Form S-3, Amendment # 1
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2004

Commission File No. 333-115031


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PAINCARE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Florida   06-1110906

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 


 

37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

407-926-6615

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

Randy Lubinsky

Chief Executive Officer

PainCare Holdings, Inc.

37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 500

Orlando, Florida 32801

407-926-6615

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


 

Copies to:

 

Brian Brodrick, Esq.

Phillips Nizer LLP

666 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10103

(212) 841-0700

 


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the Registration Statement becomes effective.


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If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box þ

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. ¨

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class

of Securities to be

Registered

  

Amount to

be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share (2)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering

Price(2)

  

Amount of

Registration

Fee


Common Stock

   3,789,024(3)   $2.87(4)   $10,874,498    $1,377.80(6)

Common Stock

   1,000,000(5)   $2.87(4)   $2,870,000    $363.63(6)

Common Stock

   912,164(7)   $2.88(8)   $2,627,033    $332.85

Total

   5,701,188   —     —      $2,074.78(6)

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, this Registration Statement also includes additional shares of common stock issuable upon stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(3) Represents (i) 1,474,926 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of $5 million in principal amount of the Registrant’s secured convertible term note due February 2007 (the “February Note”) at a fixed conversion price of $3.39 per share, (ii) 265,487 shares that would be issuable if the Registrant elects to pay interest on the February Note through the issuance of shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.39 per share, (iii) 1,736,111 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrant’s secured convertible term note due March 2007 (the “March Note” and together with the February Note, the “Notes”) at a fixed conversion price of $2.88 per share, and (iv) 312,500 shares that would be issuable if the Registrant elects to pay interest on the March Note through the issuance of shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.88 per share.

 

(4) Computed on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of common stock on the American Stock Exchange of $2.87 on April 27, 2004 as prescribed by Rule 457(c).

 

(5) Represents shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of share purchase warrants that were issued to the purchaser of the Notes, including (i) 200,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.24 per share, (ii) 150,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.58 per share, (iii) 100,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.92 per share, (iv) 233,000 warrants with an exercise price of $3.60 per share, (v) 183,000 warrants with an exercise price of $3.89 per share, and (vi) 134,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.18 per share.

 

(6) The registrant previously paid $1,741.43 of the registration fee in connection with the filing of the original registration statement.

 

(7) Represents (i) 462,164 shares of common stock that were issued in a business acquisition, and (ii) 450,000 shares that are issuable pursuant to the earnout provisions of this acquisition.

 

(8) Computed on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the common stock on the American Stock Exchange of $2.88 on May 27, 2004 as prescribed by Rule 457(c).

 

 

Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement contains a combined prospectus that also relates to 35,263,350 shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-112355). The Filing fee associated with those shares was previously paid with the earlier registration statement.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 



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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL, AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY, THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

Subject to Completion – Dated June 3, 2004

 

PROSPECTUS

 

PAINCARE HOLDINGS, INC.

40,964,538 shares of common stock

 


 

The security holders of PainCare Holdings, Inc. listed beginning on page 14 of this prospectus are offering and selling an aggregate of 40,964,538 shares of our common stock, consisting of the following:

 

  3,789,024 shares representing (i) 1,474,926 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of $5 million in principal amount of our secured convertible term note due February 2007 (the “February Note”) at a fixed conversion price of $3.39 per share and (ii) 265,487 shares that would be issuable if we elect to pay interest on the February Note through the issuance of shares of common stock at a price of $3.39 per share, (iii) 1,736,111 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of our secured convertible term note due March 2007 (the “March Note” and together with the February Note, the “Notes”) at a fixed conversion price of $2.88 per share, and (iv) 312,500 shares that would be issuable if we elect to pay interest on the March Note through the issuance of shares of common stock at a price of $2.88 per share.

 

  1,000,000 shares representing shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of share purchase warrants that were issued to the purchaser of the Notes, including (i) 200,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.24 per share, (ii) 150,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.58 per share, (iii) 100,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.92 per share, (iv) 233,000 warrants with an exercise price of $3.60 per share, (v) 183,000 warrants with an exercise price of $3.89 per share, and (vi) 134,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.18 per share.

 

  5,886,070 shares representing 120% of (i) 3,828,338 shares that are issuable upon conversion of $10 million in principal amount of our 7.5% Convertible Debentures due 2006 (the “Debentures”) at a fixed conversion price of $2.6121 per share, and (ii) 1,076,720 shares that would be issuable if we elect to pay interest on the Debentures through the issuance of shares of common stock, assuming for the purpose of this prospectus, a market value of $2.0877 per share, or 80% of the conversion price.

 

  1,515,980 shares representing 120% of the 1,263,316 shares that are issuable upon exercise of share purchase warrants that were issued to the purchasers of the Debentures, including 631,658 warrants with an exercise price of $2.730905 per share and 631,658 warrants with an exercise price of $2.84964 per share.

 

  11,080,167 shares that were issued in various private capital raising transactions, including shares that were issued upon conversion of our convertible preferred stock and notes and upon exercise of warrants.

 

  7,154,096 shares that were issued in various business acquisitions, plus 9,221,586 shares that are issuable pursuant to the earnout provisions of these acquisitions.

 

  1,317,615 shares that are issuable upon exercise of various outstanding options and warrants.

 

The shares of our common stock may be offered and sold from time to time by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus, or their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. The selling stockholders will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any, applicable to the sale of the shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares other than the exercise price payable to us upon the exercise of options and warrants held by the selling stockholders.

 

Our common stock is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PRZ”. On June 1, 2004, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $2.90 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the common stock.

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 for a discussion of certain factors that you should consider before you invest in any of the common stock being offered with this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2004

 


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

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RISK FACTORS

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A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

   13

USE OF PROCEEDS

   14

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

   14

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

   26

LEGAL MATTERS

   28

EXPERTS

   28

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

   28

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   28

 

As used in this prospectus, references to “PainCare,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PainCare Holdings, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

About This Prospectus

 

This prospectus is a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register shares of our common stock for solely by selling stockholders. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, certain parts sole of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits for further information about us and our common stock. Copies of the registration statement and its exhibits are on file with the SEC. Statements contained in this prospectus concerning the documents we have filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive, and in each instance we refer you to copy of the actual document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC.

 

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The selling stockholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of common stock.

 

About PainCare

 

PainCare Holdings, Inc. is a holding company that provides high-tech health care services through (i) our wholly owned medical practice subsidiaries, or “Owned Practices”, (ii) medical practices that we manage in States that prohibit the corporate practice of medicine, or “Managed Practices”, and (iii) medical practices where we provide certain equipment and services pursuant to specific or limited engagements, or “Limited Management Practices”. These services include pain management, minimally invasive spine surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation services to patients of our Owned Practices, Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices, (collectively the “Practices”), seeking pain relief. We have developed our “Three Pillar” business approach to provide an integrated combination of products and services to patients of the Practices seeking pain relief through pain management technologies, minimally invasive spine surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation.

 

Minimally invasive spine surgery or “band-aid” surgery is a specialized surgical technique based on currently available endoscopic technologies, which allows physicians to provide the most technically advanced treatment of back and neck pain in an outpatient environment. Orthopedic rehabilitation is a comprehensive program that advances functional restoration of the musculoskeletal system utilizing state of the art computerized MedX medical exercise machines.

 

We have two (2) profit centers:

 

(1) We acquire, in the case of Owned Practices, or manage in the case of the Managed Practices, highly profitable pain management, physiatry and orthopedic physician practices to serve as a delivery platform for our three integrated musculoskeletal services. We currently have two (2) Owned Practices providing spine surgery services, four (4) Owned Practices providing pain management services, and four (4) Managed Practices, providing pain management services.

 

(2) We also provide a turn-key orthopedic rehabilitation and electrodiagnostic medicine program for select orthopedic, neurosurgery, physiatry and pain physician practices. There are currently twenty-one (21) Limited Managed Practices, three (3) Owned Practices and four (4) Managed Practices providing these programs. The orthopedic rehabilitation program utilizes MedX state-of-the-art equipment.

 

We began our business in August 2000 through the reorganization of a predecessor corporation. We maintain our principal executive offices at 37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32801. Our telephone number is (407) 926-6615. Our Internet website addresses is as follows: www.paincareholdings.com. The information on our Internet website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus and our website address is included in this prospectus as a textual reference only.

 


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Recent Developments

 

Acquisitions

 

Our strategy is to rapidly grow by establishing a network of pain management, minimally invasive spine surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation centers, including through the acquisition and management of physicians’ practice groups in these areas. We have completed nine acquisitions since our founding in 2000, including the following six acquisitions completed since January 1, 2003:

 

Name and Nature of Business


  

Date of Purchase


  

Purchase Price


Medical Rehabilitation Specialists II P.A., a pain management practice located in Florida    May 16, 2003            $1,375,000 in cash and 1,100,000 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $2,750,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Associated Physician’s Group Ltd., a fully integrated treatment practice group located in Illinois    August 6, 2003          $1,375,000 in cash and 1,375,000 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $2,750,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Spine & Pain Center, P.C., a pain management practice located in North Dakota    December 23, 2003    $625,000 in cash and 277,778 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $1,250,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Health Care Center of Tampa, Inc., a pain management and orthopedic rehabilitation practice located in Florida    December 30, 2003    $1,937,500 in cash and 809,315 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to 3,875,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.

Christopher E. Cenac, M.D.,

d/b/a the Bone & Joint Surgical Clinic, an orthopedic medicine and pain management practice located in Louisiana

   December 31, 2003    $1,250,000 in cash and 565,048 shares of PainCare’s common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $2,500,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Kenneth M. Alo, M.D., P.A., a pain management and anesthesiology practice located in Texas    December 31, 2003    $1,750,000 in cash and 777,778 shares of PainCare’s common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $3,500,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Denver Pain Management, P.C., an interventional pain management practice located in Colorado.         $1,875,000 in cash and 667,260 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $3,750,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.
Georgia Pain Physicians, P.C. and Georgia Surgical Centers, Inc., a comprehensive pain management practice and ambulatory surgical centers located in Georgia.         $1,125,000 in cash and 462,164 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $2,500,000 in cash and common stock if certain performance goals are met.

