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ALTERNET SYSTEMS, INC.
2665 South Bayshore
Drive
Suite 301
Miami, Florida 33133
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
TO ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF ALTERNET SYSTEMS, INC.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that prior to September 21, 2012, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding stock of Alternet Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) executed and delivered a written consent which (1) approved and adopted an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation to (i) increase the number of shares of authorized stock from 100,000,000 shares to 510,000,000 shares; and (ii) authorize the creation of 10,000,000 of the 510,000,000 authorized shares as “blank check” preferred stock to be designed in such series or classes as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine; and (2) approved and adopted the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan.
The holders of shares representing 56.3% of our voting shares have executed written consents in favor of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares and in favor of adopting the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan (the “Plan”). The amendment and the Plan are described in greater detail in the Information Statement accompanying this notice. The consents we have received constitute the only stockholder approval required to amend the Articles of Incorporation under the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and bylaws. In accordance with the requirements of Regulation 14C promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation provided in the consent will not be effective until 20 days from (i) the date of mailing this notice to our shareholders that the Information Statement is available for reading on the Company’s website (www.alternetsystems.com) and (ii) the filing of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of Nevada.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. Because the written consent of holders of a majority in voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock satisfied all applicable stockholder voting requirements, we are not asking you for a proxy and we request that you do not send us one.
The accompanying Information Statement is for informational purposes only. Please read it carefully.
October 16, 2012.
| Chairman of the Board | |
| s/Henryk Dabrowski |
ALTERNET SYSTEMS, INC.
2665 South Bayshore
Drive
Suite 301
Miami, Florida 33133
Phone:
786-265-1840
INFORMATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1934,
AS AMENDED, AND REGULATION 14C AND SCHEDULE
14C THEREUNDER
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY
AND YOU ARE
REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
INTRODUCTION
This information statement (the “Information Statement”) of Alternet Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) will be available for all shareholders of the Company to read on the Company’s web site (www.alternetsystems.com) and Notice of the Internet Availability of the Information Statement will be mailed on or about November 5, 2012, to the stockholders of record, as of September 21, 2012, pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Information Statement is circulated to advise the stockholders of action already approved and taken without a meeting by written consent of the stockholders who collectively hold a majority of the voting power of our capital stock. Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the proposals will not be effective until 20 days after the date that Notice of Internet Availability of this Information Statement is mailed to the stockholders and the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. Therefore, this Information Statement is being sent to you for information purposes only.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
The following action is to be effective twenty days after the date that the Notice of Internet Availability of this Information Statement is mailed to shareholders and the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada:
The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended to (i) increase the number of shares of authorized stock from 100,000,000 shares to 510,000,000 shares; and (ii) authorize the creation of 10,000,000 of the 510,000,000 authorized shares as “blank check” preferred stock to be designed in such series or classes as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine.
The following action is to be effective twenty days after the date that the Notice of Internet Availability of this Information Statement is mailed to shareholders:
The adoption of the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan.
This Information Statement relates to the above-described action. Please read this Information Statement. It describes the essential terms of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation as well as other information about the Company. Additional information about the Company is contained in its periodic reports filed on periodic and current reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). These reports, their accompanying exhibits and other documents filed with the Commission may be inspected without charge at the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Commission at prescribed rates. The Commission also maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding public companies that file reports with the Commission. Copies of these reports may be obtained from the Commission’s EDGAR archives at http://www.sec.gov/index.htm.
As of the close of business on the record date we had 86,606,616 shares of common stock outstanding. The approval of a majority of all outstanding votes is required for us to be able to amend our Article of Incorporation (the “Amendment”). Our Board of Directors approved the Amendment on June 1, 2012 and initiated the consent process through which stockholders holding approximately 56.3% of our outstanding shares of common stock approved the Amendment by written consent in lieu of a meeting. A copy of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation increasing the authorized shares and authorizing of “blank check” preferred stock is attached to this information statement as Exhibit 1. A copy of the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan is attached to this Information Statement as Exhibit 2.
