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PROGREEN
US, INC.
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SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to Regulation 14C
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
PROGREEN US, INC.
6443 Inkster
Road, Suite 170-D
Bloomfield
Hills,
Michigan 48301
Telephone:
(248) 805-3652
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR
A PROXY AND
YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND
US A PROXY
This Information Statement is being furnished to our
stockholders on behalf of our board of directors pursuant to Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, for the purpose of informing our stockholders of amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation to decrease the number
of shares of common stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 1,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001
per share (“Common Stock”), to 950,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share. This Information Statement
is being furnished to the stockholders of record of our Common Stock, on the record date as determined by our board of directors
to be the close of business on November 7, 2016.
Our board of directors approved the amendments to
our Certificate of Incorporation to decrease our authorized Common Stock from 1,500,000,000 shares to 950,000,000 shares on August
24, 2016. Our Company also received on August 24, 2016, the written consent from stockholders of our Company who hold a majority
of the voting power of the Company’s Common Stock. Upon the expiration of the 20-day period required by Rule 14c-2 and in
accordance with the provisions of the
General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, our Company intends to file a Certificate
of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect the amendment to decrease our authorized Common Stock. The Certificate
of Amendment will not be filed until at least 20 days after we file the Definitive Information Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and deliver the Definitive Information Statement to our stockholders of record.
The proposed Certificate of Amendment, attached hereto
as Exhibit A, will become effective when it has been accepted for filing by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. We
anticipate that our Company will file the Certificate of Amendment 20 days after the Definitive Information Statement is first
mailed to our stockholders.
The entire cost of furnishing this Information Statement
will be borne by our Company. We will request brokerage houses, nominees, custodians, fiduciaries and other like parties to forward
this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of our Common Stock held on the record date.
Our board of directors has fixed the close of business on November 7, 2016, as the record date for determining
the holders of our Common Stock who are entitled to receive this Information Statement. As of November 7, 2016, there were 348,385,110
shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding. We anticipate that this Information Statement will be mailed on or about November
14, 2016, to our stockholders of record.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR YOUR
VOTE OR A PROXY, BUT RATHER AN INFORMATION STATEMENT DESIGNED TO INFORM YOU OF THE AMENDMENT TO OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION
TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Information
Statement, none of the following persons have any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise
in any matter to be acted upon:
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any
director or officer of our company since May 1, 2015, being the commencement of our last completed audited financial year;
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associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons.
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The table below sets forth information regarding
the beneficial ownership of our common stock and preferred stock as of September 29, 2016 by the following individuals or groups:
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person or entity who we know beneficially owns more than 5.0% in the aggregate of each class;
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The percentage of beneficial ownership
in the following table is based upon 348,385,110 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 29, 2016. Beneficial ownership
is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
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Common
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Jan
Telander (1)
c/o Progreen
US, Inc.
6443
Inkster Rd.,
Birmingham Township, MI 48301(1)
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18,037,555
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Michael
Hylander
c/o Progreen
US, Inc.
6443
Inkster Rd.,
Birmingham Township, MI 48301(1)
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Ulf
Telander (2)
Calle Sierra Nevada 64C
Urb Loma de Marbella Club
29602 Marbella, Spain
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85,679,118
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18,037,555
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Frederic
Telander (3)
Floragatan
16
SE 11431
Stockholm, Sweden
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100,000
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Ulf
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767,031
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Jan
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100,000
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American
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DRottninggatan
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SE 411 14 Goteborg, Sweden
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8,534,625
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Mr.
Jan Telander owns an aggregate of 18,037,555 shares common stock directly, and holds
100,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, convertible on and after January
1, 2017 into 30,303,030 shares of common stock, at a conversion price of $0.0033 per
share. The table above does not reflect conversion of the preferred stock held
by Mr. Telander in calculating the percentage of common stock shown as owned by Mr. Telander. As
of April 30, 2015, Mr. Telander had divested himself of all equity interests in EIG Venture
Capital Ltd. and its affiliates, and resigned from all management and governing body
positions with companies in this group.
