BBV Vietnam S.E.A. Acquisition (BBVUF) S-1/A IPO registration (amended)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2008

Registration No. 333-146829

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

BBV VIETNAM S.E.A. ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

The Republic of the Marshall Islands	6770	38-3763315
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

61 Hue Lane
Hai Ba Trung District
Hanoi, Vietnam
+84 49764136

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

Eric Zachs, President
40 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860-727-5734

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

Kenneth R. Koch, Esq. Jeffrey P. Schultz, Esq. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 666 Third Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 935-3000 Fax No.: (212) 983-3115	Jody R. Samuels, Esq. Kevin K. Leung, Esq. Richardson & Patel LLP The Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10174 (212) 907-6686 Fax No.: (212) 907-6687

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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 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.o

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.o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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.o

 

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 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of BBV Vietnam S.E.A. Acquisition Corp. is to file revised exhibits. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement. The prospectus and financial statements are unchanged and have been omitted.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:

Initial Trustees’ fee	$	1,000	(1)
SEC Registration Fee		2,830
FINRA filing fee		7,700
Accounting fees and expenses		10,500
Printing and engraving expenses		50,000
Legal fees and expenses		335,000
Miscellaneous		13,970	(2)
Total	$	421,000

(1) In addition to the initial acceptance fee that is charged by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, we will be required to pay to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company annual fees of $3,000 plus an income distribution processing fee of $250 for acting as trustee, approximately $4,800 for acting as transfer agent of our common stock, approximately $2,400 for acting as warrant agent for our warrants and approximately $1,800 for acting as escrow agent.

(2) This amount represents additional expenses that may be incurred by us in connection with the offering over and above those specifically listed above, including distribution and mailing costs.

Item 14. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

Under the amended and restated articles of incorporation, our by-laws and under Section 60 of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act (“BCA”), we may indemnify anyone who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

A limitation on the foregoing is the statutory proviso (also found in our by-laws) that, in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 that his conduct was unlawful.

Further, under Section 60 of the BCA and our by-laws, the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he 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 reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

In addition, under Section 60 of the BCA and under our by-laws, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Such indemnification may be made against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred such person or in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Again, this is provided that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to

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the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Further, and as provided by both our by-laws and Section 60 of the BCA, when a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in the foregoing instances, or in the defense of a related claim, issue or matter, he will be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such matter.

Likewise, pursuant to our by-laws and Section 60 of the BCA, expenses (our by-laws specifically include attorneys’ fees in expenses) incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding by an officer or director may be paid in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification. The by-laws further provide that with respect to other employees, such expenses may be paid on the terms and conditions, if any, as the Board may deem appropriate.

Both Section 60 of the BCA and our bylaws further provided that the foregoing indemnification and advancement of expenses are not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and/or as to action in another capacity while holding office.

Under both Section 60 of the BCA and our by-laws, we also have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such capacity regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the foregoing.

Under Section 60 of the BCA (and as provided in our by-laws), the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted under the foregoing continue with regard to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified. Additionally, under Section 60 of the BCA and our by-laws, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted under the foregoing continue with regard to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified.

In addition to the above, our by-laws provide that references to us includes constituent corporations, and defines “other enterprises” to include employee benefit plans, “fines” to include excise taxes imposed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan, and further defines the term “serving at the request of the corporation.”

Our amended and restated articles of incorporation set out a much abbreviated version of the foregoing and make reference to the provisions of the by-laws.

