UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 reported): May 30, 2017

 

Turbine Truck Engines, Inc.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

333-109118

 

59-3691650

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

11120 NE 2nd Street, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98004

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(206) 617-9797

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.)

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 
 
 
 

 

Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

 

On May 31, 2017, the Board of Directors of Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the engagement of Warren Averett, LLC (“Warren Averett”) as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm.

 

Warren Averett’s reports on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Furthermore, during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and through May 31, 2017, there have been no disagreements with Warren Averett on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Warren Averett’s satisfaction, would have caused Warren Averett to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods.

 

Except as set forth below, for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and through May 31, 2017, there were no “reportable events” as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. In connection with its audit of the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, Warren Averett reported the existence of a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to the Company’s Board of Directors. The ineffectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was due to the following material weakness which the Company identified in its internal control over financial reporting: a lack of formalized controls and procedures as well as a lack of segregation of duties, as well as the absence of an independent audit committee chair, resulting from the Company's limited resources. This material weakness has not been corrected.

 

The Company provided Warren Averett with a copy of the disclosure contained herein, prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and requested that Warren Averett furnish the Company a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether or not it agreed with the statements herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. Warren Averett’s letter to the Commission is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1.

 

(b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Accounting Firm

 

On May 31, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed AJ Robbins CPA, LLC (“AJ Robbins”) as the Company’s new independent registered accounting firm. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and through May 31, 2017, neither the Company nor anyone acting on the Company’s behalf consulted AJ Robbins with respect to any of the matters or reportable events set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

 
 
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On May 30, 2017, Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (the “Company”) filed amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Articles”) with the Nevada Secretary of State. Among other things, the Amended and Restated Articles changes the Company’s corporate name from Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. to Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. The Amended and Restated Articles will be effective on June 9, 2017. The corporate name change will be effective on the later of (i) June 9, 2017 and (ii) approval of the corporate name change by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles clarify that, to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law, and subject to any rights given to any class of Preferred Stock as to a vote by such class of Preferred Stock, as a class, thereon, the Company may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board and without obtaining approval of the stockholders of the Company, increase or decrease the number of issued and outstanding shares of a class or series of its authorized capital stock held by each stockholder of record of such class or series without correspondingly increasing or decreasing the number of authorized shares of such class or series. The resolution may, but is not required to, also provide for an increase or decrease of the number of authorized shares of such class or series in either a corresponding or disproportionate ratio to the increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of such class or series. The resolution may also provide for a change of the par value, if any, of the same class or series of the shares increased or decreased. An increase or decrease of the number of issued and outstanding shares of a class or series of authorized capital stock does not have to be approved by either (a) the vote of stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of the affected class or series, or (b) the vote of the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of any class or series whose preference or rights are adversely affected by the increase or decrease. In addition to the rights of the Company above, the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may also be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock of the Company, subject to any rights given to any class of Preferred Stock as to a vote by such class of Preferred Stock, as a class, thereon.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles also clarify that the Company’s stockholders do not have preemptive or other rights, and there is no cumulative voting.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that, subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, holders of common stock shall be entitled to receive such cash dividends as may be declared thereon by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) from time to time out of assets of funds of the Company legally available therefore. The Board may issue shares of common stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of common stock.

 

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions pertaining to the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, shall be such as may be fixed, from time to time, by the Board in its sole discretion, authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board. The authority of the Board with respect to each such series of Preferred Stock will include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of any or all of the following:

 

 

(i) The number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the shares of such series from the shares of all other series;

 

 

 

 

(ii) the voting powers, if any, of the shares of such series and whether such voting powers are full or limited;

 

 

 

 

(iii) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including the redemption price or prices to be paid;

 

 

 

 

(iv) whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or noncumulative, the dividend rate or rates of such series and the dates and preferences of dividends on such series;

 

 

 

 

(v) the rights of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Company;

 

 
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(vi) the provisions, if any, pursuant to which the shares of such series are convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other security, of the Company or any other corporation or other entity, and the rates or other determinants of conversion or exchange applicable thereto;

 

 

 

 

(vii) the right, if any, to subscribe for or to purchase any securities of the Company or any other corporation or other entity;

 

 

 

 

(viii) the provisions, if any, of a sinking fund applicable to such series; and

 

 

 

 

(ix) any other relative, participating, optional or other powers, preferences or rights, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that the Board may from time to time authorize by resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the authorized common stock and Preferred Stock for such purposes, in such amounts, to such persons, corporations, or entities, for such consideration and in the case of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, all as the Board in its discretion may determine and without any vote or other action by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by law. The Board, from time to time, also may authorize, by resolution, options, warrants and other rights convertible into common stock or Preferred Stock (collectively, “securities”). The Board may issue shares of common stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the common stock only to the then holders of the outstanding shares of the common stock.

