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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2021.

 

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

CareCloud, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   22-3832302

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

 

7 Clyde Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

(732) 873-5133

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

A. Hadi Chaudhry
Chief Executive Officer

7 Clyde Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

(732) 873-5133

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies of communications to:

 

David S. Song, Esq.

Peter B. Katzman, Esq.

Song P.C.

26 Broadway, Floor 8

New York, New York 10004

(212) 599-0700

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined by market conditions and other factors.

 

 

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [  ]

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ]   Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-Accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company [X]
Emerging growth company [  ]

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [  ]

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 Title of each class of securities to be registered (1) 

Proposed maximum aggregate

offering price

   Amount of registration fee 
Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share          
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share          
Subscription Rights to purchase Preferred Stock or Common Stock          
Total  $250,000,000   $27,275.00 

 

(1) An indeterminate amount of securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered pursuant to this registration statement at indeterminate prices, along with an indeterminate number of shares that may be issued upon exercise, settlement, exchange or conversion of securities offered or sold hereunder. These securities may also be sold separately, together or as units with the other securities registered hereunder. The securities registered hereunder will have an aggregate offering price that does not exceed $250,000,000. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of common stock and preferred stock being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO FORM S-3

 

This registration statement contains:

 

  a base prospectus which covers the offering, issuance and sale by the registrant of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $250 million of the securities identified above from time to time in one or more offerings, including the at-the-market offering as described below; and
     
  an at-the-market prospectus supplement (the “ATM Prospectus”) covering the offering, issuance and sale by the registrant of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $50 million of the Company’s common stock that may be issued and sold under a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement between the registrant, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and B. Riley Securities, Inc. (the “Sales Agreement”).

 

The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The ATM Prospectus immediately follows the base prospectus. The common stock that may be offered, issued and sold by the registrant under the ATM Prospectus is included in the $250 million of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by the registrant under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the Sales Agreement, any portion of the $50 million included in the ATM Prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the ATM Prospectus will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus.

 

 
 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL        , 2021

 

Registration No. 333-       

 

 

CareCloud, Inc.

(formerly MTBC, Inc.)

 

$250,000,000

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Subscription Rights

 

 

 

We may offer and sell from time to time up to $250 million of common stock, preferred stock or subscription rights in one or more offerings. When we decide to sell our securities, we will provide specific terms of the offered securities, including the amount of securities offered, in a prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement may be used to offer securities for the account of persons other than us.

 

You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you make your investment decision.

 

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBC,” and our 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBCP.” On April 5, 2021, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq was $8.52 per share and the last reported sale price of our Series A Preferred Stock was $27.80 per share.

 

The aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or the public float, was $96,393,924, which was calculated based on 9,068,102 shares of outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates on April 5, 2021 and a price per share of $10.63, the average of the closing bid and ask prices of our common stock on February 19, 2021.

 

We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, brokers, dealers, agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

Investing in our securities involves significant risks. See the “Risk Factors” section on page 6, in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

 

 

This prospectus may not be used to sell any of the securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

 

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

 

 

 

The date of this Prospectus is April     , 2021.

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
About This Prospectus 1
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 2
Where You Can Find More Information 3
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference 3
About CareCloud, Inc. 4
Risk Factors 6
Use of Proceeds 6
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations 7
The Securities We May Offer 12
Description of our Capital Stock 12
Description of the Series A Preferred Stock 16
Description of Subscription Rights 23
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations 24
Plan of Distribution 30
Legal Matters 31
Experts 31

 

 

 

About This Prospectus

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing the SEC’s “shelf” registration rules. Under the shelf registration rules, we may sell our securities from time to time in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $250 million as described in this prospectus.

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may sell. Each time that we offer and sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that will contain specific information about the securities being offered and sold and the specific terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you should rely on the prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information,” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” before making an investment decision. You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement or any documents we incorporate by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses we have prepared. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

 

Unless this prospectus indicates otherwise or the context otherwise requires, the terms “CareCloud,” “we,” “us,” “the registrant,” “the Company” and “our” refer to CareCloud, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

 

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This prospectus, including the sections entitled “About This Prospectus,” “About CareCloud, Inc.,” “Risk Factors,” and “Use of Proceeds” as well as the information we incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (filed under our former name, MTBC, Inc.) and other documents, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements relate to anticipated future events, future results of operations or future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “goals,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

 

These forward-looking statements are only predictions, are uncertain and involve substantial known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our (or our industry’s) actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus sets forth detailed risks, uncertainties and cautionary statements regarding our business and these forward-looking statements. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of the risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements, including without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to:

 

  our ability to manage our growth, including acquiring, partnering with, and effectively integrating the acquisitions of Meridian Medical Management, CareCloud Health, Inc., fka CareCloud Corporation (a company we purchased in January 2020 and whose name we took) and other acquired businesses into our infrastructure and avoiding legal exposure and liabilities associated with acquired companies and assets;
     
  our ability to retain our clients and revenue levels, including effectively migrating new clients and maintaining or growing the revenue levels of our new and existing clients;
     
  our ability to maintain operations in our Pakistan Offices and Sri Lanka in a manner that continues to enable us to offer competitively priced products and services;
     
  our ability to keep pace with a rapidly changing healthcare industry;
     
  our ability to consistently achieve and maintain compliance with a myriad of federal, state, foreign, local, payor and industry requirements, regulations, rules, laws and contracts;
     
  our ability to maintain and protect the privacy of confidential and protected Company, client and patient information;
     
  our ability to develop new technologies, upgrade and adapt legacy and acquired technologies to work with evolving industry standards and third-party software platforms and technologies, and protect and enforce all of these and other intellectual property rights;
     
  our ability to attract and retain key officers and employees, and the continued involvement of Mahmud Haq as Executive Chairman and A. Hadi Chaudhry as Chief Executive Officer and President, all of which are critical to our ongoing operations, growing our business and integrating of our newly acquired businesses;
     
  our ability to comply with covenants contained in our credit agreement with our senior secured lender, Silicon Valley Bank and other future debt facilities;
     
  our ability to pay our monthly preferred dividends to the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock;
     
  our ability to compete with other companies developing products and selling services competitive with ours, and who may have greater resources and name recognition than we have;
     
  our ability to respond to the uncertainty resulting from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it may have on our operations, the demand for our services, and economic activity in general; and
     
  our ability to keep and increase market acceptance of our products and services.

 

We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or performance. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus. These cautionary statements should be considered with any written or oral forward-looking statements that we may issue in the future. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the U.S., we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to reflect actual results, later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or other investments or strategic transactions we may engage in.

 

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Where You Can Find More Information

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act for the securities being offered under this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and accompanying exhibits. This prospectus contains descriptions of certain agreements or documents that are exhibits to the registration statement. The statements as to the contents of such exhibits, however, are brief descriptions and are not necessarily complete, and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to such agreement or document. In addition, we file annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, registration statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including our filings with the SEC. The SEC website address is www.sec.gov.

 

We make available free of charge through our website our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Our website address is www.carecloud.com. Please note that our website address is provided as an inactive textual reference only. Information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement, and is therefore not incorporated by reference unless such information is otherwise specifically referenced elsewhere in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus information contained in documents that we file with it. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is an important part of this prospectus, and information we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is completed or terminated (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules, including Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, including any financial statements or exhibits relating thereto furnished pursuant to Item 9.01):

 

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021;
our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021 (excluding such items as deemed furnished in such Form 8-K), March 24, 2021 and March 29, 2021, and our Current Reports on Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020 and August 11, 2020;
our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021;
the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on July 2, 2014, including all amendments and reports filed for purposes of updating such description; and
the description of our Series A Preferred Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on October 19, 2015, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

Any statement incorporated by reference in this prospectus from an earlier dated document that is inconsistent with a statement contained in this prospectus or in any other document filed after the date of the earlier dated document, but prior to the date hereof, which also is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus by such statement contained in this prospectus or in any other document filed after the date of the earlier dated document, but prior to the date hereof, which also is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Any person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered may request copies of this prospectus and any of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, without charge, by written or oral request directed to CareCloud, 7 Clyde Road, Somerset, New Jersey, 08873, telephone: (732) 873-5133, x 133.

 

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About CareCloud, Inc.

 

CareCloud, Inc., formerly MTBC, Inc. (“CareCloud” and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”) is a healthcare information technology company that provides a full suite of proprietary cloud-based solutions, together with related business services, to healthcare providers and hospitals throughout the United States. Our Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) platform includes revenue cycle management (“RCM”), practice management (“PM”), electronic health record (“EHR”), business intelligence, telehealth, patient experience management (“PXM”) solutions and complementary software tools and business services for high-performance medical groups and health systems.

 

At a high level, these solutions can be categorized as follows:

 

  RCM services, which include end-to-end medical billing, eligibility, analytics, and related services, all of which can often be provided either with our technology platform or through a third-party system;
       
  Proprietary healthcare IT software solutions, which can be bundled with our RCM services, including:
       
    EHRs, which are easy to use, integrated with our business services or offered as Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solutions, and allow our healthcare provider clients to deliver better patient care, document their clinical visits effectively and thus potentially qualify for government incentives, reduce documentation errors and reduce paperwork;
    PM software and related tools, which support our clients’ day-to-day business operations and workflows;
    Mobile Health (“mHealth”) solutions, including smartphone applications that assist patients and healthcare providers in the provision of healthcare services;
    Telehealth solutions, which allow healthcare providers to conduct remote patient visits;
    Healthcare claims clearinghouse, which enables our clients to electronically scrub and submit claims to, and process payments from, insurance companies; and
    Business intelligence, customized applications, interfaces and a variety of other technology solutions that support our healthcare clients.
       
  Medical Office Practice Management Services are provided to medical practices. In this service model, we provide the medical practice with appropriate facilities, equipment, supplies, support services and administrative support staff. We also provide management, bill-paying and financial advisory services.

 

Our solutions enable clients to increase financial and operational performance, streamline clinical workflows, get better insight through data, and make better business and clinical decisions, resulting in improvement in patient care and collections while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs.

 

The modernization of the healthcare industry is transforming nearly every aspect of a healthcare organization from policy to providers; clinical care to member services, devices to data, and ultimately the quality of the patient’s experience as a healthcare consumer. We create elegant, user-friendly applications that solve many of the challenges facing healthcare organizations. We partner with organizations to develop customized, best-in-class solutions to solve their specific challenges while ensuring they also meet future regulatory and organizational requirements and market demands.

 

We are able to deliver our industry-leading solutions at very competitive prices because we leverage a combination of our proprietary software, which automates our workflows and increases efficiency, together with our team of approximately 600 experienced health industry experts throughout the United States. These experts who are supported by our highly educated and specialized offshore workforce of approximately 3,100 team members at labor costs that we believe are approximately one-tenth the cost of comparable U.S. employees. Our unique business model also allows us to be a leading consolidator in our industry sector, gaining us a reputation for acquiring and positively transforming distressed competitors into profitable operations of CareCloud.

 

Adoption of our RCM solutions requires little or no upfront expenditure by a client. Additionally, for most of our solutions and customers, our financial performance is linked directly to the financial performance of our clients, as the vast majority of our revenues are based on a percentage of our clients’ collections. The fees we charge for our complete, integrated, end-to-end solution are very competitive. We estimate that we currently provide one or more services to more than 40,000 providers, (which we define as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinical staff that render bills for their services) practicing in approximately 2,600 independent medical practices and hospitals, representing 80 specialties and subspecialties in 50 states. In addition, we served approximately 200 clients which are not medical practices, but are primarily service organizations who serve the healthcare community. The foregoing numbers include clients leveraging any of our products or services, and are based in part upon estimates where the precise number of practices or providers is unknown.

 

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We service clients ranging from small practices to large groups and health systems. Our clients span from the single doctor independent medical practice to a large, 2,200 provider of physical, occupational and speech therapy services organization located across multiple states, and a large major academic medical institution with a service area covering millions of patients.

 

On July 23, 2014, the Company, under the name Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock. The Company sold approximately four million shares at a price to the public of $5.00 per share.

 

In November 2015, the Company completed a public offering of its 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”). The Company sold 231,616 shares at a price of $25.00 per share and received net proceeds of approximately $4.7 million. In July 2016, the Company sold an additional 63,040 shares of Preferred Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $1.3 million. In 2017, the Company raised a total of $16.4 million in net proceeds from a series of additional offerings totaling approximately 765,000 shares of Preferred Stock, all at $25.00 per share. In May 2017, the Company completed a registered direct offering of one million shares of its common stock at $2.30 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $2.0 million. During 2018, 2019 and 2020, the Company issued 1,020,000, 373,000 and 1,932,000 shares of Preferred Stock, respectively and received net proceeds of approximately $22.8 million, $9.6 million and $44.5 million, respectively.

