Schedule 13D
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Ideation Acquisition Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
Ideation Acqusition Corp.
100 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on
the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Robert N. Fried |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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U.S. Citizen
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) |
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Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Schedule 13D is filed by Robert N. Fried (the Reporting Person) with respect to common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), of Ideation Acquisition Corp. (the
Issuer). Also referenced below are warrants to purchase Common Stock (the Warrants). The
principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 100 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills,
CA 90210.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
The Reporting Persons present principal occupation is digital media entrepreneur and film
producer. The Reporting Persons principal business address is
100 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. The
Reporting Person is a citizen of the United States.
The Reporting Person has neither been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors) nor was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject
to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to
such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
On
June 12, 2007, the Reporting Person purchased 617,500 shares of Common Stock in a private
placement for $6,175 in cash at a purchase price of $0.01 per share (the Insider Shares). On
November 19, 2007, The Reporting Person purchased 550,000 Warrants in a private placement for
$550,000 in cash at a purchase price of $1.00 per Warrant (the Insider Warrants). On November
26, 2007, in the Issuers initial public offering (the IPO), the Reporting Person purchased 3,000
Units for $24,000 cash at purchase price of $8.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of
Common Stock and one Warrant.
Each Warrant entitles the Reporting Person to purchase one share of the Issuers Common Stock
at a price of $6.00 per share. The Warrants will become exercisable on the later of the
consummation of an initial business combination, or November 19, 2008, unless the Issuer elects to
redeem such Warrants. The Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 19,
2011 or earlier, upon redemption by the Issuer.
The source of funds for the acquisition of all shares of Common Stock and Warrants
beneficially owned by the Reporting Person was personal funds.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The Reporting Person acquired the shares of Common Stock and Warrants for investment purposes.
The Reporting Persons may, from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors
deemed relevant by the Reporting Person, acquire additional shares of Common Stock or Warrants. The
Reporting Person reserves the right to, and may in the future choose to, change his purpose with
respect to his investment and take such actions as he deems appropriate in light of the
circumstances including, without limitation, to dispose of, in the open market, in a private
transaction or by gift, all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock or Warrants which he now
owns or may hereafter acquire.
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At the date of this statement, the Reporting Person, except as set forth in this statement and
consistent with the Reporting Persons position with the Issuer, has no plans or proposals which
would result in:
(a) The acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition
of securities of the Issuer;
(b) An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation,
involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
(c) A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its
subsidiaries;
(d) Any change in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any
plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on
the board;
(e) Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer;
(f) Any other material change in the Issuers business or corporate structure;
(g) Changes in the Issuers charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other
actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person;
(h) Causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities
exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a
registered national securities association;
(i) A class of equity securities of the issuer becoming eligible for termination of
registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act; or
(j) Any action similar to any of those actions enumerated above.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 1,173,500 shares of Common Stock of the
Issuer. This figure includes the right to acquire 553,000 shares of common stock pursuant to
553,000 Warrants held by the Reporting Person each convertible into one share of Common Stock. The
reporting person is the beneficial owner of 9.0% of the Issuers Common Stock. The percentage of
beneficial ownership is based upon 13,053,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 26,
2007, including the 553,000 shares of Common Stock which the Reporting Person has the right to
acquire pursuant to the Warrants.
(b) The Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or direct to vote and the sole power to
dispose or direct the disposition of 1,173,500 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.
The filling of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person
is, for the Purposes of Section 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the beneficial owner of any securities covered by the statement.
(c) Transactions in the Issuers securities effected by the Reporting Person:
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Quantity of Securities |
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Price Per Security |
6/12/2007
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617,500 Common Stock
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Private Placement
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$0.01 per Share |
11/19/2007
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550,000 Warrants
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Private Placement
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$1.00 per Warrant |
11/26/2007
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3,000 Common Stock (Unit)
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IPO Purchase
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$8.00 per Unit |
11/26/2007
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3,000 Warrants (Unit)
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IPO Purchase
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$8.00 per Unit |
(d)-(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Escrow of Insider Shares and Insider Warrants. Prior to the Issuers IPO, the Issuer issued
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock to certain initial stockholders (the Initial Stockholders). All
of these Insider Shares (including the 1,359,000 Insider Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting
Person) remain in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant
to an escrow agreement. Simultaneous with the IPO the Issuer issued and sold 2,400,000 Insider
Warrants to the Initial Stockholders. All of these Insider Warrants (including the 1,320,000
Insider Warrants beneficially owned by the Reporting Person) remain in escrow with Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant to an escrow agreement.
