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GRYPHON RESOURCES, INC.

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INFORMATION STATEMENT

Relating to Annual Meeting of Gryphon Resources, Inc.

GRYPHON RESOURCES, INC.

Dear Gryphon Resources, Inc. Shareholders:

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that we have received written consents in lieu of a meeting from stockholders representing a majority of our outstanding shares of voting stock, approving the following actions:

1.) Approval of a 10 for 1 reverse stock split and recapitalization.

2.) Approval of an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to change our name to Ameritrust Corporation.

3.) Approval of all amendments to our Articles of Incorporation to authorize 10,000,000,000,000 shares of common stock and 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock with a par value of $.01.

4.) To approve the ratification of Malone Bailey, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, as our outside auditors.

 

As of the close of business on April 10, 2020, the record date for shares entitled to notice of and to sign written consents in connection with the recapitalization, there were 267,675,000 shares of our common stock and zero shares of our preferred stock outstanding. Prior to the mailing of this Information Statement, certain shareholders who represent a majority of our outstanding voting shares, signed written consents approving each of the actions listed above on the terms described herein (the “Actions”). As a result, the Actions have been approved and neither a meeting of our stockholders nor additional written consents are necessary. We are not asking you for a Proxy and you are requested not to send us a Proxy.   The Actions will be effective 20 days from the mailing of this Information Statement, which is expected to take place on April 27, 2020, and such Actions will result in the following:

 

1.) Pursuant to the "Plan of Recapitalization," Each ten shares of common stock outstanding will be converted into one share of common stock of the Company.  

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The Plan of Recapitalization provides for the mandatory exchange of shares from the current common stock to new common stock representing one-tenth (1/10th) of the previous number of shares held. We urge you to follow the instructions set forth in the attached Information Statement under “Exchange of Stock”.

2.) The Articles of Incorporation will be amended to change the name of the Company to Ameritrust Corporation.

3.) The Articles of Incorporation will be amended to authorize 10,000,000,000,000 shares of common stock and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, both with a par value of $.01.

4.)   Malone Bailey, LLP will be approved to act as our outside auditors for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

The Company will pay all costs associated with the distribution of the Information Statement, including the cost of printing and mailing. The Company will reimburse brokerage and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending the Information Statement to the beneficial owners of the Company’s common stock.

 

THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS:  NO STOCKHOLDERS MEETING WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER ANY MATTER DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND NO PROXY OR VOTE IS SOLICITED BY THIS NOTICE. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. THE ACTIONS, DESCRIBED MORE SPECIFICALLY BELOW, HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY WRITTEN CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF A MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY. A VOTE OF THE REMAINING SHAREHOLDERS IS NOT NECESSARY.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/Seong Yeol Lee

Seong Yeol Lee, Chief Executive Officer

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PROPOSAL TO APPROVE A PLAN OF RECAPITALIZATION AND TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

INTRODUCTION

The Board of Directors of the Company unanimously approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect a plan of recapitalization that provides for a ten for one (10-for-1) reverse stock split of our common stock, subject to the approval of such action by the shareholders. Pursuant to written resolutions, the shareholders of the Company voted to approve the proposal to authorize the reverse split. We are now notifying you and the other shareholders that did not participate in the action of the majority of the shareholders. The reverse stock split will take effect, after we file a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

We expect that the Certificate of Amendment will be filed promptly after your receipt of this Information Statement. However, our board of directors may elect not to file, or to delay the filing of, the Certificate of Amendment if they determine that filing the Certificate of Amendment would not be in the best interest of our shareholders.

 

Under the plan of recapitalization and reverse stock split, each ten (10) shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock on the effective date (the “Old Common Stock”) of the reverse stock split (the “Effective Date”) will be automatically changed into and will become one share of the Company’s New Common Stock (the “New Common Stock”). Any resulting fractional shares will not be issued. Shareholders entitled to receive a fractional share as a result of the reverse split will instead receive from the Company a whole share of common stock. The effective date of the reverse stock split will be the date the articles of amendment are accepted for filing by the Nevada Secretary of State.

