Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II: Form 10-Q - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

[_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

HYDE PARK ACQUISITION CORP. II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

500 Fifth Avenue, 50th Floor, New York, New York 10110
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: 10,068,750 shares of common stock as of November 14, 2013.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

														For the Period
														February 24, 2011
		For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended						(Inception)
		September 30,						September 30,						Through
		2013			2012			2013			2012			September 30, 2013
Formation and operating costs
Legal and professional fees	$	730,234		$	34,393		$	1,082,636		$	34,393		$	1,159,986
Office expense - related party		30,000			20,000			90,000			20,000			140,000
General and administrative expenses		51,679			625			179,580			4,215			279,924
Loss from operations		(811,913	)		(55,018	)		(1,352,216	)		(58,608	)		(1,579,910	)

Interest income		14,969			12,779			56,962			12,779			94,937

Net loss	$	(796,944	)	$	(42,239	)	$	(1,295,254	)	$	(45,829	)	$	(1,484,973	)

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		3,029,968			2,516,026			3,006,210			2,090,235

Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.26	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.43	)	$	(0.02	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

										Deficit
										Accumulated
							Additional			During the			Total
	Common Stock						Paid-in			Development			Stockholders'
	Shares			Amount			Capital			Stage			Equity
Balance, February 24, 2011 (inception)	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-

Common stock issued at approximately $0.01 per share to initial stockholders, on April 28, 2011	2,156,250			216			24,784			-			25,000

Net loss for the period from February 24, 2011 (inception) through December 31, 2011	-			-						(8,222	)		(8,222	)
Balance, December 31, 2011	2,156,250			216			24,784			(8,222	)		16,778

Sale of 7,500,000 shares on August 7, 2012, net of underwriters' discount and offering costs	7,500,000			750			72,767,488			-			72,768,238

Sale of 693,750 shares to Sponsors on August 7, 2012	693,750			69			6,937,431			-			6,937,500

Forfeiture of Founders' Shares in connection with the expiration of the underwriters' over-allotment option on September 15, 2012.	(281,250	)		(28	)		28			-			-

Net proceeds subject to possible redemption of 7,088,364 shares at redemption value ⁽¹⁾	(7,088,364	)		(709	)		(74,427,113	)		-			(74,427,822	)

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2012	-			-			-			(181,497	)		(181,497	)

Balance, December 31, 2012	2,980,386		$	298		$	5,302,618		$	(189,719	)	$	5,113,197

Change in net proceeds subject to possible redemption⁽²⁾	126,676			13			1,330,085			-			1,330,098

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2013	-			-			-			(1,295,254	)		(1,295,254	)

Balance, September 30, 2013 (unaudited)	3,107,062		$	311		$	6,632,703		$	(1,484,973	)	$	5,148,041

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 2011 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, plan of arrangement, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”).

As of September 30, 2013 the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through September 30, 2013 relates to the Company’s formation, initial public offering (“Offering”), and the identification and investigation of prospective target businesses with which to consummate a Business Combination.

The registration statement for the Offering was declared effective on August 1, 2012. The Company consummated the Offering on August 7, 2012 and received proceeds net of underwriters discount of $73,312,500 and simultaneously raised $6,937,500 through the issuance of shares of common stock (“Sponsors’ Shares”) to the Company’s initial stockholders (collectively, the “Sponsors”) in a private placement (“Private Placement”) which are described in Note 4. The Company paid a total of $1,687,500 in underwriting discounts and commissions (not including deferred fees) and $544,262 for other costs and expenses related to the Offering.

Upon the closing of the Offering, $78,750,000 ($10.50 per share sold in the Offering (“Public Share”), including the proceeds of the Private Placement), was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and is invested in United States government treasury bills having a maturity of 180 days or less. Funds held in the Trust Account may also be invested in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which invest solely in U.S. treasuries, until the earlier of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s failure to consummate a Business Combination within the prescribed time. Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons or entities will execute such agreements. The Company’s executive officers have agreed that they will be jointly and severally liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for services rendered, contracted for, or products sold to the Company. However, they may not be able to satisfy those obligations should they arise. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. In addition, (1) interest income on the funds held in the Trust Account can be released to the Company to pay its income and other tax obligations and (2) interest income on the funds held in the Trust Account can be released to the Company to pay for its working capital requirements in connection with searching for a Business Combination.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to affect a Business Combination successfully.

