UNITED STATES
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THIS INFORMATION STATEMENT IS BEING PROVIDED TO
YOU BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BLUEGATE CORP.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE
REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
Bluegate Corporation
Room 18, 4th Floor, Tower A, New Mandarin Plaza,
Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
INFORMATION STATEMENT
January 2, 2015
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
GENERAL INFORMATION
To the Holders of Common Stock of Bluegate Corp.:
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, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), of Bluegate Corp., a Nevada corporation (the Company ), to notify the Stockholders that on October 31, 2014, the Company received approval from the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) and a written consent in lieu of a meeting (the Written Consent) from a certain holder of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock). One holder of Common Stock (the Majority Stockholder) submitted the Written Consent. The Majority Stockholder holds 24,070,250 shares of Common Stock, which is approximately 52.29% of all issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company. The Majority Stockholder authorized the Company, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, to take the following actions:
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To change the name of the Company from Bluegate Corp. to Logicquest Technology, Inc. (the Name Change);
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To increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 from fifty million (50,000,000) to two hundred million (200,000,000) (the Authorized Increase); and
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To perform reverse stock split of the Companys issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio of one post-split share per twenty pre-split shares (the Reverse Stock Split).
On October 31, 2014, the Board approved these actions and recommended to the majority stockholder that he approve them. On October 31, 2014, the Majority Stockholder approved the Name Change, Authorized Increase, and Reverse Stock Split (collectively the Actions) by written consent in lieu of a meeting in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS). Accordingly, your consent is not required and is not being solicited in connection with the approval of these Actions.
We will mail the Notice of Stockholder Action by Written Consent to the Stockholders on or about January 2, 2015.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND A PROXY.
INTRODUCTION
Section 78.320 of the NRS 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. The NRS, 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 January 2, 2015. This Information Statement contains a brief summary of the material aspects of the Actions approved by the Board of Bluegate Corp. (the Company, we, our, or us ) and the Majority Stockholders which hold a majority of the voting capital stock of the Company.
Common Stock
As of October 31, 2014, there were issued and outstanding 46,033,565 shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to Section 78.320 of the NRS, at least a majority of the voting equity of the Company, or at least 23,016,783 votes, is required to approve the Name Change, Authorized Increase, and Reverse Stock Split by written consent. The Majority Stockholder, which holds 24,070,250 shares of Common Stock (approximately 52.29% of the total class of Common Stock), has voted in favor of the Actions, thereby satisfying the requirement under Section 78.320 of the NRS 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 Majority Stockholder, the number of shares of Common Stock, the total number of shares that the Majority Stockholder voted in favor of the Actions, and the percentage of the issued and outstanding voting equity of the Company voted in favor thereof.
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Ang Woon Han |
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| 24,070,250 |
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| 52.29 | % |
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| 24,070,250 |
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| 52.29 | % |
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The Actions will become effective on the date that we file Certificates of Amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation, as amended, (the Amendment(s)), with the State of Nevada. We intend to file the Amendments with the State of Nevada promptly after the twentieth (20th) day following the date on which this Information Statement is mailed to the Stockholders.
NAME CHANGE
The Board of Directors and the Majority Stockholders of the Company have approved the filing of an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company from Blugate Corp. to Logicquest Technology, Inc because as a condition to the stock purchase agreement and change of control reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K on September 16, 2014, the former majority shareholder required the Company to change its name.
INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
The number of authorized shares of our Common Stock will be increased from fifty million (50,000,000) shares to two hundred million (200,000,000) shares. The Board of Directors believes the Authorized Increase is necessary and advisable in order to maintain our financing and capital raising ability.
The Authorized Increase will not have any immediate effect on the rights of existing stockholders, but may have a dilutive effect our existing stockholders if additional shares are issued.
We are not increasing our authorized shares of Common Stock to construct or enable any anti-takeover defense or mechanism on behalf of the Company or for any planned merger or acquisition. While it is possible that management could use the additional common shares to resist or frustrate a third-party transaction providing an above-market premium that is favored by a majority of the independent stockholders, we have no intent or plan to employ the additional unissued authorized shares as an anti-takeover device.
REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
The Board has approved a reverse stock split of all the outstanding shares of the Companys Common Stock and at an exchange ratio of 1 post-split share for 20 pre-split shares (1:20). As stated above, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting securities of the Company have given their written consent to the Reverse Stock Split.
The Board believes the Reverse Stock Split is necessary and advisable in order for the Company to maintain the Companys financing and capital raising ability. Accordingly, it is the Boards opinion that the Reverse Stock Split will better position the Company to continue and/or expand operations.
Upon effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto will be reduced from approximately 46,033,565 shares (assuming this number of shares, outstanding and issuable as of October 31, 2014, are outstanding immediately prior thereto) to approximately 2,301,679 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) proportionate adjustments will be made to the per-share exercise price and the number of shares covered by outstanding options and warrants, if any, to buy Common Stock, so that the total prices required to be paid to fully exercise each option and warrant before and after the Reverse Stock Split will be approximately equal. Except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares, which will be rounded up to the nearest whole number, each shareholder will beneficially hold the same percentage of Common Stock immediately following the Reverse Stock Split as such shareholder held immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split.
