THIS
INFORMATION STATEMENT IS BEING PROVIDED TO
YOU
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DIRECTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC.
WE
ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE
REQUESTED
NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
DIRECTVIEW
HOLDINGS, INC.
21218
Saint Andrews Blvd., Suite 323
Boca
Raton, FL 33433
(561)
750-9777
INFORMATION
STATEMENT
(Preliminary)
February
13, 2017
NOTICE
OF STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
GENERAL
INFORMATION
To
the Holders of Common Stock of DirectView Holdings, Inc.:
This
Information Statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is being furnished, pursuant to Section 14C
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act
”), to the holders (the “
Stockholders
”)
of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “
Common Stock
”), of DirectView Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “
Company
”), to notify the Stockholders that on February 10, 2017, the Company received a unanimous written
consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
“
Series A Preferred
”), as permitted by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended
(the “
Certificate
”). Each share of Series A Preferred has the equivalent of approximately 9,977,944 votes of
Common Stock (based upon the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock issued at the time hereof). Currently, there is one
holder of Series A Preferred (the “
Series A Stockholder
” or the “
Majority Stockholder
”),
holding fifty-one (51) shares of Series A Preferred, resulting in the Series A Stockholder holding in the aggregate approximately
51% of the total voting power of all issued and outstanding voting capital of the Company. The Series A Stockholders authorized
the following:
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The
not less than 1 for 10 but not more than 1 for 200 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock (the “
Reverse Stock Split
”)
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On
February 10, 2017, the Board approved the Reverse Stock Split and recommended to the Majority Stockholder that they approve the
Reverse Stock Split. On February 10, 2017, the Majority Stockholder approved the Reverse Stock Split by written consent in lieu
of a meeting, in accordance with Nevada law. Accordingly, your consent is not required and is not being solicited in connection
with the approval of the Reverse Stock Split.
We
will mail the Notice of Stockholder Action by Written Consent to the Stockholders on or about February 23, 2017.
WE
ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND A PROXY.
The
Board believes that the Stockholders of the Company will benefit from the Reverse Stock Split because it believes that such Reverse
Stock Split could be a catalyst for an increase in the stock price of the Common Stock, which in turn could increase the marketability
and liquidity of the Company’s Common Stock, as well as increase the profile of the Company for private investment, acquisitions
and other future opportunities that become available to the Company.
Accordingly,
it is the Board’s opinion that the Reverse Stock Split would better position the Company to attract potential business candidates
and provide the Stockholders a greater potential return.
INTRODUCTION
Nevada
law 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon
were present and voted can approve an action in lieu of conducting a special stockholders’ meeting convened for the specific
purpose of such action. Nevada law, however, requires that in the event an action is approved by written consent, a company must
provide prompt notice of the taking of any corporate action without a meeting to the stockholders of record who have not consented
in writing to such action and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting
if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the
action were delivered to a company.
In
accordance with the foregoing, we will mail the Notice of Stockholder Action by Written Consent on or about February 23, 2017.
This
Information Statement contains a brief summary of the material aspects of the Reverse Stock Split approved by the Board of DirectView
Holdings, Inc., (the “
Company
,” “
we
,” “
our
,” or “
us
”)
and the holder of the Company’s Series A Preferred (the “
Series A Stockholder
” or the “
Majority
Stockholder
”), which constitute a majority of the voting capital stock of the Company.
Series
A Preferred
By
unanimous written consent of the Board (as permitted under Nevada law), the number, designation, rights, preferences and privileges
of the Series A Preferred were established by the Board (as is permitted under Nevada law and by the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company, as may be amended). The designation, rights, preferences and privileges that the Board established for the Series
A Preferred is set forth in a Certificate of Designation that was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on
January 6, 2016. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred are entitled to vote with holders of the Company’s common stock,
such that holders of shares of Series A Preferred shall have the number of votes on all matters submitted to shareholders of the
Company that is equal to such number of votes per share of Series A Preferred that, when added to the votes per share of all other
shares of Series A Preferred, shall equal 51% of the outstanding voting capital (inclusive of the votes of holders of the Company’s
common stock) at the time of the vote or written consent of shareholders. By unanimous written consent of the Board, the Board
issued an aggregate of fifty-one (51) shares of Series A Preferred to the Series A Stockholder. As a result of the voting rights
granted to the Series A Preferred, the Series A Stockholders holds in the aggregate approximately 51% of the total voting power
of all issued and outstanding voting capital of the Company.
As
of February 10, 2017, there were issued and outstanding (i) 997,794,385 shares of our Common Stock and (ii) 51 shares of our Series
A Preferred Stock. Based on the foregoing, the total aggregate amount of votes entitled to vote regarding the approval of the
Reverse Stock Split approved by the Board is 1,506,669,529 (the sum of the votes represented by the issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock). Pursuant to Nevada law, at least a majority of the voting equity of the Company,
or at least 768,401,459 votes, are required to approve Reverse Stock Split by written consent. The Series A Stockholder, who holds
in the aggregate 51 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 768,401,459 votes or approximately 51% of the voting equity of the Company,
have voted in favor of the Reverse Stock Split, thereby satisfying the requirement under Nevada law that at least a majority of
the voting equity vote in favor of a corporate action by written consent.
The
following table sets forth the name of the Series A Stockholder, the number of shares of Series A Preferred held by the Series
A Stockholder, the total number of votes that the Series A Stockholders voted in favor of the Reverse Stock Split and the percentage
of the issued and outstanding voting equity of the Company that voted in favor thereof.
Name of Series A Stockholder
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Number
of Shares of Series A Preferred held
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Number of Votes held by such Series A Stockholder
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Number of Votes that Voted in favor of the Actions
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Percentage of the Voting Equity that Voted in favor of the Actions
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Roger Ralston
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51
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768,401,459
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768,401,459
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51
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%
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ACTIONS
TO BE TAKEN
The
Reverse Stock Split will become effective on the date that we file the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company (the “
Amendment
”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. We intend to file the
Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada promptly after the twentieth (20
th
) day following the
date on which this Information Statement is mailed to the Stockholders.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, we must first notify FINRA of the intended Reverse Stock Split by filing the Issuer Company Related Action Notification
Form no later than ten (10) days prior to the anticipated record date of such action. Our failure to provide such notice may constitute
fraud under Section 10 of the Exchange Act.
We
currently expect to file the Amendment on or about March 6, 2017.
NOT
LESS THAN 1 FOR 10 BUT NOT MORE THAN 1 FOR 200 REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
GENERAL
Our
Board approved by unanimous written consent not less than 1 for 10 but not more than 1 for 200 reverse stock split (the “
Reverse
Stock Split
”). Pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split, every 10 shares at a minimum or every 200 shares at a maximum,
of our Common Stock will be automatically converted, without any further action by the Stockholders, into one share of Common
Stock. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as the result of the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, the Company will
issue to the Stockholders one additional share of Common Stock for each fractional share. The Company anticipates that the effective
date of the Reverse Stock Split will be March 15, 2017.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR PROPORTIONATE EQUITY INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY, EXCEPT AS MAY RESULT FROM
THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE FRACTIONAL SHARES.
PURPOSE
AND EFFECT OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
Our
Board believes that, among other reasons, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock have contributed to a lack of investor
interest in the Company and has made it difficult for the Company to attract new investors and potential business candidates.
Our Board proposed the Reverse Stock Split as one method to attract business opportunities for the Company. Our Board believes
that the Reverse Stock Split could increase the stock price of our Common Stock and that the higher stock price could help generate
interest in the Company by investors and provide business opportunities.
However,
the effect of the Reverse Stock Split, if any, upon the stock price for our Common Stock cannot be predicted, and the history
of similar stock split combinations for companies like us is varied. Further, we cannot assure you that the stock price of our
Common Stock after the Reverse Stock Split will rise in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
as a result of the Reverse Stock Split because, among other things, the stock price of our Common Stock may be based on our performance
and other factors as well.
