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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Event Requiring Report: December 30, 2010
SIBLING
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TEXAS
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000-28311
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76-027334
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification Number)
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2180
Satellite Blvd, Suite 400
Duluth,
GA 30096
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(404)
551-5274
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
333
Hudson Street, Suite 207, New York, NY 10013
(Former
Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a
-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d -2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e -4(c))
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Forward
Looking Information
This
report contains statements about future events and expectations that are
characterized as “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking
statements are based upon management’s beliefs, assumptions, and
expectations. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance, and financial
condition to be materially different from the expectations of future results,
performance, and financial condition we express or imply in such forward-looking
statements. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. We disclaim any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
Item
1.01
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Entry
into Material Agreement.
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On
December 30, 2010, Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”
“we” or “Sibling”), entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement with
Newco4Education, LLC (“N4E”) and the members of the Newco4Education, LLC (the
“N4E Members”). Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, we
have acquired N4E in exchange for 8,839,869 shares of our newly authorized
series common stock. The terms of the series common stock are more
fully described in Item 5.03 below. Our acquisition of N4E resulted
in a change of control of SIBE as more fully described in Item 5.01 below and
our entry into the education management business as more fully described in Item
2.01 below.
Additionally,
on December 29, 2010, we entered into a Loan Assignment Agreement with Sibling
Theatricals, Inc. and Debt Resolution, LLC a newly formed subsidiary of the
Company. Pursuant to the Loan Assignment Agreement we assigned to
Debt Resolution, LLC all of our entertainment and theatricals
assets. As more fully described in Item 2.01, we have exited the
entertainment and theatricals business.
Furthermore,
on December 30, 2010, we entered into Conversion Agreements with all but one of
the 44 holders of our 13% Series AA Secured Convertible
Debentures. Pursuant to the Conversion Agreements, all but one of the
44 holders of our debentures converted their debentures into a total of
1,018,947 shares of a newly authorized series common stock and all of the
limited liability company membership interests of Debt Resolution,
LLC. The Conversion Agreements released all claims that 43 of the
holders of our debentures had, have, or might have against us. The
terms of the series common stock are more fully described in Item 5.03
below.
Item
2.01
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Completion
of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets
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Exit
from Entertainment and Theatricals Business.
Despite
sustained efforts from 2007 through 2010 to expand our entertainment and
theatricals business, we were unable to secure the funding necessary to complete
projects we had the opportunity to complete. As a result, we have
elected to change our strategic direction and focus on the business initiatives
described below. In preparation for our new business endeavors, we
transferred all of our entertainment and theatricals assets to Debt Resolution,
LLC, a new limited liability company organized for the benefit of the holders of
our Series AA debentures. As a result, we have completely exited from
the entertainment and theatricals business and resolved substantially all of the
liabilities related to the entertainment and theatricals business by converting
substantially all of our Series AA Debentures into series common stock as
described in Item 1.01 above. The acquisition of N4E was supported
by, and an integral component of our settlement with, the debenture
holders.
Acquisition
of EMO Business Plan
As
described in Item 1.01 above, on December 30, 2010, N4E became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, as a result of our acquisition of N4E from the N4E
Members. Our board of directors approved the Securities Exchange
Agreement and the transactions contemplated under the Securities Exchange
Agreement.
N4E was
formed June 10, 2010, to leverage the business opportunities created from the
growing popularity of charter schools and to improve educational opportunities
for students across the United States through the development of innovative
curricula, computer based education tools, and tools for improvement teacher
performance. N4E owns a business plan and methodologies to acquire
educational management organizations and to manage and operate charter
schools. We intend to use the N4E business plan and methodologies as
one component of our business strategy to grow a large scale business that will
manage and operate charter schools and develop and license curricula, computer
based education services, and school operation and management tools throughout
the United States. We have hired N4E’s management team to lead our
efforts in this new initiative.
Overview
of Charter Schools
Charter
schools are primary, or secondary, schools that are part of the public education
system and provide an alternative to other public schools. Charter
schools have the potential to facilitate education reforms and develop new and
creative teaching methods that can be replicated in traditional public schools
for the benefit of all children. Charter schools receive public money
but operate with freedom from many of the local and state regulations that apply
to traditional public schools. Charter schools allow parents,
community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, and others the flexibility to
innovate and provide students with increased educational options within the
public school system. Charter schools are sponsored by local, state,
or other organizations that monitor their quality while holding them accountable
for academic results and responsible fiscal practices. Charter
schools may hire their own staff, develop their own curriculum, and set their
own educational programs and methods of operation, subject to the terms of their
charter and subject to the oversight of a local school board and another
sponsor. Charter schools are not allowed to charge tuition and are
funded like other public schools, usually on a per student basis, at levels that
are generally comparable but may be less that other public schools in the same
district. Based on industry estimates, there are approximately, 5,400
charter schools in the United States serving over 1,700,000
students.
Charter
Schools and EMOs
The
charter for a charter school is generally awarded to a “not-for-profit” (NFP)
entity which receives public funding. The NFP may contract with a
“for profit” education management organization (EMO) to operate the charter
school. The EMO generally charges fees of approximately 15% of gross
pupil funding as allocated from the Board of Education or other public agency
involved, of which 5% is the management fee for school operations, and 10% is
attributable to curriculum, systems, and testing provided by the
EMO. In Georgia, for instance, the current allocation per student is
$8,900, thus a 500 student school would have an annual budget of $4.45 million,
of which approximately 15%, or $667,500 would be allocated to the EMO for
management and curriculum.
Plan
of Operation
We
believe there is a significant opportunity to acquire existing educational
management organizations (“EMOs”) and assume the operational and management
responsibilities for existing charter schools. We intend to utilize
our access to capital markets to achieve capital efficiencies compared to our
privately held competitors and to facilitate our acquisition of existing EMO
operations. Finally, we intend to develop curricula, computer based
education services, and school operation and management tools that we will use
and license to other EMOs, schools, and school systems.
Our
ability to execute our business plan is dependent, among other things, on our
ability to obtain capital, acquire other EMOs on terms that are favorable to us,
hire and retain high quality, motivated teachers, administrators, and other
staff, and cost effectively operate schools that are successful in meeting the
requirements of their charters.
Competition
This is a
highly fractured industry, and management believes it is ripe for consolidation.
We have a limited number of direct competitors that have focused primarily or
exclusively on operating charter schools. In the 2009/2010 school year there
were over 5,100 charter schools in the US, most of which are single schools, or
in a small group of schools. The information in the table below was
derived from www.nupolis.com and
lists school operators with 8 or more schools under management. We
believe that some or all of these charter school operators may compete with
us.
