UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): April 18, 2005
MCKENZIE BAY INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS
SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 000-49690
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
51-0386871
(IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
975 SPAULDING
ADA, MICHIGAN
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
49301
(ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE: (616) 940-3800
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. (the "Company") issued a press release, dated
April 15, 2005 entitled-"MCKENZIE BAY ANNOUNCES NEW MANAGEMENT AT ANNUAL
MEETING".
The press release is in its entirety below:
McKenzie Bay Announces New Management at Annual Meeting
Friday April 15, 5:09 pm ET
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 15, 2005 -- At its annual meeting held
in Romulus, Michigan, shareholders of McKenzie Bay International Ltd. (OTC
BB:MKBY.OB - News) reelected its current Board of Directors and ratified the
choice of BDO Seidman, LLP as its independent auditor.
Gary L. Westerholm reported to the shareholders that Doris F. Galvin has been
appointed by the Board of Directors as President of WindStor Power Co., the
wholly owned subsidiary of McKenzie Bay. Doris F. Galvin has been a Director
since March 1, 2004. From 1974 to 2002, Ms. Galvin was employed by CMS Energy
holding numerous positions including Vice-President and Treasurer and leaving
the company as Senior Vice President - Global Development. Since that time, she
has been self-employed as a consultant and has served as a Senior Vice President
- - Corporate Development for SEMCO Energy, Inc., a gas distribution company.
Mr. Westerholm also reported that Michel Garon has been named President of Lac
Dore Mining, Inc., another McKenzie Bay subsidiary. Mr. Garon's career has been
in mining performing a variety of management functions for more than 20 years.
Most recently from 1995 until he joined Lac Dore Mining, Inc. in November 2002,
Mr. Garon was General Manager for Noranda's Matagami Mine in charge of two
underground mining operations having an annual operating budget of
$35,000,000.00.
Finally, Mr. Westerholm reported that Donald C. Harms has been named General
Counsel of McKenzie Bay. Mr. Harms has been a Director since November 12, 2002
and Secretary of the corporation since June 2004. Since 1973 Mr. Harms had been
a principal of Larson, Harms, & Bibeau, P.C., a law firm located in Farmington
Hills, Michigan.
WindStor Power Co. is the owner and developer of WindStor(SM), a wind energy
system designed to integrate distributed generation wind power installed on or
near a building with grid power. WindStor(SM) will feature WindStor(SM) Wind
Turbines, a proprietary system integrator and if applicable, a battery.
Lac Dore Mining, Inc. holds 443 contiguous mining claims for the Lac Dore
Vanadium/Titanium Deposit. The Deposit which has never been in production is
located in the Rinfret and Lemoine Townships approximately 43 miles from
Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada.
This information statement contains statements that are forward-looking
statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by
terminology such as 'estimates,' 'anticipates,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'projects,'
'expects,' 'intends,' 'predicts,' 'future,' 'may,' 'potential,' 'contemplates,'
'will,' 'should,' 'could,' 'would' or the negative of such terms or other
comparable terminology. These statements relate to the Company's future
operations and financial performance or other future events. These statements
are only predictions and not guarantees of future success. Many of the forward-
looking statements are based on assumptions about future events that may prove
inaccurate. Actual events, results, performance or achievements may differ
materially from the events, results, performance or achievements discussed in
the forward-looking statements. McKenzie Bay undertakes no obligation to revise,
update or clarify forward- looking statements to reflect events or conditions
after the date of this information statement.
Contact:
For further information about this release contact:
Rich Kaiser
Investors Relations
800-631-8127
(#001-757-306-6090-outside North America)
info@mckenziebay.com
http://www.mckenziebay.com
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Source: McKenzie Bay
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
MCKENZIE BAY INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
Date: April 18, 2005
/s/Gary L. Westerholm
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Gary L. Westerholm
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)