Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
On May 11, 2017,
at a duly called meeting of the Board of Directors (the “
Board
”) of Nation
Energy Inc. (“
Nation
”) at which a quorum was present, changes were made
to the following officer positions upon satisfactory votes of the Board:
(1)
Michael
J. Caetano was elected to the positions of Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, and President; and
(2)
Carmen
J. Lotito was elected to the position of Chief Operating Officer.
The
position of Chief Operating Officer was newly created. John Hislop was
replaced as Chief Executive Officer and President. David N. Siegel was
replaced as Chairman of the Board.
Michael
J. Caetano, 44, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Mr.
Caetano was elected by the Board to the positions of Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer, and President of Nation. His term for each position
shall be until he retires, resigns, or is otherwise terminated.
Since
2009, Mr. Caetano has been involved in the oil and gas industry, helping
companies restructure, raise capital and manage day-to-day operations to
establish company growth. Mr. Caetano has worked with Open Bay Inc. and Big
Lake Energy Ltd.
Mr.
Caetano is currently a Director and CEO of Fortem Resources Inc. since August
2013.
From
January 2008 to 2014, Mr. Caetano was a senior executive of Skyline Custom
Homes Corporation and was accountable for procurement and deployment of
multiple real estate development projects, as well as responsible for the
design, development and implementation of various stages of residential and
commercial construction developments.
From
May 2008 to 2011, Mr. Caetano was President of a Venture Capital Company,
Global Asset Management and was responsible for directing Private and Public
companies in achieving all aspects of strategy, development and growth. This
involved strategic tasks such as procurement, development and execution of
investment analysis, investment fund deployment with a focus on return on
investment, client relationships, managing and fostering co-operative
relationships with clients and employees.
From
1998 to 2008, Mr. Caetano owned multiple businesses in the Greater Toronto Area
establishing and selling several new restaurants and automotive centers from
conception to design including management and operations. From August 2008 to
2010, Mr. Caetano was Vice President of Operations for NorCat Financial and was
accountable for brokered deals and investor fundraising for multiple private
and public investment companies, including direct investing, private placements
and mergers & acquisitions. He was responsible for introducing investing
clients to businesses or investment companies who require funding by analyzing
needs and delivering on client’s investment objectives.
Mr.
Caetano graduated in 1995 from Seneca College with a Diploma in Fine Arts &
Technology specializing in the Business Administration – Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Program.
Carmen J. Lotito, 73, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Lotito has
served as a consultant to Paltar Petroleum Limited from June 2011 to the
present. Mr. Lotito serves as a member of the Board of Directors and a member
of its Audit and Compensation Committees of Petrohunter Energy Corporation from
inception February, 2006 to November, 2016.
Mr. Lotito served as a member of the Board
of Directors of Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd (a Petrohunter Energy Corporation
wholly-owned Australian subsidiary) from November, 2005 to December 2014. Mr.
Lotito served as its Chief Financial Officer of Petrohunter Energy Corporation
from February, 2006 through October, 2007 and as its Executive Vice President
of Business Development from October 2007 through June, 2009. Mr. Lotito
served as Chief Financial Officer of GSL Energy, Inc from April, 2005 to
January, 2006.
Mr. Lotito served
as a consultant and Its Executive Vice President of Business Development of
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd from April 1, 2005 to December, 2010. He also served
as a vice president and member of the Board of Directors of the following
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd operating subsidiaries: Falcon Oil & Gas USA,
Inc, a Colorado Company, TXM Oil and Gas Exploration Kft., a Hungarian limited
liability company doing business as TXM Energy, LLC, TXM Marketing Trading
& Service, LLC, a Hungarian limited liability company, FOG-TXM Kft., a
Hungarian limited liability company, JVX Energy S.R. L., a Romanian limited
liability company and Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Pty. Ltd from April 1,
2005 to December, 2010.
Mr. Lotito served
as a consultant and a member of the Board of Directors of Gasco Energy, Inc
including Chairman of the Audit and Compensation Committees from November, 1999
to April, 2011. He served as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Galaxy
Energy Corporation and its subsidiary Dolphin Energy Corporation from April,
2004 to March, 2005.
Mr Lotito was
employed by Pannell, Kerr Forester, a national public accounting firm from March,1965
to June, 1975 as a senior accountant in audit and SEC accounting practice. Mr.
Lotito earned a B.S degree in business and accounting from the Marshall School
of Business at the University of Southern California in1967.
Mr.
Lotito and Nation’s
subsidiary Nation Energy
(Australia) Pty Ltd.
currently have a compensation arrangement whereby Mr. Lotito provides
operational and management services for $20,000 per month, on a month-to-month
agreement.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
At the May 11, 2017
meeting of the Board, Belinda Nisbet was elected as Secretary of Nation,
replacing John Hislop.
Item 9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
10.1
Management Services Agreement dated June 25,
2016, but effective July 22, 2015, between Nation Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd.
and Carmen J. Lotito. (incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form
10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2016).