ITEM 1. BUSINESS
General
The following is a summary of some of the information contained in this
document. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this document to
"Legacy" or the "Company" are to Legacy Technology Holdings, Inc.
HISTORY OFLEGACY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
Legacy Technology Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in Colorado in
January, 1997. The Company was originally named Life USA, Inc. On May 20, 2008,
the Company changed its name to Legacy Technology Holdings, Inc. by filing an
amendment to its Article of Incorporation. The Company was organized to engage
in any activity or business not in conflict with the laws of the State of
Colorado or of the United States of America. As a result of the name change, the
Company's trading symbol on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board was changed to
"LTHO".
The Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with LTH Acquisition
Corporation ("LTH Acquisition"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and
World Peace Technologies, Inc. ("World Peace") on June 17, 2008. As part of the
merger, World Peace Technologies, Inc., a Colorado corporation, was merged with
LTH Acquisition and World Peace was the surviving entity of the merger.
The Company closed the World Peace Acquisition on August 1, 2008, with the
receipt of the audited financial statements of World Peace. As part of the
amended Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Company issued 9,000,000 shares of its
restricted common stock the shareholders of World Peace.
World Peace was involved in the technology development business that specializes
in the development of technologies and products and possible applications to the
military. In July 2009, the Company discontinued the operations of World Peace
due to a failure to secure financing and contracts.
The Company, since July of 2009, has focused its efforts on the completion of
its past due audits and the filing of its financial reports with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC). After such filings have been completed the
Company intends to focus its efforts on the development of operations through an
acquisition. At the time of this filing, the Company has not identified any such
acquisitions or taken any efforts to identify such candidates.
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We intend to seek, investigate and, if such investigation warrants, acquire an
interest in business opportunities presented to us by persons or firms which
desire to seek the advantages of an issuer who has complied with the Securities
Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act"). We will not restrict our search to any specific
business, industry or geographical location, and we may participate in business
ventures of virtually any nature. This discussion of our proposed business is
purposefully general and is not meant to be restrictive of our unlimited
discretion to search for and enter into potential business opportunities. We
anticipate that we may be able to participate in only one potential business
venture because of our lack of financial resources.
We may seek a business opportunity with entities which have recently commenced
operations, or that desire to utilize the public marketplace in order to raise
additional capital in order to expand into new products or markets, to develop a
new product or service, or for other corporate purposes. We may acquire assets
and establish wholly owned subsidiaries in various businesses or acquire
existing businesses as subsidiaries.
We expect that the selection of a business opportunity will be complex. Due to
general economic conditions, rapid technological advances being made in some
industries and shortages of available capital, we believe that there are
numerous firms seeking the benefits of an issuer who has complied with the 1934
Act. Such benefits may include facilitating or improving the terms on which
additional equity financing may be sought, providing liquidity for incentive
stock options or similar benefits to key employees, providing liquidity (subject
to restrictions of applicable statutes) for all stockholders and other factors.
Potentially, available business opportunities may occur in many different
industries and at various stages of development, all of which will make the task
of comparative investigation and analysis of such business opportunities
extremely difficult and complex. We have, and will continue to have, essentially
no assets to provide the owners of business opportunities. However, we will be
able to offer owners of acquisition candidates the opportunity to acquire a
controlling ownership interest in an issuer who has complied with the 1934 Act
without incurring the cost and time required to conduct an initial public
offering.
The analysis of new business opportunities will be undertaken by, or under the
supervision of, our Board of Directors. We intend to concentrate on identifying
preliminary prospective business opportunities which may be brought to our
attention through present associations of our director, professional advisors or
by our stockholders. In analyzing prospective business opportunities, we will
consider such matters as (i) available technical, financial and managerial
resources; (ii) working capital and other financial requirements; (iii) history
of operations, if any, and prospects for the future; (iv) nature of present and
expected competition; (v) quality, experience and depth of management services;
(vi) potential for further research, development or exploration; (vii) specific
risk factors not now foreseeable but that may be anticipated to impact the
proposed activities of the company; (viii) potential for growth or expansion;
(ix) potential for profit; (x) public recognition and acceptance of products,
services or trades; (xi) name identification; and (xii) other factors that we
consider relevant. As part of our investigation of the business opportunity, we
expect to meet personally with management and key personnel. To the extent
possible, we intend to utilize written reports and personal investigation to
evaluate the above factors.
