UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the quarterly period ended February 29, 2016

 

  or

 

☐   TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to   ___________

 

Commission File Number 000-53461

 

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Columbia     26-0592672
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

#562 – 800 15355 24 th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada   V4A 2H9
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(604) 560-1503

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)  

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 past 90 days.

☒   YES ☐ NO  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

  ☒  YES ☐  NO

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Large accelerated filer ☐  Accelerated filer ☐ 
Non-accelerated filer ☐     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)

  ☐  YES ☒  NO

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS  

Check whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

  ☐  YES ☒  NO  

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS  

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 87,696,955 common shares issued and outstanding as of May16, 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 1
Item 1. Financial Statements 1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 3
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 13
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 13
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 15
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 15
Item 1A. Risk Factors 15
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 15
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 15
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 16
Item 5. Other Information 16
Item 6. Exhibits 16
SIGNATURES 18

 

 

 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (“we”, “us”, “our” and “our company”) follow. All currency references in this report are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

Consolidated balance sheets as of February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015 (unaudited) F-1
   
Consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine month period ended February 29, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited) F-2
   
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the three and nine month period ended February 29, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited) F-3
   
Notes to consolidated financial statements F-4 – F-19

  

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Consolidated balance sheets

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

    February 29,
2016
$
    May 31,
2015
$
 
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS            
Current assets            
Cash     2,550       7,446  
Accounts receivable     7,062       25,527  
Deferred finance costs     4,068       7,085  
Prepaid expenses and deposits     4,790       126,146  
Total current assets     18,470       166,204  
                 
Deposit     8,000       8,000  
Restricted cash     14,246       20,734  
Property and equipment, net     79,888       90,205  
Intangible assets, net     63,800       54,577  
Total assets     184,404       339,720  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     759,029       613,875  
Due to related parties     115,340       112,193  
Loans payable     188,450       190,106  
Obligations under capital lease     7,613       17,325  
Convertible debentures (net of discount of $244,638 and $189,520, respectively)     453,302       237,333  
Derivative liability     618,845       353,668  
Total current liabilities     2,142,579       1,524,500  
Obligations under capital lease     5,270        
Total liabilities     2,147,849       1,524,500  
Stockholders’ deficit                
Mantra Venture Group Ltd. stockholders’ deficit                
Preferred stock Authorized: 20,000,000 shares, par value $0.00001 Issued and outstanding: Nil shares            
Common stock Authorized: 275,000,000 shares, par value $0.00001 Issued and outstanding: 83,979,687 (May 31, 2015 – 71,516,581) shares     841       715  
Additional paid-in capital     11,044,122       10,462,265  
Common stock subscribed     74,742       74,742  
Accumulated deficit     (12,857,662 )     (11,529,916 )
Total Mantra Venture Group Ltd. stockholders’ deficit     (1,737,957 )     (992,194 )
Non-controlling interest     (225,488 )     (192,586 )
Total stockholders’ equity deficit     (1,963,445 )     (1,184,780 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit     184,404       339,720  

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Consolidated statements of operations

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
February 29,
    Three Months Ended
February 28,
    Nine Months Ended
February 29,
    Nine Months Ended
February 28,
 
   

2016

$

   

2015

$

   

2016

$

   

2015

$

 
                         
Revenue     30,299       39,116       81,067       116,912  
Cost of goods sold                        
                                 
Gross profit     30,299       39,116       81,067       116,912  
                                 
Operating expenses                                
Consulting and advisory     35,751       135,735       182,344       395,319  
Depreciation and amortization     8,237       6,846       19,462       26,896  
Foreign exchange gain     (3,767 )     (3,397 )     (4,226 )     (50,385 )
General and administrative     37,775       90,514       193,875       471,801  
Management fees     35,335       76,957       153,773       192,956  
Professional fees     18,304       35,786       118,378       105,552  
Research and development     13,192       55,196       106,094       622,605  
Total operating expenses     144,827       397,637       769,700       1,764,744  
Loss before other expense     (114,528 )     (358,521 )     (688,633 )     (1,647,832 )
Other income (expense)                                
(Loss) gain on settlement of debt                 (24,000 )     1,759  
Accretion of discounts on convertible debentures     (42,017 )     (27,563 )     (360,724 )     (49,391 )
Loss on change in fair value of derivatives     (119,190 )     (35,370 )     (210,615 )     (35,370 )
Interest expense     (18,981 )     (9,261 )     (76,676 )     (27,231 )
Total other income expense     (180,188 )     (72,194 )     (672,015 )     (110,233 )
Net loss for the period     (294,716 )     (430,715 )     (1,360,648 )     (1,758,065 )
Less: net loss attributable to the non-controlling interest     3,756       18,523       32,902       59,608  
Net loss attributable to Mantra Venture Group Ltd.     (290,960 )     (412,192 )     (1,327,746 )     (1,698,457 )
Net loss per share attributable to Mantra Venture Group Ltd. common shareholders, basic and diluted     (0.00 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the calculation of net loss attributable to Mantra Venture Group Ltd. per common share     80,407,995       71,333,248       75,562,065       70,789,507  

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Consolidated statements of cash flows

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

    Nine Months
Ended
February 29,
2016
$
    Nine Months
Ended
February 28,
2015
$
 
Operating activities            
             
Net loss     (1,360,648 )     (1,758,065 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
(Gain) loss on change in fair value of derivative liability     (199,277 )     35,370  
Amortization of finance costs     16,017       470  
Accretion of discounts on convertible debentures     360,724       49,391  
Depreciation and amortization     19,462       26,896  
Foreign exchange loss (gain)     (7,458 )     (8,342 )
Initial derivative expenses     409,892        
Shares issued for services     30,001        
Stock-based compensation on options and warrants     11,042       323,455  
Loss (gain) on settlement of debt     24,000       (1,759 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Amounts receivable     18,465       123,445  
Prepaid expenses and deposits     121,357       304,972  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     182,654       (124,238 )
Due to related parties     3,147       (82,143 )
                 
Net cash used in operating activities     (370,622 )     (1,110,548 )
                 
Investing activities                
Purchase of property and equipment     (4,587 )     (28,295 )
Investment in intangible assets     (12,161 )     (31,543 )
                 