The Company’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Markets (“NASDAQ”). Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing rules, the target business or businesses that the Company acquires must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the Trust Account, net of deferred commissions and tax obligations, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for its initial Business Combination, although the Company may acquire a target business whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the Trust Account balance.

Note 1 — Organization, Plan of Business Operations and Liquidity, continued

The Company will either seek stockholder approval of any Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which stockholders may seek to convert their shares of common stock into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable), or provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares of common stock to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable). The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, solely if stockholder approval is sought, a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company intends to consistently maintain its net tangible assets at the threshold level of $5,000,001. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Public Stockholder (defined as a holder of Public Shares, including the Company’s Sponsors to the extent the Sponsors purchase Public Shares, provided that their status as “public stockholders” shall only exist with respect to such Public Shares), together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) (3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) will be restricted from seeking conversion rights with respect to 20% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent. In order to determine whether a stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with another stockholder, each Public Stockholder seeking to exercise conversion rights will be required to certify whether such stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with any other stockholder. These certifications, together with any other information relating to stock ownership available at that time, will be the sole basis on which the above-referenced determination is made. If it is determined that a stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with any other stockholder, the stockholder will be notified of the determination and will be offered an opportunity to dispute the finding. The final determination as to whether a stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with any other stockholder will ultimately be made in good faith by the Company’s board of directors. In connection with any stockholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the Sponsors have agreed (1) to vote any of their respective Founders’ Shares (See Note 6), Sponsors’ Shares and any Public Shares they may have acquired in the Offering or the aftermarket in favor of the initial Business Combination and (2) not to convert any of their respective Founders’ Shares and Sponsors’ Shares in connection with any vote on a Business Combination. The Sponsors have also agreed not to sell any of their respective Founders’ Shares and Sponsors’ Shares to the Company pursuant to any tender offer described above.

The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company will continue in existence only until May 1, 2014. If the Company has not completed a Business Combination by such date, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding shares held by the Public Stockholders, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest but net of franchise taxes and income taxes payable with respect to interest earned on the Trust Account, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares (defined as shares of the Company’s common stock sold in Offering (whether they are purchased in the Offering or thereafter in the open market), which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, the Public Stockholders will be entitled to receive a full pro rata interest in the Trust Account ($10.50 per Public Share as of September 30, 2013, plus any pro rata interest earned on the Trust Fund, net of taxes, not previously released to the Company).

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had $549,691 in cash and cash equivalents. Investment securities in the Trust Account as of September 30, 2013 consisted of $78,755,982 in United States treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less, and $235 in cash equivalents. Except as set forth below, funds held in the Trust Account will be not be released to the Company until the earlier of (i) the completion of its initial Business Combination, or (ii) the redemption of 100% of its outstanding public shares in the event it has not completed a Business Combination in the required time period. Interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account may be released to the Company to pay its income or other tax obligations, and any remaining interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be used for the Company’s working capital requirements.

Note 1 — Organization, Plan of Business Operations and Liquidity, continued

The Company expects that the funds not held in the Trust Account, plus the interest earned on the Trust Account balance (net of income and other tax obligations) that may be released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements (which is anticipated to be approximately $87,000) will be sufficient to allow the Company to operate for at least the next 7 months, assuming that a Business Combination is not consummated during that time. The Company anticipates that it will incur approximately $604,000 in costs to search for a Business Combination candidate and operate its business during that time.

If the actual amount of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating its initial Business Combination is more than the Company’s estimates to do so, or if the amount available from interest earned on the Trust Account is less than expected, the Company may have insufficient funds in order to operate its business prior to an initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate an initial Business Combination or because the Company becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of its public shares upon consummation of its initial Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. There can be no assurance that the Company can issue additional securities or incur debt on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2013. For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2013.

