UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Consent Solicitation Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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YUKON GOLD CORPORATION,
INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)
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Dear Shareholder:
Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. (the Company or we) is
soliciting your consent for a merger of the Company into its wholly-owned
subsidiary as described in the enclosed Consent Solicitation Statement under the
caption, THE PROPOSAL THE REINCORPORATION. We refer to this merger, as
further described in the Consent Solicitation Statement, as the
Reincorporation. We plan to close the Reincorporation on or about
May 13,
2011.
Pursuant to the Reincorporation, the Company would merge into
its newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary, Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. a
Nevada corporation (Yukon-Nevada) pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger
(the Merger Agreement), a copy of which is included in the enclosed Consent
Solicitation Statement as Exhibit A. As a result of the merger, Yukon-Nevada
would be the surviving entity.
The Reincorporation should accomplish two objectives. The first
objective is to lower our cost of doing business. The Company is currently
paying franchise taxes in Delaware that we believe are disproportionately high.
By becoming a Nevada corporation, we will avoid Delaware taxes and pay a much
lower Nevada corporate tax going forward. The other objective is to recapitalize
our equity structure. The Merger Agreement provides for a reverse split where
every five outstanding shares of the Company will become one share of
Yukon-Nevada. In addition, Yukon-Nevada will have 500,000,000 authorized shares.
Our intention is that the additional authorized shares will enable Yukon-Nevada
to raise working capital and have shares available to use as consideration for
the acquisition of new exploration mineral properties.
Shareholders representing more than a majority of our voting
stock have indicated their support for the Reincorporation. Consequently, we
expect the Reincorporation to be approved. The enclosed Consent Solicitation
Statement also serves as notice to all non-consenting shareholders of the terms
and conditions of the Reincorporation.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 17,
2011 (the Record Date) are being furnished with this Consent Solicitation
Statement. Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on the Record
Date will be entitled to vote on the Reincorporation.
Included with this Consent Solicitation Statement are: (i) the
Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January
31, 2011 and (ii) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended
April 30, 2010 and 2009. We note that the Companys wholly-owned Canadian
subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection as of November 15, 2010 with the
Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada in Hamilton, Ontario. The
outcome of this proceeding is reflected in the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January 31, 2011 included with this
Consent Solicitation Statement. All of the Companys filings can be reviewed at
the Securities and Exchange Commissions web site at:
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
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If you approve of the Reincorporation, we request that you
execute and return the Written Consent enclosed with this Consent Solicitation
Statement, at your earliest opportunity, but not later than May 13, 2011.
Thank you.
/s/
J.L. Guerra,
Jr.
J.L. Guerra, Jr.
President, CEO and Chairman of the
Board of Directors
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WRITTEN CONSENT SOLICITED
BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
OF
YUKON GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
THIS CONSENT IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE THE REINCORPORATION BY
EXECUTING THIS WRITTEN CONSENT.
The undersigned consents to the proposed Reincorporation as
described in the accompanying Consent Solicitation Statement, and confirms that
the undersigned would vote For the approval of the Reincorporation at a
meeting of shareholders if such a meeting were called to consider the
Reincorporation.
Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than
one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should
be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Included with this Consent Solicitation Statement are: (i) the
Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January
31, 2011 and (ii) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
April 30, 2010. We note that the Companys wholly-owned Canadian
subsidiary, Yukon Gold Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection as of November 15,
2010 with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada in Hamilton,
Ontario. The outcome of this proceeding is reflected in the Companys Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January 31, 2011 included
with this Consent Solicitation Statement.
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YUKON GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
CONSENT SOLICITATION
STATEMENT
April 14, 2011
GENERAL
The enclosed Written Consent is solicited by the Board of
Directors of Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. (the Company or we) in connection
with the Reincorporation described herein in the section entitled, PROPOSAL 1
- THE REINCORPORATION.
Our executive offices are located at 1226 White Oaks Blvd.,
Suite 10A, Oakville, Ontario L6H 2B9 Canada. This Consent Solicitation Statement
and the accompanying Written Consent are being provided to our shareholders of
record as of March 17, 2011 (the Record Date).
Our Board of Directors, by written consent, has unanimously
approved the Reincorporation.
The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company. Your
approval may also be solicited personally or by telephone by certain of the
Companys directors, officers, agents and regular employees who will not receive
additional compensation in connection with this solicitation. In addition, the
Company will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for
their expenses in forwarding solicitation materials to beneficial owners. The
total cost of solicitation, including legal fees for the preparation and filing
of this Consent Solicitation Statement and expenses incurred in connection with
the preparation of this Consent Solicitation Statement is estimated to be
approximately $5,000.
The Company will only deliver one Consent Solicitation
Statement to multiple security holders sharing an address unless the Company has
received contrary instructions from one or more of the security holders. Upon
written or oral request, the Company will promptly deliver a separate copy of
this Consent Solicitation Statement and any future annual reports and
information statements to any security holder at a shared address to which a
single copy of this Consent Solicitation Statement was delivered, or deliver a
single copy of this Consent Solicitation Statement and any future annual reports
and information statements to any security holder or holders sharing an address
to which multiple copies are now delivered.
CONSENT PROCEDURE
Pursuant to the Companys by-laws and Section 228 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, any shareholder action that may be completed
through either an annual or special meeting of shareholders may also be consented
to in writing by a majority of shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting if
all shareholders entitled to vote were present. The Board of Directors is soliciting
shareholder approval, in lieu of a meeting of shareholders, because it believes
that this is the most cost effective manner of obtaining shareholder consent
to these actions.
Registered Shareholders
If you are a registered shareholder, you may evidence your
approval of the Reincorporation by executing the enclosed Written Consent.
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The enclosed Written Consent may be faxed to the Company at:
Fax: 905-845-6415
or mailed to the Company at:
YUKON GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
1226 White Oaks Blvd., Suite
10A
Oakville, ON L6H 2B9
Canada
Beneficial Shareholders
The following information is of significance to shareholders
who do not hold shares of the Companys common stock (Shares) in their own
name. Beneficial Shareholders should note that ONLY Written Consents executed by
registered shareholders (those whose names appear in the records of the Company
as the registered holders of Shares) can be accepted by the Company.
Intermediaries are required to seek voting instructions from Beneficial
Shareholders. Every intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its
own return instructions to clients.
If you are a Beneficial Shareholder:
You should carefully follow the instructions of your broker or
intermediary in order to authorize their execution of the Written Consent on
your behalf.
Only holders of record as of the close of business on the
Record Date will be entitled to consent or withhold their consent. If you were a
shareholder of record on the Record Date, you will retain your right to execute
the Written Consent even if you sell shares after the Record Date.
Dissenters Rights
Shareholders have no dissenters rights with respect to the
matters referred to in this Consent Solicitation Statement.
REVOCATION OF CONSENT
A registered shareholder who has given their consent may revoke
it by sending a written revocation to the Company on or before May 13, 2011.
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THE PROPOSAL
THE REINCORPORATION
Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. (the Company) is soliciting your
consent for a merger of the Company into a newly formed Nevada corporation named
Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. which is the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary
(hereinafter referred to as Yukon-Nevada) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Merger Agreement). Upon
completion of the merger, Yukon-Nevada will be the surviving entity and will
continue to operate our business under the name Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc.
In this section, we refer to our current entity prior to the merger as the
Company and after the merger as Yukon-Nevada. In connection with the
Reincorporation, each of the Company's shareholders as of the record date will receive one (1) share of
Yukon-Nevada for each five (5) shares of the Company they held prior to the
effective date of the merger (the Exchange Ratio). No fractional shares will
be issued. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, Yukon-Nevada will issue whole
shares. Upon completion of the merger the authorized capital stock of the
surviving corporation (Yukon-Nevada) will consist of 500,000,000 shares of
common stock, $0.0001 par value. The foregoing transaction is referred to in
this Consent Solicitation Statement as the Reincorporation. The Board of
Directors of the Company, by unanimous written consent, has approved the
Reincorporation and all actions necessary to effect the Reincorporation.
The Reincorporation will not result in any change in our
business, management, employees, headquarters, assets, liabilities or net worth.
The directors and officers of the Company prior to the Reincorporation will hold
the same respective positions following the Reincorporation. We will be governed
by new articles of incorporation under Nevada law, filed with the Secretary of
State of Nevada on December 21, 2010, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B,
and new by-laws, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the
symbol YGDC, and our stock will continue to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board
under that symbol. All outstanding warrants and options exercisable for shares
of the Companys Common Stock will also be converted to warrants and options to
purchase shares of Yukon-Nevada with the rights of holders of such options and
warrants adjusted to give effect to the Exchange Ratio. For example, an option
to purchase five (5) shares of the Company would become an option to purchase
one (1) share of Yukon-Nevada following the Reincorporation.
The primary purposes of the Reincorporation are: (i) to reduce
our state franchise tax obligations which should result in significant savings
to us over the long term and (ii) recapitalize our equity structure to reduce
the number of outstanding shares and enable the issuance of stock for new
acquisitions and working capital. See PROPOSED PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS
herein.
Operating the Company as a Nevada corporation will not
interfere with, or differ substantially from, our present corporate activities.
As a Nevada corporation, Yukon-Nevada will be governed by Nevada corporate law,
while the Company is presently governed by Delaware law. Nevada law may
constitute a comprehensive, flexible legal structure under which to operate.
However, because of differences in the laws of these states, your rights as
stockholders will change in several material respects as a result of the
Reincorporation. These matters are discussed in greater details immediately
below. See "SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DELAWARE AND NEVADA LAW" below.
The Reincorporation is not being effected to prevent a change
in control, nor is it in response to any present attempt known to our Board of
Directors to acquire control of the Company or obtain representation on our Board of Directors. Nevertheless, certain
effects of the proposed reincorporation may be considered to have anti-takeover
implications simply by virtue of being subject to Nevada law. For example, in
responding to an unsolicited bidder, the Nevada Revised Statutes authorizes
directors to consider not only the interests of shareholders, but also the
interests of employees, suppliers, creditors, customers, the economy of the
state and nation, the interests of the community and society in general, and the
long-term as well as short-term interests of the corporation and its
shareholders, including the possibility that these interests may be best served
by the continued independence of the corporation. For a discussion of these and
other differences between the laws of Delaware and Nevada, see "SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DELAWARE AND NEVADA LAW" below.
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Shareholders holding more than a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Company have indicated their intention to approve the
Reincorporation. Pursuant to Section 228(e) of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the DGCL), this Consent Solicitation Statement also shall constitute a
notice and shall be mailed to all holders of our Common Stock entitled to vote
as of the Record Date.
The elimination of the need for a special meeting of
stockholders to approve the Reincorporation is made possible by Section 228 of
DGCL which provides that the written consent of the holders of outstanding
shares of voting capital stock, having not less than the minimum number of votes
which would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a special meeting
at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, may be
substituted for such a special meeting.
This Consent Solicitation Statement is first being mailed or
furnished to the shareholders of the Company on or about April 18, 2011.
Under the DGCL, shareholders will not be entitled to exercise
appraisal rights in connection with the Reincorporation and the Company will not
independently provide shareholders with any such right.
If and when the Company obtains the requisite shareholder
approval of the reincorporation, it intends to file a certificate of merger with
the State of Delaware and articles of merger with the State of Nevada. The
effective date of the Reincorporation will be the date such certificates are
filed.
Under Section 253 of the DGCL, the Reincorporation, which will
be conducted by merging the Company into Yukon-Nevada, is required to be
approved by the holders of a majority of our outstanding stock entitled to vote
thereon. Other than the foregoing, however, we need not comply with any federal
or state regulatory requirements nor must we obtain any approvals in connection
with the merger and the reincorporation.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING
SECURITIES
Under the DGCL a vote by the holders of a majority of the
outstanding stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon is required to approve
the Reincorporation.