 

During 2016, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of MediGain, LLC, including its subsidiary Millennium Practice Management Associates, LLC and two offshore subsidiaries in India and Sri Lanka through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, MTBC Acquisition, Corp. In 2017, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Washington Medical Billing, LLC.

 

In 2018, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Orion Healthcorp, Inc., through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries at that time MTBC Health, Inc. and MTBC Practice Management, Corp. In 2019, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Etransmedia Technology, Inc. through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary at that time MTBC-Med, Inc.

 

On June 21, 2019, the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized shares, from nineteen million shares (19,000,000) of common stock and four million (4,000,000) shares of preferred stock, to twenty-nine million (29,000,000) shares of common stock and seven million (7,000,000) shares of preferred stock, respectively, and the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to reflect this change.

 

On January 8, 2020, through a merger with a subsidiary, the Company acquired CareCloud Corporation (“CCC”), whose name we subsequently took, which has developed a highly acclaimed cloud-based platform including EHR, PM and patient experience capabilities. The Company paid $11.9 million in cash, assumed a working capital deficiency of approximately $5.1 million and issued 760,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and two million warrants for the purchase of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $7.50 to $10.00 per share.

 

On June 16, 2020, the Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Meridian Billing Management Co. and its affiliate Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Meridian” and sometimes referred to as “Meridian Medical Management”). Meridian is in the business of providing medical billing, revenue cycle management, electronic medical records, medical coding and related services. The total consideration paid at closing was $11.9 million in cash, 200,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock plus warrants to purchase 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $7.50 per share and a term of two years. The Company also assumed Meridian’s negative net working capital and certain long-term lease liabilities with an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million.

 

In February 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to change our name to CareCloud, Inc.

 

Including the employees of our subsidiaries, as of April 5, 2021, the Company employed approximately 3,800 people worldwide on a full-time basis. We also utilize the services of a small number of part-time employees.

 

The RCM service industry is highly fragmented, with many local and regional RCM companies serving small medical practices and hospitals. We believe that the industry is ripe for consolidation and that we can achieve significant growth through acquisitions. We further believe that it is becoming increasingly difficult for traditional RCM companies to meet the growing technology and business service needs of healthcare providers without a significant investment in an information technology infrastructure. Since the Company’s IPO, we have acquired substantially all of the assets of 16 RCM companies. Although the specific arrangements have varied with each transaction, typical arrangements include a discounted price, consideration which is sometimes tied to revenues from the customer relationships acquired, and structuring the acquisition as an asset purchase so as to limit our liability. We typically leverage our technology and our cost-effective offshore team to reduce costs promptly after the transaction closes, although there will be initial costs associated with the integration of the acquired business with our existing operations.

 

In addition to growing through acquisitions, we also drive organic growth through various strategies, including customer referrals, channel partnerships, online marketing and tradeshows. Our acquisitive growth also supports our organic growth initiatives by enhancing our capabilities, physical presence, and universe of referrals and referenceable clients.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 7 Clyde Road, Somerset, New Jersey, 08873, and our main telephone number is (732) 873-5133.

 

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Risk Factors

 

An investment in our securities involves significant risks. You should read and carefully consider the risks and uncertainties and the risk factors set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K we file after the date of this prospectus, and the other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as updated, amended or superseded by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and the risk factors and other information contained in any applicable prospectus supplement before acquiring any of such securities. The occurrence of any of these risks could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow and might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities. Much of the business information, as well as the financial and operational data contained in our risk factors, are updated by our periodic reports filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, which are also incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The risks that we discuss in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus are those we currently believe may materially affect our Company. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Please also refer to the section entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” herein.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement to this prospectus used to offer our securities, we expect to use the net proceeds from any offering of securities for general corporate purposes, which may include funding potential acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, capital expenditures, investments and general working capital, as well as redemption of our Series A Preferred Stock. Pending the application of the net proceeds, except to the extent otherwise provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we expect to invest the proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing instruments or other investment-grade securities. Additional information on the use of net proceeds from the sale of securities that we may offer from time to time by this prospectus may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular offering.

 

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

 

We prepared the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations based on the historical consolidated statement of operations of CareCloud, Inc. (“CareCloud”, formerly MTBC, Inc.) as adjusted to give effect to the following transaction (the “Transaction”):

 

  Our acquisition of Meridian Billing Management Co. and Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively, “Meridian”), which consists of all of the assets and liabilities of Meridian with an effective date of June 16, 2020.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 gives effect to the Transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020. We did not include the operating results for CareCloud Health, Inc., fka CareCloud Corporation, in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations since such amounts are included in the CareCloud Inc. financial results for substantially the entire year.

 

The pro forma condensed combined statement of operations includes adjustments for our acquisition under Article 11 of Regulation S-X. The results of the Transaction are shown for the period prior to their acquisition by CareCloud.

 

We determined that the Transaction involved the acquisition of a business, and considering the guidance in Rule 11-01(d) of Regulation S-X, met the significance test of Rule 8-04 of Regulation S-X.

 

We have based the pro forma adjustments upon available information and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. We describe in greater detail the assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments in the accompanying notes, which you should read in conjunction with this unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. In many cases, we based these assumptions on estimates. The actual adjustments to our audited consolidated financial statements will depend upon a number of factors. Accordingly, the actual adjustments that will appear in our consolidated financial statements will differ from these pro forma adjustments, and those differences may be material.

 

We account for our acquisition using the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations under generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States (“GAAP”), with CareCloud being considered the acquiring entity. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total consideration paid is allocated to an acquired company’s tangible and intangible assets, net of liabilities, based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date.

 

The Company issued 828,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock in April 2020 and a portion of the proceeds from such capital raise were used to finance the Transaction. The effect of the related dividend has been recorded in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

We provide this unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for informational purposes only. This unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations does not purport to represent what our results of operations would have been had the Transaction actually occurred on the assumed date, nor do they purport to project our consolidated results of operations for any future period or future date.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020

 

       January 1 to June 16, 2020   Pro Forma      Pro Forma 
   CareCloud   Meridian   Adjustments      Combined 
   (in thousands, except per share data) 
Net revenue  $105,122   $17,591   $-      $122,713 
Operating expenses:                       
Direct operating costs   64,821    13,891    -       78,712 
Selling and marketing   6,582    406    -       6,988 
General and administrative   22,811    2,437    (462)  (1)   24,786 
Research and development   9,311    99    -       9,410 
Change in contingent consideration   (1,000)   -    -       (1,000)
Depreciation and amortization   9,905    3,287    (1,114)  (2)   12,078 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges   963    1,398    -       2,361 
Total operating expenses   113,393    21,518    (1,576)      133,335 
                        
Operating (loss) income   (8,271)   (3,927)   1,576       (10,622)
                        
Interest expense - net   (446)   (995)   995   (3)   (446)
Other income (expense) - net   7    (392)   -       (385)
(Loss) income before income taxes   (8,710)   (5,314)   2,571       (11,453)
Income tax provision   103    35    -       138 
Net (loss) income  $(8,813)  $(5,349)  $2,571      $(11,591)
                        
Preferred stock dividend   13,877    -    798   (3)   14,675 
Net (loss) income attributable to common shareholders  $(22,690)  $(5,349)  $1,773      $(26,266)
                        
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:                       
Basic and diluted   12,679                 12,679 
Loss per share:                       
Basic and diluted  $(1.79)               $(2.07)

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

 

On June 16, 2020, CareCloud entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Meridian and GMM II Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), pursuant to which CareCloud purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Meridian from the Seller for total consideration of $11.9 million in cash, 200,000 shares of the Company’s 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) plus warrants to purchase 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price per share of $7.50 and a term of two years. The Company also assumed Meridian’s negative net working capital and certain long-term lease liabilities where the leased space is either not being utilized or will be vacated shortly, with an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million. The Company sold Preferred Stock in April 2020 and a portion of the proceeds of such capital raise were used to finance the acquisition. The effect of this capital stock raise has been reflected in the pro forma condensed combined statement of operations included herein.

 

NOTES:

 

(1) Expenses Directly Attributable to the Transactions — The following are non-recurring transaction expenses for professional and other fees incurred by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2020 associated with the Transaction. Such expenses were not considered in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

Non-recurring transaction expenses associated with the Acquired Business

 

           Pro Forma 
   CareCloud   Meridian   Adjustment 
   (in thousands) 
Year ended December 31, 2020  $462   $-   $462 

 

(2) Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets — We amortize intangible assets over their estimated useful lives. We based the estimated useful lives of acquired intangible assets on the amount and timing in which we expect to receive an economic benefit. We typically assign these intangible assets a useful life of between 3-4 years based upon a number of factors, including contractual agreements and economic factors pertaining to the combined companies.

 

The estimates of fair value and weighted-average useful lives could be impacted by a variety of factors including legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic or other factors. Increased knowledge about these factors could result in a change to the estimated fair value of these intangible assets and/or the weighted-average useful lives from what we have assumed in this unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. In addition, the combined effect of any such changes could result in a significant increase or decrease to the related amortization expense estimates.

 

The amortization of intangible assets of our acquisition, shown below, assumes that the assets were acquired on January 1, 2020.

 

Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2020

 

   (in thousands) 
Pro forma amortization expense/adjustment for the period prior to acquisition  $1,961 
As recorded in the historical financial statements   3,075 
Pro forma adjustment  $(1,114)

 

There was no adjustment for depreciation or amortization not related to purchased intangible assets.

 

(3) Interest and Dividends — The interest expense incurred by Meridian of approximately $995,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020 has been eliminated to reflect the full payment of the outstanding debt balances as of the acquisition date. Dividends of approximately $229,000 have been included for the year ended December 31, 2020 as an adjustment to reflect the amounts that would have been recorded as a result of the issuance of the Company’s Preferred Stock as part of the consideration for the acquisition. Additionally, the Company issued 828,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock in April 2020, raising net proceeds of approximately $19.1 million. A portion of the proceeds were used as consideration for the Meridian acquisition and dividends of approximately $569,000 have been included for the year ended December 31, 2020 as an adjustment to reflect the Company’s capital raise.

 

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(4) Benefit for Income Tax — We did not record a benefit for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2020 in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations since the Company has a valuation allowance recorded against its Federal and state deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2020.
   
(5) Intangible Assets — We based our estimates of each intangible asset type/category that we expect to recognize as part of the Meridian acquisition on the nature of the business and the fair value of contracts that we have entered into with the sellers. We based our estimates on experiences from our prior acquisitions and the types of intangible assets that we recognized as part of those acquisitions. In particular, our experience with our prior acquisitions indicates that customer contracts and customer relationships compose the significant majority of intangible assets for these types of businesses. We based the estimated useful lives of these intangible assets on the useful lives that we have experienced for similar intangible assets in prior acquisitions and on the nature of the assets.

 

The amounts set forth below reflect the fair value of the intangible assets of Meridian that we acquired, and their estimated useful lives.

 

Intangible Assets of Meridian

 

       Estimated
       useful life
   (in thousands)    
Customer relationships  $12,900   4 years
Technology   900   3 years
Goodwill   13,789    
Total intangible assets  $27,589    

 

(6) Purchase Price Allocation — We recognize the assets and liabilities acquired at their fair value on the acquisition date, and if there is any excess in purchase price over these values, it is allocated to goodwill.

 

The acquisition of Meridian includes the transfer of all customer relationships and agreements, accounts receivable, property and equipment and the assumption of all trade liabilities. We determined the fair value of the property and equipment acquired by reference to current market prices for such assets, and the value of the assumed liabilities were already stated at fair value or were contractually specified. An adjustment of $349,000 was required to adjust the property and equipment to fair value. The fair value of the operating lease right-of-use assets was determined based on our preliminary assessment of the leases assumed. The fair value of the accounts receivable was determined based on the subsequent collections and the customers’ payment history.

 

Included in the purchase price allocation are amounts for customer relationships determined by the Company using the multi-period excess earnings approach which was utilized in previous acquisitions.

 

The Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist in determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired in the Meridian acquisition. The following tables show the Meridian purchase price and the preliminary purchase price allocation with the estimated fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities as of June 16, 2020.

 

Purchase Price

 

   (in thousands) 
Cash  $11,864 
Preferred stock   5,000 
Warrants   4,770 
Total purchase price  $21,634 
      
Purchase Price Allocation     
      
Accounts receivable  $3,558 
Prepaid expenses   704 
Contract asset   881 
Property and equipment   426 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   2,776 
Customer relationships   12,900 
Technology   900 
Goodwill   13,789 
Accounts payable   (3,373)
Accrued expenses   (3,932)
Other current liabilities   (63)
Operating lease liabilities   (6,025)
Deferred revenue   (907)
Total preliminary purchase price allocation  $21,634 

 

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Supplemental Information

 

For Meridian, we identified revenue from customers who cancelled their contracts prior to CareCloud’s acquisition of such customers’ contracts. Such revenue is included in the pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, even though CareCloud will not generate revenues from those customers.

