Organizational
−Removed: Capital Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on July 13, 1993 and was
−Removed: a closed-end investment company licensed by the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) as a Small Business Investment
−Removed: Corporation (“SBIC”).
−Removed: The Company previously made equity investments in, and provided loans to, small businesses to
−Removed: finance their growth, expansion, and development.
−Removed: Under applicable SBA regulations, the Company was restricted to investing only
−Removed: in qualified small businesses as contemplated by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
−Removed: As a registered investment company
−Removed: under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), the Company’s investment
−Removed: objective was to provide its shareholders with a high level of income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective.
−Removed: Company made its first investment in a small business in October 1996.
+Added: Capital Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on July 13, 1993 and was a closed-end
+Added: investment company licensed by the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) as a Small Business Investment Corporation
+Added: (“SBIC”).
+Added: The Company previously made equity investments in, and provided loans to, small businesses to finance their
+Added: growth, expansion, and development.
+Added: Under applicable SBA regulations, the Company was restricted to investing only in qualified
+Added: small businesses as contemplated by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
+Added: As a registered investment company under the Investment
+Added: Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), the Company’s investment objective was to provide
+Added: its shareholders with a high level of income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective.
+Added: The Company made its first investment
+Added: in a small business in October 1996.
March 30, 2010, the SBA notified the Company that its account had been transferred to liquidation status and that the outstanding
debentures of $16.1 million plus accrued interest (the “
−Removed: Debentures ”) were due and payable within fifteen
−Removed: days of the date of the letter.
+Added: Debentures ”) were due and payable within fifteen days
+Added: of the date of the letter.
The Company did not possess adequate liquid assets to make this payment.
−Removed: The Company negotiated
−Removed: terms of a settlement agreement with the SBA effective September 1, 2010, which allowed the Company’s management
−Removed: to liquidate the portfolio so long as there are no events of default.
−Removed: The Debentures were repurchased by the SBA in September
−Removed: 2010, represented by a Note Agreement between the SBA and the Company.
+Added: The Company negotiated terms
+Added: of a settlement agreement with the SBA effective September 1, 2010, which allowed the Company’s management to liquidate
+Added: the portfolio so long as there are no events of default.
+Added: The Debentures were repurchased by the SBA in September 2010, represented
+Added: by a Note Agreement between the SBA and the Company.
The Note Agreement had a maturity of March 31, 2013.
−Removed: In the event of a default, the SBA had the ability to seek receivership.
−Removed: May 24, 2012 the SBA delivered to the Company a notice of an event of default for failure to meet the principal repayment
−Removed: schedule under the Note Agreement (the “
+Added: In the event of a default,
+Added: the SBA had the ability to seek receivership.
+Added: May 24, 2012 the SBA delivered to the Company a notice of an event of default for failure to meet the principal repayment schedule
+Added: under the Note Agreement (the “
Notice ”).
−Removed: Under the terms of the Notice and the Note Agreement the
−Removed: SBA maintained a continuing right to terminate the Note Agreement and appoint a receiver to manage the Company’s assets.
+Added: Under the terms of the Notice and the Note Agreement the SBA maintained
+Added: a continuing right to terminate the Note Agreement and appoint a receiver to manage the Company’s assets.
November 20, 2013 the SBA filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia seeking,
among other things, receivership for the Company and a judgment in the amount outstanding under the Note Agreement plus continuing
−Removed: The complaint alleged that as of October 31, 2013 there remained an outstanding balance of $11,762,634.58 under
−Removed: the Note Agreement, including interest, which continued to accrue at the rate of $2,021.93 per day.
+Added: The complaint alleged that as of October 31, 2013 there remained an outstanding balance of $11,762,634.58 under the
+Added: Note Agreement, including interest, which continued to accrue at the rate of $2,021.93 per day.
The SBA, in filing the complaint,
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29, 2014 the Board of Directors of the Company, as then constituted (the “
−Removed: Board ”), met to reconsider
−Removed: the decision to contest the SBA’s legal action.
−Removed: In light of developments occurring since December of 2013, including projections
−Removed: of its portfolio companies and discussions with the SBA, the Board determined, after consultation with and advice of its counsel,
−Removed: that it was not in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to continue to contest the legal action.
