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(1) Amount Previously Paid: (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: (3) Filing Party: (4) Date Filed: NUTEK, INC. 15722 Chemical Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 INFORMATION STATEMENT **WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY** INTRODUCTION This Information Statement is being furnished to the stockholders of record of Nutek, Inc. (the "Company") as of January ___, 2001, in connection with the adoption of the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles of Amendment") by the written consent of the holders of a majority interest of the Company's voting capital stock consisting of the Company's outstanding Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"). On January 9, 2001, the Company's Board of Directors approved and recommended that the Articles of Incorporation be amended and restated in order to: Increase the number of the Company's authorized Common Shares, from fifty million (50,000,000) to two hundred million (200,000,000) shares; and . Increase the number of the Company's authorized Preferred Shares, from five million (5,000,000) to twenty million (20,000,000) shares. The Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation was approved by written consent on January 9, 2001, at a special Company board of directors meeting, and the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation will be filed and accepted by the Nevada Secretary of State not to become effective until February 19, 2001. The elimination of the need for a special meeting of stockholders to approve the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation is made possible by Nevada General Corporate Law, which provides that the written consent of the holders of outstanding shares of voting 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, may be substituted for such a special meeting. Pursuant to NRS 78.207, 78.385 and 78.390, a majority of the outstanding shares of voting stock entitled to vote thereon is required in order to amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation. In order to eliminate the costs and time involved in holding a special meeting and in order to effect the Articles of Amendment as early as possible in order to accomplish the purposes of the Company as hereafter described, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to utilize the written consent of the holders of a majority in interest of the voting stock of the Company. On December 31, 2000, there were 45,188,132 outstanding shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and 793,500 shares of Preferred Stock issued or outstanding. The approval of the Articles of Amendment requires the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock, and each share of the Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect of the approval of the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation. By written consent in lieu of a meeting, stockholders of _______ shares of the Common Stock, have approved the listed one corporate actions. Under applicable federal securities laws, the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation cannot be effected until at least 20 calendar days after this information statement is sent or given to the stockholders of the Company. The approximate date this information statement is first being sent or given to stockholders is January ___, 2001. 1 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION On January 9, 2001, the Board of Directors approved, subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders, the Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, which amends and/or adds certain provisions of the Articles of Incorporation to: . Increase the number of the Company's authorized common shares, from fifty million (50,000,000) to two hundred million (200,000,000) shares; and, . Increase the number of the Company's authorized Preferred Shares, from five million (5,000,000) to twenty million (20,000,000) shares. On January 9, 2001, stockholders owning a majority of the outstanding Common Stock approved the Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation is attached to this document as Exhibit "A". EFFECT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION After the Amended Articles of Incorporation becomes effective, the Company will have two hundred million (200,000,000) Common shares authorized and twenty million (20,000,000) Preferred shares authorized. This change does not effect the relative rights or privileges of the holders of currently outstanding Common Stock. REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATED ARTICLES The board of directors has unanimously approved, subject to stockholder approval, an amendment to Nutek's Articles of Incorporation changing the number of authorized Common Shares, $0.01 par value, from fifty million to two hundred million shares; and, the number of authorized Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value, from five million to twenty million shares. The proposed changes to Nutek's Articles of Incorporation has been incorporated into the proposed Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Nutek's Articles of Incorporation included as Exhibit "A". Increasing the number of authorized shares will give the Company added flexibility to enhance its capitalization. In making this decision, the board of directors was principally influenced by the need that at sometime in the future, the Company may need to seek additional equity capital in order to expand its operations. The additional number of authorized shares will give the Company added Flexibility to utilize these common shares to help it finance and capitalize the Company. Given these considerations, the Board of Directors and affirmed by ____ percent of the outstanding and issued Common Stock, has decided that its would be in the best interests of Nutek and its stockholders for Nutek to increase its number of its $0.01 par value, authorized Common Shares from fifty million to two hundred million shares; and, to increase its number of its $0.01 par value, authorized Preferred Shares from five million to twenty million shares. By Order of the Board of Directors, By: /s/ Murray N. Conradie ---------------------------- Murray N. Conradie President and Chairman Chief Financial Officer Huntington Beach, CA January 9, 2001 2 EXHIBIT "A" CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF NUTEK, INC. (Pursuant to NRS 78.385 and 78.390 -- After Issuance of Stock) We the undersigned do hereby certify that: 1. Nutek, Inc. (the "Corporation") is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and its Articles of Incorporation were filed in the office of the Secretary of State on August 23, 1991. 2. The Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended by deleting the existing ARTICLE IV and replacing it in its entirety with the following amendments: "ARTICLE 4: Authorized Shares: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue shall consist of two hundred million (200,000,000) shares of Common Stock having a $.001 par value, and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock having a $.001 par value. The Common and/or Preferred Stock of the Company may be issued from time to time without prior approval by the stockholders. The Common and/or Preferred Stock may be issued for such consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. The Board of Directors may issue such share of Common and/or Preferred Stock in one or more series, with such voting powers, designations, preferences and rights or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions." 3. This amendment to the Articles of incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada. 4. The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote on an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is: 45,188,132; that the said changes and amendment have been consented to and approved by a majority vote of the stockholders holding at least a majority of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. 5. The number of shares voted for such amendments was ____________ and the number voted against such amendment was 0. The undersigned has signed these Articles on February ___, 2001. /s/ --------------------------- Murray N. Conradie President & Director /s/ --------------------------- Pamela Horick Secretary & Director