UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 2011
East Coast Diversified Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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000-50356
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55-0840109
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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120 Interstate North Parkway SE, #445
Atlanta, GA 20853
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(770) 953-4184
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 1, 2011, East Coast Diversified Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) with Southridge Partners II, LP (the “Investor”), a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Pursuant to this Equity Purchase Agreement, the Investor shall commit to purchase up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of our common stock over the course of twenty four (24) months commencing the effective date of the initial Registration Statement (as defined below) covering the Registrable Securities (as defined below) pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement. The put option price is ninety-two percent (92%) of the average of two lowest closing prices of any two applicable trading days during the five (5) trading day period commencing the date a put notice is delivered to the Investor in a manner provided by the Equity Purchase Agreement.
The “Registrable Securities” include the Put Shares, any Blackout Shares (each as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and any securities issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.
We are obligated to file a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC’) to cover the Registrable Securities no later than forty-five (45) days after the execution of the Equity Purchase Agreement. The amount of the Registrable Securities required to be included in the initial Registration Statement shall be no less than 100% of the maximum amount of common stock permitted by the SEC to be included in a Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 (the “Rule 415 Amount”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and shall file additional Registration Statement(s) to register additional Rule 415 Amounts until all the Registrable Securities are registered.
In connection with the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Company paid the Investor a fee of six hundred thousand (600,000) shares of restricted common stock.
The above description of the Equity Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the documents themselves.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
See Item 1.01 above.
In addition, the Company is relying on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act for the private placement of our securities under the Equity Purchase Agreement pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The transaction does not involve a public offering, the Investor is an “accredited investor” and/or qualified institutional buyer and the Investor has access to information about us and its investment.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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EAST COAST DIVERSIFIED CORPORATION
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Date: July 8, 2011
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By:
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/s/ Kayode Aladesuyi
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Name: Kayode Aladesuyi
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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