 

In addition to the foregoing acquisitions, we purchased from Rehab Management Group, Inc., a South Carolina based corporation (“RMG”) for the consideration described below all rights, title and interest that RMG owns or acquires in and to all management fees, revenues, compensation and payments of any kind with respect to the following described electrodiagnostic management agreements with the named physician’s practice:

 

Name of Physician’s Practice


  

Date of Purchase


  

Purchase Price


Associated Physician’s Group Ltd., a fully integrated treatment practice group located in Illinois    December 31, 2003    $107,500 in cash and 107,500 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $215,000 in cash and common stock if certain earnings goals are met.
Statesville Pain Associates, P.C., a North Carolina professional corporation    December 31, 2003    $375,000 in cash and 169,683 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $750,000 in cash and common stock if certain earnings goals are met.

 

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Name of Physician’s Practice


   Date of Purchase

  

Purchase Price


Space Coast Pain Institute, P.C., a Florida professional corporation    December 31, 2003    $275,000 in cash and 124,434 shares of common stock, plus contingent payments of up to $550,000 in cash and common stock if certain earnings goals are met.

 

Debenture Offering

 

On December 18, 2003, we completed a private placement offering of $10 million in 7.5% Convertible Debentures to two institutional investors, MidSummer Investments Ltd. and Islandia L. P. The Debentures are due December 2006 and are convertible into shares of common stock at a fixed price of $2.6121 per share. Interest on the Debentures is payable in quarterly installments commencing in March 2004 in cash or stock, at our election. The investors also received warrants to purchase 1,273,316 shares of common stock. The warrants have a term of four years and are exercisable as follows: 631,658 shares at $2.730905 per share and 631,658 warrants at $2.84964 per share.

 

We agreed to and subsequently filed a resale registration statement on Form S-3, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering for resale 120% of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures, upon exercise of the warrants, and as payment of interest, if any, on the Debentures.

 

Secured Convertible Term Note Offerings

 

On March 2, 2004, we completed a $5 million private placement with Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., a private equity fund based in New York City. The financing consisted of $5 million principal amount of a secured convertible term note and warrants to purchase 450,000 shares of Common Stock. On March 22, 2004, we completed a second $5 million private placement with Laurus, consisting of $5 million principal amount of a secured convertible term note and warrants to purchase 550,000 shares of Common Stock. Laurus has also committed, subject to its sole reasonable discretion, to make available to us an additional $10 million in increments of $5 million to finance future acquisitions in accordance with a negotiated fixed price convertible debt instrument.

 

We agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-3, of which this prospectus forms a part, with the Securities and Exchange Commission by May 1, 2004, for the purpose of registering for resale the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, upon exercise of the warrants, and as payment of interest, if any, on the notes.

 

THE OFFERING

 

Common Stock offered by selling stockholders    40,964,538 shares
Use of proceeds    PainCare will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering other than the exercise price payable to us upon the exercise of warrants and options held by certain of the selling stockholders.
American Stock Exchange symbol    “PRZ”

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

You should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with all of the other information included in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Any of the following factors could harm our business and future results of operations and could result in a partial or complete loss of your investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Company and Business

 

Our Lack Of Operating History Makes Evaluating Our Future Performance Difficult And The Challenge Of Operating A Public Company Without Experience May Cause Our Business Operations And Financial Position To Be Adversely Affected.

 

Because we have been operating only since August 2000, the market will have a limited basis to evaluate our ability to develop, market and sell our products and services. Our ability to commercialize these products and services and generate operating profits and positive operating cash flow will depend principally upon our ability to:

 

  attract and retain an adequate number of patients;

 

  enter new markets and compete successfully in them;

 

  manage operating expenses;

 

  raise additional capital to fund our capital expenditure plans; and

 

  attract and retain qualified personnel.

 

Our management will be challenged with the aspects of operating a public company and with the associated regulatory and compliance issues. The diversion of the attention of management, which has little experience in operating public companies, and any difficulties encountered in the process of operating a public company could lead to possible unanticipated liabilities and costs and cause the disruption of, or a loss of momentum in, our business activities. This uncertainty may adversely affect our ability to retain some of our key employees. As a consequence, we cannot assure you that we will successfully or profitably manage our business.

 

We Have Recently Been Profitable But No Assurance Can Be Given That Such Profitability Will Continue

 

For the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 we realized net income of $1,212,906 and $750,034 respectively.

 

We expect to increase our spending significantly as we continue to expand our product and service offerings and commercialization activities. We will be dependent, in part, on the return of the market for medical products and services. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues in order to continue to grow our business and remain profitable.

 

Our Current Capital May Be Insufficient To Finance All Of Our Future Business Plans

 

We believe that our current capital will be sufficient to support our operations and planned capital expenditures (saving acquisitions) through fiscal 2004, without additional fundraising but may not be sufficient to fund all of our future business plans. Our future need for capital will depend on a number of factors, including the level of marketing activities, the amount of funding required to establish a network of minimally invasive spinal surgery and pain management clinics by purchasing, owning, establishing and expanding certain assets used in minimally invasive spine surgery and pain management; managing and developing spine treatment and pain management clinics, diagnostic and rehabilitation services and outpatient surgery facilities; and provide non-professional support services, facilities, equipment, non-professional personnel, supplies and non-professional support staff to medical practices. Moreover, our business plans may change or unforeseen events may occur which affect the amount of additional funds required by us. If we do not raise additional funds if and when required, the lack thereof could have a material adverse effect on us. Further, there is no assurance that the terms on which any funds obtained by us will be favorable to our stockholders at that time.

 

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Our Cash Flow And Financial Condition May Be Adversely Affected By The Assumption Of Credit Risks

 

Our Practices bill patients and/or their insurance carriers for services provided by the Practices and/or their physicians, including physician fees, facility fees and technical fees. By undertaking the responsibility for patient billing and collection activities, the Practices assume the credit risk presented by the patient base, as well as the risk of payment delays attendant to reimbursement through governmental programs or third party payors. If our Practices are unsuccessful in collecting a substantial amount of such fees it will have a material adverse affect on our financial condition.

 

If we are forced to repay our debentures and notes in cash, we may not have enough cash to fund our operations and may not be able to obtain additional financing.

 

Our 7.5% convertible debentures issued in December 2003 and our secured convertible term notes issued in February and March 2004, contain certain provisions and restrictions, which if violated, could result in the full principal amount together with interest and other amounts becoming immediately due and payable in cash on such securities. If such an event occurred and if a holder of such securities demanded repayment, we might not have the cash resources to repay such indebtedness when due. The debentures are repayable in 2006 with interest payable quarterly. Subject to certain conditions, the quarterly interest payments on the debentures may be paid, at our option, in cash or additional shares of our common stock. Our two secured convertible term notes are each repayable in 32 monthly installments of principal commencing on June 1, 2004 and July 1, 2004, respectively, which start at $50,000 and increase to $181,667, with a final installment of $500,000. Subject to certain conditions, the monthly principal and interest payment on the notes may be paid, at our option, in cash or additional shares of common stock. If we made the payments on the debentures and notes in cash rather than additional shares of common stock, it would reduce the amount of cash available to fund operations. The debentures and the notes contain certain restrictions upon incurring additional indebtedness. The existence of debt service obligations and the terms and anti-dilution provisions of the debentures and the notes may limit our ability to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, or at all.

 

If the investors in our recent financings convert their debentures and notes or exercise their warrants, or if we elect to pay principal and/or interest on the debentures and notes with shares of our common stock, our existing stockholders will be significantly diluted. In addition, sales of substantial amounts of our common stock could cause the market price to go down.

 

To the extent that the debentures and the notes are converted and/or the warrants that were issued with such securities are exercised, a significantly greater number of shares of our common stock will be outstanding and the interests of our existing stockholders will be substantially diluted. If these additional shares are sold into the market, it could decrease the market price of our common stock and encourage short sales. Short sales and other hedging transactions could place further downward pressure on the price of our common stock. We cannot predict whether or how many additional shares of our common stock will become issuable as a result of these provisions. Additionally, we may elect to make payments of principal of and interest on the debentures and the notes in shares of our common stock, which could result in increased downward pressure on our stock price and further dilution to our existing stockholders.

 

Our Business Plan May Not Be Scalable Or Commercially Viable And As A Result The Expected Increase In The Combined Company Value May Not Be Realized

 

There is no assurance that our business plan will ever be scalable or commercially viable and no assurance can be given that we will maintain our profitability. In addition, prospects for our profitability will be affected by expenses, operational difficulties and other factors frequently encountered in the development of a business enterprise in a competitive environment, many of which factors may be unforeseen and beyond our control. Accordingly, we may never obtain the expected growth and the value that would otherwise be expected.

 

We May Not Be Able To Keep Our Trade Secrets Confidential

 

We rely significantly upon unpatented proprietary technology, information, processes and know-how. We seek to protect this information by confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and other third-party contractors as well as through other

 

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security measures. These confidentiality agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. In addition, our trade secrets may otherwise become known or be independently developed by competitors.

 

The Loss Of Key Personnel Could Make It Difficult To Complete Existing Projects And Undertake New Projects

 

Our success is dependent upon our ability to identify, hire and retain our employees, including our physicians and a significant component of the value of the business is in the know-how and experience of our employees. If certain key employees were to leave, we may be unable to operate our business profitably, complete existing projects or undertake certain new projects.