As of the Record Date there were 148,159,936 shares of common
stock outstanding.
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DELAWARE AND NEVADA LAW
The rights of the Companys stockholders are currently governed
by Delaware law and the Companys certificate of incorporation and by-laws. The
Merger Agreement provides that, at the effective time of the merger, the
separate corporate existence of the Company will cease and the former
stockholders of the Company will become stockholders of Yukon-Nevada. In
connection with the Reincorporation, each shareholder of the Company will receive one (1) share of
Yukon-Nevada for each five (5) shares of the Company they held prior to the
effective date of the Reincorporation. No fractional shares will be issued. In
lieu of issuing fractional shares, Yukon-Nevada will issue whole shares.
Accordingly, after the effective time of the merger, your rights as a
stockholder will be governed by Nevada law and the articles of incorporation and
by-laws of Yukon-Nevada. The statutory corporate laws of the State of Nevada, as
governed by the Nevada Revised Statutes, are similar in many respects to those
of Delaware, as governed by the Delaware General Corporation Law. However, there
are certain differences that may affect your rights as a stockholder, as well as
the corporate governance of the corporation, if the Reincorporation is
consummated.
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The following discussion is a summary. It does not give you a
complete description of the differences that may affect you. You should also
refer to the Nevada Revised Statutes, as well as the forms of the articles of
incorporation and the by-laws of Yukon-Nevada, which are attached as Exhibit B
and Exhibit C, respectively, to this Consent Solicitation Statement, and which
will come into effect concurrently with the effectiveness of the Reincorporation
merger as provided in the merger agreement. In this section, we use the term
charter to describe either the certificate of incorporation under Delaware law
or the articles of incorporation under Nevada law.
General
As discussed below in Potential Disadvantages of the
Reincorporation, Delaware for many years has followed a policy of encouraging
incorporation in that state and, in furtherance of that policy, has adopted
comprehensive, modern and flexible corporate laws that Delaware periodically
updates and revises to meet changing business needs. Because of Delawares
prominence as a state of incorporation for many large corporations, the Delaware
courts have developed considerable expertise in dealing with corporate issues
and a substantial body of case law has developed construing Delaware law and
establishing public policies with respect to Delaware corporations. Because
Nevada case law concerning the governing and effects of its statutes and
regulations is more limited, the Company and its stockholders may experience
less predictability with respect to legality of corporate affairs and
transactions and stockholders rights to challenge them.
Removal of Directors
Under Delaware law, directors of a corporation without a
classified board may be removed with or without cause by the holders of a
majority of shares then entitled to vote in an election of directors. Under
Nevada law, any one or all of the directors of a corporation may be removed by
the holders of not less than two-thirds of the voting power of a corporations
issued and outstanding stock. Nevada does not distinguish between removal of
directors with or without cause.
Limitation on Personal Liability of Directors
A Delaware corporation is permitted to adopt provisions in its
certificate of incorporation limiting or eliminating the liability of a director
to a company and its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, provided that such liability does not arise from certain
proscribed conduct, including breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law or liability to the corporation based on unlawful dividends or
distributions or improper personal benefit.
While Nevada law has a similar provision permitting the
adoption of provisions in the articles of incorporation limiting personal
liability, the Nevada provision differs in three respects. First, the Nevada provision applies to both directors and officers. Second, while
the Delaware provision except from limitation on liability a breach of the duty
of loyalty, the Nevada counterpart does not contain this exception. Third,
Nevada law with respect to the elimination of liability for directors and
officers expressly applies to liabilities owed to creditors of the corporation.
Thus, the Nevada provision expressly permits a corporation to limit the
liability of officers, as well as directors, and permits limitation of liability
arising from a breach of the duty of loyalty and from obligations to the
corporations creditors.
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Indemnification of Officers and Directors and Advancement of
Expenses
Although Delaware and Nevada law have substantially similar
provisions regarding indemnification by a corporation of its officers,
directors, employees and agents, Delaware and Nevada law differ in their
provisions for advancement of expenses incurred by an officer or director in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding. Delaware law provides
that expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid
by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or
officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. A Delaware corporation has the
discretion to decide whether or not to advance expenses, unless its certificate
of incorporation or by-laws provide for mandatory advancement. Under Nevada law,
the articles of incorporation, by-laws or an agreement made by the corporation
may provide that the corporation must pay advancements of expenses in advance of
the final disposition of the action, suit or proceedings upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it
is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation.
Action by Written Consent of Directors
Both Delaware and Nevada law provide that, unless the articles
or certificate of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, any action
required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors or a committee
thereof may be taken without a meeting if ALL members of the board or committee,
as the case may be, consent to the action in writing.
Actions by Written Consent of Shareholders
Both Delaware and Nevada law provide that, unless the articles
or certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, any action required or
permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a
meeting if the holders of outstanding stock having at least the minimum number
of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote consent to the action in writing. Delaware law
requires a corporation to give prompt notice of the taking of corporate action
without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those stockholders
who did not consent in writing. Nevada law does not require notice to the
stockholders of action taken by less than all of the stockholders.
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Dividends
Delaware law is more restrictive than Nevada law with respect
to when dividends may be paid. Under Delaware law, unless further restricted in
the certificate of incorporation, a corporation may declare and pay dividends
out of surplus, or if no surplus exists out of net profits for the fiscal year
in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year (provided
that the amount of capital of the corporation is not less than the aggregate
amount of the capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all
classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets). In addition,
Delaware law provides that a corporation may redeem or repurchase its shares
only if the capital of the corporation is not impaired and such redemption or
repurchase would not impair the capital of the corporation. Nevada law provides
that no distribution (including dividends on, or redemption or repurchases of,
shares of capital stock) may be made if, after giving effect to such
distribution, the corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they become
due in the usual course of business, or, except as specifically permitted by the
articles of incorporation, the corporations total assets would be less than the
sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed at the time of
a dissolution to satisfy the preferential rights of preferred shareholders.
Restrictions on Business Combinations
Both Delaware and Nevada law contain provisions restricting the
ability of a corporation to engage in business combinations with an interested
stockholder. Under Delaware law, a corporation that is listed on a national
securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders, is not
permitted to engage in a business combination with any interested stockholder
for a three-year period following the time the stockholder became an interested
stockholder, unless: (i) the transaction resulting in a person becoming an
interested stockholder, or the business combination, is approved by the board of
directors of the corporation before the person becomes an interested
stockholder; (ii) the interested stockholder acquires 85% or more of the
outstanding voting stock of the corporation in the same transaction that makes
it an interested stockholder (excluding shares owned by persons who are both
officers and directors of the corporation, and shares held by certain employee
stock ownership plans); or (iii) on or after the date the person becomes an
interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by the corporations
board of directors and by the holders of at least two-thirds of the corporations
outstanding voting stock at an annual or special meeting, excluding shares owned
by the interested stockholder. Delaware law defines interested stockholder
generally as a person who owns 15% or more of the outstanding shares of a
corporations voting stock.
Nevada law regulates business combinations more stringently.
Nevada law defines an interested stockholder as a beneficial owner (directly or
indirectly) of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the
corporation. In addition, combinations with an interested stockholder remain
prohibited for three years after the person became an interested stockholder
unless (i) the transaction is approved by the board of directors or the holders
of a majority of the outstanding shares not beneficially owned by the interested
party, or (ii) the interested stockholder satisfies certain fair value
requirements. As in Delaware, a Nevada corporation may opt-out of the statute
with appropriate provisions in its articles of incorporation.
Special Meetings of the Shareholders
Delaware law permits special meetings of shareholders to be
called by the board of directors or by any other person authorized in the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws to call a special shareholder meeting.
Nevada law permits special meetings of shareholders to be called by the entire
board of directors, any two directors, or the President, unless the articles of
incorporation or by-laws provide otherwise.
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Special Meetings Pursuant to Petition of Stockholders
Delaware law provides that a director or a stockholder of a
corporation may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware if the
corporation fails to hold an annual meeting for the election of directors or
there is no written consent to elect directors instead of an annual meeting for
a period of 30 days after the date designated for the annual meeting or, if
there is no date designated, within 13 months after the last annual meeting.
Nevada law is more restrictive. Under Nevada law, stockholders having not less
than 15% of the voting interest may petition the district court to order a
meeting for the election of directors if a corporation fails to call a meeting
for that purpose within 18 months after the last meeting at which directors were
elected. The Reincorporation may make it more difficult for our stockholders to
require that an annual meeting be held without the consent of the Board of
Directors.
Adjournment of Shareholder Meetings
Under Delaware law, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned
due to lack of a quorum and the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if
after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting,
notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to each shareholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may
transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Under Nevada law, a corporation is not required to give any notice of an
adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting,
other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken,
unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting or the
meeting date is adjourned to a date more than 60 days later than the date set
for the original meeting, in which case a new record date must be fixed and
notice given.
Duration of Proxies
Under Delaware law, a proxy executed by a shareholder will
remain valid for a period of three years, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period. Under Nevada law, a proxy is effective only for a period of six months,
unless it is coupled with an interest or unless otherwise provided in the proxy,
which duration may not exceed seven years. Nevada law also provides for
irrevocable proxies, without limitation on duration, in limited
circumstances.
Shareholder Vote for Mergers and Other Corporate
Reorganizations
Delaware law requires authorization by an absolute majority of
outstanding shares entitled to vote, as well as approval by the board of
directors, with respect to the terms of a merger or a sale of substantially all
of the assets of the corporation. A Nevada corporation may provide in its
articles of incorporation that the corporation may sell, lease or exchange all
or substantially all of its assets upon approval by the board of directors
without the requirement of shareholder approval. Delaware law does not require a
shareholder vote of the surviving corporation in a merger (unless the
corporation provides otherwise in its certificate of incorporation) if: (a) the
plan of merger does not amend the existing certificate of incorporation; (b)
each share of stock of the surviving corporation outstanding immediately before
the effective date of the merger is an identical outstanding share after the
merger; and (c) either no shares of common stock of the surviving corporation
and no shares, securities or obligations convertible into such stock are to be
issued or delivered under the plan of merger, or the authorized unissued shares
or shares of common stock of the surviving corporation to be issued or delivered
under the plan of merger plus those initially issuable upon conversion of any
other shares, securities or obligations to be issued or delivered under such
plan do not exceed 20% of the shares of common stock of such constituent
corporation outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger.
Nevada law does not require a shareholder vote of the surviving corporation in a
merger under substantially similar circumstances.
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Increasing or Decreasing Authorized Shares
Nevada law allows the board of directors of a corporation,
unless restricted by the articles of incorporation, to increase or decrease the
number of authorized shares in the class or series of the corporations shares
and correspondingly effect a forward or reverse split of any such class or
series of the corporations shares without a vote of the shareholders, so long as
the action taken does not change or alter any right or preference of the
shareholder and does not include any provision or provisions pursuant to which
only money will be paid or script issued to shareholders who hold 10% or more of
the outstanding shares of the affected class and series, and who would otherwise
be entitled to receive fractions of shares in exchange for the cancellation of
all of their outstanding shares. Delaware law contains no such similar
provision.
Potential Disadvantages of Reincorporation
A potential disadvantage of reincorporating from Delaware to
Nevada is that Delaware for many years has followed a policy of encouraging
incorporation in that state and, in furtherance of that policy, has adopted
comprehensive, modern and flexible corporate laws that Delaware periodically
updates and revises to meet changing business needs. Because of Delawares
prominence as a state of incorporation for many large corporations, the Delaware
courts have developed considerable expertise in dealing with corporate issues
and a substantial body of case law has developed construing Delaware law and
establishing public policies with respect to Delaware corporations. Because
Nevada case law concerning the governing and effects of its statutes and
regulations is more limited, the Company and its stockholders may experience
less predictability with respect to legality of corporate affairs and
transactions and stockholders rights to challenge them.