The elimination of the need for a special meeting of the stockholders to approve the Amendment is authorized by Section 78.320 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, (the “Nevada Law”). This Section 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 the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on a matter were present and voted, may be substituted for the special meeting. According to Section 78.930 of the Nevada Law, a majority of the outstanding shares of voting capital stock entitled to vote on the matter is required in order to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. In order to eliminate the costs and management time involved in holding a special meeting and in order to effect the amendment as early as possible in order to accomplish the purposes of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to utilize the written consent of the majority stockholders of the Company.
Only one Notice of Internet Availability is being delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address, unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders. We will undertake to deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the Notice of Internet Availability to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the Notice was delivered. You may take a written or oral request by sending a written notification to our principal executive offices stating your name, your shared address, and the address to which we should direct the additional copy of the Notice or by calling our principal executive offices at (786) 265-1840. If multiple stockholders sharing an address have received one copy of the Notice of Internet Availability and would prefer us to mail each stockholder a separate copy of future mailings, you may send notifications to or call our principal executive offices. Additionally, if current stockholders with a shared address received multiple copies of this information statement and would prefer us to mail one copy of future mailings to stockholders at the shared address, notification of that request may also be made by mail or telephone call to our principal executive offices.
AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED SHARES
Our Board of Directors believes that the increase in the number of authorized shares of our common stock is necessary to make available shares of common stock for future issuance by allowing the Company greater flexibility with respect to future actions involving the issuance of stock, including, without limitation, the raising of additional capital. We currently have 86,606,616 shares of common stock outstanding and are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares, leaving only 13,393,384 shares available for future issuances. The board would like the flexibility of having additional shares available for issuance in order to allow it to issue shares of stock in lieu of cash payments for services provided by third parties and employees, thus allowing it to preserve its cash. In addition, the board may sell securities from time to time to raise money needed to continue its operations. Our board of directors further believes that the increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock will enable the Company to promptly take advantage of market conditions and the availability of favorable opportunities without the delay and expense associated with holding a special meeting of stockholders.
Our Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of any shares of Common Stock authorized but unissued without further shareholder approval, the issuance of such shares of common stock to such persons, for such consideration, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors determines. Such issuance could result in a significant dilution of the voting rights and the stockholders’ equity, of the existing shareholders and may adversely affect the market price for the common stock.
Issuance of additional common stock may have the effect of deterring or thwarting persons seeking to take control of the Company through a tender offer, proxy fight or otherwise or to bring about removal of incumbent management or a corporate transaction such as merger. For example, the issuance of common stock could be used to deter or prevent such a change of control through dilution of stock ownership of persons seeking to take control or by rendering a transaction proposed by such persons more difficult even if the person seeking to obtain control of the Company offer an above-market premium that is favored by a majority of the independent shareholders. Similarly, the issuance of additional shares to certain persons allied with our management could have the effect of making it more difficult to remove our current management by diluting the stock ownership or voting right of persons seeking to cause such removal.
CREATION OF BLANK CHECK PREFERRED STOCK
The amendment to our Articles of Incorporation will create 10,000,000 authorized shares of “blank check” preferred stock. Our Articles of Incorporation do not currently authorize a class of preferred stock. However, we believe that for us to successfully execute our business strategy we will need to raise investment capital and it may be preferable or necessary to issue preferred stock to investors. Preferred stock usually grants the holders certain preferential rights in voting, dividends, liquidation, or other rights in preference over the Common Stock. Accordingly, in order to grant us the flexibility to issue our equity securities in the manner best suited for our Company, or as may be required by the capital markets, the Certificate of Amendment will create 10,000,000 authorized shares of “blank check” preferred stock for us to issue.
The term “blank check” refers to preferred stock, the creation and issuance of which is authorized in advance by the shareholders and the terms, rights and features of which are determined by our Board of Directors upon issuance. The authorization of such blank check preferred stock would permit our Board of Directors to authorize and issue preferred stock from time to time in one or more series.
Subject to the provisions of our Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation and the limitations prescribed by law, our Board of Directors would be expressly authorized, at its discretion, to adopt resolutions to issue shares, to fix the number of shares and to change the number of shares constituting any series and to provide for or change a voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights (including whether the dividends are cumulative), dividend rates, terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption prices, conversion rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series of the preferred stock, in each case without any further action or vote by the shareholders. Our Board of Directors would be required to make any determination to issue shares of preferred stock based on its judgment as to the best interests of our Company and our shareholders. The Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation would give our Board of Directors flexibility, without further shareholder action, to issue preferred stock on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems to be in the best interests of our Company and our shareholders.
The Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation will provide our Company with increased financial flexibility in meeting future capital requirements by providing another type of security in addition to our Common Stock, as it will allow preferred stock to be available for issuance from time to time and with such features as determined by our Board of Directors for any proper corporate purpose. It is anticipated that such purposes may include exchanging preferred stock of Common Stock and, without limitations, may include the issuance for cash as a means of obtaining capital for use by our Company, or issuance as part or all of the consideration required to be paid by our Company for acquisitions of other businesses or assets.
Issuance by our Company of Preferred Stock could dilute both the equity interests and the earnings per share of existing holders of the Common Stock. Such dilution may be substantial, depending upon the amount of shares issues. The newly authorized shares of Preferred Stock could also have voting superior to the Common Stock, and therefore would have a dilutive effect on the voting power of existing shareholders.
Any issuance of preferred stock with voting rights could, under certain circumstances, have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our Company by increasing the number of outstanding shares entitled to vote and by increasing the number of votes required to approve a change in control of our Company. Shares of voting or convertible preferred stock could be issued, or rights to purchase such shares could be issued, to render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of our Company by means of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or otherwise. The ability of the Board of Directors to issue such additional shares of preferred stock, with the rights and preferences it deems advisable, could discourage an attempt by a party to acquire control of our Company by tender offer or other means. Such issuances could therefore deprive shareholders of benefits that could result from such an attempt, such as the realization of a premium over the market price that such an attempt could cause. Moreover, the issuance of such additional shares of preferred stock to persons friendly to the Board of Directors could make it more difficult to remove incumbent managers and directors from office even if such change were to be favorable to shareholders generally.
While the amendment may have anti-takeover ramifications, our Board of Directors believes that the financial flexibility offered by the amendment outweighs any disadvantages. To the extent that the amendment may have anti-takeover effects, the amendment may encourage proposed transaction in a manner that best serves the shareholders’ interest.
There are currently no plans, arrangements, commitments or understandings for the issuance of shares of preferred stock.
ADOPTION OF THE 2012 INCENTIVE STOCK AND OPTION PLAN
The Board has executed a written consent approving the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan (the “Plan”). It is common for a corporation to adopt an incentive plan in order to attract, retain, and motivate capable and talented members of management. The Board believes that the Company’s growth and success will depend upon its ability to obtain and retain the services of key employees of the highest skills and competence. In order to obtain and retain such employees, and in order to provide incentives for effective service and high-level performance, the Company desires to adopt the Plan.
The purpose of this Plan is to provide a means whereby the Company can attract, motivate, and retain key employees who can contribute materially to the Company's growth and success and to facilitate the acquisition of common shares of the Company ("Shares") by key employees through direct grants of either Shares or options on Shares (“Options”), so that such key employees will more closely identify their interests with those of the Corporation and its shareholders.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ RECOMMENDATION AND STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
On June 1, 2012, our board of directors voted to authorize and seek approval of our shareholders of an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to (i) increase the number of shares of authorized stock from 100,000,000 shares to 510,000,000 shares (ii) authorize the creation of 10,000,000 of the 510,000,000 authorized shares as “blank check” preferred stock to be designated in such series or classes as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine; and (iii) approve and adopt the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan. In the absence of a meeting, the affirmative consent of holders of a majority of the vote represented by our outstanding shares of stock was required to approve the change the name of the Company. Because holders of approximately 56.3% of our voting power signed a written consent in favor of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, we are authorized to amend the Articles of Incorporation to (i) increase the number of shares of authorized stock from 100,000,000 shares to 510,000,000 shares, and (ii) authorize the creation of 10,000,000 of the 510,000,000 authorized shares as “blank check” preferred stock to be designated in such series or classes as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine; and (iii) approve the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan. The increase and authorization will be effective upon the filing of an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, which is expected to occur as soon as reasonable practicable on or after the 20th day following the mailing of this Information Statement to stockholders.
