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PARK PLACE ENERGY CORP.
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SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION STATEMENT |
Pursuant to Regulation 14C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended |
PARK PLACE ENERGY CORP. |
300, 400 – 5thAvenue SW |
Calgary, AB T2P 0L6 |
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND |
YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY |
This Information Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of Park Place Energy Corp., a Nevada corporation, to the holders of record at the close of business on the record date, November 26, 2012 of our corporation's outstanding common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, pursuant to Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Information Statement is being furnished to such stockholders for the purpose of informing the stockholders in regards to:
- an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized capital from 40,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share to 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Amendment").
Our Board of Directors approved the Amendment to our authorized share capital for the increase in our authorized share capital in order to enhance our corporation's ability to attract future financing to develop and operate our business.
Our Board of Directors unanimously approved the Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation on January 11, 2012.
Subsequent to our Board of Directors' approval of the Amendment, the holders of the majority of the outstanding common shares of our corporation gave us their written consent to the Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation on November 26, 2012. Therefore, following the expiration of the twenty-day (20) period mandated by Rule 14c and the provisions of Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, our corporation will file Articles of Amendment to amend our Articles of Incorporation to give effect to the Amendment. We will not file the Articles of Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation until at least twenty (20) days after the filing and mailing of this Information Statement.
The proposed Articles of Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation are attached hereto as Schedule A. The Articles of Amendment will become effective when they are filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. We anticipate that such filing will occur twenty (20) days after this Information Statement is first mailed to our shareholders.
The entire cost of furnishing this Information Statement will be borne by our corporation. We will request brokerage houses, nominees, custodians, fiduciaries and other like parties to forward this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of our common stock held of record by them.
Our Board of Directors have fixed the close of business on November 26, 2012 as the record date for the determination of shareholders who are entitled to receive this Information Statement. There were 20,667,581 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding on November 26, 2012. We anticipate that this Information Statement will be mailed on or about December 11, 2012 to all shareholders of record as of the record date.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR YOUR VOTE OR A PROXY STATEMENT, BUT RATHER AN INFORMATION STATEMENT DESIGNED TO INFORM YOU OF THE AMENDMENT TO OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE YOUR SHARES.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTEDUPON
Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Information Statement, since December 31, 2011, being the commencement of our last completed financial year, none of the following persons has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be acted upon:
1. | any director or officer of our corporation; |
2. | any proposed nominee for election as a director of our corporation; and |
3. | any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons. |
The shareholdings of our directors and officers are listed below in the section entitled "Principal Shareholders and Security Ownership of Management". To our knowledge, no director has advised that he intends to oppose the Amendment to our authorized capital or to the Sale, as more particularly described herein.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
As of November 26, 2012, we had a total of 20,667,581 shares of common stock ($0.001 par value per share) issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
The following table sets forth, as of November 26, 2012, certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock and by each of our current directors and executive officers. Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated. Beneficial ownership consists of a direct interest in the shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership | Percentage of Class(1) |
David Johnson Vancouver, BC Canada | 16,000 | * |
Arthur Halleran Calgary, AB Canada | Nil | 0% |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership | Percentage of Class(1) |
Parvez Tyab West Vancouver, BC Canada | 2,850,000 | 13.79 |
Directors and Executive Officers as a Group | 2,866,000 | 13.87% |
*represents a holding of less than 1%
(1)Based on 20,667,581 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of November 26, 2012. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting and investment power with respect to securities. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that the beneficial owners of the common stock listed above, based on information furnished by such owners, have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares, subject to community property laws where applicable.
AMENDMENT TO OUR CORPORATION'S ARTICLES
Our Amended Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") currently authorize the issuance of 40,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value. On January 11, 2012 our board of directors approved, subject to receiving the approval of a majority of the shareholders of our common stock, an amendment to our Articles to increase our authorized shares of common stock to 250,000,000 shares.
The general purpose and effect of the amendment to our corporation's Articles is to increase our authorized share capital which will enhance our corporation's ability to finance the development and operation of our business.
