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INFORMATION
STATEMENT
OF
AUSTRALIAN
FOREST INDUSTRIES
4/95
Salmon Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Australia,
3207
We
Are Not Asking You For A Proxy And You Are Requested Not To Send Us A
Proxy.
This
Information Statement is to notify shareholders of our common stock of actions
to be taken by the majority shareholders of our common stock in lieu of a
special meeting of shareholders. This Information Statement is being mailed on
or about December 8, 2008 to all of our shareholders of record at the close of
business on November 25, 2008 (the "Record Date"). As of the Record Date, there
were 257,600,680 shares entitled to vote on the matters set forth
herein.
Holders
of 238,500,000 of our outstanding common stock have executed a written consent
in lieu of Annual Meeting (the "Written Consent"), with an effective date of
November 25, 2008 effecting the following actions to take effect approximately
20 days after the mailing of this Information Statement to our shareholders on
the Record Date:
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a
reverse stock split whereby every 100 shares of common stock held by a
stockholder shall be exchanged for one share of our common
stock,
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an
amendment to our articles of incorporation to change our name from
“Australian Forest Industries” to “Lone Pine Holdings, Inc.”
and
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an
amendment to our articles of incorporation to reduce our authorized share
capital from 305 million authorized shares, consisting of 300 million
shares of common stock and 5 million shares of preferred stock, to 150
million authorized shares, consisting of 145 million shares of common
stock and 5 million shares of preferred
stock.
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In
addition to the above, we are aware of an arrangement by which upon completion
of the above actions our current officers and directors will resign and a new
director and officer will be appointed. Although not approved in the Written
Consent, this will have the effect of an additional corporate
action.
Because
holders of approximately 238,500,000 of our outstanding voting stock including
common stock have executed the Written Consent, no vote or consent of any other
shareholder is being, or will be, solicited in connection with the authorization
of the matters set forth in the Written Consent. Under Nevada law, the votes
represented by the holders signing the Written Consent are sufficient in number
to authorize the matters set forth in the Written Consent, without the vote or
consent of any of our other shareholders. Nevada statutes provide that any
action that is required to be taken, or that may be taken, at any annual or
special meeting of shareholders of a Nevada corporation may be taken, without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a written consent, setting
forth the action taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize such
action.
Based on
the foregoing, our shareholders acted by Written Consent and no annual meeting
of our shareholders will be held in 2008. Along with the shareholders, we
believe it would not be in our best interests or those of our shareholders to
incur the costs of holding a special meeting or of soliciting proxies or
consents from additional shareholders in connection with this
action.
This
Information Statement is expected to be mailed to shareholders on or
about December 8, 2008. We will bear all expenses incurred in connection
with the distribution of this Information Statement. We will reimburse brokers
or other nominees for reasonable expenses they incur in forwarding this material
to beneficial owners. The actions in the Written Consent and the
director and officer appointment will take effect on or shortly after December
29, 2008.
SHAREHOLDERS’
WRITTEN CONSENT
IN
LIEU OF SPECIAL MEETING
AUSTRALIAN
FOREST INDUSTRIES
INFORMATION
ON CONSENTING SHAREHOLDERS
Pursuant
to our Bylaws and the Nevada Revised Statutes, a vote by the holders of at least
a majority of our outstanding capital stock is required to effect the action
described herein. As of the record date, we had 257,600,680 shares
entitled to vote on the matters set forth herein of which 128,800,341 shares are
required to pass any shareholder resolutions. The majority shareholders, who
consist of eleven of our current shareholders, are collectively the record and
beneficial owners of 238,500,000 of our shares of common stock, which represents
91.2% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on a fully
diluted basis. Pursuant to 78.320 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the majority
shareholders voted in favor of the action described herein in a Written Consent,
dated November 25, 2008 (the “Written Consent”). There are no cumulative voting
rights. No consideration was paid for the consent. The majority
shareholders’ names, affiliations with us, and their beneficial holdings are as
follows:
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Timbermans
Group Pty Ltd. (1)
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Majority
Shareholder
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140,000,000
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54.3%
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Norman
Backman (2)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Sherry
Backman (2)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Colin
Baird (3)
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Director,
CFO
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Lisa
Baird (3)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Tony
Esplin (4)
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Director,
VP Marketing
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Kary
Esplin (4)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Roger
Timms (5)
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Director,
VP Engineering
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Darryn
Timms (5)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Guilia
Timms (6)
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10,000,000
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3.9%
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Michael
Timms (5) (6)
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Director,
Chairman, CEO, President
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8,500,000
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3.3%
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238,500,000
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91.2%
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(1)
Timbermans Group Pty. Ltd. is owned by five of our shareholders, Norman Backman,
Colin Baird, Tony Esplin, Roger Timms and Michael Timms, four of whom are our
directors and officers. In 2007, Timbermans Group was placed into Administration
and a Receiver, PricewaterhouseCoopers, exercises the voting power of Timbermans
Group.