 

Estimated revenue from customers who cancelled prior to our acquisition

 

   (in thousands) 
Year ended December 31, 2020  $1,187 

 

To provide investors with additional insight and allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making surrounding pro forma operations, we supplement our condensed combined financial statements presented on a basis consistent with GAAP, with adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure of earnings. Adjusted EBITDA represents the sum of GAAP net income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes, net interest expense, other expense (income), stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, integration and transaction costs, restructuring and impairment charges and changes in contingent consideration. Our management uses adjusted EBITDA as a financial measure to evaluate the profitability and efficiency of our business model. We use this non-GAAP financial measure to assess the strength of the underlying operations of our business. These adjustments, and the non-GAAP financial measure that is derived from them, provide supplemental information to analyze our operations between periods and over time. We find this especially useful when reviewing pro forma results of operations which include large non-cash amortization of intangibles assets from acquisitions. Investors should consider this non-GAAP financial measure in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

The following table contain a reconciliation of GAAP net loss to adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

Reconciliation of GAAP net (loss) income for the year ended December 31, 2020 to adjusted EBITDA

 

           Pro Forma   Pro Forma 
   CareCloud   Meridian   Adjustments   Combined 
   (in thousands) 
Net revenue  $105,122   $17,591   $-   $122,713 
                     
GAAP net (loss) income  $(8,813)  $(5,349)  $2,571   $(11,591)
                     
Provision for income taxes   103    35    -    138 
Net interest expense   446    995    (995)   446 
Foreign exchange / other expense   71    -    -    71 
Stock-based compensation expense   6,502    -    -    6,502 
Depreciation and amortization   9,905    3,287    (1,114)   12,078 
Integration and transaction costs (1)   2,694    -    (462)   2,232 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges (2)   963    1,398    -    2,361 
Change in contingent consideration   (1,000)   -    -    (1,000)
Adjusted EBITDA  $10,871   $366    -   $11,237 

 

  (1) The integration and transactions costs for CareCloud include severance amounts paid to employees from acquired businesses, transactions costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements.
  (2) The Company’s restructuring charges represent the remaining lease costs for a facility no longer used as the employees were transferred to another facility. The Company’s impairment charges represent charges recorded for a leased facility no longer being used. Meridian’s restructuring and impairment charges represent facility abandonment costs, legal and other expenses related to the reorganization of their operations.

 

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The Securities We May Offer

 

The descriptions of the securities contained in this prospectus summarize all the material terms and provisions of the various types of securities that we may offer. The particular terms of the securities offered by any prospectus supplement will be described in that prospectus supplement. If indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of the securities may differ from the terms summarized below. An applicable prospectus supplement will also contain information, where applicable, about material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the securities, and the securities exchange, if any, on which the securities will be listed.

 

We may sell from time to time, in one or more offerings:

 

  common stock;
  preferred stock; and/or
  subscription rights.

 

Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, has authority to sell any treasury stock and/or unissued securities upon such terms as it deems advisable. Our board of directors could issue preferred stock, additional shares of voting common stock, or subscription rights at any time.

 

If we issue securities at a discount from their original stated principal or liquidation amount, then, for purposes of calculating the total dollar amount of all securities issued under this prospectus, we will treat the initial offering price of the securities as the total original principal or liquidation amount of the securities.

 

This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

Description of our Capital Stock

 

General

 

The following description summarizes the most important terms of our capital stock. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated certificate of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, and amended and restated bylaws, copies of which have been incorporated by reference or filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. For a complete description of our capital stock, you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated certificate of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, and amended and restated bylaws, and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law. Our authorized capital stock consists of 29,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 7,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which 6,750,000 have been designated Series A Preferred Stock.

 

As of April 5, 2021, there were 14,397,700 shares of our common stock outstanding, 740,799 shares of Treasury Stock, 455,987 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to current grants under our Equity Incentive Plan, and an additional 1,407,937 shares reserved for issuance for future grants under the Equity Incentive Plan. There were 5,502,961 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, 34,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to current grants under our Equity Incentive Plan and 332,153 shares of Series A Preferred Stock reserved for issuance for future grants under the Equity Incentive Plan.

 

Common Stock

 

Dividend Rights

 

Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine.

 

Voting Rights

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters properly submitted to a vote of stockholders on which holders of common stock are entitled to vote. We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. The directors will be elected by a plurality of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the election of directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation establishes a classified board of directors that is divided into two classes, with staggered two year terms, as set forth in more detail under the subsection titled “Classified Board” below.

 

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No Preemptive or Similar Rights

 

Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions.

 

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

 

If we become subject to a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock and any participating preferred stock outstanding at that time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights of and the payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions, in each case without further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors can also increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock or other series of preferred stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control of our company and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock.

 

Series A Preferred Stock

 

No Maturity, Sinking Fund or Mandatory Redemption

 

The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding indefinitely unless we decide to redeem or otherwise repurchase them. We have the right to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ written notice, for a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. We are not required to set aside funds to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Dividend Rights

 

Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 11% of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference per annum (equivalent to $2.75 per annum per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable monthly on the 15th day of each month. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not we have earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of those dividends and whether or not those dividends are declared by our board of directors. Any redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock by us will require payment of any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption.

 

Voting Rights

 

Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by law. Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for eighteen or more monthly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be automatically increased by two and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote for the election of those two additional directors.

 

No Conversion Rights

 

The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into our common stock or any of our other securities.

 

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No Preemptive or Similar Rights

 

No holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will, as holders of Series A Preferred Stock, have any preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for our common stock or any other security.

 

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

 

In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets we have legally available for distribution to our stockholders, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock we may issue ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of our capital stock we may issue that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights.

 

Exclusive Jurisdiction

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of us; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees or agents to us or our stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated certificate of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, or amended and restated bylaws; (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated certificate of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, or our amended and restated bylaws; or (v) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case, subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. This exclusive forum provision will not apply to any causes of action arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. Although our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains the choice of forum provision described above, it is possible that a court could rule that such a provision is inapplicable for a particular claim or action or that such provision is unenforceable, in which case we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions.

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

The provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws may have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company. These provisions, which are summarized below, may have the effect of discouraging takeover bids. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Delaware Law

 

We are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless

 

  prior to the date the interested stockholder obtained such status, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
     
  upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced; or
     
  on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

A “business combination” includes mergers, asset sales or other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to an interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years of the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an “interested stockholder,” did own, 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. These provisions may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control.

 

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws include a number of provisions that could deter hostile takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control of our management team, including the following:

 

  Classified Board. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that our Board is classified into two classes of directors with staggered two year terms. A third party may be discouraged from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us as it is more difficult and time consuming for stockholders to replace a majority of the directors on a classified board of directors.
     
  Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations. Our amended and restated bylaws provide for advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions might preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders if the proper procedures are not followed. We expect that these provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.
     
  No Cumulative Voting. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the election of directors.
     
  Directors Removed Only for Cause. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may remove directors only for cause and with the affirmative vote of 50.1% of the outstanding shares entitled to cast their vote for the election of directors.
     
  Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 7,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by our board of directors. Our Series A Preferred Stock has been and is being issued under this authority. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock would enable our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or other means.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and Series A Preferred Stock is VStock Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent and registrar’s address is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.

 

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Description of the Series A Preferred Stock

 

The description of certain terms of the 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) in this prospectus does not purport to be complete and is in all respects subject to, and qualified in its entirety by references to the relevant provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the amended and restated certificate of designations establishing the terms of our Series A Preferred Stock, as amended, our amended and restated bylaws and Delaware corporate law. Copies of our certificate of incorporation, certificate of designations, bylaws and all amendments thereto, are available from us upon request.

 

General

 

Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, we are currently authorized to designate and issue up to 7,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, in one or more classes or series and, subject to the limitations prescribed by our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Delaware corporate law, with such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of each class or series of preferred stock, including dividend rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any class or series as our board of directors may determine, without any vote or action by our shareholders. As of April 5, 2021, we had 5,502,961 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and an additional 1,247,039 authorized but unissued shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock offered hereby, when issued, delivered and paid for, will be fully paid and nonassessable. Our board of directors may, without the approval of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or our common stock, designate additional series of authorized preferred stock ranking junior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock or designate additional shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and authorize the issuance of such shares. Designation of preferred stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock will require approval of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as described below in “Voting Rights.”

 

The registrar, transfer agent and dividend and redemption price disbursing agent in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock is VStock Transfer, LLC. The principal business address for VStock Transfer, LLC is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.

 

Listing

 

Our Series A Preferred Stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBCP.”

 

No Maturity, Sinking Fund or Mandatory Redemption

 

The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding indefinitely unless we decide to redeem or otherwise repurchase them. Currently, we have the right to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock. A description of these redemption rights are described in the section entitled “Redemption” below. We are not required to set aside funds to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Ranking

 

The Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up:

 

  (1) senior to all classes or series of our common stock and to all other equity securities issued by us other than equity securities referred to in clauses (2) and (3) below;
     
  (2) on a parity with all equity securities issued by us with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
     
  (3) junior to all equity securities issued by us with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up (please see the section entitled “Voting Rights” below); and
     
  (4) effectively junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness convertible to our common stock or preferred stock) and to any indebtedness and other liabilities of (as well as any preferred equity interests held by others in) our existing subsidiaries.

 

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Dividends

 

Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds of the Company legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 11% of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference per annum (equivalent to $2.75 per annum per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable monthly on the 15th day of each month; provided that if any dividend payment date is not a business day, as defined in the certificate of designations, then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on that dividend payment date may be paid on the next succeeding business day and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that dividend payment date to that next succeeding business day. Any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock, including dividends payable for any partial dividend period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; however, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock offered hereby will be credited as having accrued dividends since the first day of the calendar month in which they are issued. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in our stock records for the Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the last day of the calendar month, whether or not a business day, immediately preceding the month in which the applicable dividend payment date falls. As a result, holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive dividends on a dividend payment date if such shares were not issued and outstanding on the applicable dividend record date.

 

No dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be authorized by our board of directors or paid or set apart for payment by us at any time when the terms and provisions of any agreement of ours, including any agreement relating to our indebtedness, prohibit the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof or provide that the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof would constitute a breach of the agreement or a default under the agreement, or if the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not we have earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of those dividends and whether or not those dividends are declared by our board of directors. No interest, or sum in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears, and holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends in excess of full cumulative dividends described above. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with respect to those shares.

 

Future distributions on our common stock and preferred stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash flow from operations, financial condition and capital requirements, any debt service requirements and any other factors our board of directors deems relevant. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to make cash distributions on our preferred stock or what the actual distributions will be for any future period.

 

Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no dividends (other than in shares of common stock or in shares of any series of preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment upon shares of our common stock or preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to, or on a parity with, the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Nor shall any other distribution be declared or made upon shares of our common stock or preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to, or on a parity with, the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Also, any shares of our common stock or preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up shall not be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares) by us (except by conversion into or exchange for our other capital stock that we may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up).

 

When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of any other series of preferred stock that we may issue ranking on a parity as to the payment of dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock that we may issue ranking on a parity as to the payment of dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of preferred stock that we may issue shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of preferred stock that we may issue (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such preferred stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.

 

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Liquidation Preference

 

In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets we have legally available for distribution to our shareholders, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock we may issue ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of our capital stock we may issue that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights.

 

In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, our available assets are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of our capital stock that we may issue ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.

 

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to written notice of any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up no fewer than 30 days and no more than 60 days prior to the payment date. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets. The consolidation or merger of us with or into any other corporation, trust or entity or of any other entity with or into us, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of our property or business, shall not be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us.

 

Redemption

 

We may, at our option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ written notice, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption.

 

Redemption Procedures. In the event we elect to redeem Series A Preferred Stock, the notice of redemption will be mailed to each holder of record of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption at such holder’s address as it appears on our stock transfer records, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, and will state the following:

 

  the redemption date;
     
  the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed;
     
  the redemption price;
     
  the place or places where certificates (if any) for the Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and
     
  that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on the redemption date.

 

If less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed. No failure to give such notice or any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given.

