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HYTK Industries, Inc.
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INFORMATION STATEMENT
OF
HYTK INDUSTRIES, INC.
701 East Main Street
Benedict, Kansas 66714
Telephone: 316-698-2250
THE COMPANY IS NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND
YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND THE COMPANY A
PROXY.
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NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS CONSENT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF
HYTK INDUSTRIES, INC.
TO
QUEST RESOURCE CORPORATION
HYTK Industries, Inc. ("the Company") is providing this Information
Statement to all shareholders as notification that the holders of a majority of
its outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 ("Common Stock"), voted to change
the name of HYTK Industries, Inc. ("HYTK") to Quest Resource Corporation
("Quest"). This Information Statement does not relate to any other event or
issue.
On May 17, 2000, holders of a majority of the Common Stock voted via
written consent to change the name of HYTK to Quest Resource Corporation. Of the
5,292,843 shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote by written consent
on that date, shareholders owning 3,889,429 shares, or 73% of the outstanding
Common Stock, voted to approve this name change via written consent taken
without a meeting pursuant to Section 78.320 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.
On June 5, 2000, the Company expects to send this Information Statement
to all shareholders of record as of May 31, 2000. The name change shall be
effective twenty (20) calendar days after this Information Statement is mailed
to its shareholders. The effective date for this corporate action is expected to
be June 25, 2000.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The record date for this solicitation is May 31, 2000. The following
table sets forth certain information concerning ownership of the Company's
Common Stock as of May 17, 2000. The table discloses each entity which, to the
best of the Company's knowledge, beneficially owns more than five percent (5%)
of the Company's Common Stock. The table also shows the stock holdings of the
Company's directors, as well as the shares held by its directors and executive
officers as a group. The notes accompanying the information in the table below
are necessary for a complete understanding of the figures provided.
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Title of Class Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent
Beneficial Owner Beneficial of
Ownership(1) Class
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Common The Henry F. Mogg M&M Trust (2)
Stock 1999 London Town Lane 1,137,121 21.5%
Titusville, FL 23796
Common Crown Properties, LC (3)
Stock 701 East Main Street 975,000 18.4%
Benedict, KS 66714
Common Bonanza Energy Corporation of
Stock Kansas(4) 508,527 9.6%
701 East Main Street
Benedict, KS 66714
Executive Officers and Directors
Common Douglas L. Lamb (5)
Stock 701 East Main Street 1,567,377 29.6%
Benedict, KS 66714
Common John C. Garrison
Stock 701 East Main Street 47,272 0.9%
Benedict, KS 66714
Common Richard M. Cornell
Stock 701 East Main Street 16,800 0.3%
Benedict, KS 66714
Common All Executive Officers & Directors
Stock as a Group (Three persons) 1,631,449 30.8%
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(1) The number of shares beneficially owned by the entities above is determined
under rules promulgated by the SEC and the information is not necessarily
indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules,
beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual has sole or
shared voting power or investment power and also any shares which the individual
has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of any stock option
or other right. The inclusion herein of such shares, however, does not
constitute an admission that the named stockholder is a direct or indirect
beneficial owner of such shares. Unless otherwise indicated, each person or
entity named in the table has sole voting power and investment power (or shares
such power with his or her spouse) with respect to all shares of capital stock
listed as owned by such person or entity.
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(2) The Henry F. Mogg M&M Trust is controlled by Henry F. Mogg as its settlor
and trustee with full and exclusive personal power of revocation and amendment
over the Trust as long as he is alive.
(3) Crown Properties, LC is wholly owned by Marsha K. Lamb, wife of Douglas L.
Lamb.
(4) Bonanza Energy Corporation of Kansas is jointly owned by Douglas L. Lamb and
Marsha K. Lamb.
(5) Includes (i) 975,000 shares held by Crown Properties LC, which is 100% owned
by Marsha K. Lamb; (ii) 14,950 shares held by Marsha K. Lamb; (iii) 508,527
shares held by Bonanza Energy Corporation of Kansas, which is jointly owned by
Douglas L. Lamb and Marsha K. Lamb; and (iv) 67,000 shares held by Bonanza Oil &
Gas Corporation, which is jointly owned by Douglas L. Lamb and Marsha K. Lamb.
Douglas L. Lamb disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares specified in
clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Company is a Nevada corporation. Nevada law requires that a
domestic corporation change its articles of corporation to reflect a change of
corporate name. Therefore, the Company's articles of incorporation will be
amended, effective on June 25, 2000, to reflect the change of name from HYTK
Industries, Inc. to Quest Resource Corporation.
SIGNATURE
By order of the board of directors,
/s/ Douglas L. Lamb
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Douglas L. Lamb, President
Benedict, Kansas
May 18, 2000
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