as an investment, thereby leading to a more liquid market for our stock on a consistent
basis. If we are unable to achieve these goals, the trading market for our stock may be negatively
affected, which may make it difficult for you to sell your shares. In addition, we have recently
moved from The American Stock Exchange to the OTC Bulletin Board because we no longer meet AMEX
listing criteria. Our move to the OTC Bulletin Board may result in reduced liquidity and increased
volatility for our stock. If an active and liquid trading market does not exist for our common
stock, you may have difficulty selling your shares.
Due to the move from The American Stock Exchange to the OTC Bulletin Board, holders of our
common stock will no longer have certain approval rights available under the AMEX Rules.
The American Stock Exchange has rules which listed companies must comply with. Among other
things, the AMEX Rules require shareholder approval as a prerequisite to approving applications to
list additional shares to be issued in connection with certain transactions. For example, AMEX Rule
713 requires shareholder approval if a company issues shares equal to or greater than 20% of its
currently outstanding shares, if such issuance is at a price below the greater of book or market
value of the shares. Although we are subject to the Delaware General Corporation Law, it is less
restrictive and does not require stockholder approval of such a transaction. Accordingly, now that
our stock is no longer listed on the AMEX, we may issue shares for less than the greater of book or
market value and take certain other actions without stockholder approval which we could not have
taken without stockholder approval when our common stock was listed on AMEX.
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Due to the concentration of holdings of our stock, a limited number of investors may be
able to control matters requiring common stockholder approval or could cause our stock price
to decline through future sales because they beneficially own a large percentage of our
common stock.
There were 49,286,611 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 8, 2006, of which
the PIPE Investors and Daniel Parke (a total of 18 holders) beneficially own in the aggregate
approximately 85%. As a result of their significant ownership, these investors may have the ability
to exercise a controlling influence over our business and corporate actions requiring stockholder
approval, including the election of our directors, a sale of substantially all of our assets, a
merger between us and another entity or an amendment to our certificate of incorporation. This
concentration of ownership could delay, defer or prevent a change of control and could adversely
affect the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
Also, in the event of a sale of our business, these investors could be able to seek to receive a
control premium to the exclusion of other common stockholders.
A significant percentage of the outstanding shares of our common stock, including the shares
beneficially owned by these holders, can be sold in the public market from time to time, subject to
limitations imposed by Federal securities laws. The market price of our common stock could decline
as a result of sales of a large number of our presently outstanding shares of common stock by these
investors or other stockholders in the public market or due to the perception that these sales
could occur. This could also make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings
of our equity securities or for you to sell your shares if you choose to do so.
The large concentration of our shares held by this small group of shareholders could result in
increased volatility in our stock price due to the limited number of shares available in the
market.
Provisions of our charter and by-laws, in particular our blank check preferred stock,
could discourage an acquisition of our company that would benefit our stockholders.
Provisions of our charter and by-laws may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire
control of our company, even if a change in control would benefit our stockholders. In particular,
shares of our preferred stock may be issued in the future without further stockholder approval and
upon those terms and conditions, and having those rights, privileges and preferences, as our Board
of Directors may determine. In the past, we have issued preferred stock with dividend and
liquidation preferences over our common stock, and with certain approval rights not accorded to our
common stock, and which was convertible into shares of our common stock at a price lower than the
market price of our common stock. The rights of the holders of our common stock will be subject to,
and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock we may issue in
the future. The issuance of our preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in pursuing
possible additional equity financings and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making
it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us. This could limit the price that
certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock and
discourage these investors from acquiring a majority of our common stock. In addition, the price
that future investors may be willing to pay for our common stock may be lower due to the conversion
price and exercise price granted to investors in any such private financing.
We do not intend to pay dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future.
We currently expect to retain our future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and
expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on shares of our common
stock in the foreseeable future.
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Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure may result
in additional expenses.
Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public
disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, are creating uncertainty for companies such
as ours. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public
disclosure. As a result, we intend to invest reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving
standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a
diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance
activities, which could harm our business prospects.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds from the rights offering will be used for general corporate purposes. We may
also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in businesses, products and
technologies that we believe are complementary to our own. Pending these uses, the net proceeds
will be invested in investment-grade, interest-bearing securities.
CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our unaudited historical cash and capitalization as of June 30,
2006 and our unaudited pro-forma capitalization as of June 30, 2006, as adjusted to give pro-forma
effect to the rights offering as if it had occurred on June 30, 2006. For the purposes of this
table we have assumed that half of the rights were exercised in the rights offering. However it is
impossible to predict the rights, if any, that actually will be exercised. The table should be read
in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto which are
incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
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Historical |
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Pro-forma (1) |
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Cash |
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$ |
9,529,429 |
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$ |
24,266,439 |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
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561,504 |
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561,504 |
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Long term debt |
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35,591 |
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35,591 |
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Stockholders Equity: |
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Common stock |
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4,929 |
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6,403 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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89,963,703 |
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104,699,239 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(67,015,044 |
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(67,015,044 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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22,953,588 |
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37,690,598 |
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Total capitalization |
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$ |
23,550,683 |
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$ |
38,287,693 |
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Assumes exercise of 14,737,010 subscription rights (50% of the offering), resulting in
the issuance of 14,737,010 shares of common stock with a par value of
$0.0001 per share. It is impossible to predict the number of rights,
if any, that actually will be exercised. In the event that only 10%
of the rights are exercised the pro-forma cash will be reduced to
$12,476,831, pro-forma total stockholders equity will be
$25,900,990 and the pro-forma total capitalization will be
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THE RIGHTS OFFERING
Reasons for the Rights Offering
The rights offering is being made to raise equity capital in a cost-effective manner and to
offer our common stockholders an opportunity to reduce the dilution they sustained as a result of
the recently completed PIPE Transaction through the purchase of shares of our common stock at the
same per share price paid by the PIPE Investors.
The Rights
We will distribute to each holder of our common stock who is a record holder of our common
stock (except the former holders of Series E shares who acquired their common stock in the PIPE
Transaction or upon conversion of their Series E, who have all waived their rights to participate
in the offering in order to maximize the number of shares available for purchase by other
stockholders) on the record date, which is ___, 2006, at no charge, five non-transferable
subscription rights for each share of common stock owned, for a total of 29,474,020 subscription
rights. The subscription rights will be evidenced by non-transferable subscription rights
certificates. Each subscription right will allow you to purchase one share of our common stock at
a price of $1.00 per share. Stockholders who elect to exercise their basic subscription privilege
in full may also subscribe, at the subscription price, for additional shares of our common stock
under their respective over-subscription privileges to the extent that other rights holders do not
exercise their basic subscription privileges in full. If a sufficient number of shares of our
common stock is unavailable to fully satisfy the over-subscription privilege requests, the
available shares of common stock will be sold pro rata among subscription rights holders who
exercised their over-subscription privilege based on the number of shares each subscription rights
holder subscribed for under the basic subscription privilege. If you hold your shares in a
brokerage account or through a dealer or other nominee, please see the information included below
the heading Beneficial Owners.
Expiration of the Rights Offering and Extensions, Amendments and Termination
You may exercise your subscription rights at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on ___, 2006, the expiration date for the rights offering. We may, in our sole discretion, extend
the time for exercising the subscription rights. If the commencement of the rights offering is
delayed for a period of time, the expiration date of the rights offering may be similarly extended.
We will extend the duration of the rights offering as required by applicable law, and may choose
to extend it if we decide that changes in the market price of our common stock warrant an extension
or if we decide to give investors more time to exercise their subscription rights in the rights
offering. We may extend the expiration date of the rights offering by giving oral or written notice
to the subscription agent on or before the scheduled expiration date. If we elect to extend the
expiration of the rights offering, we will issue a press release announcing such extension no later
than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the most recently announced
expiration date.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to amend or modify the terms of the rights
offering. If you do not exercise your subscription rights before the expiration date of the rights
offering, your unexercised subscription rights will be null and void of no value. We will not be
obligated to honor your exercise of subscription rights if the subscription agent receives the
documents relating to your exercise after the rights offering expires, regardless of when you
transmitted the documents, except if you have timely transmitted the documents under the guaranteed
delivery procedures described below.
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Subscription Privileges
Your subscription rights entitle you to a basic subscription privilege and an
over-subscription privilege.
Basic Subscription Privilege. With your basic subscription privilege you may purchase one
share of our common stock per subscription right, upon delivery of the required documents and
payment of the subscription price of $1.00 per share. You are not required to exercise all of your
subscription rights unless you wish to purchase shares under your over-subscription privilege. We
will deliver to the record holders who purchase shares in the rights offering certificates
representing the shares purchased with a holders basic subscription privilege as soon as
practicable after the rights offering has expired.
Over-Subscription Privilege. In addition to your basic subscription privilege, you may
subscribe for additional shares of our common stock, upon delivery of the required documents and
payment of the subscription price of $1.00 per share before the expiration of the rights offering.
You may only exercise your over-subscription privilege if you exercised your basic subscription
privilege in full and other holders of subscription rights do not exercise their basic subscription
privileges in full.