Such limitation of liability and indemnification does not affect the availability of equitable remedies. In addition, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against public policy, as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement, we have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters and the Underwriters have agreed to indemnify us against certain civil liabilities that may be incurred in connection with this offering, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

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Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

(a) During the past three years, we sold the following shares of common stock without registration under the Securities Act:

Name	Number of Shares Purchased
Robert H. J. Lee		485,585
Eric M. Zachs		545,952
Nguyen Thi Quynh Anh		132,250
Udi Toledano		41,518
Eliezer R. Katz		62,570
Nguyen Do Tung Cuong		11,500
Yuan Chen		3,450
Yuke Wang		3,450
Dawn L. Griswold		3,450
Lei Ding		1,725
Fangfang Yang		575
Ying Luo		1,725
Total		1,293,750

Such shares were issued on September 28, 2007, in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, as a transaction by an issuer or its affiliates not involving a public offering. In each such transaction, the purchaser represented its intention at such time to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were affixed to the instruments representing the securities issued in such transactions. The shares issued to the individuals and entities above were sold for an aggregate offering price of $25,000, or $0.019 per share. Of these shares issued, 168,750 shares are subject to forfeiture, without return of their invested capital, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

On October 17, 2007, Eric M. Zachs transferred 17,250 shares to Mai Anh and 17,250 shares to Nguyen Tien Dzung. In addition, on that same date, Robert H.J. Lee transferred 17,250 shares to Mai Anh and 17,250 shares to Nguyen Tien Dzung.

On November 26, 2007, Udi Toledano transferred 34,500 shares to Wang Chaoyang and 7,018 shares to Eric M. Zachs.

On January 16, 2008, Eric M. Zachs transferred 24,267 shares to Nhin Sang and Robert H.J. Lee transferred 24,268 shares to Nhin Sang. In addition, on that same date, Robert H.J. Lee transferred 28,919 shares to Eric M. Zachs.

In addition, the underwriters and certain of our directors, officers and certain of our existing shareholders have committed to purchase from us 1,873,684 founder warrants at a purchase price of $0.95 per warrant (for an aggregate purchase price of $1,780,000). This purchase will take place on a private placement immediately prior to the consummation of our initial public offering. This issuance will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. No underwriting discounts or commissions will be paid with respect to such sale.

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.	Description
1.1	Form of Underwriting Agreement*
3.1	Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
3.2	By-laws*
4.1	Specimen Unit Certificate*
4.2	Specimen Common Stock Certificate*
4.3	Specimen Warrant Certificate*
4.4	Form of Founder Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and Eric M. Zachs, Robert H.J. Lee, Eliezer R. Katz, Nhin Sang and Philip Katz*
4.5	Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company and the Registrant*
5.1	Opinion of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC
5.2	Opinion of Reeder & Simpson, P.C.
10.1	Form of Letter Agreement between the Registrant, the underwriters and the insiders*
10.2	Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant
10.3	Form of Stock Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Existing Shareholders*
10.4	Form of Founder Warrant Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Eric M. Zachs, Robert H.J. Lee, Eliezer Katz, Nhin Sang and Philip Katz*
10.5	Services Agreement by and between Bantry Bay Ventures-Asia, LLC and the Registrant*
10.6	Promissory Note, dated September 20, 2007, issued to Eric M. Zachs*
10.7	Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and the Existing Shareholders*
10.8	Form of Right of First Refusal and Corporate Opportunities Agreement*
10.9	Form of Unit Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Underwriters*
23.1	Consent of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, P.C.*
23.2	Consent of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3	Consent of Reeder & Simpson, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24	Power of Attorney*

* Previously filed.

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Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(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 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) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and 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; and

(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and 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) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

(A) 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

(B) 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

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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; or

(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C; each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. 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 first use, 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 date of first use.

(5) 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 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) The undersigned hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as may be amended, 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

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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.

(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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 initialbona fide offering thereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York on February 6, 2008.

BBV VIETNAM S.E.A. ACQUISITION CORP.

By: /s/ Eric M. Zachs
Eric M. Zachs
President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Eric M. Zachs Eric M. Zachs	President (principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer)	February 6, 2008
/s/ Robert H. J. Lee Robert H. J. Lee	Chairman of the Board	February 6, 2008
* Nguyen Thi Quynh Anh	Vice President, Director	February 6, 2008
* Mai Anh	Director	February 6, 2008
* Nguyen Tien Dzung	Director	February 6, 2008

* By executing his name hereto, Eric M. Zachs is signing this document on behalf of the persons indicated above pursuant to the powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.