(2)
Norman Backman is married to Sherry Backman.
(3) Colin
Baird is married to Lisa Baird
(4) Tony
Esplin is married to Kary Esplin.
(5) Roger
Timms, Michael Timms and Darryn Timms are siblings.
(6)
Michael Timms is married to Guilia Timms.
SUMMARY
OF ACTION TAKEN BY WRITTEN CONSENT
The
Written Consent authorizes, or has the effect of authorizing, the following
corporate actions:
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a
reverse stock split whereby every 100 shares of common stock held by a
stockholder shall be exchanged for one share of our common
stock,
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an
amendment to our articles of incorporation to change our name from
“Australian Forest Industries” to “Lone Pine Holdings,
Inc.”,
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an
amendment to our articles of incorporation to reduce our authorized share
capital from 305 million authorized shares, consisting of 300 million
shares of common stock and 5 million shares of preferred stock, to 150
million authorized shares, consisting of 145 million shares of common
stock and 5 million shares of preferred stock,
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the
resignation of our current directors and officers and the appointment of a
new officer and director.
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The
action listed above will take effect on or shortly after December 29,
2008.
MANAGEMENT
REASONS FOR CORPORATE ACTIONS
Our
management has approved the corporate actions described in this Information
Statement in an attempt to make us a more attractive merger
candidate. Through a wholly-owned subsidiary, we unsuccessfully
operated a saw mill in Australia which cut pine timber into building
products. This subsidiary went into administration, the Australian
equivalent of receivership, in 2007, and its receiver settled the business in
October 2008. Following the sale of this subsidiary, we are a “shell”
company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934 with no operating
business and without substantial assets. Our management believes that the best
approach to increase value to our shareholders is to merge with a company with
an operating business or an advanced business plan. Our management
has yet to identify a merger target.
INTEREST
OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR IN OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
We are
aware of contracts entered into by each of our directors, their affiliates and
their immediate family members which would result in the sale of 235,000,000
shares of our common stock, or approximately 91.2% of our outstanding shares of
common stock to a third party, Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, in exchange for
$448,125. The sale of the shares of common stock pursuant to these
contracts is contingent upon the finalization of the reverse stock split
described in this Information Statement.
SHAREHOLDERS’
WRITTEN CONSENT
IN
LIEU OF ANNUAL MEETING
MANAS
PETROLEUM CORPORATION
NOTICE
TO SHAREHOLDERS OF ACTION APPROVED BY CONSENTING SHAREHOLDERS
The
following corporate actions described in this Information
Statement:
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were
approved by stockholders voting approximately 91.2% of our outstanding
capital stock entitled to vote;
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become effective on or shortly after December 29,
2008;
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will
not result in any appraisal or dissenters’ rights;
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may
be abandoned by our Board of Directors prior to effectiveness without any
further vote of our shareholders.
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The
written consent of the majority shareholders authorizes, or has the effect of
authorizing, the following actions:
CORPORATE
ACTION ONE
REVERSE
STOCK SPLIT
The
majority shareholders and the Board of Directors have approved a reverse stock
split so that for every one hundred shares of our common stock currently
outstanding, our shareholders would receive one share of our common stock (the
"Reverse Stock Split").
Any fractional share of our common stock that would exist as a result of the
Reverse Stock Split shall be rounded up to a whole share. The Board of Directors
has set the close of business on the twentieth day following the mailing of this
Information Statement to the shareholders as the date on which the Reverse Stock
Split will become effective. Every one hundred shares of common stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to that effective date will be reclassified as and
changed into one share of common stock.