REASONS FOR THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

The Board of Directors has reviewed the Company’s current business and financial performance. The Board then determined that a reverse stock split was desirable in order to attempt to achieve the following benefits, each of which is described below in more detail below:

 

§ encourage greater investor interest in the Company’s common stock by making the stock price more attractive to the many investors who refrain from investing in lower-priced stocks; and

§ reduce trading fees and commissions incurred by shareholders, since these costs are based to some extent on the number of shares traded.

 

The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s existing stock option plans and employee stock purchase plan, if any, will be reduced to one-tenth (1/10th) the number of shares currently included in the plans.

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ENCOURAGE GREATER INVESTOR INTEREST IN THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK

The Board of Directors believes that the reverse stock split will encourage greater interest in the Company’s common stock by the investment community. The Board of Directors believes that the current market price of the Company’s common stock may impair its acceptability to institutional investors, professional investors and other members of the investing public. Many institutional and other investors look upon stocks trading at low prices as unduly speculative in nature and, as a matter of policy, avoid investing in such stocks. Further, various brokerage house policies and practices tend to discourage individual brokers from dealing in low-priced stocks. If effected, the reverse stock split would reduce the number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, and the Board of Directors anticipates that the trading price of the common stock would increase. The Board of Directors believes that raising the trading price of the Company’s common stock will increase the attractiveness of the common stock to the investment community and possibly promote greater liquidity for the Company’s existing shareholders.

Even though a reverse stock split, by itself, does not impact a company’s assets or prospects, a reverse stock split could result in a decrease in our aggregate market capitalization. Our board of directors, however, believes that this risk is offset by the prospect that the reverse stock split will improve the trading price of its common stock. There can be no assurance, however, that the reverse stock split will succeed in raising the bid price of our common stock, or that a bid price increase, if achieved, would be maintained.

Our common stock is currently registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and as a result, we are subject to the periodic reporting and other requirements of the Exchange Act. The reverse stock split will not affect the registration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and we have no present intention of terminating its registration under the Exchange Act in order to become a private company.

The reverse split will not materially affect the proportionate equity interest in the Company of any current shareholder or the relative rights, preferences, privileges or priorities of any such shareholder. The Company’s business, management (including all directors and officers), the location of its offices, assets, liabilities and net worth (other than the cost of the reverse split, which are immaterial) will remain the same after the reverse split. The reverse stock split will have the effect of creating additional authorized and unissued shares of our common stock. We have no current plans to issue these shares, however, these shares may be used by us for general corporate purposes in the future.

As of April 10, 2020, there were approximately nine holders of record of the Company’s existing common stock. The Company does not anticipate that the reverse split will cause the number of holders of record or the beneficial owners to change significantly. The reverse stock split may result in some shareholders owning odd lots of less than 100 shares of common stock. Brokerage commissions and other transaction costs in odd lots are generally somewhat higher than the costs of transactions in round-lots of even multiples of 100 shares.

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The direct result of the reverse stock split will be that the approximately 267,675,000 shares of common stock outstanding on April 10, 2020 will become approximately 26,767,500 shares of common stock, and any other shares or convertible securities issued prior to the effectiveness of this proposal will be similarly adjusted. The common stock issued pursuant to the reverse split will be fully paid and non-assessable. All shares of the common stock issued will have the same voting rights and other rights as shares of the existing common stock. If the proposed amendment becomes effective, each option to purchase common stock, outstanding on the effective date, will be automatically adjusted so that the number of shares of common stock issuable upon their exercise shall be divided by ten (10) (and corresponding adjustments will be made to the number of shares vested under each outstanding option and under the Company’s option plans, if any) and the exercise price of each option shall be multiplied by ten (10), subject to rounding. The result of this adjustment will be that the aggregate exercise price of such options required to be paid after the reverse split will be the same as that required prior to the reverse split and the proportionate ownership interest on exercise of such options will also remain the same.

REDUCE TRADING FEES AND COMMISSIONS INCURRED BY SHAREHOLDERS

Because broker commissions on low-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, the current share price of the Company’s common stock, in the absence of the reverse stock split, may continue to result in individual shareholders paying transaction costs (commissions, markups or markdowns) which are a higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case if the stock price was substantially higher. This factor may further limit the willingness of institutions to purchase the Company’s common stock at its current market price.