Pro Rata Allocation. If there are not enough shares of our common stock to satisfy all
subscriptions made under the over-subscription privilege, we will allocate the remaining shares of
our common stock pro rata among those over-subscribing rights holders. Pro rata means in
proportion to the number of shares of our common stock that you and the other subscription rights
holders have purchased by exercising your basic subscription privileges. If there is a pro rata
allocation of the remaining shares of our common stock and you receive an allocation of a greater
number of shares than you subscribed for under your over-subscription privilege, then we will
allocate to you only the number of shares for which you subscribed. We will allocate the remaining
shares among all other holders exercising their over-subscription privileges.
Full Exercise of Basic Subscription Privilege. You may exercise your over-subscription
privilege only if you exercise your basic subscription privilege in full. To determine if you have
fully exercised your basic subscription privilege, we will consider only the basic subscription
privileges held by you in the same capacity. For example, suppose that you were granted
subscription rights for shares of our common stock that you own individually and shares of our
common stock that you own collectively with your spouse. If you wish to exercise your
over-subscription privilege with respect to the subscription rights you own individually, but not
with respect to the subscription rights you own collectively with your spouse, you only need to
fully exercise your basic subscription privilege with respect to your individually owned
subscription rights. You do not have to subscribe for any shares under the basic subscription
privilege owned collectively with your spouse to exercise your individual over-subscription
privilege.
When you complete the portion of your subscription rights certificate to exercise your
over-subscription privilege, you will be representing and certifying that you have fully exercised
your subscription privileges as to shares of our common stock that you hold in that capacity. You
must exercise your over-subscription privilege at the same time you exercise your basic
subscription privilege in full.
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Return of Excess Payment. If you exercised your over-subscription privilege and are allocated
less than all of the shares of our common stock for which you wished to subscribe, your excess
payment for shares that were not allocated to you will be returned to you by mail, without interest
or deduction, as soon as practicable after the expiration date of the rights offering. We will
deliver to the record holders who purchase shares in the rights offering certificates representing
the shares of our common stock that they purchased as soon as practicable after the expiration date
of the rights offering and after all pro rata allocations and adjustments have been completed.
Conditions to the Rights Offering
We may terminate the rights offering, in whole or in part, if at any time before completion of
the rights offering there is any judgment, order, decree, injunction, statute, law or regulation
entered, enacted, amended or held to be applicable to the rights offering that in the sole judgment
of our board of directors would or might make the rights offering or its completion, whether in
whole or in part, illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit completion of the rights offering. We
may waive any of these conditions and choose to proceed with the rights offering even if one or
more of these events occur. If we terminate the rights offering, in whole or in part, all affected
subscription rights will expire without value and all subscription payments received by the
subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or deduction. See also
Cancellation Rights.
Method of SubscriptionExercise of Rights
You may exercise your subscription rights by delivering the following to the subscription
agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ___, 2006, the expiration date of the rights
offering:
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Your properly completed and executed subscription rights certificate with any required
signature guarantees or other supplemental documentation; and |
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Your full subscription price payment for each share subscribed for under your
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If you are a beneficial owner of shares of our common stock whose shares are registered in the
name of a broker, custodian bank or other nominee, you should instruct your broker, custodian bank
or other nominee to exercise your rights and deliver all documents and payment on your behalf prior
to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on ___, 2006, the expiration date of the rights offering.
Your subscription rights will not be considered exercised unless the subscription agent
receives from you, your broker, custodian or nominee, as the case may be, all of the required
documents and your full subscription price payment prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
___, 2006, the expiration date of the rights offering.
Method of Payment
Your payment of the subscription price must be made in United States dollars for the full
number of shares of common stock for which you are subscribing by check or bank draft drawn upon a
United States bank, or by postal, telegraphic or express money order, payable to the subscription
agent.
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Receipt of Payment
Your payment will be considered received by the subscription agent only upon:
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Receipt by the subscription agent of any certified check or bank draft drawn upon a
United States bank or of any postal, telegraphic or express money order payable to the
subscription agent; or |
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Clearance of Uncertified Checks
If you are paying by uncertified personal check, please note that uncertified checks may take
at least seven to ten business days to clear. If you wish to pay the subscription price by
uncertified personal check, we urge you to make payment sufficiently in advance of the time the
rights offering expires to ensure that your payment is received by the subscription agent and
clears by the rights offering expiration date. We urge you to consider using a certified or
cashiers check, money order or wire transfer of funds to avoid missing the opportunity to exercise
your subscription rights should you decide to exercise your subscription rights.
Delivery of Subscription Materials and Payment
You should deliver your subscription rights certificate and payment of the subscription price
or, if applicable, notice of guaranteed delivery, to the subscription agent by one of the methods
described below:
By Mail, Overnight Courier or by Hand:
LaSalle Bank N.A.
135 S. LaSalle Street
Suite 1811
Chicago, IL 60603-4298
Your delivery to an address or by any method other than as set forth above will not constitute
valid delivery.