Industry
Profile **
Organization (EMO)
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# of Schools
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KIPP
Schools
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99
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Imagine
Schools
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72
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Edison
Learning
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64
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National
Heritage Academies
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61
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Big
Picture Learning
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60
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Mosaica
Education
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40
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Opportunities
for Learning
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34
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Aspire
Public Schools
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30
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Harmony
Schools
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25
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Charter
Schools U.S.A.
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19
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Academy
Urban School L'dership
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18
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Green
Dot Public Schools
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18
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Uncommon
Schools
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18
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Constellation
Schools
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18
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Achievement
First
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17
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Alliance
- College Ready Schools
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16
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Inner
City Education Foundation
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15
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American
Quality Schools
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15
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Lighthouse
Academies
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13
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White
Hat Management
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12
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Sequoia
Schools
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12
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High
Tech High
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10
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Noble
Network of Charter Schools
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10
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Partnerships
Uplift Communities
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10
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Algiers
Charter Schools
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9
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Friendship
Public Charter
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9
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Edvantages
Academies
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8
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Great
Hearts Academies
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8
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IDEA
Public Schools
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8
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Student
Alternatives Program, Inc.
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8
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We
believe there are 756 schools that are operated by companies with 8 or more
schools under management. We believe this data demonstrates the
highly fractured nature of the industry, opening the door for consolidation via
acquisition.
** Based
on the information from www.nupolis.com, nuPOLIS is the Internet presence of the
Innovation Network for Communities, a national non-profit helping to develop and
spread scalable innovations that transform the performance of community systems
such as education, energy, land use, transportation and workforce
development. Innovation Network for Communities has been
supported with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Government
Regulation
Federal and State
Education Programs
The
charter schools we seek to manage will receive funds from federal and state
programs to be used for specific educational purposes. If, on behalf of those
schools, we fail to comply with the requirements of the various programs, we
could be required to repay the funds and those schools could be determined
ineligible for receipt of future federal funds. We intend to develop
and implement policies and procedures that are intended to comply with the
regulations and requirements of these programs. For example, Title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 supports educationally
disadvantaged children in areas of high poverty, Title II, Part A, provides
funding for the professional development of teachers, Title II, Part D, provides
funding for technology programs, Title VII, provides funding for bilingual
education programs, Title V, provides funding for innovative education programs,
and the Public Charter School Program, provides start-up funding for charter
schools. Although we contemplate that we will receive federal and
state funds indirectly through local school boards and charter boards, our
receipt of these funds will likely subject us to extensive governmental
regulation and scrutiny. We could lose all or part of the funds we
intend to receive if we fail to comply with applicable statutes or regulations,
if the federal or state authorities reduce the funding for the programs, or if
the charter schools we intend to manage are determined to be ineligible to
receive funds under such programs. To the extent that the laws and
regulations governing federal and state programs change or are interpreted in a
manner that would prevent charter schools from using federal funds to pay for
the services we intend to provide, the loss of all or part of these funds would
hurt our business.
No Child Left
Behind Act. (“NCLB”)
This act
is the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965. It contains numerous requirements pertaining to the receipt of a range of
federal funds, including Title I. Two significant requirements of NCLB are
standards pertaining to teacher qualifications and the requirement that schools
make adequate yearly progress ("AYP") toward state standards for
students. The AYP requirements must be met not only by the aggregate
school population, but also by ethnic/racial subgroups, students with
disabilities, and English language learners. Schools that fail to
make AYP toward meeting state standards may lose some of their student
enrollment due to school choice provisions, may be required to allocate a
portion of their Title I funding toward the provision of supplemental services
to some students, and may be subject to state takeover or other forms of
district or state intervention. Failure to meet teacher qualification
and related standards may result in the loss of NCLB funds at the school or
district that failed to meet the Act's requirements.
Individuals
with Disabilities in Education Act
This act
requires that students with qualified disabilities receive an appropriate
education through special education and related services provided in a manner
reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefit in the
least restrictive environment. Our responsibility to provide the potentially
extensive services required by this act varies depending on state law, type of
school, and the terms of management agreements that we intend to enter into with
charter schools. We would be generally responsible for ensuring the
requirements of this act are met in the charter schools we intend to manage,
unless state law assigns that responsibility to another entity. If we
were to be found in violation of this act in one of the charter schools we
intend to manage, we may incur costs relating to the provision of compensatory
education services, and may be liable for reasonable attorney fees incurred by
the families of individual students with disabilities.
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The
charter schools we intend to manage may be subject to the federal Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects the privacy of a student's
educational record, and generally prohibits a school from disclosing a student's
records to a third party without the prior consent of his or her parents. The
law also gives parents certain rights with respect to their minor children's
education records. The failure of the charter schools we intend to manage to
comply with this law may result in termination of their eligibility to receive
federal education funds.
Gun-Free
Schools Act
The
Gun-Free Schools Act, which became effective in 1994, requires the charter
schools we intend to manage to effect certain policies, assurances and reports
regarding the discipline of students who bring weapons to our
schools. If those schools violate any of these requirements, they may
be deemed ineligible to receive certain Federal education funds.
Federal
Civil Rights Laws
The
charter schools we intend to manage must comply with federal civil rights laws
or those schools could be determined ineligible to receive funds from federal
programs or face criminal or civil penalties. These laws include the
following:
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. Title VI prohibits recipients of federal financial
assistance from discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national
origin.
Title IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of
gender by recipients of federal financial assistance.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973. Section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis
of disability by recipients of federal financial assistance.
Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990. This act prohibits discrimination in employment against
a qualified individual with a disability and requires that buildings,
facilities, and vehicles associated with public services be accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Age Discrimination Act of
1975. This act prohibits recipients of federal financial
assistance from discriminating on the basis of age.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967. This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age
in employment.
Equal Pay Act of
1963. This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender
in the payment of wages.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of
gender in employment.
Drug-Free Workplace Act of
1988. The Drug-Free Workplace Act requires a recipient of
federal funds to certify that it provides a drug-free workplace. If we were to
violate the certification and reporting requirements of this act, then we could
be determined ineligible to receive federal funds.
State
Regulations
We are
also subject to state statutory and regulatory requirements in the states in
which we operate. All states have standards for the operation of schools
concerning, for example, the length of the school year, curriculum, hours of the
school day, physical education and other areas. We could be in violation of the
management agreements we intend to enter into with charter boards or school
districts if we were to fail to comply with these standards.
Legal
Proceeding
To the
best of our knowledge, we are not a party to any material pending legal
proceeding.
Properties
We
currently rent office space in Atlanta, GA on a month to month basis, we expect
the rent to range from $1,000 to $2,500.00 per month and will increase as our
needs and the size of organization grow.
