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OFFERING MEMORANDUM
The Issuer
Name: VISIONQUEST
ENTERPRISE GROUP (The “Issuer”) Currently listed or quoted? Yes – TSX Venture Exchange under the trading
symbol VQE The Offering $250,000
You
will be restricted from selling your securities for four months after
the date of issue. See Item 10. Purchaser’s
rights
You have two business days to cancel
your agreement to purchase these securities. If there is a misrepresentation in the Offering
Memorandum, you have the right to sue either for damages or to cancel
this agreement. See item 11. NO
SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS ASSESSED THE MERITS OF THESE SECURITIES
OR REVIEWED THIS OFFERING MEMORANDUM.
ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS AN OFFENCE. THIS IS A RISKY
INVESTMENT. See item 8 ITEM
1. USE OF
PROCEEDS
1.4 Working
Capital Deficiency, Financing and Liquidity – As at June 30, 2004, the Issuer had a current
working capital deficiency of $41,330.
This deficiency is estimated to reach at least $60,000 as at
September 30, 2004. Revenue from product sales generated by the Issuer’s automotive subsidiary,
VQ-Speedi Automotive Inc. (which is the Issuer’s only current source
of revenue) is not, and is not expected to be in the near future, sufficient
to finance the Issuer’s operating expenses and other capital requirements.
Even after this private placement, the Issuer’s unallocated working
capital position will not be strong.
The Issuer will still require additional financing to fund both
administrative expenses and capital requirements for expansion and business
development/acquisition activities.
On
July 27, 2004, 1,064,000 Issuer Units priced at 10 cents per
Unit were issued and distributed pursuant to a $106,400 non-brokered
private placement accepted for filing by the TSX Venture Exchange July
12, 2004. Each Unit consisted of 1,064,000 common shares
with 1,064,000 non-transferable share purchase warrants exercisable
@ 15 cents per share up to July 29, 2005.
The common shares issued and any shares issued on exercise of
the warrants are subject to a hold period expiring November 29, 2004. A finder’s fee equivalent to $2,000 was paid
on $20,000 of the proceeds raised. There
were eleven arm’s length subscribers for $101,400 of this private placement
and one insider (Issuer director) subscriber for $5,000. This private placement enabled the Issuer to
maintain the working capital deficiency within reasonable limits pending
future financing. The
private placement described in this Offering Memorandum is the second
in a planned series of share equity financings, which now may extend
over the next 6-9 months into the 2005 RRSP season.
Proceeds of this second private placement will primarily provide
operations and administrative funding for/through to subsidiary Clear
Wind of Canada Corporation (the newest member of the VisionQuest family
of Companies), continuing the first phase developmental program for
the industry-redefining wind power generation technology being developed
by joint venture partner Clear Power Corporation. It is planned that the Issuer will endeavor
to raise up to an additional $1,150,000 in equity funding during the
coming 6-9 months and is continuing in the process of evaluating the
Flow-Through, VCC, private placement and prospectus alternatives that
are available for the equity funding of this early stage sustainable
resource investment opportunity. The
Issuer is also endeavoring to make arrangements with respect to a number
of potential sources of external financing but the Issuer cannot assure
that it will be successful in securing financing on a timely enough
basis to take advantage of enterprise development opportunities as these
opportunities are developed. This
private placement represents the second in what is expected to be a
series of private placement financings to fund enterprise development
initiatives, including the wind power technology project as well as
the retention of third party market making and/or investor relationship
management services. 1.5 Insufficient Proceeds - The proceeds of this Offering
will not be sufficient to accomplish all of the Issuers proposed objectives
for the next twelve months. This Offering is only the second in a series
of financings planned by the Issuer over that period. The Issuer intends to seek additional funding
from supplemental private placements and/or debt financing to complete
its business program through the current period.
There is no assurance that this additional and/or alternative
financing will be available. ITEM 2.
INFORMATION ABOUT ISSUER
The Issuer is a publicly traded enterprise
management and development corporation. The core business activity of The Issuer is
the identification, screening, valuation, structuring and financing/service
facilitation of venture capital investment opportunities, with the ultimate
goal of engendering revenue generating investment, partnering and/or
operating positions in private early stage, commercializing, turn-around
and other select investee business ventures.