The Company’s Board of Directors also took into consideration a number of negative factors associated with reverse stock splits, including: the negative perception of reverse stock splits held by many investors, analysts and other stock market participants; the fact that the stock price of some companies that have recently effected reverse stock splits has subsequently declined back to pre-reverse stock split levels; and the costs associated with implementing the reverse stock split. The Board, however, determined that these negative factors were outweighed by the expected benefits described above.

There can be no assurance that the reverse stock split will result in the benefits described above. Specifically, there can be no assurance that the market price of the Company’s common stock immediately after the effective date of the proposed reversed stock split would be maintained for any period of time or that such market price per share would approximate ten times the market price of the Company’s common stock before the reverse stock split. There can also be no assurance that the reverse stock split will not further adversely impact the market price of the Company’s common stock. In addition, it is possible that the liquidity of the Company’s common stock will be adversely affected by the reduced number of shares outstanding after the reverse stock split.

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SHARE CERTIFICATES AND FRACTIONAL SHARES

The reverse split will occur on the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Nevada Secretary of State without any further action on the part of shareholders of the Company and without regard to the date or dates on which shares of existing common stock are actually surrendered by each holder thereof for shares of the New Common Stock that the shareholder is entitled to receive as a consequence of the reverse split. After the effective date of the amendment, the certificates representing shares of existing common stock will be deemed to represent one-tenth (1/10th) of the number of shares of New Common Stock. As described more fully in the paragraph below under the heading Exchange of Stock shares of New Common Stock will be issued electronically to the account of each stockholder.  Any certificates outstanding will be submitted for exchange to the transfer agent.

EXCHANGE OF STOCK

Following the delivery of this Information Statement we will instruct our corporate secretary and transfer agent to begin implementing the exchange to holders of outstanding common stock. As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of the proposed amendment, holders of our common stock will be notified, and/or transfer agent will electronically exchange the shares in the accounts of shareholders to New Common Stock. Beginning on the date the proposed amendment becomes effective, each certificate representing shares of our Old Common Stock will be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of as many shares of New Common Stock after applying the split and otherwise making adjustments for fractional shares described below. Until surrendered to the Transfer Agent, certificates for Old Common Stock retained by shareholders will be deemed for all purposes including voting and payment of dividends, if any, to represent the number of whole shares of New Common Stock to which its shareholders are entitled as a result of the reverse split.

Most of our shares are held in electronic form at various broker dealers. Shareholders who hold physical certificates, if any, should not send their old certificates to the transfer agent until after the effective date. Shares of Old Common Stock surrendered after the effective date will be replaced by certificates representing shares of New Common Stock as soon as practicable after the surrender. No service charge will be paid by existing shareholders for the exchange of the shares and the Company will pay all expenses of the exchange and issuance of new shares.

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FRACTIONAL SHARES

No fractional shares of common stock will be issued as a result of the reverse stock split. In lieu of receiving fractional shares, all such fractions shall be rounded up so that you will receive one whole share for each fractional share to which you would otherwise be entitled.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVERSE SPLIT

The following description of the material federal income tax consequences of the reverse stock split is based upon the Internal Revenue Code, the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial authority and current administrative rulings and practices all as in effect on the date of this information statement. Changes to these laws could alter the tax consequences described below, possibly with retroactive effect. The Company has not sought and will not seek an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the federal income tax consequences of the reverse stock split. This discussion is for general information only and does not discuss consequences which may apply to special classes of taxpayers (for example, foreign persons, dealers in securities, tax-exempt organizations, broker-dealers or insurance companies) and does not discuss the tax consequences under the laws of any foreign, state or local jurisdictions. Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine the particular tax consequences to them.

The Company believes that because the reverse stock split is not part of a plan to increase any shareholder’s proportionate interest in the Company’s assets or earnings and profits, the reverse stock split will likely have the following federal income tax effects: Shareholders who receive New Common Stock solely in exchange for their Old Common Stock will not recognize gain or loss on the exchange. Consequently, the holding period of shares of New Common Stock will include your holding period for the shares of Old Common Stock, provided that the shares of common stock are held by you as a capital asset at the time of the exchange. In addition, your aggregate basis in the New Common Stock will be the same as your aggregate basis of the shares of the Old Common Stock.

YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVERSE SPLIT IN LIGHT OF YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAW.

NO DISSENTER'S RIGHTS

Under Nevada law, you are not entitled to dissenter’s rights or rights of appraisal with respect to the amendment of the articles of incorporation and the reverse stock split.

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AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The Reverse Stock Split Amendment will amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to add a new paragraph. At the effective date, without further action on the part of the Company or the holders, each share of the common stock will be converted into one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of common stock. The Reverse Split Amendment will be filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and will become effective on the date of the filing.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

For the above reasons, we believe that the reverse stock split is in the Company’s best interest and in the best interests of our shareholders. There can be no guarantee, however, that the market price of our common stock after the reverse stock split will be equal to the market price before the reverse stock split multiplied by the split number, or that the market price following the reverse stock split will either exceed or remain in excess of the current market price.

PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO AMERITRUST CORPORATION

REASONS FOR THE NAME CHANGE

 

The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously approved, and a majority of the shareholders have voted for a proposal to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to change the Company’s name to Ameritrust Corporation.  Control of the common stock of the Company has recently been transferred to Mr. Seong Yeol Lee, who is also the owner of Ameritrust Corporation.   As a result of this change in control, the Company’s primary focus will be on real estate and financial services.  The Board of Directors believe that the name of the Company should be changed in order to reflect the nature of the Company’s new business model and they believe that Ameritrust Corporation is an appropriate name to accomplish this goal.

EXCHANGE OF STOCK CERTIFICATES

Following the delivery of this Information Statement we will instruct our corporate secretary and transfer agent to begin implementing the exchange of certificates representing outstanding common stock. As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of the proposed amendments, holders of our common stock will be notified and requested to surrender their certificates representing shares of common stock to our corporate secretary and transfer agent in exchange for certificates representing common stock with the new name “New Common Stock”. Beginning on the date the proposed amendment becomes effective, each certificate representing shares of our Old Common Stock will be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of the same number of shares of our New Common Stock subject to the terms of the reverse split as described below.  Until surrendered to the Transfer Agent, certificates of Old CommonStock retained by shareholders will be deemed for all purposes, including, voting and payment of dividends, if any, to represent the number of whole shares of New Common Stock owned by the shareholders before the name change.

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Shareholders should not send their old certificates to the transfer agent until they have been notified by the transfer agent as discussed above. Shares of Old Common Stock surrendered after the effective date will be replaced by certificates representing shares of New Common Stock as soon as practicable after the surrender. No service charge will be paid by existing shareholders for the exchange of the shares and the Company will pay all expenses of the exchange and issuance of new certificates.

NO DISSENTER'S RIGHTS

Under Nevada  law, you are not entitled to dissenter’s rights with respect to the amendment of the articles of incorporation or the name change.

AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The name change will amend Article I of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to replace the current paragraph with a paragraph which states that the name of the Company is Ameritrust Corporation.  The Amendment will be filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada  and will become effective on the date of the filing.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

For the above reasons, we believe that the change of name is in the Company’s best interest and in the best interest of our shareholders and therefore the Board recommended that the shareholders vote for this proposal.

 

PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO  INCREASE ITS AUTHORIZED SHARES

General

 

Our Board of Directors has voted for and a majority of our shareholders have voted for an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation which increases our total number of authorized shares from 100,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $.01 per share, and no shares of preferred stock, to 10,000,000,000,000 shares of common stock and 100,000,000 preferred shares, each with a par value of $.01 (the “Amendment”).  As of April 10, 2020, there were 267,675,000 common shares outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

Reason for the Amendment

The Board of Directors and the shareholders, deem it advisable to increase the number of our authorized shares in order to provide us with increased flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions, to provide securities convertible into common stock, and to meet other corporate needs which might arise. Neither the Board of Directors nor our management is aware of any specific effort to accumulate our securities or to obtain control over us by means of a merger or tender offer.

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The Company’s existing Articles of Incorporation authorize 100,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $.01, and no shares of preferred stock. The proposed Amendment increases the number of preferred shares the Company is authorized to issue to 100,000,000 and the authorized number of common stock will be increased to 10,000,000,000,000 with a par value of $.01.  The Board may, by resolution adopted and filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in the manner provided by law, authorize one or more classes or series of preferred stock and fix the relative rights and preferences of each such class or series. These shares will be available for issuance by the Board at such time and for such purposes as the Board may deem advisable without further action by the shareholders, except as may be required by law or regulatory authorities.