Significant Differences between By-laws of Yukon-Nevada and
By-laws of the Company
In addition to the differences between the laws of Delaware and
Nevada described above, under the bylaws of Yukon-Nevada, the holders of at
least one-third of the outstanding voting shares shall constitute a quorum at a
meeting of stockholders. The Companys current by-laws require majority of the
outstanding voting shares to constitute a quorum at a meeting of
stockholders.
In general, Nevada law provides greater protection to our
directors and the Company than Delaware law. Delaware law permits a corporation
to adopt provisions limiting or eliminating the liability of a director to a
company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director, provided that the liability does not arise from certain
proscribed conduct, including breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law. By contrast, Nevada law permits a broader exclusion of liability of both
officers and directors to the Company and its stockholders, providing for an
exclusion of all monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty unless they arise
from act or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing
violation of law. The by-laws of Yukon-Nevada, which will become the by-laws of
the surviving corporation following the Merger, contain provisions so limiting
the exposure of officers and directors. In addition, the by-laws of Yukon-Nevada
contemplate broad indemnification of officers and directors, including
indemnification for the cost of defending lawsuits against them. A copy of the
by-laws of Yukon-Nevada is included with this Consent Solicitation Statement as
Exhibit C.
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences of the
Reincorporation
The Company intends the Reincorporation to be a tax-free
reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Assuming the
Reincorporation qualifies as a tax-free reorganization, the holders of the Companys common stock will not recognize any
gain or loss under the Federal tax laws as a result of the occurrence of the
Reincorporation, and neither will the Company nor Yukon-Nevada. Each stockholder
will have the same basis in Yukon-Nevada common stock received as a result of
the Reincorporation as that holder has in the corresponding common stock of the
Company held at the time the Reincorporation occurs. Each holders holding period
in Yukon-Nevada common stock received as a result of the Reincorporation will
include the period during which such holder held the corresponding common stock
of the Company at the time the Reincorporation occurs, provided the latter was
held by such holder as a capital asset at the time of consummation of the
Reincorporation. This Consent Solicitation Statement only discusses U.S. federal
income tax consequences and has done so only for general information. It does
not address all of the federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to
particular stockholders based upon individual circumstances or to stockholders
who are subject to special rules, such as, financial institutions, tax-exempt
organizations, insurance companies, dealers in securities, foreign holders or
holders who acquired their shares as compensation, whether through employee
stock options or otherwise. This Consent Solicitation Statement does not address
the tax consequences under state, local or foreign laws.
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This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code, laws,
regulations, rulings and decisions in effect as of the date of this Consent
Solicitation Statement, all of which are subject to differing interpretations
and change, possibly with retroactive effect. The Company has neither requested
nor received a tax opinion from legal counsel or rulings from the Internal
Revenue Service regarding the consequences of reincorporation. There can be no
assurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court
decisions would not alter the consequences discussed above. You should consult
your own tax advisor to determine the particular tax consequences to you of the
reincorporation, including the applicability and effect of federal, state,
local, foreign and other tax laws.
Absence of Appraisal Rights
The Reincorporation will be conducted as a merger of the
Company into Yukon-Nevada, our wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to Section 253
of the DGCL. Under Section 253, no right of appraisal or redemption is available
to our shareholders in connection with the merger. Therefore, our shareholders
are not entitled to receive consideration instead of shares of Yukon-Nevada.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE FOR APPROVING
THE REINCORPORATION
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The Company is currently authorized to issue 150,000,000 shares
of common stock, par value $0.0001. As of the Record Date there were 148,159,936
shares of the Company's common stock outstanding. Yukon-Nevada is currently
authorized to issue 500,000,000 common shares. As of the Record Date there was
one (1) share of Yukon-Nevada's common stock outstanding. It was held by the
Company.
The Companys securities will not be materially modified as a
result of the Reincorporation. As such, the following will apply in substantial
part to the securities of the Company and Yukon-Nevada. The holders of common
stock are entitled to one (1) vote for each share held of record on all matters
to be voted on by the stockholders. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to
receive dividends ratably, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of funds
legally available. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Company, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share equally and
ratably in all assets remaining available for distribution after payment of
liabilities and after provision is made for each class of stock, if any, having
preference over the Common Stock. The holders of shares of Common Stock, as such, have no conversion, preemptive, or other subscription
rights and there are no redemption provisions applicable to the Common Stock.
All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable.
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CAPITALIZATION OF THE COMPANY BEFORE AND AFTER THE MERGER
The following table provides a comparison of the capitalization
of the Company before and after the Merger.
|
Number of Shares
issued and
outstanding
|
Number of
Shares reserved
for
issuance
|
Number of
shares
authorized
|
Number of
Shares
authorized, but
not issued or
reserved for
issuance
|
Pre-Merger
|
148,159,936
|
1,000,000
|
150,000,000
|
840,064
|
Post-Merger
|
29,631,988*
|
200,000**
|
500,000,000
|
470,168,012
|
*The number of shares projected to be outstanding following the
Reincorporation does not account for the rounding up of fractional shares
**Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options
issued under the Companys 2006 Stock Option Plan as assumed by Yukon-Nevada
after application of the Exchange Ratio assumed together with shares reserved
for issuance under the Companys outstanding Warrants as assumed to Yukon-Nevada
after application of the Exchange Ratio.
The Company, as of the Record Date, has issued 500,000 stock
options with expiry dates ranging from September 28, 2012 to April 8, 2013 and
exercise prices ranging from CDN$0.20 to CDN$0.39. The Company, as of the Record
date, has issued 500,000 warrants to a former officer and director with an
exercise price of CDN$0.24 and expiry date of December 19, 2012. The following
table shows the effect of conversion of the Companys outstanding warrants and
stock options as a result of the application of the Exchange Ratio pursuant to
the Merger Agreement.
|
Number of
Warrants
outstanding
|
Number of
Options
Outstanding
|
Warrant Price
per Share
|
Option Price
per Share
(range)
|
Pre-Merger
|
500,000
|
500,000
|
CDN$0.24
|
CDN$0.20 to CDN$0.39
|
Post-Merger
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
CDN$1.20
|
CDN$1.00 to CDN$1.95
|
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information relating to
the ownership of common stock by (i) each person known by us to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding shares of our
common stock, (ii) each person who has been a director or officer of the Company
at any time since the beginning of the last fiscal year and (iii) each associate
of any of the foregoing persons. In the table below, the first column labeled Type corresponds to the
immediately preceding categories. Unless otherwise indicated, the information
relates to these persons beneficial ownership as of the record date. Except as
may be indicated in the footnotes to the table and subject to applicable
community property laws, each person has the sole voting and investment power
with respect to the shares owned. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of
each beneficial owner is care of Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc., unless otherwise
set forth below that person's name.
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Under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, certain shares may be
deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example,
persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In
addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person
has the right to acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of an option)
within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided. In computing
the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares outstanding is
deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by that person (and
only that person) by reason of these acquisition rights. As a result, the
percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in this table may not
necessarily reflect the person's actual ownership with respect to the number of
shares of our common stock actually outstanding as of the record date.
Type
|
Name and Address
|
Position Held
|
From
|
To
|
Number of
Shares/Options/
Warrants of
Common Stock
Held
|
Percentage
of
Common
Stock
Held
|
(i)
|
Milo Holdings Ltd. 171 Main
Street P. O. Box 92, Road Town Tortola, BVI VG1110
|
N/A
|
|
|
14,000,000
|
9.45%
|
(i)
|
Pineview Worldwide Corp. 10
Elvira Mendez St., Top Floor Panama, Republic of Panama
|
N/A
|
|
|
13,333,400
|
9.00%
|
(i)
|
Clyde Hill
Enterprises Corp. 10 Elvira Mendez St., Top Floor Panama, Republic of
Panama
|
N/A
|
|
|
13,333,400
|
9.00%
|
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(i)
|
Lance Capital Ltd./Patricia Kelley 1226 White
Oaks Blvd, #10A Oakville, ON L6H 2B9
|
N/A
|
|
|
10,633,400
|
7.18%
|
(ii)
|
J.L. Guerra, Jr. (1)
|
President & CEO
Chairman of the Board
Director
Former President & CEO
|
21-Mar-2011
11-Jul-2006
2-Nov-2005
12-Dec- 2008
|
present
present
present
28-Sep- 2009
|
7,074,679
|
4.78%
|
(ii)
|
Douglas Oliver
|
Former Director
Former President & CEO
|
28-Sep- 2009
28-Sep- 2009
|
21-Mar-2011
21-Mar-2011
|
250,000
|
0.17%
|
(ii)
|
Charles W Reed
|
Former Director
|
23-Oct- 2009
|
21-Mar-2011
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Kathy Chapman (2)
|
Chief Financial Officer
Corp. Secretary
Interim Corp. Secretary
Chief Administrative Officer
|
2-Sep-2010
2-Sep-2010
3-Jul-2008
1-Aug- 2008
|
present
present
2-Sep-2010
4-Sep-2009
|
6,475,000
|
4.37%
|
(ii)
|
Joanne Hughes
|
VP, Operations
|
15-Sep- 2010
|
present
|
6,400,000
|
4.32%
|
|
Rakesh Malhotra 4580 Beaufort Terrace Mississauga, ON L5M
3H7
|
Former Chief Financial Officer
|
17-Nov- 2005
|
1-Sep-2010
|
0
|
|
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(ii)
|
Kenneth J Hill
2579 Jarvis St Mississauga, ON
L5C 2P9
|
Former Director
|
15-Dec- 2004
|
29-Oct- 2009
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Paul Pitman
341 Main St N,
Suite
206
Brampton, ON L6X
3C7
|
Former Director
Former
Corp. Secretary
Former VP Corp.
Dev. & Exploration
|
28-Sep-2009
28-Sep-2009
28-Sep-2009
|
21-Oct-2009
21-Oct-2009
21-Oct-2009
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Robert Van Tassell
421
Riverside Dr NW
High River, AB T1V
1T5
|
Former Director
|
30-May- 2005
|
19-Oct-2009
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Cletus Ryan
2170 Bromsgrove Rd,
Unit
183
Mississauga, ON L5J
4J2
|
Former VP Corp. Dev.
|
18-Dec- 2007
|
31-Jul-2009
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Lisa Rose (3)
4-6780
Formentera
Ave
Mississauga, ON L5N
2L1
|
Former Corp. Secretary
|
7-Sep-2005
|
19-Jun-2009
|
175,000
|
0.12%
|
(ii)
|
Howard Barth
16 Sycamore Dr
Thornhill, ON L3T
5V4
|
Director
Former Director
|
17-Mar- 2011
11-May- 2005
|
present
4-May-2009
|
0
|
|
(ii)
|
Ronald K Mann (4)
18
Yorkville Ave,
Suite 1602
Toronto, ON M4Y
2N6
|
Former Director
Former
President & CEO
|
13-Dec- 2007
13-Dec- 2007
|
12-Dec- 2008
12-Dec- 2008
|
500,000
|
0.34%
|
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(1) Mr. Guerra owns or controls 7,074,679 shares, including
stock options, shares owned indirectly and shares over which he influences
voting control.
(2) Mrs. Chapman owns or controls 6,475,000 shares, including
stock options.
(3) Mrs. Rose owns or controls 175,000 options.
(4) Mr. Mann owns or controls 500,000 warrants.
Reorganization of Officers and Directors
On May 4, 2009, Howard Barth resigned as a director of the
Company.
On June 19, 2009, the Company advised Lisa Rose that her
employment as Corporate Secretary and Administrator was terminated due to the
down-sizing of the Company.
On July 31, 2009, Cletus Ryans services as VP Corporate
Development were terminated due to down-sizing of the Company.
