DEF 14C 1 sch14c042503.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION Information Statement Pursuant to Section 14(C) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Information Statement [ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only [X] Definitive Information Statement Bridge Technology, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------ (Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter) 000-24767 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Commission file number) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14c-5(g) and 0- 11 1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Total fee paid: None ------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Fee paid prviously with preliminary materials. [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. 1) Amount Previously Paid: None ---------------------------------------------- 2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: Schedule C ---------------------------------------------- 3) Filing Party: Bridge Technology, Inc. ---------------------------------------------- 4) Date Filed: April 28, 2003 ---------------------------------------------- BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12601 Monarch Street Garden Grove, California 92841 ------------------------------ INFORMATION STATEMENT relating to ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS to be held on May 19, 2003 ------------------------------ WE ARE NOT REQUESTING A PROXY AND YOU are REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. This information statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of Bridge Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation, in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be on May 19, 2003 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at our principal executive offices located at 12601 Monarch Street, Monarch Street, Garden Grove, California 92841 for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 25, 2003 as the record date of determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, there are 9,628,110 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock held by approximately 2,800 holders of record. A majority of such shares shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. The holders of record on the record date of shares entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting are entitled to cast one vote per share on each matter submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting is required to approve each proposal. Votes will be counted by our representatives at the Annual Meeting. (STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT HAVE CUMULATIVE VOTING RIGHTS.) This Information Statement is being mailed on or about April 25, 2003 to holders of record of common stock at the close of business on the record date. We will bear all costs and expenses relating to the preparation, printing and mailing of this Information Statement and accompanying materials to stockholders. Arrangements will be made with brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for forwarding the Information Statement to the beneficial owners of the shares of common stock held by such persons, and we will reimburse them for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with these mailings. PROPOSAL 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Information About Nominees -------------------------- Of the nominations by our board the following five persons are being proposed for nonination to serve as Directors until the next Annual Meeting of our stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified: James Djen, age 49, has served in various capacities from President of PTI Enclosures, a Bridge subsidiary, to President of Bridge Technology, Inc. to currently Managing Director with responsibilities of overseeing the Asia- Pacific unit of the Corporation. He also serves as a member of our Executive Steering Committee and as a director since November 1998. He has also served as President and Chairman of the Board of PTI Enclosures, Inc. since 1993. From June 1985 to 1994 he was a Director and Executive Vice President of CMS Enhancement, a New York, Stock Exchange firm. Mr. Djen was granted a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1977 and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Connecticut's Bridgeport University in 1978 and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1981 from California State University. John T. Gauthier, age 75, has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasury since 1997. He has been a Director since 1997 and is also a member of our Executive Steering Committee. He was the prior Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors from March 1997 to April 1998. He is also the Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, and a Director of the Exell Corporation since June 1995. For twelve years Mr. Gauthier was President and Chairman of the Board of Datronic Engineers Inc., a small capitalization public company engaged in the design, furnishing and installation of long-range telecommunications systems internationally. For six years he was Director of Finance and Administration for Northrop Corporation's subsidiary, Page Communications Engineers, a leading international telecommunications company. He was a former management consultant to the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund of the World Bank. He was also a Founder, Director along with the former Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, James Saxton of the Free State Bank and Trust Company in Potomac, Maryland. Mr. Gauthier received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Fordham University in 1953 and completed the MBA program at the Graduate School of Business, George Washington University in 1957. Mr. Gauthier also completed two years of legal training at the Georgetown University Law Center in 1959. Thomas Davidson, age 65, is Managing Director of Southporter Management Group in Greenwich, CT, a merchant bank providing investment and financial advisory services to companies seeking expansion capital, acquistions, merger partners or strategic alliances. Mr. Davidson brings to Bridge over 40 years of top financial management experience. He has held important financial management positions with NBC, Ford Motor Company, White Morton Corportation (NYSE) and Texas Gas Corporation (NYSE). He was Executive Vice President, Director and Chief Financial Officer with Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE) from 1981 to 1989, a distributor of electronic components, when the company grew from $250 million to $2 billion in revenues. Mr. Davidson holds an MBA from Columbia University, NY and B.A. from Vanderbilt University, TN. Joseph Gatti, Jr., age 74, has been employed as Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Spencer Trask Securities in New York since 1995. He has over 40 years experience in the securities industry, primarily in the funding of high technical organizations. He was a former Electronic Countermeasures Officer with the U.S. Air Force. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from New York State Maritime College in 1949. Fusahiko Hasegawa, age 60, has served as a Director since 1998. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Technology and Systems Co., Ltd., ADTX, an IBM Japan joint venture since 1994. Mr. Hasegawa has over 40 years of senior technical and management experience with IBM. Additional Information About our Board and its Committees --------------------------------------------------------- Our Board of Directors has established an audit committee, a compensation committee and a standing nominating committee. The audit committee provides assistance to our Board in satisfying its fiduciary responsibilities relating to accounting, auditing, operating and reporting practices and reviews the annual financial statements, the selection and work of our independent auditors and the adequacy of internal controls for compliance with corporate policies and directives. The audit committee, comprised of Joseph Gatti and Tom Davidson, met 4 times during fiscal 2002. Our Board held 8 meetings during fiscal 2002 and several of the Directors were unable to attend meetings. Those Director who have missed four consecuture meetings are not standing for reelection Director Compensation --------------------- Directors who are employees receive no separate compensation for their service as Directors. Our non-employee Directors do not receive cash fees, however they receive warrants annually to purchase common stock at a price set by the Board. No warrants have been issued to date for the year 2001 and 2002. In addition, Directors are reimbursed for travel expenses for attending meetings of the board and any board or advisory committees. Audit Committee Report ---------------------- The audit committee consists of Joseph Gatti, and Tom Davidson, each of whom is a member of our Board of Directors, and qualifies as "independent" as defined under the National Associations of Securities Dealers' listing standards. The audit committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board of Directors which is included in this information statement. The primary function of the audit committee is to provide advice with respect to our financial matters and to assist our Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding finance, accounting and tax compliance. The audit committee's primary duties and responsibilities are to: - serve as an independent and objective party to monitor our financial reporting process and internal control systems; - review and appraise the audit efforts of our independent accountants and internal audit department; - evaluate our quarterly financial performance; - oversee management's establishment and enforcement of financial policies and business practices; and - provide an open avenue of communication among the independent accountants, financial and senior management, counsel, the internal audit department and our Board of Directors. The audit committee has not reviewed our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 with our management. as these statementsarestill in preparation. The audit committee has discussed with BDO Seidman, LLP, our independent public accountants, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees). The audit committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from BDO Seidman, LLP required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussion with Audit Committees) and the audit committee has discussed the independence of BDO Seidman, LLP with them. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (a) each stockholder who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding common stock, (b) each director and each nominee, (c) each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 9 under the heading "Executive Compensation", and (d) all our executive Offciers and Directors as a group. This ownership information is as of April 25, 2003, unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes. Unless otherwise noted, each of the stockholders listed in the table possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated. Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of a person or member of a group to acquire them within 60 days are treated as outstanding only when determining the amount and percent owned by such person or group. As of April 25, 2003, there were 9,628,110 shares of common stock outstanding. Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned ----------------------------- Name of Beneficial Owner Amount Percent of Class ------------------------ ----------- ---------------- Winston Gu 2,238,334 23.2% James Djen 565,420 5.9% John T. Gauthier 326,711 3.4% Joseph Gatti 0 Fusahiko Hasegawa 20,000 0.2% All directors and officers as a group 3,150,465 33.1% (8 persons) EXECUTIVE COMPENSAITON Summary Compensation Table -------------------------- The following table sets forth the cash and non-cash compensation paid or earned during fiscal 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 by our Chief Executive Officer and our four other executive Officers, all of whom received or earned cash and non-cash salary and bonus of more than $100,000 for fiscal 2002. Annual Compensation ------------------------------ Name and Principal Other Annual All Other Position Year Salary Bonus Compensation Compensation(2) ------------------ ---- ------- ------- ------------ ---------------- Winston Gu 2001 120,000 - - - Chairman and 2000 120,000 - - - Chief Executive 1999 75,000 200,000 - 25,000 @ $5.00 Officer 1998 60,000 200,000 - - James Djen 2001 120,000 - - - Managing 2000 120,000 - - - Director 1999 120,000 - - 25,000 @ $5.00 Prisident 1998 159,000 - - - R. Fox 2001 120,000 - - - General Manager 2000 120,000 - - - PTI Enclosures 1999 125,000 - - 15,000 @ $5.00 1998 123,637 - - - John T. Gauthier 2001 120,000 - - - Chief Financial 2000 120,000 - - - Officer 1999 60,000 - - 25,000 @ $5.00 1998 36,000 - - - Warrant Grants and Exercises ---------------------------- No warrants were granted for the year 2001 and 2002 nor were any warrants exercised. The following table summarizes warrant exercises and the value of in-the-money options held at December 31, 2002 by our Chief Executive Officer and each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table above.