−Removed: informed of this determination.
+Added: Board ”), met to reconsider the decision
+Added: to contest the SBA’s legal action.
+Added: In light of developments occurring since December of 2013, including projections of its
+Added: portfolio companies and discussions with the SBA, the Board determined, after consultation with and advice of its counsel, that
+Added: it was not in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to continue to contest the legal action.
+Added: The SBA was informed
+Added: of this determination.
The Board also decided to consent to the receivership process.
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to the SBA and for the expenses of the Receivership.
−Removed: SBIC license granted to the Company by the SBA was revoked by the SBA effective March 20, 2017, in conjunction with the
−Removed: entry by the court of the Order Approving the Procedures for Winding Up and Terminating the Receivership Estate.
−Removed: 2017 the Receivership was terminated with the entry of a Final Order by the Court (the “
+Added: SBIC license granted to the Company by the SBA was revoked by the SBA effective March 20, 2017, in conjunction with the entry
+Added: by the court of the Order Approving the Procedures for Winding Up and Terminating the Receivership Estate.
+Added: On June 28, 2017 the
+Added: Receivership was terminated with the entry of a Final Order by the Court (the “
Final Order ”).
−Removed: The Final Order specifically stated that “Control of Waterside shall be unconditionally transferred and returned to its
−Removed: shareholders c/o Roran Capital, LLC (“Roran”) upon notification of entry of this Order”.
−Removed: At that time the
−Removed: Company had, and continues to have, effectively zero (0) assets, and a liability owed to the SBA in an amount exceeding $10,000,000.
+Added: The Final Order
+Added: specifically stated that “Control of Waterside shall be unconditionally transferred and returned to its shareholders c/o
+Added: Roran Capital, LLC (“Roran”) upon notification of entry of this Order”.
+Added: At that time the Company had, and continues
+Added: to have, effectively zero (0) assets, and a liability owed to the SBA in an amount exceeding $10,000,000.
of Receivership
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and has continued to expend, its own funds to maintain the viability of the Company.
−Removed: The termination of the Receivership
−Removed: also caused a new board of directors to be appointed (the “
+Added: The termination of the Receivership also
+Added: caused a new board of directors to be appointed (the “
New Board ”).
−Removed: The New Board considered
−Removed: a variety of options for the Company, including bankruptcy.
−Removed: The New Board determined that such action made scant sense as the
−Removed: Receivership had the same basic result as bankruptcy.
−Removed: Another option was to merely liquidate and legally dissolve the Company,
−Removed: which would result in the complete loss of investment by all shareholders.
−Removed: Roran provided assurances that it would fund reasonable
−Removed: expenses of the Company so long as progress was being made to reorganize the Company and to identify either (i) a new business
−Removed: to undertake;
−Removed: or, (ii) an existing business with which to merge or otherwise acquire.
−Removed: The New Board has continued to work toward
−Removed: achieving that goal.
−Removed: With no assets and no SBIC license from the SBA, no income, and liabilities in excess of $10,000,000,
−Removed: the New Board concluded that continuing to operate as a registered investment company was impossible.
−Removed: the entry of the Final Order (June 28, 2017) and the termination of the Receivership the Company has been maintained for
−Removed: the benefit of its shareholders and pursuant to the Final Order.
−Removed: The Company has no assets of any value, and the Company no longer
−Removed: has the SBIC license from the SBA.
−Removed: The Company is no longer operating as a registered investment company under the Investment
−Removed: While it would have been easy for the Company to merely dissolve, the Company has instead decided to reconstitute
+Added: The New Board considered a variety of options
+Added: for the Company, including bankruptcy.
+Added: The New Board determined that such action made scant sense as the Receivership had the
+Added: same basic result as bankruptcy.
+Added: Another option was to merely liquidate and legally dissolve the Company, which would result in
+Added: the complete loss of investment by all shareholders.
+Added: Roran provided assurances that it would fund reasonable expenses of the Company
+Added: so long as progress was being made to reorganize the Company and to identify either (i) a new business to undertake;
+Added: an existing business with which to merge or otherwise acquire.
+Added: The New Board has continued to work toward achieving that goal.
