Business
Prior to September 26,
2002, Le@P Technology, Inc. (Le@P or the Company) focused on the
acquisition of, and strategic investments in, companies providing services in
health care and life sciences, with particular emphasis on information
technology companies. Emerging companies into which the Company invested during
this period are sometimes referred to herein as Partner Companies. On
September 26, 2002, after an ongoing reevaluation by management and the Board of
Directors of the Companys operating strategy and in light of difficulties
associated with investment in emerging companies and the significant decline in
market value or failure of many of such companies, the Board of Directors
determined to cease for the foreseeable future investigating or consummating
further investment and acquisition opportunities.
On January 10, 2005, the
Company disposed of its most significant investment in a Partner Company
Healthology, Inc. (Healthology) resulting in the receipt by the Company of
more than $3,300,000 in cash plus 17,347 shares of restricted common stock of
iVillage Inc. (iVillage). In light of this increase in funds available for
investment, on March 16, 2005 the Board of Directors of the Company decided to
actively seek opportunities for the Company to make new investments or
acquisitions, whether in health care, life sciences or other industries, but
only in the form of controlling interests in the companies invested in or
acquired or other types of investments which would not cause the Company to be
required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 40 Act). The Company may also make
other acquisitions or investments outside of its normal business plan in order
to achieve other objectives, including investments necessary to maintain its
exclusion from regulation as an investment company under the 40 Act.
The Company has written
off its existing investments in its Partner Companies over the last few years.
The Company believes that the activities of its initial Partner Companies were
adversely affected by, among other things, the general economic slowdown in the
United States economy and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the
United States.
As of December 31, 2005,
the Company had cash of $3.3 million, which it received from the sale of its Healthology stock in January 2005. The other significant
assets of the Company are the 17,347 shares of
restricted common stock of iVillage (the restriction expires in January 2007) and
its ownership of certain land in Broward County, Florida (the Real Property).
The Real Property is zoned light industrial and consists of approximately one
and one-third acres. The Company entered into a two year lease (with an
additional one year option) of the property with an unrelated party effective July
10, 2005.
Competition
Le@P operates in a highly
competitive, rapidly evolving business environment for the identification of
prospects for future acquisition or investment. Competitors include a wide
variety of companies, investment funds and other organizations, many with
greater financial and technical resources than Le@P. Competitors for
acquisition or investment include public and private venture capital firms and
private equity funds, mutual funds and private individuals.
Investment
in Healthology
Le@Ps first healthcare
information technology investment was completed in March 2000, with the
purchase of a 21% interest in Healthology, a privately held health-media
company. Le@P purchased 3,200,000 shares of the Series A Convertible Voting
Preferred Stock (Healthology Preferred Stock) of Healthology (the
Healthology
Transaction) for
$3,200,000 in cash (plus approximately $300,000 of related costs) then representing
an approximate 21% interest in the issued shares of Healthology. Subsequent to
the purchase of the interest in Healthology, the Company transferred 160,573
shares of Healthology Preferred Stock to third parties in satisfaction of
certain obligations of the Company.
As a result of a third
partys investment in Healthology during August 2000, the Companys equity
interest was reduced to approximately 15% of the issued and outstanding shares
of Healthology. On February 5, 2001, Le@P purchased 800,000 shares of
Healthology common stock for $1,000,000 pursuant to a put option which had been
granted to Healthology, increasing Le@Ps interest to approximately 18%.
In 2002, the Company
wrote off its investment in Healthology (whose 2001 audited financial statements
were subject to a going concern qualification) due to the latters continuing
operating losses and its inability to successfully raise additional equity or
debt financing or effect a merger or joint venture arrangement to obtain
additional sources of funds .
Throughout 2003 and 2004,
the Company continued to monitor its investment in Healthology, which finally
attained profitability in 2003. In the latter half of 2004, the Company
participated in negotiations for a possible sale of Healthology to iVillage,
which came to a successful conclusion in January 2005. On January 10, 2005, the
Company completed the disposition of its entire investment in Healthology
pursuant to: (i) a Stock Exchange and Merger Agreement dated as of January 7,
2005 among Healthology, iVillage, Virtue Acquisition Corporation and certain
stockholders of Healthology, including the Company (the Merger Agreement) and
(ii) a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the same date (the Stock Purchase
Agreement), between the Company and Steven Haimowitz (Haimowitz), the Chief
Executive Officer and a principal stockholder of Healthology. The Merger
Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement provided for the acquisition by
iVillage of all the outstanding capital stock of Healthology. Pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, the 3,050,880 shares of Healthology Preferred Stock held by
the Company were converted into $3,050,880 in cash. Pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Agreement, the Company sold its 800,000 shares of Healthology common
stock to Haimowitz, who, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, exchanged a portion
of such Healthology common stock for 17,347 shares of iVillage restricted
common stock and received $347,413 in cash for the remainder of such common
stock. Haimowitz, as consideration for the sale of Healthology common stock
pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, paid the $347,413 in cash and
transferred the 17,347 shares of iVillage restricted common stock (which were
assigned an aggregate value of $99,745 (fair market value) in the transaction)
to the Company.
Investment
Company Act Considerations
The exclusion on which
the Company is currently relying to avoid registration under the 40 Act
provides that no more than 40% of the value of the Companys total assets
(exclusive of government securities and cash items) may consist of, and no more
than 40% of its net income after taxes may be derived from, investments in
securities (other than, among other things, government securities or securities
of wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and certain companies
controlled primarily by the Company). Since registration and regulation as an
investment company are inconsistent with the Companys business objectives and
plans, it would have a materially adverse effect on the Company if it were
determined to be an investment company under the 40 Act.
The Company measures its
relative asset holdings as of the end of each fiscal quarter to determine that
it is not subject to registration and regulation under the 40 Act. The Company
believes that based on its current asset mix and the terms and relative values
of its investments, it is not an investment company.
If in the future the
relative values of the Companys investment securities to total assets
otherwise adversely change, and the Company does not qualify for some other
exclusion or exemption from investment company status, the Company may be
required to take further significant business actions that are contrary to its
business objectives and plans in order to avoid registration and regulation as
an investment company. For example, as was the case with the acquisition of the
Real Property, the Company might be compelled to acquire additional assets that
it might not otherwise have acquired, be forced to forego opportunities to
acquire interests in companies that it might otherwise wished to have acquired
or be forced to sell or refrain from selling such interests or assets. In the
alternative or in addition, the Company might find it necessary to sell
investment securities for which there may be little or no market at prices and
on terms that the Company would not otherwise have considered to be
satisfactory.
History
of Le@P Technology, Inc.
The Company was organized
in March 1997 under the laws of the State of Delaware under the name Seal
Holdings Corporation. In June 1997, a reincorporation merger was effected
pursuant to which Seal Fleet, Inc., a Nevada corporation and the predecessor to
the Company (Seal Fleet), was merged into the Company. Seal Fleet was
originally incorporated in November 1969 under the name First National
Corporation. On April 2, 1999 the name of the Company was changed to OH,
Inc. and on July 5, 2000 it was further changed to Le@P Technology, Inc.
When used in this report, the terms Le@P and the Company refer to Le@P
Technology, Inc. and its predecessor described above and their respective
subsidiaries.
Employees
Le@P currently has one part-time employee.
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