Net cash used in investing activities     (16,748 )     (59,838 )
                 
Financing activities                
Repayment of capital lease obligations     (5,487 )     (8,243 )
Repayment of loan payable     (50,000 )     (54,809 )
Proceeds from notes payable     55,961        
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debentures     367,000       115,500  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and subscriptions received     15,000       253,787  
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities     382,474       306,235  
                 
Change in cash     (4,896 )     (864,151 )
                 
Cash, beginning of period     7,446       931,886  
                 
Cash, end of period     2,550       67,735  
                 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Common stock issued to relieve common stock subscribed           112,625  
Common stock issued to settle accounts payable and debt     24,000       9,019  
Common stock issued for conversion of notes payable     477,939        
Original issue discounts     26,087        
Debt issuance cost     13,000        
Original debt discount against derivative liability     389,755        
                 
Supplemental disclosures:                
Interest paid     9,859       8,048  
Income taxes paid            

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on January 22, 2007 to acquire and commercially exploit various new energy related technologies through licenses and purchases. On December 8, 2008, the Company continued its corporate jurisdiction out of the State of Nevada and into the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company is in the business of developing and providing energy alternatives. The Company also provides marketing and graphic design services to help companies optimize their environmental awareness presence through the eyes of government, industry and the general public.

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of the Company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements reflect all adjustments of a recurring nature considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods shown.

 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

 

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has yet to acquire commercially exploitable energy related technology, and is unlikely to generate earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future. The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of management to raise additional equity capital through private and public offerings of its common stock, and the attainment of profitable operations. As at February 29, 2016, the Company has an accumulated loss of $12,857,662, a working capital deficit of $2,124,109. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Management requires additional funds over the next twelve months to fully implement its business plan. Management is currently seeking additional financing through the sale of equity and from borrowings from private lenders to cover its operating expenditures. There can be no certainty that these sources will provide the additional funds required for the next twelve months.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

(a) Basis of Presentation/Principles of Consolidation

 

These consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, Carbon Commodity Corporation, Climate ESCO Ltd., Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., Mantra China Inc., Mantra China Limited, Mantra Media Corp., Mantra NextGen Power Inc., and Mantra Wind Inc. All the subsidiaries are wholly-owned with the exception of Climate ESCO Ltd., which is 64.55% owned and Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., which is 88.21% owned. All inter- company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

(b) Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to allowance for doubtful accounts, the estimated useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, valuation of inventory, equity component of convertible debt, stock-based compensation, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

 

(c) Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

 

(d) Accounts Receivable

 

The Company recognizes allowances for doubtful accounts to ensure accounts receivable are not overstated due to the inability or unwillingness of its customers to make required payments. The allowance is based on historical bad debt expense, the age of receivable and the specific identification of receivables the Company considers at risk. The Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts as of February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015.

 

(e) Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost. The Company depreciates the cost of property and equipment over their estimated useful lives at the following annual rates:

 

  Automotive 3 years straight-line basis
  Computer equipment 3 years straight-line basis
  Leasehold improvements 5 years straight-line basis
  Office equipment and furniture 5 years straight-line basis
  Research equipment 5 years straight-line basis

 

(f) Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of patents and are stated at cost and have a definite life. Intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. Once these assets are fully amortized, they are removed from the accounts. These assets are reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If impaired, intangible assets are written down to fair value based on discounted cash flows or other valuation techniques. The Company has no intangibles with indefinite lives.

 

(g) Long-lived Assets

 

In accordance with ASC 360, “ Property, Plant and Equipment ”, the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value, which is generally determined based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

(h) Foreign Currency Translation

 

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into the currency of measurement at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date. Monetary balance sheet items expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gains and losses are recognized in income.

 

The Company’s integrated foreign subsidiaries are financially or operationally dependent on the Company. The Company uses the temporal method to translate the accounts of its integrated operations into U.S. dollars. Monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical rates. Revenues and expenses are translated at average rates for the period, except for amortization, which is translated on the same basis as the related asset. The resulting exchange gains or losses are recognized in income.

 

(i) Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, “ Accounting for Income Taxes ”. The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

 

As of February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015, the Company did not have any amounts recorded pertaining to uncertain tax positions.

 

The Company files federal and provincial income tax returns in Canada and federal, state and local income tax returns in the U.S., as applicable. The Company may be subject to a reassessment of federal and provincial income taxes by Canadian tax authorities for a period of three years from the date of the original notice of assessment in respect of any particular taxation year. For Canadian and U.S. income tax returns, the open taxation years range from 2010 to 2015. In certain circumstances, the U.S. federal statute of limitations can reach beyond the standard three year period. U.S. state statutes of limitations for income tax assessment vary from state to state. Tax authorities of Canada and U.S. have not audited any of the Company’s, or its subsidiaries’, income tax returns for the open taxation years noted above.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in tax expense. During the nine month periods ended February 29, 2016 and 2015, there were no charges for interest or penalties.

 

(j) Technology Development Revenue Recognition

 

The Company performs research and development services. The Company recognizes revenue under research contracts when a contract has been executed, the contract price is fixed and determinable, delivery of services or products has occurred, and collectability of the contract price is considered reasonably assured and can be reasonably estimated. Revenue is based on direct labor hours expended at contract billing rates plus other billable direct costs.

 

(k) Research and Development Costs

 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

(l) Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, “ Compensation – Stock Compensation ”, using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock-based awards. This model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense in the consolidated statement of operations over the requisite service period.

 

(m) Loss Per Share

 

The Company computes loss per share in accordance with ASC 260, " Earnings per Share " which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing the loss available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. As at February 29, 2016, the Company had 63,641,611 (May 31, 2015 – 8,838,205) dilutive potential shares outstanding.

 

(n) Comprehensive Loss

 

ASC 220, “ Comprehensive Income ,” establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive loss and its components in the financial statements. As at February 29, 2016 and 2015, the Company has no items that represent a comprehensive loss and, therefore, has not included a schedule of comprehensive loss in the consolidated financial statements.