The Company is considered to be a development stage company, and, as such, the Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 915 “Development Stage Entities”. The Company is subject to all of the risks associated with development stage companies.

Cash: The Company maintains its cash with high credit quality financial institutions. At times, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents may be uninsured or in deposit accounts that exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limit. As of September 30, 2013, substantially all of the Company’s funds were held at one financial institution.

Cash Equivalents: The Company considers all short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

The amounts held in the Trust Account represent substantially all of the proceeds of the Offering and are classified as restricted assets since such amounts can only be used by the Company in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination.

As of September 30, 2013, investment securities held in the Trust Account consisted of $78,755,982 in United States Treasury Bills, which mature on August 8, 2013 and $235 of cash equivalents. The Company classifies its United States Treasury securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC 320 “Investments – Debt and Equity Securities”. Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheet and are adjusted for the accretion of discounts.

Restricted Investments and Cash Equivalents Held in Trust Account, continued

A decline in the market value of held-to-maturity securities below cost that is deemed to be other than temporary, results in an impairment that reduces the carrying costs to such securities’ fair value. The impairment is charged to earnings and a new cost basis for the security is established. To determine whether an impairment is other than temporary, the Company considers whether it has the ability and intent to hold the investment until a market price recovery and considers whether evidence indicating the cost of the investment is recoverable outweighs evidence to the contrary.

Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related held-to-maturity security as an adjustment to yield using the effective-interest method. Such amortization and accretion is included in the “interest income” line item in the statements of operations. Interest income is recognized when earned.

The carrying amount, gross unrealized holding gains and fair value of held-to-maturity securities at September 30, 2013 are as follows:

Loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Common shares subject to possible redemption of 6,961,688 and 7,101,632 shares at September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the trust earnings. Weighted average shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were reduced for the effect of an aggregate 281,250 shares of common stock that were forfeited on September 15, 2012, the date upon which the underwriters’ over-allotment option expired (See Note 6).

The Company accounts for its shares subject to possible redemption or tender in accordance with the guidance enumerated in ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”. Shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common shares (including shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered by the Company to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the shares subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company is required to file income tax returns in the United States (federal) and in various state and local jurisdictions. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements. Since the Company was incorporated on February 24, 2011, the evaluation was performed for the tax years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, which are the only periods subject to examination. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to its financial position.

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such expense as a component of income tax expense. There were no amounts accrued for penalties or interest as of or during the period from February 24, 2011 (inception) through September 30, 2013. Management is currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviations from its position.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Company evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date of September 30, 2013 through the date which the financial statements were available to be publicly issued. Based upon the review, the Company did not identify any recognized or non-recognized subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

On August 7, 2012, the Company sold 7,500,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $10.00 per share generating gross proceeds of $75,000,000 in the Offering.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement with the sale of 693,750 Sponsors’ Shares to the Sponsors at a price of $10.00 per share, generating total proceeds of $6,937,500. The Sponsors’ Shares are identical to the shares of common stock sold in the Offering. However, the purchasers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Sponsors’ Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination.

The Sponsors are entitled to registration rights with respect to their Founders’ Shares and the Sponsors’ Shares, as well as any shares issued in payment of working capital loans made by the Sponsors or their affiliates to the Company, pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of the Founders’ Shares are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the securities are to be released from escrow. The holders of the Sponsors’ Shares or shares issued in payment of working capital loans are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the Sponsors have certain “piggyback” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

The Company entered into an agreement with the underwriters of the Offering (the “Underwriting Agreement”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company paid 2.25% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, or $1,687,500, as underwriting discounts and commissions upon closing of the Offering.

The Company will also pay the underwriters in the Offering a deferred underwriting discount (“Deferred Commission”) of 2.75% of the gross proceeds of the Offering which is held in the Trust Account. The amount of any aggregate Deferred Commissions paid to the underwriters will be reduced by the amount of any Deferred Commission earned on shares of common stock which have been converted or tendered in connection with the completion of an initial Business Combination.

