UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): October 15, 2010
CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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001-33710
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06-1393453
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(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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4567 TELEPHONE ROAD, SUITE
206
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
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93003
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code:
(805) 639-9458
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(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)
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Check the appropriate box below if the
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement
On October 15,
2010, Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. (“Clean Diesel,”
“we,” “our,” or “us”), CDTI Merger Sub,
Inc., a California corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary, and Catalytic
Solutions, Inc., a California corporation (“CSI”), consummated a
business combination pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated May 13, 2010, as amended by letter agreements dated
September 1, 2010 and September 14, 2010 (the “Merger
Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CDTI Merger Sub, Inc.
merged with and into CSI, and CSI became our wholly-owned subsidiary. We refer
to this business combination as the “Merger.” Immediately prior to
the Merger, and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, a one-for-six reverse
stock split took effect.
On October 15,
2010, Clean Diesel issued a press release announcing the completion of the
Merger and the reverse stock split ratio, among other items. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
On October 15,
2010, CSI entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”) with the investors in its secured convertible notes,
which notes are described in more detail in our Registration Statement on Form
S-4/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on September 23, 2010 (the “Registration Statement”).
Subsequent to the Merger, on October 15, 2010, we and CSI entered into an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement whereby we agreed to assume CSI’s
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights
Agreement provides for certain registration rights with respect to the shares
of Clean Diesel common stock issued to the holders of such notes in the Merger
(which notes converted into shares of CSI’s Class B common stock of
CSI immediately prior to the Merger). Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, we agreed to file a registration statement to register the shares of
Clean Diesel common stock issued in the Merger to such holders for resale at
the request of such holders. In addition, we also granted such holders
“piggyback” registration rights. We will pay substantially all of
the costs and expenses related to the filing of the registration statements and
any underwritten public offering required pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
In addition, on
October 15, 2010, prior to the completion of the Merger, pursuant to
binding commitment letters from investors in our Regulation S private
placement described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
May 18, 2010 and in the Registration Statement, we sold units consisting
of 109,020 shares of our common stock on a post-split basis (654,118 on a
pre-split basis) and warrants to purchase 166,666 shares of our common stock on
a post-split basis (1,000,000 on a pre-split basis) for approximately
$1,000,000 in cash before commissions and expenses. The warrants issued in our
Regulation S private placement have an exercise price of $7.92 on a
post-split basis ($1.32 on a pre-split basis) and expire on the earlier of
(i) October 15, 2013 (the third anniversary of the effective time of
the Merger) and (ii) the date that is 30 days after we give notice to
the warrant holder that the market value of one share of our common stock has
exceeded 130% of the exercise price of the warrant for 10 consecutive days.
Copies of both the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement are filed
as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing descriptions
are qualified in their entirety by the full text of such agreements, which are
incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.01 Completion of
Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On October 15,
2010, Clean Diesel’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CDTI Merger Sub, Inc.,
merged with and into CSI, with CSI continuing as the surviving corporation and
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clean Diesel.
Pursuant to the terms
of the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of (i) CSI Class A
Common Stock was converted into and became exchangeable for 0.007888 fully paid
and non-assessable shares of Clean Diesel common stock on a post-split basis
(0.04732553 on a pre-split basis) with any fractional shares to be paid in cash
and warrants to acquire 0.006454 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Clean
Diesel common stock for $7.92 per share on a post-split basis (0.03872267
shares for $1.32 per share on a pre-split basis); and (ii) CSI
Class B Common Stock was converted into and became exchangeable for
0.010039 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Clean Diesel common stock on a
post-split basis (0.06023308 on a pre-split basis) with any fractional shares
to be paid in cash. In connection with the Merger and as contemplated by the
Merger Agreement, we also issued 166,666
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shares of common stock on a post-split
basis (1,000,000 shares on a pre-split basis) and warrants to purchase an
additional 166,666 shares of common stock on a post-split basis (1,000,000
shares on a pre-split basis) to Allen & Company LLC, CSI’s financial
advisor. The warrants issued in the Merger expire on the earlier of
(x) October 15, 2013 (the third anniversary of the effective time of
the Merger) and (y) the date that is 30 days after we give notice to
the warrant holder that the market value of one share of our common stock has
exceeded 130% of the exercise price of the warrant for 10 consecutive days.