Because holders of approximately 56.3% of our voting power signed a written consent in favor of the adoption of the Alternet Systems 2012 Incentive Stock and Option Plan, the Plan is adopted. The Plan will be effective upon the 20th day following the mailing of the Notice of Internet Availability of this Information Statement to stockholders.
The information contained in this information statement constitutes the only notice we will be providing stockholders.
NO DISSENTER’S RIGHTS
Under Nevada Law, our dissenting stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights with respect to our Amendment, and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such right.
OUTSTANDING VOTING STOCK OF THE COMPANY
As of the Record Date, there were 86,606,616 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The common stock constitutes the only outstanding class of voting securities of the Company. Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one (1) vote on all matters submitted to the stockholders. Stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights or pre-emptive rights for the purchase of additional shares of capital stock. The additional shares of common stock for which authorization is now sought are identical to the shares of common stock now authorized.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The following table lists, as of September 20, 2012, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by (i) each person or entity known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding common stock; (ii) each person who served as an officer and director of the Company during the last fiscal year, and (iii) all officers and directors as a group during the last fiscal year. Information relating to the beneficial ownership of common stock by our principal stockholders and management is based upon information furnished by each person using “beneficial ownership” concepts under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of a security, or investment power, which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of the security. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under the Securities and Exchange Commission rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities, and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which he or she may not have any pecuniary interest. Except as noted below, each person has a sole voting and investment power.
The percentages below are calculated based on 86,606,616 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. With the exception of the 8,579,307 of warrants outstanding, there are no options or other securities convertible into shares of common stock. Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of such person is c/o 2665 South Bayshore Drive, Suite 301, Miami, Florida 33133.
| Number of | |||||||||
| Shareholder | Position | Shares | % | ||||||
| Flow Capital, LLC | 6,683,104 | 7.7% | |||||||
| Henryk Dabrowski | Director & CEO | 5,819,930 | 6.7% | ||||||
| Yachan Holdings International | 4,520,217 | 5.2% | |||||||
| Fabio Alvino | Director & VP Business Development | 4,483,092 | 5.2% | ||||||
| Robin Bjorklund | Director | 4,258,170 | 4.9% | ||||||
| Michael Viadero | CFO | 2,078,000 | 2.4% | ||||||
| Total | 27,842,513 | 32% |
The percentage above does not reflect warrants Flow Capital holds to purchase 4,579,307 shares. If it exercises all of its warrants, Flow Capital will own 13.0% of the then outstanding shares.
DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION STATEMENT
We will pay the costs of distributing the Notice of Internet Availability of this Information Statement to our stockholders. The distribution will be made by mail.
INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS ACTED UPON
No director, officer, nominee for election as a director, associate of any director, officer of nominee of any other person has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, resulting from the matters described herein which is not shared by all other stockholders pro rata in accordance with their respective interest.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This information statement may contain certain “forward-looking” statements (as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases) representing our expectations or beliefs regarding our company. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our operations, economic performance, financial condition, and prospects and opportunities. 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 factors discussed in this and other of our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and file reports, proxy statements and other information required under the Exchange Act with the SEC. Such reports, proxy statements and other information may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. Copies of such materials and information from the SEC can be obtained at existing published rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. The SEC also maintains a site on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC which may be downloaded free of charge.
INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We “incorporate by reference” into this Information in certain documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. We incorporate by reference into this information statement the following documents we have previously filed with the SEC: our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31 and June 30, 2012 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We will be distributing a copy of these reports with this Information Statement. You may request an additional copy of these filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
ALTERNET SYSTEMS, INC.
2665 South Bayshore
Drive
Suite 301
Miami, Florida 33133
CONCLUSION
As a matter of regulatory compliance, we are sending you this Information Statement which describes the purpose and effect of the Amendment. Your consent to the Amendment is not required and is not being solicited in connection with this action. This information Statement is intended to provide our stockholders information required by the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. THE ATTACHED MATERIAL IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
| For the Board of Directors of | |
| Alternet Systems, Inc. | |
| By: s/Henryk Dabrowski | |
| Chairman |
Dated: October 16, 2012