 

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the Series A Preferred Stock at the place designated in the notice of redemption and shall be entitled to the redemption price and any accumulated and unpaid dividends payable upon the redemption following the surrender. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been given and if we have irrevocably set aside the funds necessary for redemption in trust for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date (unless default shall be made by us in providing for the payment of the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any), dividends will cease to accrue on those shares of Series A Preferred Stock, those shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of those shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, payable upon redemption. If any redemption date is not a business day, then the redemption price and accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, payable upon redemption may be paid on the next business day and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after that redemption date to that next business day. If less than all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional shares) or by any other equitable method we determine.

 

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In connection with any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, we shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a dividend record date and prior to the corresponding dividend payment date, in which case each holder of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on such dividend record date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before such dividend payment date. Except as provided above, we will make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed.

 

Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed and we shall not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (except by exchanging it for our capital stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition by us of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Subject to applicable law, we may purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the open market, by tender or by private agreement. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock that we acquire may be retired and reclassified as authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to class or series, and may thereafter be reissued as any class or series of preferred stock.

 

Voting Rights

 

Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by law.

 

On each matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote. In instances described below where holders of Series A Preferred Stock vote with holders of any other class or series of our preferred stock as a single class on any matter, the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of each such other class or series will have one vote for each $25.00 of liquidation preference (excluding accumulated dividends) represented by their respective shares.

 

Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for eighteen or more monthly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be automatically increased by two (if not already increased by two by reason of the election of directors by the holders of any other class or series of our preferred stock we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and with which the Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote as a class with respect to the election of those two directors) and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class with all other classes or series of preferred stock we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those two directors) will be entitled to vote for the election of those two additional directors (the “preferred stock directors”) at a special meeting called by us at the request of the holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or by the holders of any other class or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those two preferred stock directors (unless the request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of shareholders, in which case, such vote will be held at the earlier of the next annual or special meeting of shareholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment. In that case, the right of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to elect any directors will cease and, unless there are other classes or series of our preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, any preferred stock directors elected by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall immediately resign and the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall be reduced accordingly. In no event shall the holders of Series A Preferred Stock be entitled under these voting rights to elect a preferred stock director that would cause us to fail to satisfy a requirement relating to director independence of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which any class or series of our capital stock is listed or quoted. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the total number of preferred stock directors elected by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class with all other classes or series of preferred stock we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of such directors) under these voting rights exceed two.

 

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If a special meeting is not called by us within 30 days after request from the holders of Series A Preferred Stock as described above, then the holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock may designate a holder to call the meeting at our expense.

 

If, at any time when the voting rights conferred upon the Series A Preferred Stock are exercisable, any vacancy in the office of a preferred stock director shall occur, then such vacancy may be filled only by a written consent of the remaining preferred stock director, or if none remains in office, by vote of the holders of record of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any other classes or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of the preferred stock directors. Any preferred stock director elected or appointed may be removed only by the affirmative vote of holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any other classes or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which classes or series of preferred stock are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of the preferred stock directors, such removal to be effected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any such other classes or series of preferred stock, and may not be removed by the holders of the common stock.

 

So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, we will not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting together as a class with all other series of parity preferred stock that we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable), (a) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or reclassify any of our authorized capital stock into such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares; or (b) amend, alter, repeal or replace our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including by way of a merger, consolidation or otherwise in which we may or may not be the surviving entity, so as to materially and adversely affect and deprive holders of Series A Preferred Stock of any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock (each, an “Event”). An increase in the amount of the authorized preferred stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock, or the creation or issuance of any additional Series A Preferred Stock or other series of preferred stock that we may issue, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of such series, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed an Event and will not require us to obtain two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all such other similarly affected series, outstanding at the time (voting together as a class).

 

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.

 

Except as expressly stated in the certificate of designations or as may be required by applicable law, the Series A Preferred Stock do not have any relative, participating, optional or other special voting rights or powers and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action.

 

Information Rights

 

During any period in which we are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, we will use our best efforts to (i) transmit by mail (or other permissible means under the Exchange Act) to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear on our record books and without cost to such holders, copies of the Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that we would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if we were subject thereto (other than any exhibits that would have been required) and (ii) promptly, upon request, supply copies of such reports to any holders or prospective holder of Series A Preferred Stock. We will use our best effort to mail (or otherwise provide) the information to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock within 15 days after the respective dates by which a periodic report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, in respect of such information would have been required to be filed with the SEC, if we were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case, based on the dates on which we would be required to file such periodic reports if we were a “non-accelerated filer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act.

 

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No Conversion Rights

 

The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into our common stock or any other security.

 

No Preemptive Rights

 

No holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will, as holders of Series A Preferred Stock, have any preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for our common stock or any other security.

 

Change of Control

 

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws may make it difficult and expensive for a third party to pursue a tender offer, change in control or takeover attempt, which is opposed by management and the board of directors.

 

Book-Entry Procedures

 

Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) acts as the securities depository for our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. With respect to the Series A Preferred Stock offered hereunder, we will issue one or more fully registered global securities certificates in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co. These certificates will represent the total aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. We will deposit these certificates with DTC or a custodian appointed by DTC. We will not issue certificates to you for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock that you purchase, unless DTC’s services are discontinued as described below.

 

Title to book-entry interests in the Series A Preferred Stock will pass by book-entry registration of the transfer within the records of DTC in accordance with its procedures. Book-entry interests in the securities may be transferred within DTC in accordance with procedures established for these purposes by DTC. Each person owning a beneficial interest in shares of the Series A Preferred Stock must rely on the procedures of DTC and the participant through which such person owns its interest to exercise its rights as a holder of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

DTC has advised us that it is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered under the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among Direct Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in Direct Participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, including the placement agents, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). The rules applicable to DTC and its Direct and Indirect Participants are on file with the SEC.

 

When you purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock within the DTC system, the purchase must be by or through a Direct Participant. The Direct Participant will receive a credit for the Series A Preferred Stock on DTC’s records. You will be considered to be the “beneficial owner” of the Series A Preferred Stock. Your beneficial ownership interest will be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records, but DTC will have no knowledge of your individual ownership. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts shares of Series A Preferred Stock are credited.

 

You will not receive written confirmation from DTC of your purchase. The Direct or Indirect Participants through whom you purchased the Series A Preferred Stock should send you written confirmations providing details of your transactions, as well as periodic statements of your holdings. The Direct and Indirect Participants are responsible for keeping an accurate account of the holdings of their customers like you.

 

Transfers of ownership interests held through Direct and Indirect Participants will be accomplished by entries on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of the beneficial owners.

 

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

 

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We understand that, under DTC’s existing practices, in the event that we request any action of the holders, or an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security, such as you, desires to take any action that a holder is entitled to take under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (including the certificate of designations designating the Series A Preferred Stock), DTC would authorize the Direct Participants holding the relevant shares to take such action, and those Direct Participants and any Indirect Participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through those Direct and Indirect Participants to take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

 

Any redemption notices with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock will be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being redeemed, DTC will reduce each Direct Participant’s holdings of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with its procedures.

 

In those instances where a vote is required, neither DTC nor Cede & Co. itself will consent or vote with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Under its usual procedures, DTC would mail an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants whose accounts the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are credited to on the record date, which are identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy.

 

Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are made directly to DTC’s nominee (or its successor, if applicable). DTC’s practice is to credit participants’ accounts on the relevant payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records unless DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on that payment date.

 

Payments by Direct and Indirect Participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” These payments will be the responsibility of the participant and not of DTC, us or any agent of ours.

 

DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock at any time by giving reasonable notice to us. Additionally, we may decide to discontinue the book-entry only system of transfers with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. In that event, we will print and deliver certificates in fully registered form for the Series A Preferred Stock. If DTC notifies us that it is unwilling to continue as securities depositary, or it is unable to continue or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered, we will issue the Series A Preferred Stock in definitive form, at our expense, upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, such global security.

 

According to DTC, the foregoing information with respect to DTC has been provided to the financial community for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of any kind.

 

Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures

 

Initial settlement for the Series A Preferred Stock will be made in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading among DTC’s participants occurs in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC’s rules and will be settled in immediately available funds using DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System.

 

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Description of Subscription Rights

 

We may issue subscription rights to purchase shares of our common stock or preferred stock. These subscription rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered hereby and may or may not be transferable by the stockholder receiving the subscription rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed after such offering.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of any offering of subscription rights for which this prospectus is being delivered, including the following:

 

  the price, if any, for the subscription rights;
  the exercise price payable for each share of common stock or preferred stock upon the exercise of the subscription rights;
  the number of subscription rights issued to each stockholder;
  the number and terms of the shares of common stock or preferred stock which may be purchased per each subscription right;
  the extent to which the subscription rights are transferable;
  any other terms of the subscription rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the subscription rights;
  the date on which the right to exercise the subscription rights shall commence, and the date on which the subscription rights shall expire;
  the extent to which the subscription rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities; and
  if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the offering of subscription rights.

 

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any subscription rights we offer may not necessarily be complete and may be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable subscription rights certificate, which we may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission if we offer subscription rights.

 

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Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

The following discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be applicable to “U.S. holders” and “non-U.S. holders” (each as defined below) with respect to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock offered by this prospectus. This discussion only applies to purchasers who purchase and hold the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (generally property held for investment). This discussion does not describe all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to each purchaser or holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock in light of its particular circumstances.

 

This discussion is based upon provisions of the Code, Treasury regulations, rulings and judicial decisions as of the date hereof. These authorities may change, perhaps retroactively, which could result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those summarized below. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation (such as the alternative minimum tax) and does not describe any foreign, state, local or other tax considerations that may be relevant to a purchaser or holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock in light of their particular circumstances. In addition, this discussion does not describe the U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to a purchaser or a holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock who is subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax laws (including, a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, a pass-through entity or an investor in a pass-through entity, a tax-exempt entity, pension or other employee benefit plans, financial institutions or broker-dealers, persons holding the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, a person subject to the alternative minimum tax, an insurance company, former U.S. citizens or former long-term U.S. residents). We cannot assure you that a change in law will not significantly alter the tax considerations that we describe in this discussion.

 

If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner of that partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partnership or a partner of a partnership holding the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, you should consult your tax advisors as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of acquiring, owning, and disposing of these securities, as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local, foreign, or other tax jurisdiction and the possible effects of changes in U.S. federal or other tax laws.

 

U.S. Holders

 

Subject to the qualifications set forth above, the following discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax considerations that may relate to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock by “U.S. holders.” You are a “U.S. holder” if you are a beneficial owner of common stock and/or Series A Preferred Stock and you are for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

  - an individual citizen or resident of the United States;
  - a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
  - an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
  - a trust if it (i) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

 

Distributions in General. If distributions are made with respect to the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, such distributions will be treated as dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under the Code. We do not, however, currently have significant current or accumulated earnings and profits. Any portion of a distribution that exceeds such earnings and profits will first be applied to reduce a U.S. holder’s tax basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) on a share-by-share basis, and the excess will be treated as gain from the disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable), the tax treatment of which is discussed below under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Disposition of Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions.”

 

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Under current law, dividends received by individual holders of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock will be subject to a reduced maximum tax rate of 20% if such dividends are treated as “qualified dividend income” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The rate reduction does not apply to dividends received to the extent that the individual shareholder elects to treat the dividends as “investment income,” which may be taken into account as an offset against investment expenses in determining the individual shareholder’s investment interest expense deduction. Furthermore, the rate reduction does not apply to dividends that are paid to individual shareholders with respect to common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock that is held for 60 days or less during the 121 day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the date on which the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock becomes ex-dividend (or, in the case of Series A Preferred Stock where the dividend is attributable to a period or periods in excess of 366 days, the Series A Preferred Stock is held for 90 days or less during the 181 day period beginning on the date which is 90 days before the date on which the Series A Preferred Stock becomes ex-dividend). Also, if a dividend received by an individual shareholder that qualifies for the rate reduction is an “extraordinary dividend” within the meaning of Section 1059 of the Code, any loss recognized by such individual shareholder on a subsequent disposition of the stock will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such “extraordinary dividend,” irrespective of such shareholder’s holding period for the stock. In addition, dividends recognized by U.S. holders that are individuals could be subject to the 3.8% tax on net investment income. Individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of these rules in light of their particular circumstances.

