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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

 

  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from to  

 

Commission file number 333-248871

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   85-0842591
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

16525 Sherman Way, Suite C-1

Van Nuys, CA

  91406
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 922-4356 

 

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   ECOX   OTC Markets

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 the Securities Act. Yes No  

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes No   

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the last 90 days. Yes No   

 

 

 
 
 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No   

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company
  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

 

The aggregate market value of shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of December 31, 2021, was $1,378,385 based upon the closing price of the common stock as reported on the OTC Markets.

 

There were 196,912,036 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2021, and 388,095,683 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 26, 2022.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

None.

 

 

 

 
 
 

   

Table of Contents

 

Item 1. Business 1
   
Item 1A. Risk Factors 9
   
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 18
   
Item 2. Properties 18
   
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 19
   
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 19
   
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 19
   
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 20
   
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 20
   
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 23
   
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data F-1
   
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 24
   
Item 9B. Other Information 24
   
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 25
   
Item 11. Executive Compensation 28
   
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 29
   
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 30
   
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 30
   
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 31

  

 

1 
 
 

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report contains some statements that are not historical or current facts and that are considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act. Such forward-looking statements express our management’s expectations, beliefs, and intentions regarding the future. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions and variations, or comparable terminology, or the negatives of any of the foregoing, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments that are difficult to predict. We cannot guarantee future performance, or that future developments affecting our company will be those currently anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including the factors referenced in this Annual Report under the sections entitled “Business,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risks and uncertainties, and you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

  

 

PART I

 

 

Item 1. Business

  

Financial information contained in this report and in our financial statements is stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

In this annual report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to “common shares” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

 

As used in this annual report and unless otherwise indicated, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “the Company” mean Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

 

Business Strategy

 

Eco Innovation Group, Inc. is a socially responsible and sustainability-focused technology incubator devoted to the commercialization of select intellectual property that, given the right business platform, has the potential to achieve high-value commercial success. Our value creation strategy is a strategic approach to environmental sustainability: we seek innovative socially responsible products and technologies with the potential to create globally important paradigm shifts in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Consistent with our strategy, we seek to license, develop and market environmentally sustainable and socially responsible technologies that have compelling market potential.

Market Opportunity

We believe our strategic approach to environmental sustainability and socially responsible technology development offers an attractive value proposition. Environmental sustainability and social responsibility are at the core of a rapidly growing target market recognized for its growth prospects, driven by consumer preference, competitive imperative, regulatory impacts, investor mandates and capital markets. Consumers, both individual and institutional, are core to the change.

According to a report published by Deloitte in February 2020, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is rapidly growing in major global economies and capital markets. As reported by Deloitte, ESG-mandated assets in the United States could grow almost three times as fast as non-ESG-mandated assets to comprise half of all professionally managed investments by 2025, and an estimated 200 new funds in the United States with an ESG investment mandate are expected to launch over the next three years, more than doubling the activity from the previous three years. Also, the Governance and Accountability Institute suggested that 86% of S&P 500 companies published sustainability reports in 2018 – up from 20% in 2011. Studies conducted by NYU Stern and Bank of America reported that consumers are also increasingly looking to align themselves with sustainable companies that serve a greater social purpose.

In our approach to the Company’s market opportunity, we not only look for great people with great technology, as part of our nine-step “Evaluation to Market” discipline, we also look to choose scalable technology opportunities and to maximize profit margins

 

2 
 
 

Business Model

 

As a technology incubator, Eco Innovation Group works to bring new technologies to consumers by providing the services needed to manufacture and distribute products incorporating the technology. We provide technology developers with strong commercialization support from concept and product development to marketing and promotion, as described in greater detail below. With a focus on socially responsible and sustainable technologies, we seek out innovative inventors developing technologies with socially responsible benefits in the areas of energy efficiency, carbon emissions reduction, environmentally sustainable housing, green foods, and clean water. We focus specifically on developing sustainable and socially responsible technologies for the U.S. and international markets.

  

Our services are provided through a nine-step “Evaluation to Market” process, used to identify and develop scalable technology opportunities that will have market potential with the application of strong commercialization support. The Evaluation to Market process consists of the application of our capital and management expertise through our provision of the following services:

 

  1. Idea Generation: identifying goods and services that fit our corporate socially responsible and sustainable objectives.

 

  2. Idea Screening: working directly with Inventors, Developers and Entrepreneurs to identify products and services for commercialization.

 

  3. Concept Development and Testing: working directly with Inventors, Developers and Entrepreneurs to build prototypes and proof of concept for commercialization. 

 

  4. Market Strategy Development: there are lots of great ideas, but not all pass the market strategy development.  The market analysis helps us determine if a product has market potential and also meets our corporate objectives.

 

  5. Business Analysis: During this process we identify markets, competition, cost analysis, manufacturing options, logistics and distribution channels.

 

  6. Technology Licensing: using our attorneys to protect IP with patents and trademarks as well as licensing agreements.

 

  7. Product Development: engineering design, manufacturing prior to market introduction.

 

  8. Test Marketing/Promotion: using market analytics to test market and solidify our market projections.

 

  9. Commercialization: introducing products to market and realizing revenue.

 

As part of the application of our capital and management expertise through this nine-step Evaluation to Market process, the Company works closely with our inventors and innovators to develop and test the product concepts and applications, to build application-ready prototypes, to develop the technology marketing strategies, and work with the independent distributors as well as the contract manufacturers to get final products to consumers. While the Company does not create or originate the technologies behind the products, we provide these valuable services to enable the inventors of the technologies to take their innovations from concept to market. The Company has identified and is working directly with several contract manufacturers to allow us to scale manufacturing capacity to meet expected product demand.

 

By employing a business plan purposefully designed to use leased employees, independent contractors and contract manufacturers to scale production and meet the demands of taking our products to market, the Company believes it will be able to accomplish its goals of delivering products at the lowest cost and greatest efficiency utilizing its limited infrastructure.

 

 

3 
 
 

Our Technology Agreements

 

JouleBox® Power Station Contract Manufacturing Agreement

 

On August 25, 2020, the Company signed a Master Outsourcing Contract Manufacturing Agreement with Eco-Gen Energy, Inc. (“Eco-Gen”), pursuant to which the Company has contracted to manage the production and delivery of Eco-Gen’s JouleBox® Power Station. The Master Outsourcing Contract Manufacturing Agreement with Eco-Gen is a related party transaction insofar as our CEO and controlling Stockholder, Julia Otey-Raudes, is a shareholder of Eco-Gen.

 

Under the Eco-Gen agreement, the Company has contracted to provide material purchase and management services, supply base management services, final product and component production services, delivery services, inventory management services, and related financial services for the production and delivery of Eco-Gen’s JouleBox® Power Station. Pursuant to an addendum to this Eco-Gen agreement dated August 26, 2020, Eco-Gen is required to advance payment to the Company prior to the Company’s performance of these services with relation to Eco-Gen’s clients. The Company entered into this addendum to the agreement with Eco-Gen due to the credit risk that the Company perceived with relation to Eco-Gen’s clients, upon whose business Eco-Gen, and therefore the Company, are dependent.

 

To perform our obligations under the Eco-Gen agreement, the Company will engage contract manufacturers and other independent contractors to perform the services and charge the cost of goods and services through to Eco-Gen with a 15% margin. As the services will be outsourced by the Company using third parties, including (but not limited to) intellectual property legal counsel to register trademarks and patents, engineering and manufacturing firms to design and produce the Company’s products, and marketing and advertising firms, the Company plans to manufacture and source products under the Eco-Gen agreement with limited personnel resources.

 

Power Booster™ Licensing Agreement

 

On May 4, 2020, the Company signed a Master Exclusive Licensing, Marketing, Distribution and Sales Agreement with the Bellagio IP Trust for the Power Booster™ technology, giving the Company the exclusive right to market Power Booster™ products.

 

The Company licensed the Power Booster™ technology based on the Company’s belief that the technology has the potential to achieve high-value commercial success. Based on tests performed by the Company and the patent holder, the Power Booster™ technology can provide a saving in energy consumption, depending on multiple factors, including intended usage, quality of existing power source and overall system configuration, over standard generator technology. Actual energy savings will vary depending on overall application and other factors. The Company plans to engage third parties to market products using the Power Booster™ technology in the United States.

 

The Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement with the Bellagio IP Trust (“Bellagio”)(the “Bellagio Agreement”) grants rights to the Company to market the Power Booster™. In exchange for the Bellagio Agreement, the Company issued Bellagio a restricted stock grant of twenty-five million (25,000,000) restricted common shares in the Company and will pay to Bellagio a royalty of 11% of the net manufacturing price of all Power Booster™ products sold. The Company has thus far generated no revenue from the product. Since the signing date of the Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement with Bellagio, there has been no significant progress by the Company on this initiative. The Company cannot be sure if or when, under the current global climate, that manufacturing agreement will be signed. Additionally, bringing the Power Booster™ technology to market will require significant financial inputs on the Company’s part over the next 12 months.

 

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MagnoSpring™ Licensing Agreement

On October 26, 2020, the Company signed an Exclusive License Agreement with Fortin & Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fortin”), giving the Company the exclusive worldwide right to make, use, sell, lease, import, export, or otherwise dispose of products utilizing Fortin’s magnetic spring mechanical motor technology, including the right to have products using the energy efficient technology made by third party manufacturers. Pursuant to the MagnoSpringtechnology licensing agreement with Fortin, after the completion of an operable prototype that provides proof of concept for the technology, Fortin shall, at the Company’s expense, procure patents for the MagnoSpringtechnology. Under the agreement, the Company is responsible for all costs for preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patents for the MagnoSpringtechnology, and shall have final authority over all decisions concerning filing prosecution of patent applications and patents, including the selection of patent attorneys.

 

As compensation to Fortin for entering into the Exclusive License Agreement for the MagnoSpringtechnology with the Company, we agreed to pay Fortin (or its principals) a restricted stock grant of 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock subject to a vesting schedule to be determined in the relevant stock grant agreement. Additionally, the Company agreed to pay a royalty of 10% of the net cost of goods for products using the MagnoSpring™ technology that are manufactured and sold. As of the date of this filing, no compensation has been paid to Fortin under the Exclusive License Agreement and no compensation is due.

 

The Company, after working with Fortin to develop a MagnoSpringtechnology prototype, cannot be sure if or when the MagnoSpring™  technology will be brought to market and result in revenue for the Company. 

PoolCooled™ Licensing Agreement

 

On June 8, 2021, the Company and Lance E. Nist (“Nist”) entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “Exclusive License Agreement”), whereby the Company acquired exclusive right to license and commercialize Nist’s proprietary climate control technology, PoolCooled™. Specifically, Nist licensed the Company the exclusive rights to research, develop, make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, export, and/or import and commercialize, the PoolCooled™ technology, which is a proprietary climate control technology designed to cool residential and commercial buildings by taking cool water from existing swimming pools and looping it through the existing air conditioning system to boost air conditioning equipment efficiency on a per-unit power consumption basis.

 

The term of the Exclusive License Agreement began June 8, 2021, and will continue as an exclusive license until the expiration of all patents that may be granted for the PoolCooled™ technology. The parties are required under the Exclusive License Agreement to pursue patents for the PoolCooled™ technology, with the Company responsible for the costs of patent filing and maintenance. In consideration for the grant of perpetual global rights to the PoolCooled™ technology, the Company agreed to pay Nist stock compensation in the amount of 5,000,000 restricted shares of Company common stock and perpetual royalties of 10% of the net cost of goods for products sold utilizing the PoolCooled™ technology.

 

On December 16, 2021, the Company announced the filing of a patent application (Application No. 17/469,834) for the Company’s licensed PoolCooled™ Climate Control technology solution.

 

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Glytech, LLC Licensing Agreement

 

On December 16, 2020, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Exclusive License Agreement”) with Glytech LLC, a California limited liability company ("Glytech"), who owns the rights to a patented supercritical plant extraction technology (the “Glytech Extraction Process”). Under the terms of the Exclusive License Agreement, the Company exclusively acquired a license to the intellectual property rights from Glytech to commercialize the Glytech Extraction Process, and the Company agreed to pay for the costs of patent procurement for the Glytech Extraction Process.

 

Under the Exclusive License Agreement with Glytech, ECOX acquired the exclusive right to make, use, sell, lease, import, export or otherwise commercialize the Glytech Extraction Process. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company paid Glytech 15,000,000 shares of common stock on execution, December 16, 2020. Conditioned upon achieving certain milestones defined in the agreement, the Company agreed to pay further consideration to Glytech under the Exclusive License Agreement, as follows: upon completion of a working prototype incorporating the Glytech Extraction Process, a grant of 15,000,000 shares of common stock subject to a one year restriction on transfer and a cash award of $150,000 to be paid quarterly in three installments. To date, there have been no conditional milestone payment made pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement with Glytech, and there are no assurances that the milestones will be achieved or further payments will be made, or that the Company will realize future revenues from the Exclusive License Agreement.

 

On June 17, 2020, the Company’s IP attorney filed U.S. patent application 16/904072 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering methods of extraction of plant materials obtained using the Glytech Extraction Process exclusively licensed to ECOX, on March 17, 2022, the Company announced receipt of a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for the patent application, and on April 19, 2022, the USPTO published the final patent with document ID US 11304986 B2.

 

The Company is active in negotiating additional licensing and joint ventures in the areas of electrical technologies, green energy, energy efficiency, innovative heat exchange technologies designed to reduce heating and cool costs for residential and commercial buildings, pathogen detection and mitigation, and green housing.

 

Green Construction Division – USA and Canada

Spruce Engineering & Construction, Inc. – Canada

Asset Purchase Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta Business Corporation (“Spruce Construction”) and Timothy Boetzkes (“Boetzkes”), a resident of the Province of Alberta, Canada and the sole shareholder of Spruce Construction, pursuant to which, the Company, Boetzkes and Spruce Construction agreed to effect an asset purchase agreement for existing construction equipment and form a new Canadian engineering and construction company in Canada.

 

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Boetzkes one million shares of the Company’s restricted common stock and $130,000 CAD in cash over the next 12 months for substantially all of the assets and business of Spruce Construction, consisting of vehicles, tools and equipment for the construction industry, the Spruce Construction name, and the existing book of construction business of Spruce Construction. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company, Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, the CEO of the Company’s Canadian technology subsidiary, ECOIG Canada, have formed a new Alberta Business Corporation to own and deploy the construction assets, named Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Company will own 85% of the voting interests of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., with Boetzkes owning 10% and Patrick Laurie 5%.

 

The closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement was subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing, as disclosed in the term sheet for the project disclosed by the Company and filed as Exhibit 10.1 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2021.

 

 

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Lock-Up Leak-Out Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Boetzkes entered into a Lock-Up and Leak-Out Agreement with the Company pursuant to which, among other thing, such shareholder agreed to certain restrictions regarding the resale of the common stock issued pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement for a period of six months from the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement, as more fully detailed therein.

 

Shareholders Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie. Under the Shareholders Agreement, Patrick Laurie agreed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes agreed to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Shareholders Agreement provides for certain terms of governance, restrictive covenants including confidentiality and noncompetition, and transfer restrictions on the parties’ equity with regards to Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., of which the Company is the 85% voting equity holder, entered into employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, pursuant to which Patrick Laurie shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. Ancillary to the Employment Agreements, Boetzkes and Laurie also entered into restricted stock award agreements governing their minority equity stakes in Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., which provide for a repurchase option allowing Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. to clawback equity in the event of the employees’ for-cause termination.

 

ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc. – USA

 

On January 4, 2022, the Company formed a subsidiary, ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc., a California corporation (“ECOX Spruce Construction”), for the purpose of starting a green construction division in the USA. Pursuant to a letter of intent (LOI) between ECOX and Edgar E. Aguilar ("Aguilar"), a resident of California and licensed California general contractor, Aguilar agreed to manage the operation of ECOX Spruce Construction’s construction business in California as its Responsible Managing Officer. Under the Company’s existing LOI with Aguilar, Blueprint Construction will own 20% of the equity interests of ECOX Spruce Construction Inc., and the Company will own 80%. ECOX Spruce Construction is in the process of securing a general contractor license in California, with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer as principal applicant. That application was approved and the Company is in the process of securing workman’s compensation insurance and bonding so that the license will become active. Once ECOX Spruce Construction is fully licensed and bonded as a California general contractor, the Company intends to seek certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise.

 

Corporate Information

 

The Company’s shares are quoted on the OTC Markets Pink Sheet tier, under the symbol ECOX. Our executive offices are located at 16525 Sherman Way, Suite C-1, Van Nuys, CA 91406, and our telephone number is (800) 922-4356.

 

We maintain an internet website, and our internet address is https://www.ecoig.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference in this Annual Report or in any other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

 

 

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In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” will have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements, and, if their revenues are less than $100 million, not providing an independent registered public accounting firm attestation on internal control over financial reporting. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of that year or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of that year.

Corporate History

 

Eco Innovation Group, Inc., was originally incorporated on March 5, 2001 as Dig-It Underground, Inc., a Nevada corporation that initially operated as an underground cable contractor. On September 29, 2008, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with Haydin Group Enterprises (“Haydin”), a sole proprietorship, and concurrently resolved to wind down its cable installation business. By virtue of the share exchange agreement, the Company acquired an interest in Haydin’s salon equipment, office equipment, lease assignments for salon locations, reception office equipment, salon stations, and remodeled salon facilities that included upgraded and permitted electrical, plumbing and signage. The Company’s business focused on the operation of a string of high-end beauty salons in the Cedar Hill, Texas area.

 

On September 1, 2011, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with Get Down Art, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. The consummation of the share exchange provided the Company with original art and agreements with artists with licensing agreements with businesses. The Company acquired art inventory, accounts receivable, office leasing and build out. The Company resolved to unwind its previous acquisition of Haydin dated September 29, 2008.

On August 30, 2012, the Company acquired Haydin as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company through a share exchange agreement wherein the Company issued fifty million shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the legal right title and interest in the assets of Haydin, which owned a chain of high-end beauty salons that focused on skin and hair care and nail care. Haydin also promoted sales of beauty supplies and products and sold to other salons in Texas. The Haydin beauty salons retained highly trained experienced cosmetologists who had a long history with the business. Concurrently, the Company discontinued its business with Get Down Art, LLC and resolved to unwind that acquisition.

On January 5, 2016, the Company acquired Expressions Property Limited, LP, a Texas limited partnership and Expressions Chiropractic and Rehab Center, PA in a share exchange agreement. This acquisition allowed the Company to enter into the natural healing and chiropractic business in Cedar Hill and North Richland Hills, Texas.

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Effective June 30, 2018, the Company resolved and agreed to spin out Haydin Group Enterprises, Expressions Property Limited, LP and Expressions Chiropractic and Rehab Center, PA as private entities and thereby unwinding the share exchange agreements entered into on August 30, 2012 and January 5, 2016, respectively.

The Company was subsequently an innovation incubator platform from 2018 until early 2020 that was devoted to globally important paradigm shifts in technology, sustainable products development, and research, will initially re introduce a more affordable, fire, hurricane and earthquake resilient steel framing system.

On February 28, 2020, our current CEO and controlling Stockholder, Julia Otey-Raudes, took over management and control of the company and transferred all of the IP relating to the Company’s old business model back to John English. In the related change of control transaction, Ms. Otey acquired 30,000,000 shares of super-voting Preferred Series A stock on February 28, 2020, and launched the company into a new direction. The Company is now an innovation incubator platform devoted to globally important paradigm shifts in technology, sustainable and carbon negative products development and practical deployment worldwide. ECOX will initially introduce a revolutionary power booster for homes and offices that, when installed as directed, holds the potential to reduce energy consumption, depending on configuration by up to 60% and other energy saving related technologies.

Description of property

 

The Company does not lease or own an office, any real estate or assets as of the year ended December 31, 2020, and as of the date of this filing. The Company’s offices are located in a space provided to the Company free of charge by Eco-Gen Energy, Inc.

 

Reports to security holders

 

We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our filings are available to the public over the internet at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The public may read and copy any materials filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E. Washington D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-732-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and formation statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Risks Related to our Business

 

There could be unidentified risks involved with an investment in our securities.

 

The foregoing risk factors are not a complete list or explanation of the risks involved with an investment in the securities. Additional risks will likely be experienced that are not presently foreseen by the Company. Prospective investors must not construe the information provided herein as constituting investment, legal, tax or other professional advice. Before making any decision to invest in our securities, you should read this entire Prospectus and consult with your own investment, legal, tax and other professional advisors. An investment in our securities is suitable only for investors who can assume the financial risks of an investment in the Company for an indefinite period of time and who can afford to lose their entire investment. The Company makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the likelihood of the success or the business of the Company, the value of our securities, any financial returns that may be generated or any tax benefits or consequences that may result from an investment in the Company. 

 

 

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General risk relating to COVID-19 pandemic

 

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may have an unexpected effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and governmental authorities around the world have implemented measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures have adversely affected workforces, customers, supply chains, consumer sentiment, economies, and financial markets, and, along with decreased consumer spending, have led to an economic downturn across many global economies.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly escalated in the United States, creating significant uncertainty and economic disruption, and leading to record levels of unemployment nationally. Numerous state and local jurisdictions have imposed, and others in the future may impose, shelter-in-place orders, quarantines, shut-downs of non-essential businesses, and similar government orders and restrictions on their residents to control the spread of COVID-19. Such orders or restrictions have resulted in temporary facility closures, work stoppages, slowdowns and travel restrictions, among other effects, thereby adversely impacting our operations. In addition, we expect to be impacted by a downturn in the United States economy, which could have an adverse impact on discretionary consumer spending and may have a significant impact on our business operations and/or our ability to generate revenues and profits.

 

In response to the COVID-19 disruptions, we have implemented a number of measures designed to protect the health and safety of our staff and contractors. These measures include restrictions on non-essential business travel, the institution of work-from-home policies wherever feasible and the implementation of strategies for workplace safety at our facilities that remain open. We are following the guidance from public health officials and government agencies, including implementation of enhanced cleaning measures, social distancing guidelines and wearing of masks.

  

The extent to which COVID-19 ultimately impacts our business, financial condition and results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and unpredictable, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity and duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and the effectiveness of actions taken to contain the COVID-19 outbreak or treat its impact, among others. Additionally, while the extent to which COVID-19 ultimately impacts our operations will depend on a number of factors, many of which will be outside of our control. The COVID-19 outbreak is evolving and new information emerges daily; accordingly, the ultimate consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

In addition to the COVID-19 disruptions possibility adversely impacting our business and financial results, they may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in these Risk Factors, including risks relating to changes due to our limited operating history; our ability to generate sufficient revenue, to generate positive cash flow; our relationships with third parties, and many other factors. We will endeavor to minimize these impacts, but there can be no assurance relative to the potential impacts that may be incurred.

 

Generally, while we believe the coronavirus may have a negative impact on our future financial results, the impact is difficult to assess at this time. Our newly implemented business plan has not yet generated revenue as of the date of this filing, and future results are speculative. As an early-stage company with a limited operating history, the effects of the coronavirus on our business plan are impossible to predict. Although we believe that responsive actions related to COVID-19 may adversely affect our future business, financial condition, liquidity, and cash flow, we are unable to predict the extent of any such impact as circumstances rapidly evolve.

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

Our limited operating history makes evaluating our business and future prospects difficult and may increase the risk of your investment.

You must consider the risks and difficulties we face as an early-stage company with a limited operating history. If we do not successfully address these risks, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition will be materially and adversely harmed. We are in the beginning stages of introducing new technologies to the marketplace and we have a very limited operating history on which investors can base an evaluation of our business, operating results, and prospects.  It is difficult to predict our future revenues and appropriately budget for our expenses, and we have limited insight into trends that may emerge and affect our business.

We anticipate we will experience losses for the foreseeable future

We have reported losses and we expect these losses to continue as we seek to introduce our new technologies to the marketplace. 

 

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Our independent auditors' report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 have expressed doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern. 

Due to the uncertainty of our ability to meet our current operating and capital expenses, in our audited annual financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 our independent auditors included a note to our financial statements regarding concerns about our ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred recurring losses, has generated limited revenue and has had negative operating cash flows since inception. These factors and the need for additional financing in order for the Company to meet its business plan, raise substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. The presence of the going concern note to our financial statements may have an adverse impact on the relationships we are developing and plan to develop with third parties as we continue the commercialization of our products and could make it challenging and difficult for us to raise additional financing, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business and prospects and result in a significant or complete loss of your investment.

 

We may experience significant delays in the design, manufacture, launch, and financing of our products, which may increase the risk of your investment.

Any delay in the design, manufacture, marketing or sales of our products could materially damage our brand, business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, and thus the value of your investment. 

We face significant barriers in our attempt to introduce our products to the marketplace, and if we cannot successfully overcome those barriers our business will be negatively impacted.

The market for our products has traditionally been controlled by a limited number of large corporations.  These large corporations could hold significant power relative to the installation of new technologies on the electric power grid or relative to the installation of new technologies connected to the power grid.  These corporations could seek to block our access to power grid connections, resulting in difficulties for our company to gain installations and revenues and profits. Our heat exchanger technologies are also new and as a result there could be market entry delays due to numerous competitive factors.

 We face significant market competition.

Our market sector is extremely competitive.  Our competitors include numerous larger, diversified companies that have more financial, marketing and other resources, distribution networks and greater name recognition than us. Our ability to be successful will depend on many factors, some of which may be outside of our direct control.

We are often dependent on our suppliers, a significant number of which are single or limited source suppliers, and the inability of these suppliers to continue to deliver, or their refusal to deliver, necessary components of our system and/or the system of our customers at prices and volumes acceptable to us would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects and operating results.

Our supply chain exposes us to multiple potential sources of delivery failure or component shortages.  For example, earthquakes, floods or other natural disasters could negatively impact our supply chain. We are currently evaluating, qualifying and selecting our suppliers for future production and we intend to establish in the future dual suppliers for several key components of our products, although we expect that a number of components will be single-sourced. We have in the past experienced source disruptions in our supply chains, which have caused delays in our production process and we may experience additional delays in the future with respect to our current products and other products we produce in the future.

Changes in business conditions, wars, governmental changes and other factors beyond our control or which we do not presently anticipate, could also affect our suppliers’ ability to deliver components to us on a timely basis. Furthermore, if we experience significant increased demand, or need to replace our existing suppliers, there can be no assurance that additional supplies of component parts will be available when required on terms that are favorable to us, at all, or that any supplier would allocate sufficient supplies to us in order to meet our requirements or fill our orders in a timely manner.  The loss of any single or limited source supplier or the disruption in the supply of components from these suppliers could lead to delays in vehicle deliveries to our customers, which could hurt our relationships with our customers and also materially adversely affect our business, prospects and operating results.

Increases in costs, disruption of supply or shortage of major components of our systems supplied by our vendors or to raw materials, could harm our business.

We may experience increases in the cost or a sustained interruption in the supply or shortage of components, raw materials and/or finished goods from our suppliers. Any such an increase or supply interruption could materially negatively impact our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

 

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Product sales lead times may be significant and could negatively affect our business

Decision timeframes and sales cycles within our industry are often long with significant analysis being required before purchasing decisions are completed.  These long decisions and sales cycles may negatively affect our ability to generate revenues.

We are subject to substantial regulation and industry-standard guidelines related to the manufacturing of our products and relative safety requirements for our products

The industry in which we operate is highly regulated and there are considerable regulations regarding the manufacturing, labeling, marketing, and safety of our products.  While we take great care to comply with regulatory compliance, our inability could affect our ability to manufacture and market our products, thus affecting our ability to generate profits for the Company.

We are dependent on licensing agreements for several of our products.

While we believe our contracts, agreements and relationships with the entities from which we license various technologies are sound. There can be no assurance these license agreements will continue as envisioned. While we take great care to maintain good relationships with technology licensors, disagreements or attempts to cancel our contractual rights could negatively affect our business and our ability to generate revenues and/or profits.

Our future growth may be dependent upon consumers’ willingness to adopt new technologies relative to energy conservation, alternative electric generation, electrical storage technologies and alternatives to traditional heating and cooling technologies. 