As provided in the
Merger Agreement, Clean Diesel is issuing (or reserving for issuance pursuant
to “in-the-money” warrants) approximately 2,287,943 shares of Clean
Diesel common stock on a post-split basis (13,727,658 on a pre-split basis) and
warrants to purchase an additional 666,666 shares of Clean Diesel common stock
(4,000,000 on a pre-split basis) in connection with the Merger. Based on the
closing price of $0.82 per share of Clean Diesel common stock on The NASDAQ
Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) on October 15, 2010, the last
trading day before the effectiveness of the reverse stock split and the closing
of the Merger, the aggregate value of the Clean Diesel common stock issued in
connection with the Merger was approximately $11,256,680.
Following the closing
of the Merger, CSI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clean Diesel and the
shares of CSI common stock, which previously traded under the ticker symbols
“CTS” and “CTSU” on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange (the “AIM”), ceased trading on, and were delisted from,
the AIM.
Following the
consummation of the Merger, the holders of CSI securities (including the
holders of its secured convertible notes) and CSI’s financial advisor
collectively hold approximately 60% of our outstanding common stock and Clean
Diesel stockholders (including investors in its Regulation S offering
discussed herein) hold the remaining 40% of our outstanding common stock. For
legal purposes, Clean Diesel acquired CSI, although the combination will be
accounted for as a reverse merger with CSI deemed to be the
“acquiror” for accounting and financial reporting purposes.
The description of the
Merger contained in this Item 2.01 does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement as amended by
the two letter agreements, which Merger Agreement (as amended) was included as
Annex A to the joint proxy statement/information statement and prospectus
included in the Registration Statement, and which letter agreements were filed
as Exhibits 2.2 and 2.3 to the Registration Statement, all of which are
incorporated by reference herein.
On October 15,
2010, we issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger, among
other items. A copy of that press release is included as Exhibit 99.1
hereto.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of
Equity Securities
We did not register on
the Registration Statement all of the shares and warrants issued on
October 15, 2010 in connection with the Merger. Only an aggregate 560,112
shares of common stock on a post-split basis (or 3,360,676 shares on a
pre-split basis) and warrants to acquire 458,295 shares of common stock on a
post-split basis (or 2,749,770 shares on a pre-split basis) were registered on
the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the following securities issued on
October 15, 2010 in connection with the Merger have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or state
securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements: (a) an aggregate 1,510,189 shares of our common stock on a
post-split basis (9,061,160 on a pre-split basis) to the holders of CSI’s
Class B common stock, (b) 166,666 shares of common stock on a post-split
basis (1,000,000 shares on a pre-split basis) and warrants to purchase 166,666
shares of common stock on a post-split basis (1,000,000 shares on a pre-split
basis) to Allen & Company LLC, CSI’s financial advisor, and
(c) an aggregate 50,969 shares of common stock on a post-split basis
(305,822 shares of common stock on a pre-split basis) and warrants to acquire
41,705 shares of common stock on a post-split basis (or 250,230 shares on a
pre-split basis) to CSI’s former non-employee directors. All of these
shares of Clean Diesel common stock and warrants to purchase Clean Diesel
common stock were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration
requirements of the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act and/or
Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. CSI has agreed to
use commercially reasonable efforts to register for resale under the Act the
shares of Clean Diesel common stock issued or issuable upon exercise of
warrants issued to Allen & Company. In addition to the securities issued as
part of the Merger consideration, Clean Diesel issued 32,414 shares of common
stock on a post-split basis (194,486 shares on a pre-split basis) and warrants to acquire 14,863 shares of common
stock on a post-split basis (89,180 shares on a pre-split basis) to Clean
Diesel’s financial advisor Innovator Capital as payment for fees.
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As described under
Item 1.01, we assumed CSI’s obligations under the Registration
Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement provides for certain demand
and “piggyback” registration rights, and requires us to register
all the shares of Clean Diesel common stock issued in the Merger to the former
holders of CSI’s Class B common stock (which was issued upon
conversion of CSI’s secured convertible notes immediately prior to the
Merger).
In addition to the
unregistered shares of Clean Diesel common stock and warrants to purchase Clean
Diesel common stock issued in the Merger, on October 15, 2010, we also
completed our Regulation S private placement described in Item 1.01 above,
and sold units consisting of 109,020 shares of our common stock on a post-split
basis (654,118 on a pre-split basis) and warrants to purchase up to 166,666
shares of our common stock on a post-split basis (1,000,000 on a pre-split
basis). All of these shares of Clean Diesel common stock and warrants to
purchase Clean Diesel common stock were issued in reliance upon the exemption
from the registration requirements of the Act pursuant to Regulation S
promulgated thereunder.
Neither this Current
Report on Form 8-K nor the exhibits attached hereto is an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy shares of our common stock or any other
security.
The disclosure in
Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference
into this Item.
Item 3.03 Material Modification
to Rights of Security Holders.
