Hello JWNers,
Inspired by a post from Tuesday in this thread with this video I decided to go an look for myself, having not noticed this WT scandal before.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922330/000106299302000371/form10k.txt
Interesting reading!
Name Class A Shares Owned Percentage of Class A Shares Owned <S> <C> <C> John G. Robertson, Chairman of the Board 5,781,350 51.22% of Directors, President and Director (1) (2) The Watchtower Society (3) 5,073,200 44.94% James McCann (4) 5,073,200 44.94% Rand Energy Group Inc. (5) 5,073,200 44.94% Jennifer Lorette, Vice President and Director 85,500 * (6) James Vandeberg, Chief Operating Officer 76,000 * and Director (7) Patrick Badgley, Vice President, Research 75,000 * and Development and Director (8) ALL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & 6,017,850 53.31% DIRECTORS AS A GROUP (FOUR INDIVIDUALS) (9) </TABLE> Except as noted below, all shares are held beneficially and of record and each record shareholder has sole voting and investment power. *Less than one percent of the issued and outstanding on July 31, 2002 which was 11,287,935 (1) These individuals may be deemed to be our "parents or founders" as that term is defined in the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. (2) Includes 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. See Note (5) below for an explanation of the beneficial ownership of Rand Energy Group Inc. Mr. Robertson disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares beyond the extent of his pecuniary interest. Also includes 700,000 options that are currently exercisable. Mr. Robertson's address is the same as the Company's. (3) Includes 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. See Note (5) below for an explanation of the beneficial ownership of Rand Energy Group Inc. (4) Includes 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. See Note (5) below for an explanation of the beneficial ownership of Rand Energy Group Inc. (5) Rand Energy Group Inc. is owned 51% by Reg Technologies Inc. and 49% by Rand Cam Engine Corp. Under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both Reg Technologies Inc. and Rand Cam Engine Corp. could be considered the beneficial owner of the 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. Reg Technologies Inc. is a British Columbia corporation listed on the Canadian Venture Exchange that has financed the research on the Rand Cam Engine since 1986. Since October 1984 Mr. Robertson has been President and a Director of Reg Technologies Inc. SMR Investment Ltd., a British Columbia corporation, holds a controlling interest in Reg Technologies Inc. Since May 1977 Mr. Robertson has <PAGE> Page 27 been President and a member of the Board of Directors of SMR Investments Ltd. Susanne M. Robertson, Mr. Robertson's wife, owns SMR Investment Ltd. Accordingly, in Note (2) above, beneficial ownership of the 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. has been attributed to Mr. Robertson. We believe it would be misleading and not provide clear disclosure to list as beneficial owners in the table the other entities and persons discussed in this paragraph, although a strict reading of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 might require each such entity and person to be listed in the beneficial ownership table. Rand Cam Engine Corp. is a privately held company whose stock is reportedly owned 50% by The Watchtower Society, a religious organization, 34% by James McCann and the balance by several other shareholders. Mr. McCann has indicated that he donated the shares held by The Watchtower Society to that organization but has retained a voting proxy for those shares. Accordingly, in Notes (3) and (4) above, beneficial ownership of the 5,073,200 shares registered in the name of Rand Energy Group Inc. has been attributed to The Watchtower Society and Mr. McCann. We believe it would be misleading and not provide clear disclosure to list as beneficial owners in the table the other entities and persons discussed in this paragraph, although a strict reading of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 might require each such entity and person to be listed in the beneficial ownership table.
Pursuant to an agreement dated October 20, 1986 between Reg Tech, Rand Cam Corp. and James McCann, Reg Tech agreed to acquire a 40% voting interest in a new corporation to be incorporated to acquire the rights to the Original Engine. The new corporation was RAND. Reg Tech acquired the 40% voting interest in RAND in consideration of the payment of $250,000. Pursuant to an agreement made as of April 27, 1993 among Reg Tech, Rand Cam Corp., RAND and James McCann, Reg Tech acquired an additional 330,000 shares (11%) of RAND from Rand Cam Corp. to increase its investment to 51%.So not only does a James McCann have a huge amount of shares in this company but he also donated many more to the WTS.Patents U.S. patent No. 5,429,084 was granted on July 4, 1995, to the inventor, Brian Cherry, Patrick Badgley and four other individuals for various improvements incorporated in the RC/DC Engine. The patent has been assigned to us. U.S. Patent 4,401,070 for the Original Engine was issued on August 30, 1983, to James McCann and RAND holds the marketing rights.
No doubt James McCann is a JW.
Also, he holds patents along with the company having invented the engine Rand cam engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why is this so important?
We are currently testing prototypes for several products. Our strategy is to develop engines and compressors for low to medium horsepower applications, then apply the Technology to larger applications. We have licensed the Technology for several projects. The licensee's have agreed to fund their projects for research and development of the specific applications. To date, we have completed three license agreements with Advanced Ceramics for 10 H.P. or less for remote piloted vehicles, a license agreement with Radian MILPARTS for greater than 10 H.P. for military applications and to Rotary Power International for Generator applications.On April 4, 2002 we announced that we signed an agreement to grant a license to Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. ("ACR") for the Rand Cam based motors for 10 H.P. or less for the SBIR No 1-144 Navy Contract for the remote piloted applications. We agreed that a 5 year contract will also be granted to ACR for the Rand Cam concept motors for the commercial and military rights for the applications developed under the Navy contract for 10 H.P or less. We will receive a royalty fee of 5% of the purchase price for the commercial and Navy applications. We also receive 30% of the Navy phase I contract and 50% of <PAGE> Page 11 the phase II contract which is typically $50,000 to $100,000 for Phase I and $500,000 to $750,000 for Phase II. Phase I has been completed by Advanced Ceramics.We are currently making presentations to the U.S. military which could result in additional government funding if the diesel engine prototype meets with its approval.5. Subject to the approval and successful completion of the Phase II SBIR program, REGI U.S., Inc. agrees to grant a five (5) year exclusive license agreement to ACR for commercial and Military rights for the Rand Cam TM motors for the applications developed under this Navy Contract.In short, Rand Cam make a revolutionary rotary engine and they have huge contracts with the US military.Like, Jesus saidJohn 8:32 (New International Version)
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
I subsequently did a search on JWN a found a pile of threads on JWN and also Google.
This one sums it up RandCam Rotary Engine
Blessings,
Stephen