This information statement has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) and is being furnished to the holders of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Integrated Freight Corporation, a Florida corporation, (
we,
us,
our
and equivalent pronouns). The purpose of this information statement is to provide notice that a majority of our voting capital stock, holding approximately 50.0000000173% of voting power of our outstanding capital stock (the
Consenting Stockholders
) at June 6, 2016 approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation (a) to increase our authorized shares of $0.001 par value common stock to 10,000,000,000 shares to 5,000,000,000 shares (the
Share Increase
) and (b) to Reverse Stock Split, a share combination, (
Reverse Stock Split) of the issued and outstanding common stock in a ratio of one share for each 1,000 shares outstanding. We believe the Reverse Stock Split applies upon conversion to the number of common shares to be received by holders of our convertible securities. Although the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock did not formally vote the 187,245,033 shares of common stock they collectively own in favor of the Share Increase, they may be deemed to have voted such common shares.
On June 6, 2016, our Board of Directors approved in writing and recommended to the stockholders for approval the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation (the
Article of Amendment
) mentioned above. The full text of the Articles of Amendment is attached to this information statement as Exhibit
A
.
On June 6, 2016, the Consenting Stockholders consented in writing to the Articles of Amendment. This consent was sufficient to approve the Articles of Amendment under Florida law (the
June 2016 Amendment
).
We will pay all costs associated with the distribution of this information statement, including the costs of printing and mailing. We will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending this information statement to the beneficial owners of its Common Stock. This information statement is expected to be sent out on or about ____________, 2016 (the
Mailing Date
) to our common and preferred stockholders.
We filed the Amended Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Secretary of State on June 17, 2016. The Amended Articles of Incorporation specify that the Share Increase will be effective twenty days after the Mailing Date and the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be ten days after application to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for a market announce of the Reverse Stock Split, subject to delay due to a delay in the issue of the market announcement.
OVERVIEW OF THE SHARE INCREASE AND REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
The following table presents an overview of the two actions which have been approved by a majority of our voting capital stock upon the recommendation of our board of directors, both on June 6, 2016.
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Before approval:
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After approval:
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Common stock authorized for issue
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5,000,000,000
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10,000,000,000
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Par value per share
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$0.001
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$0.001
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Reverse split factor or ratio
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1:1,000
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Common shares issued and outstanding
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4,831,770,546
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4,481,771
(1)
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Votes per common share
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1
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1
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Percentage of common stock owned by individual stockholder
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Fractional Increase
(2)
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Number of registered stockholders
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586
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93
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Balance sheet-
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Stockholders
Equity at July 15, 2016 (unaudited)
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Common Stock at July 15, 2016 (unaudited)
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$4,831,771
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$4,832
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Additional paid-in capital March 31, 2016 (unaudited)
(3)
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$8,040,824
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$12,867,703
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Accumulated deficit
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Unchanged
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(1)Subject to rounding of fractional shares,
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(2)Based on reduction in outstanding due to cash payment for fractional shares.
(3)Pro forma, as if the common stock issued and outstanding on July 15, 2016 were issued and outstanding on March 31, 2016.
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AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
On June 6, 2016, our Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to effect the share increase and recommended the share increase to our stockholders for approval. On June 6, 2016, the holders of a majority of votes entitled to be cast on the share increase approved the share increase. Other than the share increase, the Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation does not amend our Articles of Incorporation as presently in effect and will not result in any change to the rights of our stockholders
Reasons for the share increase at this time
The reason for the Share Increase is because we now have 4,831,770,546 shares of our five billion authorized common shares outstanding and 566,029,384 additional shares reserved for issue under outstanding convertible debt, leaving us negative balance (more shares we are obligated to issue than we have available) of 397,799,930 shares. We also have preferred stock convertible into common stock for which we have not established reserves. We believe the number of shares available for issued is insufficient for issuance (i) upon conversion of our standing convertible securities
preferred stock and convertible notes; (ii) to investors who may agree to provide us with the funding we require to continue operations; (iii) to persons in connection with potential acquisition transactions; (iv) to pay outstanding nonconvertible debt and other obligations; (v) compensate management and advisers and (vi) in other transactions in which our Board of Directors may determine is in our best interest and our stockholders to issue common shares. The Share Increase will not have any immediate effect on the rights of existing stockholders, but will have a dilutive effect to our existing stockholders if additional shares are issued. The Share Increase coupled with the additional unissued shares ensuing from the concurrent Reverse Stock Split
Authorized Share Increase and Amended Articles of Incorporation Approved by Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting
The Share Increase, Reverse Stock Split and related Amended Articles of Incorporation were approved by written consent executed by the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote on June 6, 2016 in lieu of holding a meeting of our stockholders. On the Mailing Date, those stockholders held 50.0000000173% of the voting power of our capital stock. Although the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock did not formally vote the 187,245,033 shares of common stock they collectively own in favor of the share increase and Reverse Stock Split, they may be deemed to have voted such common shares.