Calculation of Subscription Rights Exercised
If you do not indicate the number of subscription rights being exercised, or do not forward
full payment of the total subscription price payment for the number of subscription rights that you
indicate are being exercised, then you will be deemed to have exercised your basic subscription
privilege with respect to the maximum number of subscription rights that may be exercised with the
aggregate subscription price payment you delivered to the subscription agent. If your aggregate
subscription price payment is greater than the amount you owe for your subscription, you will be
deemed to have exercised your over-subscription privilege to purchase the maximum number of shares
of our common stock with your over-payment. If we do not apply your full subscription price
payment to your purchase of shares of our common stock, we or the subscription agent will return
the excess amount to you by mail, without interest or deduction, as soon as practicable after the
expiration date of the rights offering.
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Your Funds will be Held by the Subscription Agent Until Shares of Our Common Stock are Issued
The subscription agent will hold your payment of the subscription price in a segregated
account with other payments received from other subscription rights holders until we issue your
shares of our common stock to you upon consummation of the rights offering.
Medallion Guarantee May be Required
Your signature on each subscription rights certificate must be guaranteed by an eligible
institution, such as a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company having an
office or correspondent in the United States, subject to standards and procedures adopted by the
subscription agent, unless:
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Notice to Beneficial Holders
If you are a broker, a trustee or a depositary for securities who holds shares of our common
stock for the account of others on ___, 2006, the record date, you should notify the respective
beneficial owners of such shares of the rights offering as soon as possible to find out their
intentions with respect to exercising their subscription rights. You should obtain instructions
from the beneficial owners with respect to their subscription rights, as set forth in the
instructions we have provided to you for your distribution to beneficial owners. If a beneficial
owner so instructs, you should complete the appropriate subscription rights certificates and submit
them to the subscription agent with the proper payment. If you hold shares of our common stock for
the account(s) of more than one beneficial owner, you may exercise the number of subscription
rights to which all such beneficial owners in the aggregate otherwise would have been entitled had
they been direct record holders of our common stock on the record date, provided that you, as a
nominee record holder, make a proper showing to the subscription agent by submitting the form
entitled Nominee Holder Certification that we will provide to you with your rights offering
materials. If you did not receive this form, you should contact the subscription agent to request a
copy.
Beneficial Owners
If you are a beneficial owner of shares of our common stock or will receive your subscription
rights through a broker, custodian bank or other nominee, we will ask your broker, custodian bank
or other nominee to notify you of the rights offering. If you wish to exercise your subscription
rights, you will need to have your broker, custodian bank or other nominee act for you. If you
hold certificates of our common stock directly and would prefer to have your broker, custodian bank
or other nominee act for you, you should contact your nominee and request it to effect the
transactions for you. To indicate your decision with respect to your subscription rights, you
should complete and return to your broker, custodian bank or other nominee the form entitled
Beneficial Owners Election Form. You should receive this form from your broker, custodian bank
or other nominee with the other rights offering materials. If you wish to obtain a separate
subscription rights certificate, you should contact the nominee as soon as possible and request
that a separate subscription rights certificate be issued to you. You should contact your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee if you do not receive this form but you believe you are entitled to
participate in the rights offering. We are not responsible if you do not receive the form from
your broker, custodian bank or nominee or if you receive it without sufficient time to respond.
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Instructions for Completing Your Subscription Rights Certificate
You should read and follow the instructions accompanying the subscription rights certificates
carefully. You are responsible for the method of delivery of your subscription rights
certificate(s) with your subscription price payment to the subscription agent. If you send your
subscription rights certificate(s) and subscription price payment by mail, we recommend that you
send them by registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. You should allow a
sufficient number of days to ensure delivery to the subscription agent prior to the time the rights
offering expires. Because uncertified personal checks may take at least seven to ten business days
to clear, you are strongly urged to pay, or arrange for payment, by means of a certified or
cashiers check, money order or wire transfer of funds.
Determinations Regarding the Exercise of Your Subscription Rights
We will decide all questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and eligibility of the
exercise of your subscription rights and any such determinations by us will be final and binding.
We, in our sole discretion, may waive, in any particular instance, any defect or irregularity, or
permit, in any particular instance, a defect or irregularity to be corrected within such time as we
may determine. We will not be required to make uniform determinations in all cases. We may reject
the exercise of any of your subscription rights because of any defect or irregularity. We will not
accept any exercise of subscription rights until all irregularities have been waived by us or cured
by you within such time as we decide, in our sole discretion.
