UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2011 (February 9, 2011)
 

WES Consulting, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
 
Florida
 
000-53314
 
59-3581576
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2745 Bankers Industrial Drive
Atlanta, GA 30360
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(770) 246-6400  
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On February 19, 2011, the Board of Directors of WES Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Fyodor Petrenko, age 43, as a Director of the Company, which filled an existing vacancy on the Board. Mr. Petrenko will continue to serve in his position as Executive Vice President for the Company.

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2011 in connection with the acquisition of Web Merchants, Inc. (“WMI”) on January 27, 2011, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Petrenko as Executive Vice President.  Mr.Petrenko co-founded WMI in 2002 and has served as its President since then.  Prior to then, Mr. Petrenko was the head of investment banking with Media-Most, an international multimedia holding company based in Russia.  Mr. Petrenko holds a PhD in Physics from Moscow State University and MS degree in Finance from CUNY (Baruch).

Voting Rights Agreement
 
January 27, 2011, the Company’s President and CEO, Louis Friedman, entered into a Voting Rights Agreement with the Company and Fyodor Petrenko.  Pursuant to the terms of the Voting Rights Agreement, while Mr. Petrenko and Mr. Friedman own 50% or more of their current holdings, the other party agrees to vote for the election of the other to the Company’s Board of Directors and to elect certain other mutually agreed upon nominees to the Board.  Furthermore, they are prevented, in their capacities as directors and shareholders, from acting on certain transactions without the affirmative vote of the other.

The foregoing description of the Voting Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting Rights Agreement which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2011, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
 
On February 18, 2011, the Company filed an Article of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation, effective February 9, 2011, to increase the number of shares of capital stock to 185,000,000 of which 10,000,000 shares shall be designated Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value.  A copy of the Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation to create a class of preferred stock titled Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.  A copy of the Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. These actions were both approved by the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the shareholders on October 20, 2009.



 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exh. No.
 
Description
     
3.1
 
Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of WES Consulting, Inc.
4.1
 
Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of WES Consulting, Inc.
 
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
WES Consulting, Inc.
(Registrant)
     
Date: February 22, 2011
By:
/s/ Louis S. Friedman
   
Louis S. Friedman
Chief Executive Officer and President

 


EXHIBIT 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED
AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF WES CONSULTING, INC.

Pursuant to Section 607.1006 of the Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida, the undersigned, being a Director and the CEO of WES Consulting, Inc. (hereinafter the “Corporation”), a Florida corporation, does hereby certify as follows:

FIRST : The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation were filed with the Secretary of State of Florida on February 25, 1999 (Document No. P99000018914), and Amended and Restated as filed with the Secretary of State on September 6, 2006 (collectively the “Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation”).

SECOND : This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved and adopted by all of the Directors of the Corporation on October 20, 2009 and by a majority of its shareholders on October 20, 2009. To effect the foregoing, the text of Article III of the Articles of Incorporation are hereby deleted and replaced in their entirety as follows:
 
 “ARTICLE III
CAPITAL STOCK

A. The maximum number of shares that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue and have outstanding at any one time shall be one hundred and eighty five million (185,000,000) shares, of which:

(i) Ten Million (10,000,000) shares shall be designated Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value. The Board of Directors of the Corporation, by resolution or resolutions, at any time and from time to time, shall be authorized to divide and establish any or all of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock into one or more series and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to fix and determine the designation of each such share, the number of shares which shall constitute such series and certain preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each series so established.

(ii) One Hundred Seventy Five Million (175,000,000) shares shall be designated Common Stock, $0.01 par value. Each issued and outstanding share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the shareholders and shall be eligible for dividends when, and if, declared by the Board of Directors;

B. The Board of Directors has by resolution designated four million three hundred thousand (4,300,000) shares of Preferred stock Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and having such rights and preferences as set forth in the Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of WES Consulting, Inc. attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.”

THIRD : The foregoing amendments were adopted by all of the Directors on October 20, 2009 and by the majority holders of the Common stock of the Corporation pursuant to the Florida Business Corporation Act on October 20, 2009. Therefore, the number of votes cast for the amendment to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation was sufficient for approval.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation this 8th day of February, 2011.

WES Consulting, Inc.
     
By:
/s/ Louis S. Friedman
 
Name:
Louis S. Friedman
Chief Executive Officer
 
     






EXHIBIT 4.1

  Exhibit A
Designation of Rights and Preferences
of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
of
WES Consulting, Inc.