Aggregated Warrant Exercises In Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option Values Number of Securities Value of Underlying Unexercised Unexercised In-the-Money Options at Options at December 31, 2002 December 31, 2002 Shares ----------------- ----------------- Acquired on Value Exer- Unexer- Exer- Unexer- Name Exercise(#) Realized($)(1) cisable cisable cisable cisable ---------------- ----------- ------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- Winston Gu ___________ _____________ ________ _______ _______ _______ James Djen ___________ _____________ ________ _______ _______ _______ John J. Harwer ___________ _____________ ________ _______ _______ _______ R. Fox ___________ _____________ ________ _______ _______ _______ John T. Gauthier ___________ _____________ ________ _______ _______ _______ --------- (1) The value realized is calculated based ont he closing price of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Small Cap Market on the date of exercise minus the exercise price of the option, and does not necessarily indicate that the optionee sold such stock. (2) The value of unexercised in-the-money options is based on the difference between the fair market value of the shares of common stock underlying the options at December 31, 2002, and the exercise price of such options. Options are in-the-money if the market price of the shares exceeds the option exercise price.
Agreements with Employees ------------------------- The Corporation did not have written employment agreements with our employees in the year 2002. The Directors are expected to appoint a compensation committee at the Annual Meeting of Directors and to formalize employment contracts with executive employees. Report On Executive Compensation -------------------------------- Executive Compensation for the Company is presently being studied by the Executive Committee for recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Board at their Annual Meeting is expected to appoint a Compensation Committee. Certain Transactions -------------------- On January 3, 2000, in connection with our initial acquisition of 60% of the outstanding capital stock of CMS Technology Limited (CMS), our Hong Kong subsidiary, Alan Sheen, a former director and principal stockholder of Bridge Technology, acquired 10% of the outstanding capital stock of CMS for a purchase price of $1,000,000. The Company purchased the remaining 30% of the capital stock of CMS in May 2000 for a purchase price of $3,000,000. We lease our facility located in Garden Grove, California from PTI Enclosures, LLC, a corporation controlled by James Djen, an Officer, Director and principal stockholder of the Company. The lease provides for monthly payments of $23,288 and a term of 20 years expiring in December 2017. In addition, we entered into a sublease agreement with Exell Corporation, a corporation controlled by Anita Gauthier, the wife of the Company's CFO John T. Gauthier, for a portion of the building for a monthly payment of $1,380, through October 2003. During 1999, we loaned $250,000 to Photo King International, an entity of which James Djen, one of our principal stockholders, is an Officer. During 2000, $25,000 of this loan was repaid, leaving an unpaid principal balance of $225,000.
Amount 2001 Bal Repaid in Amount 2002 From Relationship ----------- ---------- --------------- ------------------------------------ $ 300,000 $ - Frontier Corporation controlled by Jeanie Gu, Electronics wife of the Company's CEO 1,000,000 - CKI Corporation controlled by James Djen, an Officer, Director and major stockholder of the Company. - 964,000 PTI, LLC Limited Liability Corporation Controlled by James Djen. 400,000 - Winston Gu CEO, Director and major stockholder of the Company 200,000 - Edwin Cheng Brother of James Djen, an Officer, Director and major stockholder of the Company 100,000 - James Djen Officer, Director and major stockholder of the Company 100,000 50,000 Karen Chiu Controller of the Company 100,000 100,000 Exell Corporation Corporation controlled by Anita Gauthier, wife of the Company's CFO. ----------- $ 2,200,000 ===========
PROPOSAL 2 RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS The Boardof Directorsselected BDO Seidman Hong Kong as the Company's outside auditors. Audit Fees ---------- The fees for our 2002 annual audit and review of our quarterly financial statements including domestic and international will be approximately $85,000. Financial Systems Design and Implementation Fees ------------------------------------------------ None All Other Fees -------------- Income tax preparation and tax consulting: $15,000 SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE ------------------------------------------------------- Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our Directors, executive Officers, and stockholders holding more than 10% of our outstanding common stock, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of our common stock. Executive Officers, Directors and greater-than-10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us for the period ended December 31, 2001, all Section 16(a) reports required to be filed by our executive Officers, Directors and greater-than-10% stockholders were filed on a timely basis. PROPOSALS FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING ------------------------------------- Stockholder proposals intended to be presented in the proxy materials or information statement relating to the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received by us on or before December 31, 2003 and must satisfy the requirements of the proxy rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A stockholder who wishes to make a proposal at the next Annual Meeting without including the proposal in our proxy statement or information statement must notify us by January 31, 2004. If a stockholder fails to give notice by this date, then the persons named as proxies in the proxies solicited by us for the next Annual Meeting, if any, will have discretionary authority to vote on the proposal. OTHER BUSINESS -------------- We know of no business that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting other than that described in this Information Statement. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS James Djen Chief Executive Officer and Director August 27, 2002 Garden Grove, California Appendix A BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER REQUIREMENTS The Board of Directors has authorized the formation of the Audit Committee under the following Charter Requirements. 1. The Audit Committee shall consist of three independent members. 2. The members shall be appointed to serve for one year until the annual Directors meeting at which time the audit committee members will be elected to serve the new year. 3. Each member of the Audit Committee shall be truly independent and must not a. have been employed by the corporation or its affiliates in the current or past three years. b. have accepted any compensation from the corporation or its affiliates in excess of $60,000 during the previous fiscal year (except for board service, retirement plan benefits, or non- discretionary compensation). c. be an immediate family member who is, or has been in the past three years, employed by the corporation or its affiliates as an executive officer. d. have been a partner, controlling shareholder or an executive officer of any for-profit business to which the corporation made, or from which it received, payments (other than those which arise solely from investments in the corporation's securities) that exceed five percent of the organization's consolidated gross revenues for that year, or $200,000, whichever is more, in any of the past three years. e. has been employed as an executive of another entity where any of the company's executive serve on that entity's compensation committee. 4. a. The purpose of the Audit Committee is to comply with good business standards and all regulatory procedures in conducting the business of the corporation. b. oversee that the corporation's outside auditors comply with their responsibility to perform independent audit of the books and record of the corporation and to conduct an annual review of the corporations internal control procedures and provide the Audit Committee their recommendations for improvement and compliance with good business practices. 5. The Audit Committee will meet quarterly as follows: a. between May 1-15 annually b. between August 1-15 annually c. between November 1-15 annually d. between February 1-15 annually e. at any time that an issue has been brought to the attention of the committee 6. The members of the committee are expected to review the company's Form 10K annual reports and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10Q and all 8K Reports before filing to the regulatory agencies for compliance. 7. The Audit Committee is expected to review the outside auditors report on internal control practices and their recommendations for improvement and request written confirmation that all deficiencies have been corrected. 8. The Audit Committee will submit an annual compliance letter report to the Board of Directors confirming the committee review of the outside auditors financial statements and internal control review and noting any discrepancies or irregularities for the Board of Directors consideration. 9. The initial Audit Committee, while the corporation is a small business filer with the Securities and Exchange Commission, shall consist of one non independent member who concurrently also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. 10.When the Corporation ceases to be a small business filer, the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation will be replaced on the Audit Committee by an independent director of the Corporation who is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company's balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. In addition this Director must have a working knowledge of the need for internal control procedures and the necessity of the independent auditors review of the company's internal control procedures in practice and the formal report of their findings. The Director must have past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background, including a current or past position as a chief executive or financial officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities. 11.Except while the Corporation is a small business filer under SEC rules, the Corporation will have all independent directors on the Audit Committee.