The
principal effect of the Reverse Stock Split will be the reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
from 997,794,385 shares as of February 10, 2017 to approximately 99,779,438 shares in the event of a 1-for-10 reverse stock split
and 4,988,971 in the event of a 1-for-200 reverse stock split (depending on the number of fractional shares that are issued).
The Reverse Stock Split will affect all of our Stockholders uniformly and will not affect any Stockholder’s percentage ownership
interest in the Company or proportionate voting power, except to the extent that the Reverse Stock Split results in any of our
Stockholders holding a fractional share of our Common Stock. The Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split will
remain fully paid and non-assessable. The Reverse Stock Split shall not affect any rights, privileges or obligations with respect
to the shares of Common Stock existing prior to the Reverse Stock Split, nor does it increase or decrease the market capitalization
of the Company. The Reverse Stock Split is not intended as, and will not have the effect of, a “going private transaction”
under Rule 13e-3 of the Exchange Act. We will continue to be subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
By
reducing the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, more shares of Common Stock are available for issuance as
a result of the Reverse Stock Split. The Board believes that the availability of more shares of Common Stock for issuance will
allow the Company greater flexibility in pursuing financing from investors and issuing shares of Common Stock in exchange for
such financing, meeting business needs as they arise, taking advantage of favorable opportunities, and responding to a changing
corporate environment. Although the foregoing effect is mitigated somewhat by the reduction in the number of authorized shares
of Common Stock described below, the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance is still greater than prior
to the Reverse Stock Split because we are not reducing the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock by the same ratio
as the Reverse Stock Split.
The
following chart depicts the capitalization structure of the Company both pre-Reverse Stock Split and post-Reverse Stock Split
(the post-split shares of Common Stock may differ slightly based on the number of fractional shares):
Pre-Reverse
Stock Split
1-for-10
Authorized Shares
of Common Stock
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Issued Shares
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Authorized but Unissued
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1,000,000,000
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997,794,385
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2,205,615
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Post-Reverse
Stock Split
1-for-10
Authorized Shares
of Common Stock
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Issued Shares
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Authorized but Unissued
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1,000,000,000
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99,779,438
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900,220,562
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Pre-Reverse
Stock Split
1-for-200
Authorized Shares
of Common Stock
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Issued Shares
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Authorized but Unissued
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1,000,000,000
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997,794,385
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2,205,615
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Post-Reverse
Stock Split
1-for-200
Authorized Shares
of Common Stock
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Issued Shares
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Authorized but Unissued
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1,000,000,000
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4,988,971
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995,011,029
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If
the Reverse Stock Split is between the two numbers (1-for-10 and 1-for-200) in the table above, the number of outstanding shares
will be proportionately reduced.
CERTAIN
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
You
should recognize that you will own a lesser number of shares of Common Stock than you presently own. While we hope that the Reverse
Stock Split will result in an increase in the potential stock price of our Common Stock, we cannot assure you that the Reverse
Stock Split will increase the potential stock price of our Common Stock by a multiple equal to the inverse of the Reverse Stock
Split ratio or result in the permanent increase in any potential stock price (which is dependent upon many factors, including
our performance and prospects). Should the stock price of our Common Stock decline, the percentage decline as an absolute number
and as a percentage of our overall market capitalization may be greater than would occur in the absence of a Reverse Stock Split.
Furthermore, the possibility exists that potential liquidity in the stock price of our Common Stock could be adversely affected
by the reduced number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding after the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, the Reverse
Stock Split will increase the number of Stockholders of the Company who own odd lots (less than 100 shares). Stockholders who
hold odd lots typically will experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares, as well as possible greater difficulty
in effecting such sales. As a result, we cannot assure you that the Reverse Stock Split will achieve the desired results that
have been outlined above.