WES Consulting, Inc. (the “Corporation”) is authorized to issue ten million (10,000,000) shares of $0.0001 par value preferred stock, none of which has been issued or is currently outstanding. The preferred stock may be issued by the Board of Directors at such times and with such rights, designations, preferences and other terms, as may be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, at the time of issuance. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined to issue a class of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value and to designate such class as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the   Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” ) initially consisting of four million three hundred thousand (4,300,000) shares which shall have the rights, preferences, privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as follows:
 
(A).       Liquidation Rights.

 
(i)
Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, the holders of the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company (whether representing capital or surplus), before any payment or distribution shall be made on the Common Stock, or upon any other class or series of stock ranking junior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights or dividends, $0.232 for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, plus any dividends declared but unpaid thereon.
 
 
(ii)
Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section (A)(i) above, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its shareholders shall be distributed among the holders of the shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.
 
 
(iii)
If the assets distributable on any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to permit the payment to the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts attributable thereto, then the entire assets of the Company shall be distributed among the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ratably, in proportion to the respective amounts the holders of such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive if they were paid in full all preferential amounts.
 
 
(iv)
Written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, stating a payment date or dates, the aggregate amount of all payments to be made, and the place where said sums shall be payable shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to the holders of record of all shareholders of the Company, such notice to be addressed to each holder at his post office address as shown by the records of the Company.  A consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Company or Companies not owned or controlled by the Company and in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or the sale or transfer by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business of the Company for purposes hereof.
 
 
(v)
In the event of a partial liquidation, distribution of assets shall be made so as to give effect to the foregoing provisions. In the event some or all of the proceeds from a liquidation, dissolution or winding up consist of property other than cash, then for purposes of making distributions, the fair value of such non-cash property shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
 
 
 

 

 
(B).        Voting Rights.  Each issued and outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Share shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the result of: (i) the number of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Shares”) issued and outstanding at the time of such vote multiplied by 1.01; divided by (ii) the total number of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares issued and outstanding at the time of such vote. At each meeting of shareholders of the Company with respect to any and all matters presented to the shareholders of the Company for their action or consideration, including the election of directors, holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares shall vote together with the holders of Common Shares as a single class.

(C).        Conversion.

 
(i)
The holder of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to convert each such stock into one share of fully paid and non-assessable Common Stock of the Corporation as hereinafter provided.  Such conversion right shall vest and shall first be available on July 1, 2011.
 
 
(ii)
Any holder of one or more shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock electing to convert any or all of such shares into Common Stock shall surrender the certificate or certificates evidencing such shares at the principal office of the Corporation, at any time during its usual business hours, and shall simultaneously with such surrender give written notice of his or its intention to convert, stating therein the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) of the registered holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in which the certificate or certificates for Common Stock shall be issued.  Each certificate evidencing shares so surrendered shall be duly endorsed to the Corporation by means of signatures which shall be guaranteed by either a national bank or a member of a national securities exchange.
 

 
(iii)
Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of receipt by the Corporation of the certificate or certificates (endorsed as herein above provided) representing the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted and receipt by the Corporation of written notice, as above prescribed; and after such receipt, the person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock.

 
(iv)
Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing shares in the Corporation and, in the case of such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, or in the case of any such mutilation, upon the surrender of such certificate for cancellation, the Corporation, will execute and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new certificate for such shares.

 
(v)
As promptly as practicable after surrender and notice as herein above provided, the Corporation shall issue and deliver, or cause to be issued and delivered, to the holder of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion: (a) a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has been converted; and (b) if necessary in the case of a conversion of less than all of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holder, a new certificate or certificates representing the unconverted shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 
(vi)
Cash dividends declared but theretofore unpaid on the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so converted after the record date for such dividend shall instead be paid on the shares of Common Stock into which such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has been converted, pro rata, at such time as cash dividends shall be paid to record holders of the Common Stock generally.

 
(vi)
All shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at any time converted as herein provided shall be forthwith permanently retired and cancelled and shall under no circumstances be reissued.


 
 

 

(D).        Protective Provisions.  At any time when shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or the Articles of Incorporation) the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) separately as a class:
 
 
(i)
liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the Corporation, effect any deemed liquidation event, or consent to any of the foregoing;

 
(ii)
create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock  or increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

(E).         Status of Reacquired Shares. Shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which have been issued and reacquired in any manner shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Florida) have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issuable in series undesignated as to series and may be re-designated and re-issued.