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Description of Organization and Business Operations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Description of Organization and Business Operations [Abstract]  
Description of Organization and Business Operations
1. Description of Organization and Business Operations
L&L Acquisition Corp. and Subsidiary (collectively, the “Company”), a corporation in the development stage, was incorporated in the state of Delaware on July 26, 2010. The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, exchangeable share transaction or other similar business transaction, one or more operating businesses or assets (a “Business Combination”). The Company has neither engaged in any operations nor generated significant revenue to date with the exception of interest and dividend income. The Company is considered to be in the development stage as defined in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification, or ASC 915, “Development Stage Entities,” and is subject to the risks associated with activities of development stage companies. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
At June 30, 2011, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through June 30, 2011 relates to the Company’s formation and initial public offering (the “Offering”) described below and the identification of a suitable Business Combination candidate.
The registration statement for the Offering was declared effective on November 23, 2010. The Company consummated the Offering on November 29, 2010 and received net proceeds of $38,248,234, before deducting deferred underwriting compensation of $1,000,000 and includes $200,000 received for the purchase of 266,667 warrants by the underwriters. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Offering are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
Upon the closing of the Offering and the private placement of warrants, $40,400,000 was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) with a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the 1940 Act, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for the acquisition of one or more target businesses or assets, will not submit the transaction for stockholder approval, unless otherwise required by law. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if it is approved by its board of directors. In the event that the Company is required to seek stockholder approval in connection with its initial Business Combination, it will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of a Business Combination. In connection with such a vote, if a Business Combination is approved and completed, stockholders that vote against a Business Combination and elect to put their shares of common stock back to the Company for cash will be entitled to receive their pro-rata portion of the Trust Account as follows: (i) public stockholders voting against a Business Combination and electing to put shares of common stock to the Company shall be entitled to receive a per share pro-rata portion of the Trust Account excluding interest and net of franchise and income taxes payable and (ii) public stockholders voting in favor of a Business Combination and electing to put shares of common stock to the Company shall be entitled to receive a per share pro-rata portion of the Trust Account together with interest thereon but net of franchise and income taxes payable. These shares of common stock were recorded at a fair value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Offering, in accordance with FASB ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” John L. Shermyen, LLM Structured Equity Fund L.P., and LLM Investors L.P. (the “Sponsors”) and John A. Svahn, E. David Hetz, Alan W. Pettis, William A. Landman, Diane M. Daych, Mitchell Eisenberg, M.D. and Alan R. Hoops (collectively with the Sponsors, the “initial stockholders”) have agreed, in the event the Company is required to seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination, to vote their initial shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the public stockholders and to vote any public shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of a Business Combination. The initial stockholders have also agreed to vote shares of common stock acquired by them in the Offering or in the aftermarket in favor of a Business Combination submitted to the Company’s stockholders for approval.
The Company’s Sponsors, officers and directors have agreed that the Company will only have 18 months from November 23, 2010, the date of the closing for the Offering, to consummate a Business Combination. If the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within such 18 month period, it shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than two business days thereafter, redeem 100% of its public shares for cash equal to their pro-rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (including interest), less franchise and income taxes payable, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and subject to the requirement that any refund of income taxes that were paid from the Trust Account which is received after the redemption shall be distributed to the former public stockholders, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Company’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, subject in each case to its obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The initial stockholders have waived their rights to participate in any redemption with respect to their initial shares. However, the initial stockholders acquired shares of common stock in the Offering, entitling them to a pro-rata share of the Trust Account upon the Company’s redemption or liquidation in the event the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within the required time period. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the Offering price per unit in the Offering.
The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to successfully complete a Business Combination by May 23, 2012. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern and is required to liquidate.