On July 10, 2009, the Company advised Kathy Chapman that her
employment as Chief Administrative Officer of the Company would be terminated
effective September 4, 2009 due to the down-sizing of the Company. Mrs. Chapman
remained as Interim Corporate Secretary of the Company.
On September 28, 2009, the Board of Directors accepted the
resignation of J.L. Guerra, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. Mr. Guerra remains a director and the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
On September 28, 2009, the Board of Directors appointed Douglas
Oliver President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company.
On September 28, 2009, the Board of Directors appointed Paul
Pitman Vice President of Corporate Development and Exploration, Corporate
Secretary and a director of the Company.
On October 19, 2009, Robert Van Tassell resigned as a director
and member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
On October 21, 2009, Paul Pitman resigned as Vice President of
Corporate Development and Exploration, Corporate Secretary and a director of the
Company.
On October 23, 2009, the Board of Directors appointed Charles
William Reed a director and member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
On October 29, 2009, Kenneth J. Hill resigned as a director and
member of both the Audit and Executive Committee of the Company.
On September 1, 2010, Rakesh Malhotra resigned as Chief
Financial Officer.
On September 2, 2010, Kathy Chapman was appointed Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.
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On September 15, 2010, Joanne Hughes was appointed Vice
President, Operations.
On March 17, 2011, the Board of Directors appointed Howard
Barth a director.
On March 21, 2011, Douglas Oliver resigned as a director, Chief
Executive Officer and President.
On March 21, 2011, Charles William Reed resigned as a director.
On March 21, 2011, the Board of Directors appointed J. L.
Guerra, Jr. President
and Chief Executive Officer.
Executive Compensation
The following table shows the compensation paid during the last
three fiscal years ended April 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008 for the Chief Executive
Officer and the next two most highly compensated officers of the Company.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Name and
Principal
Position
|
Year
April
30,
|
Annual
Compensation
|
Long-Term
Compensation
|
All
Other
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Awards
|
Payout
|
Restricted
Annual Stock
Award(s)
($)
|
Securities
Underlying
Options &
Warrants/SAR
Granted
(#)
|
LTIP
Payouts
($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J.L. Guerra
Director (1)
President and CEO
|
2010
2009
2008
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
1,311
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
250,000
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kathy Chapman
Chief Financial
Officer and
Secretary(2)
|
2010
2009
2008
|
32,959
55,885
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
18,375
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
75,000
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cletus Ryan
Former VP Corporate
Development (3)
|
2010
2009
2008
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
22,642
96,335
44,678
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
200,000
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald Mann
Former CEO (4)
|
2010
2009
2008
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
103,767
55,848
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
500,000
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas Oliver
Former President and
CEO (5)
|
2010
2009
2008
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
129,813(6)
Nil
Nil
|
250,000
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
Nil
|
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(1) On December 12, 2008 the Company appointed J.L. Guerra, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the resignation
of Ronald Mann. On September 28, 2009, Mr. Guerra resigned as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Douglas Oliver was appointed as
President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Guerra is a director and the Chairman
of the Companys Board of Directors. The Companys Board of Directors appointed
Mr. Guerra President and CEO on March 21, 2011.
(2) On August 1, 2008 the Company appointed Kathy Chapman as
Chief Administrative Officer. Due to down sizing Mrs. Chapmans services in such
capacity were terminated on September 4, 2009. Mrs. Chapman remained as the
Companys Interim Corporate Secretary. Mrs. Chapman was appointed as Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company on September 2,
2010.
(3) On December 15, 2007 Cletus Ryan became VP Corporate
Development of the Company. Mr. Ryans services were terminated due to down
sizing of the Company on July 31, 2009.
(4) On December 15, 2007, Ronald Mann became President and CEO
of the Company following the resignation of Paul Gorman as CEO on December 13,
2007. Mr. Mann resigned as an officer and director of the Company on December
12, 2008.
(5) On September 28, 2009, Douglas Oliver was appointed
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. As of August 9, 2010, Mr.
Oliver and the Company agreed to terminate his employment agreement and both
parties waived notice of such termination. Consequently, Mr. Oliver did not
receive any of the compensation from the Company reflected in the table, which
is dated as of April 30, 2010. The Companys obligation to Mr. Oliver was
assigned to Lance Capital Ltd. (Lance), as part of the settlement of certain
of the Companys debts. Mr. Oliver agreed to remain as a director, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company without compensation. On March 21, 2011,
Mr. Oliver resigned as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer.
The Company does not have a long term incentive plan, pursuant
to which cash or non-cash compensation intended to serve as an incentive for
performance (whereby performance is measured by reference to financial
performance or the price of the Companys securities), was paid or distributed
to any executive officers during the three most recent completed years.
No stock options or warrants were granted to the named
executive officers during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010 or during the
nine-month period ended January 31, 2011.
During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010 and during the
nine-month period ended January 31, 2011, there were no re-pricings of stock
options held by any named executive officer.
OPTIONS/SAR EXERCISED DURING THE MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED FISCAL
YEAR
The following table provides detailed information regarding
options exercised by the named executive officers during the fiscal year ended
April 30, 2010 and options held by the named executive officers as at April 30,
2010.
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|
|
|
# of
|
|
|
|
shares
|
|
|
|
under-
|
|
Shares acquired on
|
Value
|
lying
|
Name and
|
Exercise
|
Realized
|
options
|
Principal
|
(#)
|
|
at year
|
Position
|
|
($)
|
end
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas Oliver (1)
Former
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
0
|
N/A
|
NIL
|
|
|
|
|
J.L. Guerra, Jr. (2)
Director and Chairman of the Board
|
0
|
N/A
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
|
Rakesh Malhotra (3)
Former Chief Financial Officer
|
0
|
N/A
|
325,000
|
|
|
|
|
Kathy Chapman (4)
Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
|
0
|
N/A
|
163,000
|
|
(1)
|
Subsequent to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010, on
March 21, 2011 Mr. Oliver resigned as the Companys Chief Executive
Officer and President.
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
250,000 of Mr. Guerras stock options from the 2003 Stock
Option Plan expired on December 13, 2010. Subsequent to the fiscal year
ended April 30, 2010, on March 21, 2011, Mr. Guerra was appointed Chief
Executive Officer and President of the Company.
|
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
250,000 of Mr. Malhotras stock options from the 2003
Stock Option Plan and 75,000 from the 2006 Stock Option Plan were
forfeited on December 1, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
88,000 of Mrs. Chapmans stock options from the 2003
Stock Option Plan expired on December 13, 2010.
|
Compensation of Directors
Directors are not paid any fees in their capacity as directors
of the Company, except for the members of the Audit Committee who are paid
CDN$500 for each Audit Committee meeting they attend. Due to the financial
condition of the Company, the members of the Audit Committee decided that as of
January 1, 2009 they would no longer accept payment for attending Audit
Committee meetings. The directors are entitled to participate in the Companys
stock option plan.
Other Arrangements
None of the directors of the Company were compensated in their
capacity as a director by the Company and its subsidiary during the fiscal year
ended April 30, 2010 or the nine-month period ended January 31, 2011 pursuant to
any other arrangement.
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Indebtedness of Directors and Executive Officers
None of the directors or executive officers of the Company were
indebted to the Company or its subsidiary during the fiscal year ended April 30,
2010 or the nine-month period ended January 31, 2011, including under any
securities purchase or other program.
COMPENSATION PLANS
Compensation Plans Subject to Shareholder Action.
In connection with the Reincorporation, Yukon-Nevada will
assume the Companys 2006 Stock Option Plan. The terms of the stock option
plan will not be materially modified as a result of the Reincorporation and
Yukon-Nevadas assumption of the 2006 Stock Option Plan. As such, the following
description will apply to the Companys stock option plan both immediately prior
to and immediately after the Reincorporation.
The 2006 Stock Option Plan To Be Assumed by
Yukon-Nevada
On January 19, 2007 the Company adopted the 2006 Stock Option
Plan The purpose of the 2006 Stock Option Plan is to develop and increase the
interest of certain Eligible Participants (as defined below) in the growth and
development of the Company by providing them with the opportunity to acquire a
proprietary interest in the Company through the grant of options ("Stock
Options") to acquire Shares. Under the Merger Agreement, Yukon-Nevada would
assume all of the rights and obligations of the 2006 Stock Option Plan upon
effectiveness of the Reincorporation.
Under the 2006 Stock Option Plan, Stock Options may be granted
to Eligible Participants or to any registered savings plan established for the
sole benefit of an Eligible Participant or any company which, during the term of
an option, is wholly-owned by an Eligible Participant. The term Eligible
Participant includes directors, senior officers and employees of the Company or
an Affiliated Entity (as defined below) and any person engaged to provide
services under a written contract for an initial, renewable or extended period
of twelve months or more (a Consultant), other than services provided in
relation to a distribution of securities, who spends or will spend a significant
amount of time on the business and affairs of the Company and who is
knowledgeable about the business and affairs of the Company. An Affiliated
Entity means a person or company that is controlled by the Company.
The 2006 Stock Option Plan is administered by the Board of
Directors of the Company. At the option of the board, it may be administered by
a committee appointed by the Board of Directors for that purpose. The purchase
price (the Price) per Share under each Stock Option shall be determined by the
Board of Directors or a committee, as applicable. The Price shall not be lower
than the closing market price on the stock exchange where the majority of the
trading volume and value of the Shares occurs, on the trading day immediately
preceding the date of grant, or if not so traded, the average between the
closing bid and asked prices thereof as reported for the trading day immediately
preceding the date of the grant; provided that if the Shares have not traded on
a stock exchange for an extended period of time, the market price will be the
fair market value of the shares at the time of grant, as determined by the Board
of Directors or committee. The Board of Directors or committee may determine
that the Price may escalate at a specified rate dependent upon the date on which
a Stock Option may be exercised by the Eligible Participant.
Upon adoption in 2006, the aggregate number of Shares which
could be issued under the 2006 Stock Option Plan was limited to 2,000,000
Shares, then representing approximately 10.63% of the then currently issued and
outstanding Shares. On March 18, 2008 at the 2008 Annual and Special Meeting of
Shareholders, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2006
Stock Option Plan increasing the number of Shares reserved for issuance
thereunder from 2,000,000 to 2,899,044, representing approximately 10% of the then issued and
outstanding Shares. The 2006 Stock Option Plan was also amended to include a
provision requiring shareholder approval for any future increase in the maximum
number of Shares reserved for issuance thereunder.
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Any Stock Option granted under the 2006 Stock Option Plan which
has been exercised shall again be available for subsequent grant under the 2006
Stock Option Plan, effectively resulting in a re-loading of the number of Shares
available for grant under the 2006 Stock Option Plan.
Any Shares subject to an option granted under the 2006 Stock
Option Plan which for any reason is surrendered, cancelled or terminated or
expires without having been exercised shall again be available for subsequent
grant under the 2006 Stock Option Plan.
Options shall not be granted for a term exceeding ten years
(the Option Period).
The following summarizes the number of options held by certain
current and former executive officers and directors of the Company immediately
prior to and immediately after the Reincorporation.