 

(o) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

(p) Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company measures and discloses the estimated fair value of financial assets and liabilities using the fair value hierarchy prescribed by US generally accepted accounting principles. The fair value hierarchy has three levels, which are based on reliable available inputs of observable data. The hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available. The three-level hierarchy is defined as follows:

 

Level 1 – quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

 

Level 2 – quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

Level 3 – fair value measurements derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

Financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, restricted cash, accounts payable, loans payable and convertible debentures. Derivative liabilities are determined based on “Level 3” inputs, which are significant and unobservable and have the lowest priority. There were no transfers into or out of “Level 3” during the nine months ended February 29, 2016 and 2015. The recorded values of all other financial instruments approximate their current fair values because of their nature and respective relatively short maturity dates or durations.

 

Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial statement. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. See Note 10 for additional information.

 

(q) Derivative Liabilities

 

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “ Derivatives and Hedging ” and all derivative instruments are reflected as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the balance sheet. The Company uses estimates of fair value to value its derivative instruments. Fair value is defined as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing and able market participants. In general, the Company’s policy in estimating fair values is to first look at observable market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets, where available. When these are not available, other inputs are used to model fair value such as prices of similar instruments, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, default rates and credit spreads, relying first on observable data from active markets. Depending on the availability of observable inputs and prices, different valuation models could produce materially different fair value estimates. The values presented may not represent future fair values and may not be realizable. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates in accordance with ASC 820 based on the hierarchical framework associated with the three levels of price transparency utilized in measuring financial instruments at fair value as discussed above. As at February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015, the Company had a $618,845 and $353,668 derivative liability, respectively.

 

3. Restricted Cash

 

Restricted cash represents cash pledged as security for the Company’s credit cards.

 

4. Property and Equipment

 

      Cost
$
    Accumulated depreciation
$
    February 29,
2016 
Net carrying value
$
    May 31,
2015 
Net carrying value
$
 
  Furniture and equipment     2,496       832       1,664       2,039  
  Computer     5,341       5,301       40       829  
  Research equipment     143,129       82,007       61,122       69,739  
  Vehicles under capital lease     72,690       55,628       17,062       17,598  
        223,656       143,768       79,888       90,205  

  

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

5. Intangible Assets

 

      Cost
$
    Accumulated amortization 
$
    February 29,
2016
Net carrying value
$
    May 31,
2015
Net carrying value 
$
 
  Patents     70,789       6,989       63,800       54,577  

 

Estimated Future Amortization Expense:

 

      $  
  For year ending May 31, 2016     1,302  
  For year ending May 31, 2017     5,208  
  For year ending May 31, 2018     5,208  
  For year ending May 31, 2019     5,208  
  For year ending May 31, 2020     5,208  

 

6. Related Party Transactions

 

  a) During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company incurred management fees of $98,053 (2015 - $124,997) to the President of the Company.

 

  b) During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company incurred management fees of $34,735 (2015 - $42,264) to the spouse of the President of the Company.

 

  c) During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company incurred research and development fees of $28,920 (2015 - $57,859) to a director of the Company.

 

  d) The Company recorded $20,985 of management fees for the vesting of options previously granted to officers and directors.

 

  e) As at February 29, 2016, the Company owes a total of $98,060 (May 31, 2015 - $93,418) to the President of the Company and his spouse, and a company controlled by the President of the Company which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  f) As at February 29, 2016, the Company owes $17,280 (May 31, 2015 - $18,775) to an officer and a director of the Company, which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

7. Loans Payable

 

  (a) As at February 29, 2016, the amount of $46,779 (Cdn$63,300) (May 31, 2015 - $50,738 (Cdn$63,300)) is owed to a non-related party which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (b) As at February 29, 2016, the amount of $17,500 (May 31, 2015 - $17,500) is owed to a non-related party which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (c) As at February 29, 2016, the amount of $15,000 (May 31, 2015 - $15,000) is owed to a non-related party which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (d) As at February 29, 2016, the amount of $13,963 (Cdn$18,895) (May 31, 2015 -$15,171 (Cdn$18,895)) is owed to a non-related party, which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  (e) As at February 29, 2016, the amounts of $7,500 and $27,343 (Cdn$37,000) (May 31, 2015 - $7,500 and $29,707, (Cdn$37,000)) are owed to a non-related party which are non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (f) As at February 29, 2016, the amount of $4,490 (May 31, 2015- $4,490) is owed to a non-related party which is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (g)

During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the amounts of $5,961 (Cdn$8,066) (May 31, 2015 - $Nil) was advanced by a non-related party. The amount owing is non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand.

 

  (h) In March 2012, the Company received $50,000 for the subscription of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended May 31, 2013, the Company and the subscriber agreed that the shares would not be issued and that the subscription would be returned. The subscription has been reclassified as a non-interest bearing demand loan until the funds are refunded to the subscriber.

 

  (i) On August 4, 2015, the Company borrowed $50,000 pursuant to a promissory note. The note was due on September 4, 2015. The note bears interest at 120% per annum prior September 4, 2015, and at 180% per annum after September 4, 2015. The holder of the note was also granted the rights to buy 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.15 per share until August 4, 2017. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company repaid the $50,000 note and $1,200 of accrued interest remains owing.

 

The rights issued with the note qualified for derivative accounting under ASC 815-15 “ Derivatives and Hedging ”. The initial fair value of the warrants of $9,755 resulted in a discount to the note payable of $9,755. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded accretion of $9,755.

 

8. Obligations Under Capital Lease

 

On July 31, 2012 and December 21, 2012, the Company entered into two agreements to lease two vehicles for three years each. In August 2015, the July 31, 2012 lease was renewed for an additional two years and on December 28, 2015 the December 21, 2012 lease was also renewed for an additional two years. The vehicle leases are classified as a capital leases. The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of February 29, 2016:

  

  Year ending May 31:   $  
  2016     2,224  
  2017     8,896  
  2018     3,336  
  Net minimum lease payments     14,456  
  Less: amount representing interest payments     (1,573 )
  Present value of net minimum lease payments     12,883  
  Less: current portion     (7,613 )
  Long-term portion     5,270  

  

At the end of the leases, the Company has the option to purchase the two vehicles for $1 each.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

9. Convertible Debentures

 

  (a) In October 2008, the Company issued three convertible debentures for total proceeds of $250,000 which bear interest at 10% per annum, are unsecured, and due one year from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at any time at the holder’s option into 625,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.40 per share. The Company also issued 250,000 detachable, non-transferable share purchase warrants. Each share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional share of the Company’s common stock for a period of two years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.50 per share.

