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KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION (A DEVELOPMENT STAGE CORPORATION) 185 WILLIS AVENUE — SUITE # 4 MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS JANUARY 7, 2009
On November 6, 2008 KGS, LLP, our Independent Certified Accountants resigned. There were no disagreements (page 12).
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (“Kenilworth”) will be held at The Holiday Inn – Westbury, 369 Old Country Road, Carle Place, N.Y. 11514 on January 7, 2009 at 12:00 noon. The meeting is called for the following purposes:
November 4, 2008 Mineola, NY 11501
The Board of Directors of Kenilworth has authorized the solicitation of proxies. Unless otherwise directed, the proxies will be voted for the election of the nominees listed in the attached proxy statement to be members of the Board of Directors of the Company; for an authorization to amend Kenilworth’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to 1,000,000,000; and to increase the authorized shares of series of preferred stock to 50,000,000 shares; for the Ratification of Appointment of its new Independent Auditors; and on such other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting, as the named proxies in their best judgment shall decide.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, WE URGE YOU TO COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY OR VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET, WHICH IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND RETURN IT IF YOU VOTE BY CARD IN THE PRE-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SEE ALSO THE WITHIN FOR VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET. A SHAREHOLDER MAY REVOKE HIS PROXY AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE MEETING BY WRITTEN NOTICE TO SUCH EFFECT BY SUBMITTING A SUBSEQUENTLY DATED PROXY OR BY ATTENDING THE MEETING AND VOTING IN PERSON. VOTES BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET CAN ONLY BE CHANGED BY THE USE OF A SUBSEQUENTLY DATED PROXY CARD OR IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.
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KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION (A DEVELOPMENT STAGE CORPORATION)
PROXY STATEMENT
INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy mailed to shareholders commencing on or about November 20, 2008 is solicited by the Board of Directors of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (“Kenilworth”) in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders to be held January 7, 2009 at 12:00 noon at The Holiday Inn – Westbury, 369 Old Country Road, Carle Place, N.Y. 11514. Proxies will be voted in accordance with directions specified or otherwise in accordance with the judgment of the persons designated as proxies. Any proxy on which no direction is specified will be voted in favor of the action described in this proxy statement.
RECORD DATE, OUTSTANDING SHARES
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on November 13, 2008 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting. The outstanding voting securities of Kenilworth as of such date consisted of 421,094,586 shares of Common Stock $0.01 par value.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
The enclosed proxy or the vote by telephone or the Internet may be revoked at any time before its use by delivering to us a subsequently dated proxy or by giving written notice to Kenilworth. Shareholders who attend the meeting may withdraw their proxies at any time before their shares are voted by voting their shares in person.
VOTING METHOD AND SOLICITATION
The expense of the solicitation of proxies for the meeting will be paid by Kenilworth. In addition to the mailing of the proxy material, solicitation may be made in person or by telephone by directors, officers or regular employees of Kenilworth. It is estimated our cost of proxy solicitations by Kenilworth will not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000).
We are aware of no other matters to be presented for action at this meeting not specified in the notice of meeting. Proxies received without specified instructions will be voted FOR the nominees named in the Proxy to Kenilworth’s Board of Directors and FOR each of the other items. In the event that any other matter should come before the Annual Meeting or any nominee is not available for election, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy will have discretionary authority to vote all Proxies not marked to the contrary with respect to such matters in accordance with their best judgment.
VOTING BY PROXY CARD
Under SEC rules, boxes and a designated blank space are provided on the proxy card for shareholders to mark if they wish to abstain on one or more of the proposals or to withhold authority to vote for one or more nominees for director.
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VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THE INTERNET
If you are a registered shareholder (that is you own Common Stock in your own name and not through a broker, nominee or some other agent who holds Common Stock for your account in a “street name” capacity) you may vote by proxy using the phone or Internet methods of voting.
Use the Internet: Access www.proxyvote.com and follow the on-screen instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call.
Or call toll-free to vote: 1-800-690-6903 from any touch-tone telephone and follow the instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call.