The
principal effect of the Reverse Stock Split will be to decrease the number of
outstanding shares of common stock. At the time of the approval of the Reverse
Stock Split by the shareholders on November 25, 2008, we had 257,600,680 shares
outstanding, which number will be reduced to approximately 2,576,068 as a result
of the Reverse Stock Split. The respective relative voting rights and other
rights that accompany the common stock will not be altered by the Reverse Stock
Split, and the common stock will continue to have a par value of $0.001 per
share. Although the consummation of the Reverse Stock Split will not alter the
number of our authorized shares of common stock, our authorized share capital
will be changed by Corporate Action Two described below.
Reasons
for the Proposed Reverse Stock Split
Management
is undertaking the Reverse Stock Split in an attempt to make us a more
attractive merger candidate. Management believes that the current number of
shares outstanding is too large in comparison to the number of authorized shares
to compensate any one individual or group bringing a new business venture or
opportunity to us.
Future
Dilution; Anti-Takeover Effects
There may
be certain disadvantages suffered by shareholders as a result of the Reverse
Stock Split. These disadvantages include an increase in possible dilution to
present shareholders' percentage ownership of the common stock because of the
additional authorized shares of common stock which would be available for future
issuance by us. Current shareholders, in the aggregate, own approximately 85.9%
of current authorized and issued shares of common stock under our present
capital structure, but would own only 1.8% of the authorized and issued shares
of common stock under our capital structure after the Reverse Stock Split,
including the change in the amount of
authorized
capital stock described in Corporate Action Two below. The decision to issue any
shares of common stock or preferred stock that could dilute the position of
current shareholders can be made by our Board of Directors alone, and no further
shareholder vote or consultation would be required for such an
issuance.
Management
is not recommending the Reverse Stock Split in an attempt to prevent third
parties from obtaining control of our company. Management is aware of a proposed
sale of a large number of common stock between third parties, including all
members of the management. All parties involved in this proposed sale
are aware of the Reverse Stock Split.
The Board
of Directors believes that the consummation of the Reverse Stock Split and the
changes which would result therefrom will not cause us to terminate registration
of our common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to
cease filing reports thereunder, and we do not presently intend to seek, either
before or after the Reverse Stock Split, any change in our status as a reporting
company for federal securities law purposes.
Federal
Income Tax Consequences
The
Reverse Stock Split should not result in any taxable gain or loss to
shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result of the Reverse
Stock Split, the U.S. tax basis of common stock received as a result of the
Reverse Stock Split will be equal, in the aggregate, to the basis of the shares
exchanged for the common stock. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the
holding period of the shares immediately prior to the effective date of the
Reverse Stock Split will be included in the holding period of the common stock
received as a result of the Reverse Stock Split.
SHAREHOLDERS
ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF THE REVERSE SPLIT ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL TAX
STATUS.
Exchange
of Certificates
As soon
as is practicable following the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split,
shareholders will be notified and offered the opportunity at their own expense
to surrender their current certificates to our stock transfer agent in exchange
for the issuance of new certificates reflecting the Reverse Stock Split.
Commencing on the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, each certificate
representing pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of common stock will be deemed for
all purposes to evidence ownership of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of common
stock, as the case may be. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued,
and, in lieu thereof, a whole share will be issued to any shareholders entitled
to a fraction of a share of common stock.
CHANGE
IN AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL
The
majority shareholders and the Board of Directors have approved an amendment to
our Articles of Incorporation, the form of which is attached hereto as Appendix
A, to decrease the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 305,000,000
to 150,000,000. Our current Articles of Incorporation authorizes
300,000,000 shares of common stock, and the amendment to our Articles of
Incorporation would authorize 145,000,000 shares of common stock. Our current
Articles of Incorporation authorizes 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, and
the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation would continue to authorize the
same amount of preferred stock.
Reason
for the Decrease in Authorized Common Stock
Although
this action by itself would reduce the number of authorized and unissued shares
of common stock, when coupled with the Reverse Stock Split described above in
Corporate Action One, the number of authorized and unissued shares of common
stock will increase from 14.1% prior to the amendment to 98.2% after the
amendment. In addition to allowing us to issue shares of capital
stock to a potential merger candidate, we believe that the
proposed
change in the authorized number of shares of our common stock would more
accurately represent, and be more in line with, a realistic capital structure
for a company of our size.
The
relative rights and limitations of the shares of common stock would remain
unchanged by the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation.
CORPORATE
ACTION THREE
NAME
CHANGE
The
majority shareholders and the Board of Directors have approved an amendment to
our Articles of Incorporation, included hereto as Appendix A, pursuant to which
we will change our name to Lone Pine Holdings, Inc. Our management
believes that the change in the name of our business from Australian Forest
Industries will disassociate us with our former business of operating a saw mill
in Australia which cut pine timber into building products. As we have
yet to identify a merger candidate or a field of business in which we would like
such a merger candidate to be involved, our management believes that a
non-descript name like Lone Pine Holdings, Inc. is a good choice for our company
and makes us a more attractive merger candidate.
CORPORATE
ACTION FOUR
RESIGNATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AND
APPOINTMENT
OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER
As
described below under the heading “Interest of Certain Persons in or in
Opposition to Matters to Be Acted Upon”, we are aware of contracts
entered into which would result in the sale of 235,000,000 shares of our common
stock, or approximately 91.2% of our outstanding shares of common stock to a
third party. One of the covenants of these contracts is that all of
our current directors and officers shall resign. There is an
arrangement by which, upon their resignation, William S. Rosenstadt shall be
appointed as our sole director and officer. As we no longer operate
our previous business in the field of wood products, our management believes
that maintaining a large managing structure composed of directors and officers
with experience in the wood-product industry would not continue to be in our
best interest.
Directors,
Executive Officers and Significant Employees
The
following table sets forth information regarding our current and proposed
executive officers and directors:
Name Age
Positions and Offices
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Timms (1)
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Chief
Executive Officer; President; Chairman of the
Board
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Colin
Baird (1)
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Chief
Financial Officer; Director
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Tony
Esplin (1)
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Executive
Vice President - Marketing;
Director
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Roger
Timms (1)
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Executive
Vice President - Engineering;
Director
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William
S. Rosenstadt (2)
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Chief
Executive Officer; President; Chairman of the
Board
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(1) Mr.
Michael Timms, Mr. Colin Baird, Mr. Tony Esplin and Mr. Roger Timms will
resign from their positions as directors and executive officers upon the
completion of the Reverse Stock Split, the change in authorized share
capital and the name change described in Corporate Actions One, Two and
Three, which resignations shall take place on or shortly after December
29, 2008.
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(2) Mr.
William S. Rosenstadt will assume the positions set forth across his name
upon the resignation of our current officers and directors, which
assumption shall take place on or shortly after December 29,
2008.
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We have
no significant employees.
Background
The
following is a brief summary of the background of each director, director
nominee and executive officer of our company:
William
Rosenstadt
Mr.
William Rosenstadt has been a member of Sanders Ortoli Vaughn-Flam Rosenstadt
LLP, our outside special counsel, since June 2007. Prior thereto, Mr.
Rosenstadt was a member of Rubin, Bailin, Ortoli LLP from January 2004 to June
2007 and an associate at Spitzer Feldman, LLP from 2001 through December 2003.
Mr. Rosenstadt received his B.A. from Syracuse University in 1990 and a J.D.
from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1995.
Michael
Timms
Mr.
Michael Bruce Timms has spent over thirty years in the sawmilling industry. He
has been involved with design and construction of over seven greenfield sawmill
facilities and scores of equipment upgrades across Australia and Canada in both
the Hardwood and Softwood sectors, through his engineering business, Acora
Reneco Group Pty Ltd. Among other responsibilities, he has worked as Chief
Executive Officer and President of the Company and been its Chairman of the
Board since September 2004, positions that he intends to resign from upon
completion of the Reverse Stock Split, the change in authorized share capital
and the name change.
Colin
Baird
Mr. Colin
Baird is a qualified accountant who has operated his own practice, Colib Pty Ltd
since 1987. He has been involved in the timber industry through his association
with some of his clients since 1983. At present, his practice has in excess of
500 clients. Mr. Baird has been our Director of Finance since September 2004, a
position that he intends to resign from upon completion of the Reverse Stock
Split, the change in authorized share capital and the name change.