Following
the Reverse Stock split, there will be approximately 900,220,562 additional shares in the event of a 1-for-10 reverse stock split
and 995,011,029 in the event of a 1-for-200 reverse stock split (depending on the number of fractional shares that are issued)
additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Board, without further shareholder approval, for stock dividends,
acquisitions, raising additional capital, stock options or other corporate purposes. The additional shares of Common Stock could
be used for potential strategic transactions, including, among other things, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures,
restructurings, business combinations and investments, although there are no immediate plans to do so. Assurances cannot be provided
that any such transactions will be consummated on favorable terms or at all, that they will enhance stockholder value or that
they will not adversely affect the Company’s business or the trading price of the Common Stock. Any such issuance of additional
shares of Common 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 the Company. The Board is not aware of any attempt to take control of the Company and has not presented this
proposal with the intention that the increase in the number of available authorized shares of Common Stock be used as a type of
antitakeover device. Any additional Common Stock, when issued, would have the same rights and preferences as the shares of Common
Stock presently outstanding. Other than convertible notes and other agreements previously disclosed by the Company in its public
filings, there is currently no plan, agreement or other understanding that could require the Company to issue shares of Common
Stock.
ANTI-TAKEOVER
EFFECTS OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
THE
OVERALL EFFECT OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT MAY BE TO RENDER MORE DIFFICULT THE CONSUMMATION OF MERGERS WITH THE COMPANY OR THE
ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL BY A PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER, AND THUS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO REMOVE MANAGEMENT.
A
possible effect of the Reverse Stock Split is to discourage a merger, tender offer or proxy contest, or the assumption of control
by a holder of a large block of the Company’s voting securities and the removal of incumbent management. Our management
could use the additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance to resist or frustrate a third-party take-over effort favored
by a majority of the independent Stockholders that would provide an above market premium by issuing additional shares of Common
Stock.
The
Reverse Stock Split is not the result of management’s knowledge of an effort to accumulate the Company’s securities
or to obtain control of the Company by means of a merger, tender offer, solicitation or otherwise. Nor is the Reverse Stock Split
a plan by management to adopt a series of amendments to the Company’s charter or by-laws to institute an anti-takeover provision.
The Company does not have any plans or proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into other arrangements that may have material
anti-takeover consequences. As discussed above, the reason for the Reverse Stock Split is to increase the amount of shares of
Common Stock that the Company is able to issue in order to attract potential investors and conduct equity financings.
PROCEDURE
FOR EFFECTING REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AND EXCHANGE OF STOCK CERTIFICATES
We
anticipate that the Reverse Stock Split will become effective on March 15, 2017, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable
(the “
Effective Date
”). Beginning on the Effective Date, each stock certificate representing pre-Reverse Stock
Split shares of Common Stock will be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of post-Reverse Stock Split shares
of Common Stock.
Our
transfer agent, Standard Registrar and Transfer Co., Inc., will act as exchange agent (the “
Exchange Agent
”)
for purposes of implementing the exchange of stock certificates. Holders of pre- Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock are
asked to surrender to the Exchange Agent stock certificates representing pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock in exchange
for stock certificates representing post- Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock in accordance with the procedures set forth
in the letter of transmittal enclosed with this Information Statement. No new stock certificates will be issued to a Stockholder
until such Stockholder has surrendered the outstanding stock certificate(s) held by such Stockholder, together with a properly
completed and executed letter of transmittal.
Further,
prior to filing the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation reflecting the Reverse Stock Split, we must first notify the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“
FINRA
”) by filing the Issuer Company Related Action Notification
Form no later than ten (10) days prior to our anticipated record date of March 6, 2017, for the Reverse Stock Split. Our failure
to provide such notice may constitute fraud under Section 10 of the Exchange Act.
STOCKHOLDERS
SHOULD NOT DESTROY ANY STOCK CERTIFICATES AND SHOULD NOT SUBMIT ANY CERTIFICATES WITHOUT THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
FRACTIONAL
SHARES
No
fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as the result of the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, the Company will issue to
the Stockholders one additional share of Common Stock for each fractional share.
NO
APPRAISAL RIGHTS
Under
Nevada law, our Stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the Reverse Stock Split.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth as of February 13, 2017, certain information regarding beneficial ownership of the common stock of
the Company by (a) each person or group known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding common
stock of the Company, (b) each director and executive officer of the Company, and (c) all directors and executive officers of
the Company as a group. Each shareholder named in this table has sole voting and investment power with respect to shares of the
common stock shown in table.
Name of Beneficial Owner (1)
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Shares of
Series A
Preferred
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Percent of
Series A
Preferred (2)
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Shares of
Common
Stock
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Percent of
Common
Stock (2)
|
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Roger Ralston
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51
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100
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%
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52,940,098
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5.31
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%
|
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chairman
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Michele Ralston
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0
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0
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%
|
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8,334
|
|
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*
|
%
|
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
|
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All officers and directors as a group (2 persons)
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51
|
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100
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%
|
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52,948,432
|
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|
|
5.31
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%
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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All officers, directors and 5% holders as a group (2 persons)
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51
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100
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%
|
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52,948,432
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5.31
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%
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(1)
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The
address for each officer and director is 21218 Saint Andrews Blvd., Suite 323, Boca Raton, FL unless otherwise noted.
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(2)
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Calculated
on the basis of 997,794,385 shares outstanding on February 13, 2017.
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*
represents less than 1%
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
We
are subject to the disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in accordance therewith, file
reports, information statements and other information, including annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q, respectively,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”). Reports and other information filed by the Company
can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
DC 20549. Copies of such material can also be obtained upon written request addressed to the SEC, Public Reference Section, 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. In addition, the SEC maintains a web site on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov)
that contains reports, information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC through
the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
The
following documents, as filed with the Commission by the Company, is incorporated herein by reference:
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The
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2016, as filed with the SEC on August
19, 2016;
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The
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the SEC on November
21, 2016;
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The
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on January 19, 2016;
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You
may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing DirectView Holdings, Inc., 21218 Saint Andrews Blvd., Suite 323, Boca
Raton, FL or telephoning the Company at (561) 750-9777. Any statement contained in a document that is incorporated by reference
will be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this Information Statement (or in
any other document that is subsequently filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference) modifies or is contrary to such previous
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed a part of this Information Statement except as so modified
or superseded.
DELIVERY
OF DOCUMENTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS
If
hard copies of the materials are requested, we will send only one Information Statement and other corporate mailings to stockholders
who share a single address unless we received contrary instructions from any stockholder at that address. This practice, known
as “householding,” is designed to reduce our printing and postage costs. However, the Company will deliver promptly
upon written or oral request a separate copy of the Information Statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single
copy of the Information Statement was delivered. You may make such a written or oral request by (a) sending a written notification
stating (i) your name, (ii) your shared address and (iii) the address to which the Company should direct the additional copy of
the Information Statement, to the Company at 21218 Saint Andrews Blvd., Suite 323, Boca Raton, FL or telephoning the Company at
(561) 750-9777.
If
multiple stockholders sharing an address have received one copy of this Information Statement or any other corporate mailing and
would prefer the Company to mail each stockholder a separate copy of future mailings, you may mail notification to, or call the
Company at, its principal executive offices. Additionally, if current stockholders with a shared address received multiple copies
of this Information Statement or other corporate mailings and would prefer the Company to mail one copy of future mailings to
stockholders at the shared address, notification of such request may also be made by mail or telephone to the Company’s
principal executive offices.
This
Information Statement is provided to the holders of Common Stock of the Company only for information purposes in connection with
the Reverse Stock Split, pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14c-2 of the Exchange Act. Please carefully read this Information
Statement.
By
Order of the Board of Directors
/s/
Roger Ralston
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Robert
Ralston
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Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Directors
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/s/
Michele Ralston
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Michele
Ralston
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Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
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Dated:
February 13, 2017