 

Except as otherwise required by Nevada law, the Amended and Restated Articles, or any designation for a class of Preferred Stock (which may provide that an alternate vote is required), (i) all shares of capital stock of the Company shall vote together as one class on all mattes submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company; and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock entitled to vote in connection with the applicable matter shall be required for approval of such matter. Notwithstanding anything in the Amended and Restated Articles to the contrary, the common stock will not be entitled to vote on any amendment to a certificate of designations for any class of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on the amendment.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect the bylaws of the Company. The Bylaws may also be adopted, repealed, rescinded, altered or amended in any respect by the stockholders of the Company, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 51% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock, regardless of class and voting together as a single voting class.

 

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board. As of May 30, 2017, the Board shall consist of three persons, who shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that no contract or transaction between this Company and any of its directors, or between this Company and any other corporation, firm, association, or other legal entity shall be invalidated by reason of the fact that the director of the Company has a direct or indirect interest, pecuniary or otherwise, in such corporation, firm, association, or legal entity, or because the interested director was present at the meeting of the Board which acted upon or in reference to such contract or transaction, or because he participated in such action, provided that: (1) the interest of each such director shall have been disclosed to or known by the Board and a disinterested majority of the Board shall have, nonetheless, ratified and approved such contract or transaction (such interested director or directors may be counted in determining whether a quorum is present for the meeting at which such ratification or approval is given); or (2) the conditions of Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.140 are met.

 

 
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Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, except as otherwise required by applicable law, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided, however, that each director shall serve until their successor is elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director, and additional directors, elected in connection with rights to elect such additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, shall serve for such term or terms and pursuant to such other provisions as are specified in the resolution of the Board establishing such class or series. Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, or any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, removal, or other causes, shall be filled solely by the quorum of the Board. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s death, resignation or removal, whichever first occurs.

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, any director may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote. Failure of an incumbent director to be nominated to serve an additional term of office shall not be deemed a removal from office requiring any stockholder vote.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effective at a duly called annual meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company, unless such action requiring or permitting stockholder approval is approved by a majority of the directors, in which case such action may be authorized or taken by the written consent of the holders of outstanding shares of voting stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of stockholders at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

 

Special meetings of the stockholders of the Company for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a majority of the Board. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles clarify that the private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever and the stockholders shall not be personally liable for the payment of the Company’s debts.

 

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, the Company reserves the right to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect any provision contained in the Amended and Restated Articles in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by applicable law and all rights conferred on stockholders herein granted subject to this reservation. Common stock shall have no right to vote on powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions (collectively, the “Preferences”) pertaining to any class of Preferred Stock, or on any amendment to the Preferences pertaining to any class of Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof, even if the holders of such class of Preferred Stock or any other class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote thereon. No class of Preferred Stock shall have any right to vote on the Preferences pertaining to any other class of Preferred Stock, or any amendment to the Preferences pertaining to such other class of Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof, even if the holders of such other class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote thereon, provided, however, that the class of Preferred Stock as to which the Preferences are being amended shall have the right to vote on such amendment as set forth in the designation thereof.
 

 
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The Amended and Restated Articles provide that no director shall have personal liability to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officers involving any act or omission of any such director or officer. The foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s fiduciary duties to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or, which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under applicable sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes, including Section 78.138(7), (iv) the payment of dividends in violation of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or (v) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Nevada Revised Statutes is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes as so amended.