Our stockholders do not have dissenters
rights under Florida law based on the adoption of the Share Increase.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO REVERSE SPLIT NUMBER OF ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Overview of Reverse Stock Split (share combination)
The Reverse Stock Split will reduce the number of shares of our common stock issued an outstanding by a factor of 1,000. In other words, the total issued and outstanding shares of our common stock including the shares of common stock you own will be divided by 1,000 to determine the number of shares of our common stock issued an outstanding and the number of shares you own following the Reverse Stock Split. Both the total and the number of your shares are subject to rounding of fractional shares, as described below. See the table above for a summary of impacts on data about our company.
Effect of the Reverse Stock Split on Convertible Securities
The Reverse Stock Split will have the same effect on the number of shares of our common stock a holder of convertible securities (convertible notes and preferred stock) receives upon conversion that it has on issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The number of shares of our common stock a holder of convertible securities would have received on conversion before the Reverse Stock Split is divided by 1,000 to determine the number of shares the holder receives after the Reverse Stock Split.
Approval of the Reverse Stock Split
The Reverse Stock Split was approved by the holders of our Class C Preferred Stock which has a right to cast 50.0000000173% of all votes cast, both common stock and preferred stock, on all matters presented to the stockholders for approval. Approval by a majority of the common stock holders voting alone is not required. Although the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock did not formally vote the 187,245,033 shares of common stock they collectively own in favor of the share increase and Reverse Stock Split, they may be deemed to have voted such common shares.
Filing of Amended Articles of Incorporation
The Amended Articles of Incorporation required to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split were filed with the Florida Secretary of State on June 17, 2016.
Effective date of Reverse Stock Split
The Amended Articles of Incorporation specify that the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be ten days after we apply to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a market announcement of the Reverse Stock Split. We anticipate FINRA will require more than ten days to process our application and supporting documentation it requires before it will issue a market announcement. The actual effective date will be approximately the second business day after FINRA actually issues the market announcement.
The reasons and timing of the Reverse Stock Split
Assuming resolution of pending litigation with and against two of our subsidiaries, Morris Transportation, Inc. and Smith Systems Transportation, Inc., of which you have no assurance, we believe we will achieve profitable results of operations, of which you have no assurance, and an improvement in our balance sheet. Assuming these outcomes, we believe the market for our common stock will react positively with improvements in trading prices. The lesser number of shares outstanding following the Reverse Stock Split will result in a higher earnings per share (and a higher loss per share, in the event we experience losses) which may over time lift us out of the
penny stock
category. This is, of course, a forward-looking statement, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Fairness of the Reverse Stock Split
We did not obtain an independent report, opinion, or appraisal before proceeding with the Reverse Stock Split. No representative or advisor was retained on behalf of the unaffiliated shareholders to review or negotiate the transaction. We concluded that the expense of these procedures was not reasonable in relation to the size of the transaction contemplated and concluded that we could adequately establish the fairness of the Reverse Stock Split without independent advice, in that the relative percentage of each stockholder
s ownership following the Reverse Stock Split would be essentially the same as before the Reverse Stock Split. The closing price per share on ___, 2016 was $0.__, or an aggregate of up to $__ for up to 999 shares before the Reverse Stock Split. However, a stockholder who has an odd lot after the Reverse Stock Split when he or she did not before may incur higher commissions and fees when they sell the odd lot.
Market impact of the Reverse Stock Split
You have no assurance that the market price per share of our common stock after the Reverse Stock Split will remain unchanged or increase in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of the common stock outstanding. Accordingly, our total market capitalization after the Reverse Stock Split may be lower than the total market capitalization before the Reverse Stock Split. The market price per share of our common stock may decline after the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split may not result in a per shares price that will attract additional investors to our common stock, including institutional investors or investment funds, or that such share price will satisfy the investing guidelines of institutional investors or investment funds. The Reverse Stock Split will result in an increase in our earnings per share, in the event we experience positive earnings, and an increase in our loss per share, in the event we experience losses.