Foundation
for Innovation in Education, Inc
Foundation
for Innovation in Education, Inc., is a Georgia non-profit corporation that was
an N4E member and, as a result of our acquisition of N4E, holds approximately
37% of our series common stock. Foundation for Innovation in
Education has informed us that over time it intends to acquire other NFPs that
hold the charters to charter schools, and may start charter schools itself, as
well as develop certain programs aimed at improving the learning ability of
certain segments of the student population. Foundation for Innovation
in Education may, but has no obligation or arrangement with us to, hire us to be
the EMO for charter schools that it starts and acquires. Foundation
for Innovation in Education intends to engage in research and other activities
to advance the state education in America.
Risk
Factors
We
Are Entering A New Business; This Makes It Difficult To Evaluate Our
Business
We have
yet to enter into any agreement to acquire an EMO or manage a charter
school. We have not recorded any revenue from our new business
initiatives. Our management team has only recently begun to work
together, and has no experience in operating educational management
organizations and charter schools. We have no operating history on
which you can base your evaluation of our business and
prospects. Accordingly, the Company should be evaluated in light of
the expenses, delays, uncertainties, and other difficulties frequently
encountered by unseasoned business enterprises entering new markets with
unproven products. No assurance can be given that the Company will
ever achieve profitable operations. Our failure to address these
expenses, delays, uncertainties, and other difficulties could cause our
operating results to suffer and result in the loss of all or part of your
investment.
We
Have A History Of Losses And Expect Losses In The Future
The
Company has incurred losses since inception. We do not currently own,
operate, or have agreements to acquire any school operations and therefore have
no revenues. As a result, we expect to incur substantial net losses
for the foreseeable future. Our ability to become profitable will
depend upon our ability to generate and sustain revenue that is greater than our
expenses. In order to generate revenue, we will need to enter into
management agreements with charter schools, acquire other EMOs, and successfully
acquire or develop and license curricula, computer based education services, and
school operation and management tools. Our ability to generate
revenue will be dependent, in part, on our ability to obtain financing
sufficient to execute our business plan. Even if we do achieve
profitability, we may not sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or
annual basis. Failure to become and remain profitable may adversely
affect the market price of our common stock, our ability to raise capital, and
our ability to continue operations.
The
Private, For-Profit Management Of Charter Schools Is A Relatively New And
Uncertain Industry, And It May Not Become Publicly Accepted
Our
future is highly dependent upon the development, acceptance, and expansion of
the market for private, for-profit management of charter schools. This market
has only recently developed. The development of this market has been accompanied
by significant press coverage and public debate concerning for-profit management
of charter schools. If this business model fails to gain acceptance
among the general public, educators, politicians and school boards, we may be
unable to grow our business and the market price of our common stock would be
adversely affected.
The
Success Of Our Business Depends On Our Ability To Improve The Academic
Achievement Of The Students Enrolled In Our Schools, And We May Face
Difficulties In Doing So In The Future
We
believe that the success of our business will be dependent, among other things,
upon our ability to demonstrate general improvements in academic performance at
the charter schools we intend to manage and operate. We anticipate
that the management agreements with charter schools will contain performance
requirements related to test scores and other measures of student
achievement. If average student performance at our schools increases,
whether due to improvements in achievement over time by individual students in
our schools or changes in the average performance levels of new students
entering our schools, aggregate absolute improvements in student performance
will be more difficult to achieve. If academic performance at our
schools declines, or simply fails to improve, we could lose business and our
reputation could be seriously damaged, which would impair our ability to gain
new business or renew existing school management agreements.
We
Could Incur Losses At Our Schools If We Are Unable To Enroll Enough
Students
We expect
that the amount of revenue we will receive for operating a charter school will
be dependent on the number of students enrolled, while the majority of the
facility, operating, and on-site administrative costs will be
fixed. Therefore, achieving site-specific enrollment objectives will
be an important factor in our ability to achieve satisfactory financial
performance at any particular school. We may be unable to expand or
maintain enrollment in the charter schools we manage. To the extent
we are unable to meet enrollment objectives at a school, the school will be less
financially successful and our financial performance will be adversely
affected.
We
Desire Rapid Growth, Which May Strain Our Resources And May Not Be
Sustainable
We desire
to grow rapidly. Rapid growth may strain our managerial, operational,
and other resources. If we are to manage our rapid growth
successfully, we will need to hire and retain management personnel and other
employees. We must also develop and improve our operational systems, procedures,
and controls on a timely basis. If we fail to successfully manage our
growth, we could experience client dissatisfaction, cost inefficiencies and lost
growth opportunities, which could harm our operating results. We cannot
guarantee that we will continue to grow at our historical rate.
We
May Not Be Able To Attract And Retain Highly Skilled Principals And Teachers In
The Numbers Required To Grow Our Business
Once we
have acquired EMOs with management agreements with charter schools or entered
into management agreements with charter schools, our success is likely to depend
to a high degree upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled school
principals and teachers. We may need to hire new principals and new
teachers to meet address turnover at the charter schools we
manage. Currently, there is a well-publicized nationwide shortage of
teachers and other educators in the United States. In addition, we may find it
difficult to attract and retain principals and teachers for a variety of
reasons, including the following:
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charter
schools generally require our teachers to work a longer day and a longer
year than most public schools;
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charter
schools tend to have a larger proportion of our schools in challenging
locations, such as low-income urban areas, which may make attracting
principals and teachers more difficult;
and
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charter
schools generally impose more accountability on principals and teachers
than do public schools as a whole.
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These
factors may increase the challenge we face in an already difficult market for
attracting principals and teachers. Other EMO’s have experienced
higher levels of turnover among teachers than is generally found in public
schools nationally, which we attribute in part to these factors. If
we fail to attract and retain principals and teachers in sufficient numbers or
of a sufficient quality, we could experience client dissatisfaction and lost
growth opportunities, which would adversely affect our
business.
Our
Business Could Suffer If We Lose The Services Of Key Executives
Our
future success depends upon the continued services of a number of our key
executive personnel, particularly our Chairman of the Board of Directors, our
Chief Executive Officer, or Chief Financial Officer. These executives will be
instrumental in determining our strategic direction and focus and in publicly
promoting the concept of private management of public schools. If we lose the
services of either or any of our other executive officers or key employees, our
ability to grow our business would be seriously compromised and the market price
of our common stock may be adversely affected. We do not maintain any
key man insurance on any of our executives.
Our
Management Agreements Will Be Terminable Under Specified Circumstances And
Generally Expire After A Term Of Five Years
We expect
that our school management agreements will generally have a term of five years.