Your Internet or telephone vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your Proxy Form.
If your shares of Common Stock are held in “street name” for your account, your broker or nominee will advise you whether you may vote by telephone or through the Internet.
Your vote is important and the Board of Directors urges you to exercise your right to vote. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you can assure that your shares are voted properly by proxy card, by telephone or through the Internet.
QUORUM, ABSTENTIONS, BROKER NON-VOTES
Our outstanding voting securities at present consist solely of Common Stock. A majority of our outstanding shares are required to be present in person or by proxy for a quorum to be present at the meeting. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one (1) vote on each matter to be voted upon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions are counted as present in the tabulation of votes on each of the proposals presented to the stockholders. Broker non-votes will not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a particular proposal has been approved. Each of the Proposals requires the approval of a majority of the Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy with the exception of the proposal with regard to amending the Certificate of Incorporation which requires approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Assuming a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting; abstentions will have the effect of a negative vote while broker non-votes will have no effect, except they will have a negative effect with regards to amending the Certificate of Incorporation.
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PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our by-laws provide that there will be not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) directors. The present size of the Board is fixed at five (5) directors.
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors has unanimously renominated and designated the following individuals for election as directors for a term continuing through Kenilworth’s next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and take their places.
Herbert Lindo has been President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Kenilworth since 1972. Mr. Lindo devotes his full time to the business of the Registrant.
Kit Y. Wong has served as a Director of Kenilworth since 1999 and a Secretary since December 2005. He is part owner and operator of several Chinese restaurants in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Wong devotes only a limited portion of his time to the business of the Registrant.
Patrick J. Mc Devitt has been a licensed representative for Shukla Financial Services and First Securities Investments until June 2003 when he formed a private entity with his wife, Linda Mc Devitt, in the accounting field. Mr. Mc Devitt devotes only a limited portion of his time to the business of the Registrant.
Joyce D. Clark has served as a Director of Kenilworth since 1998. She served as controller of Long Island Wholesalers Inc., a wholesale door manufacturer from 1991 until 2002 when she moved to Maryland. Joyce D. Clark is the ex-wife of Herbert Lindo. They divorced in 1980. Mrs. Clark devotes only a limited portion of her time to the business of the Registrant.
Edward Vietmeier was elected to the Board by the members of the Board of Directors in January 2006. He is a professional golfer and the operator of a golf course near Pittsburgh, PA.
Kenilworth does not have a nominating committee. The nominees chosen were approved by the existing Board of Directors. Since Kenilworth is in its Development Stage and due to Kenilworth’s limited financial resources and ability to attract other nominees, the Board of Directors, under all of these circumstances believes that it is appropriate for it to consider nominees to the Board of Directors of Kenilworth.
Only Herbert Lindo and Kit Wong are considered Executive Officers.
BOARD AND BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Kenilworth has no committees. The Board of Directors held during the twelve (12) month period ended September 30, 2008, four (4) Regular Scheduled and four (4) Special Purpose meetings.
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Each of our Board of Directors attended no fewer than seventy-five percent (75%) of our Board of Directors Meetings. It is the policy of the Company’s Board of Directors to expect that all Directors attend Annual Meetings of Shareholders except where the failure to attend is due to unavoidable circumstances.
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Any shareholder or interested party who wishes to communicate with the Board of Directors or specific individual Directors may do so by directing a written request to the Board or such individual Director in care of Kenilworth Systems Corporation, 185 Willis Avenue, Suite # 4, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. Any communication addressed to a specific individual will be promptly relayed to such individual.
AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CHARTER
The following Charter has been adopted with respect to an Audit Committee. We have not, however, at this time appointed an Audit Committee or Audit Committee Financial Expert. In view of Kenilworth being in its Development Stage and due to its limited financial resources, we will endeavor to appoint an Audit Committee or Audit Committee Financial Expert as soon as possible.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) shall have the responsibility to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its fiduciary and other obligations with respect to accounting and financial matters. Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Audit Committee shall:
The Audit Committee, in the near future, will be comprised of at least three (3) Independent Directors.