These Insider Shares and Insider Warrants will not be transferable during the escrow period
except (i) if the Initial Shareholder is an entity, a dividend, distribution or contribution to any
individual or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Initial
Shareholder, or to any stockholder, member, partner or limited partner of such Initial Shareholder,
for which no or nominal consideration is received, (ii) to a member of an Initial Shareholders
immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is an Initial Shareholder, a stockholder,
member, partner or limited partner of an Initial Shareholder or a person related to an Initial
Shareholder by blood, marriage or adoption, (iii) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution
upon death of any Initial Shareholder, (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or (v)
to directors, officers and employees, or persons or entities affiliated with directors, officers
and employees, of the Issuer; provided, however, that such permissive transfers may be implemented
only upon the respective transferees written agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of
the escrow agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement. The Reporting Person is party to a registration rights
agreement with the Issuer pursuant to which the Reporting Person will be entitled to make up to two
demands that the Issuer register the 617,500 Insider Shares and
550,000 Insider Warrants and
the shares for which they are exercisable. The Reporting Person may elect to exercise his
registration rights with respect to the Insider Shares at any time beginning on the date nine
months after the consummation of a business combination. Additionally, the Reporting Person may
elect to exercise his registration rights with respect to the Insider Warrants (and the underlying
securities) at any time beginning on the date of the consummation of a business combination. In
addition, the Reporting Person has certain piggy-back registration rights with respect to
registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a business combination.
Warrants. Each Warrant (including Insider Warrants, subject to the terms of the escrow
agreement) entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $6.00
per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of:
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The Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, November 19, 2011.
Once the Warrants become exercisable, the Issuer may call the Warrants for redemption.
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at a price of $0.01 per Warrant, |
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upon not less than 30 days prior written notice of redemption, and |
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if, and only if, the last sale price of the Common Stock equals or
exceeds $11.50 per share (appropriately adjusted for any stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividend or other reclassification or
combination of our common stock) for any 20 trading days within a 30
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provided that the Issuer has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and a current prospectus relating
to them is available throughout the 30 day notice of redemption period.
The right to exercise will be forfeited unless they are exercised prior to the date specified
in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a Warrant will
have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holders Warrant upon
surrender of such Warrant.
If the Issuer calls the Warrants for redemption as described above, the Insider Warrants may
be exercised on a cashless basis.
The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of the Warrants
may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a
stock dividend, or Issuers
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the Warrants will not be
adjusted for issuances of Common Stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.
Letter Agreements. The Reporting Person is party to letter agreements with the Issuer pursuant
to which the Reporting Person agrees, if the Issuer seeks shareholder approval for a business
combination, to vote the Insider Shares directly or indirectly owned by him in accordance with the
vote of the majority of the holders of Common Stock other than other
Initial Stockholders. The
Reporting Person has also waived any conversion rights with respect to any shares of Common Stock
of the Issuer.
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Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
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Exhibit 99.2
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Escrow Agreement by and among Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, Ideation Acquisition Corp. and the Initial
Stockholders (included as Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuers
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration
No. 333-144218), and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Exhibit 99.3
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Registration Rights Agreement by and among Ideation
Acquisition Corp. and the Initial Stockholders (included as
Exhibit 10.6 to the Issuers Registration Statement on Form
S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-144218), and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Exhibit 99.4
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Warrant Agreement by and among Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, Ideation Acquisition Corp. and the Initial
Stockholders (included as Exhibit 4.4 to the Issuers
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration
No. 333-144218), and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Exhibit 99.5
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Letter Agreement by and among Ideation Acquisition Corp., the
Representatives and each officer, director and Initial
Stockholders (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Issuers
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration
No. 333-144218), and incorporated herein by reference). |
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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/s/
Robert N. Fried
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Dated: December 4, 2007 |
Robert N. Fried |
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