When we expand by adding an additional school under an existing management
agreement, the term with respect to that school generally expires at the end of
the initial five-year period. We have no experience in negotiating school
management agreements, and we cannot be assured that any school management
agreements will be negotiated or renewed. In addition, school management
agreements may be terminable by the school district or charter board at will,
with or without good reason, and our school management agreements may be
terminated for cause, including a failure to meet specified educational
standards, such as academic performance based on standardized test
scores. In addition, as a result of changes within a school district,
such as changes in the political climate, we could from time to time face
pressure to permit a school district or charter board to terminate our school
management agreement even if they do not have a legal right to do
so. If we fail to renew a significant number of school management
agreements at the end of their term, or if school management agreements are
terminated prior to their expiration, our reputation and financial results would
be adversely affected.
Our
Management Agreements Will Involve Financial Risk
Our
school management agreements will provide that we will operate a school in
return for per- pupil funding that generally does not vary with our actual
costs. To the extent our actual costs under a school management
agreement exceed our budgeted costs, or our actual revenue is less than planned
because we are unable to enroll as many students as we anticipated or for any
other reason, we would lose money at that school. We expect that our
school management agreements will require us to continue operating a school for
the duration of the school management agreement even if it becomes unprofitable
to do so.
We
May Need To Advance Or Loan Money To Charter Schools Or Their Related Charter
Holding Equity That May Not Be Repaid
We may
have to loan charter boards funds to finance the purchase or renovation of
school facilities we manage or for other reasons. Loans to charter
schools may be accelerated upon termination of the corresponding management
agreement with the charter school. If these advances or loans are not
repaid when due, our financial results could be adversely
affected.
We
Could Become Liable For Financial Obligations Of Charter Boards
We could
have facility financing obligations for charter schools we no longer operate,
because the terms of our facility financing obligations for some charter schools
might exceed the term of the management agreement for those schools. While
the charter board is generally responsible for locating and financing its own
school building, the holders of school charters, which are often non-profit
organizations, typically do not have the resources required to obtain the
financing necessary to secure and maintain the school building. For this reason,
if we want to obtain a management agreement with a particular charter board, we
may help the charter board arrange for the necessary financing. For
some of the charter schools we expect to manage, we may enter into a long-term
lease for the school facility which may exceed the initial term of the
management agreement. If our management agreements were to be terminated, or not
renewed in these charter schools, our obligations to make lease payments would
continue, which could adversely affect our financial results for the school
building, typically in the form of loan guarantees or cash advances. Although
the term of these arrangements may be coterminous with the term of the
corresponding management agreement, our guarantee may not expire until the loan
is repaid in full. The lenders under these facilities may not be committed to
release us from our obligations unless replacement credit support is provided.
The default by any charter school under a credit facility that we have
guaranteed could result in a claim against us for the full amount of the
borrowings. Furthermore, in the event any charter board becomes insolvent or has
its charter revoked, our loans and advances to the charter board may not be
recoverable, which could adversely affect our financial results.
We
Expect Our Market To Become More Competitive
We expect
the market for providing private, for-profit management of charter schools will
become increasingly competitive. A variety of companies and entities could enter
the market, including colleges and universities, other private companies that
operate higher education or professional education schools, and
others. Our existing competitors and these new market entrants could
have financial, marketing and other resources significantly greater than ours.
We will also compete for charter school funding with existing public
schools that
may pursue alternative reform initiatives, such as magnet schools and inter-
district choice programs. In addition, in jurisdictions where voucher programs
have been authorized, we will compete with existing private schools for public
tuition funds. Voucher programs provide for the issuance by local or other
governmental bodies of tuition vouchers to parents worth a certain amount of
money that they can redeem at any approved school of their choice, including
private schools. If we are unable to compete successfully against any of these
existing or potential competitors, our revenues could be reduced, resulting in
increased losses.
Failure
To Raise Necessary Additional Capital Could Restrict Our Growth And Hinder Our
Ability To Compete
We are
not certain when we will have positive cash flow, if at all. We
expect that we will regularly need to raise funds in order to operate our
business and may need to raise additional funds in the future. We cannot be
certain that we will be able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms,
if at all. If we issue additional equity securities, stockholders may experience
dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges
senior to those of existing holders of common stock. If we cannot raise funds on
acceptable terms, if and when needed, we may not be able to take advantage of
future opportunities, grow our business or respond to competitive pressures or
unanticipated requirements, which could seriously harm our
business.
We
Expect To Derive A Substantial Portion Of Our Revenues From Public School
Funding, Which Is Dependent On Support From Federal, State, And Local
Governments. Changes Or Reductions In Funding For Public School Systems Could
Reduce Our Revenues And Cash Flows And Negatively Impact Our Margins And Impede
The Growth Of Our Business.
The
availability of funding to purchase our products and services is subject to many
factors that affect government spending. These factors include downturns in
general economic conditions, like those which we are currently experiencing,
that can reduce government tax revenues and may affect education funding,
emergence of other priorities that can divert government funding from
educational objectives, periodic changes in government leadership that can
change spending priorities, and the government appropriations process, which is
often slow and unpredictable. In many instances, customers rely on specific
funding appropriations to purchase our products. Curtailments, delays, or
reductions in this funding can delay or reduce revenues and cash flow we had
otherwise forecasted to receive.
If
We Are Unable To Adapt Our Products And Services To Technological Changes, To
The Emergence Of New Computing Devices And To More Sophisticated Online
Services, We May Lose Market Share And Service Revenue, And Our Business Could
Suffer.
We need
to anticipate, develop and introduce new products, services and applications on
a timely and cost effective basis that keeps pace with technological
developments and changing customer needs. We may encounter difficulties
responding to these changes that could delay our introduction of products and
services or require us to make larger than anticipated investments to maintain
existing products. Software industries are characterized by rapid technological
change and obsolescence, frequent product introductions, and evolving industry
standards. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the problems we
may encounter in developing versions of our products and services and we may
need to devote significant resources to the creation, support and maintenance of
our products and services. If we fail to develop or sell products and services
cost effectively that respond to these or other technological developments and
changing customer needs, we may be unable to successfully market our products
and services and our revenue and business could materially suffer.
Misuse
Or Misappropriation Of Our Proprietary Rights Or Inadvertent Infringement By Us
On The Rights Of Others Could Adversely Affect Our Results Of
Operations.
The
intellectual property rights in the software we intend to develop will be
essential to our business. We intend to rely on a combination of the laws of
copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, as well as license agreements,
employment and employment termination agreements, third-party non-disclosure
agreements, and other methods to protect our proprietary rights. We intend to
enforce our intellectual property rights when we become aware of any
infringements or potential infringements and believe they warrant such action.