1.) Review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal financial controls and accounting practices to achieve reliability and integrity in the Company’s financial statements, and initiate such examinations of such controls and practices as the Audit Committee deems advisable.
2.) Review the qualification, performance and independence of the Company’s independent auditors and recommend independent auditors for appointment annually by the Board of Directors.
3.) Prior to the commencement of the Company’s annual external audit, review with the Company’s independent auditors the scope of their audit function and estimated audit fees.
4.) Subsequent to the completion of the Company’s annual external audit, review the report and recommendations of the independent auditors with the independent auditors and the Company’s management.
5.) Review the annual and quarterly consolidated financial statements of the company and other financial disclosures of the Company and the accounting principles being applied in such statements and disclosures.
6.) Review the authority and duties of the Company’s chief financial officer and chief accounting officer and the performance by each of them of their respective duties.
7.) Review the insurance programs for the Company including professional malpractice, general liability, director and officer liability and property insurance, and the insurers carrying the Company’s insurance.
8.) Oversee the establishment and thereafter periodically review a corporate code of conduct and the Company’s policies on ethical business practices.
9.) Prior to public release, review with management and the Independent Accountants, the financial results for the prior year including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K.
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10.) Review the committee’s charter annually and revise as appropriate.
11.) Meet with the Chief Financial Officer and the Independent Accountants, in separate executive sessions, to discuss any matters that the committee or these groups believe should be considered privately.
12.) Take such other actions concerning the Company’s accounting and financial functions as the Committee deems appropriate with respect to the matters described above.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Registrant has not yet adopted a written formal Code of Ethics. However, the Registrant’s Officers intend to comply with all honest and ethical requirements including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Registrant files with or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the Registrant; compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations; prompt internal reporting of any violations of the foregoing to an appropriate person and accountability for adherence of the foregoing. A formal Code of Ethics is expected to be adopted in the near future. It will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The President and Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Executive Officer file with each Financial Report with the SEC their certification of the Financial Reports pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications and Section 1350 Certification.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires Kenilworth’s executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent (10%) of our Common Stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive Officers, Directors and greater than ten percent (10%) beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
As of September 30, 2008 none of our Executive Officers and Directors are current in their Section 16(a) filing requirements. No reports have been filed with respect to any of the shares issued as described under Executive Compensation or any other transactions. Each of the Executive Officers and Directors, at present, are endeavoring to bring all its late filings up to date and expects to do so shortly.
Herbert Lindo has also reported the following: Kenilworth or Herbert Lindo, will seek in Federal or State Courts to cancel the 10,333,450 shares, which were subject of a fraudulent seizure of shares owned by Herbert Lindo which represented control of the Company and Sheriff Auctions Sale on behalf of Tappan Zee, and seek triple damages under RICO on behalf of the shareholders of Kenilworth, the damaged parties. Herbert Lindo, on behalf of Kenilworth Shareholders and Kenilworth have not commenced any proceedings against the Sheriff’s Office of Nassau County, Tappan Zee and the attorney’s representing Tappan Zee since he believes that the Statue for Security Fraud does not expire until June 26, 2009 and to conserve cash until the Company has positive income.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
At the Board of Directors Meeting held in December 2007 the Board approved the issuance of four million (4,000,000) shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Corporation to various Directors in lieu of Director’s Compensation and Director’s Liability insurance for the ensuing year: Kit Wong, Patrick J. Mc Devitt, Joyce Clark and Edward Vietmeier each were issued one million (1,000,000) shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company at a consideration valued at two cents ($0.02) per share, the equivalent of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each Director, a total of $80,000. The $80,000 is recorded for shares issued as paid in capital in the first quarter of 2008. The Company has expensed through September 2008 $60,000 as administrative expenses.
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At the Board of Directors Meeting held in December 2006 the Board approved the issuance of four million (1,000,000) shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Corporation to Directors in lieu of Director’s Compensation and Director’s Liability insurance for the ensuing year: Kit Wong, Patrick J. Mc Devitt, Joyce Clark and Edward Vietmeier each were issued one million (1,000,000) shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company at a consideration valued at two cents ($0.02) per share, the equivalent of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each Director, a total of $80,000. The $80,000 is recorded for shares issued as paid in capital. The Company expensed $80,000 as administrative expenses, through December 31, 2007.