Neither we, nor the subscription agent, will be under any duty to notify you of any defect or
irregularity in connection with your submission of subscription rights certificates and we will not
be liable for failure to notify you of any defect or irregularity. We reserve the right to reject
your exercise of subscription rights if your exercise is not in accordance with the terms of the
rights offering or in proper form. We will also not accept the exercise of your subscription rights
if our issuance of shares of our common stock to you could be deemed unlawful under applicable law.
Regulatory Limitation
We will not be required to issue to you shares of our common stock pursuant to the rights
offering if, in our opinion, you would be required to obtain prior clearance or approval from any
state or federal regulatory authorities to own or control such shares if, at the time the rights
offering expires, you have not obtained such clearance or approval.
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
If you wish to exercise your subscription rights, but you do not have sufficient time to
deliver the subscription rights certificate evidencing your subscription rights to the subscription
agent on or before the time the rights offering expires, you may exercise your subscription rights
by the following guaranteed delivery procedures:
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subscription price payment in full for each share you subscribed for under your
subscription privileges in the manner set forth above in Method of Payment; |
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Deliver to the subscription agent prior to the expiration date the form entitled Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form provided with the Instructions as to
Use of Electric City Corp. Subscription Rights Certificates distributed with your
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Deliver the properly completed subscription rights certificate evidencing your
subscription rights being exercised and the related nominee holder certification, if
applicable, with any required signature guarantee, to the subscription agent within three
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Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered in substantially the same form provided
with the Instructions as to the Use of Electric City Corp. Subscription Rights Certificates, which
have been distributed to you with your subscription rights certificate. Your Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery must come from an eligible institution, or other eligible guarantee institution, that is a
members of, or a participant in, a signature guarantee program acceptable to the subscription
agent.
In your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, you must state:
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The number of subscription rights represented by your subscription rights
certificate(s), the number of shares of our common stock for which you are subscribing
under your basic subscription privilege and the number of shares of our common stock for
which you are subscribing under your over-subscription privilege, if any; and |
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Your guarantee that you will deliver to the subscription agent any subscription rights
certificates evidencing the subscription rights you are exercising within three (3)
business days following the date the subscription agent receives your Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery. |
You may deliver your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the subscription agent in the same
manner as your subscription rights certificates at the address set forth above under Delivery of
Subscription Materials and Payment. You may alternatively transmit your Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery to the subscription agent by facsimile transmission (Fax No.: 312-904-2079). To confirm
facsimile deliveries, you may call 312-904-5761.
The subscription agent will send you additional copies of the form of Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery if you request them. Please call 312-904-5761 to request any copies of the form of Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery.
Questions About Exercising Subscription Rights
If you have any questions or require assistance regarding the method of exercising your
subscription rights or requests for additional copies of this document, the Instructions as to the
Use of Electric City Corp. Subscription Rights Certificates or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery,
you should contact the subscription agent at the address and telephone number set forth above under
Questions and Answers About the Rights Offering included elsewhere in this document.
Subscription Agent
We have appointed LaSalle Bank N.A. to act as subscription agent for the rights offering. We
will pay all fees and expenses of the subscription agent related to the rights offering and have
also agreed to indemnify the subscription agent from liabilities that it may incur in connection
with the rights offering.
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No Revocation
Once you have exercised your subscription privileges, you may not revoke your exercise.
Subscription rights not exercised prior to the expiration date of the rights offering will expire
and will have no value.
Procedures for DTC Participants
We expect that the exercise of your basic subscription privilege and your over-subscription
privilege may be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company. If your subscription
rights are held of record through DTC, you may exercise your basic subscription privilege and your
over-subscription privilege by instructing DTC to transfer your subscription rights from your
account to the account of the subscription agent, together with certification as to the aggregate
number of subscription rights you are exercising and the number of shares of our common stock you
are subscribing for under your basic subscription privilege and your over-subscription privilege,
if any, and your subscription price payment for each share of our common stock that you subscribed
for pursuant to your basic subscription privilege and your over-subscription privilege.
Subscription Price
The subscription price is $1.00 per share. For more information with respect to how the
subscription price was determined, see Questions and Answers About the Rights Offering included
elsewhere in this document.
Foreign and Other Stockholders
We will not mail subscription rights certificates to stockholders on the record date, or to
subsequent transferees, whose addresses are outside the United States. Instead, we will have the
subscription agent hold the subscription rights certificates for those holders accounts. To
exercise its subscription rights, a foreign holder must notify the subscription agent before 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on ___, 2006, three business days prior to the expiration date, and
must establish to the satisfaction of the subscription agent that it is permitted to exercise its
subscription rights under applicable law. If these procedures are not followed prior to the
expiration date and you are a foreign holder, your rights will expire.