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Impact on liquidity
The liquidity of our common stock in the public securities market may be adversely impacted by the Reverse Stock Split, with a reduction in our float (unrestricted shares held by non-affiliated in street name) to approximately 4,108,162 shares, subject to rounding up of fractional shares, from 4,108,161,809 shares. We believe that the number of shares in the public float will be sufficient to maintain liquidity in the market.
Impact on holders with less than 1,000 shares of our common stock
If you own less than 1,000 shares of our common stock (100 stockholders), whether as in a certificate, in book entry form or in street name (held in your brokerage account), you will own only a fractional share on the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. We are not issuing fractional shares. We will pay you cash for your fractional share. The amount of cash we will pay you is determined by multiplying the number of shares you own at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split by the closing price of per shares of our common stock on that preceding date. You have appraisal rights under Florida law. See
Process for Payment of Fractional Shares
and
Appraisal Rights
, below.
Impact on holders with 1,000 to 99,000 shares of our common stock
If you own at least 1,000 shares but not more than 99,000 shares, whether as in a certificate, in book entry form or in street name (held in your brokerage account), you will own less than 100 shares on the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. If you own any fractional share, that fractional share will be rounded up to the next whole share. For example, if the quotient from dividing your pre-reverse split shares by 1,000 is 78.3 shares, you will receive 79 shares as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. 100 shares is referred to in the investment securities industry as a round lot, which is a normal trading unit. Less than 100 shares of a security is referred to in the securities investment industry as an odd lot. You may have difficulty in selling odd lots and the commissions and fees you will incur in the sale of an odd lot will likely exceed the commissions and fees you will incur in selling a round lot.
Impact on holders with 99,001 or more shares of our common stock
If you own at least 99,001 shares or more, whether as in a certificate, in book entry form or in street name (held in your brokerage account), you will own at least 100 shares following the Reverse Stock Split. If you own any fractional share, that fractional share will be rounded up to the next whole share. If the number of shares you own following the Reverse Stock Split is not evenly divisible by 100 shares, which is referred to in the investment securities industry as a round lot and is a normal trading unit, the odd number of shares you own is referred to in the securities investment industry as an odd lot. You may have difficulty in selling odd lots and the commissions and fees you will incur in the sale of an odd lot will likely exceed the commissions and fees you will incur in selling a round lot.
Impact of fractional shares
If you own only a fractional share after dividing the number of shares you own before the Reverse Stock Split by 1,000, we will pay you cash for the fractional share. See
Impact on holders with less than 1,000 shares
, above. If you own a fractional share plus at least one whole share after dividing the number of shares you own before the Reverse Stock Split by 1,000, the fractional share will be rounded up to the next whole share.
Appraisal rights
Section 607.1302 (d) of the Florida Statutes provides that a stockholder has appraisal rights when
an amendment of the articles of incorporation with respect to the class or series of shares which reduces the number of shares of a class or series owned by the shareholder to a fraction of a share if the corporation has the obligation or right to repurchase the fractional share so created.
Our plan for the Reverse Stock Split (reduction in number of shares) obligates us and gives us the right to pay cash for, at is repurchase, the fractional share. This information is intended to satisfy the notice requirement of §607.1320 of the Florida Statutes, if applicable, in that we did not solicit consents for approval of the Reverse Stock Split, all shares voting in favor being held by our management. If you believe our shares may have an appraised value that exceeds the closing price we will pay you for your fractional share, you must notify us in writing within twenty days after you receive this information statement that you intend to demand payment of an appraised value. Upon receipt of our written notice, we will send you a form that satisfies §607.1322 of the Florida Statutes, which you must complete and return to us within the time stated. If a shareholder is dissatisfied with our offer to pay for fractional shares, as described in
Impact on holders with less than 1,000 shares
, above, and satisfies the requirements to assert appraisal rights, we are obligated to commence a court action to determine the appraised value of our shares which we will pay to stockholders asserting appraisal rights. We will pay demanding stockholders the price per share determined by the court, whether it is higher, lower or the same as the closing price we are offering and paying for fractional shares. We will pay the costs of such proceedings, provided the court may assess costs and legal fees against any stockholder it determines has acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith. Because we believe that the closing price we are offering to pay for fractional shares is determined in the public market is the best indicator of fair market value, we would intend to ask the court to assess all costs and fees against stockholders who assert appraisal rights.