As contemplated by the
Merger Agreement and described in the Registration Statement, at the annual
meeting held on October 12, 2010, Clean Diesel’s stockholders
approved a reverse stock split with the ratio to be determined by the Board of
Directors. Following approval by the Clean Diesel stockholders, the Board of
Directors authorized a one-for-six reverse stock split, which took effect on
October 15, 2010, with respect to all shares of Clean Diesel common stock
outstanding as of October 15, 2010.
The foregoing
description of the amendment to Clean Diesel’s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation contained in this Item 3.03 does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment,
which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by
reference.
On October 15,
2010, Clean Diesel issued a press release announcing the ratio of the reverse
stock split, among other items. A copy of the press release is attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of
Registrant
Reference is made to
the disclosure set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
Following the
consummation of the Merger, the holders of CSI securities (including the
holders of its secured convertible notes) prior to the Merger and CSI’s
financial advisor hold approximately 60% of our outstanding common stock, and
the holders of our equity prior to the Merger hold approximately 40% of our
outstanding common stock. For legal purposes, Clean Diesel acquired CSI,
although the combination will be accounted for as a reverse merger with CSI
deemed to be the “acquiror” for accounting and financial reporting
purposes.
Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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Board of
Directors
In connection with the
Merger and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of
the Merger:
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four members of Clean Diesel’s Board (Frank Gallucci, Charles W.
Grinnell, David F. Merrion, and David W. Whitwell) resigned from the Board of
Directors; and
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four members of the Board of Directors of CSI (Charles F. Call, Bernard
H. “Bud” Cherry, Alexander “Hap” Ellis, III and Charles
R. Engles, Ph.D.) were appointed to Clean Diesel’s Board of Directors
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Additional information
regarding the directors listed above is contained in the Registration
Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
On October 19,
2010, the Board designated Mr. Ellis as Chairman of the Board, and
confirmed the appointment of Messrs. Ellis and Engles as members of the
Audit Committee (with Mr. Gray continuing to serve as Chairman and as the
Audit Committee’s financial expert), and Messrs. Cherry, Ellis and
Engles as members of the Compensation and Nominating Committee. (with
Mr. Cherry serving as Chairman). The Board also determined that
Messrs. Cherry, Ellis, Engles, and Gray are each “independent”
as that term is defined in the NASDAQ listing rules. Messrs. Call, Park
and Rogers are not independent under NASDAQ listing standards.
Resignation of
Officers
As contemplated by the
Merger Agreement, upon the completion of the Merger, Timothy Rogers resigned as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Diesel, John B. Wynne resigned
as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and Charles V. Grinnell relinquished
his positions as Vice President, General Secretary and Secretary of Clean
Diesel. Mr. Rogers will continue with Clean Diesel as Senior Corporate Vice
President – Product Development. John Wynne and Charles V. Grinnell will
continue to serve Clean Diesel in a transitional capacity, but no longer will
be considered a “Section 16 Officer.”
These departures were
as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and not a result of any disagreements
with Clean Diesel on any matter relating to Clean Diesel’s operations,
policies or practices.
Appointment of
Officers
On October 15,
2010, prior to consummation of the Merger, the Board appointed Charles F. Call
as Chief Executive Officer, Nikhil A. Mehta as Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer, and Stephen J. Golden, Ph.D. as Chief Technical Officer. The
material terms of Messrs. Call, Mehta and Golden’s employment
agreements are described in the Registration Statement (which information is
incorporated herein by reference), copies of which were filed as Exhibits
thereto. Additional information regarding the directors and officer listed
above is contained in the Registration Statement, which information is
incorporated herein by reference.
On October 19,
2010, following consummation of the Merger, the newly constituted Board
designated the persons who serve as the officers of Clean Diesel to hold office
until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such
officer’s earlier resignation or removal. The Board confirmed the
appointments of Charles F. Call, Nikhil Mehta, Stephen J. Golden, Ph.D., and
Timothy Rogers to the offices noted above. In addition, the Board appointed
Christopher J. Harris as Chief Operations Officer, and David E. Shea as
Corporate Controller. Bruce McRoy was designated Secretary of the Corporation.
The Board delegated to Mr. Call authority as to the appointment or removal
of subordinate officers.
Following is
biographical information for Mr. Harris and Mr. Shea:
Christopher J.
Harris, Chief Operations Officer (Age 45)
Mr. Harris joined CSI as President of its Catalyst Business
in August 2008 and will serve as the combined company’s Chief
Operations Officer and President of Engine Control Systems, Limited.
