SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant)
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GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
5555 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 625
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(713)840-7722 (PHONE); (713)840-0301 (FAX)
May 11, 1998
Dear Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend a Special Meeting of Stockholders of
GK Intelligent Systems, Inc. to be held on Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 9:00 a.m.
at 5555 San Felipe, Suite 625, Houston, Texas.
We hope you will attend the meeting in person. Whether you expect to be
present and regardless of the number of shares you own, please mark, sign and
mail the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided. Matters on which action will
be taken at the meeting are explained in detail in the notice and proxy
statement following this letter.
Sincerely,
Gary F. Kimmons
Chief Executive Officer
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GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
5555 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 625
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 27, 1998
Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Stockholders of GK
Intelligent Systems, Inc., (the"Company") will be held at the Company's
executive offices located at 5555 San Felipe, Suite 625, Houston, Texas 77056,
at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 1998 for the following purposes:
1. To consider and act upon a proposal to amend the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock of the Company to 250,000,000 shares; and
2 To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Common stockholders of record at the close of business on May 4, 1998
will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Stockholders unable to attend the Special Meeting in person are
requested to read the enclosed Proxy Statement and then complete and deposit the
Proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under
which it was signed, or a notarized certified copy thereof, with the Company's
transfer agent, Chase Mellon Shareholder Services, 2323 Bryan Street, Suite
2300, Dallas, Texas 75201, at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
statutory holidays) before the time of the Special Meeting or adjournment
thereof or with the chairman of the Special Meeting prior to the commencement
thereof. Unregistered stockholders who received the Proxy through an
intermediary must deliver the Proxy in accordance with the instructions given by
such intermediary.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Gary F. Kimmons, Chief Executive Officer
May 11, 1998
THE PROXY STATEMENT WHICH ACCOMPANIES THIS NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS CONTAINS MATERIAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MATTERS TO BE
CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS NOTICE.
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GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
5555 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 625
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
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PROXY STATEMENT
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
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INTRODUCTION
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to stockholders in connection
with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of GK Intelligent
Systems, Inc. (the "Company") for use at a Special Meeting of Stockholders of
the Company ("Meeting") to be held at the executive offices of the Company
located at 5555 San Felipe, Suite 625, Houston, Texas 77056, at 9:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, May 27, 1998, and at any adjournments thereof, for the purpose of
considering and voting upon the matters set forth in the accompanying Notice of
Special Meeting of Stockholders. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form
of proxy are first being mailed to stockholders on or about May 11, 1998.
The close of business on May 4, 1998, has been fixed as the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting and any adjournment thereof. As of the record date, there were
22,992,383 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share
("Common Stock"), issued and outstanding and 883,333 shares of the Company's
Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $.001 per share ("Preferred
Stock") issued and outstanding that are currently convertible into, and entitled
to vote on the basis of, 883,333 shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock
Equivalents").
The presence, in person or by proxy, of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock and the Common Stock Equivalents entitled to vote on the
record date is necessary to constitute a quorum at the Meeting. Abstentions and
broker non-votes will be counted towards a quorum. If a quorum is not present or
represented at the Meeting, the shareholders present at the meeting or
represented by proxy, have the power to adjourn the Meeting from time to time,
without notice other than an announcement at the Meeting, until a quorum is
present or represented. At any such adjourned Meeting at which a quorum is
present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been
transacted at the original Meeting.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of Common Stock and the
Common Stock Equivalents present in person or by proxy at the Meeting and
entitled to vote is required for approval of Item 1. Abstentions will have the
same effect as a vote against a proposal.
Brokers who hold shares in street name for customers are required to
vote those shares in accordance with instructions received from the beneficial
owners. Under applicable Delaware law, broker non-votes will have no effect on
any of the proposals.
All shares represented by properly executed proxies, unless such proxies
previously have been revoked, will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with
the directions on the proxies. IF NO DIRECTION IS INDICATED, THE
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SHARES WILL BE VOTED (i) FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION INCREASING THE COMPANY'S AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK; AND
(ii) TO TRANSACT SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
The enclosed proxy, even though executed and returned, may be revoked at any
time prior to the voting of the proxy by one of the following methods: (a)
execution and submission of a revised proxy, (b) written notice to the Secretary
of the Company, or (c) voting in person at the Meeting.
ITEM 1
APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED COMMON STOCK
In April 1998, the Board of Directors unanimously approved an amendment
to Article IV of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to
increase to 250,000,000 the number of shares of the Common Stock authorized for
issuance, and directed that the amendment be submitted to a vote of stockholders
at the Meeting. The amended Article IV (the "Amendment") is attached to this
Proxy Statement as Annex A. Only the first sentence of Article IV was amended.
Article Four of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation as currently
in effect authorizes the issuance of up to an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of
Common Stock. As of the Record Date, 22,992,383 shares of Common Stock were
issued and outstanding. Approximately 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock have been
reserved for issuance pursuant to various compensation and benefit plans of the
Company, of which no options have been granted, and 4,630,836 shares were
reserved for issuance upon conversion of outstanding Preferred Stock and
warrants of the Company. There were, therefore, as of the Record Date,
approximately 27,623,219 million shares of authorized Common Stock available for
future issuances by the Company. The Board of Directors believes it would be
desirable to increase the number of shares of authorized Common Stock in order
to make available additional shares for possible stock splits, acquisitions,
financings, employee benefit plan issuances and for such other corporate
purposes as may arise. The Board of Directors believes that stock splits enhance
the liquidity and marketability of the Common Stock by increasing the number of
shares outstanding and lowering the price per share.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO
INCREASE TO 250,000,000 THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE.
