Granahan Mccourt Acquisition Corp-Filing of certain prospectuses and communications for business combination transactions (425)
02 10월 2008 - 2:47AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
October 1,
2008
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September 30, 2008
(Date of Report/Date of Earliest Event Reported)
GRANAHAN
MCCOURT ACQUISITION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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001-33075
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02-0781911
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(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File
Number)
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(I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)
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179
Stony Brook Road
Hopewell, NJ 08525
(Address of principal
executive offices)
Registrants telephone
number, including area code:
(609)
333-1200
Not
Applicable
(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 8.01 Other
Events
On September 30, 2008 Granahan McCourt
Acquisition Corporation (the Company) issued a press release announcing that
its board of directors has set a meeting date of October 21, 2008 for a special
meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon the Companys proposed merger
with Pro Brand International, Inc. The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time on October 21, 2008 at the offices of Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP,
919 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
Stockholders as of the close of business on October 3, 2008, will
be entitled to vote at the special meeting and will receive proxy materials
shortly.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro
Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
The following Exhibits are attached as part of this
report:
99.1 Press Release of Granahan McCourt
Acquisition Corporation.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Granahan McCourt Acquisition Corporation
(Registrant)
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Date: October 1, 2008
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By:
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/s/ David C. McCourt
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David C. McCourt
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President, Chief Executive Officer and
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Chairman of the Board
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Exhibit 99.1
For Immediate Release
Granahan McCourt Acquisition Corporation Sets Date for Special Meeting of
Stockholders Relating to the Proposed Merger with Pro Brand International, Inc.
New
York, NY, September 30, 2008 Granahan McCourt Acquisition Corp. (AMEX:
GHN, GHN.U, GHN.WS) (Granahan McCourt or GMAC) today announced that its
special meeting of stockholders will be held on October 21, 2008 at 10:00 am
Eastern Time at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, at 919 Third
Avenue New York, NY 10022. Stockholders
of record of Granahan McCourt as of October 3, 2008 (the Record Date)
will receive notice of and voting materials relating to this special meeting.
At
the special meeting, stockholders of Granahan McCourt will be asked to vote on the
following eight proposals: (1) to approve the merger agreement and the
transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the issuance of
shares as merger consideration and as earnout payments; (2) to approve a series
of four proposals to adopt the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of GMAC, including (a) changing the name of GMAC to Pro
Brand International Group, Inc., (b) increasing the authorized shares
of common stock, (c) removing Article Fifth and Article Eleventh
and certain provisions of Article Third that were put in place as a result
of GMAC being a blank check company and to remove certain provisions of Article Fourth
relating to a reverse stock split that occurred in connection with GMACs
initial public offering, and (d) amending Article Sixth to clarify
when the terms of directors expire; (3) to approve the Pro Brand
International Group 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan for non-employee directors,
officers, other key employees and consultants; (4) the election of eight directors
to serve in three separate classes until their successors are duly elected and
qualified; and (5) to authorize the adjournment of the special meeting to
a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of
proxies in the event there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in
connection with, the adoption of the merger proposal, any of the amendment
proposals or the 2008 Plan proposal.
About Granahan McCourt Acquisition Corporation
Granahan
McCourt Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company organized on July 10,
2006 for the purpose of acquiring one or more assets or operating businesses in
the telecommunications and media industries through a merger, capital stock
exchange, asset or stock acquisition or other similar business
combination. Granahan McCourt
Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations.
Investor Relations Contact:
Erach
Desai
Integrated
Corporate Relations
617-956-6732
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Granahan McCourt has filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-150848), as amended
(the Registration Statement), including a combined proxy
statement/prospectus, with the SEC in connection with the merger and will mail
a definitive proxy statement to the stockholders of Granahan McCourt as of the
Record Date containing information about the proposed merger. Granahan McCourts
stockholders are urged to read the proxy statement and other relevant materials
when they become
available as they will
contain important information about the merger with PBI. Granahan McCourts
stockholders will be able to obtain a free copy of such filings at the
Securities and Exchange Commissions internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Copies
of such filings can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to
Granahan McCourt, 179 Stony Brook Road, Hopewell, NJ 08525.
Granahan
McCourt and its officers and directors may be deemed to have participated in
the solicitation of proxies from Granahan McCourts stockholders in favor of
the approval of the merger. Information concerning Granahan McCourts directors
and executive officers is set forth in the publicly filed documents of Granahan
McCourt. Stockholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct
and indirect interests of Granahan McCourt and its directors and executive
officers in the merger by reading the preliminary and definitive proxy
statements regarding the merger, which will be filed with the SEC.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current
expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as may, should, could, would, expect, plan,
anticipate, believe, estimate, continue, or the negative of such terms
or other similar expressions.
Factors that might cause or
contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those
described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including
the Registration Statement and Form 10-K for the period ended December 31,
2007. These risks and uncertainties also include risks and uncertainties
regarding PBI, including, among other things, changes in demand for PBIs
products, PBIs dependence on significant customers, the lack of long-term
contracts governing PBIs customer and supplier relationships, PBIs ability to
retain its management and key personnel, PBIs ability to adequately protect
its intellectual property and its technologies, competition in PBIs markets,
competitive pricing and continued pricing pressures in the DBS market, supplier
constraints, the introduction of new products and services by competitors, the
ability of PBI to manage costs and maintain production volumes, conditions in
PBIs industry and economic conditions generally, PBIs ability to develop and
market new technologies in a competitively advantageous manner, and PBIs
success at integrating acquired businesses.
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