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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
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Related Party Transactions
 
Proposed Business Combination
 
 As more fully described in Note 9 – “Proposed Business Combination,” on March 12, 2015, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement, providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into Del Taco, with Del Taco surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Merger Sub is an inactive wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with no assets or operations as of March 31, 2015.
 
Although the parties to the Merger Agreement were not related parties prior to entering into the Merger Agreement, the Merger may be considered a Related Party Transaction after March 20, 2015, because, on that date, entities managed by the same manager as the Sponsor and with some common members invested in Del Taco in the first step of the two-step merger transaction.
 
Founder Shares
 
On August 5, 2013, the Sponsor purchased 4,312,500 shares of common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $25,000, or approximately $0.006 per share. On October 17, 2013, the Sponsor transferred 17,250 Founder Shares to each of Howard B. Bernick, Craig J. Duchossois, Greg Flynn and Marc S. Simon (the Company’s independent directors), each of whom paid a purchase price of $100 for their respective shares (the same per-share purchase price initially paid by the Sponsor).
 
The Founder Shares are identical to the common stock included in the units sold in the Public Offering, except that the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below.
 
On November 19, 2013, the Company’s initial stockholders forfeited an aggregate of 562,500 Founder Shares, so that the initial stockholders, consisting of the Sponsor and Messrs. Bernick, Duchossois, Flynn and Simon, own 20.8% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Public Offering.
 
In addition, 937,500 Founder Shares, representing 5.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Public Offering, are subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor under certain conditions described in the prospectus associated with the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”).
 
The Founder Shares have been placed into an escrow account maintained in New York, New York by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as escrow agent. Subject to certain limited exceptions discussed in the Prospectus, the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until one year after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Business Combination, (i) the last sale price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination or (ii) the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
 
Rights — The Founder Shares are identical to the Public Shares except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described above, (ii) all of the initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares in connection with the completion of the Business Combination and (iii) all of the initial stockholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination by November 19, 2015, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares that they hold if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination within the prescribed time frame.
 
Voting — If the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination, the initial stockholders have agreed to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Public Offering in favor of the Business Combination.
 
Liquidation — Although the initial stockholders and their permitted transferees have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the prescribed time frame, they will be entitled to receive liquidating distributions with respect to any Public Shares that they may own.
 
Private Placement Warrants
 
The Sponsor purchased from the Company an aggregate of 4,750,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (a purchase price of $4.75 million), in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the completion of the Public Offering (the “Private Placement Warrants”). Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at $11.50 per share. A portion of the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Public Offering held in the Trust Account pending completion of the Company’s Business Combination. Immediately after the closing of the private placement, the Sponsor transferred 15,000 Private Placement Warrants at no charge to each of Messrs. Bernick, Duchossois, Flynn and Simon and 30,000 Private Placement Warrants at no charge to Mr. Wallach.
 
The Private Placement Warrants (including the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination, and they will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants. Otherwise, the Private Placement Warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Public Warrants and have no net cash settlement provisions.
 
If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, then the proceeds will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.
 
Registration Rights
 
The Company has entered into a stockholders agreement with respect to the Founder Shares, shares of common stock underlying the Private Placement Warrants, the shares of common stock that the Company will issue under the Merger Agreement or in the Step 2 Co-Investment (as defined below) and all shares issued to a holder with respect to the securities referred to above by way of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, acquisition, consolidation, reorganization, share exchange, or similar event, which securities are collectively referred to herein as “registrable securities.” Under the stockholders agreement, the Company has agreed to register for resale under a shelf registration statement all of the unregistered shares held by Del Taco stockholders, the Levy Family (as defined below), and holders of Founder Shares and the Company’s warrants. The Levy Family and certain Del Taco stockholders are also entitled to a number of demand registration rights. Holders of registrable securities will also have certain “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Merger.
 
Directed Unit Program
 
The Company’s independent directors also purchased an aggregate of 150,000 Public Units in the Public Offering through the Company’s directed unit program.
 
Sponsor Loans
 
The Sponsor also agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate of $200,000 by the issuance of an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to cover expenses related to the Public Offering. The loan was payable without interest on the completion of the Public Offering. From inception through November 19, 2013, the Sponsor loaned a total of $254,388 to the Company. The majority of the then outstanding balance on the Note was repaid on November 19, 2013. On November 24, 2013, the Company amended and restated the terms of the Note. The amended terms increased the aggregate total permitted under the Note to $255,000. The remaining terms of the Note were substantially the same as the original. The unpaid principal balance of the Note was due and payable upon the earlier of February 1, 2014 or the consummation of a public offering of the Company's securities. On November 19, 2013, the Company completed its Public Offering making the entire unpaid amount immediately due at the option of the Sponsor. The Sponsor was repaid the remaining balance on November 25, 2013.
 
Administrative Services
 
The Company has entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement with Levy Family Partners, pursuant to which the Company will pay Levy Family Partners a total of (i) $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative services and (ii) $15,000 per month as reimbursement for a portion of the compensation paid to its personnel, including certain of the Company’s officers who work on the Company’s behalf. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.