Approval of an increase in the authorized number of preferred shares generally empowers the directors of the Company to issue additional preferred shares without giving notice to the shareholders or obtaining their approval, except in certain circumstances, such as in connection with the adoption of certain employee benefit plans.

Existing Anti-Takeover Provisions

The proposal to increase the authorized number of preferred shares is not submitted in response to any attempt to accumulate stock or threatened takeover. However, the increase in the number of authorized shares of preferred stock could, under certain circumstances, be construed as having an anti-takeover effect by, for example, diluting the stock ownership of shareholders and possibly making it more difficult to effect a change in the composition of the Board of Directors through the removal or addition of directors, or to accomplish a given transaction that may be in the shareholders’ interests. Further, the dilutive effect may limit the participation of shareholders in a merger or similar business combination, whether or not such transaction is favored by our management.

Preferred Shares

The proposed amendment would authorize the Board of Directors, without any further stockholder action (unless such action is required in a specific case by applicable laws or regulations or by applicable rules of a trading market or stock exchange), to issue from time to time shares of Preferred stock in one or more series, to determine the number of shares to be included in any series and to fix the designation, voting power, other powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the series.

Any series of Preferred Stock could, as determined by our Board of Directors at the time of issuance, rank, with respect to dividends, voting rights, redemption and liquidation rights, senior to the Company’s common stock.

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In the Board of Directors’ opinion, the primary reason for authorizing the Preferred stock is to provide flexibility for the Company’s capital structure. The Board of Directors believes that this flexibility is necessary to enable it to tailor the specific terms of a series of Preferred stock that may be issued to meet market conditions and financing opportunities as they arise, without the expense and delay that would be entailed in calling a stockholders meeting to approve the specific terms of any series of Preferred stock.

 

The Preferred stock may be used by the Company for any proper corporate purpose. Such purposes might include, without limitation, issuance in public or private sales for cash as a means of obtaining additional capital for use in our business and operations. Other purposes could include issuances in connection with the acquisition of other businesses or properties.

Effects of Authorization of Preferred Shares

It is not possible to state the precise effects of the authorization of the Preferred stock upon the rights of the holders of our common stock until the Board of Directors determines the respective preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the holders of the class as a whole or of any series of the Preferred stock. Such effects might include:  

i. reduction of the amount that otherwise might be available for the payment of dividends on common stock to the extent dividends are payable on any issued Preferred stock;

 

ii. restrictions on dividends on the common stock;

 

iii. rights of any series or the class of Preferred stock to vote separately, or to vote with the common stock;

 

iv. conversion of the Preferred stock into common stock at such prices as the Board of Directors determines, which could include issuance at below the fair market value or original issue price of the common stock, diluting the book value or per share value of the outstanding Common Stock; and

 

v. the holders of common stock not being entitled to share in the Company’s assets upon liquidation until satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to holders of the preferred stock.

 

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NO DISSENTERS RIGHTS

 

Under Nevada  law you are not entitled to dissenters rights with respect to the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized preferred stock.

 

AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

Article III of the Articles of Incorporation will be amended to increase the number of authorized preferred shares.  The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will be filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada.  After the filing, the Company will have 10,000,000,000,000 authorized shares of common stock and 100,000,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock.

 

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

For the reasons set forth above, we believe that the increase in the authorized shares of preferred stock is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders and, therefore the Board recommended and the shareholders vote for this proposal.


APPROVAL OF THE RATIFICATION OF MALONE BAILEY, LLP CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AS OUR OUTSIDE AUDITORS

 

Our Board of Directors and our shareholders have approved a proposal to use Malone Bailey, LLP, a PCAOB public accounting firm, to perform an audit of our consolidated financial statements and our subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and for issuing a report thereon and for performing other independent audit work as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

FORM 10-K

A copy of the Company’s Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2018 or 2019, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, will be furnished without charge to shareholders as of the date of this Information Statement upon written request to Gryphon Resources, Inc.

