clickNsettle.com, Inc.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. __)*
clickNsettle.com, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
18682E304
(CUSIP Number)
Howard Z. Berman, Esq.
Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, LLP
9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 900
Beverly Hills, California 90212
(310) 273-6333
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 29, 2008
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule
because of Rule 13d-1(e), (g) or (g), check the following
box o.
Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties
to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial
filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosure provided in a
prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be
filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Andrew A. Brooks, M.D. |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
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United States
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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NUMBER OF |
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61,823,189 shares |
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61,823,189 shares |
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61,823,189 shares |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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30.4% |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON |
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SCHEDULE 13D |
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), of
clickNsettle.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Issuer). The Issuers principal executive
offices are located at 8899 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 619, Los Angeles, California 90048.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Andrew A. Brooks, M.D., a citizen of the United States (the
Reporting Person). The Reporting Person is the Chief Executive Officer, President and a manager
of Cardo Medical, LLC, a California limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Issuer (Cardo Medical). Cardo Medical, along with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, focuses on
product development, marketing and distribution of orthopedic and spinal medical devices. The
business address of Cardo Medical and the Reporting Person is 8899 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 619,
Los Angeles, California 90048.
The Reporting Person has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and has not been a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of,
or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to those laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
In May 2007, in connection with the formation of Cardo Medical, the Reporting Person made a cash
contribution to Cardo Medical in the amount of $1,303,333 from personal funds, pursuant to the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of Cardo Medical, in exchange for a 46.3% interest in Cardo
Medical, corresponding to 92.66 units of membership interests. As previously disclosed in the
Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23,
2008 (the June Form 8-K), on or about the signing of the Merger Agreement (as defined below),
Frost Gamma Investments Trust and other investors invested $12.975 million in Cardo Medical in
exchange for units of Cardo Medicals membership interests. Under the terms of the Merger
Agreement, at the closing of the Merger (as defined below), each Cardo Medical unit issued and outstanding was
converted into and exchanged for the right to receive 667,204.70995 shares of Common Stock.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
On August 29, 2008, the Issuer completed an acquisition of Cardo Medical and its subsidiaries
pursuant to a Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of June 18, 2008, by and among
the Issuer, Cardo Medical and Cardo Acquisition, LLC, a California limited liability company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (Cardo Acquisition), which agreement was amended on August
29, 2008 (as amended, the Merger Agreement).
The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of Cardo Medical with and into Cardo Acquisition, with
Cardo Medical continuing as the surviving entity in the merger and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Issuer (referred to as the Merger).
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As previously disclosed in the June Form 8-K, on or about the signing of the Merger Agreement,
Frost Gamma Investments Trust and other investors invested $12.975 million in Cardo Medical in
exchange for units of Cardo Medicals membership interests. Cardo Medical used approximately $9.7
million of the proceeds from these investments to close on the acquisition of the outstanding
equity interests of three partially owned subsidiaries of Cardo Medical (Accelerated Innovation,
LLC, Cervical Xpand, LLC and Uni-Knee, LLC), to repay an existing member loan (in the amount of
$1.2 million) and for transaction expenses, and expects to use the remaining funds to accelerate
its research and product development.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the closing of the Merger, each Cardo Medical unit
issued and outstanding was converted into and exchanged for the right to receive 667,204.70995
shares of Common Stock. As a result of the Merger, the Issuers shareholders and optionholders own
approximately 5.5% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis (or 11,298,979 shares of Common
Stock outstanding and underlying options), the members of Cardo Medical (which includes the
Reporting Person), excluding the new investors, own approximately 64.8% of the combined company on
a fully diluted basis (or 133,440,942 shares of Common Stock), the new investors own approximately
28.5% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis (or 58,641,701 shares of Common Stock), and
optionholders of Cardo Medical own approximately 1.2% of the combined company on a fully diluted
basis (or 2,398,400 shares of Common Stock underlying those options).