Tony
Esplin
Mr. Tony
Esplin has had twelve years of experience in the sawmill industry covering
fabrication of sawmill equipment, project management of new sawmills through his
own business, Acora Reneco Group Pty Ltd. Over the last four years he has been
involved in the on site management of Integrated Forest Products, covering all
aspects of sawmill administration, including log procurement and product
marketing. He has been our Director of Marketing & Log Procurement since
September 2004, a position that he intends to resign from upon completion of the
Reverse Stock Split, the change in authorized share capital and the name
change.
Roger
Timms
Mr. Roger
Kenneth Timms has spent over twenty-five years in the sawmilling industry. He is
currently involved in the design, supply and installation of sawmill equipment
in Australia and part owns a company, Acora Reneco Group Pty Ltd, which performs
these functions. He has been the Company’s Director of Engineering since
September 2004, a position that he intends to resign from upon completion of the
Reverse Stock Split, the change in authorized share capital and the name
change.
We do not
have any written procedures in place to address conflicts of interest that may
arise between our business and the future business activities of directors or
executive officers.
Board
Meetings and Committees
Our Board
of Directors has held no formal meetings since January 1, 2007. All proceedings
of the Board of Directors have been conducted by the written consent of the
directors, which consents have been filed with the minutes of the proceedings of
the directors.
We do not
have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees, or committees
performing similar functions. Our Board of Directors believes that it is not
necessary to have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees at this
time because the functions of such committees are adequately performed by our
Board of Directors, we have no operations and, upon the resignation of our
current directors and the appointment of William S. Rosenstadt, we will have
just one director. The directors who perform the functions of auditing,
nominating and compensation committees in the past were not independent because
they were also officers of our company.
Identified
herein is the new director appointed to our Board of Directors following the
consummation of the Reverse Stock Split, change in authorized share capital and
name change. His appointment is to be effective on or shortly after
December 29, 2008. Upon assuming his positions, the new director, who
will be a sole director, will not be considered an independent director. The
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations defines an
independent director as a person other than an officer or employee of the
company or its subsidiaries or any other individuals having a relationship that,
in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the
director. The board’s discretion in determining director independence is not
completely unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ definition, an independent
director is a person who (1) is not currently (or whose immediate family members
are not currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose
immediate family members have not been over the past three years), employed by
the company; (2) has not (or whose immediate family members have not) been paid
more than $60,000 during the current or past three fiscal years; (3) has
not (or whose immediately family has not) been a partner in or controlling
shareholder or executive officer of an organization which the company made, or
from which the company received, payments in excess of the greater of $200,000
or 5% of that organizations consolidated gross revenues, in any of the most
recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose immediate family members have
not), over the past three years been employed as an executive officer of a
company in which an executive officer of our Company has served on that
company’s compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or whose immediate
family members are not currently), and has not been over the past three years
(or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years) a
partner of our company’s outside auditor. We are not listed on the
NASDAQ.
We
currently have no intention to form an audit committee, compensation committee,
management committee, nominating committee, although we may seek to form these
or such other committees as determined by the Board of Directors to be in our
best interest and to be in compliance with all applicable securities and state
laws and listing requirements of any applicable exchanges that our securities
may become listed on in the future, upon the successful completion of a merger
with an operating business. In the event we form an audit committee, we will
seek to have a “financial expert” as an independent Board member serving on the
Audit Committee. The term “financial expert” is defined as a person
who has the following attributes: an understanding of generally accepted
accounting principals and financial statements; has the ability to assess the
general application of such principals in connection with the accounting for
estimates, accruals and reserves; experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or
evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity
of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity
of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company’s
financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons
engaged in such activities; an understanding of internal controls and procedures
for financial reporting; and an understanding of audit committee
functions.
Transactions
with Related Persons
Timbermans
Group Pty Ltd owns the majority of the shares of common stock of the Company and
its shareholders are the same individuals as our officers and
directors. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, Integrated Forest Products,
our wholly-owned subsidiary was indebted to the shareholders of Timbermans for
$6,405,232. These loans were
non
interest bearing, were unsecured and had no specific repayment
date. No principal has been paid on this loan in the period beginning
January 1, 2007.