Exhibits Index

Exhibit 3.(i) Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

Exhibit 99 Plan of Recapitalization

End of Filing

 

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Exhibit 3(i)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF GRYPHON RESOURCES, INC.

 

PART I

The name of the Corporation is Gryphon Resources, Inc.

 

PART II

 

Article I.

 

Name

The name of the Corporation shall be:

 

Ameritrust Corporation

Article II.

 

Capital Stock

 

The total number of shares of all classes which the Corporation has authority to issue is 10,000,100,000,000 of which 10,000,000,000,000 shares shall be designated as "Common Stock" with a par value of $0.01 per share, and 100,000,000 shares shall be designated as "Preferred Stock" with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

The designations and the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the shares of each class of stock are as follows:

 

Preferred Stock.

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as shares of one or more series.  The description of shares of Preferred Stock, including any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption shall be as set forth in resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors, and Articles of Amendment shall be filed as required by law with respect to issuance of such Preferred Stock, prior to the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock.

 

The Board of Directors is expressly authorized, at any time, by adopting resolutions providing for the issuance of, dividing of such shares into series or providing for a change in the number of, shares of any Preferred Stock and, if and to the extent from time to time required by law, by filing Articles of Amendment which are effective without Shareholder action to increase or decrease the number of shares included in the Preferred Stock, but not below the number of shares then issued, and to set or change in any one or more respects the designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms and conditions of redemption relating to the shares of Preferred Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be authorized to change the rights of holders of the Common Stock of the Corporation to vote one vote per share on all matters submitted for shareholder action.  The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to the Preferred Stock shall include, but not be limited to, setting or changing the following:

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1. The annual dividend rate, if any, on shares of Preferred Stock, the times of payment and the date from which dividends shall be accumulated, if dividends are to be cumulative;

 

2. Whether the shares of Preferred Stock shall be redeemable and, if so, the redemption price and the terms and conditions of such redemption;

 

3.The obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to a sinking fund;

 

4. Whether shares of Preferred Stock shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment, if any;

 

5. Whether the shares of Preferred Stock shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the extent of such voting rights;

 

6. The rights of the shares of Preferred Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation; and

 

7. Any other relative rights, powers, preferences, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof relating to the Preferred Stock.

 

The shares of Preferred Stock of any one series shall be identical with each other in all respects except as to the dates from and after which dividends thereon shall cumulate, if cumulative.

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B. Common Stock.

 

Subject to all of the rights of the Shares as expressly provide herein, by law or by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article II, the Common Stock of the Corporation shall possess all such rights and privileges as are afforded to capital stock by applicable law in the absence of any express grant of rights or privileges in the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, including, but not limited to, the following rights and privileges:

 

- Dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends;

 

- The holders of Common Stock shall have the unlimited right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters requiring stockholder action, each share being entitled to one vote; and

 

- Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation the net assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the Common Stock shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests.

 

C. Reverse Split.

 

Reverse Split.  Simultaneously with the effective date of this Amendment (the “Effective Time”) each ten (10) shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Common Stock”) shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be reclassified as and changed, pursuant to a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”), into one (1) share of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock (the “New Common Stock”), subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below.  Each holder of shares which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Old Common Stock (“Old Shares,” whether one or more) shall be entitled to receive upon surrender of such Old Shares to the Corporation’s transfer agent for cancellation, New Common Stock or certificates representing the number of whole shares of the New Common Stock into and for which the shares of the Old Shares so surrendered are reclassified under the terms hereof.  From and after the Effective Time, Old Shares shall thereupon be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of New Common Stock in the appropriately reduced whole number of shares.  No fractional shares or certificates of fractional share interests in New Common Stock will be issued, and no cash payments will be made therefore.  In lieu of any fraction of a share of New Common Stock to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the holder will receive one (1) whole share of the Corporation’s New Common Stock.  If more than one (1) Old Certificate shall be surrendered at one time for the account of the same Shareholder, the number of full shares of New Common Stock to be issued shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Old Shares represented by the Old Certificates so surrendered.  In the event that the Corporation’s transfer agent determines that a holder of Old Shares has not surrendered all of his Old Shares for exchange, the transfer agent shall carry forward any fractional share until all Old Shares of that holder have been presented for exchange such that consideration for fractional shares for any one person shall not exceed the value of one (1) share of New Common Stock.  If any New Certificate is to be issued such certificates must be submitted to the Board of Directors for their approval, in their discretion.  In addition, if shares of New Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the one in which the Old Shares were issued, the Old Shares so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and the stock transfer tax stamps, if any, shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and the person or persons requesting such exchange shall affix any requisite stock or transfer tax stamps to the Old Shares surrendered, or provide funds for their purchase, or establish to the satisfaction of the transfer agent that such taxes are not payable.  From and after the Effective Time, the amount of capital shall be represented by the shares of the New Common Stock into which and for which the shares of the Old Shares are reclassified, until thereafter reduced or increased in accordance with applicable law.  All references elsewhere in these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to the “Common Stock” shall, after the Effective Time, refer to the “New Common Stock.”  The filing of the Amendment shall not cause any change in the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding at the time the Amendment is filed.