If we were unsuccessful in our ability to protect these rights, our operating
results could be adversely affected.
Third
parties may assert infringement claims against us in the future. We may be
required to modify our products, services or technologies or obtain a license to
permit our continued use of those rights. We may not be able to do so in a
timely manner or upon reasonable terms and conditions. Failure to do so could
harm our business and operating results. In addition, we leverage certain third
party generated products through license and/or royalty agreements and we have
the risk that certain of these relationships will not continue or that the
underlying products will not be properly supported or updated by the third
parties.
If
Our Security Measures Are Breached And Unauthorized Access Is Obtained To Our
Web-Based Products, They May Be Perceived As Not Being Secure, Customers May
Curtail Or Stop Using These Products And We May Incur Significant Legal And
Financial Exposure And Liabilities.
We may
develop web-based products that involve the storage of certain personal
information with regard to the teachers and students using these products. If
our security measures are breached and unauthorized access to this information
occurs, our reputation will be damaged, our business may suffer, and we could
incur significant liability. Because the techniques used to attempt
unauthorized access to such systems change frequently and generally are not
recognized until attempted on a target, we may be unable to anticipate these
techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or
perceived breach of our security occurs, the market perception of the security
of our system could be harmed and we could lose sales and
customers.
Claims
Relating To Content Available On Or Accessible From, Our Web Sites May Subject
Us To Liabilities And Additional Expense.
If we
develop web-based products that incorporate content not under our direct control
including content from, and links to, third-party web sites, and content
uploaded by our customers, we could be subject to claims relating to this
content. In addition to exposing us to potential liability, claims of
this type could require us to change our web sites in a manner that could be
less attractive to our customers and divert our financial and development
resources.
We
Rely On Government Funds For Specific Education Programs, And Our Business Could
Suffer If We Fail To Comply With Rules Concerning The Receipt And Use Of The
Funds
We expect
to benefit from funds from federal and state programs to be used for specific
educational purposes. Funding from the federal government under Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides federal funds for children from
low-income families. A number of factors relating to these government programs
could lead to adverse effects on our business:
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These
programs have strict requirements as to eligible students and allowable
activities. If we or the charter schools that we intend to manage fail to
comply with the regulations governing the programs, we or the charter
schools that we intend to manage could be required to repay the funds or
be determined ineligible to receive these funds, which would harm our
business.
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If
the income demographics of a district's population were to change over the
life of a management agreement for a charter school, resulting in a
decrease in Title I funding for the charter school, we would receive less
revenue for operating the charter school and our financial results could
suffer.
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Funding
from federal and state education programs is allocated through formulas.
If federal or state legislatures or, in some case, agencies were to change
the formulas, we could receive less funding and the growth and financial
performance of our business would
suffer.
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Federal,
state and local education programs are subject to annual appropriations of
funds. Federal or state legislatures or local officials could drastically
reduce the funding amount of appropriation for any program, which would
hurt our business and our ability to
grow.
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The
authorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including
Title I, has expired and this act is being funded by Congress on an
interim appropriation basis. If Congress does not reauthorize or continue
to provide interim appropriation for the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, we would receive less funding and our growth and financial
results would suffer.
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Most
federal education funds are administered through state and local education
agencies, which allot funds to charter boards. These state and local education
agencies are subject to extensive government regulation concerning their
eligibility for federal funds. If these agencies were declared ineligible to
receive federal education funds, the receipt of federal education funds by the
charter schools we intend to manage could
be delayed, which could in turn delay our payment from the charter schools we
intend to manage. In addition, we could become ineligible to receive
these funds if any of our high-ranking employees commit serious
crimes.
We
Could Be Subject To Extensive Government Regulation Because We Benefit From
Federal Funds, And Our Failure To Comply With Government Regulations Could
Result In The Reduction Or Loss Of Federal Education Funds
Because
we expect to benefit from federal funds, we must also comply with a variety of
federal laws and regulations not directly related to any federal education
program, such as federal civil rights laws and laws relating to lobbying. Our
failure to comply with these federal laws and regulations could result in the
reduction or loss of federal education funds which would cause our business to
suffer. In addition, our management agreements are potentially covered by
federal procurement rules and regulations because our school district and
charter board clients pay us, in part, with funds received from federal
programs. Federal procurement rules and regulations generally require
competitive bidding, awarding contracts based on lowest cost and similar
requirements. If a court or federal agency determined that a management
agreement was covered by federal procurement rules and regulations and was
awarded without compliance with those rules and regulations, then the management
agreement could be voided and we could be required to repay any federal funds we
received under the management agreement, which would hurt our
business.
We
Expect To Receive All Of Our Revenue From Public Sources And Any Reduction In
General Funding Levels For Education Could Hurt Our Business
We expect
that all of our revenue will be derived from public sources. If general levels
of funding for public education were to decline, the field of school districts
in which we could profitably operate schools would likewise diminish, and our
ability to grow by adding new schools would suffer. In addition, our management
agreements generally provide that we bear the risk of lower levels of per-pupil
funding, which would be directly reflected in lower revenue to us, even if our
costs do not decline accordingly.
Restrictions
On Government Funding Of For-Profit School Management Companies Could Hurt Our
Business
Any
restriction on the use of federal or state government educational funds by
for-profit companies could hurt our business and our ability to grow. From time
to time, a variety of proposals have been introduced in state legislatures to
restrict or prohibit the management of public schools by private, for-profit
entities like us. If states were to adopt legislation prohibiting for-profit
entities from operating public schools, the market for our services could
suffer.
The
Operation Of Charter Schools Will Depend On The Maintenance Of The Underlying
Charter Grants
The
charter schools we intend to manage will operate under a charter that is
typically granted by a state authority to a third-party charter holder, such as
a community group or non-profit organization. Our management
agreement in turn will be with the charter holder, or the charter
board. If the state charter authority were to revoke the charter,
which could occur based on actions of the charter board outside of our control;
we would lose the right to operate that school. In addition, many
state charter school statutes require periodic reauthorization. If state charter
school legislation were not reauthorized or were substantially altered in a
meaningful number of states, our business and growth strategy would suffer and
we could incur losses.
Our
Stock Price Will Be Volatile And We Expect It To Continue To Be Volatile In The
Future
The
market price of our common stock has fluctuated over a wide range and we expect
it to continue to do so in the future. The market price of our common
stock may be volatile in response to the risks discussed above, as well as other
factors, some of which are beyond our control. These other factors
include:
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in our quarterly operating results;
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Changes
in securities analysts' estimates of our financial performance; Changes in
the public perception of our schools' academic performance; Termination or
non-renewal of existing management agreements; Changes in market
valuations of similar companies;
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in the press or investment community; Actions by institutional
shareholders;
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and potential litigation;
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sales of our common stock or other securities;
and
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stock market volatility.