Assuming the presence of a quorum, the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of all outstanding shares of Common Stock is required for adoption of
the proposed amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
Under applicable Delaware law, in determining whether this item has received the
requisite number of affirmative votes, abstentions and broker nonvotes will be
counted and will have the same effect as a vote against this item.
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STOCK OWNERSHIP
The following table sets forth as of May 4, 1998, the number and
percentage of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock owned by (i) each
person known to the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of its outstanding
Common Stock, (ii) each director, (iii) each named executive officer, and (iv)
all officers and directors as a group.
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NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME OF OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIAL OWNER(1) BENEFICIALLY OWNED PERCENT OF VOTING POWER(2)
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Kimmons Family Partnership, Ltd.(3) 6,375,000 26.7%
Gary F. Kimmons 9,754,080(4) 37.7%
Joseph "Rod" Canion 3,000,000 12.6%
Rodney L. Norville 1,550,000(5) 6.4%
Jedson Enterprises, Trustee(6) 1,050,000 4.4%
All executive officers and directors
as a group (3 persons) 14,304,080 54.2%
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(1) The business address of each principal stockholder is the same as the
address of the Company's principal executive offices, except for Mr.
Canion at 5 Post Oak Lane, Suite 1655, Houston, Texas 77027.
(2) Includes Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents.
(3) Mr. Kimmons controls a family limited partnership of which he is general
partner, and as such has the sole voting, investment and disposition
power over the 6,375,000 shares of Company stock owned by the
partnership.
(4) Includes (i) 6,375,000 shares owned of record by the Kimmons Family
Partnership, which Mr. Kimmons controls, and (ii) warrants to purchase
2,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock expiring in 2001.
(5) Includes (i) a currently exercisable warrant to purchase 500,000 shares
of Common Stock and (ii) 1,050,000 shares owned of record by Jedson
Enterprises, Inc., trustee for Jenifer and Lara Norville, daughters of
Rodney L. Norville.
(6) Mr. Norville is an officer and director of Jedson Enterprises, Inc.,
which is trustee of trusts which own 1,050,000 shares of Company Common
Stock, and as such has the voting, investment and disposition power over
these shares.
COST OF SOLICITATION
The Company will bear the cost of the solicitation of proxies from its
stockholders. In addition to the use of mail, proxies may be solicited by
directors, officers and regular employees of the Company in person or by
telephone or other means of communication. The directors, officers and employees
of the Company will not be compensated additionally for the solicitation, but
may be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this
solicitation. Arrangements are also being made with brokerage houses and any
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the forwarding of solicitation
material to the beneficial owners of the Company's Common Stock, and the Company
will reimburse such brokers, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors and management of the Company know of no other
matters to be brought before the Meeting. If a shareholder proposal that was
excluded from this Proxy Statement in accordance with Rule 14a-8 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is properly brought before the meeting, it is
intended that the proxy holders will use their discretionary authority to vote
the proxies against such proposal. If any other matters should arise at the
Meeting, shares represented by proxies will be voted at the discretion of the
proxy holders.
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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Proposals of stockholders of the Company which are intended to be
presented by such stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting must be received by
the Company no later than January 11, 1999 in order to have them included in the
proxy statement and form of proxy relating to that meeting.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary F. Kimmons, Chief Executive Officer
May 11, 1998
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ANNEX A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR
OF THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
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Article FOUR is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is two hundred fifty million (250,000,000)
shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), and
ten million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock par value $.001 per
share ("Preferred Stock").
Shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation may be issued from
time to time in one or more classes or series, each of which class or
series shall have such distinctive designation or title as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation ("Board of
Directors") prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. Each such class
or series of Preferred Stock shall have such voting powers, full or
limited, or no voting powers, and such preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof, and shall be stated in such
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or
series of Preferred Stock as may be adopted from time to time by the
Board of Directors prior to the issuance of any shares thereof pursuant
to the authority hereby expressly vested in it, all in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware.
Subject to all of the rights of the Preferred Stock or any series
thereof described in appropriate certificates of designation, the
holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and
if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available
therefore, the dividends payable in cash, common stock, or otherwise.
No stockholder of the Corporation shall have the right of
cumulative voting at any election of Directors of the Corporation.
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GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC.
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MAY 27, 1998
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GK INTELLIGENT
SYSTEMS, INC. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CHOICES SPECIFIED BELOW.
The undersigned stockholder of GK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, INC. (the "Company")
hereby appoints Gary F. Kimmons and Rodney L. Norville, the true and lawful
attorneys, agents and proxies of the undersigned with full power of substitution
for and in the name of the undersigned, to vote all the shares of Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents of the Company which the undersigned may be entitled
to vote at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at 5555
San Felipe, Suite 625, Houston, Texas 77056, on Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 9:00
a.m., and any and all adjournments thereof, with all of the powers which the
undersigned would possess if personally present, for the following purposes:
1. To approve the amendment to the Company's FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock of [ ] [ ] [ ]
the Company.
2. The proxies are authorized to vote as they
determine in their discretion upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE CHOICE SPECIFIED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED FOR
ITEM 1, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THAT ITEM.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and
Proxy Statement dated May 11, 1998.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
DATED:______________________________ ____________________________________
[Signature]
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[Signature if jointly held]
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[Printed Name]
Please sign exactly as name appears
on stock certificate(s). Joint
owners should each sign. Trustees
and others acting in a
representative capacity should
indicate the capacity in which they
sign.