At the Regular Board of Directors Meeting held in December 2005 the Board authorized the issuance of one million (1,000,000) shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Corporation to each Director in lieu of Director’s compensation and liabilities insurance for ensuing year: Kit Wong, Patrick J. Mc Devitt, Joyce Clark and Edward Vietmeier were each issued one million (1,000,000) shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company at a consideration valued at five cents ($0.05) per share, the equivalent of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each Director, a total of $250,000. The $250,000 has been recorded for Services Rendered in the Statement of Stockholder’s Deficit and charged to Operating Expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Our Directors are not regularly compensated for serving on the Board of Directors except for the issuance of restricted Common Stock.
The following table sets forth compensation to our Chairman of the Board and Directors of Kenilworth:
ANNUAL COMPENSATION
(1) See above under Executive Compensation.
Kenilworth does not have any employment agreements with any of its Executive Officers or Directors.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth, as of September 30, 2008, certain information regarding the shares of the Company’s Common Stock beneficially owned by: (i) each director and nominee for director; (ii) each stockholder who is known by the Company to beneficially own in excess of 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock based on the best information available to Kenilworth (iii) each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table; and (iv) all executive officers, directors and director nominees as a group; all based upon the best information available to Kenilworth at this time.
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP TABLE
(1.) This table is based upon the best information available to Kenilworth at this time. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws, where applicable, the Company believes each of the stockholders named in this table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned. Applicable percentages are based on 421,094,586 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2008 as required by the rules promulgated by the SEC.
(2.) At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 2003 the Shareholders approved the issuance of twenty million (20,000,000) restricted Common Shares of the Company to Herbert Lindo, the Inventor of U.S. Patent 6,575,834 B1 dated June 10, 2003 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ROULETTE AND OTHER GAME PLAY USING GAME TABLE AT A CASINO” for having assigned the Patent to Kenilworth on September 27, 2000. An option for the five million (5,000,000) shares exercisable at $0.15 per share until November 27, 2006 was granted pursuant to the Company’s Performance and Equity Incentive Plan on August 13, 2001.
On November 27, 2006 Herbert Lindo, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer exercised a five million (5,000,000) share option for seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) at fifteen cents ($0.15) per share pursuant to the Company’s Performance and Equity Plan. The price per share was the price for the Option which would have expired on the following date. Mr. Lindo does not own any other Options pursuant to the Plan. The average market price of the Common Stock for the thirty (30) days prior to November 27, 2006 was high: $0.05, low: $0.03. As provided in the Plan, Herbert Lindo borrowed the seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) from the Company and
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pledged the five million (5,000,000) and other shares he owns, as collateral for the loan. The five million (5,000,000) shares have been issued as restricted shares.
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors in July 2008, the Board unanimously approved (with Mr. Lindo abstaining) to extend the $750,000 loan until December 31, 2009, provided Mr. Lindo pays a nominal one and one-half percent (1½%) interest from November 2006. Mr. Lindo agreed to pay the interest which totaled $17,008 through September 30, 2008. Mr. Lindo provides his services to the company without any remuneration.
The Board of Directors, with Mr. Lindo abstaining on December 1, 2004 voted to issue Mr. Lindo 25,000,000 shares for having assigned on September 13, 2004 two (2) additional Published Patent Applications No. US 2005/0085293 A1 and No. US 2005-0085291 A1 entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUNDS TO A TERMINAL FOR REMOTE WAGERING” which provide for the issuance of play cards and use of lottery terminals. Mr. Lindo has not been compensated for his services since 1991. He is not a paid employee nor was he issued or entitled to be issued any other Common Shares as a non-employee.
OPTIONS
The Company’s Option Plan expired on November 28, 2006. No new Stock Option plan is contemplated at this time.