The Reverse Stock Split will have the result of creating newly authorized shares of common stock. This increase in the authorized number of shares of common stock and any subsequent issuance of such shares could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company without further action by the stockholders. Shares of authorized and unissued common stock could (within the limits imposed by applicable law and stock exchange regulations) be issued in one or more transactions which would make a change in control of the Company more difficult, and therefore less likely. Managements use of additional shares to resist or frustrate a third-party transaction favored by a majority of the independent stockholders would likely result in an above-market premium being paid in that transaction. Any such issuance of the additional shares of common stock would likely 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 Reverse Stock Split be used as a type of antitakeover device. Any additional shares of common stock, when issued, would have the same rights and preferences as the shares of common stock presently outstanding. Any additional shares of common stock so authorized will be available for issuance by the Board for stock splits or stock dividends, acquisitions, raising additional capital, conversion of Company debt into equity, stock options, or other corporate purposes. The Company has no other plans for the use of any additional shares of common stock. The Company does not anticipate that it would seek authorization from the stockholders for issuance of such additional shares unless required by applicable law or regulations.
The following table summarizes the effects of the Reverse Stock Split upon the Companys outstanding common stock, assuming that (i) there are 46,033,565 shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, (ii) that the Board executes a reverse stock split ratio of 1:20, and (iii) our authorized shares of common stock is not reduced.
Reasons for the Reverse Stock Split
The Board believes that the increased market price of the Common Stock expected as a result of implementing the Reverse Stock Split will improve the marketability and liquidity of the Common Stock and will encourage interest and trading in the Common Stock. Because of the trading volatility often associated with low-priced stocks, many brokerage houses and institutional investors have internal policies and practices that either prohibit them from investing in low-priced stocks or tend to discourage individual brokers from recommending low-priced stocks to their customers. Some of those policies and practices may function to make the processing of trades in low-priced stocks economically unattractive to brokers. Additionally, because brokers commissions on low-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, the current average price per share of the Common Stock can result in individual shareholders paying transaction costs representing a higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case if the share price were substantially higher. It should be noted that the liquidity of the Common Stock may be adversely affected by the Reverse Stock Split given the reduced number of shares that would be outstanding after the Reverse Stock Split. The Board anticipates, however, that the expected higher market price will reduce, to some extent, the negative effects on the liquidity and marketability of the Common Stock inherent in some of the policies and practices of institutional investors and brokerage houses described above.
The Board confirms this transaction will not be the first step in a series of plans or proposals of a going private transaction within the meaning of Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Based upon the foregoing factors, the Board has determined that the Reverse Stock Split is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Effects of the Reverse Stock Split
Upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, each Common Stock shareholder will beneficially own a reduced number of shares of Common Stock. The Reverse Stock Split will affect all of the Companys common shareholders uniformly and will not affect any common shareholders percentage ownership interests, except to the extent that the Reverse Stock Split results in any of the shareholders owning a fractional share as described herein. The number of shareholders of record will also not be affected by the Reverse Stock Split.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following tables set forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of October 31, 2014, of (i) each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our stock, (ii) our directors, (iii) each named executive officer, and (iv) all directors and named executive officers as a group. As of October 31, 2014, there were a total of 46,033,565 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and issuable.
The column titled Percentage Owned shows the percentage of voting stock beneficially owned by each listed party.
The number of shares beneficially owned is determined under the rules promulgated by the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under those rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which a person or entity has sole or shared voting power or investment power plus any shares which such person or entity has the right to acquire within sixty (60) days of October 31, 2014, through the exercise or conversion of any stock option, convertible security, warrant or other right. Unless otherwise indicated, each person or entity named in the table has sole voting power and investment power (or shares such power with that persons spouse) with respect to all shares of capital stock listed as owned by that person or entity, and the address of each of the stockholders listed below is: c/o Bluegate Corp. 180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
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Cheng Yew Siong (3) |
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Manfred Sternberg |
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| 3,219,493 |
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| 7.00% |
William E. Koehler |
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Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 46,033,565 shares of our Common Stock outstanding (as defined below) as of October 31, 2014. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and means voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable currently or within 60 days of October 31, 2014, are deemed outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding such option for purposes of computing such persons percentage ownership, but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
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CEO, Director
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CFO, Director
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 SEC by the Company, are incorporated herein by reference:
| (1) | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012; |
| (2) | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013; |
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing Bluegate Corp., at 180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60601, or telephoning the Company at (713) 686-1100. 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 180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60601, or telephoning the Company at (713) 686-1100.
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 Companys 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 Actions, 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/ Ang Woon Han |
Chief Executive Officer |
Director |
Dated: January 2, 2015