Non-Transferability of the Rights
Except in the limited circumstances described below, only you may exercise the basic
subscription privilege and the over-subscription privilege. You may not sell, give away or
otherwise transfer the basic subscription privilege or the over-subscription privilege.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may transfer your rights to any affiliate of yours and your
rights also may be transferred by operation of law; for example a transfer of rights to the estate
of the recipient upon the death of the recipient would be permitted. If the rights are transferred
as permitted, evidence satisfactory to us that the transfer was proper must be received by us prior
to the expiration date of the rights offering.
Cancellation Rights
Our board of directors may cancel the rights offering, in whole or in part, in its sole
discretion at any time prior to the time the rights offering expires for any reason (including a
change in the market price of our common stock). If we cancel the rights offering, any funds you
paid to the subscription agent will be promptly refunded, without interest or deduction.
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No Board Recommendation
An investment in shares of our common stock must be made according to each investors
evaluation of its own best interests and after considering all of the information herein, including
the Risk Factors section of this document. Neither we nor our board of directors nor their
financial advisors make any recommendation to subscription rights holders regarding whether they
should exercise their subscription rights. In addition, you should not rely on the decision of the
PIPE Investors (including three of our directors) to purchase shares of common stock at a price
equal to the subscription price, or the decision of Dan Parke to accept the merger consideration
which included $5.0 million of common stock valued at a price per share equal to the subscription
price, to be a recommendation or an indication that the subscription price is reflective of our
value.
Shares of Common Stock Outstanding After the Rights Offering
Based on the 49,286,611 shares of our common stock currently outstanding, and the potential
that we may issue as many as 29,474,020 shares pursuant to this rights offering, 78,760,631 shares
of our common stock may be issued and outstanding following the rights offering, an increase in the
number of outstanding shares of our common stock of approximately 60%.
Other Matters
We are not making the rights offering in any state or other jurisdiction in which it is
unlawful to do so, nor are we distributing or accepting any offers to purchase any shares of our
common stock from subscription rights holders who are residents of those states or of other
jurisdictions or who are otherwise prohibited by federal or state laws or regulations to accept or
exercise the subscription rights. We may delay the commencement of the rights offering in those
states or other jurisdictions, or change the terms of the rights offering, in whole or in part, in
order to comply with the securities law or other legal requirements of those states or other
jurisdictions. We may decline to make modifications to the terms of the rights offering requested
by those states or other jurisdictions, in which case, if you are a resident in one of those states
or jurisdictions or if you are otherwise prohibited by federal or state laws or regulations from
accepting or exercising the subscription rights you will not be eligible to participate in the
rights offering.
MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following discussion is a summary of the material United States Federal income tax
consequences of the rights offering to holders of our common stock. This discussion assumes that
the holders of our common stock hold such common stock as a capital asset for United States Federal
income tax purposes. This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, Internal Revenue Service rulings and pronouncements
and judicial decisions in effect on the date hereof, all of which are subject to change (possibly
with retroactive effect) and to differing interpretations. This discussion applies only to holders
that are United States persons and does not address all aspects of United States federal income
taxation that may be relevant to holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders
who may be subject to special tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code, including, without
limitation, holders who are dealers in securities or foreign currency, foreign persons, insurance
companies, tax-exempt organizations, banks, financial institutions, broker-dealers, holders who
hold our common stock as part of a hedge, straddle, conversion or other risk reduction transaction,
or who acquired our common stock pursuant to the exercise of compensatory stock options or
otherwise as compensation.
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We have not sought, and will not seek, an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service regarding the United States Federal income tax consequences of the rights offering
or the related share issuance. The following summary does not address the tax consequences of the
rights offering or the related share issuance under foreign, state, or local tax laws. ACCORDINGLY,
EACH HOLDER OF OUR COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING AND THE RELATED SHARE ISSUANCE TO SUCH HOLDER.
The United States Federal income tax consequences to a holder of our common stock of the
receipt and exercise of subscription rights under the rights offering should be as follows:
1. A holder should not recognize taxable income for United States Federal income tax purposes
in connection with the receipt of subscription rights in the rights offering.
2. Except as provided in the following sentence, a holders tax basis in the subscription
rights received in the rights offering should be zero. If either (i) the fair market value of the
subscription rights on the date such subscription rights are distributed is equal to at least 15%
of the fair market value on such date of the common stock with respect to which the subscription
rights are received or (ii) the holder elects, in its United States Federal income tax return for
the taxable year in which the subscription rights are received, to allocate part of its tax basis
in such common stock to the subscription rights, then upon exercise or transfer of the subscription
rights, the holders tax basis in the common stock should be allocated between the common stock and
the subscription rights in proportion to their respective fair market values on the date the
subscription rights are distributed. A holders holding period for the subscription rights received
in the rights offering should include the holders holding period for the common stock with respect
to which the subscription rights were received.