Our growth is highly dependent upon the adoption by consumers, governments, electric utility companies and private enterprises of alternative technologies.  If the market for our alternative technologies does not develop as we expect or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be harmed. The market for our products is relatively new, rapidly evolving, characterized by rapidly changing technologies, price competition, additional competitors, evolving government regulation and industry standards, alternative energy generation and storage announcements and changing consumer demands and behaviors. There can be no assurance our new technologies will be accepted.

Other factors that may influence the adoption of our technologies include:

  public perception of alternative forms of electricity generation, storage, and alternative heating and cooling technologies, especially relating to the adoption of these new technologies.  While it is thought that the public’s perception of our technologies is positive, these can be no assurance these perceptions could change in the future.  

 

  advancement of alternative technologies.  The marketplace in which we operate is experiencing considerable innovation.  There can be no assurance that our competitors will not create alternative technologies that could place our products at a disadvantage in the market.  Such technological advancements could negatively affect our business operations and our ability to produce profits.

 

 

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  reductions in the environmental impact of traditional fossil fuel electric generation;

 

  ·• the environmental consciousness of consumers;

 

  volatility in the cost of oil, natural gas and other fuels.  A significant long term decrease in the cost of alternatives could negatively affect our business operations and our ability to produce profits.

 

  consumers’ perceptions of the dependency of the United States on oil from unstable or hostile countries;

 

  government regulations and economic incentives promoting fuel efficiency and alternate forms of energy;

 

  the availability of tax and other governmental incentives relative to electricity generation, storage or consumption;

 

  perceptions about the technologies and the actual cost of both fossil fuels and alternative energy sources.

 

Our future growth may be dependent upon consumers’ willingness to adopt new technologies relative to pathogen detection, sterilization of interiors of buildings.

Our growth may be highly dependent upon the adoption by consumers, governments, and business of pathogen and illness mitigation technologies. If the market for new technologies that the Company may market in these areas does not develop as we expect or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be harmed. The market for our potential new pathogen mitigation related products is relatively new, rapidly evolving, characterized by rapidly changing technologies, price competition, additional competitors, evolving government regulation and industry standards, and changing consumer demands and behaviors. There can be no assurance our new technologies will be accepted by the market.

If our suppliers or technology license partners fail to use ethical business practices and comply with applicable laws and regulations, our brand image could be harmed due to negative publicity.

Our core values, which include developing the highest quality products while operating with integrity, are an important component of our brand image, which makes our reputation particularly sensitive to allegations of unethical business practices. We do not control our independent suppliers or their business practices. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee their compliance with ethical business practices, such as environmental responsibility, fair wage practices, and compliance with child labor laws, among others. A lack of demonstrated compliance could lead us to seek alternative suppliers, which could increase our costs and result in delayed delivery of our products, product shortages or other disruptions of our operations.

We face risks associated with our business with Eco-Gen Energy, Inc. that could harm our financial condition and results of operations.

Our business with and anticipated revenue from Eco-Gen is completely dependent upon certain factors, namely, our ability to perform under our agreement with Eco-Gen, on the functionality of Eco-Gen’s JouleBox® Power Station technology, and the ability of Eco-Gen’s customers to pay Eco-Gen. According to Eco-Gen, Eco-Gen’s primary clients and business are with purchasers who have contracted with Eco-Gen for delivery of Eco-Gen’s products, where the Company will provide for the manufacture of those products. As such, our business and anticipated revenue from our agreement with Eco-Gen is completely dependent upon Eco-Gen’s business and Eco-Gen’s anticipated revenue from Eco-Gen’s customers.

 

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Our anticipated revenue from Eco-Gen is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that include, in addition to the risk that we may be unable to perform our obligations to Eco-Gen, the following risks associated with Eco-Gen:

  Eco-Gen’s cash position, according to its unaudited financial statements, is insufficient to complete its obligations under Eco-Gen’s current purchase orders, and insufficient to pay us to perform our related contractual obligations to manage the manufacture of Eco-Gen’s products;

 

  Based on the fact that the two customers disclosed by Eco-Gen will not be required to pay 50% of their purchase prices until the units they purchased are delivered to them, according to Eco-Gen’s representations, and based on Eco-Gen’s current cash position disclosed above, as of the date of this filing, Eco-Gen does not have the necessary financial capacity to pay us to perform our obligations to Eco-Gen.

 

As a result of these risks, we cannot be certain that we will generate any revenue from our business with Eco-Gen Energy, Inc.

We manufacture critical components used within electrical and cooling/heating systems and, as a result, could be subject to litigation.

Product liability claims are common in the electrical product and heating and cooling systems industry. Even though we have not been subject to such claims in the past, we could be the defendant in a lawsuit including those related to product liability claims alleging defects in the design, manufacture or operation of our green technology products. Any litigation, regardless of its merit or eventual outcome, could result in significant legal costs and high damage awards or settlements. Although we currently maintain product liability insurance, the coverage is subject to deductibles and limitations, and may not be adequate to cover future claims. Additionally, we may be unable to maintain our existing product liability insurance in the future at satisfactory rates or at adequate amounts.

If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, our business may be harmed, and we may be required to pay damages.

Our business exposes us to potential product liability claims that are inherent in the market for electrical systems and components and relative to the green technology and energy efficiency markets in which we do business. We could become the subject of product liability lawsuits alleging that component failures, malfunctions, manufacturing flaws, design defects or inadequate disclosure of product-related risks or product-related information resulted in an unsafe condition or injury to patients.

Regardless of the merit or eventual outcome, product liability claims may result in:

  decreased demand for our products

 

  injury to our reputation;

 

  significant litigation costs;

 

  substantial monetary awards to or costly settlements with customers;

 

  product recalls;

 

  material defense costs;

 

  loss of revenues;

 

  the inability to commercialize new products or product candidates; and diversion of management attention from pursuing our business strategy.

 

Our business may suffer if we are unable to attract or retain talented personnel.

Our success will depend in large measure on the abilities, expertise, judgment, discretion, integrity and good faith of Management, as well as other personnel. We have a small management team, and the loss of a key individual or our inability to attract suitably qualified replacements or additional staff could adversely affect our business. Our success also depends on the ability of Management to form and maintain key commercial relationships within the marketplace. No assurance can be given that key personnel will continue their association or employment with us or that replacement personnel with comparable skills will be found. If we are unable to attract and retain key personnel and additional employees, our business may be adversely affected. We do not maintain key-man life insurance on any of our executive employees.

 

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The lack of available and cost-effective directors and officer’s insurance coverage in our industry may cause us to be unable to attract and retain qualified executives, and this may result in our inability to further develop our business.

Our business depends on attracting independent directors, executives and senior management to advance our business plans. We currently do not have directors and officer’s insurance to protect our sole director or any new directors that may be appointed in the future and the Company against the possible third-party claims. This is due to the significant lack of availability of such policies at reasonably competitive prices. As a result, the Company and our executive directors and officers are susceptible to liability claims arising by third parties, and as a result, we may be unable to attract and retain qualified independent directors and executive management causing the development of our business plans to be impeded as a result.

If we fail to maintain satisfactory relationships with future customers, our business may be harmed. 

Due to competition or other factors, we could lose business from our future customers, either partially or completely. The future loss of one or more of our significant customers or a substantial future reduction of orders by any of our significant customers could harm our business and results of operations. Moreover, our customers may vary their order levels significantly from period to period and customers may not continue to place orders with us in the future at the same levels as in prior periods. In the event that in the future we lose any of our larger customers, we may not be able to replace that revenue source. This could harm our financial results.

Management of growth will be necessary for us to be competitive.

Successful expansion of our business will depend on our ability to effectively attract and manage staff, strategic business relationships, and stockholders. Specifically, we will need to hire skilled management and technical personnel as well as manage partnerships to navigate shifts in the general economic environment. Expansion has the potential to place significant strains on financial, management, and operational resources, yet failure to expand will inhibit our profitability goals.

We depend on key personnel and have a difficult time recruiting needed personnel.

Our future success depends on the efforts of a small number of key personnel. In addition, due to our financial resources and specialized expertise required, we may not be able to recruit the individuals needed for our business needs. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining the personnel we require to operate and be innovative.

Our strategies to grow our business may not be successful.

We are pursuing a variety of strategies to grow our business, including, as outlined below. There can be no assurances we will be able to successfully grow our business operations.

  collaborations, licensing arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances or partnerships;

 

  pursuing sales in international markets; and

 

  acquisitions of complementary products or technologies.

 

As a growing company, we have to develop reliable accounting resources and internal controls. Failure to achieve and maintain effective controls could prevent us from producing reliable financial reports.

Effective internal controls and accounting resources are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports. We are in the process of implementing a system of internal controls. Failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal accounting and control environment could cause us to face regulatory action and also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, either of which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial results.

 

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Risks of Government Action And Regulatory Uncertainty

Our products and operations are subject to extensive government regulation and industry association group compliance requirements.  Our failure to comply with applicable requirements could harm our business.

Our products are subject to extensive regulation in the United States and elsewhere.  Within the United States, there are numerous government agencies that regulate electrical components and the connection and operation of these components and systems. These may include but are not limited to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  Many states within the United States have similar bodies and the state Public Utilities Commission. Additionally, there are numerous industry associated standards created, such as those enacted by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and other industry bodies, to which we could be required to adhere.   

The government imposed and industry regulations to which we are subject are complex and have tended to become more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in restrictions on our ability to carry on or expand our operations, higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales.   Lack of adherence to these many requirements could result in prohibitions on sales of our products; and in the most serious cases, criminal penalties.

Our future sales could be affected by availability of government subsidies for wind, solar or other alternative energy production sources.

There are numerous U.S. federal, U.S. state, and non-U.S. government programs to subsidize wind, solar and other alternative forms of energy production, storage, transmission, usage, etc. The availability of such programs or curtailment of such programs could have negative impacts on our business and our ability to generate revenues and profits. There can be no assurances any current program or future program will be ongoing. Any change to subsidy framework could negatively affect our operations.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

We may need additional capital that will dilute the ownership interest of investors.

We may require additional capital to fund our future business operations. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related or convertible debt securities, these securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the rights of holders of our shares of common stock, who may experience dilution of their ownership interest of our shares of common stock. We cannot predict whether additional financing will be available to us on favorable terms when required, or at all. During recent financial periods, we have experienced negative cash flow from operations and expect to experience significant negative cash flow from operations in the future. The issuance of additional shares of common stock by our board of directors may have the effect of further diluting the proportionate equity interest and voting power of holders of our shares of common stock.

Our shares of common stock qualify as a penny stock. As such, we are subject to the risks associated with "penny stocks". Regulations relating to "penny stocks" limit the ability of our stockholders to sell their shares and, as a result, our stockholders may have to hold their shares indefinitely.

Our shares of common stock are deemed to be "penny stock" as that term is defined in Regulation Section 240.3a51-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Penny stocks are stocks: (a) with a price of less than $5.00 per share; (b) that are not traded on a "recognized" national exchange; (c) whose prices are not quoted on the NASDAQ automated quotation system (NASDAQ - where listed stocks must still meet the requirement (a) above); or (d) in issuers with net tangible assets of less than $1,500,000 (if the issuer has been in continuous operation for at least three years) or $5,000,000 (if in continuous operation for less than three years), or with average revenues of less than $6,000,000 for the last three years.

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Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Regulation 240.15g(c)2 of the Securities and Exchange Commission require broker dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed and dated written receipt of the document before effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor's account. Potential investors in our shares of common stock are urged to obtain and read such disclosure carefully before purchasing any shares of common stock that are deemed to be "penny stock".

Moreover, Regulation 240.15g-9 of the SEC requires broker dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the broker dealer to: (a) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (b) reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (c) provide the investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the broker dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (d) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the investor confirming that it accurately reflects the investor's financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more difficult for investors in our shares of common stock to resell their shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them. Holders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, dated April 17, 1991, the market for penny stocks suffers from patterns of fraud and abuse.

Our Management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, Management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.

FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock and to deposit certificates in paper form or to clear shares for trading under Safe Harbor exemptions and regulations for unregistered shares.

In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (known as “FINRA”) has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our shares of common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for our investors to deposit paper stock certificates or to clear our shares of common stock that are transferred electronically to brokerage accounts. There can be no assurances that our investors will be able to clear our shares for eventual resale.

Costs and expenses of being a reporting company under the 1934 Securities Exchange Act may be burdensome and prevent us from achieving profitability.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and parts of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly, and place a significant strain on our personnel, systems, and resources.

Since our shares of common stock are thinly traded their value is more susceptible to extreme rises or declines in price, and you may not be able to sell your shares at or above the price paid.

Since our shares of common stock are thinly traded its trading price is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to extreme fluctuations in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including (but not necessarily limited to): the trading volume of our shares, the number of analysts, market-makers and brokers following our shares of common stock, new products or services introduced or announced by us or our competitors, actual or anticipated variations in quarterly operating results, conditions or trends in our business industries, additions or departures of key personnel, sales of our shares of common stock and general stock market price and volume fluctuations of publicly traded, and particularly microcap, companies.

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Investors may have difficulty reselling shares of our common stock, either at or above the price they paid for our stock, or even at fair market value. The stock markets often experience significant price and volume changes that are not related to the operating performance of individual companies, and because our shares of common stock are thinly traded it is particularly susceptible to such changes. These broad market changes may cause the market price of our shares of common stock to decline regardless of how well we perform as a company. In addition, there is a history of securities class action litigation following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities. Although there is no such litigation currently pending or threatened against us, such a suit against us could result in the incursion of substantial legal fees, potential liabilities and the diversion of management’s attention and resources from our business. Moreover, and as noted below, our shares are currently quoted on the OTC Markets Pink and, further, are subject to the penny stock regulations. Price fluctuations in such shares are particularly volatile and subject to potential manipulation by market-makers, short-sellers and option traders.

Our chief executive officer and our sole director have substantial control over us, which could limit your ability to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control.

Our executive officer and principal stockholders will beneficially own or control, directly or indirectly, a significant majority of our shares. For example, our CEO and sole director holds 30,000,000 shares of preferred stock that allows for up to 96.8% control of any Stockholder vote. As a result, this stockholder could have significant influence over the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election or removal of directors, any amendments to our certificate of incorporation or bylaws and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and over the management and affairs of our company. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and might affect the market price of our common stock.

Because we do not expect to pay any dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future, investors in our Company may never receive a return on their investment.

We do not anticipate that we will pay any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Instead, we plan to retain any earnings to maintain and expand our existing operations. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any return on their investment.

There could be unidentified risks involved with an investment in our securities.

The foregoing risk factors are not a complete list or explanation of the risks involved with an investment in the securities. Additional risks will likely be experienced that are not presently foreseen by the Company. Prospective investors must not construe this and the information provided herein as constituting investment, legal, tax or other professional advice. Before making any decision to invest in our securities, you should read this entire Prospectus and consult with your own investment, legal, tax and other professional advisors. An investment in our securities is suitable only for investors who can assume the financial risks of an investment in the Company for an indefinite period of time and who can afford to lose their entire investment. The Company makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the likelihood of the success or the business of the Company, the value of our securities, any financial returns that may be generated or any tax benefits or consequences that may result from an investment in the Company.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

The Company does not lease or own an office, any real estate or assets as of the year ended December 31, 2021, and as of the date of this filing. The Company’s offices are located in a space provided to the Company free of charge by Eco-Gen Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

We know of no material, existing or pending legal proceedings against our company, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.

    

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

  

PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Market Information

 

Shares of the Company’s common stock are quoted under the symbol "ECOX" on the OTC Markets Quotation System Pink market tier.

 

The OTC Markets Quotation System is quotation service that display real-time quotes, last-sale prices and volume information in over-the-counter equity securities. The market is limited for our stock and any prices quoted may not be a reliable indication of the value of our shares of common stock. The following Table sets forth the high and low bid prices per share of our shares of common stock by OTC Markets for the periods indicated.

 

For the Period Ending December 31, 20211   High   Low
First Quarter   $ 0.15     $ 0.06  
Second Quarter   $ 0.08     $ 0.023  
Third Quarter   $ 0.055     $                 0.02  
Fourth Quarter   $ 0.034     $ .006  
                 
For the Period Ending December 31, 20201   High   Low
First Quarter   $ 0.05     $ 0.005  
Second Quarter   $ 0.14     $ 0.01  
Third Quarter   $ 0.14     $                 0.07  
Fourth Quarter   $ 0.95     $ 0.064  

  

1. Over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions. Our transfer agent is Nevada Agency and Transfer Company, 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, Reno, NV 89501, (775) 322-0626, info@natco.com.

 

As of April 25, 2022, the shares traded at $0.0023 bid and $0.0025 ask price with a total of 1,286,900 shares traded in the previous 10 days of trading.

 

Holders of Record

 

As of April 26, 2022, the date of filing of this Annual Report, we have 388,095,683 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, held by approximately 72 stockholders of record.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends to date and do not anticipate or contemplate paying dividends in the foreseeable future. It is the present intention of management to utilize all available funds for the development of our business.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

  

None.

 

 

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

 

 

On May 18, 2020, the company issued 8,000,000 shares of common stock to a consultant for $0.098 per share valued at $784,000 for services.

 

On May 26, 2020, the company issued 25,000,000 shares of common stock to its former Chief Executive Officer John English for the conversion of a $2,451 convertible note.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 12,500,000 shares of common stock to Pinnacle Consulting Services for $0.099 per share valued at $1,248,750 as compensation for consulting services.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 10,000,000 shares of common stock to its Chief Executive Officer Julia Otey-Raudes for $0.026 per share valued at $260,000 as compensation for services.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 25,000,000 shares of common stock to Bellagio IP Trust for $0.026 per share valued at $650,000 in connection with the Master Exclusive Licensing, Marketing, Distribution and Sales Agreement, dated June 16, 2020 between Bellagio IP Trust and Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 600,000 shares of common stock to Tabular Investments, LLC for $0.125 per share valued at $75,000 in compensation for services.

 

On August 14, 2020, the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc., for $0.005 per share, in exchange for a cash payment of $20,000.

 

On November 15, 2020, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Patrick Laurie for $0.066 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $165,000 related to the shares, which were issued in January 2021.

 

On December 17, 2020, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Demitri Hopkins for $0.008 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $200,000 related to the shares, which were issued in January 2021. The Company also agreed to compensate the Advisory board member with cash payments of $60,000 per year.

 

On December 16, 2020, the Company entered into a technology license agreement with Glytech LLC, a company of which Demitri Hopkins is an equity interest holder. The agreement awarded Glytech LLC 15,000,000 shares of common stock upon execution, and an additional 15,000,000 shares upon completion of a working prototype of a new technology product based on the licensed technology by March 31, 2021. Additionally, upon completion of the working prototype, the Company will pay $150,000 of cash, due within six months of the milestone completion. The Company will be a royalty of 10% to Glytech on all net sales of any device incorporating the licensed technology. The initial shares to be awarded were valued at $1,050,000 based on the fair value of the common stock at the agreement date, and were recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset. The shares were issued in January 2021.

 

 

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On January 6, 2021 the Company agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares of common stock to SaraLynn Mandell for $0.067 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $335,000 related to the shares, which were issued in February 2021. The Company also agreed to compensate the Advisory board member with cash payments of $60,000 per year.

 

On February 3, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 1,176,471 shares of common stock to SRAX Investor Relations, LLC for $0.08 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $100,000 related to the shares.

 

On March 1, 2021, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Marijuana Company of America, Inc., a Utah corporation quoted on OTC Markets Pink (“MCOA”) dated February 26, 2021, to acquire the number of shares of MCOA’s common stock, par value $0.001, equal in value to $650,000 based on the closing price for the trading day immediately preceding the effective date, in exchange for the number of shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001, equal in value to $650,000 based on the per-share price of $0.06 (the “Share Exchange Agreement”). For both parties, the Share Exchange Agreement contains a “true-up” provision requiring the issuance of additional common stock in the event that a decline in the market value of either parties’ common stock should cause the aggregate value of the stock acquired pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement to fall below $650,000. The Company issued 10,833,333 shares of its Company stock pursuant to this agreement and holds 41,935,484 shares of MCOA stock. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owed an additional 82,023,810 shares to be issued to MCOA under the terms of the agreement, with the Company recognizing a $866,885 other loss during the year ended December 31, 2021. The additional shares to be issued are recorded as a share liability on the Company’s balance sheet.

 

On July 19, 2021, the Company issued 850,000 shares of common stock for $0.039 to settled outstanding accounts payable in the amount of $34,000.

 

On August 26, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 1,500,000 shares of common stock to Iconic Investor Relations, LLC for $0.039 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $174,600 related to the shares.

 

On October 4, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 4,000,000 shares of common stock to StockVest for $0.023 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $92,000 related to the shares.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 4,749,999 shares of common stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $50,900.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 2,675,000 shares of common stock were cancelled by the Company and returned to treasury.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 5,675,342 shares of common stock were issued by the Company for the conversion of $14,188 in principal and interest of a convertible note.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 5,871,211 shares of common stock for the cashless exercise of the Labry’s warrant.

 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

 

As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

This discussion and analysis may include statements regarding our expectations with respect to our future performance, liquidity, and capital resources. Such statements, along with any other non-historical statements in the discussion, are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, factors listed in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC''). We do not assume an obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any of the forward-looking statements contained herein.

 

Overview and Financial Condition

 

We are an innovative entrant into the green technology licensing space, and as a recently registered publicly traded company with our initial S-1 registration statement declared effective as of January 15, 2021, we are one of the few publicly-traded green technology development firms in the U.S. As of the date of this Annual Report, we have two years of implementing our business plan under new management following our change of control in late February 2020.

 

Our total operating and other expenses in excess of our gross profit have resulted in a net loss of $5,834,144 for the year ended December 31, 2021, which, considered in light of our past financial performance, give rise to the going concern statement below. In furthering our business, as described in Item 1 above concerning our business and operations, we are seeking to license commercially viable green technologies that fulfill concrete market demands, and develop product applications that we can sell into the market. Our technology licensing and product development activities are spearheaded by Julia Otey-Roades, our Chief Executive Officer.

 

We cannot assure you we will be successful in raising sufficient capital to implement our full business plan or assuming we can, that we will be able to develop a successful business. For further information please see Part 1, Item 1 “Business.”

 

Green Construction Division – USA and Canada

Spruce Engineering & Construction, Inc. – Canada

Asset Purchase Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta Business Corporation (“Spruce Construction”) and Timothy Boetzkes (“Boetzkes”), a resident of the Province of Alberta, Canada and the sole shareholder of Spruce Construction, pursuant to which, the Company, Boetzkes and Spruce Construction agreed to to effect an asset purchase agreement for existing construction equipment and form a new Canadian engineering and construction company in Canada.

 

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Boetzkes one million shares of the Company’s restricted common stock for substantially all of the assets and business of Spruce Construction, consisting of vehicles, tools and equipment for the construction industry, the Spruce Construction name, and the existing book of construction business of Spruce Construction. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company, Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, the CEO of the Company’s Canadian technology subsidiary, ECOIG Canada, have formed a new Alberta Business Corporation to own and deploy the construction assets, named Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Company will own 85% of the voting interests of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., with Boetzkes owning 10% and Patrick Laurie 5%.

 

The closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement was subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing, as disclosed in the term sheet for the project disclosed by the Company and filed as Exhibit 10.1 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2021.

 

 

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Lock-Up Leak-Out Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Boetzkes entered into a Lock-Up and Leak-Out Agreement with the Company pursuant to which, among other thing, such shareholder agreed to certain restrictions regarding the resale of the common stock issued pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement for a period of six months from the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement, as more fully detailed therein.

 

Shareholders Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie. Under the Shareholders Agreement, Patrick Laurie agreed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes agreed to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Shareholders Agreement provides for certain terms of governance, restrictive covenants including confidentiality and noncompetition, and transfer restrictions on the parties’ equity with regards to Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., of which the Company is the 85% voting equity holder, entered into employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, pursuant to which Patrick Laurie shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. Ancillary to the Employment Agreements, Boetzkes and Laurie also entered into restricted stock award agreements governing their minority equity stakes in Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., which provide for a repurchase option allowing Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. to clawback equity in the event of the employees’ for-cause termination.

 

ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc. – USA

 

On January 4, 2022, the Company formed a subsidiary, ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc., a California corporation (“ECOX Spruce Construction”), for the purpose of starting a green construction division. Pursuant to a letter of intent (LOI) between ECOX and Edgar E. Aguilar ("Aguilar"), a resident of California and licensed California general contractor, Aguilar agreed to manage the operation of ECOX Spruce Construction’s construction business in California as its Responsible Managing Officer. Under the Company’s existing LOI with Aguilar, Blueprint Construction will own 20% of the equity interests of ECOX Spruce Construction Inc., and the Company will own 80%. ECOX Spruce Construction is in the process of securing a general contractor license in California, with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer as principal applicant. That application was approved and the Company is in the process of securing workman’s compensation insurance and bonding so that the license will become active. Once ECOX Spruce Construction is fully licensed and bonded as a California general contractor, the Company intends to seek certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise.

 

Going Concern

 

Because of recurring operating losses, net operating cash flow deficits, and an accumulated deficit, our independent auditors have indicated in their report on our December 31, 2021 financial statements that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The continuation of our business is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet its obligations, in which we have not been successful, and/or obtaining additional financing from our stockholders or other sources, as may be required. The issuance of additional equity or convertible debt securities by us could result in a significant dilution in the equity interests of our current stockholders. Obtaining commercial loans, assuming those loans would be available, will increase our liabilities and future cash commitments.

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We continue to incur ongoing administrative and other expenses, including public company expenses, primarily accounting and legal fees, in excess of corresponding revenue. While we continue to implement our business strategy, we intend to finance our activities through:

 

  · managing current cash and cash equivalents on hand from the Company’s past debt and equity offerings by controlling costs, and

 

  · seeking additional financing through sales of additional securities to investors. The Company sustained continued operating losses during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern; however, the above conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to do so. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets, or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result, should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

While priority is on generating cash from operations through the sale of the Company's products and services, Management is also seeking to raise additional working capital through various financing sources, including the sale of the Company's equity and/or debt securities, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If such financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue our business as desired and our operating results will be adversely affected. In addition, any financing arrangement may have potentially adverse effects on us and/or our stockholders. Debt financing (if available and undertaken) will increase expenses, must be repaid regardless of operating results and may involve restrictions limiting our operating flexibility. If we issue equity securities to raise additional funds, the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders will be reduced and the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the current holders of our shares of common stock.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year Ending December 31, 2021 Compared December 31, 2020

 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

   For the year ended
December 31
 
   2021   2020 
Net Sales  $95,880   $—   
Gross profit   43,560    —   
Total operating expenses   2,785,584    3,839,759 
Net Loss from Operations   (2,742,024)   (3,839,759)
Other Expenses   (3,890,122)   (56,979)
Net Loss  $(6,632,146)  $(3,896,738)

 

Our sales totaled $95,880 and $0 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The revenue was related to operations of Spruce Construction since the Company acquired the business. The Company is continuing in its efforts to increase its sales but there is no guarantee that it will be able to do so.

 

We had $52,320 and $0 costs of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $2020 respectively related to the sales described above.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll, professional fees, sales and marketing, research and development and other operating expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $464,822 and $186,934 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred $165 in development and manufacturing expenses compared to $757,075 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease in the category was due to implementation of programs to development new products during the year ended December 31, 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred $500,000 in executive compensation and $770,597 in consulting fees compared to $260,000 and 2,635,750 for the year ended December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company also recognized an impairment loss related to intangible assets of $1,050,000 during the year ended December 31, 2021

 

 

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The Company also recognized interest expense of $701,596, including amortization of debt discount of $361,727 and interest from derivative liability issuances of $228,706, an impairment loss of $574,167 related to its investments a derivative loss of $1,613,057 during the year ended December 31, 2021 and share payable expense of $866,885. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized interest expense of $46,454, including amortization of debt discount of $43,783, and a derivative loss of $10,525.