Mr. Harris has over 20 years of technical, commercial and general
management experience in both privately-held and publicly-traded specialty
chemicals and materials companies. Prior to joining CSI,
Mr. Harris’ positions included Chief Operating Officer of Aculon,
Inc., an early-stage nanotechnology company, from May 2007 to
August 2008, and prior thereto Global Vice President/General Manager of
Avery Dennison Corporation’s (NYSE: AVY) Performance Polymers
business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Harris held various management
positions in North America and Europe during eleven years with Rohm and Haas
Company, acquired by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) in 2009.
Mr. Harris earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from
Cornell University and completed graduate business coursework at Temple
University.
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David E. Shea,
Corporate Controller (Age 48)
Mr. Shea joined CSI in October 2005 as Manager of
Financial Planning and Analysis and was appointed Corporate Controller in
2009. Mr. Shea has over 20 years of financial management
experience in a number of different industries. Prior to joining CSI,
from 2001 to 2005, he was the Director of Finance for ENCO Utility Services, a
privately held utility services outsourcing provider. From 1998 to 2001,
he was the Manager of Business Planning and Development for Edison Enterprises,
an unregulated subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX). From
1986 to 1998, Mr. Shea held several of financial positions, the last being
Manager of Material Estimating and Cost Management at Northrop Grumman
(NYSE: NOC). Mr. Shea received an MBA Degree from The
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a Bachelor of
Arts in Economics/Mathematics from the University of California at Santa
Barbara.
There are no
arrangements or understandings between any of Messrs. Call, Mehta, Golden,
Harris, Shea or McRoy or any other person pursuant to which such person was selected as
an officer. None of Messrs. Call, Mehta, Golden, Harris, Rogers, Shea or
McRoy has any family relationship with any director or other executive officer
of Clean Diesel or any person nominated or chosen by Clean Diesel to become a
director or executive officer. There are no transactions in which any of
Messrs. Call, Mehta, Golden, Harris, Rogers, Shea or McRoy has an interest
requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(a) Financial
statements of business acquired.
Audited financial
statements of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
Unaudited financial
statements of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. as of and for the six months ended June
30, 2010.
(b) Pro forma
financial information.
Unaudited Pro Forma
condensed combined balance sheet of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. as of June
30, 2010.
Unaudited Pro Forma
condensed combined statement of operations of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.
for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the six months ended
June 30, 2010.
(c) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description of Exhibits
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2.1
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
May 13, 2010, among Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., CDTI Merger Sub, Inc.
and Catalytic Solutions , Inc. (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the
joint proxy statement/information statement and prospectus included in Clean
Diesel’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on
September 23, 2010).
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2.2
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Letter Agreement dated September 1, 2010
amending the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 13, 2010
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the joint proxy
statement/information statement and prospectus included in Clean Diesel’s
Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on September 23,
2010).
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2.3
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Letter Agreement dated September 14, 2010
amending the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 13, 2010
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the joint proxy
statement/information statement and prospectus included in Clean Diesel’s
Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on September 23,
2010).
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3.1
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Certificate of Amendment of Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Annex B to the joint
proxy statement/information statement and prospectus included in Clean
Diesel’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on September 23,
2010).
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10.1
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Registration Rights Agreement dated
October 15, 2010
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10.2
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Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated
October 15, 2010
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23.1
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Consent of KPMG, LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm of Catalytic Solutions, Inc.
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99.1
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Press Release of the registrant dated
October 15, 2010
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99.2
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Audited financial statements of Catalytic
Solutions, Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009
(incorporated by reference to the joint proxy statement/information statement
and prospectus included in Clean Diesel’s Registration Statement on
Form S-4/A filed on September 23, 2010).
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99.3
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Report of independent registered public
accounting firm, issued by KPMG LLP, dated May 4, 2010, except for Note
21, as to which the date is May 14, 2010, relating to the audited
financial statements of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to the joint proxy
statement/information statement and prospectus included in Clean Diesel’s
Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on September 23,
2010).
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99.4
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Unaudited financial statements of Catalytic
Solutions, Inc. as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2010
(incorporated by reference to the joint proxy statement/information statement
and prospectus included in Clean Diesel’s Registration Statement on
Form S-4/A filed on September 23, 2010).
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99.5
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Unaudited Pro Forma condensed combined balance
sheet of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. as of June 30, 2010 (incorporated
by reference to the joint proxy statement/information statement and prospectus
included in Clean Diesel’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A
filed on September 23, 2010).
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99.6
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Unaudited Pro Forma condensed combined
statement of operations of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 2009 and the six months ended June 30, 2010 (incorporated by
reference to the joint proxy statement/information statement and prospectus
included in Clean Diesel’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A
filed on September 23, 2010).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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October 21, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Nikhil A. Mehta
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Name: Nikhil A. Mehta
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Title: Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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