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Article III.

Legal Adoption

 

The execution, filing and performance of this Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.  

Article IV.

Election of Directors

 

1. Governing Board The governing board of the Corporation shall be styled as a "Board of Directors", and any member of said Board shall be styled as a "Director."  

 

2. Number.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.  The total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed and may be altered from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by the Board of Directors, but shall not be less than one.

 

3. Vacancies.  Except as otherwise provided for herein, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause, may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors.  Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the newly created directorship or for the directorship in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal.  Subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

4. Removal of Directors.  Except as otherwise provided in any Preferred Stock Designation, any director may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, voting together as a single class.

 

Article V.

Personal Liability

 

Except as otherwise provided in the NRS, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his capacity as a director or officer; provided, however, that this Article shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer to the extend prohibited by the NRS

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If the NRS is amended after the date of filing of these Articles of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of a director, then the liability of the directors of the Corporation shall be limited or eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended, or a similar successor provision.  Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the Corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

Article VI.

Indemnification

 

1. Discretionary Indemnification.  (a) The Corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he: (i) is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the NRS; or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the NRS or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

(b) The Corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation.  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he: (i) is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the NRS; or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.  Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the Corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the courts deem proper.

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2. Determination of Discretionary Indemnification.  Any discretionary indemnification pursuant to Section 1 of this Article VI, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to this Section 2, may be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances.  The determination must be made:

 

(a) By the stockholders; or

(b) By the Board of Directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding; or

(c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

(d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the Corporation as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

Article VII.

Purchase of Shares

 

The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, from time to time, and at its discretion, cause the Corporation to purchase its own shares and such shares may be reissued by the Corporation.

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Article VIII.

Amendment of Corporate Documents

 

1. Articles of Incorporation.  Whenever any vote of the holders of voting shares of the capital stock of the Corporation is required by law to amend, alter, repeal or rescind any provision of these Articles of Incorporation, such alteration, amendment, repeal or rescission of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting shares of capital stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, repeal or rescind any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Nevada at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to these Articles of Incorporation in their present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

2. Bylaws.  In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, any change of the Bylaws may be adopted either (a) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, or (b) by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting shares of capital stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.

Article IX.

Application of NRS

 

These Articles of Incorporation expressly provide that the Corporation shall not be governed by Sections 78.411 to 78.444 of the NRS, inclusive.

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Article X.

Board Changes to Articles

 

The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to make Non-Material changes to these Articles of Incorporation and to take any and all actions without shareholder approval, which are allowed by the General Corporation Law of the state of Nevada.  “Non-Material” for the purpose of this paragraph shall be construed to mean a change that does not affect the rights or benefits of the shareholders.

 

Article XI.

Existence

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

Article XII.

Meeting of Stockholders

 

Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholder Meetings”) may be held within or without the State of Nevada.  Special Stockholder Meetings may be called only by (a) the Chairman of the Board, (b) the Chief Executive Officer, (c) the President, (d) the holders of at least 10 percent of all of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote at the proposed special meeting, or (e) the Board of Directors pursuant to a duly adopted resolution. Special Stockholder Meetings may not be called by any other person or persons or in any other manner.  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

These resolutions are declared on April ____, 2020 and shall be effective on filing with the Secretary of State of Nevada.