On July
31, 2007, both Timbermans Group and Integrated Forest Products were put into
Administration, the Australian equivalent of receivership, and
PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia was appointed each of their Receiver and
Manager. In connection with the Administration, the Receiver formed a
new Australian wholly owned subsidiary, Australian Forest Industries, LTD., and
exchanged all of the shares of Integrated Forest Products for Australian Forest
Industries, LTD. shares. On October 15, 2008, the Board of Directors
of Australian Forest Industries approved the transfer of all the outstanding
shares of Australian Forest Industries, LTD. to the principal shareholders and
Directors, who are also the shareholders of Timbermans Group. As a
result, the loan to the Timbermans Group is off of our books and there is
currently no principal or interest due from us to Timbermans Group or any other
related party.
William
Rosenstadt, who will become our sole director and executive officer, is a member
of our outside special counsel. Although our outside general counsel
provides us with legal services on a regular basis, since January 1, 2008, the
compensation for these or other services has not exceeded $120,000.
We do not
have any policies in place for the review, approval or ratification of any
transactions with our directors, officers, significant shareholders or other
related parties.
Section
16(a) Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires executive officers,
directors and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent (10%) of a
company's Common Stock to file initial reports of ownership and reports of
changes of ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive
officers, directors and greater than ten percent (10%) beneficial owners are
required by Commission regulations to furnish that company with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file.
The
information required to be compliant with Section 16(a) is found herein.
However, at the present time the required individuals have not filed the
appropriate Section 16(a) forms although it has been represented to us that such
are being prepared and will be filed shortly.
Executive
Compensation
The table
below sets forth all annual and long-term compensation paid by us in the past
two completed fiscal years to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to
all executive officers of the Company who received total annual salary and bonus
in excess of $100,000 for services rendered in all capacities to the Company and
its subsidiaries during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and
2007.
Summary
Compensation Table
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Long-Term
Compensation
Awards
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Name
and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
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Securities
Underlying
Options
(#) /SARS
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All
Other
Compensation
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Michael Timms
-
Chairman
of the Board; CEO and President
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2007
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0
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None
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None
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None
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2006
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0
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None
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None
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None
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Coin
Baird - Chief Financial Officer and Director
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2007
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0
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None
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None
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None
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2006
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0
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None
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None
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None
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Tony
Esplin – Executive Vice President – Marketing; Director
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2007
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0
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None
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None
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None
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2006
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0
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None
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None
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None
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Norman
Backman – Chief Operating Officer; Director (resigned)
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2007
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0
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None
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None
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None
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2006
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0
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None
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None
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None
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Roger
Timms – Executive Vice President – Marketing; Director
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2007
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0
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None
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None
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None
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2006
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0
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None
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None
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None
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Directors'
Compensation
Other
than minimal expenses incurred for traveling to Canberra which were reimbursed
by us, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, our Direc tors did not
received a fee for serving in that capacity. There is no plan to
provide William S. Rosenstadt with a fee for serving as a director when he
assumes that position.
Employment
Contracts
There are
no employment agreements with the executive officers at this time, and there is
no plan to enter into an employee agreement with William S. Rosenstadt when he
assumes his positions as executive officer.
Option/SAR
Grants
We have
made no grants of stock options or stock appreciation rights to any person who
has been an officer or director in our past three fiscal years or in this
current fiscal year. There is no plan to grant William S. Rosenstadt
stock options or stock appreciation rights.
Shareholder
Communications
We do not
have a formal process by which shareholders can provide communications to our
Board of Directors, and as a company without an operating business and a soon to
have a sole director, we do not intend to develop such a process. We
do intend to continue filing all required reports due under the Exchange Act
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such reports include annual
reports, quarterly reports, Form 8-K and other information we are required to
file pursuant to securities laws. You may read and copy materials we file with
the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC
20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room
by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC which is http://www.sec.gov.
INTEREST
OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR IN OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
We are
aware of contracts entered into by each of our directors, their affiliate and
their immediate family members which would result in the sale of 235,000,000
shares of our common stock, or approximately 91.2% of our outstanding shares of
common stock to a third party, Baytree Capital Associates LLC. The
sale of these shares would be in exchange for $448,125 in cash. We
are not aware of Baytree Capital Associates LLC entering into a loan to obtain
the funds used in the purchase of the control shares.