 

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, each person (including here and hereinafter, the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of such person) (1) who is or was a director or officer of the Company or who is or was serving at the request of the Company in the position of a director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (2) who is or was an agent or employee (other than an officer) of the Company and as to whom the Company has agreed to grant such indemnity, shall be indemnified by the Company as of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by current or future legislation or by current or future judicial or administrative decision (but, in the case of any future legislation or decision, only to the extent that it permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to the legislation or decision), against all fines, liabilities, settlements, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, asserted against him or incurred by him in his capacity as such director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee, or arising out of his status as such director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any such person against any such fine, liability, cost or expense, including attorney’s fees, whether or not the Company would have the legal power to directly indemnify him against such liability.

 

The rights granted under the Amended and Restated Articles shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advancement of expenses”); except that, if the Nevada Revised Statutes so requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an beneficiary in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such beneficiary, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such beneficiary, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such beneficiary is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company or an administrator or fiduciary with respect to any employee benefit plan to the fullest extent with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Company.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles provide that the Company elects not to be governed by (i) the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive (control share acquisition exemption) and (ii) the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 78.411 through 78.444, inclusive (combinations with interested stockholders).

 

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (iii) an action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state or federal court located within the state of Nevada, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.

 

If any action is brought by any party against another party, relating to or arising out of the Amended and Restated Articles, or the enforcement hereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the prosecution or defense of such action.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles were approved by the Company’s board of directors and the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company, as required, on May 26, 2017.

 

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Articles is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Articles, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant.

 

 

 

16.1

Letter of Warren Averett, LLC to the Commission dated June 1, 2017.

 

 
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SIGNATURE

 

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. 

 

  Turbine Truck Engines, Inc.
       
Dated: June 5, 2017 By: /s/ Christopher David

 

 

Christopher David  
   

President

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 3.1

 

 

 

 

BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE
Secretary of State

202 North Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701-4201
(775) 684-5708

Website: www.nvsos.gov

 

Certificate to Accompany
Restated Articles or
Amended and Restated Articles
(PURSUANT TO NRS)

 

 

 

 

USE BLACK INK ONLY - DO NOT HIGHLIGHT

ABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY                  

 

This Form is to Accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

(Pursuant to NRS 78.403, 82.371, 86.221, 87A, 88.355 or 88A.250)

 

(This Form is also to be used to accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles for Limited-Liability

Companies, Certificates of Limited Partnership, Limited- Liability Limited Partnerships and Business Trusts)

 

1. Name of Nevada entity as last recorded in this office:

Turbine Truck Engines, Inc.

 

2. The articles are: (mark only one box)

¨ Restated

x Amended and Restated

Please entitle your attached articles "Restated" or "Amended and Restated," accordingly.

 

3. Indicate what changes have been made by checking the appropriate box:*

 

 

¨ No amendments; articles are restated only and are signed by an officer of the corporation who has been authorized to execute the certificate by resolution of the board of directors adopted on:

 

 

The certificate correctly sets forth the text of the articles or certificate as amended to the date of the certificate.

 

 

 

 

x  

The entity name has been amended. 

 

 

 

 

¨  

The registered agent has been changed. (attach Certificate of Acceptance from new registered agent)

 

 

 

 

¨

The purpose of the entity has been amended. 

 

 

 

 

¨

The authorized shares have been amended. 

 

 

 

 

x

The directors, managers or general partners have been amended.

 

 

 

 

¨

IRS tax language has been added.

 

 

 

 

x

Articles have been added.

 

 

 

 

¨

Articles have been deleted.

 

 

 

 

x

Other. The articles or certificate have been amended as follows: (provide article numbers, if available)

 

 

 

 

Section 4 Capital Stock       Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is being removed..

  

4. Effective date and time of filing: (optional)

Date:  June 9, 2017

Time: 

(must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed)

 

• This form is to accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles which contain newly altered or amended articles. The Restated Articles must contain all of the requirements as set forth in the statutes for amending or altering the articles for certificates.

 

IMPORTANT: Failure to include any of the above information and submit with the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected.

 

This form mus t be accompanied by appropriate fees .

Nevada Secretary of State Restated Articles

  Revised: 1-5-15

    

 
 
 
 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

TURBINE TRUCK ENGINES, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 78.403 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), Turbine Truck Engines, Inc., a Nevada corporation, hereby amends and restates its Articles of Incorporation in their entirety as follows:

 

Section 1. Name . The name of the corporation is Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Section 2. Registered Office and Agent . The and address of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Nevada is Paracorp Incorporated, 318 N. Carson St. #208, Carson City, NV 89701. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may from time to time change the registered agent and registered address of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the NRS.