 

As a result of the foregoing, we recorded a net loss of $6,632,146 and $3,896,738 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources and Cash Requirements

 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash of $28,534 ($84 as of December 31, 2020). Furthermore, the Company had a working capital deficit of $4,509,624 as of December 31, 2021.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company used $477,088 of cash in operating activities due to its net loss of $6,632,436, partially offset by; amortization of debt discount of $361,727; stock-based compensation expense of $601,600, derivative loss of $1,613,057, interest expense on derivative issuance of $228,706, intangible impairment loss of $1,050,000, investment impairment loss of $574,167, share payable expense of $866,885, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $222,069, and an increase in accounts payable related party of $381,800.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company used $56,086 of cash in operating activities due to its net loss of $3,896,738, partially offset by; amortization of debt discount of $43,783; stock-based compensation expense of $3,382,750, derivative loss of $10,525 and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $222,069 as well as an increase in deferred revenue of $181,525.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not have cash from investing activities.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had net cash provided by financing activities of $510,400, primarily from proceeds on convertible debentures of $510,400, proceeds from sale of preferred stock of $206,250 and proceeds from sale of common stock of $50,900, offset by repayments on convertible debentures of $259,250. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had net cash provided by financing activities of $55,924, primarily from proceeds on convertible debentures and convertible notes with related party of $35,924 and proceeds from sale of common stock of $20,000.

 

Our auditors have issued a going concern opinion, meaning that there is substantial doubt we can continue as an on-going business for the next twelve months unless we obtain additional capital. Our only sources for cash at this time are investments by others in this offering, selling our products and loans from our director. We must raise cash to implement our plan and stay in business.

 

Limited Operating History; Need for Additional Capital

 

There is no historical financial information about us upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. As our business model and strategy were reinvigorated with our February 2020 change in control and new management, we are in a start-up stage of operations, and in general have generated limited revenues since our inception. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in our business operations. Our success and performance are subject to all the normal risks inherent in the development of a new line of business, including our limited capital resources and the strength of our business partners’ business and financial positions, and the market for our green technologies.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company's financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. A change in managements’ estimates or assumptions could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations during the period in which such changes occurred. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Our financial statements reflect all adjustments that management believes are necessary for the fair presentation of their financial condition and results of operations for the periods presented.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

Index to Financial Statements

  

  Page No.
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm TAAD LLP. (PCAOB ID #5854) F-2
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Boyle CPA, LLC (PCAOB #6285) F-4
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 F–5
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 F–6
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 F–7
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 F–8
   
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F–9

  

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Eco Innovation Group Inc. and Subsidiary,

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Eco Innovation Group Inc. and Subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to consolidated financial statements (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Going Concern Matter

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

 

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Convertible Notes –

Description of the Matter

As discussed in Notes 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company had various debt instruments which included conversion features requiring bifurcation and separate accounting. Management evaluated the required accounting, significant estimates, and judgments around the valuation for these embedded derivatives. These embedded derivatives were initially measured at fair value and have subsequently been remeasured to fair value at each reporting period and at settlement.

There is no current observable market for these types of features and, as such, the Company determined the fair value of the embedded derivatives using a Black-Scholes model to measure the fair value of the bifurcated derivative. As a result, a high degree of auditor judgment and effort was required in performing audit procedures to evaluate the conclusions reached by management, as well as the inputs to the Company’s Black-Scholes model.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

Our principal audit procedures performed to address this critical audit matter included the following:

  · We obtained an understanding of the controls and processes surrounding the evaluation, initial measurement, and revaluation of the bifurcated derivatives.

  · We verified note amount, interest rate and maturity date to the supporting documentation and debt agreement, and examined terms and conditions of the note and confirmed the ending balance to the note holder.

  · We evaluated management’s assessment and the conclusions reached to ensure these instruments were recorded in accordance with the relevant accounting guidance.

  · We evaluated the fair value of the bifurcated derivatives that included testing the valuation models and assumptions utilized by management. We reviewed and tested the fair value model used, significant assumptions, and underlying data used in the model.

  · We considered the adequacy of the disclosures in the financial statements in relation to convertible debt.

  

/s/ TAAD LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.

Diamond Bar, California

April 26, 2022

  

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Boyle CPA, LLC

Certified Public Accountants & Consultants

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and

Board of Directors of Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Substantial Doubt About the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s net losses and accumulated deficit raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements. Management’s plans are also described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis of Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Boyle CPA, LLC

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor from 2020 to 2022.

 

Bayville, NJ

April 15, 2021

 

361 Hopedale Drive SE P (732) 822-4427

Bayville, NJ 08721 F (732) 510-0665

 

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

         
   December 31, 2021   December 31, 2020 
         
Assets          
Current Assets          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $28,534   $84 
Accounts Receivable   33,047       
Prepaid Expenses   82,498       
Total Current Assets   144,079    84 
           
Other Assets          
Furniture and Equipment   41,974      
Intangible Asset         1,050,000 
Goodwill   103,188       
Investment   75,833       
Deposits and other assets   8,000    8,000 
Total Other Assets   228,995    1,058,000 
Total Assets  $373,074   $1,058,084 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)          
Current Liabilities          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   335,844    223,866 
Accounts Payable Relate Party   381,800       
Convertible Notes Payable, net   262,417    50,122 
Notes Payable   127,690       
Deferred Revenue         181,525 
Warrant Liability   135,525       
Share Payable Liability   866,885       
Derivative liabilities   2,328,234    92,183 
Convertible Notes Payable Related party   4,875    4,875 
Series C Preferred stock liability, net   210,432       
Related Party Loans         15,000 
Total  Current Liabilities   4,653,703    567,571 
Total Liabilities   4,653,703    567,571 
           
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)          
Preferred stock, par value $0.001, authorized 50,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 30,000,000 shares Series A Preferred   30,000    30,000 
Common stock, par value $0.001, authorized 1,000,000,000 shares,          
issued and outstanding 196,912,036 and 139,930,680 shares at          
December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively   196,911    139,931 
Common shares to be issued, 1,000,000 and 20,000,000 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively   1,000     20,000 
Additional paid-in capital   8,060,859    6,260,122 
Other comprehensive income   (18)      
Accumulated deficit   (12,594,976)   (5,959,540)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) Attributable to Eco Innovation Group stockholders   (4,306,224)   490,513 
Noncontrolling interest   25,595       
Total stockholder's Equity (Deficit)   (4,280,629)   490,513 
           
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)  $373,074   $1,058,084 

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

 

 

           
   For the Year Ended 
   December 31   December 31 
   2021   2020 
         
Revenue  $95,880   $   
Cost of Revenue   52,320       
Gross Profit  $43,560   $   
           
Operating Expenses          
General and Administrative   464,822    186,934 
Development and Manufacture Expenses   165    757,075 
Intangible asset impairment loss   1,050,000       
Executive Compensation   500,000    260,000 
Consulting Fee   770,597    2,635,750 
Total Operating Expense   2,785,584    3,839,759 
           
Operating Loss   (2,742,024)   (3,839,759)
           
Other Income (Expenses)          
Derivative gain (loss)   (1,613,057)   (10,525)
Warrant gain (loss)   (134,417)      
Impairment loss - investments   (574,167)      
Share payable expense   (866,885)      
Interest expense   (701,596)   (46,454)
Total Other Income (Expense)   (3,890,122)   (56,979)
           
Net loss  $(6,632,146)  $(3,896,738)
           
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest   (3,290)      
           
Net loss attributable to Eco Innovation Group  $(6,635,436)  $(3,896,738)
           
Currency translation loss   (18)      
           
Comprehensive Loss  $(6,635,454)  $(3,896,738)
           
Basic & Diluted Loss per Common Shares  $(0.04)  $(0.03)
           
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted   172,958,291    127,676,135 

 

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

 

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

 

 

                                     
   Preferred Stock A  Common Stock  Common Stock to be issued  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated  Accumulated  Other Comprehensive  Total Equity of Eco Innovation  Noncontrolling  Total
   Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Income  Group  interest  Equity
 Balance, December 31, 2019   30,000,000   $30,000    54,830,680   $54,831         $     $1,897,521   $(2,062,802)  $     $(80,450)  $     $(80,450)
 Common Stock issued for cash   —            4,000,000    4,000    —            16,000                20,000          20,000 
 Common Stock issued for services   —            56,100,000    56,100    5,000,000    5,000    3,321,650                3,382,750          3,382,750 
 Common stock to be issued for license agreement   —            —            15,000,000    15,000    1,035,000                1,050,000          1,050,000 
 Common stock to issued for conversion of notes payable   —            25,000,000    25,000    —            (22,549)               2,451          2,451 
 Beneficial Conversion Feature on convertible notes   —            —            —            12,500                12,500          12,500 
 Net loss   —            —            —                  (3,896,738)         (3,896,738)         (3,896,738)
 Balance, December 31, 2020   30,000,000    30,000    139,930,680    139,931    20,000,000    20,000    6,260,122    5,959,540          490,513          490,513 
 Common stock to issued for services   —            15,500,000    15,500    (5,000,000)   (5,000)   591,100                601,600         601,600 
 Common stock for prepaid expenses   —            1,176,471    1,176    —            98,824                100,000          100,000 
 Common stock to issued for license agreement   —            15,000,000    15,000    (15,000,000)   (15,000)                                    
 Common stock issued for cash proceeds   —            4,749,999    4,750    —            46,150                50,900          50,900 
 Common stock issued for investment   —            10,833,333    10,833    —            639,167                650,000          650,000 
 Common stock issued for acquisition of business   —            —            1,000,000    1,000    22,000                23,000    22,305    45,305 
 Common stock to issued for conversion of notes payable   —            5,675,342    5,675    —            8,513                14,188          14,188 
 Common stock issued for settlement of accounts payable   —            850,000    850    —            33,150                34,000          34,000 
 Common stock issued for exercise of cashless warrants   —            5,871,211    5,871    —            (5,871                              
 Common stock cancelled   —            (2,675,000)   (2,675)   —            2,675                               
 Settlement of warrant liability   —            —            —            168,504                168,504          168,504 
Contributions from related party   —            —            —            181,525                181,525          181,525 
Forgiveness of related party loans   —            —            —            15,000                15,000          15,000 
Net Loss   —            —            —                  (6,635,436)         (6,635,436   3,290    (6,632,146)
Other Comprehensive Loss   —            —            —                        (18   (18)        (18)
 Balance, December 31, 2021   30,000,000   $30,000    196,912,036   $19,691    1,000,000   $1,000    8,060,859   $(12,594,976)  $(18)  $(4,306,224)  $25,595   $(4,280,629)

 

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(AUDITED) 

 

           
   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:          
Net loss  $(6,632,146)  $(3,896,738)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities:          
Derivative (gain) loss   1,613,057    10,525 
Warrant (gain) loss   134,417      
Intangible asset impairment loss   1,050,000       
Investment impairment loss   574,167       
Amortization of debt discount   361,727    43,783 
Interest expense on derivative issuance   228,706       
Share payable expense   866,885       
Stock based compensation   601,600    3,382,750 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities          
Accounts receivable   (2,470)      
Prepaid expenses   17,502       
Deferred Revenue         181,525 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   327,667    222,069 
Accounts payable related party   381,800       
Net cash used by operating activities   (477,088)   (56,086)
           
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:          
Purchase of furniture and equipment            
Purchase of intangible assets            
Net cash provided by investing activities            
           
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
Proceeds from convertible debenture   510,400    33,500 
Repayment of convertible debentures   (259,250)      
Proceeds from sale of common stock   50,900    20,000 
Proceeds from sale of preferred C stock   206,250       
Repayment of notes payable   (2,744)      
Proceeds from convertible notes payable, related party         2,424 
Net cash provided by financing activities   505,556    55,924 
           
Effect of foreign exchange on cash   (18)      
           
Change in cash   28,450    (162)
Cash, beginning of year   84    246 
Cash, end of year  $28,534   $84 
           
Supplemental Cash Flow information          
Cash paid for interest  $68,932   $   
Cash paid for income taxes  $     $   
           
Non-Cash transactions          
Common stock issued for investment  $650,000   $   
Common stock issued for Conversion of notes payable and accrued interest  $14,188   $2,451 
Common stock issued for prepaid expenses  $100,000   $   
Common stock to be issued for license agreement  $     $1,050,000 
Common stock to be issued for business  $23,000   $   
Cashless exercise of warrants  $168,504   $   
Convertible note issued for settlement of AP  $180,000   $   
Discount issued on convertible debt  $563,900   $   
Contribution from related party  $181,525   $   
Forgiveness of related party loan  $15,000   $   

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “Eco Innovation Group”), was incorporated in the State of Nevada on March 5, 2001 under the name of Dig-It Underground, Inc. and operated as an underground cable contractor. On September 29, 2008, the Company acquired a partial interest in the high-end beauty salon business of Haydin Group Enterprises of Texas and discontinued its cable installation business. On September 1, 2011, the Company acquired a partial interest in the art licensing and sales business of Get Down Art, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. On August 30, 2012, the Company acquired the remaining outstanding interests of Haydin Group Enterprises through a share exchange agreement. Concurrently, the Company discontinued its business with Get Down Art, LLC and resolved to unwind that acquisition. On January 5, 2016, the Company entered the natural healing and chiropractic business in Texas by acquiring Expressions Property Limited, LP, a Texas limited partnership, and Expressions Chiropractic and Rehab Center, PA, a Texas professional association, pursuant to share exchange agreements. Effective September 30, 2018, the Company terminated its beauty salon business and natural healing and chiropractic business by terminating and unwinding the shares exchange agreements entered into on August 30, 2012 with Haydin Group Enterprises and January 5, 2016 with Expressions Property Limited and Expressions Chiropractic and Rehab Center. At the same time, the Company began a business line focusing on the development of an affordable fire, hurricane and earthquake resilient steel building framing system. On August 19, 2019, the Company incorporated Steel Hemp Homes Inc. in the state of California as a wholly owned subsidiary to run the steel building frame business as a separate division. On July 1, 2018, the Company approved a reverse split of its common stock in a ratio of 1:1,000; a change of the Company’s corporate name to Eco Innovation Group, Inc.; and the change of the Company’s trading symbol to ECOX. The reverse split of the Company’s common stock was effective August 29, 2018.

 

On February 28, 2020, our current CEO and controlling Stockholder, Julia Otey-Raudes, took over management and control of the company, initiating a new business plan and winding down the previous business. In the related change of control transaction, Ms. Otey acquired 30,000,000 shares of super-voting Preferred Series A stock on February 28, 2020, which represent all of the authorized and outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and a voting interest of approximately 94% of the Company’s outstanding voting stock.

Under its business plan implemented in February 2020, the Company is an innovation incubator platform devoted to globally important paradigm shifts in technology, sustainable and carbon negative products development and practical deployment worldwide.  

On February 20, 2020, the Company increased its authorized common shares to 500,000,000 with a par value of $0.001, on December 21, 2021, the Company increased its authorized common shares to 1,000,000,000 with a par value of $0.001, and on April 1, 2022, the Company increased its authorized common shares to 2,000,000,000 with a par value of $0.0001.

 

The Company has authorized 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of which 30,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, with 30,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, and 1,000,000 million shares have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, with 167,500 shares issued and outstanding. Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock hold rights to vote on all matter requiring a shareholder vote at 100 common shares vote equivalent for each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held. As of the date of this filing, our CEO, CFO, board chair and sole director, Julia Otey-Raudes, is the sole holder of the 30,000,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding.

 

On October 4, 2021, Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta Business Corporation (“Spruce Construction”) and Timothy Boetzkes ("Boetzkes"), a resident of the Province of Alberta, Canada and the sole shareholder of Spruce Construction, pursuant to which, the Company, Boetzkes and Spruce Construction agreed to effect an asset purchase agreement for existing construction equipment and form a new Canadian engineering and construction company in Canada, Spruce engineering & Construction Inc. The Company will own 85% of the voting interests of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., with Boetzkes owning 10% and Patrick Laurie 5%. See Note 6 – Acquisition for more information.

 

Under its business plan implemented in February 2020, the Company is an innovation incubator platform devoted to globally important paradigm shifts in technology, sustainable and carbon negative products development and practical deployment worldwide. The Company seeks to license and develop innovative technologies in the sustainable and renewable energy field.

Accounting policies and procedures are listed below. The Company has adopted a December 31 year-end.

 

 

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Accounting Basis

 

The Company has prepared the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Eco Innovation Group, Inc. and the accounts of its 85% owned subsidiary, Spruce Construction, Inc. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less as cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company had no cash or cash equivalent balances in excess of federally insured amounts. The Company’s policy is to invest excess funds in only well capitalized financial institutions.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Trade receivables are carried at their estimated collectible amounts. Trade credit is generally extended on a short-term basis; thus, trade receivables do not bear interest. Trade accounts receivable are periodically evaluated for collectability based on past credit history with customers and their current financial condition.

 

Investments, Cost Method

 

The Company accounts for certain investments using the cost method of accounting when it is determined that the investment provides the Company with little or no influence over the investee. Under the cost method of accounting, the investment is measured at cost, adjusted for observable price changes and impairments, with changes recognized in net income. The investments are subject to qualitative assessment for indicators of impairments. During the years ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized an impairment of $574,167 on the cost method investment.

 

Earnings per share

 

Basic Earnings Per Share (EPS) is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS includes the potential dilution that could occur if options or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had potentially dilutive instruments in the amount of 130,241,025 shares from convertible debt, 57,572,209 from convertible Preferred C shares, and 6,000,000 from outstanding warrants. As of December 31, 2021 all of the outstanding potentially dilutive instruments were anti-dilutive as a result of the Company’s net losses.

 

Business Combination

 

The Company applies the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations, in accounting for its acquisitions. It requires the Company to recognize separately from goodwill the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed, at the acquisition date fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the acquisition date fair values of the net assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date as well as contingent consideration, where applicable, its estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company records adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the consolidated statements of operations.

 

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Goodwill Impairment

 

We test goodwill at least annually for impairment at the reporting unit level. We recognize an impairment charge if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. When a portion of a reporting unit is disposed, goodwill is allocated to the gain or loss on disposition based on the relative fair values of the business or businesses disposed and the portion of the reporting unit that will be retained. The Company impaired $0 and $0 of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company’s long-lived assets, including intangibles, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the asset by comparing the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted future net cash flows of the asset, an impairment loss is measured and recognized. An impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the fair value of the long-lived asset. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company evaluated long lived assets for impairment and determined impairment $1,050,000 on the intangible assets was necessary for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The Company used a Black Scholes valuation model to value the derivative instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC Topic 820 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted price in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

 

·         Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

·         Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

·         Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

The estimated fair values for financial instruments are determined at discrete points in time based on relevant market information. These estimates involve uncertainties and cannot be determined with precision. We measure our investment in marketable securities at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company’s trading securities are valued using inputs observable in active markets and are therefore classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy. Investments and derivative liabilities are valued on a recurring basis.

 

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The following summarizes the fair value of assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis:

 

                
   December 31, 2021 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                
Investments  $—     $—     $—     $—   
Liabilities                    
Derivative liability   —      —      2,077,222    2,077,222 

 

   December 31, 2020 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                
Investments  $—     $—     $—     $—   
Liabilities                    
Derivative liability   —      —      92,183    92,183 

 

Stock- Based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation is computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718. FASB ASC 718 requires all share-based payments to employees be recognized as compensation expense in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair values. Share-based compensation awards issued to non-employees for services rendered are recorded at either the fair value of the services rendered or the fair value of the share-based payment, whichever is more readily determinable. The expense is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). As of December 31, 2021, and 2020, the Company has not adopted a Stock Option Plan and has not issued any options.

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Fixed assets are carried at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method of depreciation over the assets’ estimated useful lives. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred; major renewals and improvements are capitalized. When items of fixed assets are sold or retired, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in income.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. In estimating future tax consequences, the Company generally considers all expected future events other than enactments of changes in the tax law. For deferred tax assets, management evaluates the probability of realizing the future benefits of such assets. The Company establishes valuation allowances for its deferred tax assets when evidence suggests it is unlikely that the assets will be fully realized.

The Company recognizes the tax effects of an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not to be sustained based solely on its technical merits as of the reporting date and then only in an amount more likely than not to be sustained upon review by the tax authorities. Income tax positions that previously failed to meet the more likely than not threshold are recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more likely than not threshold are derecognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is no longer met. The Company classifies potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) as income tax expense. 

Advertising

 

Advertising costs are expensed when incurred.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Effective January 1, 2018, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 2014- 09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific revenue recognition guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Accounting Standards Codification. The updated guidance states that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also provides for additional disclosures with respect to revenues and cash f lows arising from contracts with customers. The standard will be effective f or the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and the Company adopted the standard using the modified retrospective approach effective January 1, 2018.

 

Under the new revenue standards, the Company recognizes revenues when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which it expects to receive in exchange for those goods. The Company recognizes revenues following the five step model prescribed under ASU No. 2014-09: (i) identify contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenues when (or as) we satisfy the performance obligation. The Company recognized revenue from the sale of services at the time in which the services are delivered pursuant to the contract.

The Company had $95,880 in revenues during the year ended December 31, 2021 and $0 revenue for year ended December 31, 2020.

 

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) includes foreign currency translation gains and losses. The cumulative amount of translation gains and losses are reflected as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit) in the consolidated balance sheets, as accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

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NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN AND MANAGEMENT’S LIQUIDITY PLANS

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company had net losses during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and an accumulated deficit at December 31, 2021. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these financial statements. Management’s plans are to obtain additional financing in the debt and equity markets while it develops its business model. The Company’s existence is dependent upon management’s ability to develop profitable operations and to obtain additional funding sources. There can be no assurance that the Company’s financing efforts will result in profitable operations or the resolution of the Company’s liquidity problems. The accompanying statements do not include any adjustments that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

NOTE 3. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued but not yet adopted accounting will have a material effect on the Company’s results of operation or on the reported amounted of its assets and liabilities upon adoption.

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity's Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity). ASU 2020-06 reduces the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock, which results in fewer embedded conversion features being separately recognized from the host contract as compared with current GAAP. Additionally, ASU 2020-06 affects the diluted earnings per share calculation for instruments that may be settled in cash or shares and for convertible instruments and requires enhanced disclosures about the terms of convertible instruments and contracts in an entity's own equity. ASU 2020-06 allows entities to use a modified or full retrospective transition method and is effective for smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact that this ASU may have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 4. PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

 

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the estimated future tax effects of net operating loss and credit carry forwards and temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting amounts measured at the current enacted tax rates. The Company records an estimated valuation allowance on its def erred income tax assets if it is not more likely than not that these deferred income tax assets will be realized.

 

The Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits.

 

The components of the Company’s net deferred tax assets at December 31 are as follows:

 

          
   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
Net operating loss carryforward  $1,121,000   $496,000 
Unrealized investment losses            
Deferred tax assets   1,121,000    496,000 
Valuation allowance   (1,121,000)   (496,000)
Net deferred tax assets   $     $   
           

 

At December 31, 2021 the Company had net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $5,338,000 for federal and state purposes.

 

The reconciliation of the federal income tax rate and the Company’s tax provision (benefit) is as follows:

 

          
   Year Ended 
   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
Provision (benefit) computed using the statutory rate  $(1,390,000)  $(780,000)
Nondeductible expenses   765,000    722,000 
Temporary differences           )
Change in valuation allowance   625,000    58,000 
Provision income tax (benefit)   $     $   

 

 

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NOTE 5. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

Preferred Stock

 

The  Company  has  authorized  50,000,000  shares  of  Preferred  Stock,  of which  30,000,000  shares have been designated as  Series  A Convertible  Preferred  Stock, with  30,000,000  shares  issued  and  outstanding, and 1,000,000 million shares have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, with 167 122,500  shares issued and outstanding. Holders of  Series  A Convertible  Preferred  Stock  hold rights to vote on all matter requiring a shareholder vote at  100  common  shares  vote equivalent  for  each share of  Series  A Convertible Preferred  Stock  held. As of the date of this filing, our CEO, CFO, board chair  and  sole director, Julia Otey-Raudes, is the sole holder of the  30,000,000  Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, with  1,000,000  shares authorized and 196,912,036 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021, has no voting rights, has a Stated Value of $1.00 per share, and with a par value of $0.001  per share, is redeemable after issuance by the Company at various increased prices at time intervals up to the 6-month anniversary of issuance and is mandatorily fully redeemable on the 12-month anniversary of issuance. The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible by holder into our common shares, commencing on the 6-month anniversary of issuance at a 37% discount to the public market price.

 

On July 15, 2021, the Company designated 1,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock ranks senior to the common stock with respect to dividends and right of liquidation, and has no voting rights. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock has a 10% cumulative annual dividend. In the event of default, the dividend rate increases to 22%. The Company may not, with consent of a majority of the holders of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, alter or changes the rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, amend the articles of incorporation, create any other class of stock ranking senior to the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, increase the authorized shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, or liquidate or dissolve the Company. Beginning 180 days from issuance, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted into common stock at a price based on 63% of the average of the two lowest trading prices during the 15 days prior to conversion. The Company may redeem the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock during the first 180 days from issuance, subject to early redemption penalties of up to 35%. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock must be redeemed by the Company 12 months following issuance if not previously redeemed or converted. Based on the terms of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company determined that the preferred stock is mandatorily redeemable and will be accounted for as a liability under ASC 480.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into four purchase agreements for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with an accredited investor. The Company issued a total of 221,250 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for gross proceeds of $221,250. The Company paid $15,000 of fees for these agreements, accounted for as deferred finance costs. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock will mature between July 2022 and November 2022. The Company recognized debt discount of $15,000 and amortized $4,182 to interest expense. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owes $6,760 in accrued dividends, reflected as interest expense, and the carrying value of the Series C Preferred stock was $210,432, net of unamortized discount of $10,818.

 

Common Stock

 

The Company has 2,000,000,000 shares of no par value common stock authorized.

 

On May 18, 2020, the company issued 8,000,000 shares of common stock to a consultant for $0.098 per share valued at $784,000 for services.

 

On May 26, 2020, the company issued 25,000,000 shares of common stock to its former Chief Executive Officer John English for the conversion of a $2,451 convertible note.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 12,500,000 shares of common stock to Pinnacle Consulting Services for $0.099 per share valued at $1,248,750 as compensation for consulting services.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 10,000,000 shares of common stock to its Chief Executive Officer Julia Otey-Raudes for $0.026 per share valued at $260,000 as compensation for services.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 25,000,000 shares of common stock to Bellagio IP Trust for $0.026 per share valued at $650,000 in connection with the Master Exclusive Licensing, Marketing, Distribution and Sales Agreement, dated June 16, 2020 between Bellagio IP Trust and Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

 

On June 26, 2020, the company issued 600,000 shares of common stock to Tabular Investments, LLC for $0.125 per share valued at $75,000 in compensation for services.

 

On August 14, 2020, the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc., for $0.005 per share, in exchange for a cash payment of $20,000.

 

On November 15, 2020, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Patrick Laurie for $0.066 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $165,000 related to the shares, which were issued in January 2021.

 

On December 17, 2020, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Demitri Hopkins for $0.008 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $200,000 related to the shares, which were issued in January 2021. The Company also agreed to compensate the Advisory board member with cash payments of $60,000 per year.

 

On December 16, 2020, the Company entered into a technology license agreement with Glytech LLC, a company of which Demitri Hopkins is an equity interest holder. The agreement awarded Glytech LLC 15,000,000 shares of common stock upon execution, and an additional 15,000,000 shares upon completion of a working prototype of a new technology product based on the licensed technology by March 31, 2021. Additionally, upon completion of the working prototype, the Company will pay $150,000 of cash, due within six months of the milestone completion. The Company will be a royalty of 10% to Glytech on all net sales of any device incorporating the licensed technology. The initial shares to be awarded were valued at $1,050,000 based on the fair value of the common stock at the agreement date, and were recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset. The shares were issued in January 2021.

 

 

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On January 6, 2021 the Company agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares of common stock to SaraLynn Mandell for $0.067 per share as compensation for services on the Company’s Advisory Board. The Company recognized expense of $335,000 related to the shares, which were issued in February 2021. The Company also agreed to compensate the Advisory board member with cash payments of $60,000 per year.

 

On February 3, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 1,176,471 shares of common stock to SRAX Investor Relations, LLC for $0.085 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $100,000 related to the shares, which is the stated value of services to be rendered in compensation under the relevant agreement with SRAX.

