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Arcade China Acquisition Corp
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S-1
Mar 18, 6:43 PM ET
Arcade China Acquisition Corp S-1
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Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP.
62 LaSalle Road, Suite 304 West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 236-6320
John Chapman, Chief Financial Officer 62 LaSalle Road, Suite 304 West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 236-6320
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
$40,000,000
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP.
4,000,000 Units
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
Our Business
Private Placements
Effecting a Business Combination
THE OFFERING
Risks
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
RISK FACTORS
Risks Associated with Our Proposed Business
We are a development stage company with no operating history and, accordingly, you will not have any basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
Our public stockholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, which means we may consummate our initial business combination even though holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock do not support such a combination.
Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding our initial business combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination.
The ability of our stockholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it more difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
The ability of a large number of our stockholders to exercise redemption rights may not allow us to consummate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
Our negotiating position and our ability to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets may decrease as we approach our initial business combination deadline, which could undermine our ability to consummate an initial business combination that would produce value for our stockholders.
If we are unable to consummate a business combination with the required time frame, our public stockholders could be forced to wait up to 24 months before receiving liquidation distributions.
You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank check companies.
Unlike other blank check companies, we allow 87% of our public stockholders to exercise their redemption rights. This higher threshold will make it easier for us to consummate a business combination with which you may not agree and could result in more money from the trust account being used to pay for redemptions than in other blank check companies, and very little money remaining in trust for the post-transaction company.
Unlike many other blank check companies, we are not required to consider a target’s valuation when entering into or consummating our initial business combination. Management’s flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition target, along with management’s financial interest in consummating an initial business combination, may lead management to enter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interest of the our stockholders.
Because some of our directors and officers reside outside of the United States, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests.
We may issue additional shares of our capital stock or debt securities to complete a business combination, which would reduce the equity interest of our stockholders and likely cause a change in control of our ownership.
Your only opportunity to evaluate and affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights in connection with our initial business combination.
If the net proceeds of this offering not being held in trust are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 24 months, we may be unable to complete a business combination.
Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not consummated, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in trust could be reduced and the per-share liquidation price received by stockholders may be less than $10.00.
If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our stockholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
Our stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them.
An effective registration statement may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus precluding such investor from being able to exercise his, her or its warrants for cash.
An investor will only be able to exercise a warrant if the issuance of common stock upon such exercise has been registered or qualified or is deemed exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants.
We may amend the terms of the warrants that may be adverse to holders with the approval by the holders of 65% of the then outstanding warrants.
Certain provisions of our charter that relate to our pre-business combination activity may be amended with the approval of at least 65% of our outstanding common stock, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of most blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our certificate of incorporation to facilitate the completion of our initial business combination that our stockholders may not support.
Although we identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into a business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.
Following our initial business combination we may discover or otherwise become aware of adverse information regarding our acquired business, and we may be required to subsequently take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring, and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and our share price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
Because we must furnish our stockholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may not remain with us following our initial business combination. The loss of our key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our assessment of individuals we engage after a business combination may not prove to be correct.
The officers and directors of an acquisition target may resign upon consummation of a business combination. The loss of an acquisition target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
We may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships or are affiliated with our sponsors, directors, officers or advisors, which may raise potential conflicts.
Our officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary, or financial, interests that conflict with our interests.
We may seek to consummate a business combination with a company that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth.
We expect to acquire a privately-held company for which there is little public information available.
Our officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate a business combination.
Our officers, directors and their affiliates may in the future become affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with our initial business combination. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.
Since our initial stockholders will lose their entire investment in us if a business combination is not completed and our officers and directors have significant financial interests in us, a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular acquisition target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.
Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, we may not be able to consummate an attractive business combination.
We may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth of the target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
Our initial stockholders control a substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring a stockholder vote.
Our outstanding warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of common stock and make it more difficult to effect a business combination.
We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.
Our management’s ability to require holders of our warrants to exercise such warrants on a cashless basis after we call the warrants for redemption or if there is no effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants will cause holders to receive fewer shares of common stock upon their exercise of the warrants than they would have received had they been able to pay the exercise price of their warrants in cash.