RECOMMENDATION AND REQUIRED VOTE
Proxies in the enclosed form will be voted for the nominees named here before. Authority may be withheld for any nominee. In addition, shareholders may nominate additional nominees as candidates for the position as Director. Although the Board of Directors does not anticipate that any nominee will be unavailable for election, in the event of such occurrence, the proxy will be voted for such substitute, if any, as the Board of Directors may designate. Proxies will not vote for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named.
Directors will be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE NAMED NOMINEES.
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PROPOSAL 2
AUTHORIZATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO KENILWORTH’S
The Board of Directors, by the unanimous approval of the Company’s existing directors, proposes an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock $.01 par value to 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock $.01 par value and to increase from 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock to 50,000,000 of Series of Preferred Stock. The purpose of this proposal is to eliminate possible future delays associated with our need for a shareholder approval, in the event the Board of Directors authorizes acquisitions (none of which are presently contemplated), stock dividends or stock split-ups in the form of a stock dividend or the issuance of additional shares, stock options, or other valid corporate purposes including the issuance of shares to raise further capital. At the present time we have only 78,905,414 authorized shares of Common which are unissued. Upon approval of this proposal Kenilworth will have 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized and 578,905,414 unissued shares of Common Stock. Kenilworth has NOT issued any of the authorized 2,000,000 Preferred Shares and will have available 50,000,000 Preferred Shares. Upon the approval by the shareholders to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors will be able to authorize the use of the additional shares without any further approval by the shareholders. It is not the intention of our Board of Directors, in proposing to increase our capitalization, to dilute any shareholder’s stock ownership in Kenilworth, without a proper purpose considered to be in the best interests of the stockholders such as to meet Kenilworth’s needs for additional financing and to procure necessary working capital, or to frustrate any shareholder’s ability to gain control of Kenilworth.
Our charter and by-laws and New York State law does not provide for cumulative voting. Shareholders do not have preemptive rights. Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation of Kenilworth upon approval of this proposal will read as follows:
The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock designated respectively “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,050,000,000, $0.01 par value. Of this, the Corporation shall have the authority to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value Preferred Stock. The shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to determine or alter any of all of the designations, powers, preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, in respect of the wholly unissued class of Preferred Stock or any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to fix or alter the number of shares comprising any series of Preferred Stock, but not below the number of shares of any such series than outstanding.
The executive officers of Kenilworth shall be authorized to effectuate such technical modifications to the foregoing in order to cause the filing of the amendment by the department of state of the State of New York.
It should be noted that preferred shares might be issued with provisions that fluctuate with the market price of Kenilworth’s common stock or provide a discount relative to the market price. This would be adverse to the interests of existing shareholders by being dilutive and could diminish the voting strength of existing shareholders. The Company has not issued any Preferred Stock and there are no present plans to issue any Preferred Shares.
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We have no knowledge of any existing or proposed merger, tender offer, and solicitation in opposition to management or similar transactions. We do not believe that Kenilworth’s charter and by-laws contains any provisions having an anti-takeover effect. It should, however, be noted that the proposal to increase Kenilworth’s capitalization could be used to dilute a shareholder’s stock ownership in Kenilworth or to frustrate the ability to gain control of Kenilworth in the future should the additional stock be issued to parties friendly to incumbent management. This might be deemed an advantage to incumbent management and a disadvantage to our shareholders in the future because of its effect in possibly discouraging an unfriendly tender offer or other solicitation in opposition to management.
RECOMMENDATION AND REQUIRED VOTE
The adoption of the Amendment to increase the Authorized number of shares of Common Stock to 1,000,000,000 and Preferred Stock to 50,000,000 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock of Kenilworth. The Board of Directors is of the opinion that the proposed Amendment, if adopted, will provide our Company with a proper capitalization and a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to give us flexibility to meet future financing needs deemed to be in Kenilworth’s best interest. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL 3
RATIFY APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
On November 6, 2008 KGS, LLP our Independent Certified Accountants resigned.