We will not acquire or merge with any company for which audited financial
statements cannot be obtained within a reasonable period of time after closing
of the proposed transaction.
Acquisition Opportunities
In implementing a structure for a particular business acquisition, we may become
a party to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, joint venture, or licensing
agreement with another company or entity. We may also acquire stock or assets of
an existing business. Upon consummation of a transaction, it is probable that
our present management and stockholders will no longer be in control of us. In
addition, our sole director may, as part of the terms of the acquisition
transaction, resign and be replaced by new directors without a vote of our
stockholders, or sell his stock in us. Any such sale will only be made in
compliance with the securities laws of the United States and any applicable
state.
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It is anticipated that any securities issued in any such reorganization would be
issued in reliance upon exemption from registration under application federal
and state securities laws. In some circumstances, as a negotiated element of the
transaction, we may agree to register all or a part of such securities
immediately after the transaction is consummated or at specified times
thereafter. If such registration occurs, it will be undertaken by the surviving
entity after it has successfully consummated a merger or acquisition and is no
longer considered an inactive company. The issuance of substantial additional
securities and their potential sale into any trading market which may develop in
our securities may have a depressive effect on the value of our securities in
the future. There is no assurance that such a trading market will develop.
While the actual terms of a transaction cannot be predicted, it is expected that
the parties to any business transaction will find it desirable to avoid the
creation of a taxable event and thereby structure the business transaction in a
so-called "tax-free" reorganization under Sections 368(a)(1) or 351 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). In order to obtain tax-free treatment under
the Code, it may be necessary for the owner of the acquired business to own 80%
or more of the voting stock of the surviving entity. In such event, our
stockholders would retain less than 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of
the surviving entity. This would result in significant dilution in the equity of
our stockholders.
As part of our investigation, we expect to meet personally with management and
key personnel, visit and inspect material facilities, obtain independent
analysis of verification of certain information provided, check references of
management and key personnel, and take other reasonable investigative measures,
to the extent of our limited financial resources and management expertise. The
manner in which we participate in an opportunity will depend on the nature of
the opportunity, the respective needs and desires of both parties, and the
management of the opportunity.
With respect to any merger or acquisition, and depending upon, among other
things, the target company's assets and liabilities, our stockholders will in
all likelihood hold a substantially lesser percentage ownership interest in us
following any merger or acquisition. The percentage ownership may be subject to
significant reduction in the event we acquire a target company with assets and
expectations of growth. Any merger or acquisition can be expected to have a
significant dilutive effect on the percentage of shares held by our
stockholders.
We will participate in a business opportunity only after the negotiation and
execution of appropriate written business agreements. Although the terms of such
agreements cannot be predicted, generally we anticipate that such agreements
will (i) require specific representations and warranties by all of the parties;
(ii) specify certain events of default; (iii) detail the terms of closing and
the conditions which must be satisfied by each of the parties prior to and after
such closing; (iv) outline the manner of bearing costs, including costs
associated with the Company's attorneys and accountants; (v) set forth remedies
on defaults; and (vi) include miscellaneous other terms.
As stated above, we will not acquire or merge with any entity which cannot
provide independent audited financial statements within a reasonable period of
time after closing of the proposed transaction. If such audited financial
statements are not available at closing, or within time parameters necessary to
insure our compliance within the requirements of the 1934 Act, or if the audited
financial statements provided do not conform to the representations made by that
business to be acquired, the definitive closing documents will provide that the
proposed transaction will be voidable, at the discretion of our present
management. If such transaction is voided, the definitive closing documents will
also contain a provision providing for reimbursement for our costs associated
with the proposed transaction.
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Competition
We believe we are an insignificant participant among the firms which engage in
the acquisition of business opportunities. There are many established venture
capital and financial concerns that have significantly greater financial and
personnel resources and technical expertise than we have. In view of our limited
financial resources and limited management availability, we will continue to be
at a significant competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors.