 

Section 3. Purpose and Business . The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the NRS, including, but not limited to the following:

 

(a) The Corporation may at any time exercise such rights, privileges, and powers, when not inconsistent with the purposes and object for which this Corporation is organized.

 

(b) The Corporation shall have power to have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity, or until dissolved and its affairs wound up according to law;

 

(c) The Corporation shall have power to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity.

 

(d) The Corporation shall have power to make contracts.

 

(e) The Corporation shall have power to hold, purchase and convey real and personal estate and to mortgage or lease any such real and personal estate with its franchises. The power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by devise or bequest in the State of Nevada, or in any other state, territory or country.

 

(f) The Corporation shall have power to appoint such officers and agents as the affairs of the Corporation shall requite and allow them suitable compensation.

 

(g) The Corporation shall have power to make bylaws not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Nevada, for the management, regulation and government of its affairs and property, the transfer of its stock, the transaction of its business and the calling and holding of meetings of stockholders.

 

(h) The Corporation shall have the power to wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up or dissolved.

 

(i) The Corporation shall have the power to adopt and use a common seal or stamp, or to not use such seal or stamp and if one is used, to alter the same. The use of a seal or stamp by the Corporation on any corporate documents is not necessary. The Corporation may use a seal or stamp, if it desires, but such use or non-use shall not in any way affect the legality of the document.

 

(j) The Corporation shall have the power to borrow money and contract debts when necessary for the transaction of its business, or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchises, or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to issue bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidence of indebtedness, payable at a specified time or times, or payable upon the happening of a specified event or events, whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, or unsecured, for money borrowed, or in payment for property purchased, or acquired, or for another lawful object.

 

 

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(k) The Corporation shall have the power to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidence in indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations in the State of Nevada, or any other state or government and, while the owner of such stock, bonds, securities or evidence of indebtedness, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote, if any.

 

(l) The Corporation shall have the power to purchase, hold, sell and transfer shares of its own capital stock and use therefore its capital, capital surplus, surplus or other property or fund.

 

(m) The Corporation shall have the power to conduct business, have one or more offices and hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property in the State of Nevada and in any of the several states, territories, possessions and dependencies of the United States, the District of Columbia and in any foreign country.

 

(n) The Corporation shall have the power to do all and everything necessary and proper for the accomplishment of the objects enumerated in these Articles of Incorporation, or any amendments thereof, or necessary or incidental to the protection and benefit of the Corporation and, in general, to carry on any lawful business necessary or incidental to the attainment of the purposes of the Corporation, whether or not such business is similar in nature to the purposes set forth in these Articles of Incorporation, or any amendment thereof.

 

(o) The Corporation shall have the power to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific or educational purposes.

 

(p) The Corporation shall have the power to enter partnerships, general or limited, or joint ventures, in connection with any lawful activities.

 

Section 4. Capital Stock .

 

(a) Classes and Number of Shares . The total number of shares of all classes of stock, which the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be 500,000,000 shares, of which 499,000,000 shares shall be common stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

(b) Adjustments . To the maximum extent permitted by the NRS, and subject to any rights given to any class of Preferred Stock as to a vote by such class of Preferred Stock, as a class, thereon, the Corporation may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board and without obtaining approval of the stockholders of the Corporation, increase or decrease the number of issued and outstanding shares of a class or series of its authorized capital stock held by each stockholder of record of such class or series without correspondingly increasing or decreasing the number of authorized shares of such class or series. The resolution may, but is not required to, also provide for an increase or decrease of the number of authorized shares of such class or series in either a corresponding or disproportionate ratio to the increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of such class or series. The resolution may also provide for a change of the par value, if any, of the same class or series of the shares increased or decreased. An increase or decrease of the number of issued and outstanding shares of a class or series of authorized capital stock does not have to be approved by either (a) the vote of stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of the affected class or series, or (b) the vote of the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of any class or series whose preference or rights are adversely affected by the increase or decrease. In addition to the rights of the Corporation above, the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may also be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock of the Corporation, subject to any rights given to any class of Preferred Stock as to a vote by such class of Preferred Stock, as a class, thereon.