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Mr.
Ulf Telander holds 100,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which vote
as, and are convertible on and after January 1, 2017 into, 30,303,030 shares of common
stock, at a conversion price of $0.0033 per share. Mr. Telander is the owner of
66% of the equity interests in and controls EIG Venture Capital Ltd. (“EIG”).
EIG owns 84,804,436 shares of common stock directly and is the sole stockholder of EIG
Capital Investments Ltd. and Sofcon, Ltd., which own directly 497,197 and 377,485 shares
of the Company's common stock, respectively. EIG’s direct ownership of common stock
is included in Mr. Telander’s ownership of common stock as shown in the table.
EIG holds 667,031 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which vote as, and
are convertible on and after January 1, 2017 into, 202,130,606 shares of common stock.
The table above does not reflect conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
in calculating the number of shares of common stock shown as owned by Mr. Telander, individually
and beneficially through EIG.
Mr. Telander is the brother
of Jan Telander, CEO of the Company.
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Mr. Frederic Telander holds
100,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which vote as, and are convertible
on and after January 1, 2017 into, 30,303,030 shares of common stock, at a conversion
price of $0.0033 per share. The table above does not reflect conversion of the preferred
stock held by Frederic Telander in calculating the percentage of common stock shown as
owned by him.
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AMENDMENT TO OUR COMPANY'S CERTIFCATE OF INCORPORATION
Decrease in Authorized Common Stock
As of the record date, there were 348,385,110 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, in the capital
of our Company. Each share of our company’s Common Stock is entitled to one vote.
The board of directors of the
Company on August 24, 2016, adopted a resolution approving and recommending to the Company's stockholders for their approval an
amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to provide for a decrease of the number of shares of Common Stock that
the Company is authorized to issue from 1,500,000,000 to 950,000,000.
The board of directors recommends
the proposed decrease in the authorized number of shares of Common Stock since the Company’s estimate that there is a sufficient
number of authorized and unissued shares is available (i) to provide for conversion shares for our convertible preferred stock
and convertible debt outstanding at the date of this Information Statement; (ii) to raise additional capital for the operations
of the Company; and (iii) to make options and shares available to employees, future non-employee directors and consultants of
the Company as an incentive for services provided to the Company. Holders of the Company’s Common Stock do not have preemptive
rights.
As of September 29, 2016, with
1,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized, we had 348,385,110 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding. The Company has reserved 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock for possible issuance pursuant to the Registration
Statement we filed on August 31, 2016 for an equity line financing; 293,039,696 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion
of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; 766,667 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion
of an outstanding convertible note; 4,000,000 shares for exercise of an outstanding warrant; and 4,800,000 shares for management
and employee options currently outstanding. The Series B Preferred stock is convertible on and after March 8, 2017, at the option
of the holder into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share of the weighted average closing prices of the Common
Stock for the 20 trading days immediately prior to that date. At this time we have not reserved any defined number of shares for
conversion of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, since it is not first convertible until March 8, 2017, and in addition,
the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have the option to notify the Company within the period commencing February 1, 2017
and ending February 15, 2017, of their election to redeem their shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the Stated Value thereof.
Therefore, as of September 29,
2016, we would have approximately 219,208,527 shares available for other corporate purposes if we reduced our number of authorized
shares of Common Stock to 950,000,000. The price of our Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on November 1, 2016, closed
at $0.0133. There are currently no set plans or arrangements relating to the possible issuance of any additional shares of Common
Stock except for the issuance of shares under the terms of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, the equity line financing, and
the outstanding convertible note, warrant and management options. We are not party to any agreements or understandings regarding
any acquisitions, nor are any acquisitions under negotiation.
STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section 228 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law permits stockholder action by written consent, without a meeting, prior notice or a vote,
by the stockholders holding not less than the minimum number of votes required to authorize the action. On August 24, 2016 our
Company obtained stockholder approval by written consent for the amendment to decrease the number of shares of our Common Stock
that we are authorized to issue from 1,500,000,000 shares to 950,000,000 shares, from the following three stockholders: Jan Telander,
who as of August 24, 2016 held 16,156,453 shares of Common Stock (or 4.64% of the outstanding common stock as of August 24, 2016)
and 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible on and after January 1, 2017) with
voting rights of 30,303,030 shares of common stock; from Ulf Telander, holding 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock with
voting rights of 30,303,030 shares of common stock; and EIG Venture Capital, Ltd., which holds 85,679,118 shares of Common Stock
(representing 24.59% of the outstanding common stock at August 24, 2016) and 667,031 shares of Series A Preferred Stock with voting
rights of 202,130,606 shares of common stock. Accordingly, holders holding 101,835,571 shares of Common Stock, and shares of Series
A Preferred Stock with voting rights of 262,736,666 shares of Common Stock, representing in total 59.66% of the outstanding common
stock voting power at August 24, 2016, authorized the Amendment, conversion shares of the voting holders of Series A Preferred
Stock being counted as outstanding for computing the percentage of the vote attributable to the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock consenting to the corporate action. American Residential Fastigheter AB, the holder of all of the outstanding 8,534,625
shares of Series B Preferred Stock (or 100% of the shares of that series of preferred stock), has consented for the class of Series
B Preferred Stock to the approval of the amendment to decrease our number of authorized shares of Common Stock.
The amendment authorizing the
decrease in our Common Stock will not become effective until (i) at least 20 days after we deliver the Information Statement to
our stockholders of record, (ii) we file the Information Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (iii) the Certificate
of Amendment has been accepted for filing by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
DISSENTERS’ RIGHTS
Pursuant to the
General Corporation
Law
of the State of Delaware, stockholders of our Common Stock are not entitled to dissenters’ rights of appraisal with
respect to the authorization of the decrease in our authorized Common Stock.
FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
For more detailed information
on our Company, including financial statements, you may refer to our Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission from time to time. Copies are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database
located at www.sec.gov.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Progreen US, Inc. has duly caused this Information Statement to be signed by the undersigned
hereunto authorized.
November 14, 2016
PROGREEN
US, INC.
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By:
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Jan Telander
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Jan Telander
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President and Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PROGREEN US, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, Progreen US, Inc. (the “corporation”), a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:
FIRST:
That
the Board of Directors of the corporation on August 24, 2016, adopted resolutions proposing and declaring advisable the following
amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors
declares advisable, and recommends to the stockholders for adoption, the following amended Article FOURTH to replace, in its entirety,
the Article FOURTH of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation:
“FOURTH: The total
number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Nine Hundred Sixty Million (960,000,000),
of which Nine Hundred Fifty Million (950,000,000) are Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“
Common Stock
”),
and Ten Million (10,000,000) are Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“
Preferred Stock
”).
The terms and provisions of the
Common Stock and Preferred Stock are as follows:
A. COMMON STOCK
Section 1
Voting Rights
The holders of shares of Common
Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share held with respect to all matters voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 2
Liquidation Rights
Subject to the prior and superior
right of the Preferred Stock upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation,
the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive that portion of the remaining funds to be distributed. Such funds to
be paid to the holders of Common Stock shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock on the basis of the number of shares of Common
Stock held by each of them.
Section 3
Dividends
Dividends may be paid on the Common Stock as and when
declared by the Board of Directors.
B. PREFERRED STOCK
Shares of the Preferred Stock
of the Corporation may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, each of which class or series shall have
such distinctive designation, number of shares, or title as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of
any shares thereof. Each such class or series of Preferred Stock shall consist of such number of shares, and have such voting
powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights
and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in such resolution or resolutions providing for
the issue of such series of Preferred Stock as may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors prior to the issuance
of any shares thereof pursuant to the authority hereby expressly vested in it, all in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware.”
SECOND:
That said amendments
were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 and Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its President this ____ day of ______, 2016.
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Progreen
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By:
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