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Issuer will propose to its shareholders an
amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to change its name from clickNsettle.com, Inc. to
Cardo Medical, Inc. The Issuers trading symbol is CKST.OB, which the Issuer expects to change
in connection with the name change. The Issuer intends to apply to have its shares listed on the
American Stock Exchange.
In addition, 10 days after filing and transmitting an Information Statement to the Issuers
shareholders (approximately September 18, 2008) pursuant to Section 14(f) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 14f-1 thereunder (the Information Statement), the
Board of Directors of Cardo Medical initially will consist of five directors appointed by the
Reporting Person and two directors appointed by Phillip Frost, M.D. The Reporting Person, an
orthopedic surgeon, will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the combined company and as its
Chairman of the Board 10 days after the Issuer files the Information Statement and transmits it to
its shareholders.
Except to the extent the foregoing disclosure set forth in this Item 4 may be deemed a plan or
proposal, the Reporting Person does not have any plans or proposals which relate to, or could
result in, any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of Item 4 of
Schedule 13D. The Reporting Person may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider
his position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
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As of the date of the filing of this statement, the Reporting Person beneficially
owns 61,823,189 shares of Common Stock, which is approximately 30.4% of the Common Stock
believed to be outstanding. The Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive power
with respect to these shares. The percentage indicated in this Item 5 is based on
203,360,222 total shares outstanding of Common Stock as of September 8, 2008. |
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The Reporting Persons responses to Items 3 and 4 to this statement are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Item 5. |
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None. |
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Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer
As security for the customary indemnification obligations of Cardo Medical to the Issuer, 10.0% of
the Issuers shares issued in connection with the Merger to the historical members of Cardo Medical
(i.e., the members of Cardo Medical (including the Reporting Person) prior to the admission of the
new investors) will be held in escrow by a third-party escrow agent pursuant to an Escrow Agreement
until August 28, 2009, which shares will thereafter be released except with respect to a number of
escrowed shares as determined by the Issuers Board of Directors to be necessary to satisfy any
unresolved claim until the claim is fully and finally resolved. Of the shares of Common Stock held
by the Reporting Person, 6,182,319 will be held in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
In connection with the Merger, the officers and directors of the combined company and certain of
their family members, as well as each Cardo Medical member owning 5% or more of the outstanding
capital stock of the Issuer, including the Reporting Person and his family members, entered into
lockup agreements. Each lockup agreement provides that the shares of Common Stock issued in the
Merger may not be, directly or indirectly, sold for a period of two years following completion of
the Merger. All of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as
reported in this statement are subject to the lockup agreement.
The summary discussion of material terms of the Merger Agreement set forth in this statement is
qualified by reference to the Merger Agreement and its amendment, copies of which are attached as
Exhibit 2.1 to the June Form 8-K and Exhibit 2.2 to the Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on September 8, 2008 (the September Form 8-K) and are incorporated herein by reference. The
summary discussion of material terms of the Escrow Agreement and the Lockup Agreements set forth
above is qualified by reference to those agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1
and 10.2, respectively, to the September Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Other than as set forth in Items 4 and 5 and in this Item 6, the Reporting Person does not have any
other contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships that are required to be reported by
Item 6 of Schedule 13D.
Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits
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Exhibit 1
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Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of June 18, 2008, by and among the
Issuer, Cardo Medical and Cardo Acquisition (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1
to the June Form 8-K). |
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Exhibit 2
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First Amendment to Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of August 29,
2008, by and among the Issuer, Cardo Medical and Cardo Acquisition (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the September Form 8-K). |
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Exhibit 3
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Form of Lockup Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the September Form 8-K). |
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Exhibit 4
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Escrow Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2008, by and among Chicago Title
Company, the Issuer, the Reporting Person and Mikhail Kvitnitsky (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the September Form 8-K). |
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Exhibit 5
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Power of Attorney, dated September 8, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Form 3
filed by the Reporting Person on September 8,
2008). |
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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Dated: September 8, 2008 |
/s/ Andrew A. Brooks, M.D.
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Andrew A. Brooks, M.D. |
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