 

Dividends received by corporate shareholders generally will be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. Generally, this deduction is allowed if the underlying stock is held for at least 46 days during the 91 day period beginning on the date 45 days before the ex-dividend date of the stock, and for cumulative preferred stock with an arrearage of dividends attributable to a period in excess of 366 days, the holding period is at least 91 days during the 181 day period beginning on the date 90 days before the ex-dividend date of the stock. Corporate shareholders of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock should also consider the effect of Section 246A of the Code, which reduces the dividends-received deduction allowed to a corporate shareholder that has incurred indebtedness that is “directly attributable” to an investment in portfolio stock such as the common stock or the Series A Preferred Stock. If a corporate shareholder receives a dividend on the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock that is an “extraordinary dividend” within the meaning of Section 1059 of the Code, the shareholder in certain instances must reduce its basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) by the amount of the “nontaxed portion” of such “extraordinary dividend” that results from the application of the dividends-received deduction. If the “nontaxed portion” of such “extraordinary dividend” exceeds such corporate shareholder’s basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable), any excess will be taxed as gain as if such shareholder had disposed of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) in the year the “extraordinary dividend” is paid. Each domestic corporate holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock is urged to consult with its tax advisors with respect to the eligibility for and the amount of any dividends received deduction and the application of Code Section 1059 to any dividends it may receive on the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Constructive Distributions on Series A Preferred Stock. A distribution by a corporation of its stock deemed made with respect to its preferred stock is treated as a distribution of property to which Section 301 of the Code applies. If a corporation issues preferred stock that may be redeemed at a price higher than its issue price, the excess (a “redemption premium”) is treated under certain circumstances as a constructive distribution (or series of constructive distributions) of additional preferred stock. The constructive distribution of property equal to the redemption premium would accrue without regard to the holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes at a constant yield determined under principles similar to the determination of original issue discount (“OID”) pursuant to Treasury regulations under Sections 1271 through 1275 of the Code (the “OID Rules”). The constructive distributions of property would be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as actual distributions of the Series A Preferred Stock that would constitute a dividend, return of capital or capital gain to the holder of the stock in the same manner as cash distributions described under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Distributions in General.” The application of certain principles applicable to debt instruments with OID to a redemption premium for the Series A Preferred Stock is uncertain.

 

We have the right to call the Series A Preferred Stock for redemption (the “call option”). The stated redemption price of the Series A Preferred Stock upon any redemption pursuant to our call option is equal to the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock (i.e., $25.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends) and is payable in cash.

 

If the redemption price of the Series A Preferred Stock exceeds the issue price of the Series A Preferred Stock upon any redemption pursuant to our call option, the excess will be treated as a redemption premium that may result in certain circumstances in a constructive distribution or series of constructive distributions to U.S. holders of additional Series A Preferred Stock. The redemption price for the Series A Preferred Stock should be the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock. Assuming that the issue price of the Series A Preferred Stock is determined under principles similar to the OID Rules, the issue price for the Series A Preferred Stock should be the initial offering price to the public (excluding bond houses and brokers) at which a substantial amount of the Series A Preferred Stock is sold.

 

A redemption premium for the Series A Preferred Stock should not result in constructive distributions to U.S. holders of the Series A Preferred Stock if the redemption premium is less than a de-minimis amount as determined under principles similar to the OID Rules. A redemption premium for the Series A Preferred Stock should be considered de-minimis if such premium is less than .0025 of the Series A Preferred Stock’s liquidation value of $25.00 at maturity, multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity. Because the determination under the OID Rules of a maturity date for the Series A Preferred Stock is unclear, the remainder of this discussion assumes that the Series A Preferred Stock is issued with a redemption premium greater than a de-minimis amount.

 

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The call option should not require constructive distributions of the redemption premium, if based on all of the facts and circumstances as of the issue date, a redemption pursuant to the call option is not more likely than not to occur. The Treasury regulations provide that an issuer’s right to redeem will not be treated as more likely than not to occur if: (i) the issuer and the holder of the stock are not related within the meaning of Section 267(b) or Section 707(b) of the Code (substituting “20%” for the phrase “50%); (ii) there are no plans, arrangements, or agreements that effectively require or are intended to compel the issuer to redeem the stock; and (iii) exercise of the right to redeem would not reduce the yield on the stock determined using principles applicable to the determination of OID under the OID Rules. The fact that a redemption right is not within the safe harbor described in the preceding sentence does not mean that an issuer’s right to redeem is more likely than not to occur and the issuer’s right to redeem must still be tested under all the facts and circumstances to determine if it is more likely than not to occur. We do not believe that a redemption pursuant to the call option should be treated as more likely than not to occur under the foregoing test. Accordingly, no U.S. holder of the Series A Preferred Stock should be required to recognize constructive distributions of the redemption premium because of our call option.

 

Disposition of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock. Upon any sale, exchange, redemption (with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and except as discussed below) or other disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, a U.S. holder will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized by the U.S. holder and the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable). Such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. holder’s holding period for the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) is longer than one year. A U.S. holder should consult its own tax advisors with respect to applicable tax rates and netting rules for capital gains and losses. Certain limitations exist on the deduction of capital losses by both corporate and non-corporate taxpayers. In addition, gains recognized by U.S. holders that are individuals could be subject to the 3.8% tax on net investment income.

 

A redemption of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will generally be a taxable event. If the redemption is treated as a sale or exchange, instead of a dividend, a U.S. holder will recognize capital gain or loss (which will be long-term capital gain or loss, if the U.S. holder’s holding period for such Series A Preferred Stock exceeds one year) equal to the difference between the amount realized by the U.S. holder and the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, except to the extent that any cash received is attributable to any accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, which will be subject to the rules discussed above in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Distributions in General.” A payment made in redemption of Series A Preferred Stock may be treated as a dividend, rather than as payment in exchange for the Series A Preferred Stock, unless the redemption:

 

  is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to a U.S. holder under Section 302(b)(1) of the Code;
     
  is a “substantially disproportionate” redemption with respect to a U.S. holder under Section 302(b)(2) of the Code;
     
  results in a “complete redemption” of a U.S. holder’s stock interest in the company under Section 302(b)(3) of the Code; or
     
  is a redemption of stock held by a non-corporate shareholder, which results in a partial liquidation of the company under Section 302(b)(4) of the Code.

 

In determining whether any of these tests has been met, a U.S. holder must take into account not only shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and the common stock that the U.S. Holder actually owns, but also shares of stock that the U.S. holder constructively owns within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code.

 

A redemption payment will be treated as “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” if it results in a “meaningful reduction” in a U.S. holder’s aggregate stock interest in the company, which will depend on the U.S. holder’s particular facts and circumstances at such time. If the redemption payment is treated as a dividend, the rules discussed above in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Distributions in General” apply.

 

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Satisfaction of the “complete redemption” and “substantially disproportionate” exceptions is dependent upon compliance with the objective tests set forth in Section 302(b)(3) and Section 302(b)(2) of the Code, respectively. A redemption will result in a “complete redemption” if either all of the shares of our stock actually and constructively owned by a U.S. holder are exchanged in the redemption or all of the shares of our stock actually owned by the U.S. holder are exchanged in the redemption and the U.S. holder is eligible to waive, and the U.S. holder effectively waives, the attribution of shares of our stock constructively owned by the U.S. holder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 302(c)(2) of Code. A redemption does not qualify for the “substantially disproportionate” exception if the stock redeemed is only non-voting stock, and for this purpose, stock which does not have voting rights until the occurrence of an event is not voting stock until the occurrence of the specified event. Accordingly, any redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock generally will not qualify for this exception because the voting rights are limited as provided in the “Description of Series A Preferred Stock-Voting Rights.” For purposes of the “redemption from non-corporate shareholders in a partial liquidation” test, a distribution will be treated as in partial liquidation of a corporation if the distribution is not essentially equivalent to a dividend (determined at the corporate level rather than the shareholder level) and the distribution is pursuant to a plan and occurs within the taxable year in which the plan was adopted or within the succeeding taxable year. For these purposes, a distribution is generally not essentially equivalent to a dividend if the distribution results in a corporate contraction. The determination of what constitutes a corporate contraction is factual in nature, and has been interpreted under case law to include the termination of a business or line of business. Each U.S. holder of the Series A Preferred Stock should consult its own tax advisors to determine whether a payment made in redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock will be treated as a dividend or a payment in exchange for the Series A Preferred Stock. If the redemption payment is treated as a dividend, the rules discussed above in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Distributions in General” apply. Under proposed Treasury regulations, if any amount received by a U.S. holder in redemption of Series A Preferred Stock is treated as a distribution with respect to such holder’s Series A Preferred Stock, but not as a dividend, such amount will be allocated to all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder immediately before the redemption on a pro rata basis. The amount applied to each share will reduce such holder’s adjusted tax basis in that share and any excess after the basis is reduced to zero will result in taxable gain. If such holder has different bases in shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, then the amount allocated could reduce a portion of the basis in certain shares while reducing all of the basis, and giving rise to taxable gain, in other shares. Thus, such holder could have gain even if such holder’s aggregate adjusted tax basis in all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock held exceeds the aggregate amount of such distribution.

 

The proposed Treasury regulations permit the transfer of basis in the redeemed shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to the holder’s remaining, unredeemed Series A Preferred Stock (if any), but not to any other class of stock held, directly or indirectly, by the holder. If all of the holder’s Series A Preferred Stock is redeemed, any unrecovered basis in the Series A Preferred Stock would be treated as a deferred loss to be recognized when certain conditions are satisfied. The proposed Treasury regulations would be effective for transactions that occur after the date the regulations are published as final Treasury regulations. There can, however, be no assurance as to whether, when and in what particular form such proposed Treasury regulations are ultimately finalized.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. Information reporting and backup withholding may apply with respect to payments of dividends on the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock and to certain payments of proceeds on the sale or other disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock. Certain non-corporate U.S. holders may be subject to U.S. backup withholding (currently at a rate of 24%) on payments of dividends on the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock and certain payments of proceeds on the sale or other disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock unless the beneficial owner thereof furnishes the payor or its agent with a taxpayer identification number, certified under penalties of perjury, and certain other information, or otherwise establishes, in the manner prescribed by law, an exemption from backup withholding. U.S. backup withholding tax is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, which may entitle the U.S. holder to a refund, provided the U.S. holder timely files a refund claim with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Non-U.S. Holders

 

Subject to the qualifications set forth above under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” the following discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock by certain “Non-U.S. holders.” You are a “Non-U.S. holder” if you are a beneficial owner of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock and you are not a “U.S. holder.”

 

Distributions. If distributions are made with respect to the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, such distributions will be treated as dividends to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under the Code and may be subject to withholding as discussed below. Any portion of a distribution that exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be applied to reduce the Non-U.S. holder’s basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) and, to the extent such portion exceeds the Non-U.S. holder’s basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable), the excess will be treated as gain from the disposition of the common stock and/or Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable), the tax treatment of which is discussed below under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - Non-U.S. Holders: Disposition of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock.” In addition, if we are a U.S. real property holding corporation, i.e. a “USRPHC,” and any distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits, we will need to choose to satisfy our withholding requirements either by treating the entire distribution as a dividend, subject to the withholding rules in the following paragraph (and withhold at a minimum rate of 30% or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty for distributions from a USRPHC), or by treating only the amount of the distribution equal to our reasonable estimate of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as a dividend, subject to the withholding rules in the following paragraph, with the excess portion of the distribution subject to withholding at a rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty as if such excess were the result of a sale of shares in a USRPHC (discussed below under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - Non-U.S. Holders: Disposition of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock”), with a credit generally allowed against the Non-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability in an amount equal to the amount withheld from such excess.

 

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Dividends paid to a Non-U.S. holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. However, dividends that are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by the Non-U.S. holder within the United States (and, where a tax treaty applies, are attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. holder in the United States) are not subject to the withholding tax, provided that certain certification and disclosure requirements are satisfied including completing Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form). Instead, such dividends are subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if the Non-U.S. holder were a United States person as defined under the Code, unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise. Any such effectively connected dividends received by a foreign corporation may be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. A Non-U.S. holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock who wishes to claim the benefit of an applicable treaty rate and avoid backup withholding, as discussed below, for dividends will be required to (i) complete Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form) and certify under penalty of perjury that such holder is not a United States person as defined under the Code and is eligible for treaty benefits, or (ii) if the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock is held through certain foreign intermediaries, satisfy the relevant certification requirements of applicable Treasury regulations. A Non-U.S. holder of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. withholding tax pursuant to an income tax treaty may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Disposition of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock. Any gain realized by a Non-U.S. holder on the disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax unless:

 

  the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business of the Non-U.S. holder in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. holder in the United States);
  the Non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition, and certain other conditions are met; or
  we are or have been a USRPHC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as such term is defined in Section 897(c) of the Code, and such Non-U.S. holder owned directly or pursuant to attribution rules at any time during the five year period ending on the date of disposition more than 5% of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock. This assumes that the common stock and the Series A Preferred Stock is regularly traded on an established securities market, within the meaning of Section 897(c)(3) of the Code.

