Vista International DEF 14C Information statement

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Vista International Technologies, Inc.

5151 E  56th Ave. Suite 101

Commerce City, CO 80022

(303) 690-8300

To the Holders of Common Stock of  Vista International Technologies Incorporated:

This Information Statement is being circulated to inform the stockholders of action already approved by written consent of the majority stockholders holding 56.55% of the voting rights consisting of 56.55% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the proposals will not be effective until at least 20 calendar days after the mailing of this Information Statement to our stockholders. Therefore, this Information Statement is being sent to you for informational purposes only.

WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY

AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY

The action to be effective at least 20 days after the mailing of this Information Statement is:

Effecting a 10:1  reverse split of the company’s common stock(pursuant to which the number of authorized shares of common stock will remain 200,000,000 following such reverse stock split).  Fractional shares from the reverse split will be collected and pooled by our transfer agent and sold in the open market and the proceeds will be allocated to the stockholders’ respective accounts pro rata in lieu of fractional shares, thus cashing out such fractional shares.

Attached hereto for your review is an Information Statement relating to the above described action.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Timothy Ruddy

Timothy Ruddy

Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

October 31, 2012

THIS INFORMATION STATEMENT IS BEING PROVIDED TO

YOU BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY

WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE

REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY

INFORMATION STATEMENT

October 31, 2012

GENERAL INFORMATION

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 the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Vista International Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to notify such Stockholders of the following:

On or about September 27, 2012, the Company received written consents in lieu of a meeting of Stockholders from stockholders holding 56.55% of the voting rights consisting of 56.55% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. This represents approximately 68,952,826 of the 121,925,244 shares of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Majority Stockholders”), authorizing the Company’s Board of Directors to effect a 10:1 (the “Split Ratio”) reverse split of the Company’s common stock (pursuant to which the number of authorized shares of common stock will remain 200,000,000 following such reverse stock split)(the “Reverse Stock Split”). Fractional shares will be collected and pooled by our transfer agent and sold in the open market and the proceeds will be allocated to the stockholders’ respective accounts pro rata in lieu of fractional shares, thus cashing out such fractional shares

On September 27, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the above-mentioned actions, subject to Stockholder approval. The Majority Stockholders approved the action by written consent in lieu of a meeting on September 27, 2012, in accordance with the Delaware Business Corporation Act (“DBCA”). Accordingly, your consent is not required and is not being solicited in connection with the approval of the action.

WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND A PROXY

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) believes that the Stockholders of the Company will benefit from the Reverse Stock Split because it will attract potential investment from outside investors, which will create a more liquid public market for the Company’s Common Stock. In order to facilitate such transaction, the Board has determined that the capitalization structure of the Company should be simplified. No assurances can be given that such investors will be found.

Accordingly, it was the Board’s opinion that the restructuring transaction described above would better position the Company to attract potential business candidates and provide the Stockholders with the greatest potential return. The Board approved the above action on September 27, 2012, and a majority of the shareholders of the Company approved the above action on September 27, 2012.

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN

This Information Statement contains a brief summary of the material aspects of the actions approved by the Board and the Majority Stockholders.

DECREASE THE NUMBER OF ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK

General

The Board approved a resolution to effect a  ten-for-one (10:1) reverse stock split.  Under this Reverse Stock Split each ten (10 ) shares of our Common Stock will be converted automatically into one (1) share of our Common Stock. To avoid the issuance of fractional shares of Common Stock, all fractional  shares will be collected and pooled by our transfer agent and sold in the open market and the proceeds will be allocated to the stockholders’ respective accounts pro rata in lieu of fractional shares, thus cashing out such fractional shares. The Company anticipates the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be November 20, 2012.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR PROPORTIONATE EQUITY INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY, EXCEPT AS MAY RESULT FROM THE POOLING AND SALE OF FRACTIONAL SHARES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REVERSE SPLIT WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SHARES THE COMPANY WILL BE ABLE TO ISSUE TO NEW OR EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES AND THE PAR VALUE PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK WILL REMAIN THE SAME WHILE THE NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING WILL BE REDUCED  TEN-FOLD.