This is an ongoing process. More
complete information on the Issuer can be found on the Issuer’s main
Website www.vqe-group.com The
Issuer is currently directing its focus toward commercially exploiting
the licensed rights to revolutionary wind energy technology acquired
by subsidiary Clear Wind of Canada Corporation.
These initiatives are being advanced in conjunction with joint
venture partner Clear Power Corporation, a private Existing
Operations:
The
Issuer currently has only one cash-flowing subsidiary under its enterprise
umbrella and up to this point, virtually all of The Issuer’s revenue
emanates from this source. This company is VQ-Speedi Automotive Inc. (“VQ-Speedi”).
VQ-Speedi is a wholly owned subsidiary in the Issuer’s umbrella
marketing services/resources division under VisionWorks Marketing Corporation.
VQ-Speedi is a full service distributor of top quality automotive
fluid flush/exchange shop equipment.
VQ-Speedi is essentially self-supporting but revenue for this
division continues to under-perform expectations.
Management is working to increase revenue by bringing more products
on stream, as well as increase sales of existing products and even alter/expand
the channels of distribution. However,
to date none of management’s efforts have proved effective in halting
the slide in sales revenue. In
On October 6, 2003 the Issuer made a press release announcing that VQ-Speedi
had launched a marketing program through VQ-Speedi’s established North
American dealer distribution network, for a highly regarded and complete
line of professional automotive fluid flush/exchange equipment.
These new products supplement VQ-Speedi’s exclusive distribution
of the “Speedi-Bleed” brake flushing and bleeding system and mark the
first significant product expansion in recent years in VQ-Speedi’s quest
to source and distribute an expanding line of innovative, high quality,
leading edge tools and products to the automotive trade.
The addition of the new product line goes to defining VQ-Speedi’s
corporate persona as “automotive fluid flush/exchange specialists” and
includes coolant flushing, transmission flushing, brake flushing, power
steering flushing, as well as fuel system and emissions service equipment. To date, this expansion in product line has
not yielded positive results and no sales have been made of the new
products. Complete information
on VQ-Speedi and its growing line of automotive fluid replacement/flushing
products can be found on the company’s Website at www.vq-speedi.com. New
Initiatives (“Green Power
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Description of Document |
Date of Document / SEDAR Filing |
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Press Release – Validation of “Speed-Ball”
Wind Energy Technology Science |
September 14, 2004 |
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BC Form 51-102F1 – Management Discussion
and Analysis |
August 27, 2004 / August 31, 2004 |
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Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements and Notes – June 30, 2004 |
August 27, 2004 / August 31, 2004 |
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Press Release – Private Placement
Share Issuance |
August 6, 2004 |
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BC Form 51-102F1 – Management Discussion
and Analysis – March 31/ 2004 |
May 31, 2004 / June 4, 2004 |
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Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements and Notes – March 31/ 2004 |
May 31, 2004 / June 4, 2004 |
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Annual Information Circular (December
31, 2003) |
May 21, 2004 / June 1, 2004 |
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Press Release – Issuer subsidiary
Clear Wind of Canada Corporation Appoints Stephan Venczel
as Director of Operations. |
May 5, 2004 |
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Press Release – Licensing and Financing
Agreements signed with Clear Power Corporation. |
April 5, 2004 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule A. – Audited
Annual Consolidated Financial Statements (December 31, 2003) |
March 26, 2004 / March 30, 2004 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule B &
C – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (December 31, 2003)
and Management Discussion |
March 26, 2004 / March 30, 2004 |
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Press Release – Issuer Chooses
Beloud Management Consultants Ltd. as Market-Maker |
March 9, 2004 |
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Press Release – Launch of 2004
Wind Energy Program |
February 20, 2004 |
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Press Release – Share Issuance
/ Shares For Debt |
December 8, 2003 |
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Material Change Report |
December 8, 2003 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule A. - Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements (September 30, 2003) |
Nov. 27, 2003 / Dec. 1, 2003 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule B &
C – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (September 30,
2003) and Management Discussion |
Nov. 27, 2003 / Dec. 1, 2003 |
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Press Release – Issuer enters into
Green Power Alliance with Clear Power Corporation |
Oct. 28, 2003 |
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Press Release – VQ-Speedi Automotive
Launches Distribution of New Products |
Oct. 6, 2003 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule A. – Audited
Annual Consolidated Financial Statements (December 31, 2002) |
May 12, 2003 / May 15, 2003 |
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BC Form 51-901F/Schedule B &
C – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (December 31, 2002)
and Management Discussion |
May 12, 2003 / May 15, 2003 |
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Annual Information Circular (December
31, 2002) |
May 12, 2003 / May 15, 2003 |
Other documents available on the
SEDAR website (for example, most press releases, take-over bid circulars,
prospectuses and rights offering circulars) are not incorporated by
reference into this Offering Memorandum unless they are specifically
referenced in the table above. Your
rights as described in item 11 of this Offering Memorandum apply only
in respect of information contained in this Offering Memorandum and
documents or information incorporated by reference.
