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WAFERGEN BIO-SYSTEMS, INC. FILES (8-K/A) Disclosing Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (the "Form 8-K/A") amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2014 (the "Initial Form 8-K") to report additional information under Items 5.02 and 8.01 and to add Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 filed herewith. The Initial Form 8-K reported under Item 2.01 that the Company had completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the product line of IntegenX Inc. ("IntegenX") used in connection with developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling instruments and reagents relating to library preparation for next generation sequencing, including the Apollo 324TM instrument and the PrepXTM reagents (the "Apollo Product Line"), pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated January 6, 2014, by and between the Company and IntegenX. This Form 8-K/A provides the financial statements required by Item 9.01 (a) and (b). Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 21, 2014, our Board of Directors retained Stephen T. Baker of Randstad Professionals US, LP, d/b/a Tatum ("Tatum"), a leading financial consultancy firm, to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Baker will serve as our Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer and will replace John Harland who submitted his resignation on March 18, 2014, effective as of April 15, 2014. Mr. Baker has over 25 years of financial, operational and international experience, and has been a partner at Tatum since 2013. He has served as a Chief Financial Officer at Frontrange Solutions, Roamware, and Geoworks Corporation. Earlier in his career, he has held a number of executive positions of increasing responsibility at Bell Communications Research, Novell, Inc., Unix Systems, and AT&T. Mr. Baker holds a BA in Molecular Biology from University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) from Columbia University. In connection with retaining Mr. Baker as our Chief Financial Officer, we entered into a Confidential Consulting Agreement with Tatum, effective March 21, 2014, for the provision of Mr. Baker's services (the "Consulting Agreement"), and will pay Tatum $4,500 per week for up to 20 hours of professional services. In addition, for work by Mr. Baker or other Tatum professional in excess of 20 hours, we will pay Tatum at a rate of $250 per hour. The Consulting Agreement requires that the Company indemnify Mr. Baker and Tatum in connection with services thereunder. The Consulting Agreement has an indefinite term, subject to termination in accordance with its terms. Item 8.01. Other Events. As previously reported in the Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 12, 2014, as the result of a provision contained in certain common stock warrants and unit warrants that were issued in August and September 2013, such warrants were required to be classified as liabilities on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. In an effort to reduce the amount of such liabilities, which totaled approximately $8.7 million as of December 31, 2013, in March 2014 the Company began requesting warrant holders to agree to amendments to such warrants to enable the Company to reclassify such warrants as equity. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. The audited statements of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the related statements of net revenues and direct costs and operating expenses of the Apollo Product Line for the year ended December 31, 2013, and the related notes to the financial statements. (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. The unaudited consolidated financial information, comprising an unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 and an unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, prepared on the basis as described therein, of WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 23.1 Consent of SingerLewak LLP Independent Auditor 99.1 Apollo Product Line audited statement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the related statement of revenues and direct expenses as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 99.2 WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 and unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended |