Proxy Statement - Other Information (preliminary) (pre 14c)
December 16 2019 - 3:58PM
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NORTHERN MINERALS & EXPLORATION LTD.
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SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to Regulation 14C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
as amended
NORTHERN MINERALS & EXPLORATION LTD.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND
YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
This
Information Statement is furnished by the board of directors of
Northern Minerals & Exploration Ltd., a Nevada corporation, to
the holders of record at the close of business on the record date,
December 2, 2019 of our corporation's outstanding common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, pursuant to Rule 14c-2 promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This
Information Statement is being furnished to such stockholders for
the purpose of informing the stockholders in regards
to:
(a)
an amendment
to our Articles of Incorporation to
increase the authorized number of shares of our common stock from
75,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares, par value of $0.001 per share;
and
(b)
an amendment to our
Articles of Incorporation for the alteration of our authorized
share capital to authorize the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the "Preferred
Shares"), for which the board of directors may fix and determine
the designations, rights, preferences or other variations of each
class or series within each class of the Preferred
Shares;
(collectively, the
“Amendments”)
Our
board of directors approved the Amendments to our authorized share
capital for the increase in our authorized share capital and the
creation of the Preferred Shares in order to enhance our
corporation's ability to attract future financing to develop and
operate our business.
Our
board of directors unanimously approved the Amendments to our
Articles of Incorporation on September 12, 2019.
Subsequent
to our board of directors' approval of the Amendments, the holders
of the majority of the outstanding shares of our corporation gave
us their written consent to the Amendments to our Articles of
Incorporation on September 17, 2019. Therefore, following the
expiration of the twenty-day (20) period mandated by Rule 14c and
the provisions of Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, our
corporation will file Articles of Amendment to amend our Articles
of Incorporation to give effect to the Amendments. We will not file
the Articles of Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation until at
least twenty (20) days after the filing and mailing of this
Information Statement.
The
proposed Articles of Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation are
attached hereto as Schedule A. The Articles of Amendment will
become effective when they are filed with the Nevada Secretary of
State. We anticipate that such filing will occur twenty (20) days
after this Information Statement is first mailed to our
shareholders.
The
entire cost of furnishing this Information Statement will be borne
by our corporation. 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 of record by them.
Our
board of directors has fixed the close of business on December 2,
2019 as the record date for the determination of shareholders who
are entitled to receive this Information Statement. There were
56,577,819 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding on
December 2, 2019. We anticipate that this Information Statement
will be mailed on or about December 27, 2019 to all shareholders of
record as of the record date.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR YOUR VOTE OR A PROXY STATEMENT,
BUT RATHER AN INFORMATION STATEMENT DESIGNED TO INFORM YOU OF THE
AMENDMENTS TO OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND
US A PROXY.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE YOUR
SHARES.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED
UPON
Except
as disclosed elsewhere in this Information Statement, since July
31, 2019, being the commencement of our last financial year, none
of the following persons has any substantial interest, direct or
indirect, by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be
acted upon:
1.
any director or
officer of our corporation;
2.
any proposed
nominee for election as a director of our corporation;
and
3.
any associate or
affiliate of any of the foregoing persons.
The shareholdings of our directors and officers are listed below in
the section entitled "Principal Shareholders and Security Ownership
of Management". To our knowledge, no director has advised that he
intends to oppose the Amendments to our authorized capital or to
the Sale, as more particularly described herein.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
MANAGEMENT
As of
December 2, 2019, we had a total of 56,577,819 shares of common
stock ($0.001 par value per share) issued and
outstanding.
The
following table sets forth, as of December 2, 2019, certain
information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common
stock by each stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of
more than 5% of our common stock and by each of our current
directors and executive officers. Each person has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares of common stock, except
as otherwise indicated. Beneficial ownership consists of a direct
interest in the shares of common stock, except as otherwise
indicated.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount and Nature ofBeneficial Ownership
|
Percentageof Class(1)
|
Grasshoppers
Unlimited Inc. 1889 FM 2088, Quitman, Texas 75783
|
3,778,000
|
6.678%
|
Golden
Sands Exploration Inc. 11595 Bailey Crescent, Surrey, BC V3V 2V4
Canada
|
3,000,000
|
5.302%
|
Labrador Capital
SAPI DE CV San Isidro, Apt 1703, Colonia Reforma Social Miguel
Hidalgo, Ciudad De Mexico 11650
|
5,000,000
|
8.837%
|
Starcom
SA De CV Capital Center Local 25 AV, Erick Paolo Martinez Esquina 4
De Marzo Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico 77039
|
5,000,000
|
8.837%
|
Ivan
Webb 2020 El Paso Avenue, Cisco, Texas 76437
|
2,900,000
|
5.126%
|
(1) Based on 56,577,819 shares of common stock issued
and outstanding as of December 2, 2019. Beneficial ownership is
determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally
includes voting and investment power with respect to securities.
Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that the beneficial
owners of the common stock listed above, based on information
furnished by such owners, have sole investment and voting power
with respect to such shares, subject to community property laws
where applicable.