 

In addition to our Practice physicians, our key employees and consultants include Merrill Reuter, M.D., Peter Rothbart, M.D., Randy Lubinsky, Mark Szporka, and Ron Riewold. Employment agreements have been executed with Randy Lubinsky (Chief Executive Officer and Director), Ron Riewold (President and Director), Mark Szporka (Chief Financial Officer and Director), and Dr. Merrill Reuter (President of AOSF and Chairman of the Board) A consulting agreement has been executed with Peter Rothbart, M.D. Should the services of Dr. Reuter, Dr. Rothbart, Randy Lubinsky, Ron Riewold, or Mark Szporka or other key personnel become unavailable to us for any reason, our business could be adversely affected. There is no assurance that we will be able to retain these key individuals and/or attract new employees of the caliber needed to achieve our objectives. We do not maintain any key employee life insurance policies.

 

Under the employment agreements of Mr. Lubinsky and Mr. Szporka, in the event of a change of control, they may terminate the agreement and receive a lump sum severance payment equal to 2.9 times their annual salary at date of termination. Under the employment agreement of Dr. Reuter, he is to receive a lump-sum severance payment of $500,000 if his employment is terminated “Without Cause” or if he terminates the agreement “For Cause.”

 

To date, we have experienced no difficulties in attracting key personnel and have been able to retain all such key personnel. To the best of our knowledge and belief, there are no key personnel that are planning to retire or leave PainCare in the near future.

 

Our Growth Strategy May Not Prove Viable And Expected Growth And Value May Not Be Realized

 

Our strategy is to rapidly grow by acquiring, establishing and managing a network of pain management, minimally invasive spine surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation centers. Identifying appropriate physician groups and proposing, negotiating and implementing economically attractive affiliations with them can be a lengthy, complex and costly process. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in identifying and establishing relationships with orthopedic surgery and pain management groups. If we are successful in implementing our strategy of rapid growth, such growth may impair our ability to efficiently provide non-professional support services, facilities, equipment, non-professional personnel, supplies and non-professional support staff to medical practices. Our future financial results could be materially adversely affected if we are unable to manage growth effectively.

 

There can be no assurance that physicians, medical providers or the medical community in general will accept our business strategy and adopt the strategy offered us. The extent that, and rate of which, these services achieve market acceptance and penetration will depend on many variables including, but not limited to, a timely penetration of the market, the establishment and demonstration in the medical community of the clinical safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of these services, the advantage of these services over existing technology, and third-party reimbursement practices. There can be no assurance that the medical community and third-party payors will accept our technology. Similar risks will confront any other services developed by us in the future. Failure of our services to gain market acceptance would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations

 

Growth Through Acquisitions

 

We intend to grow through acquisitions. There can be no assurance that suitable acquisitions will be available or that acquisitions can be negotiated on acceptable terms, or that the operations of acquired businesses can be integrated effectively into our existing operations. Competition for suitable acquisition candidates is expected to be intense and many of our competitors will have greater resources than us. The failure to implement our acquisition strategy could have a material adverse effect on our expected financial performance and, moreover, the attendant risks of expansion could also have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Our growth strategy will result in significant additional demands on our infrastructure, and will place a significant strain on our management, administrative, operational, financial and technical resources, and increased demands on its systems and controls. Additional capital will be needed to fund expected acquisitions and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain sufficient

 

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resources to support this planned growth strategy. The inability to continue to upgrade the operating and financial control systems, the emergence of unexpected expansion difficulties or failure to manage our proposed expansion properly could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Significant Risk Associated With Reimbursements By Third Party Payors

 

Approximately 60% of our revenues are directly dependent on the acceptance of our Practice services as covered benefits under third party payor programs, including private insurance, HMO’s and other managed care entities. The healthcare industry is undergoing significant changes, with third party payors taking measures to reduce reimbursement rates or in some cases denying reimbursement fees for previously acceptable treatment modalities. There is no assurance that third party payors will continue to pay for minimally invasive surgery services provided by our Owned Practices us under their payor programs. Failure of third party payors to adequately cover minimally invasive surgery will have a materially adverse affect on us.

 

There Are Risks Inherent In The Provision Of Medical Services Which Could Adversely Impact Our Business

 

Our Practices are involved in the delivery of healthcare services to the public and are exposed to the risk of professional liability claims. Claims of this nature, if successful, could result in damage awards to the claimants in excess of the limits of any applicable insurance coverage. Insurance against losses related to claims of this type can be expensive and varies widely from state to state. There can be no assurance that our Practices will not be subject to such claims, that any claim will be successfully defended or, if our Practices are found liable, that the claim will not exceed the limits of our insurance. Professional liability claims could have a material adverse effect on us.

 

We Have Limited Marketing And Sales Capability Which Could Adversely Affect Our Growth Plans

 

We have limited internal marketing and sales resources and personnel. In order to effectively market any services, we will have to develop a marketing and sales force with technical expertise and distribution capability (or out-source such duties to independent contractors). There can be no assurance that we will be able to establish sales and distribution capabilities or that we will be successful in gaining market acceptance for any services it may develop. There can be no assurance that we will be able to recruit and retain skilled sales, marketing, service or support personnel, that agreements with payors will be available on terms commercially reasonable to our Practices, or at all, or that our marketing and sales efforts will be successful. Failure to successfully establish a marketing and sales organization, whether directly or through third parties, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, and results of operations.

 

Our Business Is Subject To Substantial Competition Which Could Have A Material Impact On Its Business And Financial Condition

 

The healthcare industry in general, and the market for orthopedic and rehabilitation services in particular, are highly competitive. We compete with companies like HealthSouth, Inc. and U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. that are larger in size than us and have access to considerably greater financial resources than us. We compete by providing through our Practices more personalized care to the patients we serve. Our Practices compete against other contract providers on the basis of quality of services, price and reliability. In the State of Florida, in particular, competition with respect to healthcare providers is highly competitive. Our Practices rely on their reputation and service to market our services and products.

 

Failure To Obtain Managed Care Contracts And Legislative Changes Could Adversely Affect Business

 

There can be no assurance that our Practices will be able to obtain managed care contracts. Our Practices’ future inability to obtain managed care contracts in their markets could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operation. In addition, federal and state legislative proposals have been introduced that could substantially increase the number of Medicare and Medicaid recipients enrolled in HMOs and other managed care plans. We will, through our Practices, derive a substantial portion of our revenue from Medicare and Medicaid. In the event such proposals are adopted, there can be no assurance that our Practices will be able to obtain contracts from HMOs and other managed care plans serving Medicare and Medicaid enrollees. Failure to obtain such contracts could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Risks Associated With Highly Regulated Industry

 

The Health Care Industry Is Highly Regulated And Our Failure To Comply With Laws And Regulations Applicable To Us Or The Owned Practices, And The Failure Of The Managed Practices And The Limited Management Practices To Comply With Laws And Regulations Applicable To Them Could Have An Adverse Effect On Our Financial Condition And Results Of Operations.

 

Our Owned Practices, the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices are subject to substantial federal, state and local government health care laws and regulations. If we or they fail to comply with applicable laws, or if a determination is made that in the past we or the Managed Practices or the Limited Management Practices have failed to comply with these laws, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, laws and regulations are constantly changing and may impose additional requirements. These changes could have the effect of impeding our ability to continue to do business or reduce our opportunities to continue to grow.

 

Periodic Revisions To Laws And Regulations May Have The Effect Of Reducing The Revenues Generated By The Owned Practices, Managed Practices And The Limited Management Practices. This Could Have An Adverse Effect On The Company’s Revenues And Results Of Operations.

 

A source of the revenues generated by the Owned Practices, the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices is derived from governmental payors. These governmental payors have taken and may continue to take steps designed to reduce the cost of medical care. Oftentimes, private payors follow the lead of governmental payors, and private payors could also take steps to reduce the cost to them of medical care. A change in the makeup of the patient mix that results in a decrease in patients covered by private insurance or a shift by private payors to other payment structures could also adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. If reductions in reimbursement occur, the revenues generated by the Owned Practices, the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices could shrink. This shrinkage would cause a reduction in our revenues. Accordingly, our business could be adversely affected by reductions in or limitations on reimbursement amounts for medical services rendered, payor mix changes or shifts by payors to different payment structures.

 

Because government-sponsored payors generally pay providers based on a fee schedule, and the trend is for private payors to do the same, we may not be able to forestall a decrease in our revenues by increasing the amounts the Owned Practices charge for services. The same applies to the Limited Management Practices and the Managed Practices. They cannot increase their charges in an attempt to counteract reductions in reimbursement for services. There can be no assurance that any reduced operating margins could be recouped through cost reductions, increased volume, and introduction of additional procedures or otherwise. We believe that trends in cost containment in the health care industry will continue to result in reductions from historical levels of per-patient revenue.

 

Federal And State Healthcare Reform May Have An Adverse Effect On Our Financial Condition And Results Of Operations.

 

Federal and state governments have continued to focus significant attention on health care reform. A broad range of health care reform measures have been introduced in Congress and in state legislatures. It is not clear at this time what proposals, if any, will be adopted, or, if adopted, what effect, if any, such proposals would have on our business. There can be no assurance that such proposals would not have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

If The Owned Practices, Managed Practices And Limited Management Practices Do Not Appropriately Record And Bill For Services Rendered, Our Revenues Could Be Adversely Affected.

 

Because our revenues are dependent, at least in part, on the revenues generated by the Owned Practices, Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices, if physicians employed by or under contract with them do not bill for their services appropriately, our revenues could be adversely affected.

 

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Regulatory Authorities Could Assert That The Owned Practices, The Managed Practices Or The Limited Management Practices Fail To Comply With The Federal Stark Law. If Such A Claim Were Successfully Asserted, This Would Result In The Inability Of These Practices To Bill For Services Rendered, Which Would Have An Adverse Effect On Our Financial Condition And Results Of Operations. In Addition, We Could Be Required To Restructure Or Terminate Our Arrangements With These Practices. This Result, Or Our Inability To Successfully Restructure The Arrangements To Comply With The Stark Law, Could Jeopardize Our Business.