The exercise price for the public warrants is higher than in many similar blank check company offerings in the past, and, accordingly, the warrants are more likely to expire worthless.
The grant of registration rights to holders of the initial shares and private placement warrants may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
If we are deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete a business combination.
We may not be required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, and consequently you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view.
Our insiders’ interests in obtaining reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them may lead to a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is appropriate for an initial business combination and in the public stockholders’ best interest.
If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, we, our insiders, advisors and their respective affiliates may elect to purchase shares from stockholders, in which case we or they may influence a vote in favor of a proposed business combination that you do not support and have other negative consequences.
There is currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.
Our securities will be quoted on the OTCBB quotation system, which will limit the liquidity and price of our securities more than if our securities were quoted or listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or another national securities exchange.
The determination for the offering price of our units is more arbitrary compared with the pricing of securities for an operating company in a particular industry. You may have less assurance, therefore, that the offering price of our units properly reflects the value of such units than you would have in a typical offering of an operating company.
If you are not an institutional investor, you may purchase our securities in this offering only if you reside within certain states in which we will apply to have the securities registered. Although resales of our securities are exempt from state registration requirements, state securities commissioners who view blank check offerings unfavorably may attempt to hinder resales in their states.
If we deviate in our actions from the disclosure contained in this prospectus, investors may not ultimately receive the same benefits from this offering that they originally anticipated receiving.
Our initial stockholders paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.02 per initial share and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our common stock.
Provisions in our charter and bylaws and Delaware law may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our common stock and could entrench management.
Compliance with the requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may make it more difficult for us to effect a business combination, require substantial financial and management resources and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
We do not currently intend to hold an annual meeting of stockholders until after our consummation of a business combination and you will not be entitled to any of the corporate protections provided by such a meeting.
We do not intend to establish an audit committee or a compensation committee until the completion of our initial business combination. Until such time, no formal committee of independent directors will review matters related to our business, and such lack of review could negatively impact our business.
We do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the future.
Risks associated with acquiring and operating a target business in the PRC
If we acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses in the PRC, such contracts may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership of such business and may be difficult to enforce.
Contractual arrangements we enter into with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities or acquisitions of offshore entities that conduct operations through affiliates in the PRC may be subject to a high level of scrutiny by the relevant tax authorities.
In the event that sellers of an entity we acquire failed to pay any taxes required under local law, the relevant tax authorities could require us to withhold and pay such taxes.
The laws of the PRC the laws applicable to a target business with which we complete a business combination will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
If, due to restrictions on foreign investment in local entities, we acquire a business through the use of contractual arrangements and the PRC government determines that such contractual arrangements do not comply with local governmental restrictions on foreign investment, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations in the PRC change in the future, we could be subject to significant penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.
If we acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses in the PRC, all of our revenues will be generated through such operating business, and we would rely on payments made by the operating business to our wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to contractual arrangements to transfer any such revenues to us, or to our wholly-owned subsidiary. Any restriction on such payments and any increase in the amount of PRC taxes applicable to such payments may materially and adversely affect our business and our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders.
Exchange controls that exist in the PRC may limit our ability to utilize our cash flow effectively following a business combination.
If relations between the United States and the PRC deteriorate, it could cause potential target businesses or their goods or services to become less attractive.
As a result of the M&A Rules, it is expected that acquisitions will take longer and be subject to economic scrutiny by the PRC government authorities such that we may not be able to complete a transaction.
Because the M&A Rules permit the government agencies to have scrutiny over the economics of an acquisition transaction and require consideration in a transaction to be paid within stated time limits, we may not be able to negotiate a transaction that is acceptable to our stockholders or sufficiently protect their interests in a transaction.
Compliance with the PRC Antitrust Law may limit our ability to effect a business combination.
The MIIT issued regulations that regulate and limit ownership and investment in internet and other value-added telecommunications businesses in the PRC, which may limit the type of businesses we will be able to acquire.
If a company we intend to acquire is partly owned by governmental entities, the business combination may be subject to strict and complicated procedures.
The recent global economic and financial market crisis has had and may continue to have a negative effect on the economy of the PRC, and could impair our profitability following consummation of a business combination.