Purpose and Material Effects of the Reverse Stock Split

The 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 to attract new investors and potential business candidates. The Board has proposed the Reverse Stock Split as one method to attract business opportunities in the Company.

When a company engages in a reverse stock split, it substitutes one share of stock for a predetermined amount of shares of stock. It does not increase the market capitalization of the company. An example of a reverse split is the following. A company has 10,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Assume the market price is $.01 per share. Assume that the company declares a 5 for 1 reverse stock split. After the reverse stock split, that company will have 1/5 as many shares outstanding, or 2,000,000 shares outstanding. The stock will have a market price of $0.05. If an individual investor owned 10,000 shares of that company before the split at $0.01 per share, he will own 2,000 shares at $0.05 after the split. In either case, his stock will be worth $100. He is no better off before or after. Except that such company hopes that the higher stock price will make that company look better and thus the company will be a more attractive merger target for potential business. There is no assurance that that company's stock will rise in price after a reverse stock split or that a suitable merger candidate will emerge.

We believe that the Reverse Stock Split may improve the price level of our Common Stock and that the higher share price could help generate interest in the Company among investors and other business opportunities. However, the effect of the Reverse Stock Split upon the market price for our Common Stock cannot be predicted, and the history of similar stock split combinations for companies in like circumstances is varied. There can be no assurance that the market price per share 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 resulting from the Reverse Stock Split. The market price of our Common Stock may also be based on our performance and other factors, some of which may be unrelated to the number of shares outstanding

The Reverse Stock Split will affect all of our stockholders uniformly and will not affect any stockholder's percentage ownership interests in the Company or proportionate voting power, except to the extent that the Reverse Stock Split results in any of our stockholders owning a fractional share. Fractional shares  will be collected and pooled by our transfer agent and sold in the open market and the proceeds will be allocated to the stockholders’ respective accounts pro rata in lieu of fractional shares, thus cashing out such fractional shares. The principal effect of the Reverse Stock Split will be that the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding will be reduced from 121,925,244 shares as of September 27, 2012 to approximately 12,192,524 shares (depending on the number of fractional shares that are sold). The number of authorized shares and the par value of Common Stock will not be affected. The following chart depicts the capitalization structure of the Company, both, pre- and post-split (the post-split issued shares may differ slightly based on the number of fractional shares):

Pre-Reverse Stock Split

Authorized Shares	Issued Shares	Authorized but Unissued
200,000,000	121,925,244	78,074,756

Post-Reverse Stock Split

Authorized Shares	Issued Shares	Authorized but Unissued
200,000,000	12,192,524	187,807,476

The Reverse Stock Split will not affect the par value of our Common Stock. As a result, on the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, the stated capital on our balance sheet attributable to our Common Stock will be reduced to less than the present amount, and the additional paid-in capital account shall be credited with the amount by which the stated capital is reduced. The per share net income or loss and net book value of our Common Stock will be increased because there will be fewer shares of our Common Stock outstanding.

The Reverse Stock Split will not change the proportionate equity interests of our stockholders, nor will the respective voting rights and other rights of stockholders be altered, except for possible immaterial changes. The Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split will remain fully paid and non-assessable. The Reverse Stock Split is not intended as, and will not have the effect of, a "going private transaction" covered by Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act. We will continue to be subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

Stockholders should recognize that they will own a fewer number of shares than they presently own (a number equal to the number of shares owned immediately prior to the filing of the certificate of amendment divided by ten). While we expect that the Reverse Stock Split will result in an increase in the potential market price of our Common Stock, there can be no assurance that the Reverse Stock Split will increase the potential market price of our Common Stock by a multiple equal to the exchange number or result in the permanent increase in any potential market price (which is dependent upon many factors, including our performance and prospects). Also, should the market 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 pertain in the absence of a Reverse Stock Split. Furthermore, the possibility exists that potential liquidity in the market price of our Common Stock could be adversely affected by the reduced number of shares 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. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the Reverse Stock Split will achieve the desired results that have been outlined above.