Investment Company Act 1940
Although we will be subject to regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the 1934 Act, we believe we will not be subject to regulation under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") insofar as we will not be
engaged in the business of investing or trading in securities. In the event we
engage in business combinations that result in us holding passive investment
interests in a number of entities, we could be subject to regulation under the
1940 Act. In such event, we would be required to register as an investment
company and incur significant registration and compliance costs. We have
obtained no formal determination from the SEC as to our status under the 1940
Act and, consequently, any violation of the 1940 Act would subject us to
material adverse consequences. We believe that, currently, we are exempt under
Regulation 3a-2 of the 1940 Act.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We do not hold any patents or patent applications.
EMPLOYEES
As of the date hereof, Mr. Green serves as our Chief Executive Officer and
acting Chief Financial Officer. We do not have an employment agreement with Mr.
Green. We have no other employees.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
GENERAL BUSINESS RISK FACTORS
Legacy business is a development stage company and unproven and therefore risky.
The Company has only very recently adopted the business plan described herein
and above. Potential investors should be made aware of the risk and difficulties
encountered by a new enterprise, especially in view of the intense competition
from existing businesses in the industry.
The Company has a lack of revenue history and investors cannot view Legacy's
past performance since it is a start-up company.
The Company was formed on February 13, 1997 for the purpose of engaging in any
lawful business and has now adopted a plan to engage in the acquisition of
another business. The Company has had no revenues in the last two years. The
Company is not profitable and the business effort is considered to be in an
early development stage. Legacy must be regarded as a new or development venture
with all of the unforeseen costs, expenses, problems, risks and difficulties to
which such ventures are subject.
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Legacy may have a shortage of working capital in the future which could
jeopardize the Company's ability to carry out its business plan.
The Company's capital needs consist primarily of expenses related to, general
and administrative and potential business acquisitions and compliance with SEC
reporting requirements and could exceed $75,000 in the next twelve months. Such
funds are not currently committed.
Legacy has limited funds, and such funds will not be adequate to carry out any
business plan, at this time. The Company's ultimate success depends upon its
ability to raise additional capital. The Company has not investigated the
availability, source, or terms that might govern the acquisition of additional
capital and will not do so until it determines a need for additional financing.
If the Company needs additional capital, it has no assurance that funds will be
available from any source or, if available, that they can be obtained on terms
acceptable to the Company. If not available, Legacy operations will be limited
to those that can be financed with its modest capital.
Legacy has no operating history and no revenues and it may be unlikely that the
Company will raise that additional working capital from its financing
activities. At the time of this filing, no such funds have been raised.
The Company may in the future issue more shares which could cause a loss of
control by its present management and current stockholders.
Legacy may issue further shares as consideration for the cash or assets or
services out of its authorized but unissued common stock that would, upon
issuance, represent a majority of the voting power and equity of the Company.
The result of such an issuance would be those new stockholders and management
would control the Company, and persons unknown could replace the Company's
management at this time. Such an occurrence would result in a greatly reduced
percentage of ownership of Legacy by its current shareholders, which could
present significant risks to investors.
Legacy will depend upon management but it will have limited participation of
management.
The Company currently has one individual who is serving as its officer and
director for up to 5 hours per week each on a part-time basis. The Company's
director is also acting as its sole officer. The Company will be heavily
dependent upon his skills, talents, and abilities, as well as several
consultants to Legacy, to implement the Company's business plan, and may, from
time to time, find that the inability of the officer, director and chosen
consultants to devote his full-time attention to Legacy business results in a
delay in progress toward implementing the Company's business plan. Once Legacy
is able to complete its proposed source capital raising, other consultants may
be employed on a part-time basis under a contract to be determined. Because
investors will not be able to manage the Company's business, they should
critically assess all of the information concerning Legacy officers and
directors.
The Company's officer and director may have conflicts of interests as to
corporate opportunities which it may not be able or allowed to participate in.
Presently there is no requirement contained in the Company's Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws, or minutes which requires officers and directors of its
business to disclose to the Company's business opportunities which come to their
attention. Legacy's officer and director does, however, have a fiduciary duty of
loyalty to the Company to disclose to it any business opportunities which come
to his attention, in his capacity as an officer and/or director or otherwise.