 

On March 1, 2021, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Marijuana Company of America, Inc., a Utah corporation quoted on OTC Markets Pink (“MCOA”) dated February 26, 2021, to acquire the number of shares of MCOA’s common stock, par value $0.001, equal in value to $650,000 based on the closing price for the trading day immediately preceding the effective date, in exchange for the number of shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001, equal in value to $650,000 based on the per-share price of $0.06 (the “Share Exchange Agreement”). For both parties, the Share Exchange Agreement contains a “true-up” provision requiring the issuance of additional common stock in the event that a decline in the market value of either parties’ common stock should cause the aggregate value of the stock acquired pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement to fall below $650,000. The Company issued 10,833,333 shares of its Company stock pursuant to this agreement and holds 41,935,484 shares of MCOA stock. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owed an additional 82,023,810 shares to be issued to MCOA under the terms of the agreement, with the Company recognizing a $866,885 other loss during the year ended December 31, 2021. The additional 82,023,810 shares to be issued are recorded as a share liability on the Company’s balance sheet.

 

On July 19, 2021, the Company issued 850,000 shares of common stock for $0.039 to settled outstanding accounts payable in the amount of $34,000.

 

On August 26, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 1,500,000 shares of common stock to Iconic Investor Relations, LLC for $0.039 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $174,600 related to the shares.

 

On October 4, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 4,000,000 shares of common stock to StockVest for $0.023 per share as compensation for services. The Company recognized expense of $92,000 related to the shares.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 4,749,999 shares of common stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $50,900.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 2,675,000 shares of common stock were cancelled by the Company and returned to treasury.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 5,675,342 shares of common stock were issued by the Company for the conversion of $14,188 in principal and interest of a convertible note.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 5,871,211 shares of common stock for the cashless exercise of the Labry’s warrant.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized a contribution to capital of $181,525, related to the release of its previously deferred revenue obligation under its contract with a related party, due to the Company no longer being required to satisfy the terms of the arrangement.

 

NOTE 6- ACQUISITION

 

Asset Purchase Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta Business Corporation (“Spruce Construction”) and Timothy Boetzkes ("Boetzkes"), a resident of the Province of Alberta, Canada and the sole shareholder of Spruce Construction, pursuant to which, the Company, Boetzkes and Spruce Construction agreed to effect an asset purchase agreement for existing construction equipment and form a new Canadian engineering and construction company in Canada. The Company entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement for the purpose of launching a green construction division in Alberta, Canada.

 

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Boetzkes one million shares of the Company’s restricted common stock and approximately $104,000 CAD in cash over the next 12 months for substantially all of the assets and business of Spruce Construction, consisting of vehicles, tools and equipment for the construction industry, the Spruce Construction name, and the existing book of construction business of Spruce Construction. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company, Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, the CEO of the Company’s Canadian technology subsidiary, ECOIG Canada, have formed a new Alberta Business Corporation to own and deploy the construction assets, named Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Company will own 85% of the voting interests of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., with Boetzkes owning 10% and Patrick Laurie 5%.

 

The closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement was subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing, as disclosed in the term sheet for the project disclosed by the Company and filed as Exhibit 10.1 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2021. The Company is accounting for the acquisition as a business combination under the guidance of ASC805.

 

On April 21, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment number one to the Asset Purchase Agreement with Boetzkes and Spruce Construction, to extend the due date for business reimbursement payments in the amount of approximately $56,000 due to Boetzkes and Spruce Construction under the Asset Purchase Agreement. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement the $56,000 payment was due at 6 months after closing, and pursuant to the April 21, 2022 amendment, that payment is now due at 12 months after the closing date, or October 3, 2022.

 

 

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Lock-Up Leak-Out Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Boetzkes entered into a Lock-Up and Leak-Out Agreement with the Company pursuant to which, among other thing, such shareholder agreed to certain restrictions regarding the resale of the common stock issued pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement for a period of six months from the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement, as more fully detailed therein.

 

Shareholders Agreement

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie. Under the Shareholders Agreement, Patrick Laurie agreed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes agreed to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. The Shareholders Agreement provides for certain terms of governance, restrictive covenants including confidentiality and noncompetition, and transfer restrictions on the parties’ equity with regards to Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On October 4, 2021, in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., of which the Company is the 85% voting equity holder, entered into employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”) with Timothy Boetzkes and Patrick Laurie, pursuant to which Patrick Laurie shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Timothy Boetzkes shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. Ancillary to the Employment Agreements, Boetzkes and Laurie also entered into restricted stock award agreements governing their minority equity stakes in Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., which provide for a repurchase option allowing Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. to clawback equity in the event of the employees’ for-cause termination.

 

The acquisition of Spruce Construction is being accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805. The Company is continuing to gather evidence to evaluate what identifiable intangible assets were acquired, such as a customer list, and the fair value of each, and expects to finalize the fair value of the acquired assets within one year of the acquisition date. 

 

The aggregate preliminary fair value of consideration for the Spruce Construction acquisition was as follows:

 

     
   Amount 
Notes payable issued to seller   103,393 
1,000,000 shares of common stock   23,000 
Noncontrolling interest   22,000 
Total preliminary consideration transferred  $148,698 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company has paid $0 against the note payable.

 

The following information summarizes the preliminary allocation of the fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:

    
Accounts Receivable  $30,577 
Trucks   41,974 
Goodwill   103,188 
 Vehicle Note Payable   (27,041)
 Net assets acquired  $148,698 

 

As a result of the acquisition, The Company recognized goodwill of $103,188, representing the difference between the value of the acquired business, the assets acquired, and the initial noncontrolling interest of $22,000, representing 15% of the total value of the business that was not acquired by the Company.

 

NOTE 7- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On March 1, 2016, the Company executed two convertible notes of $4,902 each with former executives of the Company. These notes are each convertible into 50,000,000 shares of common stock. These notes are non-interest bearing. On October 14, 2019, one of these notes converted into common stock.

 

The Company had a $15,000 note payable to a former shareholder of the Company. During the year ending December 31, 2021, the note was forgiven in full for no consideration.

 

Accrued officer compensation as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $381,800 and $0 related to services rendered by the Company’s Chief Executive officer.

 

 

 

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NOTE 8. CONVERTIBLE NOTES

 

On December 9, 2019, the Company executed a convertible note with Pinnacle Consulting Services Inc. for $40,000 which matured on June 9, 2020. This note bears interest at 5% per annum, which is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock. The note is convertible at the option of the holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing that portion of the outstanding principal balance under the note by the Conversion Price, which is a 35% discount of the lowest reported sale price of the common stock for the 15 trading days immediately prior to the date of conversion. Due to the variable conversion feature, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

On May 12, 2020, the Company executed a convertible note with Pinnacle Consulting Services Inc. for $12,500 due on May 12, 2021. This note bears interest at 10% per annum and is convertible (in whole or in part), at the option of the Holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing that portion of the outstanding principal balance under this Note by the Conversion Price, which is fixed at $0.0025 per share. On September 16, 2021 the note, along with accrued interest of 1,688, was converted into 5,675,342 shares of common stock

 

On June 30, 2020, the Company executed a convertible note with Pinnacle Consulting Services Inc. for $21,000 due on June 30, 2021. This note bears interest at 10% per annum and is convertible (in whole or in part), at the option of the Holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing that portion of the outstanding principal balance under this Note by the Conversion Price, which is a 35% discount of the lowest reported sale price of the common stock for the 15 trading days immediately prior to the date of conversion. Due to the variable conversion feature, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Geneva Roth Remark Holdings, Inc., providing for the issuance of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $45,000. The Company received net proceeds of $41,500. The principal balance of the note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum and becomes due on January 20, 2022. The note shall be convertible into common shares of the Company at the option of the holder after 180 days from the issue date until its maturity or date of payment of principal and interest, at a conversion price equal to 61% of the lowest trading price of the Company’s stock during the 20-day period preceding the day of conversion, representing a discount of 39% to the market. On June 10, 2021, the Company paid off the note in full, in the total amount including outstanding principal, interest, and pre-payment penalties of $65,744, and the current balance is $0.

 

On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement dated as of March 8, 2021 with Geneva Roth Remark Holdings, Inc., providing for the issuance of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $53,500. The Company received net proceeds of $41,500. The principal balance of the note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum and becomes due on March 8, 2022. The note shall be convertible into common shares of the Company at the option of the holder after 180 days from the issue date until its maturity or date of payment of principal and interest, at a conversion price equal to 61% of the lowest trading price of the Company’s stock during the 20-day period preceding the day of conversion, representing a discount of 39% to the market. On June 10, 2021, the Company paid off the note in full, in the total amount including outstanding principal, interest, and pre-payment penalties of $76,911, and the current balance is $0.

 

On March 22, 2021, the Company entered into a convertible promissory note agreement with Claudia Villalta for the issuance of a convertible promissory note with a principal balance of $30,000. The note carries a 10% interest rate per annum and is convertible at a fixed price of $0.06 a share into a total of 500,000 common shares. Due to the variable conversion feature on the other notes, this note is tainted with no net share settlement available, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability. The balance as of December 31, 2021 is $30,000 with accrued interest of $2,334.

 

 

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On April 22, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Geneva Roth Remark Holdings, Inc., providing for the issuance of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $38,750. The Company received net proceeds of $41,500. The principal balance of the note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum and becomes due on April 22, 2022. The note shall be convertible into common shares of the Company at the option of the holder after 180 days from the issue date until its maturity or date of payment of principal and interest, at a conversion price equal to 61% of the lowest trading price of the Company’s stock during the 20-day period preceding the day of conversion, representing a discount of 39% to the market. On September 13, 2021, the Company paid off the note in full, in the total amount including outstanding principal, interest, and pre-payment penalties of $56,331, and the current balance is $0.

 

On April 23, 2021, the Company issued a 10% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $45,000 pursuant to a securities purchase agreement of the same date to GS Capital Partners, LLC. The Company received $40,500 from the sale of the convertible promissory note after deductions of an original issue discount of $2,000 and investor’s attorney fees of $2,500. The convertible promissory note becomes due on April 23, 2022 and carries interest on the principal amount outstanding of 10% per annum. The principal amount of the note is convertible at the holder’s option into shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion price equal to 61% of the lowest trading price of the Company’s common stock for the twenty prior trading days. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repaid $35,000 of principal, and on July 21, 2021, the Company paid off the note in full, in the total amount including outstanding principal, interest, and pre-payment penalties of $17,195. Due to the variable conversion feature, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

On June 4, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Labrys SPA”) with Labrys Fund, LP (“Labrys”), pursuant to which the Company issued a 12% promissory note (the “Labrys Note”) with a maturity date of June 3, 2022 (the “Labrys Maturity Date”), in the principal sum of $1,000,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Labrys Note, the Company agreed to pay to $225,000 (the “Principal Sum”) to Labrys and to pay interest on the principal balance at the rate of 12% per annum. The Labrys Note carries an original issue discount (“OID”) of $22,500. Accordingly, on the Closing Date (as defined in the Labrys SPA), Labrys paid the purchase price of $202,500 in exchange for the Labrys Note. Labrys may convert the Labrys Note into the Company’s common stock (subject to the beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99% in the Labrys Note) at any time at a fixed conversion price equal to $0.023 per share but can be reset if the Company issues instruments at a lower price. The Company paid $14,650 of deferred financing costs which are amortized through the maturity date of the note. During the year ended December 31, 2021 the company made payments of $77,000, reducing the outstanding note balance to $148,000. Due to the dilutive issuance clauses on the conversion price, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

The Company may prepay the Labrys Note at any time prior to the date that an Event of Default (as defined in the Labrys Note) occurs at an amount equal to 100% of the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest (no prepayment premium) plus $750.00 for administrative fees. The Labrys Note contains customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, and breach of provisions of the Labrys Note or Labrys SPA.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Labrys Note shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall pay to Labrys, in full satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, an amount equal to the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued interest multiplied by 125% (the “Default Amount”). Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, additional interest will accrue from the date of the Event of Default at the rate equal to the lower of 16% per annum or the highest rate permitted by law.

 

The Labrys Note requires that we reserve from our authorized and unissued common stock a number of shares equal to the greater of: (a) 16,434,782 shares of our common stock, or (b) the sum of (i) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Labrys Note and such additional shares of common stock, if any, as are issuable on account of interest on the Note pursuant to the Labrys SPA issuable upon the full conversion of the Labrys Note (assuming no payment of the principal amount or interest) as of any issue date multiplied by (ii) one and a half. We are subject to penalties for failure to timely deliver shares to Labrys following a conversion request.

The Labrys SPA and the Labrys Note contain covenants and restrictions common with this type of debt transaction. Furthermore, we are subject to certain negative covenants under the Labrys SPA and the Labrys Note, which we believe are customary for transactions of this type. At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all covenants and restrictions.

In conjunction with the issuance of the Labrys Note, the Company issued a five year warrant exercisable for 6,818,181 shares of common stock at an exercisable price of $0.033 per share subject to anti-dilution and price protection adjustments. The warrants are accounted for as a liability based on the variable number of shares issuable under outstanding convertible debt and the warrants. On September 3, 2021, Labry’s elected to exercise the warrant on a cashless basis in exchange for 5,871,211 shares of common stock. The warrant is no longer outstanding, and the related liability has been settled in full.

On August 23, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Blue Lake SPA”) with Blue Lake Partners, LLC (“Blue Lake”), pursuant to which the Company issued a 12% promissory note (the “Blue Lake Note”) with a maturity date of August 23, 2022 (the “Blue Lake Maturity Date”), in the principal sum of $150,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Blue Lake Note, the Company agreed to pay to $150,000 (the “Principal Sum”) to Blue Lake and to pay interest on the principal balance at the rate of 12% per annum. The Blue Lake Note carries an original issue discount (“OID”) of $15,000. Accordingly, on the Closing Date (as defined in the Blue Lake SPA), Blue Lake retained an additional $9,450 of legal fees and paid the purchase price of $125,500 in exchange for the Blue Lake Note. Blue Lake may convert the Blue Lake Note into the Company’s common stock (subject to the beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99% in the Blue Lake Note) at any time at a fixed conversion price equal to $0.02 per share but can be reset if the Company issues instruments at a lower price. Due to the dilutive issuance clauses on the conversion price, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

The Company may prepay the Blue Lake Note at any time prior to the date that an Event of Default (as defined in the Blue Lake Note) occurs at an amount equal to 100% of the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest (no prepayment premium) plus $7530.00 for administrative fees. The Blue Lake Note contains customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, and breach of provisions of the Blue Lake Note or Blue Lake SPA.

 

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Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Blue Lake Note shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall pay to Blue Lake, in full satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, an amount equal to the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued interest multiplied by 125% (the “Default Amount”). Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, additional interest will accrue from the date of the Event of Default at the rate equal to the lower of 16% per annum or the highest rate permitted by law.

The Blue Lake Note requires that the Company reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a number of shares equal to the greater of: (a) 11,250,000 shares of our common stock, or (b) the sum of (i) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Blue Lake Note and such additional shares of common stock, if any, as are issuable on account of interest on the Note pursuant to the Blue Lake SPA issuable upon the full conversion of the Blue Lake Note (assuming no payment of the principal amount or interest) as of any issue date multiplied by (ii) one and a half. The Company is subject to penalties for failure to timely deliver shares to Blue Lake following a conversion request.

The Blue Lake SPA and the Blue Lake Note contain covenants and restrictions common with this type of debt transaction. Furthermore, the Company are subject to certain negative covenants under the Blue Lake SPA and the Blue Lake Note, which we believe are customary for transactions of this type. At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all covenants and restrictions.

In conjunction with the issuance of the Blue Lake Note, the Company issued a five year warrant exercisable for 6,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercisable price of $0.025 per share subject to anti-dilution and price protection adjustments. The warrants are accounted for as a liability based on the variable number of shares issuable under outstanding convertible debt and the warrants.

On October 19, 2021, the Company executed a convertible note with Pinnacle Consulting Services Inc., a related party, for $180,000, to settle outstanding consulting fees, due on April 19, 2022. This note bears interest at 10% per annum and is convertible (in whole or in part), at the option of the Holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing that portion of the outstanding principal balance under this Note by the Conversion Price of $0.0075 but can be reset if the Company issues instruments at a lower price. Due to the dilutive issuance clauses on the conversion price, the note conversion feature was bifurcated from the note and recorded as a derivative liability.

 

The Company determined that the conversion options in the certain of the notes discussed above met the definition of a liability in accordance with ASC Topic No. 815 - 40, Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Stock. The Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option in the note once the note becomes convertible and account for it as a derivative liability.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the fair value of new derivative liabilities on the new issuance of debt amounted to $862,279 upon inception, with debt discount of $188,619 recognized and a loss on derivative issuance of $673,660 recognized, included in interest expense on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company recognized a combined loss on the change in fair value of the derivative liability and settlement of derivatives through payment of convertible notes of $1,112,760 during the year ended December 31, 2021. The Black Scholes valuation model included inputs of volatility of between 214% and 602%, a dividend yield of 0%, risk free rate of 0.03%-0.98% and a term of between 0.5 years and one year.

 

Convertible notes payable are comprised of the following:

 

          
   2021  2020
Convertible note payable – Pinnacle Consulting Services  $245,875   $78,375 
Convertible note payable – Claudia Magdalena Villalta  $30,000   $   
Convertible note payable – Labrys  $148,000   $   
Convertible notes payable- Blue Lake Holdings  $150,000   $   
Total  $573,875   $758,375 
Less debt discounts  $(306,583)  $(28,253)
Net  $262,417   $50,122 
Less current portion  $(262,417)  $(50,122)
Long term portion  $     $   

 

As of December 31, 2021, there were 119,292,303 shares of common stock that may be issued under the convertible notes payable described above.

 

As of December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, unamortized debt discount was $306,583 and $14,935, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company amortized debt discount of $349,102 to interest expense. Accrued interest on convertible notes was $39,034 as of December 31, 2021.

 

The Company determined that the conversion options in the certain of the notes discussed above met the definition of a liability in accordance with ASC Topic No. 815 - 40, Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Stock. The Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option in the note once the note becomes convertible and account for it as a derivative liability.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the fair value of new derivative liabilities on the new issuance of debt amounted to $862,279 upon inception, with debt discount of $188,619 recognized and a loss on derivative issuance of $673,660 recognized, included in interest expense on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company recognized a combined loss on the change in fair value of the derivative liability and settlement of derivatives through payment of convertible notes of $1,112,760 during the year ended December 31, 2021. The Black Scholes valuation model included inputs of volatility of between 214% and 602%, a dividend yield of 0%, risk free rate of 0.03%-0.98% and a term of between 0.5 years and one year.

 

The table below presents the change in the fair value of the derivative liability:

 

     
Fair Value as of January 1, 2020  $60,658 
Initial recognition of derivative added as debt discount   21,000 
Initial recognition of derivative added as day one loss      
Loss on change in fair value   10,525 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2020   92,183 
Initial recognition of derivative added as debt discount   394,288 
Initial recognition of derivative added as day one loss   228,706 
Settlement of derivative liability as a result of payments   (136,397)
Loss on change in fair value   1,749,454 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2021  $2,328,234 

 

 

 

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NOTE 9. CONVERTIBLE NOTES – RELATED PARTIES

 

In May 2016, a consultant was awarded the right to receive 100,000,000 shares of common stock. In May 2018, this right was assigned to Heritage Funding, Inc. and John English equally in exchange for $9,9038 to be paid by the Company. The promissory note was convertible into 100,000,000 shares of common stock at a fixed price of $0.0009. In October 2019, Heritage Funding entered into a private transaction to sell the right to 45,000,000 of its 50,000,000 shares to Blue Ridge Enterprises. Also, in October 2019, Blue Ridge Enterprises and Heritage Funding converted principal into 45,000,000 and 5,000,000 shares of common stock, respectively. In May 2020, Robert L. Hymers purchased half of the remaining convertible promissory note and its related conversion rights from John English in a private transaction. In May 2020, John English converted principal of $2,451 into 25,000,000 shares of common stock. The remaining principal balance owed to Robert L. Hymers of $2,451 was convertible into 25,000,000 shares of stock at December 31, 2021. On January 10, 2022, the Company issued 18,500,000 shares of common stock to Hymers upon partial conversion of the principal balance of the promissory note, so that as of the date of this filing, the note is convertible into 6,500,000 shares of common stock.

 

NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company has issued a total of 54,369,190 shares of common stock for the conversion of $166,500 of principal and interest on a promissory note made to an accredited investor for full settlement of the loan.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company issued 18,500,000 shares of common stock for the conversion of $1,722 of principal on the promissory note held by a related party.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company issued 36,116,379 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in conversion of $83,750 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, including a total of 4,188 in accrued dividends.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company has sold a total of 34,000,000 shares of common stock at a fixed price of $0.005 per share for a total of $170,000 in cash under the Company’s active Regulation A offering, qualified by the SEC on December 16, 2021. There is no assurance that the Company will raise any further funds under the Regulation A offering.

 

In the third fiscal quarter of 2018, the Company incurred a related party payable in the amount of $15,000.00 for a shareholder loan that was never memorialized in writing and pre-dated the Company’s change of control in February 2020. As of April 7, 2022, this debt was forgiven by the former related party due to the lack of documentation and the tolling of the applicable statute of limitations.

 

On January 4, 2022, the Company formed a subsidiary, ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc., a California corporation (“ECOX Spruce Construction”), for the purpose of starting a green construction division. Pursuant to a letter of intent (LOI) between ECOX and Edgar E. Aguilar ("Aguilar"), a resident of California and licensed California general contractor, Aguilar agreed to manage the operation of ECOX Spruce Construction’s construction business in California as its Responsible Managing Officer. Under the Company’s existing LOI with Aguilar, Blueprint Construction will own 20% of the equity interests of ECOX Spruce Construction Inc., and the Company will own 80%. ECOX Spruce Construction is in the process of securing a general contractor license in California, with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer as principal applicant. That application was approved and the Company is in the process of securing workman’s compensation insurance and bonding so that the license will become active. Once ECOX Spruce Construction is fully licensed and bonded as a California general contractor, the Company intends to seek certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise.

 

On January 10, 2022, the Company issued 18,500,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon partial conversion of a promissory note wholly convertible into 25,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

On January 19, 2022, the Company issued 8,487,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in partial conversion of a promissory note issued on June 4, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.005 per share of common stock.

 

On January 25, 2022, the Company, through its California subsidiary, ECOX Spruce Construction, Inc. (“ECOX Spruce Construction”), entered into a staffing and administrative services agreement (the “Construction Services Agreement”) with Blueprint Construction, a licensed California general contractor (“Blueprint Construction”) and Edgar E. Aguilar ("Aguilar"), a resident of California and the principal of Blueprint Construction, pursuant to which, Blueprint Construction, Aguilar and ECOX Spruce Construction agreed that ECOX Spruce Construction will oversee the operation of Blueprint’s construction business in California. Under the Company’s existing LOI with Aguilar, Blueprint Construction will own 20% of the equity interests of ECOX Spruce Construction Inc., and the Company will own 80%. Under the Construction Services Agreement, the Company agreed to manage all of Blueprint Construction’s contracting business on behalf of Blueprint Construction, for a renewable term of one year. Through ECOX Spruce Construction, the Company will provide all necessary corporate administration, shared services, compliance needs, construction staffing placement, general business infrastructure and support necessary for Blueprint’s performance under its general contracting and subcontracting projects as Blueprint’s exclusive provider of such services. Blueprint’s current active projects consist of a subcontracting agreement to renovate U.S. military base facilities, with a job value of $136,000. The Construction Services Agreement provides that ECOX Spruce Construction will receive a management fee equal to twenty percent (20%) of all collected cash revenues from Blueprint’s business.

 

On January 26, 2022, the Company issued 7,000,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 20,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.003 per share of common stock.

 

On January 27, 2022, the Company issued 9,556,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in partial conversion of a promissory note issued on June 4, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.005 per share of common stock.

 

On February 2, 2022, the Company issued 7,241,379 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 20,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0029 per share of common stock.

 

On February 8, 2022, the Company issued 12,500,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 25,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0021 per share of common stock.

 

 

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On February 9, 2022, the Company issued 9,825,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in partial conversion of a promissory note issued on June 4, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.0021 per share of common stock.

 

On February 14, 2022, the Company issued 14,000,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in partial conversion of a promissory note issued on June 4, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.0021 per share of common stock.

 

On February 14, 2022, the Company issued 93,375,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 18,750 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0021 per share of common stock.

 

On February 25, 2022, the Company issued 12,501,190 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in final conversion of a promissory note issued on June 4, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.0021.

 

On March 14, 2022, the Company issued 12,115,385 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 15,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0013 per share of common stock.

 

On March 16, 2022, the Company issued 12,115,385 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 15,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0013 per share of common stock.

 

On March 18, 2022, the Company issued 7,067,308 shares of common stock to an accredited investor upon conversion of 8,750 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, at a conversion price of $0.0013 per share of common stock.

On March 22, 2022, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Robert L. Hymers, III (Hymers), engaging Hymers to advise the Company with regards to strategy, budgeting and financing, for the period from March 22, 2022 to September 30, 2022. Under the consulting agreement, the Company is obliged to compensate Hymers with a fixed fee of 26,785,714 common shares to be registered in a Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, valued at $75,000 based on the Company’s common stock closing price of $.0028 on March 22, 2022.

On March 23, 2022, the Company made a promissory note to an accredited investor lender in the principal amount of $55,000, which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00. The note carries interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and the principal amount is due on the date six months after the issuance date. The note is convertible into common stock at the conversion price of $0.000098 per share and conversion is subject to a conversion limitation whereby the holder may not convert the note if the issuable conversion shares would result in holder’s ownership exceeding 4.99% of the Company's outstanding common stock at the date of conversion. On April 21, 2022, the Company and the accredited investor entered into a debt exchange agreement, whereby the promissory note in the principal amount of $55,000 was exchanged entirely for a new note in the principal amount of $60,000, which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price of the original note, plus an original issue discount in the amount of $10,000.00. The exchange note dated April 21, 2022 in the principal amount of $60,000 carries interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and the principal amount is due on the date six months after the issuance date. The exchange note is convertible into common stock at the conversion price of $0.0020 per share and conversion is subject to a conversion limitation whereby the holder may not convert the note if the issuable conversion shares would result in holder’s ownership exceeding 4.99% of the Company's outstanding common stock at the date of conversion.

On March 25, 2022, the Company made a promissory note to an accredited investor lender in the principal amount of $23,000, which amount is the $18,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00. The note carries interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and the principal amount is due according to the following repayment schedule on April 13, 2022, a $1,000.00 initial payment is due, and on the thirteenth day of the following three months, principal payments of $7,333.34 shall be due until the entire principal amount is paid.

On March 30, 2022, the Company issued 16,900,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor in partial conversion of a promissory note issued on August 23, 2021, at an applicable conversion price of $0.0025.

On April 1, 2022, the Company issued 68,750 shares of Series C Preferred Stock to an accredited investor pursuant to a stock purchase agreement for consideration of $65,000. The 68,750 shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible to shares of common stock at a discount rate of 37% from the average of the two lowest closing bid prices for the Company’s common stock during the 15 trading days prior to the conversion. The Company’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock rank senior with respect to dividends and right of liquidation to the Company’s common stock and junior with respect to dividends and right of liquidation to all existing and future indebtedness of the Company and existing and outstanding preferred stock of the Company. The Company’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock have no right to vote and carry an annual dividend of 10% which is cumulative and payable solely upon redemption, liquidation or conversion. The Company has the right to redeem the 68,750 shares of Series C Preferred Stock up to 180 days following the issuance date. As of the date of this annual report, the Company has 167,500 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding.

On April 1, 2022, following approval by the Company’s Board of Directors and a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, the Company filed Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the State of Nevada reflecting an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 1,000,000,000 shares at $0.001 par value per share to 2,000,000,000 shares at $0.0001 par value per share, effective April 1, 2022.

 

 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1934 reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. As required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not operating effectively as of December 31, 2020. Our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of the “material weakness” described below.

 

(b) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting.

 

SEC rules implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K to contain management’s report regarding the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. As a basis for our report, we tested and evaluated the design, documentation, and operating effectiveness of our internal control.

 

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting consists of policies and procedures that are designed and operated to provide reasonable assurance about the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and its process for preparing financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any system of internal control, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control may vary over time.