2006 Stock Option Plan
Name and Position
|
Current
Number of
Options
|
Current
Option Price
|
Post Merger
Number of
Options
|
Post Merger
Option Price
|
Howard Barth, Director
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
Kathy Chapman, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
|
75,000
|
CDN$0.31
|
15,000
|
CDN$1.55
|
Joanne Hughes, VP Operations
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
-0-
|
J.L. Guerra, Jr., Director and Chairman
of the Board,
President & CEO
|
200,000
50,000
|
CDN$0.31
CDN$0.20
|
40,000
10,000
|
CDN$1.55
CDN$1.00
|
Lisa Rose, Former Corporate Secretary
|
100,000
75,000
|
CDN$0.39
CDN$0.31
|
20,000
15,000
|
CDN$1.95
CDN$1.55
|
All Executive Officers as a Group
|
325,000
|
From
CDN$0.20 to
CDN$0.31
|
65,000
|
From
CDN$1.00 to
CDN$1.55
|
All Non-Executive Directors as a Group
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
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Ronald Mann, former President, Chief Executive Officer and a
director holds 500,000 Warrants to purchase the Companys common stock at
CDN$0.24 per share. Mr. Manns Warrants expire as of December 19, 2012. As
a result of the Reincorporation, his Warrants would be adjusted by the Exchange
Ratio as follows.
|
Number of
Warrants
outstanding
|
Warrant
Price per
Share
|
Pre-Merger
|
500,000
|
CDN$0.24
|
Post-Merger
|
100,000
|
CDN$1.20
|
The following table summarizes options outstanding as at April
30, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiry Date
|
|
|
|
|
Per Share
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15-Dec-09
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.75
|
|
-
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
5-Jan-10
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.75
|
|
-
|
|
|
12,000
|
|
28-Jun-10
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
-
|
|
|
490,000
|
|
15-Aug-10
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.44 (CDN$0.45)
|
|
62,500
|
|
|
62,500
|
|
13-Dec-10
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.19
|
|
576,000
|
|
|
576,000
|
|
13-Dec-10
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.19
|
|
88,000
|
|
|
88,000
|
|
20-Jan-11
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.85
|
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
28-Sep-12
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.38 (CDN$0.39)
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
18-Dec-12
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.20 (CDN$0.24)
|
|
-
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
14-Jan-13
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.31 (CDN$0.31)
|
|
425,000
|
|
|
825,000
|
|
25-Mar-13
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.18 (CDN$0.22)
|
|
-
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
8-Apr-13
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.20 (CDN$0.20)
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,301,500
|
|
|
3,053,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average exercise price at end
of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.77
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
Number of Shares
|
|
|
|
2009-2010
|
|
|
2008-2009
|
|
Outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
3,053,500
|
|
|
3,403,500
|
|
Granted
|
|
-
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
Expired
|
|
(262,000
|
)
|
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
(1,290,000
|
)
|
|
(350,000
|
)
|
Cancelled
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
Outstanding, end of year
|
|
1,301,500
|
|
|
3,053,500
|
|
Exercisable, end of year
|
|
1,301,500
|
|
|
3,028,500
|
|
Compensation plans not subject to shareholder action
On October 28, 2003, the Company adopted the 2003 Stock Option
Plan (the "2003 Plan") under which our officers, directors, consultants,
advisors and employees may receive stock options. No stock options are
outstanding under the 2003 Plan.
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MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, ACQUISITIONS AND SIMILAR MATTERS
1.
Summary Term Sheet
This summary term sheet highlights selected information from
this Consent Solicitation Statement. This summary term sheet, however, may not
contain all of the information that is important to you. For a more complete
description of the Reincorporation, you should carefully read the entire Consent
Solicitation Statement and all of its appendices. For your convenience, we have
directed your attention to the location in this Consent Solicitation Statement
where you can find a more complete discussion of each item listed below.
|
1.
|
If and when the Company receives shareholder consent it
will merge into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yukon-Nevada.
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Shareholders of the Company as of the Record Date will
receive one (1) share of Yukon- Nevada common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, for each five (5) shares of common stock they hold in the Company.
No fractional shares will be issued. In lieu of issuing fractional shares,
Yukon-Nevada will issue whole shares.
|
|
|
|
|
3.
|
Yukon-Nevada has 500,000,000 authorized common shares. As
a result of the Merger, the surviving corporation will have 500,000,000
authorized common shares.
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
All of the officers and directors of the Company are
officers and directors of Yukon- Nevada. No change in control or
management will result from the Reincorporation.
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
The by-laws of the surviving corporation, Yukon-Nevada,
are the same as the by-laws of the Company with the exception that the
number of shareholders present in person or represented by a proxy
required to constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders is fixed at
33%, as permitted by Nevada Law and provisions relating to indemnification
of officers and/or directors that are added, as further described in
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DELAWARE AND NEVADA LAW" in this Consent
Solicitation Statement.
|
|
|
|
|
6.
|
The shares of Yukon-Nevada will trade under the same symbol as
the Companys trading symbol (YGDC) on the OTC Bulletin Board.
|
|
|
|
|
7.
|
The primary purpose of the transaction is: (i) reduce the
Companys annual corporate franchise tax going forward and (ii)
recapitalize the equity structure of the business to reduce the number of
outstanding shares and to provide for the issuance of shares to acquire
new properties and to raise working capital.
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2.
Contact Information Of
Principal Executive Officers
J.L. Guerra, Jr. is the President and CEO of both the Company
and Yukon-Nevada. He can be reached at:
1226 White Oaks Blvd
Suite
10A
Oakville, Ontario L6H 2B9 Canada
Tel: 905-845-1073
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3.
Business Conducted
We are an exploration stage mining company. Our objective is to
explore and, if warranted and feasible, to develop mineralized material on the
mineral claims. The Reincorporation will not have any material effect on the
business of the Company.
4.
Other Terms of
Transaction
All outstanding warrants and options exercisable for shares of
the Companys Common Stock will also be converted to warrants and options to
purchase shares of Yukon-Nevada with the rights of holders of such options and
warrants adjusted to give effect to the Exchange Ratio.
5.
Regulatory
Approval
No regulatory approvals are required.
6.
Reports, Opinions,
Appraisals
Not applicable.
7.
Past Contracts,
Transactions, Negotiations
The Company has operated with minimal working capital for
approximately two years. During that period, the Company was unable to pay
franchise taxes in Delaware. Recently, the Company completed two private
placements on November 3, 2010 and on January 27, 2011 (the Private
Placements), which alleviated the immediate working capital needs of the
Company. The Company believes that the Delaware franchise tax is unduly
burdensome and that re-domiciling our corporate entity to Nevada will reduce
operating costs going forward. In connection with the Private Placements,
investors raised concerns about the capital structure of the Company,
particularly the lack of authorized shares available for future financings and
acquisitions. The Companys Board shared those concerns. These issues would be
addressed by completing the Reincorporation.
8.
Selected Financial
Data.
Included with this Consent Solicitation Statement are: (i) the
Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January
31, 2011 and (ii) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended
April 30, 2010 and 2009. We note that the Companys wholly-owned Canadian
subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection as of November 15, 2010 with the
Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada in Hamilton, Ontario. The
outcome of this proceeding is reflected in the Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended January 31, 2011 included with this
Consent Solicitation Statement. All of the Companys filings can be reviewed at
the Securities and Exchange Commissions web site at
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
PROPOSED PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS
On December 21, 2010, the Company entered into a letter of
intent with District Gold Inc. (District) concerning the acquisition of two
mineral claim groups in the State of Nevada. The Company allowed the letter of intent to expire after undertaking preliminary due
diligence. The Company and District are still continuing their discussions. If
these discussions lead to a transaction, the Company would acquire the Lapon
Canyon Sleeper Claim Groups located in Mineral County, Nevada (the Sleeper
Claim Groups) from District.
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In addition, the Company is discussing the acquisition of a
mill and related mill claims and equipment located within sufficient proximity
to the Sleeper Claim Groups to process ore from those sites, if warranted (the
Mill).
Cautionary Note: The descriptions below of the Sleeper Claim
Groups and the Mill are based upon information that is publicly available or
provided by District as part of our discussions. As of the date of this Consent
Solicitation Statement, however, the Company has not entered into any agreement
to purchase the Sleeper Claim Groups or the Mill. The following descriptions are
to the best of the Companys knowledge based upon the information that it has
obtained and believes is reliable as of the date hereof.
Sleeper Claim Groups
The Sleeper Claim Groups are located in Mineral County, Nevada.
The Sleeper Claims consist of 36 unpatented lode claims located approximately 40
miles south of Yerington, Nevada. The site is accessible by road from Yerington
with the last two miles accessible only by high clearance four-wheel-drive
vehicles. The climate is described as a true desert climate with short hot
summers and moderately cold winters. Annual precipitation is 10 to 12 inches,
mainly from winter snowfalls. Water is available from Lapon Creek. A potential
source of power is a power line located two miles west of Lapon Canyon. Work on
the property began in 1907. The site has been explored sporadically since that
time. Old mine workings are located on 19 of the claims.
The Mill
The Mill that is under consideration is located within
sufficient proximity to the Sleeper Claim Groups to process ore from those
sites, if warranted. The purchase would include the equipment currently on site.
The mill has operated under various configurations to meet specific requirements
of prior operators.
Financing
The Company is seeking additional equity financing, most likely
in the form of a private placement of its shares. In addition, the Company
anticipates that a substantial component of the consideration to be paid for any
one or more of the above assets would be the issuance of shares. For this
reason, Yukon-Nevada has been capitalized with 500,000,000 authorized shares.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE
ACTED UPON
None of our officers, directors, or any of their respective
affiliates has any substantial interest in the proposal to be acted upon, other
than as disclosed herein under the caption, SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
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ABSENCE OF APPRAISAL RIGHTS
The Reincorporation will be conducted as a merger of the
Company into Yukon-Nevada, our wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to Section 253
of the DGCL. Under such Section 253, no right of appraisal or redemption is
available to our shareholders in connection with the merger.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Consent Solicitation Statement may contain certain
forward-looking statements as such term is defined by the Commission in its
rules, regulations, and releases, which represent our expectations or beliefs,
including, but not limited to, statements concerning our operations, economic
performance, financial condition, growth and acquisition strategies,
investments, and future operational plans. For this purpose, any statements
contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be
forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
words such as may, will, expect, believe, anticipate, intend,
could, estimate, might, or continue or the negative or other variations
thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. These statements, by their nature, involve substantial risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond our control, and actual results may
differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including
uncertainty related to acquisitions, governmental regulation and any other
factors discussed in our filings with the Commission.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors knows of no other matters other than
those described in this Consent Solicitation Statement, which have been recently
approved or considered by the stockholders. The Board has not yet determined the
date on which the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company will be
held. Any proposal by a shareholder intended to be presented at the Company's
next annual meeting of stockholders must be received at the offices of the
Company a reasonable amount of time prior to the date on which the information
or proxy statement for that meeting is mailed to stockholders in order to be
included in the Company's information or proxy statement relating to that
meeting.
ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND
WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please read this Consent Solicitation Statement carefully. It
describes the essential terms of, and contains certain information concerning
the Reincorporation. Additional information about the Company is contained in
its periodic and current reports filed with the SEC. These reports, their
accompanying exhibits and other documents filed with the SEC, may be inspected
without charge at the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, DC 20549. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the SEC
at prescribed rates. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports,
proxy and information statements and other information regarding public
companies that file reports with the SEC. Copies of these reports may be
obtained from the SEC's EDGAR archives at http://www.sec.gov.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information
into this proxy statement, which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to another document or report filed
separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to
be a part of this Information Statement, except to the extent any information is
superseded by this Information Statement. The following documents which have
been filed by The Company with the Commission (SEC File Number
000-51068
) and contain important information
about The Company and its finances, are incorporated into this Consent
Solicitation Statement:
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
April 30, 2010 was filed with the Commission on August 13, 2010.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the quarter
ended January 31, 2011 was filed on March 17, 2011.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Consent Solicitation Statement will be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Consent Solicitation
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Consent Solicitation
Statement or any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Consent Solicitation Statement modifies or
supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Consent Solicitation Statement. The Annual Report and the Quarterly Report
incorporated by reference into this Consent Solicitation Statement are being
delivered to our stockholders along with this Consent Solicitation Statement.
We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information
that is different from what is contained in this Consent Solicitation
Statement.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/
J.L. Guerra, Jr.
J.L. Guerra, Jr.