Excluded from this duty would be opportunities which the person learns about
through his involvement as an officer and director of another company. Legacy
has no intention of merging with or acquiring business opportunity from any
affiliate or officer or director.
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We intend to pursue the acquisition of an operating business.
Our sole strategy is to acquire an operating business. Successful implementation
of this strategy depends on our ability to identify a suitable acquisition
candidate, acquire such company on acceptable terms and integrate its
operations. In pursuing acquisition opportunities, we compete with other
companies with similar strategies. Competition for acquisition targets may
result in increased prices of acquisition targets and a diminished pool of
companies available for acquisition. Acquisitions involve a number of other
risks, including risks of acquiring undisclosed or undesired liabilities,
acquired in-process technology, stock compensation expense, diversion of
management attention, potential disputes with the seller of one or more acquired
entities and possible failure to retain key acquired personnel. Any acquired
entity or assets may not perform relative to our expectations. Our ability to
meet these challenges has not been established.
Scarcity of and competition for, business opportunities and combinations.
We believe we are an insignificant participant among the firms which engage in
the acquisition of business opportunities. There are many established venture
capital and financial concerns that have significantly greater financial and
personnel resources and technical expertise than we have. Nearly all such
entities have significantly greater financial resources, technical expertise and
managerial capabilities than us and, consequently, we will be at a competitive
disadvantage in identifying possible business opportunities and successfully
completing a business combination. Moreover, we will also compete in seeking
merger or acquisition candidates with numerous other small public companies. In
view of our limited financial resources and limited management availability, we
will continue to be at a significant competitive disadvantage compared to our
competitors.
We have not executed any formal agreement for a business combination or other
transaction and have established no standards for business combinations.
We have not executed any formal arrangement, agreement or understanding with
respect to engaging in a merger with, joint venture with or acquisition of a
private or public entity. There can be no assurance that we will be successful
in identifying and evaluating suitable business opportunities or in concluding a
business combination. We have not identified any particular industry or specific
business within an industry for evaluation. There is no assurance we will be
able to negotiate a business combination on terms favorable, if at all. We have
not established a specific length of operating history or specified level of
earnings, assets, net worth or other criteria which we will require a target
business opportunity to have achieved, and without which we would not consider a
business combination. Accordingly, we may enter into a business combination with
a business opportunity having no significant operating history, losses, limited
or no potential for earnings, limited assets, negative net worth or other
negative characteristics.
We may depend upon outside advisors, who may not be available on reasonable
terms and as needed.
To supplement the business experience of our officers and directors, we may be
required to employ accountants, technical experts, appraisers, attorneys, or
other consultants or advisors. Our Board without any input from stockholders
will make the selection of any such advisors. Furthermore, it is anticipated
that such persons may be engaged on an "as needed" basis without a continuing
fiduciary or other obligation to us. In the event we consider it necessary to
hire outside advisors, we may elect to hire persons who are affiliates, if they
are able to provide the required services.
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The Company has agreed to indemnification of officers and directors as is
provided by Colorado Revised Statute and such indemnification is limited.
Colorado Revised Statutes provide for the indemnification of the Company's
directors, officers, employees, and agents, under certain circumstances, against
attorney's fees and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which
they become a party arising from their association with or activities on Legacy
behalf. The Company will also bear the expenses of such litigation for any of
its directors, officers, employees, or agents, upon such person's promise to
repay Legacy therefore if it is ultimately determined that any such person shall
not have been entitled to indemnification. This indemnification policy could
result in substantial expenditures by the Company that it may be unable to
recoup.
Colorado Revised Statutes exclude personal liability of the Company's directors
and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty except in
certain specified circumstances. Accordingly, Legacy will have a much more
limited right of action against its directors that otherwise would be the case.
This provision does not affect the liability of any director under federal or
applicable state securities laws.
RISK FACTORS RELATED TO LEGACY'S STOCK
The regulation of penny stocks by SEC and FINRA may discourage the tradability
of the Company's securities.