 

A Non-U.S. holder described in the first bullet point immediately above will generally be subject to tax on the net gain derived from the sale under regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates in the same manner as if the Non-U.S. holder were a United States person as defined under the Code, and if it is a corporation, may also be subject to the branch profits tax equal to 30% of its effectively connected earnings and profits or at such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. An individual Non-U.S. holder described in the second bullet point immediately above will be subject to a flat 30% tax (or at such reduced rate as may be provided by an applicable treaty) on the gain derived from the sale, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses, even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States. A Non-U.S. holder described in the third bullet point above will be subject to U.S. federal income tax under regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates with respect to the gain recognized in the same manner as if the Non-U.S. holder were a United States person as defined under the Code. If a Non-U.S. holder is subject to U.S. federal income tax on any sale, exchange, redemption (with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and except as discussed below), or other disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock, such a Non-U.S. holder will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized by the Non-U.S. holder and the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable). Such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Non-U.S. holder’s holding period for the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock (as applicable) is longer than one year. A Non-U.S. holder should consult its own tax advisors with respect to applicable tax rates and netting rules for capital gains and losses. Certain limitations exist on the deduction of capital losses by both corporate and non-corporate taxpayers. If a Non-U.S. holder is subject to U.S. federal income tax on any disposition of the Series A Preferred Stock, a redemption of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will be a taxable event. If the redemption is treated as a sale or exchange, instead of a dividend, a Non-U.S. holder generally will recognize long-term capital gain or loss, if the Non-U.S. holder’s holding period for such Series A Preferred Stock exceeds one year, equal to the difference between the amount realized by the Non-U.S. holder and the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, except that to the extent that any cash received is attributable to any accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, such cash generally will be subject to the rules discussed above in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - Non-U.S. Holders: Distributions.” A payment made in redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock may be treated as a dividend, rather than as payment in exchange for the Series A Preferred Stock, in the same circumstances discussed above under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations - U.S. Holders: Disposition of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, Including Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock.” Each Non-U.S. holder of the Series A Preferred Stock should consult its own tax advisors to determine whether a payment made in redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock will be treated as a dividend or as payment in exchange for the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Information reporting and backup withholding. We must report annually to the Internal Revenue Service and to each Non-U.S. holder the amount of dividends paid to such Non-U.S. holder and the tax withheld with respect to such dividends, regardless of whether withholding was required. Copies of the information returns reporting such dividends and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which the Non-U.S. holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty. A Non-U.S. holder will not be subject to backup withholding on dividends paid to such Non-U.S. holder as long as such Non-U.S. holder certifies under penalty of perjury that it is a Non-U.S. holder (and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that such Non-U.S. holder is a United States person as defined under the Code), or such Non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Depending on the circumstances, information reporting and backup withholding may apply to the proceeds received from a sale or other disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock unless the beneficial owner certifies under penalty of perjury that it is a Non-U.S. holder (and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the beneficial owner is a United States person as defined under the Code), or such owner otherwise establishes an exemption. U.S. backup withholding tax is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a Non-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided a timely refund claim is filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (provisions which are commonly referred to as “FATCA”), generally impose a 30% withholding tax on dividends on common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock paid to: (i) a foreign financial institution (as that term is defined in Section 1471(d)(4) of the Code) unless that foreign financial institution enters into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department to collect and disclose information regarding U.S. account holders of that foreign financial institution (including certain account holders that are foreign entities that have U.S. owners) and satisfies other requirements; and (ii) specified other foreign entities unless such an entity certifies that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or provides the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each substantial U.S. owner and such entity satisfies other specified requirements. Non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of FATCA to them and whether it may be relevant to their purchase, ownership and disposition of the common stock and/or the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Plan of Distribution

 

We may sell the securities covered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more offerings. Registration of the securities covered by this prospectus does not mean, however, that those securities will necessarily be offered or sold.

 

We may sell the securities separately or together:

 

  through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents;
  on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
  in the over-the-counter market;
  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
  block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
  at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
  “at-the-market offerings”, to or through a sales agent or market maker or into an existing trading market;
  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
  privately negotiated transactions and prices;
  to one or more investors, including our affiliates and stockholders;
  through any combination of any of these methods of sale; or
  any other method permitted by applicable law.

 

A distribution of the securities offered by this prospectus may also be effected through the issuance of subscription rights.

 

Each time we sell securities covered by this prospectus, we will describe the method of distribution of the securities and the terms and conditions of the offering, including the offering price of the securities and the proceeds to us, in the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. Any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

 

If underwriters are used in the sale of any securities, the securities may be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions described above. The securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters, or directly by underwriters.

 

Offers to purchase the securities being offered by this prospectus may be solicited directly. We may designate agents to sell the securities from time to time. Unless otherwise specified in connection with any particular sale of securities, the agents will agree to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment. Any agent involved in the offer or sale of our securities will be identified in a prospectus supplement.

 

We may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain purchasers to purchase the securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, and the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will set forth any commissions we pay for solicitation of these contracts.

 

Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments made by the underwriters, dealers or agents, under agreements between us and the underwriters, dealers and agents.

 

We may grant underwriters who participate in the distribution of securities an option to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments, if any, in connection with the distribution.

 

Underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from us or our purchasers, as their agents in connection with the sale of securities. These underwriters, dealers or agents may be considered to be underwriters under the Securities Act. As a result, discounts, commissions or profits on resale received by the underwriters, dealers or agents may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions. The prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will identify any such underwriter, dealer or agent and describe any compensation received by them from us. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

 

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Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Short covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that such transactions may have on the price of the securities. For a description of these activities, see the information under the heading “Underwriting” or “Plan of Distribution” in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

The underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may engage in transactions with us, or perform other services for us, in the ordinary course of their business for which they receive compensation.

 

We have no current plans for the listing of subscription rights on any securities exchange or quotation system. Any such listing with respect to any particular subscription rights will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be.

 

Legal Matters

 

Unless otherwise stated in the prospectus supplement, Song P.C. will provide us with an opinion as to the legality of the securities offered under this prospectus. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us, or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Experts

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of MTBC, Inc. (now known as CareCloud, Inc.) incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

The audited financial statements of CareCloud Health, Inc., fka CareCloud Corporation (a company we purchased in January 2020 and whose name we took) have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Wojeski & Company CPAs, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

The audited combined financial statements of Meridian Billing Management and Origin Holdings, Inc. have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Freedman & Goldberg CPAs, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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CareCloud, Inc.

(formerly MTBC, Inc.)

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

$250,000,000

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Subscription Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL         , 2021

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

(To the Prospectus dated April , 2021)

 

 

CareCloud, Inc.

(formerly MTBC, Inc.)

 

Up to $50,000,000

Common Stock

 

 

 

CareCloud, Inc. (formerly known as MTBC, Inc.) has entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) and B. Riley Securities, Inc. (“B. Riley”) relating to the sale of our common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, under this prospectus supplement we may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50 million, through Cantor and B. Riley, acting as agent or principal. Sales of common stock, if any, under this prospectus supplement will be made by any method permitted that is deemed an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act.” Cantor and B. Riley are not required to sell any specific amount but will act as our sales agents using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between Cantor, B. Riley and us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

 

The compensation to Cantor and B. Riley for the sales of common stock sold under the Sales Agreement will be 3.0% of the gross proceeds received from the sales. The net proceeds, if any, that we receive from the sales of common stock will depend on the number of shares actually sold and the offering price for such shares. See “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page S-8 for additional information regarding the compensation to be paid to Cantor and B. Riley. In connection with the sale of the common stock on our behalf, Cantor and B. Riley will be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation of Cantor and B. Riley will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts.

 

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBC.” On April 5, 2021, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq was $8.52 per share.

 

You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the accompanying base prospectus, including any supplements and amendments thereto. This prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the accompanying base prospectus except to the extent that the information in this prospectus supplement supersedes the information contained in the accompanying base prospectus. This prospectus supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in connection with, the accompanying base prospectus, including any supplements and amendments thereto.

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page S-6 of this prospectus supplement and beginning on page 12 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2021, before purchasing any of the common stock offered by this prospectus.

 

 

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

 

 

 

Cantor B. Riley Securities

 

Prospectus Supplement dated April          , 2021.

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prospectus Supplement

 

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About This Prospectus Supplement S-1
   
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements S-2
   
Prospectus Supplement Summary S-3
   
The Offering S-5
   
Risk Factors S-6
   
Use of Proceeds S-7
   
Dilution S-7
   
Plan of Distribution S-8
   
Legal Matters S-9
   
Experts S-9
   
Where You Can Find More Information S-9
   
Incorporation of Information by Reference S-10

 

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About This Prospectus Supplement

 

You should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, including the information included and referred to under “Risk Factors” below, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying base prospectus, and the financial statements and the other information incorporated by reference in the accompanying base prospectus, before making an investment decision.

 

This prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus form part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. This document contains two parts. The first part consists of this prospectus supplement, which provides you with specific information about this offering. The second part, the accompanying base prospectus, provides more general information, some of which may not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer only to the “prospectus,” we are referring to both parts combined. This prospectus supplement may add, update, or change information contained in the accompanying base prospectus. To the extent that any statement we make in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with statements made in the accompanying base prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference herein or therein, the statements made in this prospectus supplement will be deemed to modify or supersede those made in the accompanying base prospectus and such documents incorporated by reference herein and therein.

 

This prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relate to the offering of our common stock. Before purchasing any securities offered hereby, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein and therein by reference as described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision. This prospectus supplement may add, update, or change information in the accompanying base prospectus.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying base prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering. We have not, and Cantor and B. Riley have not, authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and Cantor and B. Riley are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted or in which the person making that offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying base prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering is accurate only as of the date of those respective documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. You should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, including the information included and referred to under “Risk Factors” below, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying base prospectus, and the financial statements and the other information incorporated by reference in the accompanying base prospectus, before making an investment decision.

 

This prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus contain summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated by reference herein, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Information by Reference.” We note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference herein were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreement, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

The industry and market data and other statistical information contained in the documents we incorporate by reference are based on our own estimates, independent publications, government publications, reports by market research firms or other published independent sources, and, in each case, are believed by us to be reasonable estimates. Although we believe these sources are reliable, we have not independently verified the information.

 

Securities offered pursuant to the registration statement to which this prospectus supplement relates may only be offered and sold if not more than three years have elapsed since the initial effective date of the registration statement, subject to the extension of this period in compliance with applicable SEC rules.

 

Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context requires, as used in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, references to “CareCloud,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to CareCloud, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This prospectus supplement, as well as the information we incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and other documents, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements relate to anticipated future events, future results of operations or future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “goals,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

 

These forward-looking statements are only predictions, are uncertain and involve substantial known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our (or our industry’s) actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus sets forth detailed risks, uncertainties and cautionary statements regarding our business and these forward-looking statements. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of the risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements, including without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to:

 

  our ability to manage our growth, including acquiring, partnering with, and effectively integrating the acquisitions of Meridian Medical Management, CareCloud Health, Inc., fka CareCloud Corporation (a company we purchased in January 2020 and whose name we took) and other acquired businesses into our infrastructure and avoiding legal exposure and liabilities associated with acquired companies and assets;
     
  our ability to retain our clients and revenue levels, including effectively migrating new clients and maintaining or growing the revenue levels of our new and existing clients;
     
  our ability to maintain operations in our Pakistan Offices and Sri Lanka in a manner that continues to enable us to offer competitively priced products and services;
     
  our ability to keep pace with a rapidly changing healthcare industry;
     
  our ability to consistently achieve and maintain compliance with a myriad of federal, state, foreign, local, payor and industry requirements, regulations, rules, laws and contracts;
     
  our ability to maintain and protect the privacy of confidential and protected Company, client and patient information;
     
  our ability to develop new technologies, upgrade and adapt legacy and acquired technologies to work with evolving industry standards and third-party software platforms and technologies, and protect and enforce all of these and other intellectual property rights;
     
  our ability to attract and retain key officers and employees, and the continued involvement of Mahmud Haq as Executive Chairman and A. Hadi Chaudhry as Chief Executive Officer and President, all of which are critical to our ongoing operations, growing our business and integrating of our newly acquired businesses;
     
  our ability to comply with covenants contained in our credit agreement with our senior secured lender, Silicon Valley Bank and other future debt facilities;
     
  our ability to pay our monthly preferred dividends to the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock;
     
  our ability to compete with other companies developing products and selling services competitive with ours, and who may have greater resources and name recognition than we have;
     
  our ability to respond to the uncertainty resulting from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it may have on our operations, the demand for our services, and economic activity in general; and
     
  our ability to keep and increase market acceptance of our products and services.