 

In accordance with ASC 470-20, “ Debt with Conversion and Other Options ”, the Company determined that the convertible debentures contained no embedded beneficial conversion feature as the convertible debentures were issued with a conversion price higher than the fair market value of the Company’s common shares at the time of issuance.

 

In accordance with ASC 470-20, the Company allocated the proceeds of issuance between the convertible debt and the detachable share purchase warrants based on their relative fair values. Accordingly, the Company recognized the fair value of the share purchase warrants of $45,930 as additional paid-in capital and an equivalent discount against the convertible debentures. The Company had recorded accretion expense of $45,930, increasing the carrying value of the convertible debentures to $250,000.

 

On January 19, 2012, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with one of the debenture holders to settle a $50,000 convertible debenture and $122,535 in accounts payable and accrued interest with the debt holder. Pursuant to the agreement, the debt holder agreed to reduce the debt to Cdn$100,000 on the condition that the Company pays the amount of Cdn$2,500 per month for 40 months, beginning March 1, 2012 and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter.

 

On July 18, 2012, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the $150,000 debenture holder. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the lender agreed to extend the due date until April 11, 2013 and the Company agreed to pay $43,890 of accrued interest within five days of the agreement (paid), pay the accruing interest on a monthly basis (paid), and pay a $10,000 premium in addition to the $150,000 principal outstanding on April 11, 2013. On April 29, 2013, the Company entered into an amended settlement agreement whereby the lender agreed to extend the due date to September 15, 2013 and the Company agreed to pay $6,836 of interest for the period from April 1 to September 15, 2013 upon execution of the agreement (paid) and granted the lender 100,000 stock options exercisable at $0.12 per share for a period of two years.

 

On November 15, 2013, the Company entered into a second settlement agreement amendment. Pursuant to the second amendment, on November 15, 2013, the Company agreed to pay interest of $4,438 (paid) and commencing February 1, 2014, the Company would make monthly payments of $10,000 on the outstanding principal and interest.

 

The Company evaluated the modifications and determined that the creditor did not grant a concession. In addition, as the present value of the amended future cash flows had a difference of less than 10% of the cash flows of the original debt, it was determined that the original and new debt instruments are not substantially different. As a result, the modification was not treated as an extinguishment of the debt and no gain or loss was recognized. The Company recorded the fair value of $12,901 for the stock options as additional paid-in capital and a discount. During the year ended May 31, 2014, the Company repaid $40,000 of the debenture. As at May 31, 2014 the Company had accreted $12,901 of the discount bring the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $114,661. During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company repaid $54,808 decreasing the carrying value to $59,853. At February 29, 2016, the other remaining debenture of $50,000 remained outstanding and past due.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  (b) On August 19, 2013, the Company issued a convertible debenture for total proceeds of $10,000, which bears interest at 10% per annum, is unsecured, and due two years from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.04 per share at any time after the first anniversary of the notes. The Company recognized the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature of $10,000 as additional paid-in capital and reduced the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $nil. The carrying value will be accreted over the term of the convertible debenture up to its face value of $10,000. As at February 29, 2016, the carrying value of the convertible promissory note was $10,000 and the note remained outstanding and in default.

 

  (c) On September 11, 2013, the Company issued a convertible debenture for total proceeds of $58,000, which bears interest at 10% per annum, is unsecured, and due two years from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.04 per share at any time after the first anniversary of the notes. The Company recognized the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature of $58,000 as additional paid-in capital and reduced the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $nil. The carrying value will be accreted over the term of the convertible debenture up to its face value of $58,000. As at February 29, 2016, the carrying value of the convertible promissory note was $58,000 and the note remained outstanding and in default.

 

  (d) On October 18, 2013, the Company issued a convertible debenture for total proceeds of $94,000, which bears interest at 10% per annum, is unsecured, and due two years from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.04 per share at any time after the first anniversary of the notes. The Company recognized the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature of $94,000 as additional paid-in capital and reduced the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $nil. The carrying value will be accreted over the term of the convertible debenture up to its face value of $94,000. As at February 29, 2016, the carrying value of the convertible promissory note was $94,000 and the note remained outstanding and in default.

 

  (e) On December 27, 2013, the Company issued three convertible debentures for total proceeds of $15,000, which bear interest at 10% per annum, are unsecured, and due two years from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.04 per share at any time after the first anniversary of the notes. The Company recognized the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion features of $15,000 as additional paid-in capital and reduced the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $nil. The carrying value will be accreted over the term of the convertible debenture up to its face value of $15,000. As at February 29, 2016, the carrying value of the convertible promissory note was $15,000and the note remained outstanding and in default.

 

  (f) On February 4, 2014, the Company issued a convertible debenture for total proceeds of $15,000, which bears interest at 10% per annum, is unsecured, and due two years from date of issuance. The unpaid amount of principal and accrued interest can be converted at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.04 per share at any time after the first anniversary of the notes. The Company recognized the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature of $15,000 as additional paid-in capital and reduced the carrying value of the convertible debenture to $nil. The carrying value will be accreted over the term of the convertible debenture up to its face value of $15,000. As at February 29, 2016, the carrying value of the convertible promissory note was $15,000 and the note remained outstanding and in default.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  (g) On February 17, 2015, the Company issued a convertible note in the principal amount of $125,000. The note has a cash redemption premium of 130% of the principal amount in the first 90 days following the execution date, of 135% for days 90-120 following the execution date, and 140% after the 120th day. After 140 days cash redemption is only available upon approval by the holder. The note bears interest at 12% per annum and is convertible into common shares of the Company at the lower of a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed. On December 4, 2015, the holder of the convertible debenture entered into an agreement to sell and assign the remaining outstanding principal to a third party. The Company approved and is bound by the assignment and sale agreement.

 

The embedded conversion option qualifies for derivative accounting and bifurcation under ASC 815-15 “ Derivatives and Hedging ”. The initial fair value of the conversion feature of $160,244 resulted in a discount to the note payable of $125,000 and the recognition of a loss on derivatives of $35,244. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company issued 10,195,218 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $125,000 of principal and $7,739 of interest. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded accretion of $125,000 and the note was fully converted.

 

  (h) On June 1, 2015, the Company issued a convertible note in the principal amount of $100,000 due on demand on or after December 1, 2015. The note has a cash redemption premium of 130% of the principal amount in the first 90 days following the execution date, of 135% for days 90-120 following the execution date, and 140% after the 120th day. After 140 days cash redemption is only available upon approval by the holder. The note bears interest at 12% per annum and is convertible into common shares of the Company at the lower of a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed. In no event shall the conversion price be lower than $0.00001. On December 4, 2015, the holder of the convertible debenture entered into an agreement to sell and assign the remaining outstanding principal to a third party. The Company approved and is bound by the assignment and sale agreement.

 

The embedded conversion option qualifies for derivative accounting and bifurcation under ASC 815-15 “ Derivatives and Hedging ”. The initial fair value of the conversion feature of $310,266 resulted in a discount to the note payable of $100,000 and the recognition of a loss on derivatives of $210,266. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company issued 1,724,138 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded accretion of $100,000, increasing the carrying value of the note to $90,000.At February 29, 2015, the note remained outstanding and past due.

 

  (i) On September 8, 2015, the Company issued a convertible note in the principal amount of $326,087. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company received the initial tranches of $280,000 net of a $26,087 original issue discount. The note bears interest at 12% per annum and is convertible into common shares of the Company at a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed.

 

The embedded conversion option qualifies for derivative accounting and bifurcation under ASC 815-15 “ Derivatives and Hedging ”. The initial fair value of the conversion feature of $479,626 resulted in a discount to the note payable of $280,000 and the recognition of a loss on derivatives of $22,425. During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded accretion of $61,449, increasing the carrying value of the note to $61,449.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

10. Derivative Liabilities

 

The embedded conversion option of the convertible debenture described in Note 9(g) contains a conversion feature that qualifies for embedded derivative classification. The fair value of the liability will be re-measured at the end of every reporting period and the change in fair value will be reported in the statement of operations as a gain or loss on derivative financial instruments.

 

Upon the issuance of the convertible note payable described in Note 9(g), the Company concluded that it only has sufficient shares to satisfy the conversion of some but not all of the outstanding convertible notes, warrants and options. The Company elected to reclassify contracts from equity with the earliest inception date first. As a result, none of the Company’s previously outstanding convertible instruments qualified for derivative reclassification, however, any convertible securities issued after the election, including the convertible note described in Notes 9(h) and 9(i), and the rights described in Note 7(h) would qualify for treatment as derivative liabilities. The Company reassesses the classification of the instruments at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the contract is reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the reclassification.

 

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities:

 

      February 29, 2016     May 31, 2015  
  Balance at the beginning of period   $ 353,668     $  
  Addition of new derivative liabilities (embedded conversion options)     799,647       160,244  
  Conversion of derivative liability     (335,193 )      
  Change in fair value of embedded conversion option     (199,277 )     193,424  
                   
  Balance at the end of the period   $ 618,845     $ 353,668  

 

The following table summarizes the change in fair value of derivatives:

 

      February 29, 2016    

May 31,

2015

 
  Fair value of derivative liabilities in excess of note proceeds received   $ (409,892 )   $  
  Change in fair value of derivative liabilities during period     199,277        
  Change in fair value of derivatives   $ (210,615 )   $  

 

The Company uses Level 3 inputs for its valuation methodology for the embedded conversion option liabilities as their fair values were determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on various assumptions. The model incorporates the price of a share of the Company’s common stock (as quoted on the Over the Counter Markets), volatility, risk free rate, dividend rate and estimated life. Significant changes in any of these inputs in isolation would result in a significant change in the fair value measurement. As required, these are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following table shows the assumptions used in the calculations:

 

      Expected Volatility     Risk-free Interest Rate     Expected Dividend Yield     Expected Life (in years)  
  At issuance     134-206     0.07-0.74     0 %     0.50-2.00  
  At February 29, 2016     171-234  %     0.25-0.62  %     0 %     0.53-1.00  

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

11. Common Stock

 

  (a) On February 2, 2016, the Company revised its authorized share capital to increase the number of authorized common shares from 100,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.00001, to 275,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.00001.

 

Stock transactions during the nine months ended February 29, 2016:

 

  (a) On July 1, 2015, the Company issued 150,000 common shares with a fair value of $30,000 pursuant to a consulting agreement.

 

  (b) On July 20, 2015, the Company issued 93,750 common shares at $0.16 per share for proceeds of $15,000.

 

  (c) On July 22, 2015, the Company issued 300,000 shares to settle $24,000 owed to a creditor. The shares had a fair value of $48,000 and the Company recorded a loss on settlement of debt of $24,000.

 

  (d) On August 24, 2015, the Company issued 322,872 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $15,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (e) On September 21, 2015, the Company issued 676,132 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $20,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (f) On October 22, 2015, the Company issued 1,581,778 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $20,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (g) On November 9, 2015, the Company issued 3,497,506 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $44,222 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (h) On December 22, 2015, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (i) On January 1, 2016, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (j) On January 27, 2016, the Company issued 1,538,462 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $5,778 of principal and $4,222 of accrued interest of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  (k) On February 12, 2016, the Company issued 578,468 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $3,523 of accrued interest of the convertible note described in Note 9(g).

 

  (l) On February 22, 2016, the Company issued 1,724,138 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(h).

 

12. Share Purchase Warrants

 

The following table summarizes the continuity of share purchase warrants:

  

      Number of 
warrants
    Weighted average exercise price
$
 
               
  Balance, May 31, 2015     5,258,333       0.44  
  Issued     100,000       0.15  
  Balance, February 29, 2016     5,358,333       0.44  

  

As at February 29, 2016, the following share purchase warrants were outstanding:

  

  Number of warrants     Exercise 
price
$
    Expiry date  
    150,000       0.60     November 18, 2016  
    500,000       0.60     February 27, 2017  
    333,333       0.80     June 4, 2017  
    200,000       0.80     July 11, 2017  
    100,000       0.15     August 4, 2017  
    4,075,000       0.37     April 10, 2019  
    5,358,333                

  

13. Stock Options

 

During the nine months ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded $11,042 related to the vesting of previously granted stock options.