Legacy is a "penny stock" company. None of its securities currently trade in any
market and, if ever available for trading, will be subject to a Securities and
Exchange Commission rule that imposes special sales practice requirements upon
broker-dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established
customers or accredited investors. For purposes of the rule, the phrase
"accredited investors" means, in general terms, institutions with assets in
excess of $5,000,000, or individuals having a net worth in excess of $1,000,000
or having an annual income that exceeds $200,000 (or that, when combined with a
spouse's income, exceeds $300,000). For transactions covered by the rule, the
broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser
and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction prior to the
sale. Effectively, this discourages broker-dealers from executing trades in
penny stocks. Consequently, the rule will affect the ability of purchasers in
this offering to sell their securities in any market that might develop
therefore because it imposes additional regulatory burdens on penny stock
transactions.
In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a number of
rules to regulate "penny stocks". Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2,
15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Because the Company's securities constitute "penny
stocks" within the meaning of the rules, the rules would apply to the Company
and to its securities. The rules will further affect the ability of owners of
shares to sell its securities in any market that might develop for them because
it imposes additional regulatory burdens on penny stock transactions.
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Shareholders should be aware that, according to Securities and Exchange
Commission, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from
patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for
the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the
promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of
purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) "boiler room"
practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price
projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed
bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the
wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after
prices have been manipulated to a desired consequent investor losses. The
Company's management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in
the penny stock market. Although the Company does not expect to be in a position
to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in
the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations
to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to Legacy
securities.
Legacy will pay no foreseeable dividends in the future.
Legacy has not paid dividends on its common stock and do not ever anticipate
paying such dividends in the foreseeable future.
Our Securities are not currently eligible for sale under Rule 144 and any future
sales of our securities may be adversely affected by our failure to file all
reports required by the Exchange Act.
All of the outstanding shares of common stock held by the Company's present
officers, directors, and affiliate stockholders are "restricted securities"
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As
restricted shares, these shares may be resold only pursuant to an effective
registration statement or under the requirements of Rule 144 or other applicable
exemptions from registration under the Act and as required under applicable
state securities laws.
Rule 144, as promulgated under the Securities Act is not available for the
resale of securities, initially issued by a shell company (reporting or
non-reporting) or a former shell company, unless certain conditions are
satisfied. We are a shell company. As a result, our securities cannot be resold
under Rule 144 unless certain conditions are met. These conditions are:
o the issuer of the securities has ceased to be a shell company;
o the issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act;
o the issuer has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, during the
preceding 12 months, other than Form 8-K reports; and
o one year has elapsed since the issuer has filed current "Form 10
information" with the Commission reflecting its status as an entity that is
no longer a shell company.
The only way for our securities to be eligible for resale prior to the
conditions of Rule 144 being met, is for us to have registered them with the SEC
on a Registration Statement on Form S-1 and such registration being declared
effective by the SEC. At the time of this filing, management has no plans to
file a registration statement with the SEC.
A sale under Rule 144 or under any other exemption from the Act, if available,
or pursuant to subsequent registration of shares of common stock of present
stockholders, may have a depressive effect upon the price of the common stock in
any market that may develop.
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Legacy stock are thinly traded and as a result you may be unable to sell at or
near ask prices or at all if you need to liquidate your shares.
The shares of Legacy common stock are thinly-traded on the Pink Sheets, meaning
that the number of persons interested in purchasing the Company's common shares
at or near ask prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent.
This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that
Legacy is a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock
brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that
generate or influence sales volume, and that even if it came to the attention of
such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an
unproven, early stage company such as Legacy or purchase or recommend the
purchase of any of the Company's Securities until such time as Legacy became
more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days
or more when trading activity in the Company's Securities is minimal or
non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady
volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without
an adverse effect on Securities price. Legacy cannot give you any assurance that
a broader or more active public trading market for the Company's common
Securities will develop or be sustained, or that any trading levels will be
sustained. Due to these conditions, the Company can give investors no assurance
that they will be able to sell their shares at or near ask prices or at all if
they need money or otherwise desire to liquidate their securities of the
Company.