 

Section 1877 of Title 18 of the Social Security Act (commonly referred to as the “Stark Law”) prohibits a physician from making a referral to an entity for the furnishing of Medicare-covered “designated health services” if the physician (or an immediate family member of the physician) has a “financial relationship” with that entity. “Designated health services” include clinical laboratory services; physical and occupational therapy services; radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computerized axial tomography scans, and ultrasound services (including the professional component such diagnostic testing, but excluding procedures where the imaging modality is used to guide a needle, probe or catheter accurately); radiation therapy services and supplies; durable medical equipment and supplies; home health services; inpatient and outpatient hospital services; and others. A “financial relationship” is defined as an ownership or investment interest in or a compensation arrangement with an entity that provides designated health services. Sanctions for prohibited referrals include denial of Medicare payment, and civil money penalties of up to $15,000 for each service ordered. Designated health services furnished pursuant to a referral that is prohibited by Stark are not covered by Medicare and payments improperly collected must be promptly refunded.

 

The physicians in our Owned Practices have a financial relationship with the Owned Practices (they receive compensation for services rendered) and may refer patients to the Owned Practices for physical and occupational therapy services (and perhaps other designated health services) covered by Medicare. Therefore, an exception would have to apply to allow the physicians in our Owned Practices to refer patients to the Owned Practices for the provision by the Owned Practices of Medicare-covered designated health services.

 

There are several exceptions to the prohibition on referrals for designated health services which have the effect of allowing a physician that has a financial relationship with an entity to make referrals to that entity for the provision of Medicare-covered designated health services. The exception on which we rely with respect to the Owned Practices is the exception for employees, as all of the physicians employed in our Owned Practices are W-2 employees of the respective Owned Practices. Therefore, we believe that the physicians employed by our Owned Practices can refer patients to the Owned Practices for the provision of designated health services covered by Medicare. Nevertheless, should the Owned Practices fail to adhere to the conditions of the employment exception, or if a regulator determines that the employees or the employment relationship do not meet the criteria of the employment exception, the Owned Practices would be liable for violating the Stark Law, and that could have a material adverse effect on us. We believe that our relationships with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices, respectively, do not trigger the Stark Law. Nevertheless, if a regulator were somehow to determine that these relationships are subject to the Stark Law, and that the relationships do not meet the conditions of any exception to the Stark Law, such failure would have a material adverse effect on us.

 

The referral of Medicare patients by physicians employed by or under contract with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices, respectively, to their respective practices, however, does trigger the Stark Law. We believe, nevertheless, that the in-office ancillary exception to the Stark Law has the effect of permitting these physician members of the respective Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices to refer patients to their respective group practice for the provision by the respective group practice of Medicare-covered designated health services. If the Managed Practices or Limited Management Practices fail to abide by the terms of the in-office ancillary exception, they cannot properly bill Medicare for the designated health services provided by them. In such an event, our business could be materially adversely affected because the revenues we generate from these practices is dependent, at least in part, on the revenues or profits generated by those practices.

 

Regulatory Authorities Could Assert That The Owned Practices, The Managed Practices Or The Limited Management Practices, Or The Contractual Arrangements Between Us And The Managed Practices Or The Limited Management Practices, Fail To Comply With State Laws Analogous To The Stark Law. In Such Event, We Could Be Subject To Civil Penalties And Could Be Required To Restructure Or Terminate The Contractual Arrangements. This Would Have An Adverse Effect On Our Financial Condition And Results Of Operations.

 

At least some of the states in which we do business also have prohibitions on physician self-referrals that are similar to the Stark Law. These laws and interpretations vary from state to state and are enforced by state courts and regulatory authorities, each with broad discretion. As indicated elsewhere, we enter into management agreements with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices. Under those agreements, we provide management and other items and services to the practices in exchange for

 

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compensation. Although we believe that the practices comply with these laws, and although we attempt to structure our relationships with these practices in a manner that we believe keeps us from violating these laws, (or in a manner that we believe does not trigger the law) state regulatory authorities or other parties could assert that the practices violate these laws and/or that our agreements with the practices violate these laws. Any such conclusion could adversely affect our financial results and operations.

 

Regulatory Authorities Or Other Persons Could Assert That Our Relationships With Our Owned Practices, The Managed Practices Or The Limited Management Practices Fail To Comply With The Anti-Kickback Law. If Such A Claim Were Successfully Asserted, We Could Be Subject To Civil And Criminal Penalties And Could Be Required To Restructure Or Terminate The Applicable Contractual Arrangements. This, Or The Inability To Successfully Restructure The Relationships To Comply With The Anti-Kickback Law Would Have An Adverse Effect On Our Financial Condition And Results Of Operations.

 

The anti-kickback provisions of the Social Security Act prohibit anyone from knowingly and willfully (a) soliciting or receiving any remuneration in return for referrals for items and services reimbursable under most federal health care programs; or (b) offering or paying any remuneration to induce a person to make referrals for items and services reimbursable under most federal health care programs (the “Anti-Kickback Statute”). The prohibited remuneration may be paid directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind.

 

Violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute is a felony, and criminal conviction results in a fine of not more than $25,000, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Further, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary” or the “DHHS”) has the authority to exclude violators from all federal health care programs and/or impose civil monetary penalties of $50,000 for each violation and assess damages of not more than three times the total amount of remuneration offered, paid, solicited or received.

 

As the result of a congressional mandate, the Office of the Inspector General of DHHS (“OIG”) promulgated a regulation specifying certain payment practices which the OIG determined to be at minimal risk for abuse. The OIG named these payment practices “Safe Harbors.” If a payment arrangement fits within a Safe Harbor, it will be deemed not to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. Merely because a payment arrangement does not comply with all of the elements of any Safe Harbor, however, does not mean that the parties to the payment arrangement are violating the Anti-Kickback Statute.

 

We receive fees under our agreements with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices for management and administrative services and equipment and supplies. We do not believe we are in a position to make or influence referrals of patients or services reimbursed under Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs. Because the provisions of the federal anti-kickback statute are broadly worded and have been broadly interpreted by federal courts, however, it is possible that the government could take the position that we, as a result of our ownership of the Owned Practices, and as a result of our relationships with the Limited Management Practices and the Managed Practices, will be subject, directly and indirectly, to the Anti-Kickback Statute.

 

With respect to the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices, we contract with the Managed Practices to provide general management services and limited management services, respectively. In return for those services, we receive compensation. The OIG has concluded that, depending on the facts of each particular arrangement, management arrangements may be subject to the Anti-Kickback law. In particular, an advisory opinion published by the OIG in 1998 (98-4) concluded that in a proposed management services arrangement where a management company was required to negotiate managed care contracts on behalf of the practice, the proposed arrangement could constitute prohibited remuneration where the management company would be reimbursed its costs and paid a percentage of net practice revenues.

 

Our management agreements with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices differ from the management agreement analyzed in Advisory Opinion 98-4. Significantly, we believe we are not in a position to generate referrals for the Managed Practices or the Limited Management Practices. In fact, our management agreements do not require us to negotiate managed care contracts on behalf of the Managed Practices or the Limited Management Practices, or to provide marketing, advertising, public relation services or practice expansion services to those practices. Because we do not undertake to generate referrals for the Managed Practices or the Limited Management Practices, and the services provided to these practices differ in scope from those provided under Advisory Opinion 98-4, we believe that our management agreements with the Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices do not violate the Anti-Kickback law. Nevertheless, although we believe we have structured our management agreements in such a manner as not to violate the Anti-Kickback law, we cannot guarantee that a regulator would not conclude that the compensation to us under the management agreements constitutes prohibited remuneration. In such event, our operations would be materially adversely affected.

 

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The relationship between the physicians employed by the Owned Practices and the Owned Practices is subject to the Anti-Kickback Statute as well because the employed physicians refer Medicare patients to the Owned Practices and the employed physicians receive compensation from the Owned Practices for services rendered on behalf of the Owned Practices. Nevertheless, we have tried to structure our arrangements with our physician employees to meet the employment Safe Harbor. Therefore, it is our position that the Owned Practices’ arrangements with their respective employed physicians do not violate the Anti-Kickback law. Nevertheless, if the relationship between the Owned Practices and their physician employees is determined not to be a bona fide employment relationship, this could have a material adverse effect on us.

 

Our agreements with the Limited Management Practices may also raise different Anti-Kickback concerns, but we believe that our arrangements are sufficiently different from those deemed suspect by the OIG so as not to run afoul of the law. In April of 2003, the OIG issued a Special Advisory Bulletin where the OIG addressed contractual arrangements where a health care provider in one line of business (“Owner”) expands into a related health care business by contracting with an existing provider of a related item or service (“Manager”) to provide the new item or service to the Owner’s existing patient population. In those arrangements, the Manager not only manages the new line of business, but may also supply it with inventory, employees, space, billing and other services. In other words, the Owner contracts out substantially the entire operation of the related line of business to the Manager, receiving in return the profits of the business as remuneration for its federal program referrals to the Manager.

 

According to the OIG, contractual joint ventures have the following characteristics: (i) the establishment of a new line of business; (ii) a captive referral base; (iii) the Owner lacks business risk; (iv) the Manager is a would be competitor of the Owner’s new line of business; (v) the scope of services provided by the Manager is extremely broad, with the manager providing: day to day management; billing; equipment; personnel; office space; training; health care items, supplies and services; (vi) the practical effect of the arrangement is to enable the Owner to bill insurers and patients for business otherwise provided by the Manager; (vii) the parties agree to a non-compete clause barring the Owner from providing items or services to any patient other than those coming from Owner and/or barring the Manager from providing services in its own right to the Owner’s patients.