 

Based on management’s evaluation as of December 31, 2021, our management identified the material weaknesses set forth below in our internal control over financial reporting:

 

The Company’s process for internally reporting material information in a systematic manner to allow for timely filing of material information is ineffective, due to its inherent limitations from being a small company, and there exist material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting that contribute to the weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures. These weaknesses include:

 

  insufficient segregation of duties and oversight of work performed in our finance and accounting function due to limited personnel;
     
  lack of controls in place to ensure that all material transactions and developments impacting the financial statements are reflected; and
     
  difficulty applying complex accounting principles, with reliance on outside consultants for additional accounting expertise.

 

Our management concluded that in light of the material weaknesses described above, the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

None.

 

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PART III

  

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

The following individuals serve as the directors and executive officers of our company as of the date of this annual report. All directors of our company hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders or until their successors have been elected and qualified. The executive officers of our company are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until their death, resignation or removal from office.

 

Name   Position Held
with the Company
  Age   Date First Elected 
or Appointed 
             
Julia Otey-Raudes   President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director    42   February 12, 2020

  

Business Experience

 

The following is a brief account of the education and business experience during at least the past five years of our directors and executive officer, indicating their principal occupation during that period, and the name and principal business of the organization in which such occupation and employment were carried out.

 

Julia Otey-Raudes – President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

 

Ms. Otey-Raudes is an experienced executive with business experience in a variety of industries. From October of 2010 to the present, she has been and continues to be one of the founders of Eco-Gen Energy, Inc., and served as the corporate secretary and treasurer of Eco-Gen during that period.  At Eco-Gen Energy, she was part of the product development team for an innovative energy saving technology, the JouleBox™. She continues to serve as a director on the board of Eco-Gen.

 

From June 2008 to January 2009, prior to founding and working with Eco-Gen Energy, Ms. Otey-Raudes held positions with the Chilean Government’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, where she was involved in educational outreach programs that taught entrepreneurial skills to women. From February 2009 to August of 2010, she worked as a project manager in the construction industry in Chile, managing large commercial building projects. Previously, from December of 1999 to September 2007, she worked as an executive for Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant, Spago, in Beverly Hills, California, where she gained valuable executive organization and management skills. Ms. Otey-Raudes serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and is the corporation’s sole director.

 

Other Directorships

 

Other than as disclosed above, our directors and officer do not hold any other directorships in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of section 15(d) of such Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Board of Directors and Director Nominees

 

Since our board of directors does not include a majority of independent directors, the decisions of the board regarding director nominees are made by persons who have an interest in the outcome of the determination. The Board will consider candidates for directors proposed by security holders, although no formal procedures for submitting candidates have been adopted. Unless otherwise determined, at any time not less than 90 days prior to the next annual board meeting at which the slate of director nominees is adopted, the board will accept written submissions from proposed nominees that include the name, address and telephone number of the proposed nominee; a brief statement of the nominee’s qualifications to serve as a director; and a statement as to why the security holder submitting the proposed nominee believes that the nomination would be in the best interests of our security holders. If the proposed nominee is not the same person as the security holder submitting the name of the nominee, a letter from the nominee agreeing to the submission of his or her name for consideration should be provided at the time of submission. The letter should be accompanied by a résumé supporting the nominee’s qualifications to serve on the board, as well as a list of references.

 

The board identifies director nominees through a combination of referrals from different people, including management, existing board members and security holders. Once a candidate has been identified, the board reviews the individual’s experience and background and may discuss the proposed nominee with the source of the recommendation. If the board believes it to be appropriate, board members may meet with the proposed nominee before making a final determination whether to include the proposed nominee as a member of the slate of director nominees submitted to security holders for election to the board.

 

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Some of the factors which the board considers when evaluating proposed nominees include their knowledge of and experience in business matters, finance, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. The board may request additional information from each candidate prior to reaching a determination. The board is under no obligation to formally respond to all recommendations, although as a matter of practice, it will endeavor to do so.

   

Conflicts of Interest

 

Our directors are not obligated to commit their full time and attention to our business and, accordingly, they may encounter a conflict of interest in allocating time between our operations and those of other businesses. In the course of their other business activities, they may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as other entities to which they owe a fiduciary duty. As a result, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. They may also in the future become affiliated with entities, engaged in business activities similar to those we intend to conduct. In general, officers and directors of a corporation are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:

 

  the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;

 

  the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and

 

  it would be unfair to the corporation and its stockholders not to bring the opportunity to the attention of the corporation.

  

We plan to adopt a code of ethics that obligates our directors, officers and employees to disclose potential conflicts of interest and prohibits those persons from engaging in such transactions without our consent.

 

Significant Employees

 

Other than as previously described, we do not expect any other individuals to make a significant contribution to our business.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

  

  1. been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offences);
  2. had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
  3. been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
  4. been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
  5. been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
  6. been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

  

Audit Committee

 

We do not currently have an audit committee or a committee performing similar functions. Our board of directors as a whole participates in the review of financial statements and disclosure.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among our officers, directors, or persons nominated for such positions.

 

 

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Compliance With Section 16(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of our shares of common stock and other equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by the SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.

 

Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by our company, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Form 5s were required for those persons, we believe that, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners as well as our officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners of our subsidiaries were complied with.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to, among other persons, members of our board of directors, our company’s officers including our president, chief executive officer and chief financial officer, employees, consultants and advisors. As adopted, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth written standards that are designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

  

  1. honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
  2. full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with, or submit to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by us;
  3. compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
  4. the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; and
  5. accountability for adherence to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

  

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires, among other things, that all our company’s senior officers commit to timely, accurate and consistent disclosure of information; that they maintain confidential information; and that they act with honesty and integrity.

 

In addition, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics emphasizes that all employees, and particularly senior officers, have a responsibility for maintaining financial integrity within our company, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, and federal and state securities laws. Any senior officer, who becomes aware of any incidents involving financial or accounting manipulation or other irregularities, whether by witnessing the incident or being told of it, must report it to our company. Any failure to report such inappropriate or irregular conduct of others is to be treated as a severe disciplinary matter. It is against our company policy to retaliate against any individual who reports in good faith the violation or potential violation of our company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics by another.

 

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit 14. We will provide a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to any person without charge, upon request. Requests can be sent to: Eco Innovation Group, Inc., Suite #10212 8 The Green, Dover, DE 19901 USA.

 

 

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Item 11. Executive Compensation

 

Executive Compensation Table

 

Director and Officer   Title   Total 2021
Compensation
  Julia Otey-Raudes (1)(2)     Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairwoman of the Board   $ 116,700 (1)(2)
                 

 

  (1) Ms. Otey-Raudes received $116,700 in compensation as an executive of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2021.  She and the Company have agreed to an Executive Employment Agreement as of May 1, 2020, which provides for an annual salary of $300,000.

 

  (2) Ms. Otey-Raudes was granted 10,000,000 shares of common stock as of May 1, 2020 as a starting bonus compensation for her executive roles at the Company.

 

Stock Option Plan

 

Currently, we do not have a stock option plan in the Company.

 

Stock Options/SAR Grants

 

None.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

 

None.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

 

Director Compensation Table

 

Directors     Title   Monthly
Compensation
 
Julia Otey-Raudes(1)(2)     Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman   $ 0  
               

 

  (1) Ms. Otey-Raudes receives no monthly compensation as a director of the Company.

 

  (2) Ms. Otey-Raudes was granted 10,000,000 shares of common stock as of May 1, 2020 as compensation for her executive roles at the Company.  Ms. Otey-Raudes received cash compensation of $116,700 as an executive of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2019.  She and the Company have agreed to an Executive Employment Agreement as of May 1, 2020, providing for an annual salary of $300,000.

 

Other than the above, we do not have any agreements for compensating our directors for their services in their capacity as directors, although such directors are expected in the future to receive stock options to purchase shares of our common stock as awarded by our board of directors.

 

We have determined that none of our directors are independent directors, as that term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv)(B) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined by Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules.

  

Pension, Retirement or Similar Benefit Plans

 

There are no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for directors or executive officers. We have no material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or executive officers, except that stock options may be granted at the discretion of the board of directors or a committee thereof.

 

Indebtedness of Directors, Senior Officers, Executive Officers and Other Management

 

None of our directors or executive officers or any associate or affiliate of our company during the last two fiscal years is or has been indebted to our company by way of guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar agreement or understanding currently outstanding.

 

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 26, 2022, for: (i) each of our executive officers; (ii) each of our directors; (iii) all of our directors and executive officers as a group; and (iv) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of any class of our voting securities.

 

The securities "beneficially owned" by an individual are determined in accordance with the definition of "beneficial ownership" set forth in the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and, accordingly, may include securities owned by or for, among others, the spouse and/or minor children of an individual and any other relative who resides in the same home as such individual, as well as other securities as to which the individual has or shares voting or investment power or which each person has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of options or otherwise. Beneficial ownership may be disclaimed as to certain of the securities.

 

The following table is based on the number of shares outstanding, totaling 388,095,683 as of April 26, 2022. The following table sets forth certain information as of April 26, 2022 by (i) all persons who are known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock; and (ii) each director, director nominee, and named executive officer. The footnotes below pertain to total shares, voting rights and conversion shares, and provide other explanations.

  

Name of Beneficial Owner   Common
Shares
Owned
  Percent of
common shares
  Preferred Shares
Owned
  Series A
Votes(1)(5)
  Voting
Shares(5)
  Voting
Power(5)
Julia Otey-Raudes(1)(3)     35,000,000       9.02 %     30,000,000       3,000,000,000       3,035,000,000 (5)     90 %(5)
Bellagio IP Trust(2)     25,000,000       6.44 %                     25,000,000       0.8 %
John English     25,077,500       6.46 %                     25,000,000       0.8 %
SaraLynn Mandel(4)     20,000,000       5.15 %                     20,000,000       0.6 %

  

  1) Ms. Otey-Raudes is our CEO, CFO, board chairperson and sole director.  She owns 35,000,000 common shares and 30,000,000 preferred shares, by which she holds voting power on a per-preferred shares basis of 100 common share vote equivalency for each preferred share she holds.

 

  2) Bellagio IP Trust is the licensor for the Power Booster™ technology pursuant to a technology licensing agreement executed by and between the Company and Bellagio IP Trust. Licia Boaventura-Delanoe is the Trustee of the Bellagio IP Trust.
  3)

Ms. Otey-Raudes, via her ownership of 30,000,000 preferred shares, is entitled to voting power of 100 common share equivalents for each preferred share held. Including all preferred and common shares, she is entitled to 3,035,000,000 votes.  There is a possible voting pool of 3,388,095,683 common share equivalent votes, thus Ms. Otey-Raudes controls 90% of any vote put forth to Stockholders. 

 

 

 

4)

SaraLynn Mandel is the beneficial owner of a total of 20,000,000 common shares, which consist of 5,000,000 shares of outstanding common stock held in her name, and 15,000,000 shares of outstanding common stock held in the name of Glytech, LLC. SaraLynn Mandel, Michael Willems and Demitri Hopkins are the controlling members of Glytech, LLC. 

 

  

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Each of the beneficial owners listed above has direct ownership, voting power and investment power with respect to the shares of Company preferred stock and common stock.

   
(1) Under Rule 13d-3, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of shares; and (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the disposition of shares. Certain shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of an option) within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person (and only such person) by reason of these acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in this table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual ownership or voting power with respect to the number of shares of common stock actually outstanding on April 26, 2022. As of April 26, 2022, there were 388,095,683 shares of our company’s common stock issued and outstanding.

 

Changes in Control

 

We are unaware of any contract or other arrangement or provisions of our Articles or Bylaws the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of our company.

  

 

 

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

Other than compensation arrangements for our director and executive officer, described elsewhere in this Prospectus, below we describe transactions since January 1, 2021 to which we were a party or will be a party, in which:

 

    the amounts involved exceeded or will exceed our applicable Item 404(d) of Regulation S-K threshold, which is $10,026.63; and
    any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of, or person sharing the household with, the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Director Independence

 

We currently act with one director, our Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder, Julia Otey-Raudes. Our director does not qualify as an “independent director” as defined by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15).

 

We do not have standing audit, compensation or nominating committees; our directors act in those capacities. We believe that our directors are capable of analyzing and evaluating our financial statements and understanding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. To the extent that our directors are not capable of effectively performing those tasks, our directors intend to seek appropriate professional guidance. The board of directors of our company does not believe that it is necessary, given our early stage of development, to have a standing audit, compensation or nominating committees because we believe that the functions of such committees can be adequately performed by the board of directors. Additionally, we believe that retaining an independent director who would qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” would be overly costly and burdensome and is not warranted in our circumstances given the early stages of our development.

 

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

 

The aggregate fees billed for the most recently completed fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and for fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of the financial statements and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for these fiscal periods were as follows:

  

   Year Ended 
   December 31, 2021
$
   December 31, 2020
$
 
Audit Fees  $26,000   $5,000 
Audit Related Fees  $—      1,000 
Tax Fees   —      —   
All Other Fees   —      —   
Total  $26,000   $6,000 

  

 

Our board of directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors. All of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the board of directors either before or after the respective services were rendered.

 

Our board of directors has considered the nature and amount of fees billed by our independent auditors and believes that the provision of services for activities unrelated to the audit is compatible with maintaining our independent auditors’ independence.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

  (a) Financial Statements

 

  1. Financial statements for our company are listed in the index under Item 8 of this document.
  2. All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not material or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

  (b) Exhibits

 

 Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.   Description
  3.1     Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  3.2     Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  3.3     Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  3.4     Bylaws (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020).
         
  3.5     Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Eco Innovation Group, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on December 20, 2021. (incorporated by reference from our current report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2021)
         
  3.6    

Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Eco Innovation Group, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on April 1, 2022. (incorporated by reference from our current report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2022)

         
  3.7    

Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 232021)

         
  4.1     Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 to 3.4 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  4.2     Debt Purchase Agreement, dated May 10, 2018, by and between John English and Robert L. Hymers, III (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)

 

 

 

 

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  4.3     Convertible Promissory Note, dated December 2, 2019, issued to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  4.4     Amendment to Convertible Promissory Note, dated November 16, 2020, amending the Convertible Promissory Note, dated December 2, 2019, issued to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on November 20, 2020)
         
  4.5     Convertible Promissory Note, dated May 12, 2020, issued to Robert L. Hymers III (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  4.6      Convertible Promissory Note, dated June 30, 2020, issued to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc.) incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  4.7     Convertible Promissory Note, dated August 23, 2021, issued to Blue Lake Partners, LLC. *
         
  4.8     Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 23, 2022, issued to Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc. *
         
  4.9    

Convertible Promissory Note, dated April 21, 2022, issued to Robert L. Hymers III. *

         
  4.10    

Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 25, 2022, issued to Alma Otey. *

         
  10.1     Master Outsourcing Contract Manufacturing Agreement, dated May 4, 2020, between Eco Innovation Group, Inc., as Manufacturer, and Eco-Gen Energy, Inc., as Buyer (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  10.2     Addendum #1 to Master outsourcing Contract Manufacturing Agreement, dated August 26, 2020, between Eco Innovation Group, Inc. and Eco-Gen Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on December 11, 2020)
         
  10.3     Master Exclusive Licensing, Marketing, Distribution and Sales Agreement, dated June 16, 2020 between Bellagio IP Trust and Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)
         
  10.4    

Share Exchange Agreement, dated February 26, 2021, by and between the Company and Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2021)

         
  10.5    

Lock-Up Agreement, dated February 26, 2021, by and between the Company and Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2021)

         
  10.6    

Form Of Term Sheet For Sale Of Substantially All Assets Of Spruce Construction, Inc., dated August 5, 2021, between registrant, Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta, Canada corporation, and Timothy Boetzkes. (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2021)

         
  10.7    

Form Of Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 4, 2021, between registrant, Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta, Canada corporation, and Timothy Boetzkes (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021)

         
  10.8    

Form of Shareholder’s Agreement (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021)

         
  10.9     Form of Lock-Up Agreement (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2021)
         
  10.10    

Series C Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated July 16, 2021 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2021)

         
  10.11     Executive Employment Agreement, dated May 1, 2020, by and between Julia Otey-Raudes and Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 17, 2020)+
         
  10.12    

Consulting Agreement, dated March 30, 2022, by and between Robert L. Hymers, III, as Consultant, and Eco Innovation Group, Inc. *

 

 

 

 

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  10 .13     Debt Exchange Agreement, dated November 16, 2020, between Eco Innovation Group, Inc. and Pinnacle Consulting Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on November 20, 2020)
         
  10.14    

Debt Exchange Agreement, dated April 21, 2022, between Eco Innovation Group, Inc. and Robert L. Hymers III. *

         
  10.15    

Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 21, 2022. *

         
  31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
         
  32.1     Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
         
  101.INS     XBRL Instance Document.*
  101.SCH     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*
  101.CAL     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*
  101.LAB     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase.*
  101.PRE     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*
  101.DEF     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*
         
  *   Filed herewith. + Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.        

 

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

 

None.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.
  (Registrant)
   
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
    President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
    President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer,)
     
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

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Exhibit 31.1

  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

  

I, Julia Otey-Raudes, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Eco Innovation Group, Inc.;

  

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

  

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

  

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and I have:

  

                         
a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
     
5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     
a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

  

 

    

       

 

  ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.
  (Registrant)
   
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
    President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Exhibit 32.1

  

  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

  

 

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Eco Innovation Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Julia Otey-Raudes, Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

  

   
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

  

   
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

 

  ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.
  (Registrant)
   
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
    President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Dated: April 26, 2022 By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Julia Otey-Raudes
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Exhibit 4.7

 

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AN AFFIDAVIT OF CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT PROVISION WHICH CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS BORROWER MAY HAVE AND ALLOWS THE HOLDER TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST BORROWER WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE.

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE THE LEGAL COUNSEL OPINION (AS DEFINED IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT)), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, RULE 144A OR REGULATION S UNDER SAID ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

Principal Amount: $150,000.00 Issue Date: August 23, 2021
Actual Amount of Purchase Price: $135,000.00  

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (hereinafter called the “Borrower” or the “Company”) (Trading Symbol: ECOX), hereby promises to pay to the order of BLUE LAKE PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or registered assigns (the “Holder”), in the form of lawful money of the United States of America, the principal sum of $150,000.00, which amount is the $135,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $15,000.00 (the “OID”) (subject to adjustment herein) (the “Principal Amount”) and to pay interest on the unpaid Principal Amount hereof at the rate of twelve percent (12%) (the “Interest Rate”) per annum (with the understanding that the first twelve months of interest (equal to $18,000.00) shall be guaranteed and earned in full as of the Issue Date) from the date hereof (the “Issue Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise, as further provided herein. The maturity date shall be twelve (12) months from the Issue Date (the “Maturity Date”), and is the date upon which the Principal Sum, the OID, as well as any accrued and unpaid interest and other fees, shall be due and payable.

 

This Note may not be prepaid or repaid in whole or in part except as otherwise explicitly set forth herein.

 

Any Principal Amount or interest on this Note which is not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of (i) sixteen percent (16%) per annum and (ii) the maximum amount permitted by law from the due date thereof until the same is paid (“Default Interest”). Default Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.

 

All payments due hereunder (to the extent not converted into shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Borrower (the “Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms hereof) shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America. All payments shall be made at such address as the Holder shall hereafter give to the Borrower by written notice made in accordance with the provisions of this Note. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a business day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a business day.

 

Each capitalized term used herein, and not otherwise defined, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, pursuant to which this Note was originally issued (the “Purchase Agreement”). As used in this Note, the term “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the city of New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed. As used herein, the term “Trading Day” means any day that shares of Common Stock are listed for trading or quotation on the Principal Market (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), provided, however, that if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on any Principal Market, then any calendar day.

 

 
 
 

This Note is free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of shareholders of the Borrower and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

The following terms shall also apply to this Note:

 

ARTICLE I. CONVERSION RIGHTS

 

1.1 Conversion Right. The Holder shall have the right, on any calendar day, at any time on or following the Issue Date, to convert all or any portion of the then outstanding and unpaid Principal Amount and interest (including any Default Interest) into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, as such Common Stock exists on the Issue Date, or any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Borrower into which such Common Stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified, at the Conversion Price (as defined below) determined as provided herein (a “Conversion”); provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after conversion as set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates (the “Affiliates”), and any other Persons (as defined below) acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 1.1, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 1.1, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding at the time of the respective calculation hereunder. “Person” and “Persons” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any governmental entity or any department or agency thereof. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Note. The number of Conversion Shares to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing the Conversion Amount (as defined below) by the applicable Conversion Price then in effect on the date specified in the notice of conversion, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Conversion”), delivered to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent by the Holder in accordance with Section 1.4 below; provided that the Notice of Conversion is submitted by facsimile or e-mail (or by other means resulting in, or reasonably expected to result in, notice) to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent before 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time on such conversion date (the “Conversion Date”). The term “Conversion Amount” means, with respect to any conversion of this Note, the sum of (1) the Principal Amount of this Note to be converted in such conversion plus (2) at the Holder’s option, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Principal Amount at the Interest Rate to the Conversion Date, plus (3) at the Holder’s option, Default Interest, if any, on the amounts referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (1) and/or (2).

 

 
 
 

 

1.2Conversion Price.

 

(a)  Calculation of Conversion Price. The per share conversion price into which Principal Amount and interest (including any Default Interest) under this Note shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock hereunder (the “Conversion Price”) shall equal $0.02. If at any time the Conversion Price as determined hereunder for any conversion would be less than the par value of the Common Stock, then at the sole discretion of the Holder, the Conversion Price hereunder may equal such par value for such conversion and the Conversion Amount for such conversion may be increased to include Additional Principal, where “Additional Principal” means such additional amount to be added to the Conversion Amount to the extent necessary to cause the number of conversion shares issuable upon such conversion to equal the same number of conversion shares as would have been issued had the Conversion Price not been adjusted by the Holder to the par value price. The Conversion Price is subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or rights offerings by the Borrower relating to the Borrower’s securities or the securities of any subsidiary of the Borrower, combinations, recapitalization, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events. Holder shall be entitled to deduct $1,750.00 from the conversion amount in each Notice of Conversion to cover Holder’s fees associated with each Notice of Conversion.

 

1.3   Authorized and Reserved Shares. The Borrower covenants that at all times until the Note is satisfied in full, the Borrower will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares, free from preemptive rights, to provide for the issuance of a number of Conversion Shares equal to the greater of: (a) 11,250,000 shares of Common Stock or (b) the sum of (i) the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon the full conversion of this Note (assuming no payment of Principal Amount or interest) at the time of such calculation (taking into consideration any adjustments to the Conversion Price as provided in this Note) multiplied by (ii) one and a half (1.5) (the “Reserved Amount”). The Borrower represents that upon issuance, the Conversion Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Borrower (i) acknowledges that it has irrevocably instructed its transfer agent to issue certificates for the Conversion Shares or instructions to have the Conversion Shares issued as contemplated by Section 1.4(f) hereof, and (ii) agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to its officers and agents who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates or cause the Company to electronically issue shares of Common Stock to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Conversion Shares or cause the Conversion Shares to be issued as contemplated by Section 1.4(f) hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

 

If, at any time the Borrower does not maintain the Reserved Amount it will be considered an Event of Default (as defined in this Note) under this Note.

 

1.4Method of Conversion.

 

(a)  Mechanics of Conversion. This Note may be converted by the Holder in whole or in part, on any calendar day, at any time on or following the Issue Date, by submitting to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent a Notice of Conversion (by facsimile, e-mail or other reasonable means of communication dispatched on the Conversion Date prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time). Any Notice of Conversion submitted after 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time, shall be deemed to have been delivered and received on the next Trading Day.

 

(b)   Surrender of Note Upon Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Borrower unless the entire unpaid Principal Amount is so converted. The Holder and the Borrower shall maintain records showing the Principal Amount so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Borrower, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Borrower shall, prima facie, be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any portion of this Note is converted as aforesaid, the Holder may not transfer this Note unless the Holder first physically surrenders this Note to the Borrower, whereupon the Borrower will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note of like tenor, registered as the Holder (upon payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, representing in the aggregate the remaining unpaid Principal Amount of this Note. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted Principal Amount of this Note represented by this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

 

 
 
 

(c)  Payment of Taxes. The Borrower shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property on conversion of this Note in a name other than that of the Holder (or in street name), and the Borrower shall not be required to issue or deliver any such shares or other securities or property unless and until the person or persons (other than the Holder or the custodian in whose street name such shares are to be held for the Holder’s account) requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Borrower the amount of any such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Borrower that such tax has been paid.

 

(d)  Delivery of Common Stock Upon Conversion. Upon receipt by the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent from the Holder of a facsimile transmission or e-mail (or other reasonable means of communication) of a Notice of Conversion meeting the requirements for conversion as provided in this Section 1.4, the Borrower shall issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to or upon the order of the Holder certificates for the Conversion Shares (or cause the electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares as contemplated by Section 1.4(f) hereof) within one (1) Trading Day after such receipt (the “Deadline”) (and, solely in the case of conversion of the entire unpaid Principal Amount and interest (including any Default Interest) under this Note, surrender of this Note). If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder on or prior to the Deadline a certificate for the number of Conversion Shares or to which the Holder is entitled hereunder and register such Conversion Shares on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC (as defined below) for such number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of this Note (a “Conversion Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (i) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Deadline and during such Conversion Failure an amount equal to 2.0% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Conversion Shares not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled and (B) the closing sale price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Conversion Shares to the Holder without violating this Section 1.4(d); and (ii) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void all or any portion of such Notice of Conversion; provided that the voiding of all or any portion of a Notice of Conversion shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Deadline the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and register such Conversion Shares on the Company’s share register or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company, then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Conversion Shares) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for such Conversion Shares shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Conversion Shares or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the closing sales price of the Common Stock on the date of exercise. Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing the Conversion Shares (or to electronically deliver such Conversion Shares) upon the conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(e)   Obligation of Borrower to Deliver Common Stock. At the time that the Holder submits the Notice of Conversion to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion, the outstanding Principal Amount and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (including any Default Interest) under this Note shall be reduced to reflect such conversion, and, unless the Borrower defaults on its obligations under this Article I, all rights with respect to the portion of this Note being so converted shall forthwith terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock or other securities, cash or other assets, as herein provided, on such conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Notice of Conversion as provided herein, the Borrower’s obligation to issue and deliver the certificates for the Conversion Shares (or cause the electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares as contemplated by Section 1.4(f) hereof) shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the absence of any action by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the enforcement of any other obligation of the Borrower to the holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder of any obligation to the Borrower, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Borrower to the Holder in connection with such conversion. The Conversion Date specified in the Notice of Conversion shall be the Conversion Date so long as the Notice of Conversion is sent to the Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent before 11:59 p.m., New York, New York time, on such date.

 

 

 
 
 

(f)   Delivery of Conversion Shares by Electronic Transfer. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion hereof, provided the Borrower is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer or Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian programs, upon request of the Holder and its compliance with the provisions contained in Section 1.1 and in this Section 1.4, the Borrower shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion hereof to the Holder by crediting the account of Holder’s Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system.

 

1.5   Concerning the Shares. The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note may not be sold or transferred unless (i) such shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act or (ii) the Borrower or its transfer agent shall have been furnished with an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be the Legal Counsel Opinion (as defined in the Purchase Agreement)) to the effect that the shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration or (iii) such shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption, or (iv) such shares are transferred to an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Borrower who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the shares only in accordance with this Section 1.5 and who is an Accredited Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). Except as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement (and subject to the removal provisions set forth below), until such time as the Conversion Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, each certificate for the Conversion Shares that has not been so included in an effective registration statement or that has not been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption that permits removal of the legend, shall bear a legend substantially in the following form, as appropriate:

 

“NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE THE LEGAL COUNSEL OPINION (AS DEFINED IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT)), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, RULE 144A, REGULATION S UNDER SAID ACT, OR OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.”

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue to the Holder a certificate for the applicable Conversion Shares without such legend upon which it is stamped or (as requested by the Holder) issue the applicable Conversion Shares by electronic delivery by crediting the account of such holder’s broker with DTC, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws: (a) such Conversion Shares are registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or (b) the Company or the Holder provides the Legal Counsel Opinion (as contemplated by and in accordance with Section 4(m) of the Purchase Agreement) to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Conversion Shares may be made without registration under the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so that the sale or transfer is effected. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with any such issuance. The Holder agrees to sell all Conversion Shares, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any. In the event that the Company does not accept the opinion of counsel provided by the Holder with respect to the transfer of Conversion Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration, such as Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption, at the Deadline, notwithstanding that the conditions of Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption, as applicable, have been met, it will be considered an Event of Default under this Note.