+Added: With no assets and no SBIC license from the SBA, no income, and liabilities in excess of $10,000,000, the New Board concluded
+Added: that continuing to operate as a registered investment company was impossible.
+Added: the entry of the Final Order (June 28, 2017) and the termination of the Receivership the Company has been maintained for the benefit
+Added: of its shareholders and pursuant to the Final Order.
+Added: The Company has no assets of any value, and the Company no longer has the
+Added: SBIC license from the SBA.
+Added: The Company is no longer operating as a registered investment company under the Investment Company
+Added: While it would have been easy for the Company to merely dissolve, the Company has instead decided to attempt to reconstitute
itself as a viable business.
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as a registered investment company.
−Removed: The Company believes that as of June 28, 2017 it ceased to be a registered investment
−Removed: company under the Investment Company Act so it did not file as a registered investment company for the period ended June 30,
−Removed: Instead, the Company is filing this Form 10-K for that period.
−Removed: Prior to the filing of this 10-K, the Company filed with
−Removed: the SEC an Application pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act for an order declaring that the Company has ceased
−Removed: to be a registered investment company.
−Removed: current status of the Company is consistent with the Company’s pronounced intention of converting from a registered investment
−Removed: company to an operating company.
−Removed: Although the Company may historically have operated as a registered investment company, the result
−Removed: of the Receivership is that the Company can no longer operate as a registered investment company.
−Removed: The only chance for the
−Removed: shareholders of the Company to recognize any value from their investment in the Company is to allow the Company to change the
−Removed: nature of its business such that it should no longer be a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act.
+Added: The Company believes that as of June 28, 2017 it ceased to be a registered investment company
+Added: under the Investment Company Act so it did not file as a registered investment company for the period ended June 30, 2017.
+Added: the Company filed Form 10-K for that period, and subsequently has filed all required forms 10-Q and this form 10-K in a timely
+Added: Prior to the filing of the 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2017, the Company filed with the SEC an Application pursuant
+Added: to Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act for an order declaring that the Company has ceased to be a registered investment
+Added: continued and current status of the Company is consistent with the Company’s pronounced intention of converting from a registered
+Added: investment company to an operating company.
+Added: Although the Company may historically have operated as a registered investment company,
+Added: the result of the Receivership is that the Company can no longer operate as a registered investment company.
+Added: The only chance for
+Added: the shareholders of the Company to recognize any value from their investment in the Company is to allow the Company to change
+Added: the nature of its business such that it should no longer be a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act.
Business Strategy and Operations
−Removed: Company will now seek to either (i) enter into a new business;
−Removed: or, (ii) merge with, or otherwise acquire, an active business which
−Removed: would benefit from operating as a public entity.
−Removed: The New Board has undertaken a search to identify the best possible candidate(s)
−Removed: in order to provide value to the shareholders of the Company.
−Removed: The Company believes that it no longer qualifies as an “investment
−Removed: company”
−Removed: within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, and has engaged in a strategy to convert from a registered investment
−Removed: company to an operating company.
−Removed: The Company will file to register under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
−Removed: “Exchange Act”), thereby becoming a mandatory filer under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: It will continue to list its common stock
−Removed: on the Pink OTC Markets for the benefit of its shareholders.
−Removed: As a result of these efforts, the Company is and holds itself out
−Removed: as being engaged primarily in the business of seeking either (i) a new business to enter into;
−Removed: or, (ii) merger or acquisition
−Removed: candidates which would benefit from being public.
+Added: Company continues to explore options to either (i) enter into a new business;
+Added: or, (ii) merge with, or otherwise acquire, an active
+Added: business which would benefit from operating as a public entity.
+Added: The New Board continues to search to identify the best possible
+Added: candidate(s) in order to provide value to the shareholders of the Company.
+Added: The Company believes that it no longer qualifies as
+Added: an “investment company”
+Added: within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, and has engaged in a strategy to convert
+Added: from a registered investment company to an operating company.
+Added: The Company has satisfied its filing obligations under the Securities
+Added: Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) for the last fiscal year, and is a mandatory filer under
+Added: the Exchange Act.
+Added: It will continue to list its common stock on the Pink OTC Markets for the benefit of its shareholders.