 

The following table summarizes the continuity of the Company’s stock options:

 

      Number
of options
    Weighted
average
exercise price
$
    Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)     Aggregate
intrinsic
value
$
 
  Outstanding, May 31, 2015     1,675,000       0.20                  
  Expired     (350,000 )     0.20                  
  Outstanding, February 29, 2016     1,325,000       0.20       0.65        
  Exercisable, February 29, 2016     1,125,000       0.25       0.64        

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

A summary of the changes of the Company’s non-vested stock options is presented below:

 

  Non-vested stock options   Number of Options     Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
$
 
  Non-vested at May 31, 2015     550,000       0.23  
  Expired     (50,000 )     0.23  
  Vested     (300,000 )     0.19  
                   
  Non-vested at February 29, 2016     200,000       0.17  

 

As at February 29, 2016, there was $633 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option agreements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.12 years.

 

Additional information regarding stock options as of February 29, 2016 is as follows:

 

  Number of
options
    Exercise
price
$
    Expiry date  
    175,000       0.20     April 28, 2016  
    200,000       0.30     July 17, 2016  
    200,000       0.10     August 1, 2016  
    200,000       0.20     November 1, 2016  
    150,000       0.20     December 9, 2016  
    400,000       0.20     March 16, 2017  
    1,325,000                

 

The fair values for stock options granted have been estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model assuming no expected dividends and the following weighted average assumptions:

 

      February 29, 2016     May 31,
2015
 
  Risk-free interest rate           0.48 %
  Expected life (in years)           1.97  
  Expected volatility           111 %

 

During the nine month period ended February 29, 2016, the Company recorded stock-based compensation of $Nil (2015 - $281,695) for stock options granted.

 

The weighted average fair value of the stock options granted for the nine month period ended February 29, 2016 was $Nil (2015 - $0.42) per option.

 

  14. Commitments and Contingencies

 

  (a) On September 2, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with a company to acquire a worldwide, exclusive license for the Mixed Reactant Flow-By Fuel Cell technology. The term of the agreement is for twenty years or the expiry of the last patent licensed under the agreement, whichever is later. The Company agreed to pay the licensor the following license fees:

 

  an initial license fee of Cdn$10,000 payable in two installments: Cdn$5,000 upon execution of the agreement (paid) and Cdn$5,000 within thirty days of September 2, 2009 (paid);

 

  a further license fee of Cdn$15,000 (paid) to be paid within ninety days of September 2, 2009; and

   

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  an annual license fee, payable annually on the anniversary of the date of the agreement as follows:

 

  September 1, 2010 Cdn$10,000 (paid)
  September 1, 2011 Cdn$20,000 (accrued)
  September 1, 2012 Cdn$30,000 (accrued)
  September 1, 2013 Cdn$40,000 (accrued)
 

September 1, 2014

and each successive anniversary

Cdn$50,000 (accrued)

 

The Company is to pay the licensor a royalty calculated as 2% of the gross revenue and 15% of any and all consideration directly or indirectly received by the Company from the grant of any sublicense rights. The Company will pay interest at a rate of 1% per month on any amounts past due. In addition, the Company is responsible for the timely payment of all future costs relating to patent expenses and any new or useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter arising out of any licensor improvements or joint improvements licensed under this agreement and identified by the licensor as potentially patentable. The Company must also invest a minimum of Cdn$250,000 in research and development directly associated with the technology.

 

  (b) On May 23, 2012, a former employee of the Company delivered a Notice of Application seeking judgment against the Company for approximately $55,000. The hearing of that Application took place on July 31, 2012, at which time the former employee obtained judgment in the approximate amount of $55,000. The Company did not defend the amount of the judgment and the amount is included in accounts payable, but claims a complete set-off on the basis that the former employee retains 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company as security for payment of the outstanding consulting fees owed to him. On August 31, 2012, the Company commenced a separate action against the former employee seeking a return of the 1,000,000 shares of common stock and a stay of execution of the judgment. That application is pending and has not yet been heard or determined by the court. The payment of the judgment claim of approximately $55,000 is dependent upon whether the former employee will first return the 1,000,000 shares of common stock noted above. The probable outcome of the Company’s claim for the return of the shares cannot yet be determined.

 

  (c) On May 7, 2014, the Company entered into a two year office space lease commencing July 1, 2014. Pursuant to the lease, the Company is required to pay Cdn$2,683 plus taxes per month. In addition, on June 1, 2014, the Company entered into a two year office space lease commencing June 1, 2014. Pursuant to the lease, the Company is required to pay Cdn$1,240 plus taxes per month. The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the minimum lease payments as of February 29, 2016:

 

  Fiscal year ending May 31:   $  
  2016     11,445  
  2017     1,983  
        13,428  

 

  (d) On November 1, 2014, the Company’s subsidiary entered into an employment agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the employee will perform services for a term of one year for base remuneration of $80,000 per annum. In addition, the Company granted to the employee 100,000 stock options exercisable at a price of $0.20 per share. These options are non-transferrable, vest immediately, and expire upon the earlier of 24 months, or upon termination of the employment agreements.

 

  (e) On November 1, 2014, the Company’s subsidiary entered into an employment agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the employee will perform services for a term of one year for base remuneration of $86,000 per annum. In addition, the Company granted to the employee 100,000 stock options exercisable at a price of $0.20 per share. These options are non-transferrable, vest immediately, and expire upon the earlier of 24 months, or upon termination of the employment agreements.

 

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

February 28, 2016

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

  (f) On November 15, 2013, the Company entered into a second settlement agreement with the $150,000 debenture holder described in Note 9(a). Pursuant to the second amendment, on November 15, 2013, the Company agreed to make monthly payments of $10,000 on the outstanding principal and interest. Payments were made until December 2014, but have not been made after. The plaintiff is seeking relief of amounts owed along with 10% interest per annum, from the date of judgments. All amounts are recorded in these financial statements.

 

  (g) On June 15, 2015, the Company entered into a consulting agreement pursuant to which the consultant will provide consulting services for nine months in consideration for $65,000 per year.