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PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
The
following table sets forth, as of December 30, 2010, the number of shares of our
common stock and series common stock beneficially owned by (a) each person
or group who was known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of
either of our outstanding common stock or outstanding series common stock,
(b) each of our current directors, (c) our chief executive officer and
chief financial officer; and (d) all our directors and executive
officers, as a group (6 persons). Unless otherwise noted,
the business address of each individual listed below is c/o Sibling
Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc., 2180 Satellite Blvd, Suite 400, Duluth, GA
30096. The beneficial ownership percentages reflected in the table
below are based on 46,635,816 shares
of our common stock and 9,879,854 shares of our series common stock outstanding
as of December 30, 2010.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owners
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Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (1)
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Percentage of
Total Shares of
Outstanding
Common Stock
(1)
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Greater
than 5%
stockholders:
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Foundation
For Innovation in Education, Inc.
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3,263,869 | (2) | 31.38 | % | ||||
Richard
P. Smyth
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1,037,800 | (2)(5) | 9.98 | % | ||||
Directors
and named executive
officers:
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Amy
Savage-Austin
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261,000 | (2) | 2.51 | % | ||||
Stephen
C. Carlson
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476,500 | (2) | 4.58 | % | ||||
Christian
Fitzgerald
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650,000 | (3) | * | % | ||||
Oswald
Anthony Gayle
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200,000 | (2) | 1.92 | % | ||||
Mitchell
Maxwell
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4,177 | (2)(4) | ||||||
5,000,000 | (3) | * | % | |||||
Gerald
F. Sullivan
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518,900 | (2) | 4.99 | % | ||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)
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5,650,000 | (3) | ||||||
1,460,577 | (2)(4) | 14.65 | % |
*
Less than 1%.
(1)
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"Beneficial
ownership" generally means any person who, directly or indirectly, has or
shares voting or investment power with respect to a security or has the
right to acquire such power within 60 days. Shares of common
stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of December 30, 2010 are deemed outstanding for
computing the ownership percentage of the person holding such options, but
are not deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of any
other person. Restricted stock is included in the beneficial
ownership amounts even though it may not be
transferred.
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(2)
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Shares
of series common stock. Series common stock has the terms set
forth in Item 5.03 below. As of December 30, 2010, each share
of series common stock is convertible into 89.68559095 shares of common
stock and entitles and the holder thereof to 89.68559095
votes.
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(3)
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Shares
of common stock
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(4)
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Includes
4,177 shares of series common stock registered in the name of Zachwell,
Ltd. which is owned by Mitchell
Maxwell.
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(5)
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Includes
518,900 shares of series common stock registered in the name of
Meshugeneh, LLC. Mr. Smyth is the sole member and manager of Meshugeneh,
LLC.
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Item 3.02 Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities
Pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Agreement, on December 30, 2010, the N4E Members
acquired 8,839,869 shares of Sibling series common stock.
Additionally,
pursuant to the Conversion Agreements, 43 holders of our 13% Series AA Secured
Convertible Debentures converted their debentures into 1,018,947 shares of
shares of Sibling series common stock.
Such
securities were not registered under the Securities Act. These securities
qualified for exemption under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act since the
issuance of securities by us did not involve a public offering. The offering was
not a “public offering” as defined in Section 4(2) due to the insubstantial
number of persons involved in the transaction, size of the offering, manner of
the offering and number of securities offered. We did not undertake an offering
in which we sold a high number of securities to a high number of investors. In
addition, these shareholders had the necessary investment intent as required by
Section 4(2) since they agreed to and received share certificates bearing a
legend stating that such securities are restricted pursuant to Rule 144 of the
Securities Act. This restriction ensures that these securities would
not be immediately redistributed into the market and therefore not be part of a
“public offering.” Based on an analysis of the above factors, we have met the
requirements to qualify for exemption under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act
for this transaction.
Item
5.01
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Changes
in Control of Registrant
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As a
result of the issuance of securities described below, a change in control has
occurred.
On
December 30, 2010, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement described in
Item 1.01, the N4E members collectively hold 8,839,869 shares of our series
common stock. The shares of Series Common Stock issued to the N4E
members represents in the aggregate, 85% of the voting power of SIBE and upon
conversion of the series common stock into our common stock, the N4E members
will hold 85% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the date of
conversion. The terms of the series common stock are described in
Item 5.03.
Item
5.02
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Election
of Directors; Appointment of Principal
Officers
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On May
25, 2010 Mr. Jay Cardwell, the Company's CFO from 2007 until October
2010, and a member of the Board of Directors from 2007 until October
2010, tendered his resignation from the Board. The resignation was not
the result of any disagreement with us on any matter relating to our operations,
policies or practices.
On
November 3, 2010, the Board appointed Christian Fitzgerald, 56 to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of Mr. Cardwell. Mr. Fitzgerald (56 years
old) comes to SIBE after 25 years experience in finance and sales in the
automotive industry. He has expertise in marketing, advertising and structuring
of transactions. He graduated from Clemson University with a BS in Business
Management.
On
December 30, 2010, Mr. Richard Berstein resigned from the Board
of Directors, and Mr. Mitchell Maxwell resigned as Chairman
and CEO. These resignations were not the result of any disagreement with us on
any matter relating to our operations, policies or practices.
Mr.
Maxwell remains a member of the Board of Directors, and will chair a special
committee of the Board of Directors with the responsibility for completion of an
effort to bring the company's SEC reporting requirements current, along with Mr.
Christian Fitzgerald, 56.
On
December 30, 2010, in conjunction with the acquisition of N4E, the Board of
Directors of Sibling appointed following officers and directors, with a term of
office that commenced December 31, 2010:
Name
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Age
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Positions
and Offices
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Gerald
F. Sullivan
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69
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Director,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Stephen
C. Carlson
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65
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Director,
Chief Executive Officer, and chairman of the Compensation
Committee
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Amy
Savage-Austin, PhD
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41
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Director
and chairman of the Audit Committee
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Oswald
Gayle
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51
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Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
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Each of
our current directors was appointed to serve as a director by the then existing
Board of Directors and serves a term that ends at the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her
earlier resignation or removal. No family relationship exists among any of
our directors or executive officers. None of our directors would be
considered to be independent.
Our
executive officers are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, our Board
of Directors for a term ending at the first meeting of our Board of Directors
after the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his earlier
resignation.
