UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 6, 2014.
TECTON CORPORATION |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
333-141817 | 03-0611187 |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
15500 Roosevelt Blvd, Suite 301
Clearwater, FL, 33760
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(727) 502-0508
(Registrants telephone number including area code)
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SECTION 5CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
On January 6, 2014, the Board of Directors, believing it to be in the best interest of the Company to bring on an additional board member and pursuant to Sections 78.335(5) and the Bylaws, appointed Steven Saint Amour as Director, to hold said director position until the next shareholder meeting. In addition to the duties and responsibilities of a director, Mr. Saint Amour will assist the Company with Business Development.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Saint Amour and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as to the officer and director positions. In addition, there are no family relationships between Mr. Saint Amour and any other director or executive officer of the Company.
Steven Saint Amour, Background
Mr. Saint Amour has been involved in the subsea industry for over twenty-eight years and is recognized as an authority in the field of aviation and marine casualty investigations. He is an active member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and routinely writes articles and conducts seminars on behalf of these and other professional organizations.
In 2009 Mr. Saint Amour and his wife, Joan Saint Amour co-founded Eclipse Group Inc. (EGI). EGI is a marine operations service provider based in Annapolis, Maryland and provides turnkey subsea technical solutions to both commercial and government customers worldwide. EGI holds several multi-year contracts and subcontracts with the U.S. Navy, National Oceanographic Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) and several international commercial companies based both in the U.S. and abroad.
In 1999 Mr. Saint Amour accepted the position of Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) Operations and Sales Manager at Phoenix International, Inc., an underwater services company based in Crystal City, VA.
Mr. Saint Amour was tasked with establishment of Phoenix Internationals deep-water ROV division whose accomplishments were instrumental in Phoenix award of the U.S. Navys worldwide search and recovery contract in 2001.
While at Phoenix, Mr. Saint Amour initiated, and managed the design, engineering, build and operation of nine ROV systems including Phoenixs Remora, Medusa and XBot ROV systems. These systems routinely conducted operations worldwide for search and recovery, telecommunications, oil and gas, science and film projects.
These systems were built to operate in 6,000 meters water depth and have attained an impressive track record of high profile operations over the last eleven years, including:
2012 Search and Recovery of a Turkish AF F-4 |
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2011 Search and Recovery of Air France AB 330 Flight 447 |
| Depth 3,900 meters |
2011 Inspection of the RMS TITANIC |
| Depth 3,700 meters |
2010 Search and Inspection of the AHS CENTUAR |
| Depth 1,200 meters |
2010 Search and Recovery of a USN E2-C Hawkeye |
| Depth 3,500 meters |
2007 Search and Recovery of Adam Air Flight 547 Boeing 737 |
| Depth 1,400 meters |
2009 Search and Recovery of Yemeni Flight 626 Airbus 310 |
| Depth 1,200 meters |
2005 Search and Recovery of Tuninter Flight 1153 ATR 72 |
| Depth 1,450 meters |
2005 Artifact Collection, RMS Titanic |
| Depth 3,700 meters |
2004 Search for JAMSTECH H-2 Rocket engine |
| Depth 5,900 meters |
2003 Search and Recovery of a USN F-14 Tomcat |
| Depth 3,200 meters |
2003 Search and Recovery of a USN SH-60 Helicopter |
| Depth 2,900 meters |
2001 Inspection of the RMS TITANIC |
| Depth 3,700 meters |
2000 - Recovery of the INS/DAKAR forward sail section |
| Depth 3,000 meters |
2000 Search and Recovery of a Israeli AF F-16 |
| Depth 1,400 meters |
2000 Search and Recovery for JAMS TECH-2 Rocket engine |
| Depth 3,400 meters |
1999 Discovery of the Israeli Submarine INS DAKAR |
| Depth 3,000 meters |
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Mr. Saint Amours group at Phoenix was called upon to create innovative ROV systems for unique applications including feature film projects. The Medusa and XBot ROVs have been seen in several IMAX documentaries and TV Specials. Examples include:
Ghosts of the Abyss produced by IMAX and directed by James Cameron.
Last Mysteries of the Titanic produced by Discovery Channel and directed by James Cameron.
Search for the USS Indianapolis produced by Discovery Channel.
USS Monitor produced by the History Channel.
Over a 14-year period, Mr. Saint Amour was a voting shareholder and served on the Board of Directors at Phoenix International Inc. In 2007 Mr. Saint Amour sold his ownership interest to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP).
Mr. Saint Amour has worked in virtually every aspect of the subsea industry as a commercial diver, ROV technician, pilot and project manager for various major diving and ROV service providers including Taylor Diving, Subsea, Inc. Sonsub, Inc. Eastport International, Inc. and Oceaneering Technologies, a division of Oceaneering International, Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TECTON CORPORATION | |
Dated: January 8, 2014 | By: | /s/ MICAH ELDRED |
| Name: Micah Eldred Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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