 

We have attempted to draft our agreements with the Limited Management Practices in a manner that takes into account the concerns in the Special Advisory Bulletin. Specifically, under our arrangements, the Limited Management Practice takes business risk. It is financially responsible for the following costs: the space required to provide the services; employment costs of the personnel providing the services and intake personnel; and billing and collections. We do not reimburse the Limited Management Practice for any of these costs. We, for our part, provide solely equipment, supplies and our management expertise. In return for these items and services, we receive a percentage of the Limited Management Practice’s collections from the services being managed by us, the fair market value of which has been confirmed by an appraisal conducted by an independent third party appraiser. Consequently, we believe that the Limited Management Practice is not being compensated for its referrals.

 

Although we believe that our arrangements with the Limited Management Practices do not run afoul of the Anti-Kickback law for the reasons specified above, we cannot guarantee that our arrangements will be free from scrutiny by the OIG or that the OIG would not conclude that these arrangements violate the Anti-Kickback law. In the event the OIG were to conclude that these arrangements violate the Anti-Kickback law, this would have a material adverse effect on us.

 

State Regulatory Authorities Or Other Parties May Assert That We Are Engaged In The Corporate Practice Of Medicine. If Such A Claim Were Successfully Asserted, We Could Be Subject To Civil, And Perhaps Criminal Penalties, And Could Be Required To Restructure Or Terminate The Applicable Contractual Arrangements. This Result, Or Our Inability To Successfully Restructure Our Relationships To Comply With These Statutes, Could Jeopardize Our Business And Results Of Operations.

 

Many states in which we do business have corporate practice of medicine laws which prohibit us from exercising control over the medical judgments or decisions of physicians. These laws and their interpretations vary from state to state and are enforced by state courts and regulatory authorities, each with broad discretion. We enter into management agreements with Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices. Under those agreements, we provide management and other items and services to the practices in exchange for a service fee. We structure our relationships with the practices in a manner that we believe keeps us from engaging in the corporate practice of medicine or exercising control over the medical judgments or decisions of the practices or their physicians. Nevertheless, state regulatory authorities or other parties could assert our agreements violate these laws.

 

Regulatory Authorities Or Others May Assert That Our Agreements With Limited Management Practices Or Managed Practices, Or Our Owned Practices, Violate State Fee Splitting Laws. If Such A Claim Were Successfully Asserted, We Could Be Subject To Civil And Perhaps Criminal Penalties, And Could Be Required To Restructure Or Terminate The Applicable Contractual

 

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Arrangements. This Result, Or Our Inability To Successfully Restructure Our Relationships To Comply With These Statutes, Could Jeopardize Our Business And Results Of Operations.

 

The laws of many states prohibit physicians from splitting fees with non-physicians (or other physicians). These laws vary from state to state and are enforced by the courts and by regulatory authorities with broad discretion. The relationship between us on the one hand, and the Managed Practices and Limited Management Practices, on the other hand, may raise issues in some states with fee splitting prohibitions. Although we have attempted to structure our contracts with the Managed Practices and the Limited Management Practices in a manner that keeps us from violating prohibitions on fee splitting, state regulatory authorities or other parties may assert that we are engaged in practices that constitute fee-splitting. This would have a material adverse effect on us.

 

Our use and disclosure of patient information is subject to privacy regulations

 

Numerous state, federal and international laws and regulations govern the collection, dissemination, use and confidentiality of patient-identifiable health information, including the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and related rules, or HIPAA. In the provision of services to our patients, we may collect, use, maintain and transmit patient information in ways that will be subject to many of these laws and regulations. The three rules that were promulgated pursuant to HIPAA that could most significantly affect our business are the Standards for Electronic Transactions, or Transactions Rule; the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, or Privacy Rule; and the Health Insurance Reform; Security Standards, or Security Rule. The respective compliance dates for these rules for most entities were and are October 16, 2003, April 16, 2003 and April 21, 2005. HIPAA applies to covered entities, which include most healthcare facilities and health plans that will contract for the use of our services. The HIPAA rules require covered entities to bind contractors to compliance with certain burdensome HIPAA rule requirements. Other federal and state laws restricting the use and protecting the privacy of patient information also apply to us, either directly or indirectly.

 

The HIPAA Transactions Rule establishes format and data content standards for eight of the most common healthcare transactions. When we perform billing and collection services we may be engaging in one of more of these standard transactions and will be required to conduct those transactions in compliance with the required standards. The HIPAA Privacy Rule restricts the use and disclosure of patient information, requires entities to safeguard that information and to provide certain rights to individuals with respect to that information. The HIPAA Security Rule establishes elaborate requirements for safeguarding patient information transmitted or stored electronically. We may be required to make costly system purchases and modifications to comply with the HIPAA rule requirements that will be imposed on us and our failure to comply may result in liability and adversely affect our business.

 

Federal and state consumer protection laws are being applied increasingly by the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, and state attorneys general to regulate the collection, use and disclosure of personal or patient information, through web sites or otherwise, and to regulate the presentation of web site content. Courts may also adopt the standards for fair information practices promulgated by the FTC, which concern consumer notice, choice, security and access.

 

Numerous other federal and state laws protect the confidentiality of patient information. These laws in many cases are not preempted by the HIPAA rules and may be subject to varying interpretations by courts and government agencies, creating complex compliance issues for us and potentially exposing us to additional expense, adverse publicity and liability. Other countries also have, or are developing, laws governing the collection, use and transmission of personal or patient information and these laws could create liability for us or increase our cost of doing business.

 

New health information standards, whether implemented pursuant to HIPAA, congressional action or otherwise, could have a significant effect on the manner in which we must handle health care related data, and the cost of complying with these standards could be significant. If we do not properly comply with existing or new laws and regulations related to patient health information we could be subject to criminal or civil sanctions.

 

Risks Related To Our Common Stock

 

There is a limited market for our common stock. There can be no assurance that an active trading market for the common stock will be developed or maintained. Historically, the market prices for securities of development companies like the Company have been highly volatile. In fact, since January 1, 2002, our common stock price has ranged from a low $0.80 to a high of $4.00 (as determined on a reverse-split basis). The market price of the shares could continue to be subject to significant fluctuations in response

 

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to various factors and events, including the liquidity of the market for the shares, announcements of potential business acquisitions, and changes in general market conditions.

 

Investors Should Not Rely On The Payment Of Dividends In Considering An Investment In Our Company

 

Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent upon our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is not expected to declare dividends or make any other distributions in the foreseeable future, but instead intends to retain earnings, if any, for use in business operations. Accordingly, investors should not rely on the payment of dividends in considering an investment in our Company.

 

Our Common Stock is Subject to Low Priced Stock Risk Disclosure Requirements

 

Our common stock is considered a low priced security under rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under these rules, broker-dealers participating in transactions in low priced securities must first deliver a risk disclosure document which describes the risks associated with such stocks, the broker-dealer’s duties, the customer’s rights and remedies, and certain market and other information, and make a suitability determination approving the customer of low priced stock transactions based on the customer’s financial situation, investment experience and objectives. Broker-dealers must also disclose these restrictions in writing to the customer, obtain specific written consent of the customer, and provide monthly account statements to the customer. With all these restrictions, the likely affect of designation as a low priced stock will be to decrease the willingness of broker-dealers to make a market for the stock, to decrease the liquidity of the stock and to increase the transaction cost of sales and purchases of such stock compared to other securities.

 

Control By Management Will Limit The Ability Of Other Stockholders To Have Any Influence On The Operation Of Our Business

 

Officers and Directors of PainCare and its subsidiaries hold shares of common stock which representing approximately 31% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on matters presented to stockholders of the Company. Our management will therefore exercise significant influence over PainCare which may limit the ability of other stockholders to have an influence over our business.

 

Provisions In Articles Of Incorporation Limit Liability Of Management And As A Result Limits Stockholders Rights

 

We have adopted provisions in our Articles of Incorporation which limit the liability of our officers and directors and provisions in our By-laws which provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the full extent permitted by law. The Articles of Incorporation generally provides that the directors shall have no personal liability to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for breaches of their duties of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, acts involving unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal benefit. Such provisions substantially limit the stockholders’ ability to hold directors liable for breaches of fiduciary duty.

 

A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains and may incorporate by reference “forward-looking” statements, including statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Such statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” or other similar words. Variations on those or similar words, or the negatives of such words, also may indicate forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in this prospectus are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will be correct. We have included a discussion entitled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, highlighting important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations. If in the future you hear or read any forward-looking statements concerning us, you should refer back to the discussion of Risk Factors. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus are accurate only as of its date. If our expectations change, or if new events, conditions or circumstances arise, we are not required to, and may not, update or revise any forward-looking statement in this prospectus.

 

These forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to statements regarding our future financial performance or results of operations, including expected revenue growth, cash flow growth, future expenses, future operating margins and other future or expected performance are subject to the following risks:

 

  that projected operating efficiencies and cost-reduction initiatives will not be achieved due to implementation difficulties or contractual spending commitments that cannot be reduced;

 

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  the acquisition of businesses or the launch of new lines of business, which could increase operating expenses and dilute operating margins;

 

  the inability to attract new customers;

 

  increased competition, which could lead to negative pressure on our pricing and the need for increased marketing;

 

  the inability to maintain, establish or renew relationships with customers, whether due to competition or other factors;

 

  costs associated with our initiatives to upgrade our technology platforms or our failure to successfully complete that initiative;

 

  the inability to comply with regulatory requirements governing our Properties; and

 

  to the general risks associated with our businesses.

 

In addition to the risks and uncertainties discussed above under “Risk Factors”, you can find additional information concerning risks and uncertainties that would cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in the forward-looking statements in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus represent our judgment as of the date of this prospectus, and you should not unduly rely on such statements.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

All of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus are for the account of the selling stockholders. Accordingly, we will not receive any proceeds from the sales of these shares other than the exercise price payable to us upon the exercise of warrants and options held by certain of the selling stockholders.