President, CEO and Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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Exhibit A
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Plan) is adopted as of April 5, 2011 by and
between Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Yukon-Delaware),
and Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Yukon-Delaware (Yukon-Nevada).
WHEREAS,
Yukon-Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS,
Yukon-Nevada is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Nevada;
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, Yukon-Delaware has authority to issue One Hundred Fifty
Million (150,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of
which 148,159,936 shares are issued and outstanding (Yukon-Delaware Common
Stock), 500,000 issued and outstanding options to buy Common Stock (Options),
and 500,000 warrants to purchase shares of Yukon-Delaware Common Stock
(Warrants);
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, Yukon-Nevada has authority to issue Five Hundred Million
(500,000,000) shares of common stock (Yukon-Nevada Common Stock);
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, one (1) share of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock is issued and
outstanding and is owned by Yukon-Delaware;
WHEREAS,
the respective boards of directors of Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada have
determined that, for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation of
Yukon-Delaware in the State of Nevada, it is advisable and in the best interests
of such corporations and their respective shareholders that Yukon-Delaware merge
with and into Yukon-Nevada upon the terms and conditions herein provided (the
Plan);
WHEREAS,
the respective boards of directors of Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada have
approved the Plan and recommend that it be submitted to the respective
shareholders of Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada entitled to vote thereon; and
WHEREAS,
the respective shareholders of Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada entitled to vote
thereon have approved the Plan;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth
herein, Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada hereby agree to merge as follows:
1.
Merger
.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Yukon-Delaware shall
be merged with and into Yukon-Nevada, with Yukon-Nevada to be the surviving
corporation in the merger (the Merger). The Merger shall be effective on the
later of the date and time (the Effective Time) that a properly executed
certificate of merger consistent with the terms of this Plan and Section 253 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) is filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware and articles of merger are filed with the
Department of State of Nevada as required by Title 7, Chapter 92A of the Nevada
Revised Statutes (the NRS).
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2.
Principal Office of Yukon-Nevada
. The address of the principal office of
Yukon-Nevada is:
1226 White Oaks Blvd
Suite 10A
Oakville, Ontario L6H 2B9 Canada
3.
Corporate
Documents
. The Articles of Incorporation of Yukon-Nevada, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall continue to be the Articles of
Incorporation of Yukon-Nevada as the surviving corporation. The Bylaws of
Yukon-Nevada, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall
continue to be the Bylaws of Yukon-Nevada as the surviving corporation without
change or amendment until further amended in accordance with the provisions
thereof and applicable law.
4.
Directors
and Officers
. The directors and officers of Yukon-Delaware at the Effective
Time shall be and become directors and officers, holding the same titles and
positions, of Yukon-Nevada at the Effective Time, and after the Effective Time
shall serve in accordance with the Bylaws of Yukon-Nevada.
5.
Succession
.
At the Effective Time, Yukon-Nevada shall succeed to Yukon-Delaware in the
manner of and as more fully set forth in Section 259 of the DGCL and in Chapter
92A of the NRS.
6.
Further
Assurances
. From time to time, as and when required by Yukon-Nevada or by
its successors and assigns, there shall be executed and delivered on behalf of
Yukon-Delaware such deeds and other instruments, and there shall be taken or
caused to be taken by it such further and other action, as shall be appropriate
or necessary in order to vest or perfect in or to confer of record or otherwise
in Yukon-Nevada the title to and possession of all the interests, assets,
rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises and authority of
Yukon-Delaware, and otherwise to carry out the purposes and intent of this Plan,
and the officers and directors of Yukon-Nevada are fully authorized in the name
and on behalf of Yukon-Delaware or otherwise to take any and all such actions
and to execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.
7.
Yukon-Delaware
Common Stock
.
(a) At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holder thereof, each five (5) shares of Yukon-Delaware Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior thereto shall be changed and converted
automatically into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Yukon-Nevada
Common Stock.
(b)
No fractional shares of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock shall be issued upon the
Conversion. If the conversion would result in any fractional share, Yukon-Nevada
shall, in lieu of issuing such fractional share, issue a whole share of
Yukon-Nevada Common Stock.
8.
Stock
Certificates
. At and after the Effective Time, all of the outstanding
certificates which prior to that time represented shares of Yukon-Delaware
Common Stock shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of and to
represent shares of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock into which the shares of the
Yukon-Delaware Common Stock represented by such certificates have been converted
as herein provided.
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9.
Options
and Warrants
. Each option, warrant or other right to purchase shares of
Yukon-Delaware Common Stock, which are outstanding at the Effective Time shall,
by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, be converted into and become an option, warrant or right to a number of
shares of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock adjusted to give effect to the 5 to 1
conversion ratio prescribed in Section 7(a) above, at an exercise or purchase
price per share equal to the exercise or purchase price applicable to the
option, warrant or other right to purchase the Yukon-Delaware Common Stock
multiplied by five (5).
10.
Stock
Option Plan
. At and after the Effective Time, Yukon-Nevada shall assume all
of the rights and obligations of Yukon-Delaware under the 2006 Stock Option Plan
adopted by Yukon-Delaware. All stock options to be issued pursuant to such plan,
if any, shall be options to acquire common stock of Yukon-Nevada provided,
however, that the number of shares purchasable pursuant to any option of
Yukon-Delaware outstanding prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be
adjusted to give effect to the 5 to 1 conversion ratio prescribed in Section
7(a) above and the exercise price shall be multiplied by five (5). Yukon-Nevada
shall amend such plan and related documents as appropriate to reflect the
assumption of such plan by Yukon-Nevada.
11.
Common Stock of Yukon-Nevada
. At the Effective Time, the previously
outstanding one (1) share of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock registered in the name of
Yukon-Delaware shall, by reason of the Merger, be reacquired by Yukon-Nevada,
shall be retired and shall resume the status of authorized and unissued shares
of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock, and no shares of Yukon-Nevada Common Stock or
other securities of Yukon-Nevada shall be issued in respect thereof.
12.
Amendment
.
The boards of directors of Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada may amend this Plan
at any time prior to the Merger, provided that an amendment made subsequent to
the adoption of the Plan by the sole shareholder of Yukon-Nevada or the
shareholders of Yukon-Delaware shall not (i) alter or change the amount or kind
of shares, securities, cash, property and/or rights to be received in exchange
for the Yukon-Delaware Common Stock, (ii) alter or change any term of the
articles of incorporation of Yukon-Nevada, as the surviving corporation to the
Merger, or (iii) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of the Plan if
such alteration or change would adversely affect the holders of Yukon-Delaware
Common Stock.
13.
Abandonment
.
At any time before the Effective Time, this Plan may be terminated and the
Merger contemplated hereby may be abandoned by the Board of Directors of either
Yukon-Delaware or Yukon-Nevada or both, notwithstanding approval of this Plan by
the sole shareholder of Yukon-Nevada or the shareholders of Yukon-Delaware, or
both.
14.
Rights
and Duties of Yukon-Nevada
. At the Effective Time and for all purposes the
separate existence of Yukon-Delaware shall cease and shall be merged with and
into Yukon-Nevada which, as the surviving corporation, shall thereupon and
thereafter possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, licenses and
franchises (whether of a public or private nature) of Yukon-Delaware; and all
property (real, personal and mixed), all debts due on whatever account, all
choses in action, and all and every other interest of or belonging to or due to
Yukon-Delaware shall continue and be taken and deemed to be transferred to and
vested in Yukon-Nevada without further act or deed; and the title to any real
estate, or any interest therein, vested in Yukon-Delaware shall not revert or be
in any way impaired by reason of such Merger; and Yukon-Nevada shall thenceforth
be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of
Yukon-Delaware; and, to the extent permitted by law, any claim existing, or
action or proceeding pending, by or against Yukon-Delaware may be prosecuted as
if the Merger had not taken place, or Yukon-Nevada may be substituted in the
place of such corporation. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon
the property of Yukon-Delaware shall be impaired by the Merger. If at any time Yukon-Nevada shall consider or be advised that any further
assignment or assurances in law or any other actions are necessary or desirable
to vest the title of any property or rights of Yukon-Delaware in Yukon-Nevada
according to the terms hereof, the officers and directors of Yukon-Nevada are
empowered to execute and make all such proper assignments and assurances and do
any and all other things necessary or proper to vest title to such property or
other rights in Yukon-Nevada, and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this
Plan.
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15.
Consent to Service of Process
. Yukon-Nevada hereby agrees that it may be
served with process in the State of Delaware in any proceeding for enforcement
of any obligation of Yukon-Delaware, as well as for enforcement of any
obligation of Yukon-Nevada arising from the Merger. Yukon-Nevada hereby
irrevocably appoints the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the
successors of such officer, its attorney in the State of Delaware upon whom may
be served any notice, process or pleading in any action or proceeding against it
to enforce against Yukon-Nevada any obligation of Yukon-Delaware. In the event
of such service upon the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the
successors of such officer, such service shall be mailed to the principal office
of Yukon-Nevada at its principal offices designated in Section 2 hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement and Plan of Merger, having first been duly
approved by resolution of the Boards of Directors and by vote of shareholders of
Yukon-Delaware and Yukon-Nevada, has been executed on behalf of each of said two
corporations by their respective duly authorized officers.
YUKON GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
a
Delaware Corporation
By /s/
___________________________
Name: J.L. Guerra, Jr.
Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
YUKON GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
a
Nevada Corporation
By /s/
___________________________
Name: J.L. Guerra, Jr.
Title: President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit B
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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Exhibit C
BY-LAWS
OF
YUKON GOLD CORPORATION INC.
(the
Corporation)
(Nevada)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section
1.
Principal Office
. The Corporation may maintain offices at such places
within or without the United States as the Board of Directors may, from time to
time, determine.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
Section
1.
Time and Place of Meetings.
The Board of Directors may designate any
time and any place, either within or without the State of Nevada as the time and
place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the
Board. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a
meeting may designate any time and any place, either within or without the State
of Nevada, as the time and place for the holding of such meeting. If no
designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the time and
place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00
a.m.
Section
2.
Annual Meeting.
Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on the
second Friday of the fourth month of each fiscal year if not a legal holiday,
and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:00 a.m., at
which the stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact such other
business as may properly be brought before the meeting. The annual meeting of
the stockholders may be held on a date different than that given above if the
Board so determines and so states in the notice of the meeting or in a duly
executed waiver thereof.
Section
3.
Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose
or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Articles of
Incorporation, may be called by the President, the Board of Directors or the
holders of not less than a majority of all of the stock entitled to vote at the
meetings. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the
purpose or purposes stated in the call.
Section
4. Notice.
Written or printed notice of all meetings of stockholders stating
the place, day and hour thereof, and in the case of a special meeting the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less
than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the
meeting to the stockholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting either
personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the person or persons calling
the meeting, unless it is an annual meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address that appears on the stock
transfer books of the Corporation.
Section
5.
Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing of Record Date.
For the purpose
of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other
proper purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books
shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, sixty (60)
days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such
books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such
meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may
fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of
stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days and, in
case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date
on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is
to be taken, and the determination of stockholders on such record date shall
apply with respect to the particular action requiring the same notwithstanding
any transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation after such record date.
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Section
6.
List of Stockholders.
The officer who is in charge of the stock ledger
of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every
meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to
vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of
each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for
any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period
of a least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city
where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of
the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
Section
7.
Quorum.
The holders of one-third of the stock entitled to vote,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all
meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business, except as
otherwise provided by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-laws.
If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of
the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from
time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a
quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a
quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally convened. If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment, a
new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder of the record entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Section
8. Organization.
The Chairman of the Board, if one shall be elected, shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders. In his absence, the President or a
Vice President shall preside. In the absence of all of these officers, any
stockholder or the duly appointed proxy of any stockholder may call the meeting
to order and a chairman shall be elected from among the stockholders present.