+Added: result of these efforts, the Company is and holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of seeking either (i)
+Added: a new business to enter into;
+Added: or, (ii) merger or acquisition candidates which would benefit from being public.
are a shell company as that term is defined under federal securities laws.
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or approval by shareholders.
−Removed: In the case of a statutory merger or consolidation directly involving our Company, it will
−Removed: likely be necessary to call a shareholders’
−Removed: meeting and obtain the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
−Removed: The necessity to obtain such stockholder approval may result in delay and additional expense in the consummation of any
−Removed: proposed transaction and will also give rise to certain appraisal rights to dissenting shareholders.
−Removed: Most likely, management will
−Removed: seek to structure any such transaction so as not to require stockholder approval, if possible.
+Added: In the case of a statutory merger or consolidation directly involving our Company, it will likely
+Added: be necessary to call a shareholders’
+Added: meeting and obtain the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares.
+Added: The necessity to obtain such stockholder approval may result in delay and additional expense in the consummation of any proposed
+Added: transaction and will also give rise to certain appraisal rights to dissenting shareholders.
+Added: Most likely, management will seek
+Added: to structure any such transaction so as not to require stockholder approval, if possible.
is anticipated that the investigation of specific business opportunities and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant
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costs incurred.
−Removed: the year ended June 30, 2017, and the interim fiscal quarters since that time, we have essentially been dormant.
−Removed: not currently engage in any business activities that provide us with positive cash flows.
−Removed: As such, the costs of investigating
−Removed: and analyzing business combinations for the next 12-months and beyond will be paid with funds raised through other sources, which
−Removed: may not be available on favorable terms, if at all.
−Removed: The Company, at this time, does not intend to obtain funds in one or more
−Removed: private placements to finance the operation of any acquired business opportunity until such time as the Company has successfully
−Removed: consummated such a merger or acquisition or entered into a new business.
−Removed: Rather, the Company intends to borrow money from Roran
−Removed: to finance ongoing operations.
+Added: the year ended June 30, 2018 we did not engage in any business activities that provided us with positive cash flows.
+Added: the costs of investigating and analyzing business combinations for the next 12-months and beyond will be paid with funds raised
+Added: through other sources, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all.
+Added: The Company, at this time, does not intend to
+Added: obtain funds in one or more private placements to finance the operation of any acquired business opportunity until such time as
+Added: the Company has successfully consummated such a merger or acquisition or entered into a new business.
+Added: Rather, the Company intends
+Added: to borrow money to finance ongoing operations.
the Company intends to no longer operate as a registered investment company though remain as a public company, it will be subject
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employees at this time.
−Removed: Company expects to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, proxy
−Removed: statements and other information with the SEC.
−Removed: Any materials filed by the Company with the SEC may be read and copied at the SEC’s
−Removed: Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
−Removed: Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference
−Removed: Room is available by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
−Removed: The SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly and current
−Removed: reports, proxy statements and other information that issuers (including the Company) file electronically with the SEC.
−Removed: address of the SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov .
−Removed: At some point in the near future we intend to make
−Removed: our reports, amendments thereto, and other information available, free of charge, on a website for the Company.
−Removed: At this time,
−Removed: the Company does not maintain a website and there is no estimate for when such a website will be maintained by the Company.
−Removed: corporate offices are located at 140 West 31 st Street, Second Floor, New York, New York, 10001.
+Added: Company expects to continue to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K,
+Added: proxy statements and other information with the SEC.
+Added: Any materials filed by the Company with the SEC may be read and copied at
+Added: the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
+Added: Information on the operation of the SEC’s
+Added: Public Reference Room is available by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
+Added: The SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly
+Added: and current reports, proxy statements and other information that issuers (including the Company) file electronically with the
+Added: The Internet address of the SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov .
+Added: At some point in the near future
+Added: we intend to make our reports, amendments thereto, and other information available, free of charge, on a website for the Company.
+Added: At this time, the Company does not maintain a website and there is no estimate for when such a website will be maintained by the
+Added: Our corporate offices are located at 140 West 31 st Street, Second Floor, New York, New York, 10001.
Our telephone
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