The Company presently occupies office space provided by an affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Such affiliate has agreed that, until the Company consummates a Business Combination or is required to be liquidated, it will make such office space, as well as certain office and secretarial services, available to the Company, as may be required by the Company from time to time. The Company has agreed to pay such affiliate an aggregate of $10,000 per month for such services commencing on August 1, 2012. During the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 the Company paid $30,000 and $20,000, during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 the Company paid $90,000 and $20,000, and for the period from February 24, 2011 (inception) through September 30, 2013, the Company paid $140,000, respectively, to the aforementioned affiliate, which is reflected in the Statement of Operations as Office expense - related party.

On June 1, 2013, the Company engaged a consultant to assist the Company with its evaluation of potential Business Combination candidates. This consultant will be paid $5,000 per month. Upon the Company consummating a Business Combination, the Company would be required to pay the consultant an additional $10,000 per month, for each month of service provided.

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, there are no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. In connection with the organization of the Company, on April 28, 2011, a total of 2,524,391 shares of the Company’s common stock were sold to the Sponsors at a price of approximately $0.01 per share for an aggregate of $25,000 (“Founders’ Shares”). Effective July 1, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock dividend of approximately 0.139 shares for each outstanding share of common stock. On October 26, 2011, the Sponsors contributed an aggregate of 718,750 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s capital at no cost to the Company. Share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the effect of the stock dividend and the Sponsors’ contribution to capital. The holders of the majority of the Founders’ Shares are entitled to demand that the Company register these shares at any time commencing three months prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of a Business Combination.

On September 15, 2012, an aggregate of 281,250 Founders’ Shares were forfeited upon the underwriters’ election not to exercise their over-allotment option, resulting in the Sponsors owning an aggregate of 1,875,000 Founders shares.

As of September 30, 2013, 10,068,750 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding, including 6,961,688 shares of common stock subject to possible conversion or tender.

The Founders’ Shares were placed into an escrow account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as escrow agent. Subject to certain limited expectations, these shares will not be transferable during the escrow period. Such shares will be released from escrow on the first anniversary of the closing date of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon the occurrence of certain events.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II, except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

We are a Delaware blank check company in the development stage, formed on February 24, 2011 to serve as a vehicle to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, plan of arrangement, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business are not limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we are currently focusing on companies in the United States operating in various industries including infrastructure, logistics and distribution and manufacturing.

We presently have no revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation costs and have no other operations other than the active solicitation of a target business with which to complete a business combination. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from our officers and directors to fund our operations.

The registration statement for our initial public offering (“Offering”) was declared effective on August 1, 2012. We consummated the Offering on August 7, 2012 and received proceeds net of underwriters discount of $72,768,238 and simultaneously raised $6,937,500 through the issuance of shares of common stock (“Sponsors’ Shares”) to the Company’s initial stockholders (collectively, the “Sponsors”) in a private placement (“Private Placement”). Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Offering and Sponsors’ Shares, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

Upon the closing of the Offering, $78,750,000 ($10.50 per share sold in the Offering (“Public Shares”), including the proceeds of the Private Placement, is held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and was invested in United States government treasury bills having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions.

We have neither engaged in any business operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our entire activity from inception up to the closing of our Offering on August 7, 2012 was in preparation for that event. Subsequent to the Offering, our activity has been limited to the evaluation of business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination. We expect to generate small amounts of non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents. Interest income is not expected to be significant in view of current low interest rates on risk-free investments (treasury securities). We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. We expect our expenses to increase substantially after this period.

We incurred net losses of $796,944 and $42,239 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and $1,295,254 and $45,829 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Total net losses incurred from February 24, 2011 (inception) through September 30, 2013 were $1,484,973. Costs incurred since inception consist primarily of legal and professional fees associated with preparing our registration statement for the Offering and thereupon becoming a public company registrant, our efforts to locate a suitable target business combination candidate and performing due diligence on such candidates. During the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and during the period from February 24, 2011 (inception) through September 30, 2013, we also incurred $30,000, $20,000, $90,000, $20,000, and $140,000, respectively, of office expenses payable to an affiliate of our Chief Executive Officer. Until we consummate a business combination, we will not have revenues.

