The Company intends to implement a stock option plan for its executives in the next twelve months.
The Company’s Board of Directors has no separate committees; however, it currently intends to implement an Audit Committee in the future. The Company’s Board of Directors acts as the Compensation Committee. The Company is not a “listed company” under Commission rules and is, therefore, not required to have a Compensation Committee comprised of independent directors.
Director Independence
The Company’s Board of Directors does not believe that any of the members of the Board of Directors prior to the Effective Date qualify as independent under the rules of any of the national securities exchanges, but anticipates that one director to be appointed as of the Effective Date, Mr. Moschopoulos, will so qualify upon his appointment to the Board of Directors. For purposes hereof, an “independent director,” shall have the meaning described in the NYSE-AMEX rules and regulations.
CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, Frank DeLape resigned as the Company’s Executive Chairman. Joseph Clancy remained a member of the Board of Directors of the Company subsequent to the Acquisition Closing, at which time Mr. Mesazos became the Executive Chairman as well as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Dimitrios Vassilikos was appointed as its Chief Executive Officer. The Company will appoint Messrs. Krikis (its current Chief Financial Officer), Vassilikos and Moschopoulos to its Board of Directors; all such appointments shall take effect as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date.
To the best of the Company’s knowledge, except as set forth below, the incoming directors are not currently directors, do not hold any position with the Company and have not been involved in any transactions with the Company or any of its directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the designees have not been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, have not been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past five years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The Company acquired Aegean Earth S.A. pursuant to an acquisition agreement dated as of February 29, 2008 by and among the Company, Aegean Earth S.A., and Joseph Clancy and Konstantinos Polites for 500,000 Ordinary Shares. The Company valued the transaction at approximately $50,000. At the time of the acquisition, Mr. Clancy was a controlling shareholder and a manager of Aegean Earth S.A. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement (the “Aegean Acquisition Agreement”), Mr. Clancy received 250,000 Ordinary Shares in exchange for his capital stock of Aegean Earth S.A. In April 2008, Mr. Clancy transferred 83,333 ordinary shares to PrimeLife Holdings, Ltd. Mr. Clancy is one of our directors and the Manager of Aegean Earth S.A. Based on the prior transaction described above, the dollar value received for the transaction was approximated at $50,000, and the dollar value received by Mr. Clancy was approximated to be $25,000.
In December 2007, the Company made two loans to Aegean Earth S.A. evidenced by two promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $85,025. These notes bear interest at the rate of 6% per year and are payable on demand. Such loans were written primarily to provide working capital to Aegean Earth S.A. prior to the Company’s acquisition of Aegean Earth S.A. The Company’s then sole director, Joseph Clancy, was a controlling shareholder and a manager of Aegean Earth S.A. at the time of the loans.
AAF previously agreed to make loans to the Company up to $500,000. In May and November 2007, AAF loaned the Company $300,000, which is evidenced by promissory notes (the “AAF Notes”) issued by the Company to AAF. The Company used the loans to provide working capital to Aegean Earth S.A. prior to the acquisition thereof. On April 21, 2008, the AAF Notes were converted into 2,500,000 Ordinary Shares.
AAI is the general manager of AAF. Mr. Joseph Rozelle, who was the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and a director at the time the loans were made, is the Chief Financial Officer of AAI.
In November 2007, the Company reimbursed AAI for $84,980 in due diligence related expenses that were incurred by AAI on behalf of the Company relating to the acquisition of Aegean Earth, S.A.
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The Company was founded in March 2006 by Nautilus Global Partners, LLC and Mid-Ocean Consulting Limited. Mr. DeLape, the Company’s former Executive Chairman, is the owner, chairman and chief executive officer of Benchmark Equity Group, which owns 20% of the equity interests of Nautilus Global Partners and Mr. DeLape controls other entities that collectively own an additional 20% of the equity interests of Nautilus Global Partners. Accordingly, based on his ownership and management position with Benchmark Equity Group, Mr. DeLape may also be deemed to be a founder of the Company. In order to provide the Company with funds for its formation costs, in April 2006, the Company issued 1,562,500 Ordinary Shares to Nautilus Global Partners and 78,125 Ordinary Shares to Mid-Ocean Consulting Limited, for aggregate consideration of $1,050. These share figures do not assume effectuation of any transactions undertaken in connection with the change in control described herein.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS
During the last fiscal year the Company’s sole director acted by written consent 3 times.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
The Company has not paid compensation to its sole director for serving as such. The Company’s Board of Directors may in the future decide to award the members of the Board of Directors cash or stock based consideration for their services to us, which awards, if granted shall be in the sole determination of the Board of Directors.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Company paid one of its executive officers, Mr. Rizos Krikis, $59,149 in salary and $10,148 in bonuses for the year ended December 31, 2009. None of its other executive officers or directors has received any compensation for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Employment Agreements. As soon as reasonably practical, the Company intends to enter into an (i) employment contract with Mr. Mesazos, pursuant to which Mr. Mesazos shall be employed as the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and (ii) employment agreement with Mr. Dimitrios Vassilikos pursuant to which Mr. Vassilikos shall be employed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Target, all on terms acceptable to AAF (the “Employment Agreements”). It is intended that the Employment Agreements shall have non-compete, non-solicitation and other clauses of a similar nature, including agreements to devote substantially all of his working time to the business of Target. At present the Company has not entered into any employment agreements.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
The Board of Directors does not have a compensation committee and the entire Board of Directors performs the functions of a compensation committee.
No member of the Board of Directors has a relationship that would constitute an interlocking relationship with the Company’s executive officers or directors or another entity.
Compensation Committee Report
The Board of Directors does not have a compensation committee and the Sole Director performs the functions of a compensation committee.
The Sole Director has reviewed and discussed the discussion and analysis of our compensation which appears above with management, and, based on such review and discussion, the Sole Director determined that the above disclosure be included in this Information Statement on Schedule 14f-1.
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NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION REQUIRED
This Information Statement is being provided for informational purposes only, and does not relate to any meeting of stockholders. Neither applicable securities laws, nor the corporate laws of the Cayman Islands require approval of the any transaction referred to herein. No vote or other action is being requested of the Company’s stockholders. This Information Statement is provided for informational purposes only.
This Information Statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available electronically on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
| The Board of Directors |
| | Joseph Clancy |
February 16, 2010 | | /s/ Joseph Clancy |
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