-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QqIXbfl+xxdDkS6zzAp25/mZTWfnyM0Nl7hp6AdilMM8RcZ1xsiWOFEHW417uScV wncIBJO6dqhHCcazJz7hNw== 0000950123-09-047688.txt : 20091001 0000950123-09-047688.hdr.sgml : 20091001 20091001161545 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-047688 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091001 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Steel Vault Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001037417 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING, COLLECTION AGENCIES [7320] IRS NUMBER: 112889809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22693 FILM NUMBER: 091098927 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1690 S CONGRESS AVENUE, STE 200 CITY: DELRAY BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33445 BUSINESS PHONE: 5618058000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1690 S CONGRESS AVENUE, STE 200 CITY: DELRAY BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33445 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IFTH ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INFOTECH USA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030410 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SYSCOMM INTERNATIONAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970408 DEFA14A 1 c90698defa14a.htm DEFA14A DEFA14A
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VeriChip Corporation Regains NASDAQ Compliance

Company complies with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market

DELRAY BEACH, FL – October 1, 2009 – VeriChip Corporation (“VeriChip” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHIP) today announced that it received notification from The NASDAQ Stock Market that it has regained compliance with the minimum $1.00 per share bid price requirement, and further, that it currently complies with all other applicable standards for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market.

NASDAQ’s notice follows its earlier communication in mid-July 2009 that the Company would be afforded 180 calendar days, beginning on August 3, 2009, to address the Company’s non-compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the Company’s common stock needed to evidence a closing bid price of at least $1.00 per share or more for a period of at least 10 consecutive trading days. On September 29, 2009, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was $2.61 per share, the tenth consecutive trading day on which the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was above $1.00 per share.

About VeriChip Corporation
VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, has developed the VeriMed™ Health Link System for rapidly and accurately identifying people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip and corresponding personal health record, cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

On September 8, 2009, VeriChip Corporation announced it agreed to acquire Steel Vault Corporation (OTCBB: SVUL) to form PositiveID Corporation. PositiveID will provide identification technologies and tools to protect consumers and businesses. The companies expect the merger to close in the fourth quarter of 2009.

For more information on VeriChip, please call 1-800-970-2447, or e-mail info@verichipcorp.com. Additional information can be found online at www.verichipcorp.com.

Statements about VeriChip’s future expectations, including that the companies expect the merger to close in the fourth quarter of 2009, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and VeriChip’s actual results could differ materially from expected results. Additional information about these and other factors that could affect the Company’s business is set forth in the Company’s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in the Company’s 10-K filed on February 12, 2009, under the caption “Risk Factors.” The Company undertakes no obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

 

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Additional Information and Where to Find It

On September 8, 2009, VeriChip and Steel Vault issued a joint press release announcing the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, among VeriChip, Steel Vault and VeriChip Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriChip (the “Acquisition Subsidiary”), pursuant to which the Acquisition Subsidiary will be merged with and into Steel Vault, with Steel Vault surviving and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriChip (the “Merger”). Upon the consummation of the Merger, each outstanding share of Steel Vault’s common stock will be converted into 0.5 shares of VeriChip common stock.

In connection with the Merger, VeriChip filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will contain a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus of VeriChip and Steel Vault. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully because they contain important information about VeriChip, Steel Vault and the proposed transaction. The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site (www.sec.gov). In addition, investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of other documents filed by VeriChip or Steel Vault by directing a written request, as appropriate, to VeriChip at 1690 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Delray Beach, Florida 33445, Attention: Investor Relations, or to Steel Vault at 1690 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Delray Beach, Florida 33445, Attention: Investor Relations. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the other relevant materials before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed transaction.

VeriChip, Steel Vault and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction.

Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the proposed transaction will be included in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus referred to above. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of VeriChip is also included in VeriChip’s Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 12, 2009. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of Steel Vault is also included in Steel Vault’s proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) for the 2009 annual meeting of Steel Vault’s stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009, as amended. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) and by contacting Investor Relations at the addresses above.

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Contact:
Allison Tomek
561-805-8000
atomek@verichipcorp.com

 

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