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Gibbs, Construction, Inc.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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GIBBS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
1855 Wall Street
Garland, TX 75041
INFORMATION STATEMENT
This Information Statement is furnished to the holders of the common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Gibbs Construction,
Inc. (the "Company"), to inform them as to an action to be taken by the
Company with the written consents of Danny R. Gibbs and Tony G. Gibbs, (the
"Consenting Stockholders"). The Consenting Stockholders are the record
holders of, in the aggregate, 3,000,000 shares of the Common Stock
(representing 75% of the 4,000,000 shares outstanding as of July __, 1996).
The Board of Directors of the Company have approved an amendment to the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock to 15,000,000 from 7,500,000. Under Texas law and the
Company's Articles of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon is required to approve the
amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation that will increase the
number of authorized shares. The Consenting Stockholders gave their written
consent to increase the number of authorized shares on July __ 1996. Since
the Consenting Stockholders own more than the majority of the outstanding
Common Stock entitled to vote thereon, the increase in the number of
authorized shares has been approved by the necessary vote of stockholders.
Accordingly, the Company is not seeking written consents from any of its other
stockholders.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A CONSENT OR PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND
US A CONSENT OR PROXY
This information Statement is being mailed on or about July __, 1996 to
stockholders of record on July __, 1996. The Company intends to take all
necessary action to consummate the increase in the number of authorized shares
on or after August __, 1996 (20 days from the date of the mailing of this
Information Statement) (the "Effective Date").
On July __, 1996, the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on
the Nasdaq Small Cap Market was ___.
VOTING SECURITIES
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The close of business on July __, 1996, has been fixed by the Board of
Directors as the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to
execute written consents to authorize the increase in the number of authorized
shares. The securities entitled to consent to the increase in the number of
authorized shares consist of shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common
Stock entitles its owner to one vote. Common Stock is the only outstanding
class of voting securities authorized by the Company's Articles of
Incorporation.
The following table sets forth, as of July __, 1996, the number of
shares and percentage of the outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by
each person known by the Company to own more than 5% of the outstanding Common
Stock.
Beneficial Ownership
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Number of Shares Percent
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Danny R. Gibbs 1,500,000 37.5%
1855 Wall Street
Garland, TX 75041
Tony G. Gibbs 1,500,000 37.5%
1855 Wall Street
Garland, TX 75041
General
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The Board of Directors of the Company has approved an amendment to the
Company's Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles of Incorporation") to
effect an increase in the number of authorized shares to 15,000,000 from
7,500,000. A copy of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation effecting
increase in the number of authorized shares, in substantially the form in
which it is proposed to be filed, is attached as Exhibit A. The Consenting
Stockholders have approved increase in the number of authorize shares which is
expected to become effective on the Effective Date.
The increase in the number of authorized shares will not materially
affect any stockholder's proportionate equity interest in the Company or the
relative rights, preferences, privileges or priorities of any stockholder.
Purpose of the Amendment
The Board of Directors has approved and recommended that the
stockholders of the Corporation approve an amendment to the Company's Articles
of Incorporation for the purpose of increasing the number of its authorized
shares of Common Stock from 7,500,000 to 15,000,000.
Currently there are 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding. Another 1,000,000 shares have been reserved for issuance
pursuant to certain publicly traded warrants and 200,000 shares of Common
stock reserved for issuance to underwriters that assisted in the Company's
public offering of securities. An additional 285,000 shares are reserved for
issuance under certain incentive option plans and warrants. There are,
accordingly, 5,485,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding or
reserved for issuance.
The Company plans to issue up to 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock in
connection with additional financing of the Company, and the Consenting
Stockholders have agreed, following ratification of this proposed amendment to
return to the Company's Treasury 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be
dividended to the Company's Stockholders other than the Consenting
Stockholders. The Company anticipates that the effect of those actions will,
pursuant to the antidultion provisions of the Company's publicly traded
warrants, be approximately to double the number of shares of Common Stock that
can be purchased pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement relating to
the Company's publicly traded warrants. Without an increase in the number of
authorized shares, the Company would not have a sufficient number of shares
authorized to fulfill its obligations and plans.
In addition, the Company has granted subject to approval of this
amendment to the Consenting Stockholders warrants to acquire up to 4,000,000
shares of Common Stock. One warrant is for 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock
and has an exercise price of $1.50. This warrant can be exercised after the
Company earns $0.50 per share based upon the average weighted shares
outstanding. Another warrant is for 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock and has
an exercise price of $3.00. This warrant can be exercised after the Company
has earned $0.75 per share based upon the average weighted shares outstanding.
Another warrant is for 2,000,000 shares and can be exercised for $0.10 per
share after the Company's Common Stock has traded above $5.00 for 20
consecutive days.
The combined effect of these transactions would be to increase the
number of shares that are outstanding and potentially reserved for issuances
to more than 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
Accordingly, to have a sufficient number of shares available to effect
such plans, the number of authorized shares must be increased.
Effectiveness
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In accordance with Texas law and notwithstanding approval of the
amendment by Consenting Stockholders, at any time prior to the filing of the
Certificate of Amendment, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
abandon the proposed amendment without any further action by stockholders.
EXHIBIT A
Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of Gibbs Construction, Inc.
will be amended by the addition of the following paragraph immediately
following paragraph 3 thereof:
ARTICLE FOUR
The corporation is authorized to issue a single class of common stock.
The aggregate number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue is
fifteen million shares (15,000,000). The par value of each share is one cent
($0.01). There shall be no power to levy any assessment upon any shares of
the corporation. All shares of Common Stock shall have identical rights and
privileges in every respect.