3. A holder which allows the subscription rights received in the rights offering to expire
should not recognize any gain or loss, and the tax basis in the common stock owned by such holder
with respect to which such subscription rights were distributed should be equal to the tax basis in
such common stock immediately before the receipt of the subscription rights in the rights offering.
4. A holder should not recognize any gain or loss upon the exercise of the subscription rights
received in the rights offering. The tax basis in the common stock acquired through exercise of the
subscription rights should equal the sum of the subscription price for the common stock and the
holders tax basis, if any, in the rights as described above. The holding period for the common
stock acquired through exercise of the subscription rights should begin on the date the
subscription rights are exercised.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are making this rights offering directly to you, the holders of our common stock, on a pro
rata basis for each share of our common stock held at the close of business on ___, 2006, the
record date for this rights offering. PIPE Investors and other former holders of Series E shares
who acquired common stock upon conversion of their Series E shares, have all waived their rights to
participate in the offering in order to maximize the number of shares available for purchase by
other stockholders.
We will pay LaSalle Bank N.A., the subscription agent, a fee of approximately $6,000 for its
services in connection with this rights offering (which includes the subscription agents fees
associated with the exercise of rights). We have also agreed to reimburse LaSalle Bank N.A., the
subscription agent, its reasonable expenses and indemnify it from liabilities it may incur in
connection with the rights offering.
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We estimate that our total expenses in connection with the rights offering, including
registration, legal and accounting fees, will be approximately $70,000.
We have not employed any brokers, dealers or underwriters in connection with the solicitation
or exercise of rights. Except as described in this section, we are not paying any other
commissions, fees or discounts in connection with the rights offering. Some of our employees may
solicit responses from you as a holder of rights, but we will not pay our employees any commissions
or compensation for such services other than their normal employment compensation.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the shares of common stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for Electric City by Schwartz Cooper Chartered of Chicago, Illinois.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements and schedule of Electric City Corp and the
financial statements of Parke P.A.N.D.A. Corporation incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and in the
Registration Statement have been audited by BDO Seidman, LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their
reports (which report for Electric City Corp contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Companys ability to continue as a
going concern) incorporated by reference herein and in the Registration Statement, and are
incorporated in reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
The financial statements of Maximum Performance Group, Inc. contained in the 8-K/A filed with
the SEC on July 15, 2005, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and in the Registration
Statement have been audited by Marcum & Kliegman, LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report (which contains an explanatory
paragraph regarding MPGs ability to continue as a going concern) incorporated by reference herein
and in the Registration Statement, and are incorporated in reliance upon such report given upon the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Information filed with
the SEC by us can be inspected and copied at the public reference room maintained by the SEC at
Headquarters Office, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain
copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, Headquarters
Office, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further
information on the operation of the SECs public reference room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained
by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy statements and other
information about issuers, such as us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that
site is http://www.sec.gov.
Our common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB: ELCY). Our web site address is
http://www.elccorp.com. The information on our web site, however, is not, and should not be deemed
to be, a part of this prospectus.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The rules of the SEC allow us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus,
which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document
filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of
this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede that information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below
that we have previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about us.
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (filed with the SEC
on March 21, 2006); |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2006 (filed
with the SEC on May 15, 2006); |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month and six month periods ended June
30, 2006 (filed with the SEC on August 14, 2006); |
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our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 meeting of stockholders (filed with the SEC
on April 28, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on May 4, 2005), as amended by our Form 8-K/A (filed
with the SEC on July 15, 2005); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on November 30, 2005), as amended by our Form 8-K/A
(filed with the SEC on February 9, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on January 26, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on February 22, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on March 22, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on April 7, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on April 26, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on May 16, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on May 22, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on May 23, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on June 13, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on June 15, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on July 6, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on July 17, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on August 14, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K (filed with the SEC on August 18, 2006); |
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our Form 8-K/A (filed with the SEC on August 22, 2006); |
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the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on form S-1,
filed with the SEC on August 30, 2006; and |
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all documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of
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You may request a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus (other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in the
documents) by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
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Electric City Corp. |
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Attn: Investor Relations |
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1280 Landmeier Road |
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Telephone: (847) 437-1666 |
You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus or in the applicable supplement to this prospectus. You should not assume that the
information in this prospectus and the applicable supplement is accurate as of any date other than
the date on the front cover of the document.
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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses Of Issuance And Distribution.
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the registrant in connection
with the sale of the common stock being registered. All of the amounts shown are estimates except
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) registration fee.
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3,154 |
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15,000 |
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation
to indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has
been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsection (a) and
(b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; that the
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indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the scope of indemnification extends to
directors, officers, employees, or agents of a constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation
or merger and persons serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent corporation for
another. Section 145 also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a
director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or her or
incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under
Section 145.
