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POTP - Sector: Healthcare --- Industry: Medical Instruments & Supplies

Started by setravis, January 01, 2006, 10:05:57 PM

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lylakaveli

Here is the rub....you're not investing in this company

There is a reverse merger that is happening with the below company--DARA BioSciences

This is where you want to do your research--http://www.darabiosciences.com/

It's late...so here is the skinny

First read this----

Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board
Nationally featured by such renowned publications as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine as an authority on his industries, Mr. Gorlin founded several highly successful biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the last 25 years. Those companies include Hycor Biomedical, Inc., Theragenics Corporation, CytRx Corporation, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, EntreMed, Inc., Surgi-Vision, Inc., DARA BioSciences, Inc., and Medivation, Inc.

This is the guy that Founded and leads the company...very important you remeber him and google him

THIS GUY IS THE REAL DEAL

Google all the companies in the above paragraph...as you can see all are successful..some INCREDIBLY so

Now he has this company Dora...and he feels this is the right time to take it public

He finds a company that is virtually a shell..on the verge of BK

He does (doing) a reverse merger (here is a link to find some quick facts and advantages ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY A COMPANY WITH LOSSES (CAN YOU SAY LOSS CARRYFORWARD ;>) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_merger

Oh did I mention that POTP..this stock is on NASD (not OTC)
and Steve..sorry Mr Gorlin...is VERY wealthy..has (as you can see) GREAT experience taking and running publicly traded companies

One of his holdings is one of his companies MDVN..here is SEC excerpt

a) The aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person is 2,818,607, which represents beneficial ownership of the Reporting Person of approximately 23.6% of the Common Stock

Worth a cool 63MILLION in that co ALONE

OH did I meniton MDVN has a 600MILLION market cap and NEGATIVE revs..never made a penny and only 27M sharesOS!!!!!

Why is that significant...BEACUSE IT PROVES HE HAS THE FUNDING TO CARRYOUT BUS GROWTH With no dilution and HE HAS SOME SERIOUS CONNECTIONS AND MARKET TRUSTS HIM TO BRING HOME A WINNER

OK---Here is my summary

Reverse merger to go through Next Jan (2.5 months)
He wants to keep the stock listed on Nas (so price to keep it on needs to be over 1.00 and I am sure he wants it much higher)

Instituions know and love this guy (check out MDVN) http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=MDVN

the stock just rose alittle over 1000% BUT THIS IS A REVERSE MERGER...not like you are buying into a stock that went up on good news...this is more like owning ERF and Motorola buys them..so don;t let the increase fool you AND EXPECT A BIG DOWN TREND

TOday on level 2, at then end of the day there was over a 1 Million buy order at .36..stock rose to .37 on that last minute pressure and is in .38 in after hours (which I really don't trust afetr hours too much..but something to note)

After the hUge increase you would expect a down day...and it was most fo the day..until the end..pretty incredible

I am looking for .30-.50 range...then as it gets nearer to Jan and or if there is some progression news on the merger...we climb to the 1.00 plus area

Then who knows

Only 40 Million shares on this

And last but not least---DoRa just got an announcement (on Oct 10 in the SEC filing but just released in a PR on the 17th as they just announced the merger on the 10th)---they just got a lisc agreement with ...with...I won't ruin the surprise..here is the link http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071017/clw008b.html?.v=1

i HAVE BEEN RIDING THIS STOCK AND HAVE BEEN BUYIN BIG TODAY AND LOOK TO DO SO

ENJOY...and DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!!

setravis

Ready to move, give me some more volume !

52wk Range: 0.03 - 1.33
Volume: 353,967
Avg Vol (3m): 2,516,160

Technicals
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
-13.22%below 13-day MA
2.82%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: N/A 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $8.65 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: N/A
Last Analyst Rating: Sector Perform




POINT THERAPEUTICS (NasdaqCM:POTP)   

After Hours: 0.20  0.01 (2.56%) as of 7:05PM ET on 11/15/07

"Success loves to hide behind challenges.
Embrace the challenge, enjoy the journey."

Do your own DD and invest based on your DD, not mine !