The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of
stockholders. In his or her absence an Assistant Secretary shall so act and in
the absence of all of these officers the presiding officer may appoint any
person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section
9. Proxies.
At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled
to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed
in writing by such stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No
proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless
such proxy otherwise provides. A proxy shall be revocable unless expressly
provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by
law.
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Section
10. Voting.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of
Incorporation or these By-laws, each stockholder shall have one (1) vote for
each share having rights registered in his name on the books of the Corporation
at the time of the closing of the stock transfer books (or at the record date)
for such meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting the vote of holders of
a majority of the stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall decide any matter submitted to such meeting, unless the matter is
one upon which by law or by express provision of the Articles of Incorporation
or of these By-laws the vote of a greater number is required, in which case the
vote of such greater number shall govern and control the decision of such
matter.
Section
11. Voting of Stock by Certain Holders.
Stock standing in the name of
another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the By-laws
of such corporation may authorize or, in the absence of such authorization, as
the Board of Directors of such corporation may determine.
Stock
held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him
so long as such stock forming a part of an estate are in the possession and form
a part of the estate being served by him, either in person or by proxy, without
a transfer of such stock into his name. Stock standing in the name of a trustee
may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be
entitled to vote stock held by him without a transfer of such stock into his
name as trustee.
Stock
standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and stock held
by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the
transfer thereof into his name if authority to do so be contained in an
appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.
A
stockholder whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote such stock until
the stock have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the
pledgee shall be entitled to vote the stock so transferred.
Shares
of its own stock belonging to the Corporation, shares of its own stock owned by
another corporation the majority of the voting stock of which is owned or
controlled by the Corporation, and shares of its own stock held by the
Corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly, or indirectly,
at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of
outstanding stock at any given time.
Section
11. Action.
When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders
of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented
by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the
question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the
Articles of Incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section
12. Election of Directors.
At each election for Directors, each stockholder
entitled to vote at such election shall, unless otherwise provided by the
Articles of Incorporation or by applicable law, have the right to vote the
number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are to be elected and
for whose election he has a right to vote. Unless otherwise provided by the
Articles of Incorporation, no stockholder shall have the right or be permitted
to cumulate his votes on any basis.
Section
13. Action Without Meeting.
Any action required by any provision of law or
of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws to be taken at a meeting of
the stockholders or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be
taken without a meeting without prior written notice and without a vote, if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the
stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof holding
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting
by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
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(a)
Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any action required
by this chapter to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of
a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting
of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action as a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its
registered office in this State, its principal place of business or an officer
or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of
meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested.
(b)
Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder or
member who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take
the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest
dated consent delivered in the manner required by this section to the
corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders or
members to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its
registered office in this State, its principal place of business or an officer
or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of
meetings of stockholders or members are recorded. Delivery made to a
corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested.
(c)(1)
A telegram, cablegram, or other electronic transmission consenting to an action
to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder, member or proxyholder, or by a
person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder, member or proxyholder,
shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this
section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram, or other electronic
transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the
corporation can determine (A) that the telegram, cablegram, or other electronic
transmission was transmitted by the stockholder, member or proxyholder or by a
person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder, member or proxyholder
and (B) the date on which such stockholder, member or proxyholder or authorized
person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic
transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram, or electronic
transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent
was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram, or other electronic
transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is
reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the
corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal
place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of
the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders or members are
recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be made by
hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by
telegram, cablegram, or other electronic transmission, may be otherwise
delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer
or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which the proceedings
of meetings of stockholders or members are recorded if to the extent and in the
manner provided by resolution of the board of directors or governing body of the
corporation.
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(2)
Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of consent in writing may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for
which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsmile or
other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing.
(d)
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less
than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders or members
who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a
meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date
for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient
number of holders or members to take the action were delivered to the
corporation as provided in subsection (b) of this section. In the event that the
action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a
certificate under any other section of this title, if such action had been voted
on by stockholders or by members at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed
under such other section of this title, if shall state, in lieu of any statement
required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders or members, that
written consent has been given in accordance with this section.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section
1.
Number of Directors.
The property, business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed and controlled by a Board of Directors composed of
one or more members who shall be elected by the stockholders. Directors need not
be residents of the State of Nevada or stockholders of the Corporation. The
number of Directors may be increased or decreased by resolution adopted by a
majority of the Board of Directors.
Section
2.
Election and Term of Office.
The Directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting of the stockholders (except as provided in Section 5 of this
Article). Each Director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be
elected at an appropriate annual meeting of the stockholders and shall qualify,
or until his death, his resignation or his removal in the manner hereinafter
provided.
Section
3. Resignation.
Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice
to the President or Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time
specified therein and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section
4. Removal.
At any special meeting of the stockholders called expressly for
that purpose, any Director or Directors, including the entire Board of
Directors, may be removed, either with or without cause, and another person or
persons may be elected to serve for the remainder of his or their term by a vote
of the holders of a majority of all stock outstanding and entitled to vote at an
election of directors. In case any vacancy so created shall not be filled by the
stockholders at such meeting, such vacancy may be filled by the Directors as
provided in Section 5 of this Article.
Section
5.
Vacancies.
If any vacancy shall occur in the Board of Directors, such
vacancy may, subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Article, be filled
by the affirmative vote of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of
the Board of Directors or by a sole remaining Director, and the Directors so
chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their
successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there
are no Directors in office, then an election of Directors may be held in the
manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly
created Directorship, the Directors then in office shall constitute less than a
majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such
increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or
stockholders holding at least ten (10%) percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for
such Directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created Directorships, or to replace the Directors chosen by
the Directors then in office. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be
elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.
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Section
6. General Powers.
In addition to the powers and authorities expressly
conferred upon them by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may exercise all
such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not
by law or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section
7. Place of Meetings.
The Directors of the Corporation may hold their
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Nevada.
Section
8. Annual Meeting.
The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be
held immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of the
stockholders and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly
elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum
shall be present, or they may meet at such time and place as shall be fixed by
the consent in writing of all of the Directors.
Section
9. Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board may be held with or
without notice immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting
of stockholders. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution, the time and
place for the holding of additional regular meetings without notice other than
such resolution.
Section
10. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the
President on two (2) days' notice to each Director given either personally, by
mail or by telegram. Special meetings shall be called by the President or
Secretary in like manner and like notice on the written request of any Director.
The purpose of or the business to be transacted at any special meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be specified in the notice of such meeting. Attendance
of a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting
except where a Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting
to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
Section
11. Quorum and Action.
At all meetings of the Board the presence of a
majority of the Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the
Directors at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the
Board of Directors unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the
Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws. If a quorum shall not be present at
any meeting of Directors, the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from
time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a
quorum shall be present.
Section
12. Presumption of Assent to Action.
A Director who is present at a meeting
of the Board at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed
to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the
minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such
action with the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall
forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation
immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall
not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.
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Section
13. Committees.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation. The board may
designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may
replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
In
the absence of disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or
members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether
or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the
Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or
disqualified member.
Any
such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of
Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board
of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation,
and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in
reference to amending the Articles of Incorporation, (except, that a committee
may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of Directors as provided in
Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law fix any of the preferences or
rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any
distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversation into, or the
exchange of any such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any
other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the
Corporation), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to
the Stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the
Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the Stockholders a
dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the
By-laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Articles of
Incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to
adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall
have such name and names as may be determined from time to time by resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of
its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors.
Section
14. Compensation.
Directors may receive a stated salary for their services
in an amount unanimously agreed by the Board of Directors. By resolution of the
Board a fixed sum for expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for
attendance at any regular or special meeting of the Board provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section
15. Telephone Meetings.
Directors may participate in and hold a meeting of
the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to this
Section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a
person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
Section
16. Action Without Meeting.
Any action required or permitted to be taken at
a meeting of the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent
in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of
the Board of Directors, as the case may be, and such consent shall have the same
force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Any Written Consent of
Directors or other document to be executed by directors of the Corporation or
Officers of the Corporation may be executed and transmitted to the Corporation
by facsimile or scanned and sent electronically and such signature shall be
acceptable as an originally executed document.
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ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section
1. Form of Notice.
Whenever under the provisions of any applicable statute,
the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws, notice is required to be given
to any director or shareholder, and no provision is made as to how such notice
shall be given, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice exclusively,
but any such notice may be given in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to such director or shareholder at such address as appears on the books of the
Corporation. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be
deemed to be given three (3) days after the time when the same be thus
deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail as aforesaid.
Section
2. Waiver.
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director or
shareholder of the Corporation, under the provisions of any applicable statute,
the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof in writing
signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after
the time stated in such notice, shall be equivalent to the giving of such
notice.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section
1.
General.
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board
of Directors and shall be comprised of a President, a Secretary, and such other
officers the Board of Directors determines, if any. The Board of Directors may
also, if it chooses to do so, elect a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents,
one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers, all of
whom shall also be officers. Two or more offices may be held by the same
person.
Section
2. Election, Term of Office and Qualification.
The officers of the
Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting
after each annual meeting of stockholders. The Board shall elect a President, a
Secretary and any such other officers the Board has determined are needed, none
of whom need to be a member of the Board. Each officer so elected shall hold
office until his successor has been duly chosen and has qualified or until his
death or his resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.
Section
3. Subordinate Officers.
The Board of Directors may appoint such other
officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for
such terms, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine. The Board of Directors may delegate
to any officer the power to appoint any such subordinate officer or agent.
Section
4.
Resignation.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Board of Directors. Any such resignation shall take effect
at the time specified therein and unless otherwise specified therein the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section
5.
Removal.
Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors
may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any other officer
may be removed with or without cause, by the person or persons who appointed the
officer or by the Board.
Section
6. Vacancies.
A vacancy in any office shall be filled for the unexpired
portion of the term by the Board of Directors, but in case of a vacancy
occurring in an office filled in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of
this Article, such vacancy may be filled by the superior officer upon whom such
power may be conferred by the Board of Directors.
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Section
7. President.
The President shall be the chief executive officer of the
Corporation; shall (in absence of the Chairman of the Board) preside at meetings
of the stockholders and Directors; shall have general and active management of
the business of the Corporation; and shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President may sign, with
any other proper officer, certificates for shares of the Corporation and any
deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents which the Board of
Directors has authorized to be executed, except where required by law to be
otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof
shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or these By-laws, to some
other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section
8. Vice President.
In the absence of or inability of the President to act,
the Vice President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
President and shall perform such other functions as the Board of Directors may
from time to time prescribe.
Section
9. Secretary.
The Secretary, when available, shall attend all meetings of
the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes
and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. The
Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors as required by law
or these By-laws, be custodian of the Corporate records and have general charge
of the stock books of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision
the Secretary shall be. The Secretary may sign, with any other proper officer,
certificates for stock of the Corporation and shall keep in safe custody the
seal of the Corporation, and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to
any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the
Secretarys signature.
Section
10. Assistant Secretaries.
Any Assistant Secretary shall, in the absence or
disability of the Secretary perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Secretary and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board
of Directors or the President.
Section
11. Treasurer.
The Treasurer, if one shall be elected, shall have the care
and custody of and be responsible for all of the funds and securities of the
Corporation and shall deposit such funds in the name and to the credit of the
Corporation in such a bank and safe deposit vaults as the Directors may
designate. The Treasurer shall exhibit at all reasonable times the books and
accounts of the Corporation to any Director or stockholder of the Corporation
upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours. The
treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the
Corporation at each stated meeting of the Board of Directors if called upon to
do so, and a full report at the annual meeting of stockholders. The Treasurer
shall keep at the office of the Corporation correct books of account of all of
its business and transactions and such books of account as the Board of
Directors may require. The Treasurer shall do and perform all other duties
incident to the office of Treasurer as may be prescribed by the President or
Board of Directors from time to time.