 

 

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(c) Powers and Rights of Common Stock .

 

 

(i) Preemptive Right . No stockholders of the Corporation holding Common Stock shall have any preemptive or other right to subscribe for any additional unissued or treasury shares of stock or for other securities of any class, or for rights, warrants or options to purchase stock, or for scrip, or for securities of any kind convertible into stock or carrying stock purchase warrants or privileges unless so authorized by the Corporation.

 

 

 

 

(ii) Voting Rights and Powers . With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote or to which stockholders are entitled to give consent, the holders of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to cast thereon one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock standing in his/her name.

 

 

 

 

(iii) Dividends and Distributions .

 

 

(1) Cash Dividends . Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such cash dividends as may be declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of assets of funds of the Corporation legally available therefore; and

 

 

 

 

(2) Other Dividends and Distributions . The Board may issue shares of the Common Stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the Common Stock.

 

 

(iv) Other Rights . Except as otherwise required by the NRS and as may otherwise be provided in these Articles of Incorporation, each share of the Common Stock shall have identical powers, preferences and rights, including rights in liquidation.

 

(d) Classes of Preferred Stock . The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions pertaining to the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, shall be such as may be fixed, from time to time, by the Board in its sole discretion, authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board. As of the date hereof there are no classes of Preferred Stock designated, authorized, issued or outstanding. The authority of the Board with respect to each such series of Preferred Stock will include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of any or all of the following:

 

 

(i) The number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the shares of such series from the shares of all other series;

 

 

 

 

(ii) the voting powers, if any, of the shares of such series and whether such voting powers are full or limited;

 

 

 

 

(iii) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including the redemption price or prices to be paid;

 

 

 

 

(iv) whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or noncumulative, the dividend rate or rates of such series and the dates and preferences of dividends on such series;

 

 

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(v) the rights of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

 

 

 

 

(vi) the provisions, if any, pursuant to which the shares of such series are convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity, and the rates or other determinants of conversion or exchange applicable thereto;

 

 

 

 

(vii) the right, if any, to subscribe for or to purchase any securities of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity;

 

 

 

 

(viii) the provisions, if any, of a sinking fund applicable to such series; and

 

 

 

 

(ix) any other relative, participating, optional or other powers, preferences or rights, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series.

 

(e) Issuance of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock . The Board may from time to time authorize by resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock herein authorized in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in these Articles of Incorporation for such purposes, in such amounts, to such persons, corporations, or entities, for such consideration and in the case of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, all as the Board in its discretion may determine and without any vote or other action by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by law. The Board, from time to time, also may authorize, by resolution, options, warrants and other rights convertible into Common or Preferred stock (collectively “securities”). The securities must be issued for such consideration, including cash, property, or services, as the Board may deem appropriate, subject to the requirement that the value of such consideration be no less than the par value of the shares issued. Any shares issued for which the consideration so fixed has been paid or delivered shall be fully paid stock and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further call or assessment or any other payment thereon, provided that the actual value of such consideration is not less that the par value of the shares so issued. The Board may issue shares of the Common Stock in the form of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the Common Stock only to the then holders of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock.

 

(f) Cumulative Voting . Except as otherwise required by applicable law, there shall be no cumulative voting on any matter brought to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(g) One Class . Except as otherwise required by the NRS, these Articles of Incorporation, or any designation for a class of Preferred Stock (which may provide that an alternate vote is required), (i) all shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall vote together as one class on all mattes submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation; and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock entitled to vote in connection with the applicable matter shall be required for approval of such matter. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Common Stock will not be entitled to vote on any amendment to a certificate of designations for any class of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on the amendment.

 

Section 5. Adoption of Bylaws . In the furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute and subject to Section 6, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect the bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”).

 

 

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Section 6. Stockholder Amendment of Bylaws . Notwithstanding Section 5, the Bylaws may also be adopted, repealed, rescinded, altered or amended in any respect by the stockholders of the Corporation, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock, regardless of class and voting together as a single voting class.