Semper Fi
S.E.Travis


satyajeetahuja

Anyone has any idea about this share.
Over the day it has fluctuated a lot.
Is there a news / announcement....


satyajeetahuja

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Material Modification to


Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Effective as of the close of business on February 12, 2008, DARA BioSciences, Inc., formerly known as Point Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), completed the merger transaction contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated October 9, 2007, as amended December 19, 2007 (the "merger agreement"), between the Company, DP Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), and DARA BioSciences, Inc., a privately held development-stage pharmaceutical company ("DARA").

Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, immediately prior to the consummation of the merger the Company effected a reverse stock split of the Company's common stock. Pursuant to this reverse stock split, each 40 shares of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the merger was converted into one share of Company common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, each share of DARA common stock and preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger ceased to be outstanding and was converted into the right to receive 1.031406 shares of Company common stock, plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares.

As a result of the transaction, Merger Sub merged with and into DARA, with DARA surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The requisite stockholder votes were received at the DARA special meeting held on January 28, 2008 and the Point annual meeting held on February 12, 2008. Upon consummation of the merger and pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, the Company changed its name to DARA BioSciences, Inc. The Company's common stock will continue to trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "DARA."

Additional disclosure, including information regarding the merger agreement, the merger, the Company and DARA, is included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-147609, on November 26, 2007, as amended on December 17, 2007 (the "joint proxy statement/prospectus"), which is incorporated herein by reference.

A copy of the news release announcing the completion of the merger is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.



Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

As a result of the completion of the reverse stock split described in Item 2.01, holders of certificates representing pre-split shares of Company common stock will be asked to surrender their certificates representing such pre-split shares of Company common stock to receive new certificates representing post-split shares of Company common stock. As a result of the completion of the merger described in Item 2.01, holders of certificates representing shares of DARA common stock and preferred stock will be asked to surrender their certificates representing such shares of DARA common stock and preferred stock to receive new certificates representing shares of Company common stock. The form of stock certificate that will represent the shares of the Company's common stock to be issued pursuant to the reverse stock split and the merger is filed with this report as Exhibit 4.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.



Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

On February 12, 2008, as a result of the completion of the merger described in Item 2.01, which such description is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01, the former DARA stockholders, together with the holders of the converted DARA options and DARA warrants, received shares of Company common stock, warrants and options, representing in the aggregate 96.4% of the outstanding shares of Company common stock, on a fully diluted basis, immediately following the closing of the merger.



Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

In accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, effective at the closing of the merger, each of Timothy J. Barberich, Richard J. Benjamin, Thomas M. Clafin II, Donald R. Kiepert, Jr., Larry G. Pickering and Daniel T. Roble resigned as a director of the Company.

Election of Directors

At the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held February 12, 2008, the Company's stockholders elected the following six directors to fill the vacancies created by the resignations described above: Thomas W. D'Alonzo, Kurt M. Eichler, Richard A. Franco, Sr., R.Ph., Steve Gorlin, W. Hamilton Jordan and Stuart C. McWhorter. Each of these directors was formerly a member of DARA's board of directors.

Following their election, the directors were appointed to the committees of the Company's board of directors as follows.

                                                              Corporate
                             Audit     Compensation   Governance and Nominating
      Director Name        Committee    Committee             Committee

      Kurt M. Eichler          X            X

      W. Hamilton Jordan                    X                     X

      Stuart McWhorter         X                                  X

      Thomas D'Alonzo          X                                  X


Appointment of Certain Officers

Effective as of the closing of the merger described in Item 2.01, the Company
appointed new executive officers as follows.



                                       1

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Name                                                     Office(s)
Richard A. Franco, Sr., R.Ph.              Chairman, President and Chief
                                           Executive Officer
John C. Thomas, Jr.                        Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
John Didsbury, Ph.D.                       Executive Vice President and Chief
                                           Scientific Officer


Richard A. Franco, Sr., R.Ph., age 66, has served as DARA's Chairman of the Board since October, 2007 and as President, Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2007 and President and member of its board of directors since 2005. Before joining DARA in 2005, Mr. Franco served as a consultant. In 1997, Mr. Franco co-founded LipoScience, Inc., a private medical technology and diagnostics company, and served as president, CEO and chairman of that company from 1997 to 2001 and as its executive chairman until 2002. Prior to founding LipoScience, he was president, CEO and director of Trimeris, Inc., Biopharmaceutical Company (TRMS-NASDAQ). Mr. Franco currently is a director of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., (SLXP-NASDAQ) a specialty pharmaceutical company; NeoMatrix,LLC, a private medical technology company commercializing screening systems for breast cancer detection; and the Research Triangle Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Mr. Franco earned a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from St. John's University and did his graduate work in pharmaceutical marketing and management at Long Island University.