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The following table sets forth as of June 1, 2004 the number of shares of common stock of PainCare owned by each selling stockholder and the number of such shares included for sale in this prospectus, which in each case, except as set forth below, is equal to the number of shares owned by such person.

 

The shares being offered by the selling stockholders were issued or are issuable upon conversion or exercise of securities that were issued in connection with one or more of the following transactions:

 

  (i) Our February and March 2004 Notes offerings, including shares that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes, upon exercise of the warrants and as payment of interest, if any, on the Notes;

 

  (ii) our December 2003, Debentures offering including shares that are issuable upon conversion of the Debentures, upon exercise of the warrants and as payment of interest, if any, on the Debentures;

 

  (iii) a series of accredited investor private placement offerings that we completed in 2002 and 2003, including shares that were issued or are issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred stock and notes and upon exercise of options and warrants that were issued in such offerings; and

 

  (iv) a series of business acquisitions that we have completed since 1997, including shares that may be issued pursuant to the earnout provisions of certain of such acquisitions.

 

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Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


MidSummer Investments Ltd. (2) (3) (4)

   3,701,025    11.23 %   3,701,025    —      —  

Islandia, L.P. (3) (4) (5)

   3,701,025    11.23     3,701,025    —      —  

Aggie Investment, LLC (Guy Dugan)

   122,549    *     122,549    —      —  

Akira Nakamura and Rurie Nakamura Family Trust

   25,000    *     25,000    —      —  

Alan Forrester

   4,973    *     4,973    —      —  

Alan M. Newman

   18,000    *     8,000    10,000    —  

Alan T. Kawaguchi

   30,050    *     30,050    —      —  

Alpha Three, FLP (6)

   912,222    3.06     912,222    —      —  

Alyson Pouls

   1,000    *     1,000    —      —  

Andrea Trescot, M.D. (7)

   1,999,999    6.61     1,999,999    —      —  

Angela Ang-Alhadeff

   63,001    *     63,001    —      —  

Ann H. LeRoux

   20,000    *     20,000    —      —  

Anthony & Sophia Olofintuyi

   16,885    *     16,885    —      —  

Arkam Rehman

   14,882    *     14,882    —      —  

Art Hudson (8)

   100,000    *     100,000    —      —  

Atica R. Higginbotham

   9,920    *     9,920    —      —  

Bernice A. & Sarah Eddy Life

   5,000    *     5,000    —      —  

Big Apple Consulting USA (9)

   50,000    *     50,000    —      —  

Bob Stastny (10)

   100,000    *     100,000    —      —  

Bryant A. Bloss, M.D.

   13,357    *     13,357    —      —  

Carmen Rivera

   500    *     500    —      —  

 

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Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Carol Rothbart

   174,048    *    174,048    —      —  

Cesar H. and Noemi A. Dacosa Trust

   11,552    *    11,552    —      —  

Charles P. Murphy

   77,568    *    70,168    7,400    —  

Cheryl L. Crosby

   29,240    *    29,240    —      —  

Christopher Bremer

   29,957    *    29,957    —      —  

Christopher E. Cenac, M.D.(11)

   1,398,382    4.65    1,398,382    —      —  

CloverLeaf Capital Advisors (12)

   6,000    *    6,000    —      —  

Craig A. Reverman

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Craig R. Patchell

   7,092    *    7,092    —      —  

DaCosta Trust (Noemi Gomez)

   4,575    *    4,575    —      —  

Dale & Janet Kassens

   6,693    *    6,693    —      —  

Dale C. Lachtman

   68,799    *    68,799    —      —  

Danny W. Cartwright

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

David C. Baker, M.D.

   22,441    *    22,441    —      —  

David M. Pollard

   34,759    *    24,759    10,000    —  

David Torpley

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Debbie Grier

   7,857    *    7,857    —      —  

Dennis Nakamura

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Dennis W. Fletcher

   16,962    *    9,962    7,000    —  

Derek Fields

   2,000    *    2,000    —      —  

Donald & Kimberly Johnson

   75,605    *    75,605    —      —  

Donna Louise Disclafani Revocable Trust (10/22/02)

   1,538,461    5.26    1,538,461    —      —  

Double Eagle Trust (13)

   12,500    *    12,500    —      —  

Douglas & Lori Able

   1,995    *    1,995    —      —  

Douglas B. Freels

   2,928    *    2,928    —      —  

Doug Stitcher

   20,000    *    20,000    —      —  

 

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Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Drue Paden, M.D.

   21,008    *    21,008    —      —  

Durelle T. & Constance Scott

   11,973    *    11,973    —      —  

Edward Bittar

   25,050    *    25,050    —      —  

Edward V. Pannozzo & Francine Lucci-Pannozzo

   7,471    *    7,471    —      —  

Elite Financial Communications (14)

   250,000    *    250,000    —      —  

Ernest Larry Wheeler

   13,072    *    13,072    —      —  

Evergreen Real Estate Management, LLC

   50,000    *    50,000    —      —  

First Trust Co. of Onaga C/F Thomas R. Berg

   10,482    *    10,482    —      —  

Fran Lucci-Pannozzo

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Frank and Kimberly Ogrodny

   25,000    *    25,000    —      —  

Frank Burke

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

Fred Ginsberg

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

G. Derril & Roberta M. Gwinner

   15,067    *    15,067    —      —  

G. Stephen Fish

   2,778    *    2,778    —      —  

Gary M. Hyder

   52,550    *    50,000    2,550    —  

Gary S. Kohler (15)

   12,500    *    12,500    —      —  

Gerald Coniglio

   50    *    50    —      —  

Gerald R. Hyder

   79,035    *    38,635    40,400    —  

Gladys Rivera

   500    *    500    —      —  

Gray Barrow

   3,180    *    3,180    —      —  

Greg Rothberg

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Gregory J. Bellaver

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Guy Dugan

   100,000    *    100,000    —      —  

Habersham Place Investments

   113,444    *    113,444    —      —  

Hal & Shari Tobias

   19,891    *    19,891    —      —  

Harold E. Ross

   30,617    *    30,617    —      —  

Henry Mistretta

   10,913    *    10,000    913    —  

 

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Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Hillcrest Orthopedics P.A. Profit Sharing Plan FBO Robert M. Wood, M.D.

   23,343    *    23,343    —      —  

Hugo A. Davalos

   50    *    50    —      —  

Ian Forrester

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

J. A. Garrabedian

   7,353    *    7,353    —      —  

J. Gordon & Donna L. Blau

   226,940    *    226,940    —      —  

James C. Cartwright

   20,000    *    20,000    —      —  

James & Virginia Hughes

   304,878    1.04    304,878    —      —  

James E. Crouse, M.D. & Susan E. Crouse

   85,714    *    85,714    —      —  

James I. McMillen

   91,025    *    91,025    —      —  

James J. B. Maynez & Kathleen P. Maynez

   19,988    *    19,988    —      —  

James K. Luchs, Jr.

   1,543    *    1,543    —      —  

James L. Hughes

   150,000    *    150,000    —      —  

James N. Topolgus

   42,286    *    39,936    2,350    —  

James R. McAtee

   15,050    *    15,050    —      —  

James Robert Rappaport

   81,878    *    81,878    —      —  

James W. Long

   31,978    *    31,978    —      —  

Janine E. Burgher-Jones

   50    *    50    —      —  

Jay D. & Teresa G. Loftsgaarden

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

Jeff Rich

   10    *    10    —      —  

Jeffrey A. Broder

   16,775    *    16,775    —      —  

Jeffrey A. Rich & Candice Fox

   3,631    *    3,631    —      —  

Jeffrey E. Middeldorf, Trustee Middeldorf Medical Group, P.C. U/A dated

   21,803    *    21,803    —      —  

Jeffrey Rich & Candice Fox

   3,504    *    3,504    —      —  

 

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Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Jeffrey Rothberg

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Jeffrey Sawyer

   6,951    *    6,951    —      —  

Jennifer Anne Mott (Joseph M. Mott III, Custodian)

   2,000    *    2,000    —      —  

Jerry & Carolyn Bauer

   7,032    *    7,032    —      —  

Jerry S. Katz

   25,000    *    25,000    —      —  

Jessica A. Lipsker

   25,000    *    25,000    —      —  

Jimmy Smith

   20,000    *    20,000    —      —  

John Citti

   52,180    *    52,180    —      —  

John D. Best

   357,143    1.22    357,143    —      —  

John Cartwright

   20,000    *    20,000    —      —  

John J. Taddei

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

John McCall (16)

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

John Rollas

   50,000    *    50,000    —      —  

John Vick (17)

   2,600,000    8.49    2,600,000    —      —  

Joseph Doerr

   8,220    *    8,220    —      —  

Joseph M. Mott, III

   425,147    1.45    425,147    —      —  

Joseph M. Mott, IV (Joseph M. Mott, III, Custodian)

   2,000    *    2,000    —      —  

Joseph P. Athanas

   51,374    *    51,374    —      —  

Joseph R. Schopfer

   7,032    *    7,032    —      —  

Joshua Lipsker

   27,000    *    25,000    2,000    —  

Joy Constine Wallenberg, M.D.

   6,423    *    6,423    —      —  

Juan J. Capello, M.D., Capello Family Partners

   298,828    1.02    298,828    —      —  

Kang Sun Lee

   80,869    *    80,869    —      —  

KBL Investment, Inc

   100,000    *    100,000    —      —  

Kelly Best

   50    *    50    —      —  

Kevin P. Byrnes

   4,981    *    4,981    —      —  

Kevin W. & Kelly A. Lanighan

   150,123    *    150,123    —      —  

Kevin McManus

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

Kirk Mauro, M.D. (18)

   2,487,799    8.12    2,474,999    12,800    —  

Kirk Tovey (12/23/02)

   1,000,000    3.31    1,000,000    —      —  

 

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     Beneficial Ownership
Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Larry Bennett

   500    *    500    —      —  

Larry Leighton

   4,944    *    4,944    —      —  

Lauren Leslie Colvin

   2,857    *    2,857    —      —  

Leisure Yu & Susan Cochran Ttee

   77,160    *    77,160    —      —  

Leslie & Gerry Stephens

   7,716    *    7,716    —      —  

Lewis E. McAtee

   1,516    *    1,516    —      —  

Lizet N. Santos

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Loma Linda Orthopedic (Leisure Yu)

   13,000    *    13,000    —      —  

Louis Sanders Constine III, M.D. & Sally Joanne Constine

   12,771    *    12,771    —      —  

Louise A. Breakstone

   50    *    50    —      —  

Lydia Rivera

   500    *    500    —      —  

Mandy R. Angelo

   7,447    *    7,447    —      —  

Marc J. Adelsheimer

   9,337    *    9,337    —      —  

Maria P. Sperando

   417,486    1.43    417,486    —      —  

Mark Brennan

   50    *    50    —      —  

Mark Jason Spector

   203,059    *    200,059    3,000    —  

Mark Willard Howard

   111,607    *    111,607    —      —  

Mary & Mandy Angelo

   17,238    *    12,920    4,318    —  

Mary Anne & Wayne Domin

   500    *    500    —      —  

Mary L. Angelo

   7,447    *    7,447    —      —  

Maurice Buchsbaum (19)

   100,000    *    100,000    —      —  

Mayra Montero

   1,250    *    1,250    —      —  

Medical Rehabilitation Associates Inc., P.C.

   23,052    *    23,052    —      —  

Merrill Reuter, M.D. (20)

   619,500    2.07    619,500    —      —  

Michael Giovanniello

   8,001    *    8,001    —      —  

Mike Lively

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

 

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     Beneficial Ownership
Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Michael J. Angelo

   994    *    994    —      —  

Michael Martire, M.D. (21)

   822,777    2.75    822,777    —      —  

Michael R. Jordan

   6,703    *    6,703    —      —  

Mid-America Orthopaedic Surgery (G. Farley & T. Weiss)

   64,655    *    64,655    —      —  

Mike Mabry

   50    *    50    —      —  

Mitchell R. Schrudder

   50,000    *    50,000    —      —  

MMESS Consulting, LLC (22)

   75,000    *    75,000    —      —  

Musaddiq Rehman

   9,920    *    9,920    —      —  

Nakamura Family Trust

   102,000    *    102,000    —      —  

Nancy Rivera

   500    *    500    —      —  

Noelle M. Dinse

   17,500    *    17,500    —      —  

Nolan Ang

   10,402    *    10,402    —      —  

Patrick J. & Virginia R. Noon

   82,143    *    68,643    13,500    —  

Paul Abbey

   966    *    966    —      —  

Paul J. Krebs

   7,310    *    7,310    —      —  

Peter G. Wernicki

   20,050    *    20,050    —      —  

Peter Rothbart (23)

   140,000    *    140,000    —      —  

Physical Medicine Associates PC Profit Sharing Plan

   9,221    *    9,221    —      —  

Rabia Tai

   25,000    *    25,000    —      —  

Randall F. & Deirdre K. O’Brien

   50,050    *    50,050    —      —  

Randy A. Bean

   14,838    *    11,838    3,000    —  

Rehab Management Group, Inc. (24)

   798,006    2.69    798,006    —      —  

Resources Trust FBO Colleen T. Catania

   200,000    *    200,000    —      —  

Richard B. Patt, M.D.

   19,380    *    19,380    —      —  

Richard F. Mackin (First Trust Company of Onaga)

   50,000    *    50,000    —      —  

 

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Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Richard L. Hyder

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Rick Bennett

   12,000    *    10,000    2,000    —  

RMC Ventures II, Limited Partnership

   170,076    *    170,076    —      —  

Robert G. Valentine

   17,971    *    17,971    —      —  

Robert J. Fast

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Robert Kalb

   50    *    50    —      —  

Robert M. Collins

   20,050    *    20,050    —      —  

Robert M. Wasserman

   57,000    *    57,000    —      —  

Robert McGuire

   88,587    *    88,587    —      —  

Robert Miller

   3,193    *    3,193    —      —  

Romilio Santos III

   3,666    *    3,666    —      —  

Ron Riewold (25)

   25,000    *    25,000    —      —  

Ronald & Roslyn Katz

   149,685    *    149,685    —      —  

Ronald L. & Anita L. Bierbaum

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Ronald Vita (26)

   50,000    *    50,000    —      —  

Salvadore & Monica M. Ramos

   10,000    *    10,000    —      —  

Samuel Smargon

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

Saquib Bashir Khan, M.D. (27)

   2,100,980    6.88    2,100,980    —      —  

Scott R. Jahnke

   50,050    *    50,050    —      —  

Shasqua (28)

   223,161    *    223,161    —      —  

Sheldon T. Katz

   572,496    1.96    572,496    —      —  

Sheree Pouls

   2,500    *    2,500    —      —  

Simon Family Trust (29)

   63,500    *    63,500    —      —  

Spyros & Maria Panos

   11,836    *    11,836    —      —  

Stan Swartz (30)

   227,222    *    227,222    —      —  

 

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     Beneficial Ownership
Prior to Offering


        Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


   Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


Stanley M. & Ann Marie Zagorski

   16,583    *    16,583    —      —  

Stephen A. Smith, M.D.

   264,085    *    264,085    —      —  

Stephen E. Howard

   83,705    *    83,705    —      —  

Stephen Flood, M.D.

   50,988    *    50,988    —      —  

Stephen M. & Betty Lou Neely

   2,415    *    2,415    —      —  

Sterling Financial (31)

   13,250    *    13,250    —      —  

Steven Pouls

   43,994    *    43,994    —      —  

Stockbroker Associates Corporation (32)

   100,000    *    100,000    —      —  

Stringfellow Trust (33)

   63,500    *    63,500    —      —  

Suzanne McKinney

   12,584    *    7,584    5,000    —  

Terry L. & Brenda Coleman

   64,655    *    64,655    —      —  

The NCCCK Children’s Trust (34)

   972,222    3.26    972,222    —      —  

Thomas & Colleen Catania

   699,790    2.39    699,790    —      —  

Thomas E. & Brenda E. Wilson

   2,447    *    2,447    —      —  

Thomas T. Hughes

   35,500    *    35,500    —      —  

Timothy C. & Cheryl R. Taddie

   6,750    *    5,000    1,750    —  

Todd Crook

   12,500    *    12,500          

Topolgus Surgical Pension Plan

   2,050    *    2,050    —      —  

T. Vann Pelt

   5,000    *    5,000    —      —  

Virgil & Angela Hilliard

   3,655    *    3,655    —      —  

Vladimir Kravchenko (35)

   369,230    1.25    369,230    —      —  

W. Scott Bohlke

   27,731    *    27,731    —      —  

Wasserman Marital Trust

   13,000    *    13,000    —      —  

William Campbell Mott (Joseph M. Mott III, Custodian)

   2,000    *    2,000    —      —  

 

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Prior to Offering


         Beneficial Ownership
After Offering


Selling Stockholders


   Common
Stock


    Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


   Shares
being
Offered


    Common
Stock


   Percentage
of
Outstanding
Common
Stock (1)


William G. Murphy Jr.

   11,175     *    11,175     —      —  

William Jordan

   5,000     *    5,000     —      —  

Yesenia Hernandez

   500     *    500     —      —  

Yolanda Svitak

   6,972     *    4,972     2,000    —  

Yvonne Pollard

   7,250     *    7,250     —      —  

Laurus Master Fund Ltd. (36)

   4,789,024 (37)(38)   16.37    4,789,024 (38)   —      —  

The Windsor Family Limited Partnership

   249,211 (39)   *    249,211     —       

Windsor Nongrantor Trust (U/D/T 2004)

   581,492 (40)   1.97    581,492     —       

Graves Nongrantor Trust (U/D/T 2004)

   81,461 (41)   *    81,461     —       

 

* Less than one percent.

(1) Based upon 29,248,192 shares outstanding on June 1, 2004.

 

(2) Midsummer Capital, LLC is the investment manager to Midsummer Investment Ltd. By virtue of such relationship, Midsummer Capital, LLC may be deemed to have dispositive power over the shares owned by Midsummer Investment Ltd. Midsummer Capital, LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. Mr. Michel Amsalem and Mr. Scott Kaufman have delegated authority from the members of Midsummer Capital, LLC with respect to the shares of common stock owned by Midsummer Investment Ltd. Messrs. Amsalem and Kaufman may be deemed to share dispositive power over the shares of our common stock owned by Midsummer Investment Ltd. Messrs. Amsalem and Kaufman disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares of our common stock and neither person has any legal right to maintain such delegated authority.

 

(3) Represents 120% of : (i) 1,914,169 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of $5,000,000 in principal amount of Debentures at a fixed conversion price of $2.6121 per share; (ii) 538,360 shares of common stock that would be issuable if we elect to pay the interest on the Debentures through the delivery of shares of common stock at an assumed market value of $2.0897 per share, which equals 80% of the conversion price (the actual price for the interest shares is based upon the market value prior to the payment date; and (iii) 631,658 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, including 315,829 shares of an exercise price of $2.730905 per share and 315,829 shares of an exercise price of $2.84964 per share.

 

(4) The securities purchase agreement pursuant to which the Debentures were sold provides that we shall not effect any conversion of Debentures or issue any shares upon exercise of the warrants, and holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of Debentures or exercise the warrants, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or exercise, the holder (together with the holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.

 

(5) Islandia L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership, the general partner of which is John Lang, Inc. The officers of John Lang, Inc., mainly, Richard Berner, Edgar Berner, Tom Berner and Anthony Berner, have voting and dispositive powers.

 

(6) Represents 328,889 shares of common stock issued plus 583,333 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(7) Represents 1,000,000 shares of common stock issued plus 999,999 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(8) Represents shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share. (Mr. Hudson is a director of PainCare.)

 

(9) Represents 25,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.50 per share and 25,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.

 

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(10) Represents shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(11) Represents 565,048 shares of common stock issued plus 833,334 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached. (Dr. Cenac is an officer and director of a subsidiary of PainCare.)

 

(12) Represents shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(13) Represents 12,500 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(14) Represents 100,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.75 per share, 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $5.02 per share, 25,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options at an exercise prices of $4.50 per share, and 25,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options at an exercise prices of $4.00 per share.

 

(15) Represents 12,500 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(16) Represents 3,750 shares of common stock issued and 1,250 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00.

 

(17) Represents 1,225,000 shares of common stock issued plus 1,375,000 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached. Does not include 300,000 additional shares subject to options at $2.50 per share, which options are currently not exercisable.

 

(18) Represents 1,100,000 shares of common stock issued plus 1,374,999 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(19) Represents 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.01 per share and 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.

 

(20) Represents 619,500 shares of common stock that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached. (Mr. Reuter is an officer and director of a subsidiary of PainCare.)

 

(21) Represents 197,778 shares of common stock issued plus 624,999 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(22) Represents 75,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options at an exercise prices of $1.95 per share.

 

(23) Mr. Rothbart is a director of PainCare.

 

(24) Represents 401,617 shares of common stock issued plus 396,389 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(25) Represents 25,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $0.75 per share. (Mr. Riewold is an officer and director of PainCare.)

 

(26) Represents 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(27) Represents 809,315 shares of common stock issued plus 1,291,665 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached. (Dr. Khan is an officer and director of a subsidiary of PainCare.)

 

(28) Represents 107,456 shares of common stock issued plus 223,161 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(29) Represents 51,000 shares of common stock issued and 12,500 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(30) Represents 192,222 shares of common stock issued plus 35,000 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

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(31) Represents 1,250 shares of common stock issued and 12,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(32) Represents 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.75 per share and 50,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $2.75 per share.

 

(33) Represents 51,000 shares of common stock issued and 12,500 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

 

(34) Represents 388,889 shares of common stock issued plus 583,333 that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(35) Represents 69,230 shares of common stock issued, 100,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, 200,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to a warrant at an exercise price of $0.50 per share.

 

(36) Laurus Capital management, LLC is the investment manager of Laurus Master Fund Ltd. By virtue of such relationship, Messrs. David Grin and Eugene Grin may be deemed to have dispositive power over the shares owned by Laurus Master Fund Ltd. and each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

 

(37) Consists of (A): 3,789,024 shares representing (i) 1,474,926 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of $5 million in principal amount of our February Note at a fixed conversion price of $3.39 per share and (ii) 265,487 shares that would be issuable if we elect to pay interest on the February Note through the issuance of shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.39 per share, (iii) 1,736,111 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of our March Note at a fixed conversion price of $2.88 per share, and (iv) 312,500 shares that would be issuable if we elect to pay interest on the March Note through the issuance of shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.88 per share; and (B) 1,000,000 shares representing shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of share purchase warrants that were issued to the purchaser of the Notes, including (i) 200,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.24 per share, (ii) 150,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.58 per share, (iii) 100,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.92 per share, (iv) 233,000 warrants with an exercise price of $3.60 per share and (vi) 134,000 warrants with an exercise price of $4.18 per share.

 

(38) The securities purchase agreements pursuant to which the Notes were sold contain the following limitations on the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of the Notes, in payment of the interest on the Note and on exercise of the warrants that were issued to the note purchaser:

 

(i) If we have not obtained shareholder approval of the Note issuance in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange, we may not issue upon conversion of the Notes, in the aggregate, in excess of (1) 19.999% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding on the note purchase agreement dates, (2) less any shares of common stock issued as payment of interest or upon exercise of the warrants issued to the holder of the Notes on the original issue date pursuant to the note purchase agreements; and

 

(ii) We shall not effect any conversion of the Notes, and the holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Notes or exercise the warrants, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or exercise , the holder (together with the holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion, provided that the holder has the right to waive this limitation upon at least 70 days prior written notice to us.

 

(39) Represents 118,711 shares issued and 130,500 shares that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(40) Represents 276,992 shares issued and 304,500 shares that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

(41) Represents 66,461 shares issued and 15,000 shares that may be issued if certain earnings goals are reached.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The selling stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on the American Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers, which may include long sales or short sales effected after the effective date of the prospectus of which this registration statement is a part;

 

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  block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

  an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

  privately negotiated transactions;

 

  “at the market” or through market makers or into an existing market for the shares

 

  broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

  a combination of any such methods of sale;

 

  through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or

 

  any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each of the selling stockholders have informed us that it does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. Some of the underwriters or agents and their associates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

 

We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the shares, including all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by us or the selling stockholders and all registration and filing fees and legal fees and accounting fees.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders and certain control and other related persons related to the foregoing persons against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The selling stockholders

 

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have agreed to indemnify us in certain circumstances, as well as certain related persons, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

The selling stockholders are not obligated to, and there is no assurance that the selling stockholders will, sell any or all of the shares being offered by this prospectus.

 

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement effective until the shares being offered by this prospectus may be sold without registration or restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act, or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in this prospectus has been completed.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby is being passed upon for PainCare by Phillips Nizer LLP, New York, NY.

 

EXPERTS

 

The audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Tschopp, Whitcomb, and Orr, P.A. (formerly known as Parks, Tschopp, Whitcomb and Orr, P.A.), independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file reports, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room at Judiciary Plaza Building, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549. You should call 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available to you on the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC. The registration statement contains more information than this prospectus regarding us and our common stock, including certain exhibits and schedules. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement from the SEC at the address listed above or from the SEC’s Internet website.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” much of the information we file with them under Commission File No. 1-14160, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. All of the information that we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and any of our subsequent filings with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below and any future filing made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, until the filing of a post-effective amendment to this prospectus which indicates that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold:

 

  Our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on June 13, 2003;

 

  Our annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed on March 25, 2004;

 

  Our proxy statement for our annual meeting of stockholders, filed on November 11, 2003;

 

  Our quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, filed on April 30, 2004.

 

  Our current reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 6, 2004, January 7, 2004, January 13, 2004, January 23, 2004, March 2, 2004, March 22, 2004, March 23, 2004, March 25, 2004, May 19, 2004 and June 3, 2004.

 

  All of our filings pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of filing the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement.

 

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You may request a copy of any or all of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at: PainCare Holdings, Inc.,

 

37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32801, Attention, Randy Lubinsky, CEO Tel. No. (407) 926-6615

 

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PROSPECTUS

 


 

You may rely on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in this prospectus. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor sale of ordinary shares means that information contained in this prospectus is correct after the date of this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these ordinary shares in any circumstances under which the offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

   $ 1,741

Fees of Transfer Agent and Registrar

     2,000

Accounting

     2,000

Legal Fees

     20,000

Blue Sky Fees and Expenses

     2,000

Printing and Engraving

     10,000

Miscellaneous

     3,000
    

Total

   $ 40,741
    

 

All fees are estimated.

 

Item 15. Indemnity and Insurance of Directors and Officers.

 

The Florida Business Corporation Act provides that a person who is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action because of service as an officer or director of a corporation is entitled to indemnification of expenses actually and reasonably incurred in such defense. F.S. 607.085(3)

 

Such act also provides that the corporation may indemnify an officer or director, and advance expenses, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to a criminal action, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. F.S. 607.0850(1) (2).

 

A court may order indemnification of an officer or director if it determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances. F.S. 6907.0850(9).

 

The registrant maintain a policy of liability insurance for its officers and directors.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Incorp.
by Ref. to.


   Exhibit
No.


    

**

   4.1    Securities Purchase Agreement for February 2007 Note

**

   4.2    Securities Purchase Agreement for March 2007 Note

**

   4.3    Form of February 2007 Note

**

   4.4    Form of March 2007 Note

**

   4.5    Form of Warrant issued in connection with February 2007 Note

**

   4.6    Form of Warrant issued in connection with March 2007 Note

**

   4.7    Form of Registration Rights Agreement for both Notes.

**

   5    Opinion of Phillips Nizer LLP.

**

   23(a)    Consent of Phillips Nizer LLP contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

*

   23(b)    Consent of Tschopp, Whitcomb and Orr, P.A. (formerly known as Parks, Tschopp, Whitcomb and Orr, P.A.)

* Filed herewith.
** Previously filed.

 

All schedules have been omitted from this Registration Statement, since the required information is either not applicable, or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedules, or because the information is included in the Financial Statements or notes thereto.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(a) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”);

 

(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(c) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the

 

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securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1) For the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2) For the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Orlando, Florida, on the 1st of June, 2004.

 

PAINCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/    RANDY LUBINSKY        
   
   

Randy Lubinsky

Chief Executive Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Randy Lubinsky and Mark Szporka and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    RON RIEWOLD        


Ron Riewold

  

President and Director

  June 1, 2004

/s/    RANDY LUBINSKY        


Randy Lubinsky

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

  June 1, 2004

/s/    MARK SZPORKA        


Mark Szporka

  

Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Director

  June 1, 2004

Jay Rosen, M.D.

  

Director

  June     , 2004

/s/    MERRILL REUTER, M.D.        


Merrill Reuter, M.D.

  

Director

  June 1, 2004

Arthur J. Hudson

  

Director

  June     , 2004

Robert Fusco

  

Director

  June     , 2004

/s/    PETER ROTHBART, M.D.        


Peter Rothbart, M.D.

  

Director

  June 1, 2004

 

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