 

Section 7. Board of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board. As of the date hereof the Board shall consist of three persons, who shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Section 8. Powers of the Board . Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the number of directors of the Corporation may be amended from time to time as set forth in the Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Nevada, the Board is expressly authorized and empowered:

 

(a) To make, alter, amend, and repeal the Bylaws subject to the power of the stockholders to alter or repeal the Bylaws made by the Board;

 

(b) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Bylaws then in effect, to determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to stockholder inspection, provided that no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any of the accounts, books or documents of the Corporation, except as permitted by law, unless and until authorized to do so by resolution of the Board or of the stockholders of the Corporation;

 

(c) To authorize and issue, without stockholder consent, obligations of the Corporation, secured and unsecured, under such terms and conditions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine, and to pledge or mortgage, as security therefore, any real or personal property of the Corporation, including after-acquired property;

 

(d) To determine whether any and, if so, what part of the earned surplus of the Corporation shall be paid in dividends to the stockholders, and to direct and determine other use and disposition of any such earned surplus;

 

(e) To fix, from time to time, the amount of the profits of the Corporation to be reserved as working capital or for any other lawful purpose;

 

(f) To establish bonus, profit-sharing, stock option, or other types of incentive compensation plans for the employees, including officers and directors, of the Corporation, and to fix the amount of profits to be shared or distributed, and to determine the persons to participate in any such plans and the amount of their respective participations;

 

(g) To designate, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, which, to the extent permitted by law and authorized by the resolution or the Bylaws, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board;

 

(h) To provide for the reasonable compensation of its own members by Bylaw, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which such compensation will be paid; and

 

(i) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore, or by statute, expressly conferred upon it, the Board may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada, of these Articles of Incorporation, and of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

  

 

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Section 9. Interested Directors . No contract or transaction between this Corporation and any of its directors, or between this Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association, or other legal entity shall be invalidated by reason of the fact that the director of the Corporation has a direct or indirect interest, pecuniary or otherwise, in such corporation, firm, association, or legal entity, or because the interested director was present at the meeting of the Board which acted upon or in reference to such contract or transaction, or because he participated in such action, provided that: (1) the interest of each such director shall have been disclosed to or known by the Board and a disinterested majority of the Board shall have, nonetheless, ratified and approved such contract or transaction (such interested director or directors may be counted in determining whether a quorum is present for the meeting at which such ratification or approval is given); or (2) the conditions of NRS §78.140 are met.

 

Section 10. Term of Directors . Except as otherwise required by applicable law, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation (the “Annual Meeting”) following the Annual Meeting at which such director was elected. All directors shall have equal standing. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10 each director shall serve until their successor is elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal; no decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director; and additional directors, elected in connection with rights to elect such additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, shall serve for such term or terms and pursuant to such other provisions as are specified in the resolution of the Board establishing such class or series.

 

Section 11. Vacancies on Board . Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, or any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, removal, or other causes, shall be filled solely by the quorum of the Board. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s death, resignation or removal, whichever first occurs.

 

Section 12. Removal of Directors . Except as may otherwise be provided in connection with rights to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, any director may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote. Failure of an incumbent director to be nominated to serve an additional term of office shall not be deemed a removal from office requiring any stockholder vote.

 

Section 13. Stockholder Action . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effective at a duly called Annual Meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, unless such action requiring or permitting stockholder approval is approved by a majority of the Directors, in which case such action may be authorized or taken by the written consent of the holders of outstanding shares of voting stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of stockholders at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, provided all other requirements of applicable law and these Articles of Incorporation have been satisfied.

 

Section 14. Special Stockholder Meeting . Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a majority of the Board. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Each special meeting shall be held at such date and time as is requested by Board, within the limits fixed by law.

 

 

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Section 15. Location of Stockholder Meetings . Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be held within or without the State of Nevada, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision of the NRS) outside the State of Nevada at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws.

 

Section 16. Private Property of Stockholders . The private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever and the stockholders shall not be personally liable for the payment of the Corporation’s debts.

