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: August 24, 2006
Golden
Eagle International, Inc.
(Name
of
small business issuer as specified in its charter)
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Colorado
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0-23726
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84-1116515
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State
of
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Commission
File
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IRS
Employer
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Incorporation
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Number
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Identification
No.
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8040
South Kolb Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706
Address
of principal executive offices
(520)
663-1004
Telephone
number, including
Area
code
9661
South 700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84070
Former
name or former address if changed since last report
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or
Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
Officers
On
August
24, 2006, according to Kevin Pfeffer, H.E. Dunham, and William A. Jacobs, three
(3) members of the Board of Directors of Golden Eagle International, Inc.
(hereafter referred to as “we” or “our” or “Golden Eagle”), the Board of
Directors, by majority vote, voted to: (a) appoint H.E. Dunham as our Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President; and (b) eliminate the
positions of all employees at our then existing Salt Lake City, Utah
offices.
Terry
Turner, who has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since February
14, 1997, and our Chairman of the Board since May 5, 2006, who was present
at
the meeting, disputes that any such vote was taken and asserts that he is still
our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board. Our
other board member, Alvaro Riveros,
agrees
with Mr. Turner’s view of this matter.
Our
Board
of Directors has scheduled another meeting for September 11, 2006 to take a
vote
to ratify minutes reflecting these actions and to confirm Mr. Turner’s
termination
and the
appointment of Mr. Dunham.
Our Bylaws provide in Section 3.8 that the acts of a majority of the directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the
Board
of Directors. Further, our bylaws provide in Section 5.5 that any officer
elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by
the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors and that any vacancy
occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of
Directors. As such, regardless of the dispute over the vote that was
taken, three of our Board members intend
to
vote
on
ratification of the above vote to: (a) appoint H.E. Dunham as our Chairman
of
the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President; and (b) eliminate the
positions of all employees at our then existing Salt Lake City, Utah
offices. In addition, it
is
anticipated the
Board
will vote to confirm Mr. Turner’s termination.
Our
Board
of Directors previously appointed Mr. Dunham, 63 years of age, as a Director
on
May 9, 2006, as our Chief Operating Officer on July 27, 2006 and as our
Interim Chief Financial Officer on August 15, 2006. From May 2003 to present,
Mr. Dunham has been the Vice-Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Precious Metals,
Inc., a mining exploration company located in Tucson, Arizona. From June 1997
to
May 2003, Mr. Dunham was the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Affiliated
Companies, a consortium of five companies conducting diversified energy and
mining related business, including mining, oil and gas, power and utilities,
and
telecommunications. From June 1994 to June 1997, Mr. Dunham was the Chief
Executive Officer/Director of Suramco, Inc., which managed diversified business
enterprises, acquisitions, joint ventures, and expansions, including acquiring
and operating five mining properties in the United States, Canada, and South
America. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Dunham was the Chief Executive Officer of New
Mexico operations for Phelps Dodge Corporation and a Director of an affiliated
acquired company, Chino Mines Company, where he provided leadership in corporate
planning, finance, technical areas and general operations, including the mining
sector. From 1975 to 1988, Mr. Dunham was the Chief Executive Officer of Phelps
Dodge Morenci, Inc., Chairman of Morenci Mining, Inc., and a Director of Morenci
Water and Electric, all of which were associated with Phelps Dodge Corporation.
During this period, Mr. Dunham directed and managed mining properties in
Arizona, New Mexico, and Chile. From 1972 to 1975, Mr.
Dunham was the Mining, Exploration, and Finance Manager of Rio Tinto, Plc,
a
natural resources and mining company conducting business in England, Spain,
Australia, and Canada. Mr. Dunham received the following degrees from Michigan
Technological University located in Houghton, Michigan: (a) in 1968, a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Mining Engineering; and (b) in 1970, a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Geological Engineering. In 1972, Mr. Dunham received a Masters
of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
Business School.
Item
8.01 Other Events
Office
Relocation from Salt Lake City, Utah to Tucson, Arizona
On
August
24, 2006, the
majority of our board
voted to
close our offices located at 9661 South 700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84070
and
relocate our offices to the offices of International Silver, Inc. at 8040 South
Kolb Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706. Effective August 28, 2006, we occupied
our offices at 8040 South Kolb Road, Tucson, Arizona, which encompass 2 offices
and a foyer area totaling approximately 500 square feet. Effective
September 5, 2006, our telephone number is (520) 663-1004 and our facsimile
telephone number is (520) 889-2733. International Silver, Inc. has agreed not
to
charge us any rent for a period of approximately four (4) months, at which
time
we will be required to pay rent of approximately $400 per month to International
Silver, Inc. on a month-to-month basis.
Federal
District Court Action Filed by Terry Turner against Golden
Eagle International, Inc.
and
Directors Kevin K. Pfeffer, H.E. Dunham, and William A. Jacobs; Temporary
Restraining Order Denied.
On
September 1, 2006, Terry C. Turner (“the Plaintiff”) filed an action against us,
Kevin K. Pfeffer, H.E. Dunham, and William A. Jacobs (“the Defendants”) in the
United States District Court for the District of Utah (“the Court”),
Terry
C. Turner v. Golden Eagle International, Inc., Kevin K. Pfeffer, H.E. Dunham
and
William A. Jacobs,
Civil
Action No.2:06-cv-00738-TC (D. Utah, Complaint Filed Sept. 1, 2006). The
Complaint seeks a temporary restraining order enjoining Defendants, until such
time as a preliminary
injunction hearing may be held, from the following: (a) publishing a
proposed Form 8-K pertaining to the August 24, 2006 related matters contained
in
Item 5.02 above; (b)
preventing defendants from violating Regulation FD and the disclosure of insider
information; (c) preventing defendants from further breaches of their fiduciary
duty to Golden Eagle; (d) preventing defendants from breaching Golden Eagle’s
Code of Ethics; (e) holding
a
Board of Directors meeting
on September 4, 2006, or any date thereafter;
and (f)
publishing disparaging,
slanderous, libelous or defamatory
comments
regarding Plaintiff. At the Court’s request, the Defendants agreed not to
file the Form 8-K or hold a scheduled Board of Director’s meeting on September
4, 2006 until a hearing on Plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining order
could be heard on September 5, 2006. On September 5, 2006, such hearing
was held and the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining
order. A
preliminary
injunction hearing is scheduled to take place before the Honorable Tena
Campbell, District Judge, at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on September
13,
2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly
authorized, on the seventh day of September 2006.
Golden
Eagle International, Inc.
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By:
/s/
H. E.
Dunham
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H. E. Dunham
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Chairman of the Board
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Chief Executive Officer
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President
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Chief Operating Officer
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Interim Chief Financial Officer
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