 

  (h) On September 3, 2015, a former prospective employee of the Company delivered a Notice of Claim seeking judgment against the Company for approximately $11,400. The Company believes the claim is without merit and intends to defend itself.

 

16. Subsequent Events

 

  (a) On March 14, 2016, the Company entered into a consulting agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will pay the consultant $10,000 per month and issue 550,000 shares per month for a period of three months.

 

  (b) On March 22, 2016, the Company issued 1,499,251 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(h).

 

  (c) On March 29, 2016, the Company issued 2,218,017 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $15,000 of principal of the convertible note described in Note 9(h).

 

  (d) On March 10, 2016, the Company issued a convertible note in the principal amount of up to $166,666 net of an original issuance discount of 8%. The note bears interest at 10% per annum and is convertible into common shares of the Company at a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed.

   

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expects”, “plan”", “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

 

Our unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this quarterly report.

 

In this quarterly report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars. All references to "US$" refer to United States dollars and all references to "common stock" refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

 

As used in this quarterly report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “our company” mean Mantra Venture Group Ltd. and our wholly owned subsidiaries Carbon Commodity Corporation, Mantra China Inc., Mantra China Limited, Mantra Media Corp., Mantra NextGen Power Inc., and Mantra Wind Inc., as well as our majority owned subsidiary Climate ESCO Ltd. and Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., unless otherwise indicated.

 

Business Overview

 

We were incorporated in Nevada on January 22, 2007. On December 8, 2008 we continued our corporate jurisdiction out of the state of Nevada and into the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Our principal offices are located at #562 – 800 15355 24 th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V4A 2H9. Our telephone number is (604) 560-1503. Our fiscal year end is May 31.

 

We are building a portfolio of companies and technologies that mitigate negative environmental and health consequences that arise from the production of energy and the consumption of resources.

 

Our mission is to develop and commercialize alternative energy technologies and services to enable the sustainable consumption, production and management of resources on residential, commercial and industrial scales. We plan to develop or acquire technologies and services which include electrical power system monitoring technology, wind farm electricity generation, online retail of environmental sustainability solutions through a carbon reduction marketplace, and media solutions to promote awareness of corporate actions that support the environment. To carry out our business strategy we intend to acquire or license from third parties technologies that require further development before they can be brought to market. We also intend to develop such technologies ourselves, and we anticipate that to complete commercialization of some technologies we will enter into joint ventures, partnerships, or other strategic relationships with third parties who have expertise that we may require. We also plan to enter into formal relationships with consultants, contractors, retailers and manufacturers who specialize in the areas of environmental sustainability in order to carry out our online retail strategy.

 

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We have acquired and own a process for the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide (“ERC”) and have the exclusive world license for a mixed-reactant fuel cell (“MRFC”). We are developing these technologies toward commercial applications.

  

In the past we have contracted out our development work to various laboratories. As of July 1, 2014, we have been carrying out research and development on these technologies in our own internal laboratory with our own staff in Vancouver, BC. These activities include: experimentation to improve the process performance; process and economic modeling to optimize the costs of a commercial system; design and simulation of pilot systems for technology demonstration and validation; business development activities such as the establishment of strategic and technology development partners; and the design and fabrication of laboratory prototypes, among others.

 

We currently carry on our business through our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. (“MEA”), through which we identify, acquire, develop and market technologies related to alternative energy production and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption. We also have a number of inactive subsidiaries, which we plan to engage in various businesses in the future.

 

Since our inception, we have incurred operational losses and we have completed several rounds of financing to fund our operations.

 

On May 25, 2015, we released a demonstration video of our MRFC technology. This video showcased the fuel cell powering an electric scooter, and was designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the technology to strategic partners and investors.

 

Collaboration with Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd.

 

On June 24, 2013, we entered into an agreement with Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd. concerning the joint research and development projects relating to (1) a pilot plant for the conversion of carbon dioxide to formate at a Lafarge cement plant (the “Lafarge pilot project”); and (2) the development of processes for the conversion of carbon dioxide to other valuable chemicals.

 

Pursuant to the agreement with Alstom, MEA and Alstom will co-operate in one or more research and development projects related to MEA’s ERC technology. Prospective projects will be associated with the development of technologies and processes for the conversion of CO to chemical products and the investigation of the feasibility of scale-up and commercialization of these processes. Prior to undertaking any research and development project under the agreement, MEA and Alstom will mutually agree to special terms and conditions governing the purpose, aims and objectives of any such project, including technical descriptions, the designation of work phases and project managers, and the allocation of responsibilities and costs between the parties. The commencement of any work phase for any project will be at the sole discretion of Alstom.

 

Intellectual Property Management

  

MEA and Alstom also will establish an intellectual property committee to oversee and manage all intellectual property issues and activities resulting from the agreement, including the protection of any new intellectual property. Each party will have exclusive right and discretion to prosecute all patents and patent applications resulting from its work on any project. The parties will jointly prosecute any intellectual property in jointly-owned results. Alstom will have the additional option under the agreement to acquire an exclusive license to intellectual property created by MEA under the agreement, and to a license to MEA’s ERC technology as may be reasonably required to exploit intellectual property assumed by Alstom. The agreement does not affect ownership of any underlying intellectual property of either party.

 

Lafarge Pilot Project and Carbon Dioxide to Alternative Products

 

The agreement with Alstom will remain valid for five years or the completion of the last active project, whichever last occurs, and may be extended at any time by the written agreement of both parties. The first joint research and development project under the agreement is the Lafarge pilot project, which plans for the design, construction, and installation of a pilot plant for the conversion of 100 kg/day carbon dioxide to formate, followed by a commercialization scale-up study. Alstom’s contribution to the Lafarge pilot plant project will be approximately CDN$250,000 for in-kind services.

 

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A second integrated research and development project will study carbon dioxide conversion to alternative chemical products by electrochemical reduction, with a focus on catalyst materials and lifetime. This project has, for the past two years, been our only source of revenue. From Phases 1 to3 (lasting from September 2013 to September 2015), we received approximately CDN$611,125. The Phase 3 review occurred in September 2015 and tentatively approved for advancement into Phase 4. The timeline and structure of Phase 4 will depend upon the results, expected in October 2015, of a large-scale funding application submitted to the European Union in June 2015. If successful, this funding will cover Phases 4 and 5 of the current project. The original budget for Phase 4 was CDN$35,375, while Phase 5 was to-be-determined based on the results of the previous phases. Mantra and Alstom continue to pursue additional funding opportunities.

