Park City Capital Calls on Adcare Health Systems, Inc. CEO Bill McBride to Resign due to Resume Falsification
04 Abril 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Park City Capital, LLC, the owner with its affiliates of
approximately 6.1% of the stock of Adcare Health Systems, Inc.
(NYSE MKT:ADK), calls on Adcare Chairman and CEO William McBride to
immediately resign from all positions with Adcare due to his resume
falsification committed against the company.
At the time of his hiring, McBride represented that he has an
MBA from UCLA. Adcare has made the following public disclosures
under McBride’s supervision:
▪ On October 13, 2014, Adcare issued a press release announcing
McBride’s appointment as CEO. The press release stated that “Bill
is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
with an undergraduate degree in Economics and a Master's in
Business Administration.”
▪ The biography of McBride on Adcare’s website (until it was
revised on March 31) stated the following: “Mr. McBride is a
graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with an
undergraduate degree in Economics and a Master’s in Business
Administration.”
▪ Adcare filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on October 17, 2014 that
included as an exhibit the above press release stating that McBride
has an MBA from UCLA.
Based on third party research commissioned by Park City and
another party, McBride does not have an MBA from UCLA. Our third
party researcher contacted UCLA, which reported that it has no
records of McBride earning an MBA at UCLA. Since McBride was
confronted with this information by Park City, he has not denied or
refuted the resume falsification.
As of today, SB Aircraft Management, a company founded and owned
by McBride, reports on its website
(http://www.sbaircraftmanagement.com/owners.html) in a biography
for McBride that he “graduated from the UCLA Business School.”
Additional references to McBride’s falsely claimed MBA from UCLA
can be found throughout public sources on the Internet. It appears
that McBride has a long history of falsely claiming that he has an
MBA from UCLA.
Significantly, Adcare’s stock has declined approximately 74.0%
under McBride’s tenure as CEO. The closing price of Adcare’s stock
on October 10, 2014, the last trading day prior to McBride’s
announcement as CEO, was $4.49. The closing price of Adcare’s stock
on April 3, 2017 was $1.15.
Adcare failed to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its
2016 fiscal year with the SEC by the due date of March 31, 2017. In
its Notification of Late Filing made yesterday, Adcare stated:
“On April 2, 2017, the Board established an
independent committee of the Board…to conduct an internal
investigation with respect to the circumstances surrounding the
inaccurate representation of Mr. McBride’s educational credentials
and related matters….The Company will not be able to file its
Annual Report until the Special Committee completes the Internal
Investigation and the Annual Report is finalized as appropriate. As
a result of the delay in filing the Annual Report, the Company is
not in compliance with covenants under certain of its debt
agreements that require the delivery of the Company’s 2016 audited
financial statements by March 31, 2017.”
Park City calls on Adcare to cease the delay that is causing
harm to the company and take immediate action to remove McBride as
the principal executive officer in charge of the company’s business
operations and public disclosures. If McBride does not resign
immediately, we believe the Adcare board should terminate him.
Park City urges shareholders of Adcare to express their views on
this matter directly to the Adcare board. If you would like to
speak with Michael J. Fox of Park City regarding this matter, we
urge you to contact him at 214-855-0801.
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Park City Capital, LLCMichael J. Fox, 214-855-0801
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