 

 

 

 
 
 

1.6Effect of Certain Events.

 

(a)    Effect of Merger, Consolidation, Etc. At the option of the Holder, the sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, or the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Borrower with or into any other Person (as defined below) or Persons when the Borrower is not the survivor shall either: (i) be deemed to be an Event of Default pursuant to which the Borrower shall be required to pay to the Holder upon the consummation of and as a condition to such transaction an amount equal to the Default Amount (defined in Section 3.20) or (ii) be treated pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof. “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization.

 

(b)   Adjustment Due to Merger, Consolidation, Etc. If, at any time when this Note is issued and outstanding and prior to conversion of all of this Note, there shall be any merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Borrower shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of another class or classes of stock or securities of the Borrower or another entity, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower other than in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Borrower, then the Holder of this Note shall thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of this Note, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion, such stock, securities or assets which the Holder would have been entitled to receive in such transaction had this Note been converted in full immediately prior to such transaction (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Note to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price and of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Note) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be practicable in relation to any securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion hereof. The Borrower shall not effectuate any transaction described in this Section 1.6(b) unless (a) it first gives, to the extent practicable, at least thirty (30) days prior written notice (but in any event at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice) of the record date of the special meeting of shareholders to approve, or if there is no such record date, the consummation of, such merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar event or sale of assets (during which time the Holder shall be entitled to convert this Note) and (b) the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Borrower) assumes by written instrument the obligations of this Section 1.6(b). The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

 

(c)     Adjustment Due to Distribution. If the Borrower shall declare or make any distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock as a dividend, stock repurchase, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including any dividend or distribution to the Borrower’s shareholders in cash or shares (or rights to acquire shares) of capital stock of a subsidiary (i.e., a spin-off)) (a “Distribution”), then the Holder of this Note shall be entitled, upon any conversion of this Note after the date of record for determining shareholders entitled to such Distribution, to receive the amount of such assets which would have been payable to the Holder with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion had such Holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to such Distribution.

 

(d)   Purchase Rights. If, at any time when all or any portion of this Note is issued and outstanding, the Borrower issues any convertible securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property (the “Purchase Rights”) pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock, then the Holder of this Note will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

 

 
 
 

(e)    Dilutive Issuance. If the Borrower, at any time while this Note or any amounts due hereunder are outstanding, issues, sells or grants (or has issued, sold or granted as of the Issue Date, as the case may be) any option to purchase, or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of, or issues (or has sold or issued, as the case may be, or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or other securities convertible into, exercisable for, or otherwise entitle any person or entity the right to acquire, shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, upon conversion of this Note, and any convertible notes or warrants outstanding as of or following the Issue Date), in each or any case at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (it being agreed that if the holder of the Common Stock or other securities so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, at the option of the Holder, to a price equal to the Base Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or other securities are issued. By way of example, and for the avoidance of doubt, if the Company issues a convertible promissory note (including but not limited to a Variable Rate Transaction), and the holder of such convertible promissory note has the right to convert it into Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (including but not limited to a conversion price with a discount that varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock), then the Holder has the right to reduce the Conversion Price to such Base Conversion Price (including but not limited to a conversion price with a discount that varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock) in perpetuity regardless of whether the holder of such convertible promissory note ever effectuated a conversion at the Base Conversion Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 1.6(e) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. In the event of an issuance of securities involving multiple tranches or closings, any adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.6(e) shall be calculated as if all such securities were issued at the initial closing.

 

An “Exempt Issuance” shall mean the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or other securities to officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option or similar equity incentive plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose in a manner which is consistent with the Company’s prior business practices; (b) securities issued pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar business combination approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; (c) securities issued pursuant to any equipment loan or leasing arrangement, real property leasing arrangement or debt financing from a bank or similar financial institution approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company; or (d) securities issued with respect to which the Holder waives its rights in writing under this Section 1.6(e).

 

(f)     Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price as a result of the events described in Section 1.6 of this Note, the Borrower shall, at its expense and within one (1) calendar day after the occurrence of each respective adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price, compute such adjustment or readjustment and prepare and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Conversion Price in effect at such time based upon the Dilutive Issuance, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon conversion of the Note, (iii) the detailed facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, and (iv) copies of the documentation (including but not limited to relevant transaction documents) that evidences the adjustment or readjustment. In addition, the Borrower shall, within one (1) calendar day after each written request from the Holder, furnish to such Holder a like certificate setting forth (i) the Conversion Price in effect at such time based upon the Dilutive Issuance, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon conversion of the Note, (iii) the detailed facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, and (iv) copies of the documentation (including but not limited to relevant transaction documents) that evidences the adjustment or readjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price as a result of the events described in Section 1.6 of this Note shall occur without any action by the Holder and regardless of whether the Borrower complied with the notification provisions in Section 1.6 of this Note.

 

 

 
 
 

1.7   [Intentionally Omitted].

 

1.8    Status as Shareholder. Upon submission of a Notice of Conversion by a Holder, (i) the Conversion Shares covered thereby (other than the Conversion Shares, if any, which cannot be issued because their issuance would exceed such Holder’s allocated portion of the Reserved Amount or Maximum Share Amount) shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Holder’s rights as a Holder of such converted portion of this Note shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive certificates for such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because of a failure by the Borrower to comply with the terms of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder has not received certificates for all shares of Common Stock prior to the tenth (10th) business day after the expiration of the Deadline with respect to a conversion of any portion of this Note for any reason, then (unless the Holder otherwise elects to retain its status as a holder of Common Stock by so notifying the Borrower) the Holder shall regain the rights of a Holder of this Note with respect to such unconverted portions of this Note and the Borrower shall, as soon as practicable, return such unconverted Note to the Holder or, if the Note has not been surrendered, adjust its records to reflect that such portion of this Note has not been converted. In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies for the Borrower’s failure to convert this Note.

 

1.9   Prepayment. At any time prior to the date that an Event of Default occurs under this Note (the “Prepayment Period”), the Borrower shall have the right, exercisable on three (3) Trading Days prior written notice to the Holder of the Note, to prepay the outstanding Principal Amount and interest then due under this Note in accordance with this Section 1.9. Any notice of prepayment hereunder (an “Optional Prepayment Notice”) shall be delivered to the Holder of the Note at its registered addresses and shall state: (1) that the Borrower is exercising its right to prepay the Note, and (2) the date of prepayment which shall be three (3) Trading Days from the date of the Optional Prepayment Notice (the “Optional Prepayment Date”). The Holder shall have the right, at all times prior to the actual receipt of the full prepayment amount on the Optional Prepayment Date, to instead convert all or any portion of the Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, including the amount of this Note to be prepaid by the Borrower in accordance with this Section 1.9. On the Optional Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall make payment of the amounts designated below to or upon the order of the Holder as specified by the Holder in writing to the Borrower. If the Borrower exercises its right to prepay the Note in accordance with this Section 1.9, the Borrower shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the sum of: (w) 100% multiplied by the Principal Amount then outstanding plus (x) accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Amount to the Optional Prepayment Date plus (y) $750.00 to reimburse Holder for administrative fees.

 

If the Borrower delivers an Optional Prepayment Notice and fails to pay the applicable prepayment amount due to the Holder of the Note as provided in this Section 1.9, then the Borrower shall forever forfeit its right to prepay any part of the Note pursuant to this Section 1.9.

 

1.10   Repayment from Proceeds. If, at any time prior to the full repayment or full conversion of all amounts owed under this Note, the Company receives cash proceeds from any source or series of related or unrelated sources, including but not limited to, from payments from customers, the issuance of equity or debt, the conversion of outstanding warrants of the Borrower, the issuance of securities pursuant to an equity line of credit of the Borrower or the sale of assets, the Borrower shall, within one (1) business day of Borrower’s receipt of such proceeds, inform the Holder of or publicly disclose such receipt, following which the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion to require the Borrower to immediately apply up to all of such proceeds to repay all or any portion of the outstanding Principal Amount and interest (including any Default Interest) then due under this Note. Failure of the Borrower to comply with this provision shall constitute an Event of Default.

 

ARTICLE II. RANKING AND CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

2.1   Ranking and Security. This Note shall have priority over all unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower.

2.2   Other Indebtedness. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not (directly or indirectly through any Subsidiary or affiliate) incur or suffer to exist or guarantee any unsecured indebtedness that is senior to or pari passu with (in priority of payment and performance) the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.

 

 

 

 
 
 

2.3   Distributions on Capital Stock. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not without the Holder’s written consent (a) pay, declare or set apart for such payment, any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, property or other securities) on shares of capital stock other than dividends on shares of Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock or (b) directly or indirectly or through any subsidiary make any other payment or distribution in respect of its capital stock except for distributions pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan which is approved by a majority of the Borrower’s disinterested directors.

 

2.4   Restriction on Stock Repurchases and Debt Repayments. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not without the Holder’s written consent redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (whether for cash or in exchange for property or other securities or otherwise) in any one transaction or series of related transactions any shares of capital stock of the Borrower or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any such shares, or repay any pari passu or subordinated indebtedness of Borrower.

 

2.5    Sale of Assets. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s written consent, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any significant portion of its assets outside the ordinary course of business. Any consent by the Holder to the disposition of any assets may be conditioned on a specified use of the proceeds of disposition.

 

2.6     Advances and Loans; Affiliate Transactions. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s written consent, lend money, give credit, make advances to or enter into any transaction with any person, firm, joint venture or corporation, including, without limitation, officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower, except loans, credits or advances (a) in existence or committed on the Issue Date and which the Borrower has informed Holder in writing prior to the Issue Date, (b) in regard to transactions with unaffiliated third parties, made in the ordinary course of business or (c) in regard to transactions with unaffiliated third parties, not in excess of $100,000. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s written consent, repay any affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Borrower in connection with any indebtedness or accrued amounts owed to any such party.

 

2.7  Section 3(a)(9) or 3(a)(10) Transaction. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Borrower shall not enter into any transaction or arrangement structured in accordance with, based upon, or related or pursuant to, in whole or in part, either Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(9) Transaction”) or Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(10) Transaction”). In the event that the Borrower does enter into, or makes any issuance of Common Stock related to a 3(a)(9) Transaction or a 3(a)(10) Transaction while this note is outstanding, a liquidated damages charge of 25% of the outstanding principal balance of this Note, but not less than $25,000, will be assessed and will become immediately due and payable to the Holder at its election in the form of a cash payment or added to the balance of this Note (under Holder's and Borrower's expectation that this amount will tack back to the Issue Date).

 

2.8  Preservation of Business and Existence, etc. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s written consent, (a) change the nature of its business;

(b) sell, divest, change the structure of any material assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (c) enter into a Variable Rate Transaction; or (d) enter into any merchant cash advance transactions. In addition, so long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than dormant Subsidiaries that have no or minimum assets) to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

 

2.9  Noncircumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder.

 

2.10    Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE III. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

It shall be considered an event of default if any of the following events listed in this Article III (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

 

3.1   Failure to Pay Principal or Interest. The Borrower fails to pay the Principal Amount hereof or interest thereon when due on this Note, whether at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, or fails to fully comply with Section 1.10 of this Note.

 

3.2  Conversion and the Shares. The Borrower (i) fails to issue Conversion Shares to the Holder (or announces or threatens in writing that it will not honor its obligation to do so) upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Note, (ii) fails to transfer or cause its transfer agent to transfer (issue) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for the Conversion Shares issuable to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to this Note as and when required by this Note, (iii) fails to reserve the Reserved Amount at all times, (iv) the Borrower directs its transfer agent not to transfer or delays, impairs, and/or hinders its transfer agent in transferring (or issuing) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for the Conversion Shares issuable to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to this Note as and when required by this Note, or fails to remove (or directs its transfer agent not to remove or impairs, delays, and/or hinders its transfer agent from removing) any restrictive legend (or to withdraw any stop transfer instructions in respect thereof) on any certificate for any Conversion Shares issued to the Holder upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to this Note as and when required by this Note (or makes any written announcement, statement or threat that it does not intend to honor the obligations described in this paragraph) and any such failure shall continue uncured (or any written announcement, statement or threat not to honor its obligations shall not be rescinded in writing) for two (2) Trading Days after the Holder shall have delivered a Notice of Conversion, and/or (v) fails to remain current in its obligations to its transfer agent (including but not limited to payment obligations to its transfer agent). It shall be an Event of Default of this Note, if a conversion of this Note is delayed, hindered or frustrated due to a balance owed by the Borrower to its transfer agent. If at the option of the Holder, the Holder advances any funds to the Borrower’s transfer agent in order to process a conversion, such advanced funds shall be added to the principal balance of the Note.

 

3.3    Breach of Agreements and Covenants. The Borrower breaches any covenant, agreement, or other term or condition contained in the Purchase Agreement, this Note, Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, Warrant (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Warrant”), or in any agreement, statement or certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or therewith.

 

3.4   Breach of Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty of the Borrower made in the Purchase Agreement, this Note, Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, Warrant, or in any agreement, statement or certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made and the breach of which has (or with the passage of time will have) a material adverse effect on the rights of the Holder with respect to this Note or the Purchase Agreement.

 

3.5     Receiver or Trustee. The Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for it or for a substantial part of its property or business, or such a receiver or trustee shall otherwise be appointed.

 

3.6   Judgments. Any money judgment, writ or similar process shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its property or other assets for more than $100,000, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of twenty (20) days unless otherwise consented to by the Holder, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

3.7     Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings, voluntary or involuntary, for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

3.8   Failure to Comply with the 1934 Act. At any time after the Issue Date, the Borrower shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act and/or the Borrower shall cease to be subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act.

 

3.9       Liquidation. Any dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of Borrower or any substantial portion of its business.

 

 

 

 
 
 

3.10   Cessation of Operations. Any cessation of operations by Borrower or Borrower admits it is otherwise generally unable to pay its debts as such debts become due, provided, however, that any disclosure of the Borrower’s ability to continue as a “going concern” shall not be an admission that the Borrower cannot pay its debts as they become due.

 

3.11    Maintenance of Assets. The failure by Borrower to maintain any material intellectual property rights, personal, real property or other assets which are necessary to conduct its business (whether now or in the future).

 

3.12   Financial Statement Restatement. The restatement of any financial statements filed by the Borrower with the SEC for any date or period from two years prior to the Issue Date of this Note and until this Note is no longer outstanding.

 

3.13    Replacement of Transfer Agent. In the event that the Borrower proposes to replace its transfer agent, the Borrower fails to provide, prior to the effective date of such replacement, a fully executed Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions in a form as initially delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (including but not limited to the provision to irrevocably reserve shares of Common Stock in the Reserved Amount) signed by the successor transfer agent to Borrower and the Borrower.

 

3.14   Cross-Default. The declaration of an event of default by any lender or other extender of credit to the Company under any notes, loans, agreements or other instruments of the Company evidencing any indebtedness of the Company (including those filed as exhibits to or described in the Company’s filings with the SEC), after the passage of all applicable notice and cure or grace periods.

 

3.15   Variable Rate Transactions. The Borrower consummates a Variable Rate Transaction at any time on or after the Issue Date.

 

3.16   Inside Information. Any attempt by the Borrower or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates to transmit, convey, disclose, or any actual transmittal, conveyance, or disclosure by the Borrower or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates of, material non-public information concerning the Borrower, to the Holder or its successors and assigns, which is not immediately cured by Borrower’s filing of a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD on that same date.

 

3.17   Unavailability of Rule 144. If, at any time on or after the date that is six (6) calendar months after the Issue Date, the Holder is unable to (i) obtain a standard “144 legal opinion letter” from an attorney reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the Holder’s brokerage firm (and respective clearing firm), and the Borrower’s transfer agent in order to facilitate the Holder’s conversion of any portion of the Note into free trading shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144, and/or (ii) thereupon deposit such shares into the Holder’s brokerage account.

 

3.18   Delisting, Suspension, or Quotation of Trading of Common Stock. If, at any time on or after the Issue Date, the Borrower’s Common Stock (i) is suspended from trading, (ii) halted from trading, and/or (iii) fails to be quoted or listed (as applicable) on a Principal Market.

 

 

3.19    Failure to Pay an Interim Payment. The Borrower fails to pay the Interim Payment (as defined in this Note) when due as provided in Section 4.16 of this Note.

 

3.20    Rights and Remedies Upon an Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in this Article III, this Note shall become immediately due and payable, and the Borrower shall pay to the Holder, in full satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, an amount equal to the Principal Amount then outstanding plus accrued interest (including any Default Interest) through the date of full repayment multiplied by 125% (collectively the “Default Amount”), as well as all costs, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, of collection, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby are expressly waived by the Borrower. Holder may, in its sole discretion, determine to accept payment part in Common Stock and part in cash. For purposes of payments in Common Stock, the conversion formula set forth in Section 1.2 shall apply as well as all other provisions of this Note. The Holder shall be entitled to exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

 

 

 
 
 

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, and in addition to any other right or remedy of the Holder hereunder, under the related transaction documents, or otherwise at law or in equity, the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers Holder or its legal counsel, each as the Borrower’s attorney-in-fact, to appear ex parte and with notice to the Borrower to confess judgment against the Borrower for the unpaid amount of this Note. The judgment shall set forth the amount then due hereunder, plus attorney’s fees and cost of suit, and to release all errors, and waive all rights of appeal. The Borrower waives the right to contest Holder’s rights under this section, including without limitation the right to any stay of execution and the benefit of all exemption laws now or hereafter in effect. No single exercise of the foregoing right and power to confess judgment will be deemed to exhaust such power, whether or not any such exercise shall be held by any court to be invalid, voidable, or void, and such power shall continue undiminished and may be exercised from time to time as the Holder may elect until all amounts owing on this Note have been paid in full. The Borrower shall provide a signed and notarized copy of the of the affidavit of confession of judgment attached hereto as Exhibit “B” on or before the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS

 

4.1   Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privileges. All rights and remedies of the Holder existing hereunder are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

 

4.2    Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, e-mail or facsimile, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by e-mail or facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

 

If to the Borrower, to:

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

16525 Sherman Way, Suite C-1

Van Nuys, CA 91406

Attention: Julia Otey-Raudes

e-mail: julia.otey@ecoig.com

 

If to the Holder:

 

BLUE LAKE PARTNERS, LLC

3411 Silverside Road, Tatnal Building #104

Wilmington, DE 19810

e-mail: craig@bluelakepartnersllc.com

 

4.3   Amendments. This Note and any provision hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower and the Holder. The term “Note” and all reference thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented.

 

 

 
 
 

4.4   Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. The Borrower shall not assign this Note or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holder. The Holder may assign its rights hereunder to any “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of the 1933 Act) in a private transaction from the Holder or to any of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything in this Note to the contrary, this Note may be pledged as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note represented by this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

4.5   Cost of Collection. If default is made in the payment of this Note, the Borrower shall pay the Holder hereof costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

4.6   Governing Law; Venue; Attorney’s Fees. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Note or any other agreement, certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby shall be brought only in the state courts located in Broward County, Florida or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue or based upon forum non conveniens. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Note or any other agreement, certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The prevailing party in any action or dispute brought in connection with this the Note or any other agreement, certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

 

4.7   Certain Amounts. Whenever pursuant to this Note the Borrower is required to pay an amount in excess of the outstanding Principal Amount (or the portion thereof required to be paid at that time) plus accrued and unpaid interest plus Default Interest on such interest, the Borrower and the Holder agree that the actual damages to the Holder from the receipt of cash payment on this Note may be difficult to determine and the amount to be so paid by the Borrower represents stipulated damages and not a penalty and is intended to compensate the Holder in part for loss of the opportunity to convert this Note and to earn a return from the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon conversion of this Note at a price in excess of the price paid for such shares pursuant to this Note. The Borrower and the Holder hereby agree that such amount of stipulated damages is not plainly disproportionate to the possible loss to the Holder from the receipt of a cash payment without the opportunity to convert this Note into shares of Common Stock.

 

4.8   Purchase Agreement. The Company and the Holder shall be bound by the applicable terms of the Purchase Agreement and the documents entered into in connection herewith and therewith.

 

4.9   Notice of Corporate Events. Except as otherwise provided below, the Holder of this Note shall have no rights as a Holder of Common Stock unless and only to the extent that it converts this Note into Common Stock. The Borrower shall provide the Holder with prior notification of any meeting of the Borrower’s shareholders (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to shareholders). In the event of any taking by the Borrower of a record of its shareholders for the purpose of determining shareholders who are entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire (including by way of merger, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization) any share of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or for the purpose of determining shareholders who are entitled to vote in connection with any change in control or any proposed liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Borrower, the Borrower shall mail a notice to the Holder, at least twenty (20) days prior to the record date specified therein (or thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of the transaction or event, whichever is earlier), of the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, right or other event, and a brief statement regarding the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, right or other event to the extent known at such time. The Borrower shall make a public announcement of any event requiring notification to the Holder hereunder substantially simultaneously with the notification to the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.9.

 

 

 
 
 

4.10   Remedies. The Borrower acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Borrower acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Note will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Borrower of the provisions of this Note, that the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies at law or in equity, and in addition to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining, preventing or curing any breach of this Note and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

4.11  Construction; Headings. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.

 

4.12  Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any action or proceeding that may be brought by the Holder in order to enforce any right or remedy under this Note. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Note, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under this Note for payments which under the applicable law are in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums which under the applicable law in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under this Note exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by applicable law and applicable to this Note is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the Issue Date, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to this Note from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to the Holder with respect to indebtedness evidenced by this the Note, such excess shall be applied by the Holder to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at the Holder’s election.

 

4.13   Severability. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law (including any judicial ruling), then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Note.

 

4.14    Terms of Future Financings. So long as this Note is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries of any security, or amendment to a security that was originally issued before the Issue Date, with any term that the Holder reasonably believes is more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that the Holder reasonably believes was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Note, then (i) the Borrower shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term within one (1) business day of the issuance and/or amendment (as applicable) of the respective security, and (ii) such term, at Holder’s option, shall become a part of the transaction documents with the Holder (regardless of whether the Borrower complied with the notification provision of this Section 4.14). The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing prepayment rate, interest rates, and original issue discounts.

 

4.15    Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default Amount, Issue, Closing or Maturity Date, the closing bid price, or fair market value (as the case may be) or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price or the applicable prepayment amount(s) (as the case may be), the Borrower or the Holder shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile (i) within one (1) Trading Day after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Borrower or the Holder or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Borrower are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within one (1) Trading Day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation (as the case may be) being submitted to the Borrower or the Holder, then the Borrower shall, within one (1) Trading Day, submit (a) the disputed determination of the Conversion Price, the closing bid price, the or fair market value (as the case may be) to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Borrower and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default Amount, to an independent, outside accountant selected by the Holder that is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. The Borrower shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Borrower and the Holder of the results no later than one (1) Trading Day from the time it receives such disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

 

 
 
 

4.16    Interim Payment. In addition to all other obligations under this Note, the Borrower shall pay $33,000.00 in cash to the Holder on or before February 21, 2022 (the "Interim Payment”) for the repayment of the OID (equal to $15,000.00) and the guaranteed interest (equal to $18,000.00) under the Note.

 

4.17    Right of First Refusal. If at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Borrower has a bona fide offer of capital or financing from any 3rd party, that the Borrower intends to act upon, then the Borrower must first offer such opportunity to the Holder to provide such capital or financing to the Borrower on the same terms as each respective 3rd party’s terms. Should the Holder be unwilling or unable to provide such capital or financing to the Borrower within five (5) Trading Days from Holder’s receipt of written notice of the offer (the “Offer Notice”) from the Borrower, then the Borrower may obtain such capital or financing from that respective 3rd party upon the exact same terms and conditions offered by the Borrower to the Holder, which transaction must be completed within 30 days after the date of the Offer Notice. If the Borrower does not receive the capital or financing from the respective 3rd party within 30 days after the date of the respective Offer Notice, then the Borrower must again offer the capital or financing opportunity to the Holder as described above, and the process detailed above shall be repeated. The Offer Notice must be sent via electronic mail to craig@bluelakepartnersllc.com.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Note to be signed in its name by its duly authorized officer on August 23, 2021.

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
Name: Julia Otey-Raudes
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

EXHIBIT A -- NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert $ principal amount of the Note (defined below) into that number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the conversion of the Note (“Common Stock”) as set forth below, of ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), according to the conditions of the promissory note of the Borrower dated as of August 23, 2021 (the “Note”), as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the Holder for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any.

 

Box Checked as to applicable instructions:

 

The Borrower shall electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Notice of Conversion to the account of the undersigned or its nominee with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system (“DWAC Transfer”).
  Name of DTC Prime Broker:
  Account Number:

 

The undersigned hereby requests that the Borrower issue a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth below (which numbers are based on the Holder’s calculation

attached hereto) in the name(s) specified immediately below or, if additional space is necessary, on an attachment hereto:

 

 

 

Date of Conversion:  
Applicable Conversion Price: $

Number of Shares of Common Stock to be
    Issued Pursuant to Conversion of the Note:

 

 

Amount of Principal Balance Due remaining Under the Note after this conversion:

 

 

 

By:
Name:
Title:
Date:

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT B – CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 
 
 

 


Affidavit of Confession of Judgment

 

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF BROWARD

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BLUE LAKE PARTNERS, LLC,

Index No.

Plaintiff,

AFFIDAVIT OF CONFESSION OF

- against - JUDGMENT

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.,

Defendant.

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STATE OF FLORIDA )

COUNTY OF BROWARD ) ss.:

 

Julia Otey-Raudes, being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says:

1.        I am the Chief Executive Officer of defendant ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”). As such, I am fully familiar with all the facts and circumstances recited herein on personal knowledge. Borrower has its principal place of business at 16525 Sherman Way, Suite C-1, Van Nuys, CA 91406. On behalf of the Borrower, I hereby confess judgment in favor of Blue Lake Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holder”), residing at 3411 Silverside Road, Tatnal Building #104, Wilmington, DE 19810, in the amount of $150,000.00, less any payments made on or after the date of this affidavit of confession of judgment, plus Default Interest (as defined in the Note (as defined herein)) on said amount and all other applicable penalties under the Note. In no event shall interest payable hereunder exceed the maximum permissible under applicable law.

2.       I hereby authorize the federal courts and/or state courts located in the State of Florida to enter judgment against Borrower in the amount of in the amount of $150,000.00, less any payments made on or after the date of this affidavit of confession of judgment, plus Default Interest on said amount and all other applicable penalties under the Note, plus the costs and attorneys’ fees that are set forth below, less any payments made on or after the date of this affidavit of confession of judgment, upon Borrower’s failure for any reason to timely make any payment to Holder called for by the promissory note between of the parties, dated August 23, 2021 (the “Note”), due to the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) under the Note.

 

 
 
 

3.       In order to secure these obligations, Borrower agreed to simultaneously deliver with the execution of the Note this Affidavit of Confession of Judgment.

4.       The sums confessed pursuant to this affidavit of confession of judgment are justly due and owing to Holder under the following circumstances: Borrower entered into the Note pursuant to which Borrower promised to pay to the order of Holder the principal sum of $150,000.00 plus interest as provided for therein. The amounts confessed by this affidavit represent a promissory note investment by Holder in Borrower and arise out of Borrower’s breach of its obligations under the Note.

5.       Borrower agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses incurred by Holder in enforcing the terms of this affidavit of confession of judgment, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses at the rate of $475.00 per hour that Holder incurs or is billed for in connection with enforcing the terms of the affidavit of confession of judgment, entering any Judgment, collecting upon said Judgment, and defending or prosecuting any appeals.

 

 

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ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

By: _________________________________

Name: Julia Otey-Raudes

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

STATE OF ______________ )

ss.:

COUNTY OF ______________ )

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

On __________, 2021 before me personally came ________________________________________, to me known, who, by me duly sworn, did depose and say that deponent is an officer of ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC., the corporation described in, and which executed the foregoing affidavit of confession of judgment, that deponent knows the seal of the corporation, that the seal affixed to the affidavit of confession of judgment is the corporation’s seal, that it was affixed by order of the board of directors of the corporation and that deponent signed deponent’s name by like order.