 

We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or performance. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus. These cautionary statements should be considered with any written or oral forward-looking statements that we may issue in the future. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the U.S., we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to reflect actual results, later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or other investments or strategic transactions we may engage in.

 

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Prospectus Supplement Summary

 

The following summary highlights selected information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information that may be important to you. You should read the more detailed information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including but not limited to, the risk factors beginning on page S-6.

 

CareCloud, Inc., formerly MTBC, Inc. (“CareCloud” and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”) is a healthcare information technology company that provides a full suite of proprietary cloud-based solutions, together with related business services, to healthcare providers and hospitals throughout the United States. Our Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) platform includes revenue cycle management (“RCM”), practice management (“PM”), electronic health record (“EHR”), business intelligence, telehealth, patient experience management (“PXM”) solutions and complementary software tools and business services for high-performance medical groups and health systems.

 

At a high level, these solutions can be categorized as follows:

 

  RCM services, which include end-to-end medical billing, eligibility, analytics, and related services, all of which can often be provided either with our technology platform or through a third-party system;
     
  Proprietary healthcare IT software solutions, which can be bundled with our RCM services, including:
       
    ○  EHRs, which are easy to use, integrated with our business services or offered as Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solutions, and allow our healthcare provider clients to deliver better patient care, document their clinical visits effectively and thus potentially qualify for government incentives, reduce documentation errors and reduce paperwork;
       
    PM software and related tools, which support our clients’ day-to-day business operations and workflows;
       
    Mobile Health (“mHealth”) solutions, including smartphone applications that assist patients and healthcare providers in the provision of healthcare services;
       
    Telehealth solutions, which allow healthcare providers to conduct remote patient visits;
       
    Healthcare claims clearinghouse, which enables our clients to electronically scrub and submit claims to, and process payments from, insurance companies; and
       
    Business intelligence, customized applications, interfaces and a variety of other technology solutions that support our healthcare clients.
       
    Medical Office Practice Management Services are provided to medical practices. In this service model, we provide the medical practice with appropriate facilities, equipment, supplies, support services and administrative support staff. We also provide management, bill-paying and financial advisory services.

 

Our solutions enable clients to increase financial and operational performance, streamline clinical workflows, get better insight through data, and make better business and clinical decisions, resulting in improvement in patient care and collections while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs.

 

The modernization of the healthcare industry is transforming nearly every aspect of a healthcare organization from policy to providers; clinical care to member services, devices to data, and ultimately the quality of the patient’s experience as a healthcare consumer. We create elegant, user-friendly applications that solve many of the challenges facing healthcare organizations. We partner with organizations to develop customized, best-in-class solutions to solve their specific challenges while ensuring they also meet future regulatory and organizational requirements and market demands.

 

We are able to deliver our industry-leading solutions at very competitive prices because we leverage a combination of our proprietary software, which automates our workflows and increases efficiency, together with our team of approximately 600 experienced health industry experts throughout the United States. These experts who are supported by our highly educated and specialized offshore workforce of approximately 3,100 team members at labor costs that we believe are approximately one-tenth the cost of comparable U.S. employees. Our unique business model also allows us to be a leading consolidator in our industry sector, gaining us a reputation for acquiring and positively transforming distressed competitors into profitable operations of CareCloud.

 

Adoption of our RCM solutions requires little or no upfront expenditure by a client. Additionally, for most of our solutions and customers, our financial performance is linked directly to the financial performance of our clients, as the vast majority of our revenues are based on a percentage of our clients’ collections. The fees we charge for our complete, integrated, end-to-end solution are very competitive. We estimate that we currently provide one or more services to more than 40,000 providers, (which we define as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinical staff that render bills for their services) practicing in approximately 2,600 independent medical practices and hospitals, representing 80 specialties and subspecialties in 50 states. In addition, we served approximately 200 clients which are not medical practices, but are primarily service organizations who serve the healthcare community. The foregoing numbers include clients leveraging any of our products or services, and are based in part upon estimates where the precise number of practices or providers is unknown.

 

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We service clients ranging from small practices to large groups and health systems. Our clients span from the single doctor independent medical practice to a large 2,200 provider of physical, occupational and speech therapy services organization located across multiple states, and a large major academic medical institution with a service area covering millions of patients.

 

On July 23, 2014, the Company under the name Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock. The Company sold approximately four million shares at a price to the public of $5.00 per share.

 

In November 2015, the Company completed a public offering of its 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”). The Company sold 231,616 shares at a price of $25.00 per share and received net proceeds of approximately $4.7 million. In July 2016, the Company sold an additional 63,040 shares of Preferred Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $1.3 million. In 2017, the Company raised a total of $16.4 million in net proceeds from a series of additional offerings totaling approximately 765,000 shares of Preferred Stock, all at $25.00 per share. In May 2017, the Company completed a registered direct offering of one million shares of its common stock at $2.30 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $2.0 million. During 2018, 2019 and 2020, the Company issued 1,020,000, 373,000 and 1,932,000 shares of Preferred Stock, respectively and received net proceeds of approximately $22.8 million, $9.6 million and $44.5 million, respectively.

 

During 2016, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of MediGain, LLC, including its subsidiary Millennium Practice Management Associates, LLC and two offshore subsidiaries in India and Sri Lanka through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, MTBC Acquisition, Corp. In 2017, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Washington Medical Billing, LLC.

 

In 2018, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Orion Healthcorp, Inc., through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries at that time MTBC Health, Inc. and MTBC Practice Management, Corp. In 2019, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Etransmedia Technology, Inc. through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary at that time MTBC-Med, Inc.

 

On June 21, 2019, the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized shares, from nineteen million shares (19,000,000) of common stock and four million (4,000,000) shares of preferred stock, to twenty-nine million (29,000,000) shares of common stock and seven million (7,000,000) shares of preferred stock, respectively, and the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to reflect this change.

 

On January 8, 2020, through a merger with a subsidiary, the Company acquired CareCloud Corporation (“CCC”), whose name we subsequently took, which has developed a highly acclaimed cloud-based platform including EHR, PM and patient experience capabilities. The Company paid $11.9 million in cash, assumed a working capital deficiency of approximately $5.1 million and issued 760,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and two million warrants for the purchase of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $7.50 to $10.00 per share.

 

On June 16, 2020, the Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Meridian Billing Management Co. and its affiliate Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Meridian” and sometimes referred to as “Meridian Medical Management”). Meridian is in the business of providing medical billing, revenue cycle management, electronic medical records, medical coding and related services. The total consideration paid at closing was $11.9 million in cash, 200,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock plus warrants to purchase 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $7.50 per share and a term of two years. The Company also assumed Meridian’s negative net working capital and certain long-term lease liabilities with an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million.

 

In February 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to change our name to CareCloud, Inc.

 

Including the employees of our subsidiaries, as of April 5, 2021, the Company employed approximately 3,800 people worldwide on a full-time basis. We also utilize the services of a small number of part time employees.

 

The RCM service industry is highly fragmented, with many local and regional RCM companies serving small medical practices and hospitals. We believe that the industry is ripe for consolidation and that we can achieve significant growth through acquisitions. We further believe that it is becoming increasingly difficult for traditional RCM companies to meet the growing technology and business service needs of healthcare providers without a significant investment in an information technology infrastructure. Since the Company’s IPO, we have acquired substantially all of the assets of 16 RCM companies. Although the specific arrangements have varied with each transaction, typical arrangements include a discounted price, consideration which is sometimes tied to revenues from the customer relationships acquired, and structuring the acquisition as an asset purchase so as to limit our liability. We typically leverage our technology and our cost-effective offshore team to reduce costs promptly after the transaction closes, although there will be initial costs associated with the integration of the acquired business with our existing operations.

 

In addition to growing through acquisitions, we also drive organic growth through various strategies, including customer referrals, channel partnerships, online marketing and tradeshows. Our acquisitive growth also supports our organic growth initiatives by enhancing our capabilities, physical presence, and universe of referrals and referenceable clients.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 7 Clyde Road, Somerset, New Jersey, 08873, and our main telephone number is (732) 873-5133.

 

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The Offering

 

The following summary contains basic terms about this offering and the common stock and is not intended to be complete. It may not contain all of the information that is important to you.

 

Issuer

CareCloud, Inc.

   
Listing Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBC.”
   
Securities Offered Shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000.
   
Manner of Offering We have entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with Cantor and B. Riley relating to the sale of common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, under this prospectus supplement we may offer and sell common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 from time to time through Cantor and B. Riley acting as agent or principal. Sales of common stock, if any, under this prospectus supplement will be made by any method permitted that is deemed an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. See the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement.
   
Use of Proceeds We will use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include funding potential acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, capital expenditures, investments and general working capital, as well as redemption of our Series A Preferred Stock. Please see the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”
   
Risk Factors Please read the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of some of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our common stock.
   
Transfer Agent The registrar and transfer agent in respect of the common stock is VStock Transfer, LLC.
   
Book Entry and Form

The common stock will be represented by one or more global certificates in definitive, fully registered form deposited with a custodian for, and registered in the name of, a nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

 

 

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Risk Factors

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider and evaluate all of the information contained in this prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference into this prospectus, including our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and the information under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, before you decide to purchase our common stock. See the section of the prospectus entitled “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” The risks and uncertainties described in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not presently know about or that we currently believe are not material may also adversely affect our business, business prospects, results of operations or financial condition. Any of the risks and uncertainties set forth herein and the documents incorporated by reference herein, as updated by annual, quarterly and other reports and documents that we file with the SEC and incorporate by reference into this prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The trading price of our securities could decline due to the materialization of any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to this Offering

 

Our management team may invest or spend the proceeds of this offering in ways with which you may not agree or in ways which may not yield a significant return.

 

Our management will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering. We intend to use the net proceeds, if any, from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include funding potential acquisitions, capital expenditures, investments and general working capital, as well as redemption of our Series A Preferred Stock. You will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. The net proceeds may be used for corporate purposes that do not improve our operating results or financial condition or enhance our market value.

 

It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under the Sales Agreement, or the gross proceeds resulting from those sales.

 

Subject to certain limitations in the Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to Cantor and B. Riley, at any time throughout the term of the Sales Agreement. The number of shares that are sold through Cantor and B. Riley after delivering a placement notice, will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock during the sales period, any limits we may set with Cantor and B. Riley in any applicable placement notice and the demand for our common stock. Because the price per share of each share sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement will fluctuate over time, it is not currently possible to predict the aggregate proceeds to be raised in connection with sales under the Sales Agreement.

 

The common stock offered hereby will be sold in “at-the-market offerings,” and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

 

Investors who purchase shares in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices, and so may experience different levels of dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices, and numbers of shares sold in this offering. In addition, there is no minimum or maximum sales price for shares to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.

 

You may experience immediate and substantial dilution.

 

The offering price per share in this offering may exceed the net tangible book value per share of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering. Assuming that 5,868,544 shares of our common stock are sold in this offering, based on an assumed sale price of $8.52 per share, the last sale price of a share of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on April 5, 2021, you will experience immediate dilution, representing the difference between the price you pay and our as adjusted net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2020, after giving effect to this offering, of $4.87 per share. The exercise of outstanding stock warrants may result in further dilution of your investment. See the section titled “Dilution” below for a more detailed illustration of the dilution you would incur if you participate in this offering.

 

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.

 

To raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that may not be the same as the price per share in this offering. We may sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is less than the price per share paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional shares of our common stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share paid by investors in this offering.

 

Resales of our common stock in the public market during this offering by our stockholders may cause the market price of our common stock to fall.

 

We may issue common stock from time to time in connection with this offering. This issuance from time to time of these new shares of our common stock, or our ability to issue these shares of common stock in this offering, could result in resales of our common stock by our current stockholders concerned about the potential dilution of their holdings. In turn, these resales could have the effect of depressing the market price for our common stock.

 

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Use of Proceeds

 

We may issue and sell shares of our common stock having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $50 million from time to time. Because there is no minimum offering amount required pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the actual total public offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. There can be no assurance that we will sell any shares under or fully utilize the Sales Agreement as a source of financing. We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock that we are offering may be up to approximately $48.3 million after deducting the Agents’ commission and estimated offering expenses payable by us, assuming we sell the maximum amount under the Sales Agreement.

 

We expect to use the net proceeds from any offering of securities by us for general corporate purposes, which may include funding potential acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, capital expenditures, investments and general working capital, as well as redemption of our Series A Preferred Stock. Pending the application of the net proceeds, we may temporarily invest the proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing instruments or other investment-grade securities.

 

The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the factors described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein, as well as the amount of cash used in our operations. We may find it necessary or advisable to use the net proceeds for other purposes, and our management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this offering.