2.4 Existing Information Not Incorporated by reference – None
2.5 Future Documents Not Incorporated by Reference. Documents filed after the date of
this Offering Memorandum are not deemed to be incorporated into this
Offering Memorandum. However,
if you subscribe for securities and an event occurs, or there is a change
in our business or affairs, that makes the certificate to this Offering
Memorandum no longer true, we will provide you with an update of this
Offering Memorandum, including a newly updated and signed certificate,
and will not accept your subscription until you have re-signed the agreement
to purchase the securities.
The following four persons were re-elected
to the Issuer’s Board of Directors:
Gary W. Ciccozzi, B.Comm., M.B.A., (President); Bruce A. Wilson (Secretary); James N. Gellatly;
and Thomas Cully.
At the Board of Directors meeting
held subsequent to the AGM, the Board re-appointed Bruce Wilson, James
Gellatly and Thomas Cully to the Audit Committee.
All four directors will serve on the Issuer’s Enterprise Development
Committee for the ensuing year. Gary
Ciccozzi was confirmed as the President and Chief Financial Officer
of The Issuer as well as the sole Director & President, of wholly-owned
Issuer subsidiaries, VisionWorks Marketing Corporation, World Enviro-Solutions
Technology Corp. and VQ Capital House Inc.
Bruce Wilson was confirmed as Secretary of The Issuer as well
as Secretary of the aforementioned Issuer subsidiaries.
3.1 The
following table sets out information about each director, officer and
promoter of the Issuer and each person who directly or indirectly beneficially
owns or controls 10% or more of any class of voting securities of the
Issuer (a “principal holder”)
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Name and municipality of principal residence |
Positions held (e.g. director, officer, promoter and/or principal
holder) and the date of obtaining that position |
Compensation paid by Issuer in the most recently completed
financial year |
Number, type and percentage of securities of the Issuer beneficially
owned or controlled directly or indirectly after completion
of $1,250,000 common share offering (2) |
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Gary Ciccozzi |
Director since November, 1996; President and Chief Financial
Officer since January, 1997 |
$30,000 for the financial year ended 12/31/03 |
1,388,794 common shares being 10.05% 300,000 share purchase options exercisable @ $0.15 per share
to May 29, 2006 |
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Bruce Wilson (1) |
Director and Secretary since June, 1993 |
$29,000 for the financial year ended 12/31/03 |
109,736 common shares being 0.79% 100,000 share purchase options exercisable @ $0.15 per share
to May 29, 2006 |
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James Gellatly (1) |
Director since June, 1993 |
Nil (2003) |
157,298 common shares being 1.13% 50,000 share purchase options exercisable @ $0.15 per share
to May 29, 2006 |
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Thomas Cully (1) |
Director since June, 2001 |
Nil (2003) |
48,333 common shares being 0.35% 50,000 share purchase options exercisable @ $0.15 per share
to June 29, 2006 |
(1) Denotes Audit Committee)
(2) percentages calculated do not include common shares issuable
on the exercise of share purchase options or unexercised warrants.
The following table discloses the
principal occupations of our directors and senior officers over the
past five years.
Name
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Principal occupation and related experience |
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Gary Ciccozzi (B. Comm., M.B.A.) President, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
History: Managing principal, Proview Capital Management
Associates Inc, 1984 to date; President and Director, Inter-Citic
Envirotec Inc. 1987 to 1996. The overall responsibility for managing, providing, coordinating or arranging for the provision of management, supervisory, and administrative services to the Issuer and its subsidiary and investee enterprises, is vested with a team headed by the Issuer’s Managing Director, Gary W. Ciccozzi. He is a proven, experienced financial executive with broad expertise in corporate finance and financial managemen |