Article VIII of Electric Citys By-laws specifies that Electric City shall indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent that such right of indemnity is
permitted by law. This provision of the By-laws is deemed to be a contract between Electric City
and each director and officer who serves in such capacity at any time while such provision and the
relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law are in effect, and any repeal or
modification thereof shall not offset any right to indemnification in respect of action, suit or
proceeding theretofor or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such
state of facts. The amendment or repeal of such provision of the By-Laws may be effected by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in interest of all outstanding capital stock of
Electric City entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, at any annual or special meeting in which a
quorum is present. The By-Laws may also be amended, adopted or repealed in whole or in part by
actions of the majority of the whole board of directors.
Electric City has executed indemnification agreements with certain officers pursuant to which
Electric City has agreed to indemnify such parties to the full extent permitted by law, subject to
certain exceptions, if they become subject to an action because of serving as a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of Electric City.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law enables a corporation in its
certificate of incorporation to limit the personal liability of members of its board of directors
for violation of a directors fiduciary duty of care. This section does not, however, limit the
liability of a director for breaching his or her duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith,
engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, authorizing unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful redemptions or stock purchases as contemplated by Section 174 of Delaware
General Corporation Law, or from any transaction in which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. This section also will have no effect on claims arising under the federal securities laws.
Electric Citys Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of its
directors as authorized by Section 102(b)(7). To amend such provisions the Company would require
the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of
the capital stock of Electric City.
Electric City has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers
which provides coverage for losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of claims
against such persons acting as directors or officers of Electric City (or any subsidiary thereof)
due to any breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or act done
by such directors and officers, except as prohibited by law.
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Item 16. Exhibits
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Form of Subscription Rights Agreement
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Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
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paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by such clauses is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
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Paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement. |
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Provided further, however, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an
offering of asset backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided
pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB. |
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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(3) |
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
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(4) |
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That, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to
any purchaser: |
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If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B: |
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Each prospectus filed by the registrant
pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed
part of and included in the registration statement; and |
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement |
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as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in
the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for
liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an
underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a
time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any
such document immediately prior to such effective date; or |
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If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to
an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other
than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of
and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used
after effectiveness. . Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration
statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: |
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The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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(ii) |
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant; |
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(iii) |
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and |
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser. |
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), each filing of the Registrants annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the
expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the
transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed
securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof.
If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth
on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the
terms of such offering.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the foregoing Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Elk Grove Village, State of Illinois, on
the 11th day of September 2006.
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ELECTRIC CITY CORP.
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By: |
/s/ David Asplund
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David Asplund |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: |
/s/ Jeffrey Mistarz
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Jeffrey Mistarz |
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September 11, 2006 |
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Principal Accounting Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David Asplund and Jeffrey Mistarz, and each of
them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, jointly and severally, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on his
behalf this Registration Statement on Form S-3 in connection with the registration of common stock
by the registrant and offering thereof pursuant hereto and to execute any amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), including a registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b), or certificates that may be required in connection with this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, jointly and severally, the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or advisable to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, jointly or
severally, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities below.
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Signature |
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Date |
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Chief Executive Officer
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September 11, 2006 |
David Asplund |
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/s/ Jeffrey Mistarz
Jeffrey Mistarz
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Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary (principal financial
officer and principal
accounting officer)
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September 11, 2006 |
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Chairman of the Board
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September 11, 2006 |
Richard Kiphart |
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Director
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September 11, 2006 |
Gregory Barnum |
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Director
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September 11, 2006 |
William Carey |
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Director
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September 11, 2006 |
Daniel Parke |
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Director
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September 11, 2006 |
Gerald Pientka |
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Director
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September 11, 2006 |
David Valentine |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit |
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Number |
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Description |
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4.1 |
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Form of Subscription Rights Agreement |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Schwartz Cooper Chartered with respect to the legality of the common stock being registered. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP. |
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23.2 |
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Consent of Schwartz Cooper Chartered. (contained in exhibit 5.1). |
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23.3 |
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Consent of Marcum & Kliegman, LLP |
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24.1 |
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof). |
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99.1 |
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Form of Instructions For Use of Electric City Subscription Rights |
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99.2 |
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for Subscription Rights |
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99.3 |
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Form of Letter to Stockholders who are Record Holders |
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99.4 |
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Form of Letter to Stockholders who are Beneficial Holders |
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99.5 |
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Form of Letter to Clients of Stockholders who are Beneficial Holders |
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99.6 |
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Form of Nominee Holder Certification Form |
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99.7 |
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Form of Beneficial Owner Election Form |
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99.8 |
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Substitute Form W-9 for Use with Rights Offering |
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