 

 

 

_____________________________

Notary Public

 

SEAL:

 

 

[Signature Page to Affidavit of Confession of Judgment]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.8

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Principal Amount: $55,000.00 Issue Date: March 23, 2022

Actual Amount of Purchase Price: $50,000.00

OID: $5,000.00

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), promises to pay to Robert L. Hymers III, or his successors or assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, up to an aggregate of Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”), which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00 (the “OID”) . The Principal Amount outstanding shall be due and payable on the date that is six (6) months from the Issuance Date. The due date of any outstanding Principal Amount and interest are referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”, respectively. All payments under or pursuant to this Note refer to and shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing to the Company or by wire transfer of funds to the Holder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.1 Interest. Beginning on the issuance date of this Note (the “Issuance Date”), the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest in arrears at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%) accruing on a twelve month basis commencing on the Issuance Date, which, at the option of the Holder, may be converted to shares of the

Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the same terms as the Note.

 

Section 1.2 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Nevada, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

 

Section 1.3 Transfer. This Note may be transferred or sold, subject to the provisions outlined herein, or pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the Holder.

 

Section 1.4 Replacement. Upon receipt of a duly executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement hereof), and without requiring an indemnity bond or other security, or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

Section 1.5. Registration Rights. If at any time the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement (a “Registration Statement”) relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity on Form S-1, or Form 1-A, the Company shall cause the registration under the Securities Act of all the shares issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE II

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a) the Company shall fail to make the payment of any amount of principal outstanding on the date such

payment is due hereunder;

 

(b) the Company shall fail to make any payment of interest for a period of three (3) days after the date such

interest is due;

 

(c) the suspension from listing, without subsequent listing on any one of, or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on at least one of the OTC Bulletin Board, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market, American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(d) the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock;

 

(e) the Company shall fail to (i) timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note or

any accrued and unpaid interest, or (ii) make the payment of any fees and/or liquidated damages under this Note;

 

(f) any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(g) the Company shall (A) default in any payment of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) the aggregate principal amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $100,000 or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness to cause with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;

 

(h) the Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;

 

 
 
 

(i) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company and shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(j) the failure of the Company to instruct its transfer agent to remove any legends from shares of Common Stock eligible to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and issue such un- legended certificates to the Holder within five (5) business days of the Holder’s request so long as the Holder has provided reasonable assurances and opinions of counsel to the Company that such shares of Common Stock can be resold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(k) the failure of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Holder herein within three (3) business days of receipt of notice to the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Company; (b) demand that the principal amount of this Note then outstanding shall be converted into shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3 hereof).

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION; ANTIDILUTION; CONVERSION LIMITATIONS PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Conversion and Fixed Conversion Price. At any time, at the option of the Holder, the Principal Amount of this Convertible Note, may be converted into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), at the Holder’s discretion. The number of shares of Common Stock that this Convertible Note or any portion hereof shall be converted into is based upon the conversion price of $0.000098 per share, corresponding to the original conversion rights of the Debt (as defined in the Debt Exchange Agreement of even date herewith) (the “Conversion Price”) and shall be determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount, or any partial amount thereto, of the Convertible Note being converted, by the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Shares"). Any request by Holder to convert must be accompanied by a written notice in the form attached hereto that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Convertible Note, or a specified portion hereof, which notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in such Common Stock shall be issued. No fractional shares will be issued upon any such conversion, but the Company shall make adjustment therefor in cash, or by rounding to the nearest whole share. In the event of conversion of this Convertible Note in part only, a new Convertible Note or Convertible Notes for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder upon the cancellation of this Convertible Note.

 

Section 3.2 Stock Splits. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be protected against all and any stock splits and shall adjusted in the event of any such stock split.

 

 
 
 

Section 3.3 Conversion Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect any conversion of this Note if the issuable Conversion Shares of such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates, would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days prior written notice by the Investor).

 

Section 3.4 Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(a) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the applicable Holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note (the “Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a sale and the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return this Note if tendered for conversion, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in Sections 3.3(b) and (c) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Company.

 

(b) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such shares via DWAC or a certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section hereunder by the Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered, together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter and (B) $2,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Company shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) through the date the Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

Section 3.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price.

 

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(i) Adjustments for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the

Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

 
 
 

(ii) Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(1)the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(2)the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(iii) Adjustment for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of this Note shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Company which they would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section with respect to the rights of the holders of this Note; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(iv) Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Note might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

 
 
 

 

(v) Adjustments for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date there shall be a capital reorganization of the or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert such Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Company or any successor corporation resulting from Organic Change.

 

(vi) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time after the Issuance Date, shall issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”), other than the Note, or any rights or warrants or options to purchase any such

Common Stock or Convertible Securities, shall be issued or sold (collectively, the “Common Stock

Equivalents”) and the aggregate of the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent, plus the consideration received by the Company for issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent (the “Aggregate Per Common Share Price”) shall be less than the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall make the Aggregate Per Share Common Price be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of such amendment or adjustment, then the applicable Conversion Price upon each such issuance or amendment shall be adjusted on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or

 

(B) the date of actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price shall be made under this subsection (vii) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made to the exercise price of such warrants then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to this subsection (vii). No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent where an adjustment to the Conversion Price was made as a result of the issuance or purchase of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent.

 

(vii) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold:

 

(1)in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the nonsurviving corporation as such Board may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

(2)in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, the determination of the applicable Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 3.5(viii) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 
 
 

(b) Record Date. In case the Company shall take record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be such record date.

 

(c) Certain Issues Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price in connection with (i) securities issued (other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities issued pursuant to a bona fide firm underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or excercisable securities issued or outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, (v) securities issued in connection with strategic license agreements or other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (vi) Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted or issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist and (vii) the payment of any accrued interest in shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Note.

 

(d) No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this agreement and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the Holder against impairment. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any Note as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Note shall have issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the amount of the Note the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(e) Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion

Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request of the Holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver a certificate unless such certificate would reflect an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such adjusted amount.

 

 
 
 

(f) Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of this Note pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of this Note.

In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the average of the Closing Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

 

(h) Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times when this Note shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note and all interest accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note and all interest accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Company shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada corporate law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under this agreement.

 

(i) Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of this Note or any interest accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.6 Inability to Fully Convert.

 

(a) Holder’s Option if Company Cannot Fully Convert. If, upon the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Company (w) does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, or (x) is otherwise prohibited by applicable law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities from issuing all of the Common Stock which is to be issued to the Holder pursuant to a Conversion Notice, then the Company shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the Holder’s Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of this Note, the Holder, solely at Holder’s option, can elect to: (ii) void its Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, this Note that was to be converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (provided that the Holder’s voiding its Conversion Notice shall not effect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice).

 

In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any portion of its Notes as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Notes shall have been issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to 130% of the principal amount of the Notes the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

 
 
 

(b) Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Company shall immediately send via facsimile to the Holder, upon receipt of a facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice from the Holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 3.7(a) above, a notice of the Company’s inability to fully satisfy the Conversion Notice (the

“Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (i) the reason why the Company is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Conversion Notice, (ii) the amount of this Note which cannot be converted and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Price. The Holder shall notify the Company of its election pursuant to Section 3.7(a) above by delivering written notice via facsimile to the Company (“Notice in Response to

Inability to Convert”).

 

Section 3.7 No Rights as Shareholder. Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder, prior to the conversion of this Note, the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company will give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company takes a record (x) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (y) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (z) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and in no event shall such notice be provided to such holder prior to such information being made known to the public. The Company will also give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up will take place and in no event shall such notice be provided to the Holder prior to such information being made known to the public.

 

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

 

Section 4.3 Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

Section 4.4 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore the Company agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

 
 
 

Section 4.5 Enforcement Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Section 4.6 Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.7 Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 4.8 Compliance with Securities Laws. The Holder of this Note acknowledges that this Note is being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Note. This Note and any Note issued in substitution or replacement therefor shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party.

Section 4.10 Parties in Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 4.11 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 4.12 Company Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands’ and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Company liable for the payment of this Note, AND DO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

 
 
 

(a) No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by the Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

(b) THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THIS NOTE IS A PART IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION, AND TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH THE HOLDER OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS MAY DESIRE TO USE.

 

Dated: March 23, 2022

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes   

Julia Otey-Raudes, CEO

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into shares of Common Stock of Eco Innovation Group Inc. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

Date of Conversion: ___________________________________________ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by the Holder on the Date of Conversion:

 

 

 

Signature: ____________________

Print Name: __________________

Address: ____________________

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.9

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Principal Amount: $60,000.00 Issue Date: April 21, 2022

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), promises to pay to Robert L. Hymers III, or his successors or assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, up to an aggregate of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”), which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price of the original promissory note for which this note is exchanged (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $10,000.00 (the “OID”). The Principal Amount outstanding shall be due and payable on the first date that the Borrower has the ability to pay, and no later than six (6) months from the Issuance Date. The due date of any outstanding Principal Amount and interest are referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”, respectively. All payments under or pursuant to this Note refer to and shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing to the Company or by wire transfer of funds to the Holder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.1 Interest. Beginning on the issuance date of this Note (the “Issuance Date”), the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest in arrears at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%) accruing on a twelve month basis commencing on the Issuance Date, which, at the option of the Holder, may be converted to shares of the

Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the same terms as the Note.

 

Section 1.2 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Nevada, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

 

Section 1.3 Transfer. This Note may be transferred or sold, subject to the provisions outlined herein, or pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the Holder.

 

Section 1.4 Replacement. Upon receipt of a duly executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement hereof), and without requiring an indemnity bond or other security, or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

Section 1.5. Registration Rights. If at any time the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement (a “Registration Statement”) relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity on Form S-1, or Form 1-A, the Company shall cause the registration under the Securities Act of all the shares issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE II

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a)                 the Company shall fail to make the payment of any amount of principal outstanding on the date such

payment is due hereunder;

 

(b)                the Company shall fail to make any payment of interest for a period of three (3) days after the date such

interest is due;

 

(c)                 the suspension from listing, without subsequent listing on any one of, or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on at least one of the OTC Bulletin Board, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market, American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(d)                the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock;

 

(e)                 the Company shall fail to (i) timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note or

any accrued and unpaid interest, or (ii) make the payment of any fees and/or liquidated damages under this Note;

 

(f)                  any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(g)                the Company shall (A) default in any payment of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) the aggregate principal amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $100,000 or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness to cause with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;

 

(h)                the Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;

 

 

 
 
 

(i)                  a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company and shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(j)                  the failure of the Company to instruct its transfer agent to remove any legends from shares of Common Stock eligible to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and issue such un- legended certificates to the Holder within five (5) business days of the Holder’s request so long as the Holder has provided reasonable assurances and opinions of counsel to the Company that such shares of Common Stock can be resold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(k)                the failure of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Holder herein within three (3) business days of receipt of notice to the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Company; (b) demand that the principal amount of this Note then outstanding shall be converted into shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3 hereof).

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION; ANTIDILUTION; CONVERSION LIMITATIONS PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Conversion and Fixed Conversion Price. At any time, at the option of the Holder, the Principal Amount of this Convertible Note, may be converted into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), at the Holder’s discretion. The number of shares of Common Stock that this Convertible Note or any portion hereof shall be converted into is based upon the conversion price of $0.0020 per share, corresponding to the current per-share market value of Borrower’s common stock (the “Conversion Price”) and shall be determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount, or any partial amount thereto, of the Convertible Note being converted, by the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Shares"). Any request by Holder to convert must be accompanied by a written notice in the form attached hereto that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Convertible Note, or a specified portion hereof, which notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in such Common Stock shall be issued. No fractional shares will be issued upon any such conversion, but the Company shall make adjustment therefor in cash, or by rounding to the nearest whole share. In the event of conversion of this Convertible Note in part only, a new Convertible Note or Convertible Notes for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder upon the cancellation of this Convertible Note.

 

Section 3.2 Stock Splits. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be protected against all and any stock splits and shall adjusted in the event of any such stock split.

 

Section 3.3 Conversion Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect any conversion of this Note if the issuable Conversion Shares of such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates, would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days prior written notice by the Investor).

 

 
 
 

Section 3.4 Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(a)                 Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the applicable Holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note (the “Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a sale and the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return this Note if tendered for conversion, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in Sections 3.3(b) and (c) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Company.

 

(b)                The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such shares via DWAC or a certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section hereunder by the Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered, together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter and (B) $2,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Company shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) through the date the Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

Section 3.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price.

 

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(i)                  Adjustments for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the

Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

 
 
 

(ii)                Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(1)the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(2)the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(iii)              Adjustment for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of this Note shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Company which they would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section with respect to the rights of the holders of this Note; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(iv)               Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Note might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

(v)                Adjustments for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date there shall be a capital reorganization of the or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert such Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Company or any successor corporation resulting from Organic Change.

 

 
 
 

(vi)               Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time after the Issuance Date, shall issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”), other than the Note, or any rights or warrants or options to purchase any such

Common Stock or Convertible Securities, shall be issued or sold (collectively, the “Common Stock

Equivalents”) and the aggregate of the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent, plus the consideration received by the Company for issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent (the “Aggregate Per Common Share Price”) shall be less than the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall make the Aggregate Per Share Common Price be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of such amendment or adjustment, then the applicable Conversion Price upon each such issuance or amendment shall be adjusted on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or

(B) the date of actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price shall be made under this subsection (vii) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made to the exercise price of such warrants then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to this subsection (vii). No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent where an adjustment to the Conversion Price was made as a result of the issuance or purchase of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent.

 

(vii) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold:

 

(1)in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the non-surviving corporation as such Board may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

(2)in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, the determination of the applicable Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 3.5(viii) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 
 
 

(b)                Record Date. In case the Company shall take record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be such record date.

 

(c)                 Certain Issues Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price in connection with (i) securities issued (other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities issued pursuant to a bona fide firm underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities issued or outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, (v) securities issued in connection with strategic license agreements or other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (vi) Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted or issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist and (vii) the payment of any accrued interest in shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Note.

 

(d)                No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this agreement and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the Holder against impairment. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any Note as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Note shall have issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the amount of the Note the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(e)                 Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request of the Holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver a certificate unless such certificate would reflect an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such adjusted amount.

 

(f)                  Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of this Note pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

 
 
 

(g)                Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the average of the Closing Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

 

(h)                Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times when this Note shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note and all interest accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note and all interest accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Company shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada corporate law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under this agreement.

 

(i)                  Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of this Note or any interest accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.6 Inability to Fully Convert.

 

(a)                 Holder’s Option if Company Cannot Fully Convert. If, upon the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Company (w) does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, or (x) is otherwise prohibited by applicable law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities from issuing all of the Common Stock which is to be issued to the Holder pursuant to a Conversion Notice, then the Company shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the Holder’s Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of this Note, the Holder, solely at Holder’s option, can elect to: (ii) void its Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, this Note that was to be converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (provided that the Holder’s voiding its Conversion Notice shall not effect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice).

 

In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any portion of its Notes as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Notes shall have been issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to 130% of the principal amount of the Notes the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

 
 
 

(b)                Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Company shall immediately send via facsimile to the Holder, upon receipt of a facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice from the Holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 3.7(a) above, a notice of the Company’s inability to fully satisfy the Conversion Notice (the

“Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (i) the reason why the Company is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Conversion Notice, (ii) the amount of this Note which cannot be converted and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Price. The Holder shall notify the Company of its election pursuant to Section 3.7(a) above by delivering written notice via facsimile to the Company (“Notice in Response to

Inability to Convert”).

 

Section 3.7 No Rights as Shareholder. Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder, prior to the conversion of this Note, the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company will give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company takes a record (x) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (y) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (z) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and in no event shall such notice be provided to such holder prior to such information being made known to the public. The Company will also give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up will take place and in no event shall such notice be provided to the Holder prior to such information being made known to the public.

 

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

 

Section 4.3 Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

Section 4.4 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore, the Company agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

 

 
 
 

Section 4.5 Enforcement Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Section 4.6 Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.7 Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 4.8 Compliance with Securities Laws. The Holder of this Note acknowledges that this Note is being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Note. This Note and any Note issued in substitution or replacement therefor shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party.

 

Section 4.10 Parties in Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 4.11 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 4.12 Company Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands’ and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Company liable for the payment of this Note, AND DO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

 
 
 

(a)                 No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by the Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

(b)                THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THIS NOTE IS A PART IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION, AND TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH THE HOLDER OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS MAY DESIRE TO USE.

 

Dated: April 21, 2022

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes   

Julia Otey-Raudes, CEO

 

 

 
 
 

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into shares of Common Stock of Eco Innovation Group Inc. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

Date of Conversion: ___________________________________________ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by the Holder on the Date of Conversion:

 

 

 

Signature: ____________________

Print Name: __________________

Address: ____________________

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.10

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Principal Amount: $23,000.00 Issue Date: March 25, 2022

Actual Amount of Purchase Price: $18,000.00

OID: $5,000.00

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), promises to pay to Alma K. Otey, or her successors or assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, up to an aggregate of Twenty-three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”), which amount is the $18,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00 (the “OID”) . The Principal Amount outstanding shall be due and payable as follows: on April 13, 2022, $1,000.00 initial payment due, and on the thirteenth day of the following three months, principal payments of $7,333.34 shall be due until the entire Principal Amount is paid. The due date of any outstanding Principal Amount and interest are referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”, respectively. All payments under or pursuant to this Note refer to and shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing to the Company or by wire transfer of funds to the Holder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.1 Interest. Beginning on the issuance date of this Note (the “Issuance Date”), the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest in arrears at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%) accruing on a twelve month basis commencing on the Issuance Date, which, at the option of the Holder, may be converted to shares of the

Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the same terms as the Note.

 

Section 1.2 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Nevada, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

 

Section 1.3 Transfer. This Note may be transferred or sold, subject to the provisions outlined herein, or pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the Holder.

 

Section 1.4 Replacement. Upon receipt of a duly executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement hereof), and without requiring an indemnity bond or other security, or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE II

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a) the Company shall fail to make the payment of any amount of principal outstanding on the date such

payment is due hereunder;

 

(b) the Company shall fail to make any payment of interest for a period of three (3) days after the date such

interest is due;

 

(c) the suspension from listing, without subsequent listing on any one of, or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on at least one of the OTC Bulletin Board, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market, American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(d) the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock;

 

(e) the Company shall fail to (i) timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note or

any accrued and unpaid interest, or (ii) make the payment of any fees and/or liquidated damages under this Note;

 

(f) any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(g) the Company shall (A) default in any payment of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) the aggregate principal amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $100,000 or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness to cause with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;

 

(h) the Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;

 

 
 
 

(i) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company and shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(j) the failure of the Company to instruct its transfer agent to remove any legends from shares of Common Stock eligible to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and issue such un- legended certificates to the Holder within five (5) business days of the Holder’s request so long as the Holder has provided reasonable assurances and opinions of counsel to the Company that such shares of Common Stock can be resold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(k) the failure of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Holder herein within three (3) business days of receipt of notice to the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Company; (b) demand that the principal amount of this Note then outstanding shall be converted into shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3 hereof).

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION; ANTIDILUTION; CONVERSION LIMITATIONS PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Conversion and Fixed Conversion Price. At any time, at the option of the Holder, the Principal Amount of this Convertible Note, may be converted into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), at the Holder’s discretion. The number of shares of Common Stock that this Convertible Note or any portion hereof shall be converted into is based upon the conversion price of $0.000098 per share, corresponding to the original conversion rights of the Debt (as defined in the Debt Exchange Agreement of even date herewith) (the “Conversion Price”) and shall be determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount, or any partial amount thereto, of the Convertible Note being converted, by the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Shares"). Any request by Holder to convert must be accompanied by a written notice in the form attached hereto that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Convertible Note, or a specified portion hereof, which notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in such Common Stock shall be issued. No fractional shares will be issued upon any such conversion, but the Company shall make adjustment therefor in cash, or by rounding to the nearest whole share. In the event of conversion of this Convertible Note in part only, a new Convertible Note or Convertible Notes for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder upon the cancellation of this Convertible Note.

 

Section 3.2 Stock Splits. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be protected against all and any stock splits and shall adjusted in the event of any such stock split.

 

Section 3.3 Conversion Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect any conversion of this Note if the issuable Conversion Shares of such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates, would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days prior written notice by the Investor).

 

 
 
 

Section 3.4 Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(a) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the applicable Holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note (the “Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a sale and the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return this Note if tendered for conversion, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in Sections 3.3(b) and (c) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Company.

 

(b) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such shares via DWAC or a certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section hereunder by the Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered, together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter and (B) $2,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Company shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) through the date the Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

Section 3.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price.

 

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(i) Adjustments for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the

Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

(ii) Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

 
 
 

 

(1)the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(2)the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(iii) Adjustment for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of this Note shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Company which they would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section with respect to the rights of the holders of this Note; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(iv) Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Note might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

(v) Adjustments for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date there shall be a capital reorganization of the or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert such Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Company or any successor corporation resulting from Organic Change.

 

 
 
 

(vi) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time after the Issuance Date, shall issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”), other than the Note, or any rights or warrants or options to purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities, shall be issued or sold (collectively, the “Common Stock Equivalents”) and the aggregate of the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent, plus the consideration received by the Company for issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent (the “Aggregate Per Common Share Price”) shall be less than the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall make the Aggregate Per Share Common Price be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of such amendment or adjustment, then the applicable Conversion Price upon each such issuance or amendment shall be adjusted on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or

 

(B) the date of actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price shall be made under this subsection (vii) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made to the exercise price of such warrants then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to this subsection (vii). No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent where an adjustment to the Conversion Price was made as a result of the issuance or purchase of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent.

 

(vii) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold:

 

(1)in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the nonsurviving corporation as such Board may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

(2)in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, the determination of the applicable Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 3.5(viii) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 
 
 

(b) Record Date. In case the Company shall take record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be such record date.

 

(c) Certain Issues Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price in connection with (i) securities issued (other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities issued pursuant to a bona fide firm underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or excercisable securities issued or outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, (v) securities issued in connection with strategic license agreements or other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (vi) Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted or issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist and (vii) the payment of any accrued interest in shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Note.

 

(d) No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this agreement and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the Holder against impairment. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any Note as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Note shall have issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the amount of the Note the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(e) Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion

Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request of the Holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver a certificate unless such certificate would reflect an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such adjusted amount.

 

(f) Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of this Note pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

 
 
 

(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of this Note.

In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the average of the Closing Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

 

(h) Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times when this Note shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note and all interest accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note and all interest accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Company shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada corporate law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under this agreement.

 

(i) Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of this Note or any interest accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.6 Inability to Fully Convert.

 

(a) Holder’s Option if Company Cannot Fully Convert. If, upon the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Company (w) does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, or (x) is otherwise prohibited by applicable law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities from issuing all of the Common Stock which is to be issued to the Holder pursuant to a Conversion Notice, then the Company shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the Holder’s Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of this Note, the Holder, solely at Holder’s option, can elect to: (ii) void its Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, this Note that was to be converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (provided that the Holder’s voiding its Conversion Notice shall not effect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice).

 

In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any portion of its Notes as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Notes shall have been issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to 130% of the principal amount of the Notes the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

 
 
 

(b) Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Company shall immediately send via facsimile to the Holder, upon receipt of a facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice from the Holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 3.7(a) above, a notice of the Company’s inability to fully satisfy the Conversion Notice (the

“Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (i) the reason why the Company is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Conversion Notice, (ii) the amount of this Note which cannot be converted and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Price. The Holder shall notify the Company of its election pursuant to Section 3.7(a) above by delivering written notice via facsimile to the Company (“Notice in Response to

Inability to Convert”).

 

Section 3.7 No Rights as Shareholder. Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder, prior to the conversion of this Note, the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company will give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company takes a record (x) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (y) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (z) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and in no event shall such notice be provided to such holder prior to such information being made known to the public. The Company will also give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up will take place and in no event shall such notice be provided to the Holder prior to such information being made known to the public.

 

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

 

Section 4.3 Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

Section 4.4 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore the Company agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

 
 
 

Section 4.5 Enforcement Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Section 4.6 Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.7 Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 4.8 Compliance with Securities Laws. The Holder of this Note acknowledges that this Note is being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Note. This Note and any Note issued in substitution or replacement therefor shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party.

Section 4.10 Parties in Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 4.11 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 4.12 Company Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands’ and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Company liable for the payment of this Note, AND DO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

 
 
 

(a) No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by the Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

(b) THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THIS NOTE IS A PART IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION, AND TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH THE HOLDER OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS MAY DESIRE TO USE.

 

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes   

Julia Otey-Raudes, CEO

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into shares of Common Stock of Eco Innovation Group Inc. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

Date of Conversion: ___________________________________________ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by the Holder on the Date of Conversion:

 

 

 

Signature: ____________________

Print Name: __________________

Address: ____________________

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of March 22, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC. (“the Company”), and Robert L. Hymers III (“Consultant”). For the purpose of this agreement, Consultant and Company shall be collectively referred to as “Parties” and individually as “Party”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company desires to engage Consultant, and Consultant desires to accept the engagement by the Company, as a consultant to the Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable

consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT
1.Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby engages

Consultant, and Consultant hereby accepts the engagement by the Company, to serve as a consultant to the Company. Consultant shall assist with the Company’s strategic planning, budgeting and financing (“Services”); provided, however, that: (i) Consultant shall perform all Services in a timely and professional manner, using a degree of skill and care at most consistent with industry standards; (ii) Consultant shall report the progress of its Services to the Company’s executive officers

2.Consultant represents that it and including its employees have the requisite

education, expertise, experience and skills and knowledge to render the desired Services and Consultant shall perform the Services in a competent and efficient manner. Consultant shall abide by all laws, rules and regulations that apply to the performance of the Services.

3.As full and complete consideration for Consultant’s performance of the Consultant’s Services outlined in §1 of this Agreement, the Company shall compensate Consultant the following:
a)A fixed fee of 26,785,714 common shares to be registered in a Form S8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will have a value of $75,000 based on the closing stock price of $.0028 per OTC Markets on March 22, 2022. The shares shall be deemed fully earned as of the date of this agreement.
4.The Company will not reimburse Consultant for out-of-pocket expenses.
5.Consultant’s relationship with the Company shall be solely that of an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, or employeremployee relationship. Consultant is not the agent, nor an executive member, or affiliate as defined under SEC Rule 144 of the Company and is not authorized to make any representation, contract or commitment on behalf of the Company. Consultant shall not be entitled to any of the benefits that the Company may make available to its employees, such as group insurance, profitsharing or retirement benefits. Consultant shall be solely responsible for all tax returns and payments required to be filed with or made to any federal or provincial tax authority with respect to Consultant’s performance of the Services and receipt of the Consulting Fees pursuant to this Agreement. Given that the Consultant is an independent contractor, the Company will not withhold or make payments for unemployment insurance or disability insurance contributions or obtain worker’s compensation insurance on Consultant’s behalf. Consultant agrees to accept exclusive liability for complying with all applicable federal, provincial and local laws governing self-employed individuals, including, without limitation, obligations such as the payment of taxes, disability and other contributions based on the Consulting Fees paid to Consultant. Consultant hereby agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Company from and against any and all such taxes and contributions, as well as any penalties and interest arising therefrom.

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

6.Consultant represents that Consultant’s entering into this Agreement, Consultant’s performance of all of the terms of this Agreement and Consultant’s performance of the Services pursuant to this Agreement do not and will not breach or conflict with any agreement or other arrangement between any Consultant and any third party, including, without limitation, any agreement or other arrangement between Consultant and any third party to keep in confidence any proprietary information of another entity acquired by Consultant in confidence or in trust prior to the date of this Agreement. Consultant agrees not to enter into any agreement that conflicts with this Agreement while this Agreement remains in effect.

6.1 Term. This Agreement shall be in effect from the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”) to September 30, 2022. This Agreement may be renewed for an additional time-period as the Parties may mutually agree upon on or prior to the expiration date of this Agreement.

6.2 Termination by Consultant. This Agreement may be terminated, for any reason or no reason at all, by Consultant at any time following the Effective Date by delivering fourteen (14) days’ prior written notice to the Company.