In a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission with the date of the earliest event reported: November 6, 2008, the Company reported the resignation of KGS, LLP effective November 6, 2008. In the 8-K filing Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants the Company stated:
On November 6, 2008, KGS, LLP resigned as Independent Registered Public Accountant of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (the “Company”). The Company’s Board of Directors, at a special meeting held on November 12, 2008 at which a quorum of Directors was present, accepted the resignation of KGS, LLP and authorized the Company to engage a new independent registered public accountant for the Board to approve and introduced for approval by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on January 7, 2009, for the year ended December 31, 2009.
There were no disagreements with KGS, LLP.
Item 9.01 Financial Statement Exhibits
d Exhibits.
16. Letters from KGS, LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated November 6, 2008 and November 12, 2008.
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.
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Exhibit 16
November 6, 2008
Mr. Herbert Lindo Kenilworth Systems Corporation 185 Willis Avenue Suite #4 Mincola, NY 11501
Dear Mr. Lindo:
Effective February 7, 2007, Kenilworth Systems Corporation, the “Company”, engaged KGS LLP (“KGS”) to audit the Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006. During the time frame from being engaged to date, the Company has filed various financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission without submitting the final documents for the review or audit of KGS. Since KGS has not been provided the necessary documents, we have not completed any auditing or review procedures to express an opinion or any other form of assurances on the financial statements submitted.
In light of these facts, this is to confirm that the client-auditor relationship between the Company (commission file No. 0-08962) and KGS LLP has ceased.
Very truly yours,
KGS LLP
Mitchell Kahn
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November 12, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated November 12, 2008, of Kenilworth Systems Corporation and are in agreement with the statements contained in Item 4.01.
/s/ KGS LLP
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AUDIT AND TAX RELATED FEES
Audit and Tax Related Fees to us for the nine (9) month period ended September 30, 2008 and fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 for professional services by Marcum & Kliegman, LLP and KGS, LLP were:
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PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF 2010 STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Proposals by shareholders for inclusion in the 2010 annual meeting proxy statement must be received by Kenilworth Systems Corporation at 185 Willis Avenue, Mineola, N.Y. 11501, Attention: Maureen Plovnick, prior to March 1, 2010. All such proposals are subject to the applicable rules and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Failure to submit a proposal by the aforesaid date will result in the exclusion of any such proposal, and such proposal will not be considered or voted on at the annual meeting.
OTHER MATTERS
So far as our Board of Directors is aware, only the aforementioned matters will be acted upon at the meeting. If any other matters properly come before the meeting, it is intended that the accompanying proxy may be voted for such other matters in accordance with the best judgment of the person or persons voting the proxy.
A copy of our FORM 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and FORM 10-Q for the three (3) and nine (9) month periods ended September 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be obtained without charges upon written request to: Kenilworth Systems Corporation, 185 Willis Avenue, Suite # 4, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. The FORMS 10-K and 10-Q are available on our website www.kenilworthsys.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION (A DEVELOPMENT STAGE CORPORATION)
PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 7, 2008
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Ms. Maria Malizia and Mrs. Maureen Plovnick, employees of Kenilworth and each or either of them (with power of substitution) as proxies for the undersigned, to vote all shares of Common Stock of record on November 13, 2008 of KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 7, 2009 at 12:00 noon local time, or at any adjournment thereof, upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for said Meeting, copies of which have been received by the undersigned, and, in their discretion, upon all other matters which may properly come before said meeting. Without otherwise limiting the generality of the foregoing said proxies are directed to vote as follows:
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN ABOVE, AND THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY SIGNED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS LISTED ABOVE.
Your proxy is important to assure a quorum at the meeting whether or not you plan to attend in person. You may revoke this proxy at any time, and the giving of it will not affect your right to attend the meeting and vote in person.
This proxy must be signed exactly as name appears. When shares are held by joint tenants, both must sign. When signing as attorney or as trustee, executor or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign the full corporate name by the president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
THANK YOU.
Forward Looking Statement Contact: Herbert Lindo, Chairman & CEO, Kenilworth Systems Corp. (516) 741-1352, Roulabette@aol.com. ^Back to top |
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