Process for payment of fractional shares
If you own only a fractional share after the Reverse Stock Split and you hold a stock certificate, you must return that certificate to our transfer agent, Direct Transfer LLC, Suite D, 500 Perimeter Park Drive, Morrisville, NC, 27560 with a request for payment. We recommend that you return the certificate by Express Mail, FedEx or UPS with tracking and signature required. We will mail you a check for your fractional share upon receipt of your certificate. If your shares are registered in book entry form, we will send you a check for your fractional share. If your shares are held in street name (in your brokerage account), Cede & Co. will notify us of the total number of fractional shares held in all brokerage accounts we must pay for, we will pay Cede & Co. that amount and it will distribute the amount due to you to your broker for your account.
Process for surrender and exchange of certificates
If you own at least one whole share after the Reverse Stock Split and you hold a stock certificate, you may, but are not required to, return that certificate to our transfer agent, Direct Transfer LLC, Suite D, 500 Perimeter Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560, with a request for issue of a replacement certificate. If you do return your certificate to Direct Transfer LLC, we recommend that you return the certificate by Express Mail, FedEx or UPS with tracking and signature required. Direct Stock Transfer will mail you a replacement certificate upon receipt of your certificate.
Impact on holders of our convertible securities
The number of shares of common stock into which holders of our convertible securities, including convertible promissory notes, will be able to convert will be adjusted by the Reverse Stock Split. If convertible into a fixed number of common shares, such number will be divisible by 1,000. If convertible based on a discount from the market price at the date of conversion, the market adjust to that price, whether higher, lower or relatively unchanged, will automatically adjust the number of shares to be received on conversion of the convertible security.
Impact on shares of common stock we are authorized by our Articles of Incorporation to issue
The number of shares of common stock we are authorized to issue does not change as a consequence of the Reverse Stock Split by itself. However, we have simultaneously doubled to 10 billion shares from 5 billion shares the number of common shares we are authorized to issue. The par value of our common stock remains unchanged at $0.001 per share following the Reverse Stock Split.
Impact on issued and outstanding shares of common stock
The number of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock will decrease to approximately 4,831,771 shares from 4,831,770,546 shares. The actual number of shares outstanding following the Reverse Stock Split will depend on how many fractional shares we pay for and on how many fractional shares are rounded up to the next whole share.
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Impact on balance sheet
The aggregate par value of our common stock reflected on our balance sheet at July 15, 2016 will be reduced to $4,832 from $4,831,771. The additional paid in capital reflected on our balance sheet will correspondingly increase to $12,867,703 from $8,040,824 (unaudited). The accumulated deficit on our balance sheet will be unchanged. Loss per share will be correspondingly increased.
Tax consequences
We recommend that you seek tax advice from your professional adviser. We believe however, that the Reverse Stock Split will not have any immediate federal income tax consequences other than the price you have paid for our common stock (your tax basis) will be spread over a smaller number of shares.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
Our remaining stockholders will not be given an opportunity to vote with respect to the Share Increase. All necessary corporate approvals have been obtained, and this information statement is furnished solely for the purpose of advising stockholders of the proposed actions to be taken by written consent.
The elimination of the need for a meeting of stockholders to approve these actions is made possible by §607.0704(3), Fla. Stat., which provides that unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without prior notice by written consent thereto is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power.
OUTSTANDING VOTING STOCK OF THE COMPANY
Florida law does not require our Board of Directors to fix a record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote on the Share Increase, which was approved on June 6, 2016. On June 6, 2016, there were: 4,831,770,546 shares of common stock outstanding, each share of which entitles the holder thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to our stockholders, 90,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock which is not entitled to any vote on matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, 300 shares of Series B Preferred Stock which is not entitled to any vote on matters submitted to our stockholders for approval and 200 shares of Series C Preferred Stock which is entitled in the aggregate to one vote more than all other shares of common and preferred stock with voting rights combined to any vote on matters submitted to our stockholders for approval. None of our capital stock with a right to vote on matters submitted to our stockholders for approval vote as a separate class.