Anti-Takeover Effects of the Reverse Stock Split

THE OVERALL EFFECT OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT MAY BE TO RENDER MORE DIFFICULT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MERGERS OR THE ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL BY A PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER, AND THUS MAKE DIFFICULT THE REMOVAL OF MANAGEMENT.

The effective increase in our authorized shares could potentially be used by management to thwart a take-over attempt. The over-all effects of this proposal might be to render it more difficult or discourage a merger, tender offer or proxy contest, or the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of the Company’s securities and the removal of incumbent management. The proposal could make the accomplishment of a merger or similar transaction more difficult, even if, it is beneficial to shareholders. Management might use the additional shares to resist or frustrate a third-party transaction, favored by a majority of the independent stockholders that would provide an above market premium, by issuing additional shares to frustrate the take-over effort.

As discussed above, the reason the Reverse Stock Split is being proposed is to increase the amount of shares the Company is able to issue in order to attract potential investors and conduct a financing. This proposal 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.

Neither the Company’s charter nor its by-laws presently contain any provisions having anti-takeover effects and this proposal is not 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.

The advantage of the Reverse Stock Split will be to permit the Company to pursue financing from investors and issue shares of Common Stock in exchange for the financing. This is the main purpose for the Reverse Stock Split and if the Reverse Stock Split is not completed, the Company may not be able to issue additional shares sufficient to complete a financing. The main disadvantage to the Reverse Stock Split is that it may have an anti-takeover effect and discourage any potential mergers or tender offers.

As discussed above, the Reverse Stock Split was the subject of a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors approving the Reverse Stock Split. There are no rules or practices on any stock exchange that permit such exchange to reserve the right to refuse to list or to de-list any stock which completes a reverse stock split.

Dissenter’s Rights of Appraisal

The Stockholders have no right under the DBCA, the Company’s articles of incorporation consistent with above or the Company’s By-Laws to dissent from any of the provisions adopted as set forth herein.

Procedure for Exchange of Stock Certificates

Upon effectiveness, each certificate representing pre-reverse split shares will be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of post-reverse split shares. Our transfer agent, Colonial Stock Transfer, will act as exchange agent for purposes of implementing the exchange of stock certificates. We refer to such person as the "exchange agent." Holders of pre-reverse split shares are asked to surrender to the exchange agent certificates representing pre-reverse split shares in exchange for certificates representing post-reverse split shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal enclosed with this Information Statement. No new certificates will be issued to a stockholder until that stockholder has surrendered the stockholder's outstanding certificate(s) together with the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal.

Fractional Shares

We will not issue fractional certificates for post-reverse split shares in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders whootherwise would hold fractional shares because the number of shares of Common Stock they held before the Reverse Stock Split would not be evenly divisible based upon the 1-for-10 Split Ratio will be entitled to cash payments (without interest or deduction) in respect of such fractional shares.  Pre-split shares that would otherwise result in fractional shares from the application of the Split Ratio will be collected and pooled by our transfer agent and sold in the open market and the proceeds will be allocated to the stockholders’ respective accounts pro rata in lieu of fractional shares. The ownership of a fractional interest will not give the holder any voting, dividend or other rights, except to receive the above-described cash payment. The Company will be responsible for any brokerage fees or commissions related to the transfer agent’s selling in the open market shares that would otherwise be entitled to fractional shares.

Stockholders should be aware that, under the escheat laws of various jurisdictions, sums due for fractional interests that are not timely claimed after the Effective Date may be required to be paid to the designated agent for each such jurisdiction, unless correspondence has been received by us or our transfer agent concerning ownership of such funds within the time permitted in such jurisdiction. Thereafter, if applicable, stockholders otherwise entitled to receive such funds, but who do not receive them due to, for example, their failure to timely comply with our transfer agent’s instructions (described below), will have to seek to obtain such funds directly from the state to which they were paid.

STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD NOT DESTROY ANY STOCK CERTIFICATE AND SHOULD NOT SUBMIT ANY CERTIFICATES WITHOUT THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

Summary of Reverse Stock Split

Below is a brief summary of the Reverse Stock Split:

o The issued and outstanding Common Stock shall be reduced on the basis of one post-split share of the Common Stock for every ten pre-split shares of the Common Stock outstanding. The consolidation shall not affect any rights, privileges or obligations with respect to the shares of the Common Stock existing prior to the consolidation.

o Stockholders of record of the Common Stock as of September 27, 2012 shall have their total shares reduced on the basis of one (1) post-split share of Common Stock for every ten (10 ) pre-split shares outstanding..

o As a result of the reduction of the Common Stock, the pre-split total of issued and outstanding shares of 121,925,244 shall be consolidated to a total of approximately 12,192,524 issued and outstanding shares (depending on the number of fractional shares).

o The Company's authorized number of common stock shall remain at 200,000,000 shares of the Common Stock.

o The par value of the Company's common stock will not change.  

This action has been approved by the Board and the Majority Shareholders.

The entire cost of furnishing this Information Statement will be borne by the Company. The Company will request brokerage houses, nominees, custodians, fiduciaries and other like parties to forward this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of the Common Stock held of record by them and will reimburse such persons for their reasonable charges and expenses in connection therewith. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on September 27, 2012, as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of Stockholders who are entitled to receive this Information Statement.

Each share of our common stock entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to the stockholders. However, because the stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting rights of all outstanding shares of capital stock as of the Record Date have voted in favor of the foregoing actions by resolution; and having sufficient voting power to approve such proposals through their ownership of the capital stock, no other consents will be solicited in connection with this Information Statement.

You are being provided with this Information Statement pursuant to Section 14C of the Exchange Act and Regulation 14C and Schedule 14C thereunder, and, in accordance therewith, the forgoing action will not become effective until at least 20 calendar days after the mailing of this Information Statement.

This Information Statement is being mailed on or about October 31, 2012 to all Stockholders of record as of the Record Date.

OUTSTANDING VOTING SECURITIES

As of the date of the Consent by the Majority Stockholders, September 27, 2012, the Company had 121,925,244shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, and there were no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Each share of outstanding Common Stock is entitled to one vote on matters submitted for Stockholder approval.

 On September 27, 2012 the holders of 56.55% of the voting rights equivalent to 56.55% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock executed and delivered to the Company a written consent approving the action set forth herein. Since the action has been approved by the Majority Stockholders, no proxies are being solicited with this Information Statement.

The DBCA provides in substance that unless the Company’s articles of incorporation provides otherwise, stockholders may take action without a meeting of stockholders and without prior notice if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of all shares of the Company’s common stock owned on the Record Date for (i) each person who owns beneficially more than five percent of the outstanding shares of common stock, (ii) each of our directors and named executive officers, and (iii) all directors and officers in a group. A person is considered to beneficially own any shares: (i) over which such person, directly or indirectly, exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (ii) of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through an exercise of stock options or warrants. Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the shares shown in the table for our directors and executive officers is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children.

For purposes of this table, a person or group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares of common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days of September 27, 2012. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock held by each person or group of persons named above, any shares that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of September 27, 2012 is deemed to be outstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership.

Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of the Company, at the address of: 5151E 56th Ave, Suite 101, Commerce City, Colorado 80022.

Name of Beneficial Owner and Address	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock		Percent of Common Stock (1)
5% Shareholders
Richard Strain Shareholder		55,483,826		45.5	%
Timothy D Ruddy Interim CEO and Director		13,175,000		10.8	%
Thomas P Pfisterer Director		294,000		0.2	%
All directors and officers as a group(2 people)		13,469,000		11.0%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information including annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q (the “1934 Act Filings”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Reports and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained at the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549. Copies of such material can be obtained upon written request addressed to the Commission, Public Reference Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a web site on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

The following documents as filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated herein by reference:

1.	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011
2. 3.	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012

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 Corporate Secretary, 5151 E 56th Ave, Suite 101, Commerce City, Colorado, telephone: (303) 690 8300. 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 send notification to or call the Company’s 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.
	By Order of the Board of Directors
	/s/ Timothy Ruddy
	Timothy Ruddy
	Interim Chief Executive Officer and  Board Member