Our board of directors approved the amendment to our corporation's Articles to increase our authorized share capital so that such shares will be available for issuance for general corporate purposes, including financing activities, without the requirement of further action by our shareholders. Potential uses of the additional authorized shares and that of our preferred shares may include public or private offerings, conversions of convertible securities, issuance of options pursuant to employee benefit plans, acquisition transactions and other general corporate purposes. Increasing the authorized number of shares of our common stock will give us greater flexibility and will allow us to issue such shares in most cases without the expense of delay of seeking shareholder approval. Our company is at all times investigating additional sources of financing which our board of directors believes will be in our best interests and in the best interests of our shareholders. We do not currently have any agreements for any transaction that would require the issuance of additional shares of common stock. Our common shares carry no preemptive rights to purchase additional shares. The adoption of the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation will not of itself cause any changes in our capital accounts.
The amendment to our corporation's Articles to increase our authorized share capital will not have any immediate effect on the rights of existing shareholders. However, our board of directors will have the authority to issue authorized common stock without requiring future shareholders approval of such issuances, except as may be required by applicable law or exchange regulations. To the extent that additional authorized common shares are issued in the future, they will decrease the existing shareholders' percentage equity ownership and, depending upon the price at which they are issued, could be dilutive to the existing shareholders.
The increase in the authorized number of shares of our common stock and the subsequent issuance of such shares could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company without further action by the shareholders. Shares of authorized and unissued common stock could be issued (within limits imposed by applicable law) in one or more transactions. Any such issuance of additional stock could 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 our company.
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We do not have any provisions in our Articles, by laws, or employment or credit agreements to which we are party that have anti-takeover consequences. We do not currently have any plans to adopt anti-takeover provisions or enter into any arrangements or understandings that would have anti-takeover consequences. In certain circumstances, our management may issue additional shares to resist a third party takeover transaction, even if done at an above market premium and favoured by a majority of independent shareholders.
Shareholder approval for the Amendment to our Articles was obtained by written consent of 12 shareholders owning 12,000,521 shares of our common stock, which represented 58% on November 26, 2012. The increase in our authorized capital will not become effective until not less than twenty (20) days after this Information Statement is first mailed to shareholders of our common stock and until the appropriate filings have been made with the Nevada Secretary of State.
DISSENTERS RIGHTS
Under Nevada law, shareholders of our common stock are not entitled to dissenter's rights of appraisal with respect to our proposed Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Park Place Energy Corp. has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto authorized.
December 11, 2012
PARK PLACE ENERGY CORP.
By: /s/ David Johnson |
David Johnson |
President and Director |
SCHEDULE A
ROSS MILLER | |
Secretary of State | |
204 North Carson Street, Ste 1 | |
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4299 | |
(775) 684 5708 | |
Website: www.nvsos.gov |
Certificate of Amendment (PURSUANT TO NRS 78.385 AND 78.390) |
USE BLACK INK ONLY - DO NOT HIGHLIGHT | ABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY |
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
For Nevada Profit Corporations
(Pursuant to NRS 78.385 and 78.390 - After Issuance of Stock)
1. Name of corporation:
Park Place Energy Corp. |
2. The articles have been amended as follows: (provide article numbers, if available)
The Capital Stock shall consist of 250,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value, all of which stock shall be entitled to voting power. |
3. The vote by which the stockholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them to exercise a least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote by classes or series, or as may be required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation* have voted in favor of the amendment is:58%
4. Effective date of filing: (optional) | |
(must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed) |
5. Signature: (required)
X | |
Signature of Officer |
*If any proposed amendment would alter or change any preference or any relative or other right given to any class or series of outstanding shares, then the amendment must be approved by the vote, in addition to the affirmative vote otherwise required, of the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of each class or series affected by the amendment regardless to limitations or restrictions on the voting power thereof.
IMPORTANT:Failure to include any of the above information and submit with the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected.
This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees. | Nevada Secretary of State Amend Profit-After |