As of September 30, 2013, we had $549,691 in cash and cash equivalents. Investment securities in the Trust Account as of September 30, 2013 consisted of $78,755,982 in United States treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less, and $235 in cash equivalents. Funds held in the Trust Account will be not be released to us until the earlier of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, or (ii) the redemption of 100% of our outstanding public shares in the event we have not completed a business combination in the required time period. Interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account may be released to us to pay our income or other tax obligations, and any remaining interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be used for our working capital requirements.

After deducting $1,687,500 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $190,650 in offering expenses, the total net proceeds to us from the Offering and sale of Sponsors’ Shares were $80,059,350. Of this amount, $78,750,000 was deposited into the Trust Account. From the proceeds that were not placed into the Trust Account, $100,000 was used to pay the loans received from our officers, and $353,612 was used to pay expenses related to the Offering.

We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement described above, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to affect our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our initial business combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.

We believe that the funds not held in the Trust Account, plus the interest earned on the Trust Account balance (net of income and other tax obligations) that may be released to us to fund our working capital requirements (which we anticipate will be approximately $87,000) will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 7 months, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination. We anticipate that we will incur approximately:

If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the Trust Account is less than we expect as a result of the current interest rate environment, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. In the current economic environment, it has become especially difficult to obtain acquisition financing. Following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations. There can be no assurance that we can issue additional securities or incur debt on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

The net proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive and financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter of 2013 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

In April 2011, we issued 2,524,391 shares of common stock to our Sponsors for $25,000 in cash, at a purchase price of approximately $0.01 share, in connection with our organization, as follows:

In May 2011, Edward Levy transferred an aggregate of 51,230 shares to Walter McLallen at the same purchase price originally paid by him for such shares. In June 2011, Laurence S. Levy transferred an aggregate of 583,004 shares to NMJ Trust II, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Levy’s minor children.

In July 2011, we effected a stock dividend of approximately 0.139 shares for each outstanding share of common stock.

In October 2011, our Sponsors contributed an aggregate of 718,750 shares of our common stock to our capital, resulting in our Sponsors owning an aggregate of 2,156,250 Founders’ Shares. The Sponsors received no consideration for this contribution. Such contribution was made solely to maintain the Sponsors’ collective 20% ownership interest in our shares of common stock based on the current size of our initial public offering. Thereafter, our Sponsors transferred an aggregate of 534,502 shares to certain third parties in private transfers at the same price originally paid by the Sponsors for the transferred shares. In July 2012, Mr. Levy and NMJ Trust II each transferred an aggregate of 133,060 shares to The Springbok Irrevocable Trust in private transfers at the same price originally paid by the Sponsors for the transferred shares. On September 15, 2012, an aggregate 281,250 Founders’ Shares were forfeited upon the underwriters’ election not to exercise their over-allotment option, resulting in the Sponsors owning an aggregate of 1,875,000 Founders’ Shares.

All such shares were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as they were sold to accredited investors.

On August 7, 2012, we consummated the Offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock. The shares were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per share, generating gross proceeds of $75,000,000. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as the sole book-running manager of the initial public offering. EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. served as a co-manager. The shares sold in the Offering were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-174030). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective on August 1, 2012.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the Offering, we consummated the Private Placement of 693,750 Sponsors’ shares at $10.00 per share, generating total proceeds of $6,937,500. These issuances were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

After deducting $1,687,500 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $190,650 in offering expenses, the total net proceeds to us from the Offering and sale of Sponsors’ Shares were $80,059,350. Of this amount, $78,750,000 was deposited into the Trust Account. From the proceeds not placed in the Trust Account, we paid an additional $353,612 in expenses related to the Offering.

For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in the Offering, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.