AMENDMENT TO OUR CORPORATION'S ARTICLES
Our
Amended Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") currently
authorize the issuance of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001
par value, and no shares of preferred stock. On September 12, 2019
our board of directors approved, subject to receiving the approval
of a majority of the shareholders of our common stock, an amendment
to our Articles to increase our authorized shares of common stock
to 250,000,000 shares, and authorize the issuance of up to
50,000,000 shares of preferred stock in the capital of our
corporation, for which the board of directors may fix and determine
the designations, rights, preferences or other variations of each
class or series within each class of the shares of preferred
stock.
The
general purpose and effect of the amendment to our corporation's
Articles is to increase our authorized share capital and authorize
the Preferred Shares, which will enhance our Corporation's ability
to finance the development and operation of our
business.
Our
board of directors approved the amendment to our corporation's
Articles is to increase our authorized share capital and authorize
the Preferred Shares so
that such shares will be available for issuance for general
corporate purposes, including financing activities, without the
requirement of further action by our shareholders. Potential uses
of the additional authorized shares and Preferred Shares may
include public or private offerings, conversions of convertible
securities, issuance of options pursuant to employee benefit plans,
acquisition transactions and other general corporate purposes.
Increasing the authorized number of shares of our common stock and
allowing for the ability to issue the Preferred Shares will give us
greater flexibility and will allow us to issue such shares in most
cases without the expense of delay of seeking shareholder approval.
Our company is at all times investigating additional sources of
financing which our board of directors believes will be in our best
interests and in the best interests of our shareholders. We do not
currently have any agreements, plans, arrangements, understandings
or commitments for any transaction that would require the issuance
of additional shares of common stock or Preferred Shares. Our
common shares carry no pre-emptive rights to purchase additional
shares. The adoption of the amendment to our Articles of
Incorporation will not of itself cause any changes in our capital
accounts.
The
amendment to our corporation's Articles to increase our authorized
share capital and authorize the Preferred Shares will not have any
immediate effect on the rights of existing shareholders. However,
our board of directors will have the authority to issue authorized
common stock and the Preferred Shares without requiring future
shareholders approval of such issuances, except as may be required
by applicable law or exchange regulations. To the extent that
additional authorized common shares are issued in the future, they
will decrease the existing shareholders' percentage equity
ownership and would be dilutive to the existing
shareholders.
The increase in the authorized number of shares of our common
stock, the authorization of the Preferred Shares and the subsequent
issuance of such shares of common stock and/or Preferred Shares
could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control
of our company without further action by the shareholders. Shares
of authorized and unissued common or preferred stock could be
issued (within limits imposed by applicable law) in one or more
transactions. Any such issuance of additional common or preferred
stock could have the effect of diluting the earnings per share and
book value per share of outstanding shares of common stock, and
such additional shares could be used to dilute the stock ownership
or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of our
company. Further, to the extent that additional Preferred Shares
are issued in the future, they would be dilutive to the existing
shareholders. As the specific terms of any series of
Preferred Shares have not yet been finalized, we have not yet
determined the minimum or maximum number of Preferred Shares that
may be issued, or the price at which these shares may be issued. As
a result, we cannot provide any assurances regarding the extent of
the dilution upon our shareholders.
Our
board of directors may authorize and issue classes of Preferred
Shares that have rights that are preferential to our common stock.
Such rights may include:
●
the payment of
dividends in preference and priority to any dividends on our common
stock;
●
preference to any
distributions upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
our company;
●
voting rights that
may rank equally to, or in priority over, our common
stock;
●
mandatory
redemption by the company in certain circumstances, for amounts
that may exceed the purchase price of the Preferred
Shares;
●
conversion
provisions for the conversion of the Preferred Shares into common
stock;
●
pre-emptive or
first refusal rights in regards to future issuances of common stock
or Preferred Shares by the company; or
●
rights that
restrict our company from undertaking certain corporate actions
without the approval of the holders of the Preferred
Shares.
We do
not have any provisions in our Articles, bylaws, or employment or
credit agreements to which we are party that have anti-takeover
consequences. We do not currently have any plans to adopt
anti-takeover provisions or enter into any arrangements or
understandings that would have anti-takeover consequences. In
certain circumstances, our management may issue additional shares
to resist a third party takeover transaction, even if done at an
above market premium and favoured by a majority of independent
shareholders.
Shareholder
approval for the Amendments to our Articles was obtained by written
consent of 8 shareholders owning 29,116,667 shares of our common
stock, which represented 51.5% on September 17, 2019. The increase
in our authorized capital and the creation of the Preferred Shares
will not become effective until not less than twenty (20) days
after this Information Statement is first mailed to shareholders of
our common stock and until the appropriate filings have been made
with the Nevada Secretary of State.
DISSENTERS RIGHTS
Under
Nevada law, shareholders of our common stock are not entitled to
dissenter's rights of appraisal with respect to our proposed
Amendments to our Articles of Incorporation.
Signature
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Northern Minerals & Exploration Ltd. has duly caused this
report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto
authorized.
December
12, 2019
NORTHERN MINERALS & EXPLORATION LTD.
By:
/s/ Ivan Webb
Ivan
Webb
President
and Director
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