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) June 18, 2008
clickNsettle.com, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
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0-21419
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23-2753988 |
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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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4400 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 950, Miami, Florida
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33137 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(305) 573-4112
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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 (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 18, 2008, clickNsettle.com, Inc. (the Company) entered into a Merger Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization (the Agreement) with Cardo Medical, LLC, a California limited liability
company (Cardo Medical), and Cardo Acquisition, LLC, a California limited liability company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub). The Agreement provides for the acquisition
of Cardo Medical by the Company through a merger of Cardo Medical with Merger Sub, with Cardo
Medical continuing as the surviving entity in the merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, all of the issued and outstanding units of Cardo Medicals
membership interests will be converted into the right to receive shares of the common stock of the
Company.
Simultaneously with the signing of the Agreement, Dr. Phillip Frost, chairman and chief
executive officer of Opko Health, Inc., and other investors (the Frost Investors) invested $9.5
million in Cardo Medical in exchange for units of Cardo Medicals membership interests. Certain
other investors (the Additional Investors, and together with the Frost Investors, the New
Investors) will invest up to an additional $4.0 million in Cardo Medical before the consummation
of the merger. Proceeds from these investments are expected to be used to close on the acquisition
of the outstanding equity interests of three partially owned subsidiaries of Cardo Medical (the
Acquisitions), and to enable Cardo Medical to accelerate its research and product development.
Following the Acquisitions, Cardo Medical will directly and indirectly own 100% of the equity
interests of Accelerated Innovation, LLC, Cervical Xpand, LLC and Uni-Knee, LLC.
Under the terms of the Agreement, at the closing of the merger, each Cardo Medical unit issued
and outstanding shall be converted into and exchanged for the right to receive 655,337.128 shares
of common stock of the Company, subject to adjustment. As a result of the merger, it is expected
that the Companys stockholders will own approximately 5.56% of the combined company on a fully
diluted basis. Additionally, after the closing of the merger, the current members of Cardo
Medical, i.e., the members of Cardo Medical prior to the admission of the New Investors, will own
between 64.44% and 66.67% of the capital stock of the Company and the New Investors will own
between 27.78% and 30.0% of the capital stock of the Company, in each case, depending on the total
amount of the investment in Cardo Medical by the Additional Investors prior to the merger.
The merger is subject to customary closing conditions, as well as a condition that Cardo
Medical shall have closed on the Acquisitions and shall have received a minimum $3.0 million
investment by the Additional Investors. Subject to these and other conditions, the Company expects
the merger to close during the third quarter of 2008.
Following completion of the merger, the Company will submit to its stockholders for approval
an amendment to its certificate of incorporation to change its name to Cardo Medical, Inc. The
Company intends to apply to have its shares listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). In
addition, following completion of the merger, the board of directors of Cardo Medical will consist
of five directors to be appointed by Dr. Andrew Brooks and two directors to be appointed by Dr.
Frost. Dr. Brooks, an orthopedic surgeon and the president and chief executive officer of Cardo
Medical, will be the Chief Executive Officer of the combined company. The Company will be
headquartered in Los Angeles.
The summary discussion of material terms of the Agreement set forth above is qualified by
reference to the Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this report and
is incorporated herein by reference.
On June 19, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Agreement
and the related transactions described herein, which press release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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2.1
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Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization among the Company, Cardo Medical and
Merger Sub, dated as of June 18, 2008. |
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99.1
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Press Release of the Company, dated June 19, 2008 |
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