 

Section 17. Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or amend in any respect any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by applicable law and all rights conferred on stockholders herein granted subject to this reservation. Common Stock shall have no right to vote on powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions (collectively, the “Preferences”) pertaining to any class of Preferred Stock, or on any amendment to the Preferences pertaining to any class of Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof, even if the holders of such class of Preferred Stock or any other class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote thereon. No class of Preferred Stock shall have any right to vote on the Preferences pertaining to any other class of Preferred Stock, or any amendment to the Preferences pertaining to such other class of Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof, even if the holders of such other class of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote thereon, provided, however, that the class of Preferred Stock as to which the Preferences are being amended shall have the right to vote on such amendment as set forth in the designation thereof.

 

Section 18. Term of Existence . The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

Section 19. Liability of Directors . No director of this Corporation shall have personal liability to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officers involving any act or omission of any such director or officer. The foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s fiduciary duties to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or, which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under applicable Sections of the NRS, including NRS 78.138(7), (iv) the payment of dividends in violation of the NRS, or (v) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Section 19 by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification. If the NRS is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by the NRS as so amended.

 

Section 20. Indemnification .

 

(a) Each person (including here and hereinafter, the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of such person) (1) who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation in the position of a director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (2) who is or was an agent or employee (other than an officer) of the Corporation and as to whom the Corporation has agreed to grant such indemnity, shall be indemnified by the Corporation as of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by current or future legislation or by current or future judicial or administrative decision (but, in the case of any future legislation or decision, only to the extent that it permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to the legislation or decision), against all fines, liabilities, settlements, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, asserted against him or incurred by him in his capacity as such director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee, or arising out of his status as such director, officer, trustee, partner, agent or employee. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any such person against any such fine, liability, cost or expense, including attorney’s fees, whether or not the Corporation would have the legal power to directly indemnify him against such liability.

 

 

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(b) The rights granted under Section 20(a) shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advancement of expenses”); except that, if the NRS so requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an beneficiary in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such beneficiary, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking , by or on behalf of such beneficiary, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such beneficiary is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 20(b) or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 20 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a beneficiary who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the beneficiary’s heirs, executors and administrators. No amendment to this Section 20 that limits the Corporation’s obligation regarding advancement of expenses shall have any effect on that right for a claim arising out of an act or omission that occurs prior to the date of the amendment.

 

(c) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation or an administrator or fiduciary with respect to any employee benefit plan to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 20 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

(d) Any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section 20 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, these Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(e) If this Section 20 or any portion of it is invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by all portions of this Section 20 that has not been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 21. Transactions with Stockholders.

 

(a) Control Share Acquisition Exemption . The Corporation elects not to be governed by the provisions of NRS §78.378 to NRS §78.3793, inclusive.

 

(b) Combinations with Interested Stockholders . The Corporation elects not to be governed by the provisions of NRS §78.411 through NRS §78.444, inclusive.

 

Section 22. Forum Selection, Attorneys’ Fees .

 

(a) Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) an action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the NRS, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state or federal court located within the state of Nevada, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.

 

 

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(b) If any action is brought by any party against another party, relating to or arising out of these Articles of Incorporation, or the enforcement hereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the prosecution or defense of such action. For purposes of these Articles of Incorporation, the term “attorneys’ fees” or “attorneys’ fees and costs” shall mean the fees and expenses of counsel to the parties hereto, which may include printing, photocopying, duplicating and other expenses, air freight charges, and fees billed for law clerks, paralegals and other persons not admitted to the bar but performing services under the supervision of an attorney, and the costs and fees incurred in connection with the enforcement or collection any judgment obtained in any such proceeding. The provisions of this Section 22 shall survive the entry of any judgment, and shall not merge, or be deemed to have merged, into any judgment.

 

Section 23. Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of these Articles of Incorporation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. have been approved by the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors of Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. on May 26, 2017 and by 84.83% of the total voting power of Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. on May 26, 2017.

 

[Signature appears on following page]

 

 

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In witness whereof, the undersigned has executed these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as of May 26, 2017. 

 

 

Turbine Truck Engines, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher David

 

 

Name:

Christopher David

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 16.1

 

100 S Ashley Drive, Suite 1650

Tampa, FL 33602

813.229.2321

warrenaverett.com

 

June 1, 2017

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of the Chief Accountant

1000 F Street N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re:

Turbine Truck Engines

 

File No. 333-109118

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

We have read Item 4.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (Registrant), dated May 31, 2017, and agree with the statements concerning our Firm set forth under Item 4.01 therein.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Tampa, Florida