John C. Thomas, Jr., age 54, has served as DARA's Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since DARA's incorporation in 2002. Mr. Thomas has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Surgi-Vision, Inc., a private research company involved in MRI technology since 1998, MiMedx, Inc., a biotechnology company since November 2007, Cormatrix Cardiovascular, a biotechnology company since 2001, iVideotunes, Inc., a technology company since 2005, Motion Realty, Inc., a technology company since 1991, SpineMedica Corporation, a medical device company from 2005 to 2006 and GMP Companies, Inc., a private medical research company from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Thomas is also a certified public accountant and a trustee and chairman of the Finance Committee of The Walker School, a private Pre-K through 12 grade school.

John Didsbury, Ph.D., age 52, has served as DARA's Chief Scientific Officer since November 2006. Prior to joining DARA, Dr. Didsbury served as president and CEO for Nuada Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2002 to 2005, where he transformed the company from a chemistry database/service company to a highly successful drug development company in under 14 months. Prior to this, Dr. Didsbury held many senior and management positions at GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. including Head of Strategy and Operations Drug Discovery from 2000 to 2002, Disease Strategy Director from 1998 to 2000, Disease Program Leader from 1996 to 1998 and Senior Research Investigator from 1995 to 1996. A co-author of several patents and a published writer and researcher, Dr. Didsbury earned his Bachelor of Arts in biology/chemistry at University of Connecticut in 1977 and his Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology at University of Vermont Medical College in 1982.

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective as of the closing of the merger described in Item 2.01, the Company assumed the DARA BioSciences, Inc. 2003 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the "2003 Plan") and the outstanding stock options under such plan were converted into options to purchase Company common stock; provided, that, following the closing of the Merger, no further options may be granted under such plan. At the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held February 12, 2008, the Company's stockholders approved the DARA BioSciences, Inc. 2008 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the "2008 Plan").

The description of the 2008 Plan in the section of the joint proxy statement/prospectus entitled "Point Proposal 5: Approval of DARA BioSciences, Inc. 2008 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan" is incorporated herein by reference.

Copies the 2008 Plan and the 2003 Plan are filed with this report as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are hereby incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing descriptions of the 2008 Plan and the 2003 Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such plans.

Effective as of the closing of the merger described in Item 2.01, the Company succeeded to all of the rights and obligations of DARA under its employment agreements with Mssrs. Franco and Didsbury. The description such employment agreements in the section of the joint proxy statement/prospectus entitled "DARA Executive Compensation-Employment and Other Agreements with Named Executive Officers" is incorporated herein by reference.



Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

In connection with the completion of the merger described in Item 2.01, the Company amended its certificate of incorporation to effectuate the reverse stock split described in Item 2.01, to change the Company's name to DARA BioSciences, Inc. and to change the Company's registered office and registered agent in the State of Delaware. A copy of the Company's restated certificate of incorporation is filed with this report as Exhibit 3.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Effective immediately following the closing of the merger described in Item 2.01, the Company's board of directors amended and restated the Company's By-Laws in order to, among other things:

• add an advance notice provision for stockholder proposals;

• add a by-law regarding procedures for the conduct of meetings of stockholders;

• permit the giving of notices and consents by means of electronic communication;

• clarify the role of the Chairman of the Board of Directors; and

• permit the issuance of uncertificated shares.

A copy the Company's Amended and Restated By-laws is filed with this report as Exhibit 3.2 and is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the amendments to the Company's By-Laws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated By-laws.



Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Financial Statements of Business Acquired

The financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of this Current Report on Form 8-K are included in the section of the joint proxy statement/prospectus entitled "Consolidated Financial Statements of DARA" which is incorporated herein by reference.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The pro forma financial statements required by Item 9.01(b) of this Current Report on Form 8-K are included in the section of the joint proxy statement/prospectus entitled "Consolidated Financial Statements of DARA" which is incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibits

The exhibits required to be filed as a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.