One of
the parties that has entered into a contract to sell its shares to Baytree
Capital Associates LLC is Timbermans Group, which owns approximately 54.3% of
our share capital. Although Timbermans Group is owned by our
directors, it has been placed into a form of receivership under Australian law,
and the contractual decision to enter into the contract for the sale of shares
was made by its Receiver, PricewaterhouseCoopers, rather than its
shareholders.
The sale
of the shares of common stock pursuant to these contracts is contingent upon the
finalization of the Reverse Stock Split described above in Corporate Action
One.
Except as
disclosed elsewhere in this Information Statement, since January 1, 2007, being
the commencement of our last completed financial year, none of the following
persons has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings
or otherwise in any matter to be acted upon:
1. any
director or officer of our company;
2. any
proposed nominee for election as a director of our company; and
3. any
associate of affiliate of any of the foregoing persons.
The
shareholdings of our directors and officers are listed below in the section
entitled “Security Ownership
of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management”. No director has advised
that he intends to oppose any of the actions set out in this Information
Statement.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Principal
Stockholders
The
following table sets forth, as of November 25, 2008, certain information with
respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each stockholder
known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
common
stock and by each of our current directors, our chief executive officer and our
four most highly compensated executive officers (other than our chief executive
officer) as at December 31, 2007. Each person has sole voting and investment
power with respect to the shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated.
Beneficial ownership consists of a direct interest in the shares of common
stock, except as otherwise indicated.
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the
shares of the Common Stock (the only class of
shares previously issued by the Company) at April 14, 2008
by (i) each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent (5%) of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common
Stock, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii) the
executive officers of the Company, and (iv) by all directors and executive
officers of the Company as a group. Other than the Timbermans Group
Pty Ltd, each person named in the table, has sole voting and investment power
with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by such person and can be
contacted at the address of the Company.
Title
of Class
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Name
of Beneficial Owner
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Shares
of Common Stock
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Percent
of Class
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Common
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Timbermans
Group Pty Ltd(1)
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140,000,000
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54.47%
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Common
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Norman
Backman(2)
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20,000,000
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7.78%
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Common
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Colin
Baird(3)
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20,000,000
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7.78%
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Common
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Tony
Esplin(4)
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20,000,000
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7.78%
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Common
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Michael
Timms(5)
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18,500,000
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7.18%
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Common
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Roger
Timms(6)
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20,000,000
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7.78%
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Directors
and Officers as a group
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238,500,000
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91.2%
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(1)
Timbermans Group Pty Ltd is an Australian corporation with five shareholders who
are the same individuals as our officers and directors and Mr. Norman Backman.
For the purposes of aggregating the securities ownership of officers and
directors, we have included those shares held by Timbermans Group. In
2007, Timbermans Group was placed into Administration and a Receiver,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, exercises the voting power of Timbermans
Group.
(2) Mr.
Backman maintains his shares in his and his wife’s name
(3) Mr.
Baird maintains his shares in his and his wife’s name
(4) Mr.
Esplin maintains his shares in his and his wife’s name
(5) Mr.
Michael Timms maintains his shares in his and his wife’s name
(6) Mr.
Roger Timms maintains his shares in his and his wife’s name
ADDITIONAL
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We are
subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and in accordance with such act we file periodic reports, documents
and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to
our business, financial statements and other matters. Such reports and other
information may be inspected and are available for copying at the offices of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549
or may be accessed at www.sec.gov.
APPENDIX
A
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR
NEVADA PROFIT CORPORATIONS
(PURSUANT
TO NRS 78.385 AND 78.390 - AFTER ISSUANCE OF STOCK)
1. Name
of corporation: Australian Forest Industries.
2. The
articles have been amended as follows (provide article numbers, if
available):
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ARTICLE
I: The name of the corporation is Lone Pine Holdings, Inc.
ARTICLE
VI: The Corporation shall have authority
to issue three hundred million shares
of Common Stock at par value
of $0.001 per share; and five
million shares of Preferred Stock at a par value of
$0.001.
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3. The
vote by which the shareholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them
to exercise at least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion
of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote by classes or
series, or as may be required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation
have voted in favor of the amendment is: 238,500,000 of
257,600,680 shares outstanding (91.2%).
4.
Effective date of filing (optional):
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5.
Officer Signature
(required): ----------------------------------------------------------