DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on July 24, 2014. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”). At March 31, 2017, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2017 relates to the Company’s formation, its initial public offering, which is described below, and identifying a target company for a Business Combination. On January 3, 2017, the Company received a letter (the “Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) stating that the Company had not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. As a result, the Company was not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5620(a) (the “Annual Meeting Rule”). The Letter is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and had no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on NASDAQ. The Letter states that, under NASDAQ rules, the Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Annual Meeting Rule. If NASDAQ accepts the Company’s plan, NASDAQ may grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2017, to regain compliance with the Annual Meeting Rule. If NASDAQ does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a NASDAQ Hearings Panel. The Company submitted a plan to regain compliance with the Annual Meeting Rule within the required timeframe, pursuant to which the Company noted its intention to hold the annual meeting in connection with a vote of its shareholders to extend the date by which the Company must complete a Business Combination. The Company held the annual meeting on February 10, 2017 (see below). The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on February 5, 2015. The Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 4,000,000 units (“Units”) at $10.00 per Unit on February 11, 2015, generating gross proceeds of $40,000,000, which is described in Note 4. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 11, 2015, the Company consummated the sale of 295,000 Units (“Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Unit in a private placement to the Company’s sponsors and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”), generating gross proceeds of $2,950,000, which is described in Note 5. Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an amount of $40,800,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Units was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below. On February 11, 2015, EBC notified the Company of its election to exercise its over-allotment option to the extent of 293,069 Units. The sale of the additional Units closed on February 18, 2015 at $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $2,930,690. Following the closing of the over-allotment, an additional $2,842,769 of net proceeds was placed in the Trust Account, resulting in $43,642,769 (approximately $10.17 per Unit) held in Trust Account. Transaction costs amounted to $1,613,722, consisting of $1,287,921 of underwriting fees and $325,801 of Initial Public Offering costs. In addition, as of September 30, 2016, cash held outside of the Trust Account amounted to $50,847. On February 10, 2017, the Company’s stockholders approved to extend the period of time for which the Company is required to consummate a Business Combination until August 11, 2017 (the “Extension Amendment”). This extension of up-to six (6) months has been and is to be implemented in 30-day increments, at the Company’s option. The number of shares of common stock presented for redemption in connection with the Extension Amendment was 911,200. The Company distributed $9,305,588, or approximately, $10.21 per share, to redeeming stockholders. In addition, the Company has agreed to contribute $0.025 per share to the Trust Account for each public share that was not converted in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment, for each 30-day period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete a Business Combination from February 11, 2017 through August 11, 2017 (the “Contribution”). To date, the Company has deposited an aggregate of $253,640 into the Company’s Trust Account. The Contribution was paid from funds loaned to the Company by a third party. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and Private Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s Units are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“NASDAQ”). Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing rules, the Company’s Business Combination must be with a target business or businesses whose collective fair market value is equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for such Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for the acquisition of one or more target businesses or assets, may seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which stockholders may seek to convert their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination. In the event that the Company is required to seek stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and a majority of the outstanding shares that are voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. In connection with such a vote, the Company will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to convert their shares of common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination for a pro-rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company or necessary to pay its taxes). The Company’s sponsors, officers and directors have agreed, in the event the Company is required to seek stockholder approval of its Business Combination, to vote their Insider Shares (as defined in Note 7), shares underlying the Private Units and any public shares held by them, in favor of approving a Business Combination. The Company initially had until August 11, 2016 to complete a Business Combination. However the IPO offering documents provide that, if the Company anticipates it may not be able to consummate a Business Combination by such date, the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 24 months to complete a Business Combination). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, the initial stockholders or their affiliates or designees were required to deposit into the Trust Account $100,000 prior to the applicable deadline for each three month extension. On August 8, 2016, the Company elected to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination for an additional three months ending on November 11, 2016 and, accordingly, deposited $100,000 into the Trust Account. In order to fund the deposit, the Company obtained loans in the aggregate amount of $130,000 from affiliates of its sponsors (see Note 6). Subsequently, on November 10, 2016, the Company elected to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination for an additional three months ending on February 11, 2017 and, accordingly, deposited an additional $100,000 into the Trust Account. In order to fund the second deposit, the Company obtained loans in the aggregate amount of $100,000 from affiliates of its sponsors (see Note 3). The Company’s initial stockholders and their affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete its Business Combination. In connection with the Extension Amendment approved by the Company’s stockholders on February 10, 2017, the Company has until August 11, 2017 (the “Combination Period”) to complete a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up its affairs; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares which redemption will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any; and (iii) as promptly as possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining holders of common stock and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate the balance of its net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of the Company’s plan of dissolution and liquidation. The Company will pay the costs of any subsequent liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, certain of the Company’s sponsors have agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (in an amount not to exceed $15,000) and have agreed not to seek repayment for such expenses. In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company for its working capital requirements or necessary to pay the Company’s taxes payable. Holders of rights and warrants will receive no proceeds in connection with the liquidation with respect to such rights and warrants, which will expire worthless. |