If the PRC imposes restrictions to reduce inflation, future economic growth in the PRC could be severely curtailed, which could materially and adversely impact our profitability following a business combination.
Any devaluation of currencies used in the PRC could negatively impact our target business’ results of operations and any appreciation thereof could cause the cost of a target business as measured in dollars to increase.
Recent regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may increase the administrative burden we face and create regulatory uncertainties that may limit or adversely effect our ability to acquire PRC companies.
Because any target business with which we attempt to complete a business combination may be required to provide our stockholders with financial statements prepared in accordance with and reconciled to United States generally accepted accounting principles, prospective target businesses may be limited.
If we consummate a business combination with a PRC subsidiary, our operating company in the PRC may be subject to restrictions on dividend payments.
The PRC government has enacted a law on enterprise income tax, and as it implements this law the tax and fee benefits provided to foreign investors and companies to encourage development within the country may be reduced or removed, resulting in expenses which may impact margins and net income.
If we consummate a business combination with a PRC subsidiary, we may be subject to Chinese corporate withholding taxes in respect of dividends we may receive following such business combination.
If, following a business combination, we are determined to be a “resident enterprise” under the EIT Law, we may be subject to PRC income tax on our taxable global income.
If, following a business combination, we are determined to be a “resident enterprise” under the EIT Law, dividends payable by us to our foreign (non-PRC resident) investors and any gain derived by them on the sale or transfer of our units, common stock or warrants may be subject to taxes under PRC tax laws.
If, following a business combination, we acquire a PRC resident enterprise through an offshore holding entity which was established in a low-tax jurisdiction, we may face uncertainties from a PRC income tax perspective in the event we further dispose the offshore holding entity.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
USE OF PROCEEDS
DIVIDEND POLICY
DILUTION
CAPITALIZATION
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
Related Party Transactions
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Controls and Procedures
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
PROPOSED BUSINESS
Overview
Investment Objective
Business Strategy
Competitive Strengths
Governmental Regulations
Regulations relating to foreign exchange controls
Regulations relating to taxation
Regulation of dividend distribution
Regulation of foreign investors’ acquiring Chinese enterprises
Contractual arrangements
Effecting a Business Combination
General
Transaction structure
We have not identified a target business
Sources of target businesses
Selection of a target business
Possible lack of business diversification
Possible acquisition of multiple businesses or assets
Limited ability to evaluate the target business’s management
Limited available information for privately-held target companies
Limited resources and significant competition for business combinations
Redemption rights for public stockholders upon completion of our initial business combination
Conduct of redemption pursuant to tender offer rules
Submission of our initial business combination to a stockholder vote
Limitation on redemption rights upon consummation of a business combination if we seek a stockholder vote
Tendering stock certificates in connection with a tender offer or stockholder vote
Redemption of common stock and liquidation if no business combination
Determination of Offering Amount
Competition
Facilities
Employees
Periodic Reporting and Audited Financial Statements
Legal Proceedings
Comparison to Offerings of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419
MANAGEMENT
Directors and Executive Officers
Number and Terms of Office of Directors
Employment Agreements
Compensation for Officers and Directors
Board Committees
Conflicts of Interest
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
General
Units
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Warrants
Public Stockholder Warrants
Private Placement Warrants
Our Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent
Amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation
Quotation of Securities
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Restrictions on the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies
Registration Rights
UNDERWRITING
State Blue Sky Information
Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area
Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom
Notice to Prospective Investors in Italy
Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland
Sale of our Securities in Canada
Pricing of Securities
Over-allotment and Stabilizing Transactions
Commissions and Discounts
Private Placement Warrants
Other Services
Indemnification
Quotation of Securities
LEGAL MATTERS
EXPERTS
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) BALANCE SHEET March 2, 2011
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY For the Period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS For the Period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS – (continued)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation
Net loss per common share
Concentration of credit risk
Fair value of financial instruments
Use of estimates
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (continued)
Deferred offering costs
Income taxes
Recently issued accounting standards
3. PROPOSED OFFERING
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP. (a corporation in the development stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the period from February 8, 2011 (date of inception) to March 2, 2011
3. PROPOSED OFFERING – (continued)
4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARCADE CHINA ACQUISITION CORP.
$40,000,000 4,000,000 Units
PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
Item 17. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY