-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KM4I/D4q/Ni7lEGyPJ6XT1wVA+4lbDSBokjpcLFGHm4nWGNxzDjV4Sey18h9Z4ZZ NkXDkGsegfI+AhuwgznyCg== 0001019687-09-001487.txt : 20090427 0001019687-09-001487.hdr.sgml : 20090427 20090427080710 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019687-09-001487 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090331 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPOL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001202507 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661] IRS NUMBER: 954436774 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50065 FILM NUMBER: 09771124 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3070 BRISTOL ST. #440 CITY: COSTA MESA STATE: CA ZIP: 92626 BUSINESS PHONE: 714-937-3211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3070 BRISTOL ST. #440 CITY: COSTA MESA STATE: CA ZIP: 92626 8-K 1 ppol_8k-041109.txt CURRENT REPORT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2009 PPOL, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 000-50065 95-4436774 (State or other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Number) Identification Number) organization) 3070 Bristol Street, Suite 440, Costa Mesa, California 92626 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 937-3211 Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERES. Effective March 31, 2009, Richard Izumi resigned as the chief financial officer ("CFO") and secretary, and as a member of the board of directors, of PPOL, Inc. (the "Company"). Mr. Izumi stated that he elected to resign the aforementioned positions after he determined that he was not receiving expected cooperation from the Company in connection with his internal investigation of related party transactions, and in furtherance of his concern with respect to the Company's compliance with disclosure requirements in Japan. A copy of Mr. Izumi's resignation letter in the foregoing regard is attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K. By letter dated April 21, 2009, also attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K, Masao Yamamoto, president of the Company, denied Mr. Izumi's claim that he was not receiving cooperation in connection with his internal investigation. Mr. Yamamoto states in his letter that the Company's management cooperated fully with Mr. Izumi and provided him all information he requested and answered all his questions. Mr. Yamamoto's letter also states that pending further advice from the Kanto Regional Financial Bureau ("KFB") in Japan, the Company has elected at this time not to proceed with any reporting obligations it may have in Japan. In support thereof, Mr. Yamamoto has received a letter from Japanese counsel, Shimon Takagi of the law firm of White & Case, Tokyo, Japan, dated April 21, 2009, a copy of which is also attached to this Form 8-K. Counsel's letter further points out that if the KFB or other governmental agency in Japan determines that the Company must comply with registration and reporting obligations in Japan, the Company's failure to do so could result in criminal sanctions. Effective March 23, 2009, Yoshihiro Aota resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company for personal reasons. Effective April 1, 2009, the sole remaining director of the Company, Masao Yamamoto, appointed Mitsuhisa Ogata and Manabu Nakamura to serve as members of the board of the Company to fill the vacancies created by the resignations of Messrs. Izumi and Aota. Mr. Yamamoto also determined to serve as the Company's chief financial officer and secretary to fill the vacancies in such offices created by the resignation of Mr. Izumi. Manabu Nakamura joined AJOL Co., Ltd. ("AJOL"), the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary in 1995. He was promoted to serve as a director of AJOL in March 2000, and thereafter promoted to chief executive officer of Customer Service in March 2005, and continues to serve AJOL in such capacity. Mitsuhisa Ogata became a director of AJOL in December 2008 and also has served as the president of Green Capital, Inc., the Company's majority shareholder, since October 2007. Prior to that time, Mr. Ogata served as president of Nippon Event Kigi Setsuritsu Co., Ltd. Item 9.01 Exhibits. Exhibit 17.1 - Richard Izumi e-mail dated March 31, 2009 Exhibit 17.2 - Masao Yamamoto correspondence dated April 21, 2009 Exhibit 17.3 - Shimon Takagi (White & Case LLP) correspondence dated April 21, 2009 * * * SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: April 27, 2009 PPOL, INC. By: /s/ Masao Yamamoto ------------------------------------ Masao Yamamoto, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary EX-17.1 2 ppol_8k-ex1701.txt RICHARD IZUMI E-MAIL DATED MARCH 31, 2009 EXHIBIT 17.1 March 31, 2009 VIA E-MAIL Mr. Masao Yamamoto, CEO PPOL, Inc. 3070 Bristol Street, Suite 440 Costa Mesa, California 92626 Dear Mr. Yamamoto: As previously discussed with you, I am tendering my resignation as a member of the Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective with the close of business on March 31, 2009 as I have not received the expected level of cooperation from certain people in connection with the internal investigation of related party transactions and reporting and/or disclosure requirements to Japan's equivalent of securities law in the United States. Richard Izumi PPOL, Inc. Richard Hiroshi Izumi, Chief Financial Officer izumiri@concentric.net 1 City Boulevard West, Suite 860 Orange, California 92868 Tel (714) 396-0398 Fax (714) 333-9325 EX-17.2 3 ppol_8k-ex1702.txt LETTER FROM LAW FIRM EXHIBIT 17.2 PPOL, Inc. 3070 Bristol Street, Suite 440, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone (714)437-5823 Fax (714)437-5824 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gartenberg Gelfand Wasson & Selden LLP 801 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2170 Los Angeles, CA 90017 April 21, 2009 Dear Mr. Gelfand: In regard to the reason stated by Mr. Richard Izumi for his resignation as an officer and director of PPOL, Inc, as set forth in his e-mail dated March 31, 2009, management denies his allegations. In fact, management has cooperated fully with Mr. Izumi and has provided him all information he has requested and has answered all his questions. With regard to the disclosure and reporting requirement to the Japanese equivalent of the SEC, please see the attached letter from Japanese securities counsel. Due to the lack of a definite response from Kanto Regional Financial Bureau, management has elected at this time not to proceed with the disclosure and reporting in Japan. Sincerely, /s/ Masao Yamamoto - ------------------ Masao Yamamoto, President EX-17.3 4 ppol_8k-ex1703.txt LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT EXHIBIT 17.3 WHITE & CASE LLP Kandabashi Park Building White & Case Law Offices 19-1, Kanda-nishikicho 1-chome (Registered Association) Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan Tel +81 3 3259 0200 Fax +81 3 3259 0150 www.whitecase.com April 21, 2009 PPOL, Inc. Mr. Masao Yamamoto Chief Executive Officer 13070 Bristol Street, Suite 440 Costa Mesa, California 92626 Re: Registration Statement etc. regarding secondary offerings of securities As explained before, we were advised by Kanto Regional Financial Bureau (Kanto Zaimukyoku, the "KFB") on February 6, 2009 that PPOL is not a company which is required to submit securities registration ("yukashoken todokede sho" in Japanese, "Registration Statement") regarding transfer of shares or secondary offerings, pursuant to Article 4 of the Japanese Financial Instrument Exchange Law ("Kinyushohin Torihiki Ho", Law No. 25, 1948. the " Current FIEL") because PPOL is not the one who transferred shares or conducted secondary offering(s), therefore PPOL does not have obligation of subsequent reporting, including securities reports ("yukashoken hokoku sho" in Japanese, "Securities Report"), pursuant to Article 24 of the Current FIEL. This interpretation is contrary to our understanding that, according to Article 4 of the Current FIEL, PPOL as an issuer has an obligation for submission of a Registration Statement. Please also note that this KFB officer's advice is not legally binding. In this connection, generally speaking, the Current FIEL ("Kinyushohin Torihiki Ho") became effective in September 30, 2007 and the previous FIEL ("Shoken Torihiki Ho", the "Previous FIEL") applies to acts before September 30, 2007. Therefore the Previous FIEL would apply to the PPOL secondary offerings. However even in that case, the above would apply because the issue is whether or not PPOL, as an issuer, has an obligation for submitting Registration Statement and subsequent reports in connection with the fact PPOL is not the one who transferred shares or conducted secondary offering(s), which would occur under both Current FIEL and Previous FIEL. After receiving KFB advice, we sent a letter to KFB on February 9, 2009 in which we understand that it is KFB's position that PPOL is not required to submit a Registration Statement, Securities Report(s) and any other subsequent reports per KFB advice, and requested them to let us know if our understanding is not correct. In this connection, it has been more than two (2) months after the letter was sent to KFB, but we have not received any response from KFB by today, April 20. Under the current circumstances, we have been reported that PPOL reached a resolution not to submit a Registration Statement and Securities Report(s) at this point. Please note, however, there is a possibility that the KFB or any other government would recognize a need of Registration Statement, Securities Report(s) and any other subsequent reports for PPOL and impose a criminal punishment in the future. If so, the criminal punishment would be, (i) up to three (3) years of imprisonment and/or penalty of equal to or less than three million (3,000,000) yen for individual(s) and penalty of three hundred million (300,000,000) yen for PPOL in connection with the failure for submitting a Registration Statement under the Previous FIEL, and/or (ii) up to five (5) years of imprisonment and/or penalty of equal to or less than five million (5,000,000) yen for individual(s) and penalty of five hundred million (500,000,000) yen for PPOL in connection with the failure for submitting a Registration Statement under the Current FIEL. In either case, the criminal punishment for the failure of submitting a Securities Report would be same as for a Registration Statement. Please note that whether the Previous or Current FIEL applies depends on the time at which the act was/should have conducted, and further the substance of such criminal punishment varies time to time, therefore the time needs to be specified for more precise information. Please let me know if you have any question. Best regards, /s/ Shimon Takagi Shimon Takagi 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----