 

 

Anthony Lombardo

President

 

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Exhibit 99

PLAN OF RECAPITALIZATION

 

On April _____, 2020 the Board of Directors of Gryphon Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a resolution declaring it to be in the best interest of the Company and its Shareholders to effectuate a 10-to-1 reverse split of the Company’s Common Stock.  In furtherance of that Plan, the Board of Directors hereby submits to the Shareholders of the Company (“Shareholders”) for their approval, the following Plan of Recapitalization:

 

1. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation.  Subject to approval by the Company’s Shareholders, and subject to the terms of Section 2 and Section 6 of this Plan of Recapitalization, the Company shall file Articles of Amendment (“Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of Nevada which shall amend and restate the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, by adding the following paragraph, which will become paragraph 3 A. of Article III, as appropriate:

 

Reverse Split.  Simultaneously with the effective date of this Amendment (the “Effective Time”) each of ten (10) shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Common Stock”) shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be reclassified as and changed, pursuant to a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”), into one (1) share of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (the “New Common Stock”), subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below.  Each holder of shares which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Old Common Stock (“Old Shares,” whether one or more) shall be entitled to receive upon surrender of such Old Shares to the Company’s transfer agent for cancellation, New Common Stock or certificates representing the number of whole shares of the New Common Stock into and for which the shares of the Old Shares so surrendered are reclassified under the terms hereof.  From and after the Effective Time, Old Shares shall thereupon be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of New Common Stock in the appropriately reduced whole number of shares.  No fractional shares or certificates of fractional share interests in New Common Stock will be issued to shareholders who own fewer than 10 common shares immediately prior to the Effective Time.  Instead of issuing fractional shares to such holders, such fractional shares shall be rounded up to one whole share of common stock.  If any New Certificate is to be issued such certificates must be submitted to the Board of Directors for their approval, in their discretion.  In addition, if shares of New Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the one in which the Old Shares were issued, the Old Shares so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and the stock transfer tax stamps, if any, shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and the person or persons requesting such exchange shall affix any requisite stock or transfer tax stamps to the Old Shares surrendered, or provide funds for their purchase, or establish to the satisfaction of the transfer agent that such taxes are not payable.  From and after the Record Date, the amount of capital shall be represented by the shares of the New Common Stock into which and for which the Old Shares are reclassified, without increasing or decreasing the amount of stated capital or paid in surplus of the Company.  All references elsewhere in the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to the “Common Stock” shall, after the Effective Time, refer to the “New Common Stock.”  The filing of the Amendment shall not cause any change in the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding at the time the Amendment is filed.

 

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2.  Reverse Split.  Immediately upon the effective date of the Articles of Amendment (the “Effective Date”), each ten (10) currently outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Old Common Stock”) shall be converted into one (1) post-Reverse Split fully paid and non-assessable share of the Company’s common stock (the “New Common Stock”).

 

3. No Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not issue any fractional shares.  Instead, Shareholders holding fewer than 10 shares immediately prior the Effective Time will be rounded up and issued one whole share of common stock to each holder of fewer than 10 common shares immediately prior to the reverse split date.  From and after the Effective Date, Old Common Stock shall be deemed to represent only the right to receive New Common Stock in lieu of any fractional share of New Common Stock to which an individual Shareholder would be entitled.

 

4. Exchange of Old Certificates.  As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Company shall notify its Shareholders and ask them to surrender their Old Common Stock to the Company’s transfer agent so that the appropriate number of shares of New Common Stock in lieu of any fractional share, may be exchanged therefore.  Until so surrendered, each ten (10) outstanding shares of Old Common Stock shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence the ownership of one (1) share of New Common Stock, subject to the effect of the forward split.

 

5. No Effect.  This Plan of Recapitalization shall have no effect on any other class of stock of the Company issued and outstanding, if any, or the surplus or the paid in capital of the Company.

 

6. Directors Abandon Plan.  The Directors are authorized to abandon the Reverse Split set forth in this Plan of Recapitalization and Amendment at any time prior to the Effective Date, whether before or after approval of the Shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Authorized and accepted on the date first above written by the Board of Directors.

 

 

                   

Anthony Lombardo, President

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