-----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, IDPzKRk5yfVeujTBeIk+VXD+O2E/lWMgxDmT4udRnPl+5vDdALJOVRz/aT7FwShR sKG1mjVrUUxk7XyTdDsvBg== 0000823070-05-000013.txt : 20050304 0000823070-05-000013.hdr.sgml : 20050304 20050304152645 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000823070-05-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEF 14C PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050304 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050304 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000823070 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 223218682 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEF 14C SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11061 FILM NUMBER: 05661149 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21 INDUSTRIAL AVE CITY: UPPER SADDLE RIVER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07458 BUSINESS PHONE: 2018181616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PNF INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950913 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PORTAFONE INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920128 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NFW CAPITAL GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900427 DEF 14C 1 r14c0305.txt SCHEDULE 14C Information Required in Information Statement SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION Information Statement Pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Check the appropriate box: ? Preliminary Information Statement Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14c-5(d)(2)) Definitive Information Statement _____________________NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC._____________________ (Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): ? 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 transactions applies: __N/A__ 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: ___N/A__ 3) Per unit price of 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: __N/A___ Fee paid previously 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:____________________________________________ 2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.___________________________ 3) Filing Party:_________________________________________________________ 4) Date Filed:__________________________________________________________ INFORMATION STATEMENT NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION To Our Stockholders: We are pleased to advise you of the approval of an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock we are authorized to issue. The amendment was adopted as part of a restructuring of our indebtedness, as described in this information statement. Our Board of Directors approved the amendment on January 5, 2005 and rather than incur the expense of a special meeting of stockholders to approve the amendment, solicited the consents of several stockholders who own a majority of our outstanding common stock. Those stockholders collectively own 18,497,977 shares of our common stock. As of February 8, 2005, the record date for the consent, we had 35,034,836 shares outstanding, so those stockholders hold 52.6% of our outstanding common stock. We are incorporated in Delaware, and the Delaware General Corporation Law permits stockholder approval to be obtained without a meeting provided that consents are given by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to approve the action at a meeting at which all shares eligible to be voted were present and voted. A majority of our outstanding shares would be sufficient to approve the amendment; thus, the consents we obtained are sufficient to satisfy the requirement for stockholder approval. We are sending this information statement to you to advise you of this development, which is vital to our continuing efforts to expand and strengthen our employee base, and to comply with the Delaware General Corporation Law and Section 14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. The approximate date on which this information Statement is first being sent to our stockholders is March __, 2005. It is being sent to our stockholders of record as of February 8, 2005, the record date for consent. NoFire Technologies, Inc. has its principal executive office at 21 Industrial Avenue, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. The following is a description of the amendment and the reasons for adopting it, and a copy of the amendment is included as Exhibit A to this information statement. Terms of Amendment Our certificate of incorporation currently authorizes us to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of our common stock, and currently we have 35,034,836 shares outstanding. The amendment will increase our authorized shares to 150,000,000. In addition, we are reducing the par value of our common stock from twenty cents ($.20) to one cent ($.01) per share due to the fact that our shares currently are trading below $.20 per share. A copy of the certificate of amendment to our certificate of incorporation is attached as Exhibit A. Common Stock Holders of common stock are entitled to vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders and do not have cumulative voting rights. The election of directors is determined by a plurality of votes cast. Our Articles of Organization require the approval of the holders of a majority of the common stock. Except as otherwise required by law, all other matters are determined by a majority of votes cast. The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the payment thereof, subject to any preferential dividend rights of outstanding preferred stock. Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of NoFire, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably the net assets of NoFire available for distribution after preferred distributions, if any, to the holders of any preferred stock. The shares of common stock that will be outstanding upon the conversion of the bonds or exercise of the warrants referred to below will be, when issued and paid for, fully paid and non- assessable. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or subscription rights, nor any redemption or conversion rights. Debt Conversion Transaction We were indebted to six individuals in the aggregate amount of $1,610,292. Five of the six individuals are directors or officers of NoFire. Name Amount Position Sam Oolie $539,000 Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Sam Gottfried $498,000 Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Assistant Treasurer Alphonso Margino $275,000 Vice President and Secretary Gerald H. Litwin $258,000 Director Bernard J. Koster $ 15,292 Director Mitchell Goldstone $ 25,000 Financial Consultant The indebtedness consists of short-term accounts payable and deferred salaries. All of the indebtedness was immediately due and was therefore classified as a current liability. Pursuant to a Debt Conversion Agreement dated August 30, 2004 among the six individuals named above and us, the individuals each agreed to accept our convertible bond and a stock purchase warrant in satisfaction of the current liability. Each bond is in the amount of the liability listed above for the respective individuals. They bear interest at 8% per year and were due and payable on December 31, 2007. The bonds are convertible to our common stock at any time prior to maturity at the rate of fourteen cents ($.14) per share. All of these bonds have been converted into common stock by December 31, 2004 Each individual was issued a warrant for the number of shares shown below. The warrants are exercisable at $.14 per share and expire August 30, 2014. The following lists the number of shares into which each bond was converted and the number of shares subject to each individual?s warrant, including interest to date of conversion. Convertible Name Bond Shares Warrant Shares Sam Oolie 3,923,531 11,770,596 Sam Gottfried 3,625,030 10,875,093 Alphonso Margino 2,196,642 6,025,926 Gerald H. Litwin 1,867,900 5,603,700 Bernard J. Koster 110,713 332,139 Mitchell Goldstone 180,998 542,994 11,502,086 35,150,448 Therefore, a total of 35,150,448 shares of common stock must be reserved for issuance upon exercise of the warrants. We currently have 35,034,836 shares outstanding and 82,388,535 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options and warrants. We have 50,000,000 shares of common stock authorized for issuance and therefore need to increase the number of authorized shares. Shareholder Approval The Certificate of Amendment has been approved by the holders of 18,497,977 shares of our common stock, or 52.6% of the outstanding shares. Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, such approval in lieu of a meeting of stockholders is valid provided prompt notice is given to all of our stockholders who did not consent. Furthermore, rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, require an information statement such as this to be delivered to our stockholders at least twenty (20) days prior to the effective date of the action to be taken. Therefore, the Certificate of Amendment will not be filed until at least 20 days from the date of this statement, or approximately April 20, 2005. EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. It is hereby certified that: 1. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the ?Corporation?) is NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2. The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by striking out Article FOURTH thereof and by substituting in lieu of said Article the following new Article: ?FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares of common stock with a par value of one (1) cent per share, all of the same class.? 3. The amendment of the certificate of incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the consent of holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock, acting without a meeting. 4. The effective time of the amendment herein certified shall be upon the date of filing this Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Signed on March ___, 2005 NOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 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