* As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Balance Sheets	1
Condensed Statements of Operations	2
Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity	3
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows	4
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements	5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	12
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	14
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	14
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	15
Item 6. Exhibits	17

		As of September 30,			As of December 31,
		2013			2012
		(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	549,691		$	743,748
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		-			89,628
Total current assets		549,691			833,376

Restricted investments and cash equivalents held in Trust Account		78,756,217			78,787,269
Total assets	$	79,305,908		$	79,620,645


LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accrued liabilities	$	890,231		$	14,978
Accrued Delaware franchise tax		169,912			64,648
Total liabilities		1,060,143			79,626

Commitments

Common Stock, subject to possible conversion or tender, 6,961,688 and 7,088,364 shares at conversion value at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively⁽¹⁾		73,097,724			74,427,822

Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding		-			-
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 3,107,062 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 6,961,688 shares subject to possible conversion or tender) at September 30, 2013 and 2,980,386 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 7,088,364 shares subject to possible conversion or tender) at December 31, 2012.		311			298
Additional paid-in capital		6,632,703			5,302,618
Deficit accumulated during the development stage		(1,484,973	)		(189,719	)
Total stockholders’ equity		5,148,041			5,113,197

Total liabilities, redeemable common stock and stockholders’ equity	$	79,305,908		$	79,620,645

								For the Period
		For the Nine Months Ended						February 24, 2011
		September 30,						(Inception) Through
		2013			2012			September 30, 2013

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net Loss	$	(1,295,254	)	$	(45,829	)	$	(1,484,973	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Accretion of discount on investments held in trust		(56,022	)		(12,600	)		(93,291	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		89,628			(19,031	)		-
Accrued liabilities		980,517			(45,896	)		1,060,143
Net cash used in operating activities		(281,131	)		(123,356	)		(518,121	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of restricted investments and cash equivalents held in Trust Account		(157,498,926	)		-			(236,248,926	)
Proceeds from the maturity of restricted investments and cash equivalents held in Trust Account		157,586,000			(78,750,000	)		157,586,000
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		87,074			(78,750,000	)		(78,662,926	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of notes payable to stockholders		-			(100,000	)		-
Proceeds from the issuance of Founders' Shares		-			-			25,000
Proceeds from public offering, net of offering costs		-			73,121,850			73,121,850
Proceeds from the issuance of Sponsors' Shares		-			6,937,500			6,937,500
Payment of offering costs		-			(149,091	)		(353,612	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		-			79,810,259			79,730,738

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(194,057	)		936,903			549,691
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning		743,748			2,257			-
Cash and cash equivalents - ending	$	549,691		$	939,160		$	549,691

(1)	For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, share amounts excluded an aggregate of 281,250 shares that were subject to forfeiture. These shares were forfeited on September 22, 2012 (See Note 6).
(2)	For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, share amounts excluded shares subject to possible conversion or tender, which as of September 30, 2013 and 2012 were 6,961,688 and 7,101,632, respectively.

(1)	As a result of changes in the Company's net tangible assets, a total of 7,088,364 shares of common stock were subject to conversion or tender at December 31, 2012.
(2)	As a result of changes in the Company's net tangible assets, a total of 6,961,688 shares of common stock were subject to conversion or tender at September 30, 2013.

				Gross
				Unrealized
		Carrying		Holding
		Amount		Gains		Fair Value
Held-to-maturity:
U.S. Treasury Bills	$	78,755,982	$	8,443	$	78,764,425

	Number of
Name	Shares	Relationship to Us
Laurence S. Levy	1,166,008	Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Sponsor
Edward Levy	583,034	Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Sponsor
Knott Partners, LP	268,160	Sponsor
Knott Partners Offshore Master Fund, L.P.	152,069	Sponsor
Shoshone Partners, L.P.	80,679	Sponsor
Mulsanne Partners, L.P.	33,221	Sponsor
David M. Knott	137,840	Sponsor
Matthew Campbell	68,920	Sponsor
Greg Rice	34,460	Sponsor

Exhibit No.	Description

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Schema.*
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*

Date: November 14, 2013	HYDE PARK ACQUISITION CORP. II


	By: /s/ Laurence S. Levy
	Laurence S. Levy
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer)