SAVANNAH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB:HDVY) (HDC) announced today that on May 6, 2010, William F. Quirk, Jr., a shareholder of HDC, filed a declaratory judgment action in Georgia state court In the filing, Mr. Quirk contends that, because Mr. Quirk is a 10% shareholder of the Company, the expiration date for certain warrants issued to him is September 7, 2012 rather than September 7, 2010.
The warrants in question were issued to Mr. Quirk in September 2007 in HDC’s 2007 private placement transaction and consist of (i) a warrant to purchase up to 16,263,888 shares of HDC common stock at a price of $0.14 per share, and (ii) a warrant to purchase up to 16,263,888 shares of HDC common stock at a price of $0.19 per share. Although the stated expiration date for these warrants is September 7, 2010, Mr. Quirk contends that the expiration date for shareholders holding more than 10% of HDC’s common stock is extended automatically by two years. Accordingly, Mr. Quirk is seeking a judicial declaration that he may exercise his warrants at any time prior to September 7, 2012. Mr. Quirk also is seeking award of his attorney’s fees in connection with the action.
Mr. Quirk is the only holder of warrants acquired in HDC’s 2007 private placement transaction who, to HDC’s knowledge, claims to currently own more than 10% of the primary shares of HDC’s common stock.
HDC has engaged outside counsel to evaluate the claim and to defend HDC in the action.
About Health Discovery Corporation
Health Discovery Corporation is a molecular diagnostics company that uses advanced mathematical techniques to analyze large amounts of data to uncover patterns that might otherwise be undetectable. It operates primarily in the emerging field of personalized medicine where such tools are critical to scientific discovery. Its primary business consists of licensing its intellectual property and developing its own product line of biomarker-based diagnostic tests that include human genes and genetic variations, as well as gene, protein, and metabolic expression differences and image analysis in digital pathology and radiology. For more information, see www.healthdiscoverycorp.com.
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