The
following are the names and present principal occupations or employment, and
material occupations, positions, offices or employments for the past five years,
of each directors and executive officers of SIBE that were appointed in
connection with the acquisition of N4E.
Amy
Savage-Austin.
Ms. Savage-Austin is Director Undergraduate Programs and Assistant
Professor, Management at Shorter University, Atlanta, Georgia and is responsible
for Bachelor of Science in Management and Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration programs in the College of Adult and Professional Studies
program. Prior to joining Shorter University in 2010, Ms.
Savage-Austin was Controller – Systems, Execution, and Support (SES) at
MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, Smyrna, Georgia from 2008 to 2009, where she
developed financial metrics and detailed income statement analysis tools to
provide insight into division profitability, drove significant improvement in
inventory management, implemented controls to ensure that inventory transactions
are recorded in a complete, accurate, and timely manner, and managed annual
budget and long-term strategy processes. Prior to joining
MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, Ms. Savage-Austin was Senior Financial Analyst,
Reporting and Analysis at Cooper Wiring Devices – Peachtree City, Georgia from
2004 to 2008 where she prepared consolidated division financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, including five Mexican, one Canadian, and one domestic
reporting entity, reduced month-end closing process time from six to five days,
developed performance reports, operations review packages, and supplemental
reporting schedules to provide corporate, division, and plant management teams
with timely sales (segment/price/mix), operations (material price/manufacturing
spend/production absorption), working capital (receivables/ inventory/payables),
and capital expenditure program analysis reports, managed annual budget and
long-term strategy processes, and developed internal control and Sarbanes Oxley
reporting solutions. Ms. Savage-Austin earned a Bachelor of Science
in Finance in 1991 from Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, and an
M.B.A. in 2002 from Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a
Ph.D. in Organization and Management in August 2009 from Capella University,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ms.
Savage-Austin is the mother of a charter school student, not a voter of a
charter school student.
Stephen C.
Carlson. Mr. Carlson is Senior Fellow on the
faculty of Piedmont College, a position held since 2005 and currently serves as
Chair, Undergraduate Business Programs, Athens Campus, 595 Prince Ave., Athens,
GA 30605. Mr. Carlson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in
Marketing Research, Leadership, MBA Capstone, Research, and
Economics. Mr. Carlson is also Managing Director of Strategy Partners
LLC, a position he has held since 2002. At Strategy Partners, Mr.
Carlson provided strategic management consulting to a variety of firms such as
Gemmar Systems International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sales Management
Solutions, Dana Point, CA, Jonova, Seattle, Washington, and selected projects
with Atlanta based venture groups. Mr. Carlson’s work for these
clients include company and industry analysis, strategy review and refinement,
development of the marketing message, preparation of marketing collateral
including printed materials, website content, presentation tools, and trade show
representation, preparation of press releases and user story placements, and
positioning with industry analysts. Mr. Carlson earned a Bachelor of
Arts in Political Science and Economics in 1969 from Jacksonville State
University, Jacksonville, Alabama, a Master of Science in Urban Administration
in 1976 from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, and a Doctor of
Business Administration in Management and Marketing in 2005 from Nova
Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Oswald
Gayle. Mr. Gayle is a Senior
Executive Financial Consultant at Robert Half Management Resources, in Atlanta
Georgia, a position he has held since 2006. At Robert Half Management
Resources, Mr. Gayle specialized in the areas of Financial
Management, SEC Reporting, GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley and Systems Implementation and
has consulted with L-3 Communications, Rock-Tenn Company, Inc., Huber Engineered
Materials, Hillenbrand, Inc., DataPath, Inc. (now Rockwell Collins), Cingular
Wireless (now AT&T), and Nortel Networks. Prior to joining Robert
Half Management Resources, Mr. Gayle was Corporate Controller and Treasurer at
ProxyMed, Norcross, Georgia from 2004 to 2006, where he was responsible for the
compilation and reporting of internal and external financial data for management
and investor reporting including all SEC filings. Mr. Gayle earned a
Bachelor of Science in 1980 from the University of London and a Graduate
Certificate of Taxation in 1987 from the Fordham Graduate School of Business,
Fordham University in New York. Mr. Gayle is a Certified Public
Accountant and a Chartered Accountant, a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public
Accountants, and a Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
(U.K.).
Gerald F.
Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan is
currently a professor at Keiser University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a position
he has held since August 2007. Mr. Sullivan teaches graduate level
courses in Corporate Finance, International Finance, Comparative Management,
Human Resource Management, and Organizational Behavior. Mr. Sullivan
was a Senior Fellow – Business at Piedmont College, Demorest, GA from 2003
to 2007, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Corporate Finance,
Financial Statement Analysis, Management of Financial
Institutions/Intermediaries, Business Analysis and Valuation, and various other
courses in finance, accounting, international business and
management. Mr. Sullivan’s executive management
experience in public and privately held companies includes, but is not limited
to, industries such as commercial banking, home health care, manufacturing,
application software development and sales. Mr. Sullivan earned a BBA
in banking and finance in 1965, from the University of Georgia, an MBA in
Finance in 1972 from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, and a Doctor of
Business Administration in 2007 from Nova Southeastern University in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida. In addition, Mr. Sullivan has completed an
Advanced Management Program, at Harvard Business School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and completed course work at Stonier Graduate School of Banking,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and The School for International
Banking, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
We have
entered into Stock Restriction Agreements with each of Ms. Savage-Austin, Mr.
Gayle, and Mr. Carlson and Lock-Up Agreements with Mr. Maxwell and Mr.
Meyers.
Additional
Company Management
The
following are the names, title, age, and present principal occupations or
employment, and material occupations, positions, offices or employments for the
past five years, of the other non-executive members of our management
team.
A. Dixon McLeod, Director of Quality
and Compliance - Age 60. - Dr. McLeod is Site Director Center for Teacher
Preparation at Shorter University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he provides
leadership for the maintenance of excellence in the classroom and adjunct
training. Prior to joining Shorter University in 2008, Dr. McLeod was
an Adjunct Professor at Argosy University from 2005 to 2007, where he taught
doctorate level classes in program evaluation, curriculum design, curriculum
leadership and instructional leadership and chaired and served on dissertation
committees. In 2006 and 2007, Dr. McLeod was a part-time assistant
principal in the Gwinnett County Schools. From 2004 to 2006, Dr.
McLeod was an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University, where he taught
graduate classes in ethics, facilities, curriculum leadership, and instructional
leadership, supervised practicum students, and supervised portfolio
development. Dr. McLeod has worked 23 years as teacher and
administrator in the Atlanta Public School System. Dr. McLeod earned
a BS in Biology in 1969 from Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, a
M.Ed. in Administration/Management in 1975 from Duke University Durham, North
Carolina, and an Ed.D., in 1976 from Duke University Durham, North
Carolina.
Timothy G. Drake, Director of
Technology Platforms - Age 60. - Dr. Drake is Managing Partner of Higher
Learning Technologies Group, LLC, Chandler, AZ. Higher Learning
Technologies Group provides technology and services to schools and organizations
seeking to provide on-line education classes. Prior to founding Higher Learning
Technologies Group in 2006, Dr. Drake was Director of Academic Affairs at
University of Phoenix South Florida Campus, Plantation, Florida from 2003 to
2006 where he led and directed over 300 faculty members teaching 2,500-3,000
students in five different Learning Centers and a campus staff of more than 90
and was part of a management team with responsibilities for strategic planning,
business development, marketing, program implementation, operations and
organizational development. Dr. Drake earned a BA in English with
Honors in 1978 from the California State University, Hayward, California, a
Master of Divinity in 1989, from North Park University, Chicago, Illinois, and a
Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in 2003, from Regent University School of
Leadership Studies, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Gerry L. Bedore Jr., Director of
Technology Services - Age 54. - Dr. Bedore is a consultant with Higher
Learning Technologies Group, LLC, Coolidge, Arizona, and focuses on the
consulting, planning, development, and implementation associated with the
start-up or improvement of online education and training
programs. Prior to co-founding Higher Learning Technologies Group in
2006, Dr. Bedore held senior management positions at Education Management
Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA where as part of the executive team, his efforts
contributed to the rapid growth of Education Management Corporation (EDMC)
leading to EDMC being acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2006. Dr. Bedore
was responsible for the development of technology enhanced learning models,
identification and development of technology platforms, and provided faculty and
administrative training which supports the Art Institute Online, Argosy
University Online, and South University Online. Dr. Bedore served on
accreditation teams working with The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools
and Colleges of Technology, The Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and
Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and served three terms as
an interim Vice President of Academic Affairs for OHE. Prior to
joining Education Management Corporation, Dr. Bedore was a founder and President
of Socrates Distance Learning Technologies Group from 1995 until it was acquired
by Education Management Corporation in 1998. Dr. Bedore is the
Assistant Dean for Doctoral Programs and has held other faculty and
administrative positions within Argosy University Online, Phoenix, Arizona, since
2008. Dr. Bedore earned a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies with an emphasis
Multi-Resource Management in 1987 from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona, an MBA in 1977 from Baker College, Flint, Michigan, and a Ph.D. in
Instructional Design for online Learning in 2005 from Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
We have
entered into Stock Restriction Agreements with each of Dr. McLeod, Dr. Drake,
Dr. Bedore.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers and
any other directors or executive officers.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the
best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers have been
convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar
misdemeanors, or has been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding
during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of
federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without
sanction or settlement. None of our directors, director nominees or
executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our
directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be
disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Item
5.03
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Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation
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On
December 30, 2010, the Board of Directors, pursuant to authority granted in the
Company’s certificate of formation and Chapter 21 of the Texas Organizations
Code, created a new series of common stock to effect the settlement with the
holders of the debentures and the acquisition of N4E. As a result,
our 100,000,000 authorized shares of common stock are now divided into 2 series,
90,000,000 shares of equity common stock, of which 46,635,816 shares were issued
and outstanding at December 30, 2010 and 10,000,000 shares of series common
stock, of which 9,879,854 were
issued and outstanding at December 30, 2010.
Series
common stock automatically converts into 95% of the outstanding common stock
(giving effect to the conversion) upon the vote of holders of two-thirds of
outstanding series common stock, voting as a separate series. If the
series common stock were converted into common stock December 30, 2010, each
share of series common stock would convert into 89.68559095 shares
of common stock. Equity common stock and series common stock vote
together as a single class on all matters which our stockholders are entitled to
vote. In addition, holders of series common stock are entitled to a
series vote to approve certain material transactions. Each share of
equity common stock is entitled to one vote and each share of series common
stock is entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of shares of common
stock into which one share of series common stock is convertible on the record
date of the vote. If the Board of Directors declares a dividend on
equity common stock, an equivalent dividend (based on the number of shares of
equity common stock into which a share series common stock is then convertible)
must be paid in respect of series common stock.
Item 8.01 Press Releases
On
October 29, 2010, we issued a press release providing an update regarding
certain matters relating to our directors and our 13% Series AA Debentures. A
copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report,
which press release is incorporated herein by reference.
On
November 13, 2010, we issued a press release announcing the appointment of a new
director and our intention to focus on new business endeavors. A copy of the
press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this report, which press
release is incorporated herein by reference.
On
December 1, 2010, we issued a press release announcing the settlement with the
holders of our 13% Series AA Debentures. A copy of the press release is
furnished as Exhibit 99.3 to this report, which press release is
incorporated herein by reference.
On
January 3, 2011, we issued a press release announcing our acquisition of
Newco4education, LLC. A copy of the press release is furnished as
Exhibit 99.4 to this report, which press release is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statement and
Exhibits
(d)
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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2.1
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Securities
Exchange Agreement by and among Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc., Newco4Eductaion I, LLC and the members of Newco4Education I, LLC
dated as of December 30, 2010
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3.1(i)
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Certificate
of Designation
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10.1
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Loan
Assignment Agreement by and among Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc., Sibling Theatricals, Inc., and Debt Resolution, LLC dated as of
December 29, 2010
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10.2
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Form
of Conversion Agreement, by and between Sibling Entertainment Group
Holdings, Inc. and each holder of 13% Series AA
Debentures
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10.3
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Lock-Up
Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. and
Mitchell Maxwell dated as of December 30, 2010
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10.4
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Lock-Up
Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. and
Ray Meyers dated as of December 30, 2010
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10.5
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and Gerry L. Bedore Jr. dated as of December 30,
2010
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10.6
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and Timothy G. Drake dated as of December 30,
2010
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10.7
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and Oswald Gayle dated as of December 30,
2010
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10.8
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and Amy Savage-Austin dated as of December 30,
2010
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10.9
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and Stephen C. Carlson dated as of December 30,
2010
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10.10
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Stock
Restriction Agreement by and between Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings,
Inc. and A. Dixon McLeod dated as of December 30,
2010
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99.1
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Press
Release dated October 29, 2010
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99.2
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Press
Release dated November 13, 2010
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99.3
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Press
Release dated December 11, 2010
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99.4
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Press
Release dated January 3,
2011
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Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
Sibling
Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc.
Signature
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Date
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By:
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/s/ Stephen C.
Carlson
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January
6, 2011
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Name:
Stephen C. Carlson
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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