6.3 Termination by the Company. This Agreement cannot be terminated by the Company and shall remain binding on the Company for the entire Term.

6.4 Effect of Termination. The obligations set forth under this Agreement, as well as any outstanding payment or reimbursement obligations of the Company for Services performed prior to the date of notice of termination, shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall promptly deliver to the Company all documents and other materials of any nature pertaining to the Services, together with all documents and other items containing or pertaining to any Proprietary Information, Third-Party Information or Inventions.

7.

7.1 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively

given: (i) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified; (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not, then on the next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to The Company or to Consultant, as applicable, at the respective addresses set forth on the signature page to this Agreement or at such other address(es) as the Company or Consultant may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other Party hereto.

7.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, as applied to contracts to be performed entirely within such state.

7.3 Successors and Assigns. The rights and liabilities of the Parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be; provided, however, that, as the Company has specifically contracted for Consultant’s services, which services are unique and personal, Consultant may not assign, subcontract or delegate Consultant’s obligations under this Agreement either in whole or in part to any Party without the prior written consent of the Company. The Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any person or entity who succeeds to all or substantially all of the Company’s business.

 
 
 

7.4 Waiver. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party, and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

7.5 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of all of the Parties hereto.

7.6 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, the Parties agree to renegotiate such provision in good faith. In the event that the Parties cannot reach a mutually agreeable and enforceable replacement in writing for such provision, then: (i) such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement; (ii) the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded; and (iii) the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

7.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the Parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among or between any of the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile, email, portable document format (or .pdf) or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of this Agreement shall have the same effect as the physical delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

7.9 Indemnification and Warranty. The Parties shall at all times comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and other governmental requirements. The Parties agree to indemnify and hold the each other, its directors and officers, and its agents and employees, harmless from any and all claims, causes of action, losses, damage, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorney fees, arising from the death of or injury to any person, from damage to or destruction of property, or from breach of the warranties in this Section, arising from the provision of Services by each other, its agents or employees.

7.10 Attorney’s Fees. The Parties agree that the non-prevailing Party will pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the prevailing Party to enforce this Agreement or other related agreements.

 
 
 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes

Julia Otey-Raudes

Chief Executive Officer

Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

 

Address:

16525 Sherman Way

Suite C-1

Van Nuys, CA

 

CONSULTANT:

By: /s/ Robert L. Hymers III
Robert L. Hymers III

Address:

520 S. Grand Ave., Suite 320

Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

SSN: 571-85-1063

 

Exhibit 10.14

 

 

DEBT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEBT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 21, 2022 by and among Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Company”) and Robert L. Hymers, III (“Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. On March 23, 2022, the Company made a promissory note to Hymers in the principal amount of $55,000, which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00, in substantially the form as Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Note”).

 

B. The Company and the Holder desire to cause the Note and the obligations of the Company represented thereby to be restated by exchanging the Note for the convertible promissory note in substantially the form as Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Exchange Note”), as set forth herein;

 

D. The Company and the Holder are entering into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions applicable to the exchange of the Note for the Exchange Note;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1

EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

1.1 Exchange.

 

(a) The Holder hereby agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to exchange the aggregate principal amount of the Note, together with all interest thereon accrued up to but not including the effective date of such exchange, for the Exchange Note, in substantially the form as Exhibit B attached hereto and hereby incorporated as a material part of this Agreement (the “Debt Exchange”).

 

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the consummation of the Debt Exchange shall take place upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, whereby the Holder shall consider the Note, as it pre-existed, to be cancelled, and the Company shall deliver to the Holder the Exchange Note.

 

(c) The Exchange Note will be issued in full satisfaction of the Note, and the Company and the Holder intend that the Debt Exchange be an exchange subject to the tacking provisions of Rule 144 (§ 230.144(d)(3)(ii)) as securities acquired from the Company solely in exchange for other securities of the same issuer.

 

 
 
 

 

Article 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder that:

 

2.1 Corporate Status. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted.

 

2.2 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 2,050,000,000 shares, consisting of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 49,000,000 shares are designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, 388,095,683 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding and 30,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.

 

2.3 Power and Authority; Binding Agreement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Agreement, and the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Debt Exchange. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

2.4 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and compliance with the provisions hereof, will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of any lien or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under, (i) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, obligation, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license or similar authorization applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets or (ii) any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, other than any such conflicts, violations, defaults, rights, losses, liens or encumbrances that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on (x) the business condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

2.5 Consents and Governmental Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any federal, state, local or foreign government, any court, administrative, regulatory or other governmental agency, commission, body or authority or any non-governmental self-regulatory agency, commission, body or authority (each a “Governmental Entity”) is required by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation by the Company of the Debt Exchange or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and such other consents, approvals, orders or authorizations the failure of which to be made or obtained, individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

 
 
 

Article 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDER

 

The Holder represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

3.1 Authority. The Holder has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement. All acts required to be taken by the Holder to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby have been properly taken.

 

3.2 Title to the Debt. The Holder is the beneficial holder of the Note, and holds the Note free and clear of all claims, liens, security interests, title defects and objections or any other encumbrances of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

3.3 Investment Intent. Holder is acquiring the Exchange Note being delivered to Holder under this Agreement for its own account and with no present intention of distributing or selling the Exchange Note in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable state securities law. Holder will not sell or otherwise dispose of Exchange Note unless such sale or other disposition has been registered or is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and has been registered or qualified or is exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws. Holder understands that the Exchange Note it is acquiring under this Agreement has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 by reason of their contemplated issuance in transactions exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and that the reliance of the Company on this exemption is predicated in part on these representations and warranties of Holder.

 

3.4 Holder Status. Holder (i) is either (x) a “Qualified Institutional Buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 or (y) an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investments to be made by it hereunder; (iii) has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investments for an indefinite period of time; and (iv) has sole investment discretion with respect to the Debt Exchange; and (v) has been given an opportunity to obtain such information from the Company as Holder deems necessary or appropriate with respect to the Debt Exchange.

 

Article 4

CONDITIONS

 

4.1 Company’s Conditions. The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to fulfillment of the following conditions on or prior to the date of Closing:

 

(a) The representations and warranties of the Holder set forth in Article 3 shall be true and correct on and as of the date of Closing.

 

(b) All proceedings, corporate or otherwise, required to be taken by the Holder on or prior to the date of Closing in connection with this Agreement, and the Debt Exchange contemplated hereby, shall have been duly and validly taken, and all necessary consents, approvals or authorizations required to be obtained by the Holder on or prior to the Closing shall have been obtained.

 

(c) The Holder shall have delivered the Note to the Company for cancellation.

 

(d) The Holder shall have delivered to the Company such other documents, certificates or other information as the Company or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

4.2 Holder’s Conditions. The obligations of the Holder to consummate the transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to fulfillment of the following conditions on or prior to the date of Closing:

 

 

 
 
 

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article 2 shall be true and correct on and as of the date of Closing.

 

(b) All proceedings, corporate or otherwise required to be taken by the Company on or prior to the date of Closing in connection with this Agreement, and the Debt Exchange contemplated hereby, shall have been duly and validly taken, and all necessary consents, approvals or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company on or prior to the Closing shall have been obtained.

 

(c) The Company shall have issued and delivered, or cause to be issued and delivered, to the Holder, the Exchange Note.

 

Article 5

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective must be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, are deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand or by courier, or by certified mail, or, when transmitted by facsimile and a confirmation of transmission printed by sender’s facsimile machine. A copy of any notice given by facsimile also must be mailed, postage prepaid, to the addressee. Notices to the respective parties hereto must be addressed as follows:

 

     
If to Holder:   Robert L. Hymers III
   

Address: 520 S. Grand Ave, Suite 320, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (310) 926-3980

    Email: roberthymers@yahoo.com

 

If to Company:

 

 

Eco Innovation Group, Inc.

    Attention: Julia Otey-Raudes
   

Address: 16525 Sherman Way, Suite C-1, Van Nuys, CA 91406

Telephone: (747) 224-2453 

    Email: julia.otey@ecoig.com
   

Any party may alter the address to which communications or copies are to be sent by giving notice of the change of address under this Section.

 

5.2 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered constitutes an original and all together shall constitute one Agreement.

 

5.4 Enforceability. If any term or provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is, to any extent, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or application to other Persons and circumstances are not invalidated thereby, and each term and provision hereof is to be construed with all other remaining terms and provisions hereof to effect the intent of the parties hereto to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

5.5 Law Governing. This Agreement is to be construed and enforced in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada applicable to contracts executed in and to be fully performed in that state.

 

5.6 Confidentiality. Until the Company makes a press release or other public announcement about the Debt Exchange, the Holder will maintain the confidentiality of the Debt Exchange and the terms of the Debt Exchange.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

 
 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date set forth on the first page hereof to be effective as of the Effective Date.

 

HOLDER   COMPANY
     
Robert L. Hymers III   Eco Innovation Group, Inc.
     
     
     
By: /s/ Robert L. Hymers, III   By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
Name:     Robert L. Hymers, III   Name:     Julia Otey-Raudes
      Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
     
     

 

 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

NOTE

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Principal Amount: $55,000.00 Issue Date: March 23, 2022

Actual Amount of Purchase Price: $50,000.00

OID: $5,000.00

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), promises to pay to Robert L. Hymers III, or his successors or assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, up to an aggregate of Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”), which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $5,000.00 (the “OID”) . The Principal Amount outstanding shall be due and payable on the date that is six (6) months from the Issuance Date. The due date of any outstanding Principal Amount and interest are referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”, respectively. All payments under or pursuant to this Note refer to and shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing to the Company or by wire transfer of funds to the Holder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.1 Interest. Beginning on the issuance date of this Note (the “Issuance Date”), the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest in arrears at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%) accruing on a twelve month basis commencing on the Issuance Date, which, at the option of the Holder, may be converted to shares of the

Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the same terms as the Note.

 

Section 1.2 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Nevada, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

 

Section 1.3 Transfer. This Note may be transferred or sold, subject to the provisions outlined herein, or pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the Holder.

 

Section 1.4 Replacement. Upon receipt of a duly executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement hereof), and without requiring an indemnity bond or other security, or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

Section 1.5. Registration Rights. If at any time the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement (a “Registration Statement”) relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity on Form S-1, or Form 1-A, the Company shall cause the registration under the Securities Act of all the shares issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE II

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a) the Company shall fail to make the payment of any amount of principal outstanding on the date such

payment is due hereunder;

 

(b) the Company shall fail to make any payment of interest for a period of three (3) days after the date such

interest is due;

 

(c) the suspension from listing, without subsequent listing on any one of, or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on at least one of the OTC Bulletin Board, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market, American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(d) the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock;

 

(e) the Company shall fail to (i) timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note or

any accrued and unpaid interest, or (ii) make the payment of any fees and/or liquidated damages under this Note;

 

(f) any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(g) the Company shall (A) default in any payment of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) the aggregate principal amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $100,000 or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness to cause with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;

 

(h) the Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;

 

 
 
 

(i) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company and shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(j) the failure of the Company to instruct its transfer agent to remove any legends from shares of Common Stock eligible to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and issue such un- legended certificates to the Holder within five (5) business days of the Holder’s request so long as the Holder has provided reasonable assurances and opinions of counsel to the Company that such shares of Common Stock can be resold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(k) the failure of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Holder herein within three (3) business days of receipt of notice to the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Company; (b) demand that the principal amount of this Note then outstanding shall be converted into shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3 hereof).

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION; ANTIDILUTION; CONVERSION LIMITATIONS PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Conversion and Fixed Conversion Price. At any time, at the option of the Holder, the Principal Amount of this Convertible Note, may be converted into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), at the Holder’s discretion. The number of shares of Common Stock that this Convertible Note or any portion hereof shall be converted into is based upon the conversion price of $0.000098 per share, corresponding to the original conversion rights of the Debt (as defined in the Debt Exchange Agreement of even date herewith) (the “Conversion Price”) and shall be determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount, or any partial amount thereto, of the Convertible Note being converted, by the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Shares"). Any request by Holder to convert must be accompanied by a written notice in the form attached hereto that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Convertible Note, or a specified portion hereof, which notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in such Common Stock shall be issued. No fractional shares will be issued upon any such conversion, but the Company shall make adjustment therefor in cash, or by rounding to the nearest whole share. In the event of conversion of this Convertible Note in part only, a new Convertible Note or Convertible Notes for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder upon the cancellation of this Convertible Note.

 

 
 
 

Section 3.2 Stock Splits. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be protected against all and any stock splits and shall adjusted in the event of any such stock split.

 

Section 3.3 Conversion Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect any conversion of this Note if the issuable Conversion Shares of such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates, would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days prior written notice by the Investor).

 

Section 3.4 Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(a) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the applicable Holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note (the “Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a sale and the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return this Note if tendered for conversion, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in Sections 3.3(b) and (c) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Company.

 

(b) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such shares via DWAC or a certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section hereunder by the Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered, together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter and (B) $2,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Company shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) through the date the Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

Section 3.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price.

 

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

 
 
 

(i) Adjustments for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the

Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

(ii) Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(1)    the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(2)    the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(iii) Adjustment for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of this Note shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Company which they would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section with respect to the rights of the holders of this Note; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(iv) Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Note might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

 
 
 

(v) Adjustments for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date there shall be a capital reorganization of the or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert such Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Company or any successor corporation resulting from Organic Change.

 

(vi) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time after the Issuance Date, shall issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”), other than the Note, or any rights or warrants or options to purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities, shall be issued or sold (collectively, the “Common Stock Equivalents”) and the aggregate of the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent, plus the consideration received by the Company for issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent (the “Aggregate Per Common Share Price”) shall be less than the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall make the Aggregate Per Share Common Price be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of such amendment or adjustment, then the applicable Conversion Price upon each such issuance or amendment shall be adjusted on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or (B) the date of actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price shall be made under this subsection (vii) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made to the exercise price of such warrants then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to this subsection (vii). No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent where an adjustment to the Conversion Price was made as a result of the issuance or purchase of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent.

 

(vii) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold:

 

(1)  in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the nonsurviving corporation as such Board may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

 
 
 

 

(2)   in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, the determination of the applicable Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 3.5(viii) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) Record Date. In case the Company shall take record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be such record date.

 

(c) Certain Issues Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price in connection with (i) securities issued (other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities issued pursuant to a bona fide firm underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or excercisable securities issued or outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, (v) securities issued in connection with strategic license agreements or other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (vi) Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted or issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist and (vii) the payment of any accrued interest in shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Note.

 

(d) No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this agreement and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the Holder against impairment. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any Note as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Note shall have issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the amount of the Note the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

 
 
 

 

(e) Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request of the Holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver a certificate unless such certificate would reflect an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such adjusted amount.

 

(f) Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of this Note pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the average of the Closing Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

 

(h) Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times when this Note shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note and all interest accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note and all interest accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Company shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada corporate law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under this agreement.

 

(i) Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of this Note or any interest accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

 

 
 
 

Section 3.6 Inability to Fully Convert.

 

(a) Holder’s Option if Company Cannot Fully Convert. If, upon the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Company (w) does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, or (x) is otherwise prohibited by applicable law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities from issuing all of the Common Stock which is to be issued to the Holder pursuant to a Conversion Notice, then the Company shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the Holder’s Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of this Note, the Holder, solely at Holder’s option, can elect to: (ii) void its Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, this Note that was to be converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (provided that the Holder’s voiding its Conversion Notice shall not effect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice).

 

In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any portion of its Notes as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Notes shall have been issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to 130% of the principal amount of the Notes the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(b) Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Company shall immediately send via facsimile to the Holder, upon receipt of a facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice from the Holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 3.7(a) above, a notice of the Company’s inability to fully satisfy the Conversion Notice (the “Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (i) the reason why the Company is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Conversion Notice, (ii) the amount of this Note which cannot be converted and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Price. The Holder shall notify the Company of its election pursuant to Section 3.7(a) above by delivering written notice via facsimile to the Company (“Notice in Response to Inability to Convert”).

 

Section 3.7 No Rights as Shareholder. Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder, prior to the conversion of this Note, the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company will give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company takes a record (x) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (y) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (z) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and in no event shall such notice be provided to such holder prior to such information being made known to the public. The Company will also give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up will take place and in no event shall such notice be provided to the Holder prior to such information being made known to the public.

 

 

 
 
 

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

 

Section 4.3 Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

Section 4.4 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore the Company agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

Section 4.5 Enforcement Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Section 4.6 Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.7 Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 4.8 Compliance with Securities Laws. The Holder of this Note acknowledges that this Note is being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Note. This Note and any Note issued in substitution or replacement therefor shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

 

 
 
 

Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party.

Section 4.10 Parties in Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 4.11 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 4.12 Company Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands’ and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Company liable for the payment of this Note, AND DO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

(a) No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by the Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

(b) THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THIS NOTE IS A PART IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION, AND TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH THE HOLDER OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS MAY DESIRE TO USE.

 

Dated: March 23, 2022

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes     

Julia Otey-Raudes, CEO

 

 

 
 
 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into shares of Common Stock of Eco Innovation Group Inc. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

Date of Conversion: ___________________________________________ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by the Holder on the Date of Conversion:

 

 

 

Signature: ____________________

Print Name: __________________

Address: ____________________

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

EXCHANGE NOTE

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Principal Amount: $60,000.00 Issue Date: April 21, 2022

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), promises to pay to Robert L. Hymers III, or his successors or assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, up to an aggregate of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”), which amount is the $50,000.00 actual amount of the purchase price of the original promissory note for which this note is exchanged (the “Consideration”) hereof plus an original issue discount in the amount of $10,000.00 (the “OID”). The Principal Amount outstanding shall be due and payable on the first date that the Borrower has the ability to pay, and no later than six (6) months from the Issuance Date. The due date of any outstanding Principal Amount and interest are referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”, respectively. All payments under or pursuant to this Note refer to and shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing to the Company or by wire transfer of funds to the Holder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.1 Interest. Beginning on the issuance date of this Note (the “Issuance Date”), the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest in arrears at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%) accruing on a twelve month basis commencing on the Issuance Date, which, at the option of the Holder, may be converted to shares of the

Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the same terms as the Note.

 

Section 1.2 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Nevada, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

 

Section 1.3 Transfer. This Note may be transferred or sold, subject to the provisions outlined herein, or pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the Holder.

 

Section 1.4 Replacement. Upon receipt of a duly executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement hereof), and without requiring an indemnity bond or other security, or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

Section 1.5. Registration Rights. If at any time the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement (a “Registration Statement”) relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity on Form S-1, or Form 1-A, the Company shall cause the registration under the Securities Act of all the shares issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

 
 
 

ARTICLE II

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(l) the Company shall fail to make the payment of any amount of principal outstanding on the date such

payment is due hereunder;

 

(m) the Company shall fail to make any payment of interest for a period of three (3) days after the date such

interest is due;

 

(n) the suspension from listing, without subsequent listing on any one of, or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on at least one of the OTC Bulletin Board, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market, American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

(o) the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock;

 

(p) the Company shall fail to (i) timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note or

any accrued and unpaid interest, or (ii) make the payment of any fees and/or liquidated damages under this Note;

 

(q) any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(r) the Company shall (A) default in any payment of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) the aggregate principal amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of $100,000 or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness to cause with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;

 

(s) the Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;

 

 

 
 
 

(t) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company and shall continue un-dismissed, or un-stayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(u) the failure of the Company to instruct its transfer agent to remove any legends from shares of Common Stock eligible to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and issue such un- legended certificates to the Holder within five (5) business days of the Holder’s request so long as the Holder has provided reasonable assurances and opinions of counsel to the Company that such shares of Common Stock can be resold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(v) the failure of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Holder herein within three (3) business days of receipt of notice to the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Company; (b) demand that the principal amount of this Note then outstanding shall be converted into shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3 hereof).

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION; ANTIDILUTION; CONVERSION LIMITATIONS PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Conversion and Fixed Conversion Price. At any time, at the option of the Holder, the Principal Amount of this Convertible Note, may be converted into shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), at the Holder’s discretion. The number of shares of Common Stock that this Convertible Note or any portion hereof shall be converted into is based upon the conversion price of $0.0020 per share, corresponding to the current per-share market value of Borrower’s common stock (the “Conversion Price”) and shall be determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount, or any partial amount thereto, of the Convertible Note being converted, by the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Shares"). Any request by Holder to convert must be accompanied by a written notice in the form attached hereto that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Convertible Note, or a specified portion hereof, which notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in such Common Stock shall be issued. No fractional shares will be issued upon any such conversion, but the Company shall make adjustment therefor in cash, or by rounding to the nearest whole share. In the event of conversion of this Convertible Note in part only, a new Convertible Note or Convertible Notes for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder upon the cancellation of this Convertible Note.

 

 

 
 
 

Section 3.2 Stock Splits. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be protected against all and any stock splits and shall adjusted in the event of any such stock split.

 

Section 3.3 Conversion Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect any conversion of this Note if the issuable Conversion Shares of such conversion, along with all other shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates, would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (which may be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days prior written notice by the Investor).

 

Section 3.4 Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(c) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the applicable Holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note (the “Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a sale and the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return this Note if tendered for conversion, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in Sections 3.3(b) and (c) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Company.

 

(d) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such shares via DWAC or a certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section hereunder by the Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered, together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter and (B) $2,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Company shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) through the date the Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

Section 3.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price.

 

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

 
 
 

(iii) Adjustments for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the

Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

(iv) Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(3)the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(4)the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(vii) Adjustment for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of this Note shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Company which they would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section with respect to the rights of the holders of this Note; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(viii) Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Note might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

 
 
 

(ix) Adjustments for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date there shall be a capital reorganization of the or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an appropriate revision to the Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert such Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Company or any successor corporation resulting from Organic Change.

 

(x) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time after the Issuance Date, shall issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”), other than the Note, or any rights or warrants or options to purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities, shall be issued or sold (collectively, the “Common Stock Equivalents”) and the aggregate of the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent, plus the consideration received by the Company for issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent (the “Aggregate Per Common Share Price”) shall be less than the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall make the Aggregate Per Share Common Price be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of such amendment or adjustment, then the applicable Conversion Price upon each such issuance or amendment shall be adjusted on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or (B) the date of actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price shall be made under this subsection (vii) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made to the exercise price of such warrants then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to this subsection (vii). No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent where an adjustment to the Conversion Price was made as a result of the issuance or purchase of any Convertible Security or Common Stock Equivalent.

 

(vii) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold:

 

(3)   in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the non-surviving corporation as such Board may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

 

 
 
 

 

(4)  in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, the determination of the applicable Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 3.5(viii) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(j) Record Date. In case the Company shall take record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be such record date.

 

(k) Certain Issues Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price in connection with (i) securities issued (other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities issued pursuant to a bona fide firm underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities issued or outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, (v) securities issued in connection with strategic license agreements or other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (vi) Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted or issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist and (vii) the payment of any accrued interest in shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Note.

 

(l) No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this agreement and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the Holder against impairment. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any Note as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Note shall have issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the amount of the Note the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(m) Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written request of the Holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver a certificate unless such certificate would reflect an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such adjusted amount.

 

 

 
 
 

 

(n) Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of this Note pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

(o) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the average of the Closing Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

 

(p) Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times when this Note shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note and all interest accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note and all interest accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Company shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada corporate law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under this agreement.

 

(q) Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of this Note or any interest accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.6 Inability to Fully Convert.

 

(c) Holder’s Option if Company Cannot Fully Convert. If, upon the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Company (w) does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, or (x) is otherwise prohibited by applicable law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities from issuing all of the Common Stock which is to be issued to the Holder pursuant to a Conversion Notice, then the Company shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the Holder’s Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of this Note, the Holder, solely at Holder’s option, can elect to: (ii) void its Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, this Note that was to be converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (provided that the Holder’s voiding its Conversion Notice shall not effect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice).

 

 
 
 

In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any portion of its Notes as provided herein, the Company cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such Holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of said Notes shall have been issued and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in an amount equal to 130% of the principal amount of the Notes the Holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(d) Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Company shall immediately send via facsimile to the Holder, upon receipt of a facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice from the Holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 3.7(a) above, a notice of the Company’s inability to fully satisfy the Conversion Notice (the “Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (i) the reason why the Company is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Conversion Notice, (ii) the amount of this Note which cannot be converted and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Price. The Holder shall notify the Company of its election pursuant to Section 3.7(a) above by delivering written notice via facsimile to the Company (“Notice in Response to

Inability to Convert”).

Section 3.7 No Rights as Shareholder. Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder, prior to the conversion of this Note, the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company will give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company takes a record (x) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (y) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (z) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and in no event shall such notice be provided to such holder prior to such information being made known to the public. The Company will also give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up will take place and in no event shall such notice be provided to the Holder prior to such information being made known to the public.

 

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

 

 
 
 

Section 4.3 Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

Section 4.4 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore, the Company agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

Section 4.5 Enforcement Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Section 4.6 Binding Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.7 Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 4.8 Compliance with Securities Laws. The Holder of this Note acknowledges that this Note is being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Note. This Note and any Note issued in substitution or replacement therefor shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Section 4.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party.

 

 
 
 

Section 4.10 Parties in Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 4.11 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 4.12 Company Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands’ and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Company liable for the payment of this Note, AND DO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

(c) No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by the Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

(d) THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THIS NOTE IS A PART IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION, AND TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH THE HOLDER OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS MAY DESIRE TO USE.

 

Dated: April 21, 2022

 

ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes

Julia Otey-Raudes, CEO

 

 

 
 
 

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the principal amount of the above Note into shares of Common Stock of Eco Innovation Group Inc. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

Date of Conversion: ___________________________________________ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by the Holder on the Date of Conversion:

 

 

 

Signature: ____________________

Print Name: __________________

Address: ____________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.15

 

AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 21, 2022 (this “Amendment”), is made and entered into by and among Eco Innovation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Buyer”), Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc., an Alberta corporation (“NewCo”), Spruce Construction, Inc., an Alberta corporation (the “Seller”) and Timothy Boezktes, the sole shareholder of Seller (the “Shareholder”). The Seller, NewCo, Buyer and the Shareholder are referred to herein as each a “Party” and together as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings specified in the APA (as defined below).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, on October 4, 2021, Buyer, NewCo, Seller, and Shareholder entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “APA”), pursuant to which Buyer purchased certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Seller upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 8.9 of the APA, Buyer, NewCo, Seller, and Shareholder desire to amend the APA as provided in this Amendment; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of each of Acquiror and the Company have approved this Amendment and determined that it is fair to, advisable for and in the best interests of such parties, respectively, to enter into this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

  

SECTION 1.  Schedule B. Paragraph 1 of the APA is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

1.“Spruce Engineering & Construction Inc. will pay from its future net operating revenues to Spruce Construction Inc. the sum of $130,000 as follows:

 

·$70,000 to cover previously-paid operational costs to be paid within twelve (12) months from Closing.
·$60,000 to cover government loan to be paid by December 1, 2022.” 

 

SECTION 2. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Modification; Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms, representations, warranties, covenants and other provisions of the APA are and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(b) References to the APA. After the date of this Amendment, all references to “this Agreement,” “the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,” “the APA” and phrases of similar import, shall refer to the APA as amended by this Amendment (it being understood that all references to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall continue to refer to April 21, 2022).

 

(c) Other General Provisions. The provisions of Article VIII (Miscellaneous General Provisions) of the APA shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Amendment, and to the APA as modified by this Amendment, taken together as a single agreement, reflecting the terms therein as modified hereby.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to APA to be executed as of the first date above written.

 

  SELLER:
   
  SPRUCE CONSTRUCTION, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy Boetzkes
    Name:  Timothy Boetzkes
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

   

  BUYER:
   
  ECO INNOVATION GROUP, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Julia Otey-Raudes
    Name:  Julia Otey-Raudes
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
       
  NEWCO:
   
  SPRUCE ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION INC.
   
  By: /s/ Patrick Laurie
    Name:  Patrick Laurie
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

SHAREHOLDER:  
   
TIMOTHY BOETZKES  
   
By: /s/ Timothy Boetzkes  
  Name:  Timothy Boetzkes  
       

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to APA]