Section
12. Bonding.
If required by the Board of Directors all or certain of the
officers shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful
performance of the duties of their office and for the restoration to the
Corporation, in case of their death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever
kind in their possession or under their control belonging to the Corporation.
Section
13. Salaries.
The salary or other compensation of officers shall be fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate
to any officer the power to fix from time to time the salary or other compensation of officers and
agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this
Article.
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Section
14. Voting Upon Shares Held by The Corporation.
The Board of Directors may
authorize any officer to act on behalf of the Corporation in regard to shares of
other corporations owned by this Corporation in which event he shall have full
power and authority to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of
stockholders of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold shares and at
any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all of the rights and
powers incident to the ownership of such shares which, as the owner thereof, the
Corporation might have possessed and exercised, if present. The Board of
Directors by resolution from time to time may confer like powers upon any other
person or persons.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK
Section
1. Form of Certificates.
The certificates representing stock of the
Corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with statutory provisions
and the Articles of Incorporation, as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. The certificates shall be signed by the President and the Secretary
of the Corporation and sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. In
case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed
upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate
is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer at
the date of its issuance. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered and
the name of the person owning the stock represented thereby, with the number of
such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the Corporation's
books.
Section
2. Ownership of Stock.
The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder
of record of any share or as the owner of such stock with all of the rights of
ownership and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
the laws of the State of Nevada.
Section
3. Lost Certificates.
The Corporation may direct that a new certificate be
issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged
to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by
the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing
the issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as
a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of the lost
or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in
such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such form,
in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as it may direct, as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
Section
4.
Transfer of Stock.
Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer
agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from
the registered owner of the uncertified shares such uncertificated shares shall
be canceled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated
shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be
recorded upon the books of the Corporation.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1.
Dividends.
The Board of Directors may, from time to time, declare, and
the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding stock in the manner and
upon the terms and conditions provided by the Articles of Incorporation, the
By-laws and the applicable laws of the State of Nevada.
Section
2. Reserves.
There may be created by resolution of the Board of Directors
out of the earned surplus of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the
Board of Directors from time to time, in its discretion, deems proper to provide
for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any
property of the Corporation, or for such other proper purpose as the Board shall
deem beneficial to the Corporation, and the Board may modify or abolish any
reserve in the same manner in which it was created.
Section
3. Seal.
If one be adopted, the corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation and shall be in such form as may be approved by the
Board of Directors. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile of it to
be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. Any officer of the
Corporation shall have authority to affix the seal to any document requiring it.
Section
4. Fiscal Year.
Unless another fiscal year shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on the
1
st
day of May and terminate on the 30
th
day of April of
each year.
Section
5.
Reports of Situation and Amount of Business.
The Board of Directors
shall, when requested by the holders of at least one-tenth (1/10) of the
outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, present written reports of the
situation and amount of business of the Corporation and shall present a full and
clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation at every annual
meeting.
Section
6.
Checks, Notes, etc.
All checks or demands for money and notes of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or
persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section
7. Examination of Books and Records.
Any person who shall have been a
shareholder of record for at least six (6) months immediately preceding his
demand, or who shall be the holder of record of at least ten percent (10%) of
all the outstanding shares of the Corporation, upon written demand stating the
purpose thereof, shall have the right to examine, in person or by agent or
attorney, at any reasonable time or times, for any proper purpose, the books and
records of account, minutes, and record of stockholders of the Corporation, and
shall be entitled to make extracts therefrom.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
1. Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other than by or in the Right of the
Corporation.
To the fullest extent permitted by the Article 78 of the Nevada
Revised Statues (the NRS), the Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or
was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation who was or
is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
Corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to
become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has
agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, and the Corporation may
indemnify any other person who is or was or has agreed to become an employee or
agent of the Corporation who was or is made a party to or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is
or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have
been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her
behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal
therefrom, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that
the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to
believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Article VIII, but subject to Section 7 hereof, the Corporation shall not
be obligated to indemnify any director or officer in connection with an action,
suit or proceeding, or part thereof, initiated by such person against the
Corporation unless such action, suit or proceeding, or part thereof, was
authorized or consented to by the Board.
Section
2
.
Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation.
To the
fullest extent permitted by the NRS, the Corporation shall indemnify any person
who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was
or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was
serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken
or omitted in such capacity, and the Corporation may indemnify any other person
who is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Corporation
who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to
have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him
or her or on his or her behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit and any appeal therefrom, if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Corporation, except no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such costs, charges and expenses which the court shall deem
proper. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII, but subject to
Section 6.7 hereof, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any
director or officer in connection with an action or suit, or part thereof,
initiated by such person against the Corporation unless such action or suit, or
part thereof, was authorized or consented to by the Board.
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Section
3.
Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of a Successful
Party.
To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the
Corporation has been successful, on the merits or otherwise (including, without
limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice), in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1 or 2, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against all
costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually
and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person's behalf in connection
therewith.
Section
4.
Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness.
To the extent that any
person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the
Corporation is made a witness to any action, suit or proceeding to which he or
she is not a party by reason of the fact that he or she was, is or has agreed to
become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has
agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, at the
request of the Corporation, such person shall be indemnified against all costs,
charges and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such
person's behalf in connection therewith. To the extent that any person who is or
was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Corporation is made a
witness to any action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is not a party by
reason of the fact that he or she was, is or has agreed to become an employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, at the request of the Corporation, such
person may be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by such person or on such person's behalf in connection
therewith.
Section
5.
Determination of Right to Indemnification.
Any indemnification
under Section 1 or 2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made, if at all, by
the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper under
the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth in Section 1 or 2. Any indemnification under Section 4 (unless ordered
by a court) shall be made, if at all, by the Corporation only as authorized in
the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper under the circumstances. Such
determinations shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or
officer at the time of such determination (1) by a majority vote of directors
who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding even though less than a
quorum of the Board, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent counsel in a written
opinion or (4) by the shareholders of the Corporation. To obtain indemnification
under this Article VIII, any person referred to in Sections 1-4 herein shall
submit to the Corporation a written request, including therewith such documents
as are reasonably available to such person and are reasonably necessary to
determine whether and to what extent such person is entitled to
indemnification.
Section
6.
Advancement of Costs, Charges and Expenses.
Costs, charges and
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by or on behalf of a
director or officer in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding
referred to in this Section 1 or 2 shall be paid by the Corporation in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however,
that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by or on behalf of
a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of a written undertaking, by or on
behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event
that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII
or by law. No security shall be required for such undertaking and such
undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the recipient's financial
ability to make repayment. The majority of the directors who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding may, upon approval of such director or officer of the
Corporation, authorize the Corporation's counsel to represent such person, in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to
such action, suit or proceeding.
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Section
7.
Procedure for Indemnification.
Any indemnification under Section
1, 2, 3 or 4 or advancement of costs, charges and expenses under Section 6 shall
be made promptly, and in any event within sixty (60) days (except
indemnification to be determined by shareholders which will be determined at the
next annual or special meeting of shareholders), upon the written request of the
director or officer. The right to indemnification or advancement of expenses as
granted by this Article VIII shall be enforceable by the director, officer,
employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction in the event the
Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition of
such request is made within sixty (60) days of the request. Such person's costs,
charges and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his
or her right to indemnification or advancement, to the extent successful, in any
such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense
to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the
advancement of costs, charges and expenses under Section 6 where the required
undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has
not met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2, but the burden of
proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its directors, its independent counsel and its
shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 1 or 2, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the
Corporation (including its directors, its independent counsel and its
shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has
not met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section
8.
Settlement.
The Corporation shall not be obligated to reimburse
the costs, charges and expenses of any settlement to which it has not agreed.
If, in any action, suit or proceeding (including any appeal) within the scope of
Section 1 or 2, the person to be indemnified shall have unreasonably failed to
enter into a settlement thereof offered or assented to by the opposing party or
parties in such action, suit or proceeding, then, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article VIII, the indemnification obligation of the
Corporation to such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
shall not exceed the total of the amount at which settlement could have been
made and the expenses incurred by or on behalf of such person prior to the time
such settlement could reasonably have been effected.
Section
9.
Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification; Individual
Contracts.
The indemnification and advancement of costs, charges and
expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification
or advancement of costs, charges and expenses may be entitled under law (common
or statutory) or any Bylaw, agreement, policy of indemnification insurance or
vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her
official capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding office,
and shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the legatees, heirs,
distributees, executors and administrators of any such person. Nothing contained
in this Article VIII shall be deemed to prohibit the Corporation from entering
into, and the Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into, agreements
with directors, officers, employees and agents providing indemnification rights
and procedures different from those set forth herein. All rights to
indemnification under this Article VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between
the Corporation and each director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
who serves or served in such capacity (or is or was serving or has agreed to
serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) at
any time while this Article VIII is in effect.
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Section
10.
Savings Clause.
If this Article VIII or any portion shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer, and may
indemnify each employee or agent, of the Corporation as to any costs, charges,
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including any action by or in
the right of the Corporation), to the full extent permitted by any applicable
portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Section
11.
Insurance.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance,
at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed
to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any costs, charges or expenses, liability or loss incurred by
such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person
against such costs, charges or expenses, liability or loss under these Articles
of Incorporation or applicable law; provided, however, that such insurance is
available on acceptable terms as determined by a vote of the Board. To the
extent that any director, officer, employee or agent is reimbursed by an
insurance company under an indemnification insurance policy for any costs,
charges, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable
portion of this Article VIII, the Bylaws, any agreement, the policy of
indemnification insurance or otherwise, the Corporation shall not be obligated
to reimburse the person to be indemnified in connection with such proceeding.
Section
12.
Definitions.
For purposes of this Article VIII, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "The Corporation" shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation or entity
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed by way of an acquisition,
consolidation, merger or otherwise, which, if its separate existence had
continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation or entity, or is or
was serving at the written request of such constituent corporation or entity as
a director or officer of another corporation, entity, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation or entity as such person would have with respect to such constituent
corporation or entity if its separate existence had continued; (2) "Other
enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans, including, but not limited
to, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation; (3) "Director or officer" of
the Corporation shall include any director or officer of the Corporation who is
or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, partner or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise; (4) "Serving at the request of the Corporation" shall
include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation with respect to an employee
benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries, including acting as a fiduciary
thereof; (5) "Fines" shall include any penalties and any excise or similar taxes
assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (6) To the
fullest extent permitted by law, a person shall be deemed to have acted in "good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful," if his or her action
is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another
enterprise, or on information supplied to him or her by the officers of the
Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the
advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on
information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another
enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or
other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another
enterprise; and (7) A person shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation," as referred to in Sections 1
and 2 if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an
employee benefit plan.
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Section
13.
Subsequent Amendment and Subsequent Legislation.
Neither the
amendment, termination or repeal of this Article VIII or of relevant provisions
of the NRS or any other applicable laws, nor the adoption of any provision of
these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation or of any
statute inconsistent with this Article VIII shall eliminate, affect or diminish
in any way the rights of any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation to indemnification under the provisions of this Article VIII with
respect to any action, suit or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any
actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of any such
amendment, termination, repeal, provision or statute. If the NRS is amended to
expand further the indemnification permitted to directors and officers of the
Corporation, then the Corporation shall indemnify such persons to the fullest
extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
1. Compliance With By-Laws.
Any action taken or determination made in good
faith by the stockholders or the Board of Directors shall be effective, valid
and binding although the same may not have been taken or made in strict
compliance with the By-laws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section
1. Amendments.
These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
ByLaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, at any
regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any
special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of
such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in
the notice of such special meeting.
Dated: January 4, 2011
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