 

Dilution

 

If you purchase common stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the purchase price per share and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering. We calculate net tangible book value per share by dividing the net tangible book value, which is tangible assets less total liabilities, by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock. Dilution represents the difference between the portion of the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares in this offering and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after giving effect to this offering. Our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2020 was $22.0 million, or $1.64 per share of our common stock.

 

After giving effect to the assumed sale of 5,868,544 shares of our common stock at an offering price of $8.52 per share, the last sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on April 5, 2021, after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2020 would have been approximately $70.3 million, or $3.65 per share of our common stock. This amount represents an immediate increase in the net tangible book value of $2.01 per share to our existing shareholders and an immediate dilution of $4.87 per share to new investors purchasing shares in this offering. The following table illustrates this per-share dilution:

 

Assumed public offering price per share       $8.52 
Net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2020   $1.64      
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors in offering   2.01      
As adjusted net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2020, after giving effect to this offering       $3.65 
Dilution per share to new investors in this offering        $4.87 

 

The above illustration of dilution per share to investors participating in this offering assumes no exercise of the outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock.

 

Changes in the assumed public offering price of $8.52 per share would not affect our total as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering because this offering is currently limited to $50 million. However, each $1.00 increase in the assumed public offering price of $8.52 per share would increase the dilution per share to new investors by approximately $0.88 per share, assuming that the aggregate dollar amount of shares offered by us, as set forth above, remains at $50 million and after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual public offering price, the actual number of shares that we offer in this offering, and other terms of this offering determined at the time of each offer and sale.

 

The above discussion and table are based on 13,380,245 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2020, and excludes, as of such date:

 

  369,436 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to grants under our Equity Incentive Plan;
  1,718,013 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our Equity Incentive Plan; and
  4,010,140 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock warrants with a weighted-average exercise price of $7.87 per share.

 

To the extent that warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2020 have been or are exercised, or other shares are issued, investors purchasing shares in this offering could experience further dilution, if the actual exercise prices of the warrants exercised are less than the purchase price per share. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations, even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of common stock, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.

 

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Plan of Distribution

 

We have entered into the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) and B. Riley Securities, Inc. (“B. Riley”), under which we may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 through, at our option, Cantor or B. Riley, acting as agent or principal. The Sales Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 of which this prospectus supplement forms a part.

 

Each time we wish to issue and sell our common stock under the Sales Agreement, we will submit orders to only one sales agent on any given day and notify such sales agent of the number or dollar value of shares to be issued, the dates on which such sales are anticipated to be made, any minimum price below which sales may not be made and other sales parameters as we deem appropriate. Upon delivery of a placement notice to a sales agent and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, such sales agent may offer and sell shares of our common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market offering,” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act. We may instruct such sales agent not to sell common stock if the sales cannot be effected at or above the price designated by us from time to time. We or the sales agents may suspend the offering of common stock upon notice and subject to other conditions.

 

We will pay the sales agents’ commissions for their services in acting as agent in the sale of our common stock. A sales agent is entitled to compensation at a commission rate of 3.0% of the gross sale price per share sold by such sales agent under the Sales Agreement. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to close this offering, the actual total public offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. We have also agreed to reimburse the sales agents for certain specified fees and documented expenses, including the fees and documented expenses of their legal counsel in an amount not to exceed $50,000, plus an additional amount not to exceed $15,000 per fiscal quarter on an ongoing basis during the term of the Sales Agreement, as provided in the Sales Agreement. We estimate that the total expenses for the offering, excluding compensation and reimbursements, if any, payable to Cantor and B. Riley under the terms of the Sales Agreement, will be approximately $182,775.

 

Settlement for sales of shares of common stock will occur on the second business day following the date on which any sales are made, or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and the applicable sales agent in connection with a particular transaction, in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. Sales of our common stock as contemplated in this prospectus supplement will be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or by such other means as we and the applicable sales agents may agree upon. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

 

The sales agents will use their commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with their sales and trading practices, to solicit offers to purchase the shares of common stock under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sales Agreement. In connection with the sale of the shares of common stock on our behalf, the applicable sales agent will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation of such sales agent (and their respective partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents) will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to each sales agent against certain liabilities, including civil liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

The offering of shares of our common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (1) the issuance and sale of all common stock subject to the Sales Agreement; and (2) the termination of the Sales Agreement as permitted therein. Either sales agent may terminate the Sales Agreement, with respect to such sales agent’s rights and obligations under the Sales Agreement, at any time upon five days’ prior notice. We may terminate the Sales Agreement with respect to either or both sales agents at any time upon five days’ prior notice.

 

This summary of the material provisions of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be a complete statement of its terms and conditions. A copy of the Sales Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 of which this prospectus supplement forms a part.

 

The sales agents and their respective affiliates may in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services for us, our subsidiaries and our affiliates, for which services they may in the future receive customary fees. To the extent required by Regulation M, the sales agents will not engage in any market-making activities involving our common stock while the offering is ongoing under this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by Cantor or B. Riley, and each of Cantor and B. Riley may distribute this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus electronically.

 

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Legal Matters

 

Song P.C. will provide us with an opinion as to the legality of the securities offered under this prospectus. The sales agents are being represented by Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY in connection with this offering.

 

Experts

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of MTBC, Inc. (now known as CareCloud, Inc.) incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

The audited financial statements of CareCloud Health, Inc., fka CareCloud Corporation (a company we purchased in January 2020 and whose name we took) have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Wojeski & Company CPAs, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

The audited combined financial statements of Meridian Billing Management and Origin Holdings, Inc. have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Freedman & Goldberg CPAs, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

Where You Can Find More Information

 

This prospectus supplement constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 filed by us with the SEC under the Securities Act with respect to the common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration statement, as allowed by the rules and regulations of the SEC. You may wish to inspect the registration statement and the exhibits to that registration statement for further information with respect to us and the stock offered by this prospectus supplement. Statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement concerning the provisions of certain documents are necessarily summaries of the material provisions of such documents, and each statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the applicable document filed with the SEC.

 

We file annual reports, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov.

 

We maintain an internet website at www.carecloud.com. All of our reports filed with the SEC (including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and proxy statements) are accessible through the Investor Relations section of our website, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronic filing. The reference to our website in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only and is not a hyperlink. The contents of our website are not part of this prospectus, and you should not consider the contents of our website in making an investment decision with respect to our securities.

 

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Incorporation of Information by Reference

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus information contained in documents that we file with it. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is an important part of this prospectus, and information we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is completed or terminated (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules, including Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, including any financial statements or exhibits relating thereto furnished pursuant to Item 9.01):

 

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021;
our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021 (excluding such items as deemed furnished in such Form 8-K), March 24, 2021 and March 29, 2021, and our Current Reports on Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020 and August 11, 2020;
our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021;
the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on July 2, 2014, including all amendments and reports filed for purposes of updating such description; and
the description of our Series A Preferred Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on October 19, 2015, including all amendments and reports filed for purposes of updating such description.

 

Any statement incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus from an earlier dated document that is inconsistent with a statement contained in this prospectus or in any other document filed after the date of the earlier dated document, but prior to the date hereof, which also is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus by such statement contained in this prospectus or in any other document filed after the date of the earlier dated document, but prior to the date hereof, which also is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Any person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered may request copies of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and any of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, without charge, by written or oral request directed to CareCloud, 7 Clyde Road, Somerset, New Jersey, 08873, telephone: (732) 873-5133, x133.

 

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CareCloud, Inc.

(formerly MTBC, Inc.)

 

Up to $50,000,000

Common Stock

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Cantor B. Riley Securities

 

April         , 2021

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following is an estimate of the expenses (all of which are to be paid by the registrant) that we may incur in connection with the securities being registered hereby.

 

Offering Expenses (1)    
SEC registration fee  $27,275 
FINRA filing fee (if applicable)   38,000 
Nasdaq listing fees   - 
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses   - 
Legal fees and expenses   75,000 
Accounting fees and expenses   42,500 
Total  $182,775 

 

  (1) Estimated fees and expenses are not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of fees and expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that we anticipate we will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement. An estimate of the aggregate fees and expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that eliminate, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the personal liability of the Registrant’s directors and executive officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors or officers. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provides that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Sections 145 and 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provide that a corporation may indemnify any person made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, executive officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of a corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.

 

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.

 

The Registrant has purchased and intends to maintain insurance on behalf of each and any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.

 

Item 16. Exhibits.

 

The list of exhibits in the Exhibit Index to this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

provided, however, that

 

(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

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(5)(a) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Somerset, State of New Jersey on April 7, 2021.

 

  CareCloud, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ A. Hadi Chaudhry
    A. Hadi Chaudhry
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name   Title   Date
         
/s/ Mahmud Haq   Executive Chairman of the Board   April 7, 2021
Mahmud Haq        
         
/s/ A. Hadi Chaudhry   CEO, President and Director (principal   April 7, 2021
A. Hadi Chaudhry   executive officer)    
         
/s/Stephen A. Snyder   Chief Strategy Officer and Director   April 7, 2021
Stephen A. Snyder        
         
/s/ Bill Korn   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial   April 7, 2021
Bill Korn   officer)    
         
/s/Norman Roth   Controller (principal accounting officer)   April 7, 2021
Norman Roth        
         
/s/Anne Busquet   Director   April 7, 2021
Anne Busquet        
       
/s/ Lawrence Sharnak     Director   April 7, 2021
Lawrence Sharnak        
         
/s/ John N. Daly     Director   April 7, 2021
John N. Daly        
         
/s/ Cameron Munter     Director   April 7, 2021
Cameron Munter        

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
     
1.1   Form of Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement for common stock, by and between CareCloud, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and B. Riley Securities, Inc.
     
2.1   Assignment Agreement dated October 3, 2016, by and between the Company, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.2   Strict Foreclosure Agreement dated October 3, 2016, by and between MTBC Acquisition, Corp., MediGain, LLC and Millennium Practice Management Associates, LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.3   Transition Services Agreement dated October 3, 2016, by and between MTBC Acquisition, Corp., MediGain, LLC and Millennium Practice Management Associates, LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.4   First Amendment to Assignment Agreement dated January 3, 2017, by and between the Company, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.5   Second Amendment to Assignment Agreement dated January 23, 2017, by and between the Company, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.6   Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 25, 2018, by and between MTBC, and Orion Healthcorp, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.7   Transition Services Agreement dated June 25, 2018, by and between MTBC, and Orion Healthcorp, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.29 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.8   Asset Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2019, by and between MTBC-Med, Inc., and Etransmedia Technology, Inc., et. al. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.9   Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 3, 2019, by and between MTBC-Med, Inc., and Etransmedia Technology, Inc., et. al. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.10   Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among MTBC, Inc., MTBC Merger Sub, Inc., CareCloud Corporation and Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc., as the Seller’s representative dated January 8, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
2.11   Escrow Agreement dated January 8, 2020 by and among MTBC, Inc., Runway Growth Credit Fund., Inc. and TD Bank (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

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2.12   Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 16, 2020 by and among MTBC, Inc., Origin Holdings, Inc., Meridian Billing Management Co., Origin Holdings, Inc., and GMM II Holdings, LLC, (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K on June 17, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated April 4, 2014 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.2   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated June 28, 2016 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.3   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated June 18, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.4   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated February 6, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.5   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MTBC, Inc. dated June 21, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on June 25, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.6   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MTBC, Inc. dated March 29, 2021 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 29, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.7   Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated July 6, 2016 (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.8   First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated September 15, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.9   Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated March 23, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.10   Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated September 25, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on September 25, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.11   Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated January 9, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.12   Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated May 19, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

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3.13   Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock dated July 9, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.14   Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed on April 7, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.1   Form of common stock certificate of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on May 7, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.2   Form of stock certificate of the 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Form S-1 on October 19, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.3   Warrant to Purchase Stock dated as of October 13, 2017 issued by the Company to Silicon Valley Bank (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.4   Warrant to Purchase Stock issued by the Company on September 20, 2018 to Silicon Valley Bank (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on September 20, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.5   Warrant to Purchase Stock issued by the Company on January 8, 2020 to Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.6   Warrant to Purchase Stock issued by the Company on January 8, 2020 to Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.7   Form of Warrant to Purchase Stock issued by the Company on June 16, 2020 with respect to the Meridian transaction (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on August 20, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.8   Form of Subscription Rights Agreement (including form of Subscription Rights Certificate)*
     
5.1   Opinion of Song P.C.
     
23.1   Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
     
23.2   Consent of Freedman and Goldberg CPAs, P.C.
     
23.3   Consent of Wojeski & Company CPAs, P.C.
     
23.4   Consent of Song P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
24.1   Power of Attorney for Directors of the Company.
     
    * If applicable, to be subsequently filed by amendment or as an exhibit to one or more Current Reports on Form 8-K or other applicable report filed with the SEC and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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