 

Electro Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (“ERC”)

 

We previously acquired 100% ownership in and to a certain chemical process for the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide. The reactor at the core of the chemical process, referred to as the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), or “ERC”, has been proven functional through small-scale prototype trials and limited scale-up trials. ERC offers a possible solution to reduce the impact of CO emissions on Earth’s environment by converting CO into chemicals with a broad range of commercial applications, including a fuel for a next generation of fuel cells. Powered by electricity, the ERC process combines captured carbon dioxide with water to produce materials, such as formic acid, formate salts, oxalic acid and methanol, that are conventionally obtained from the thermo-chemical processing of fossil fuels. However, while thermo-chemical reactions must be driven at relatively high temperatures that are normally obtained by burning fossil fuels, ERC operates at near ambient conditions and is driven by electric energy that can be taken from an electric power grid supplied by hydro, wind, solar or nuclear energy.

 

ERC has been shown to produce a range of compounds, including formic acid, formate salts, oxalic acid, and methanol. The efficiency for generation of each compound depends on the experimental conditions, most importantly the material of the cathode, which catalyzes the electrochemical reactions.

 

Until appropriate cathodes are found some products of CO 2  reduction (methanol, for instance) are obtained at efficiencies too low for practical use. Other products can be generated on known cathodes with high current yields that could support valuable practical processes. For example, formic acid and its salts have been obtained on tin cathodes with current efficiencies above 80%, at industrially relevant conditions.

 

ERC Development to Date

 

In October of 2008, we completed our first ERC prototype reactor capable of processing 1 kilogram of CO per day. We anticipate that commercialization of ERC will require us to develop reactors capable of processing not less than 100 tons of CO per day; however, there is no guarantee that we will successfully produce reactors of that size. Production of commercially viable ERC reactors will depend on continued research and development, successful testing of small-scale ERC reactors, and securing of additional financing. This testing is underway in our research facilities, and is complemented by the parallel engineering of a scaled-up demonstration plant by BC Research Inc.

 

Established and Emerging Market for ERC and its Chemical Products

 

The technology behind ERC can be applied to any scale commercial venture which outputs CO into the atmosphere, though it is expected to be most effective when applied to large scale stationary sources. We anticipate that, once fully commercialized, we will be able to offer ERC as a CO 2 management system to various industry including steel, cement, fermentation processes, power generation and pulp and paper.

  

As described, the ERC process can be used to produce a variety of different chemical products from CO 2 . The first products that Mantra are targeting are formic acid and its salts. These products have existing markets as commodity chemicals and sell for between $1,000 and $1,500 per tonne, with global consumption being in excess of 600,000 tonnes per year. Formic acid and its salts are used in a variety of industrial applications, including silage preservation, leather tanning, textiles production, oil well drilling, and de-icing, and show enormous potential for market expansion through their use in chemical energy storage.

 

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However, if the ERC process reaches market acceptance as a way to deal with CO emissions from industry facilities, it will likely lead to supply of formic acid in excess of current market demand. We have identified several potential future applications for formic acid, which may lead to an expansion in current market demand. The application we have identified and are currently focusing on is energy storage.

 

Mixed-Reactant Fuel Cell (MRFC)

 

We retain the exclusive worldwide license for the MRFC technology. The MRFC is a novel fuel cell architecture that utilizes a mixture of the fuel and oxidant, and as a result, does not need a membrane. Conventional fuel cells (typically powered by hydrogen or methanol) must keep the fuel and oxidant separate, leading to several complications: a costly, failure-prone ion-selective membrane must be used to separate but ionically connect the cathode and anode chambers; complex reactant distribution and manifolding; and heavy, thick bipolar plates for separating cells. By contract, the MRFC has no membrane, has a simple reactant distribution mechanism, and contains no bipolar plates; as a result, the system is projected to be cheaper, lighter, and more robust than conventional fuel cells.

 

The MRFC thus offers the potential to provide distributed or grid-connected clean, affordable heat and power. Being very versatile due to its simplicity, the MRFC can address several markets, including emergency backup power, stationary combined heat and power, industrial vehicles such as forklifts, and transportation. The first target market for this technology is distributed emergency backup power for telecommunications.

 

The MRFC was invented and developed at the University of British Columbia by Professor Emeritus Colin Oloman and his team. In July 2014, we brought the technology into our internal lab for development, which culminated in May 2015 in a video we released showcasing an electric scooter powered exclusively by our MRFC technology. This video was intended to promote the technology to strategic partners and investors. Much of our research budget and activity over the period of January to May 2015 was dedicated to the design and construction of this scooter and the subsequent production of the demonstration video. We are currently exploring possibilities for joint development of the fuel cell with strategic partners.

  

Energy Storage

  

Formate salts and formic acid, which can be produced from CO via ERC, are excellent energy carriers and effective fuels for the MRFC. Thus, the integration of ERC and MRFC represents an energy storage solution whereby intermittent renewable electricity can be stored as formate/formic acid when it is available, and liberated when it is needed. The availability of energy storage is widely recognized as the next most critical factor for increased renewables penetration.

 

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Recent Business and Corporate Developments

 

On November 3, 2015, our Board of Directors approved the an amendment to our Notice of Articles to increase the authorized number of our shares of common stock from 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 to 275,000,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.00001 per share .

 

On November 4, 2015, subsequent to the approval by our Board of Directors of the, the holder of the majority of the outstanding shares of our corporation entitled to vote gave us written consent for the amendment to our Notice of Articles. The increase in our authorized capital subsequently became effective with the filing of the amendment to our Notice of Articles on February 2, 2016.

 

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On March 10, 2016, we entered into a securities purchase agreement pursuant to which we issued to one investor a convertible note in the principal amount of up to $166,666 net of an original issuance discount of 8%. The note bears interest at 10% per annum and is convertible into common shares of our Company at a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 65% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed. As at the date of this report the note holder has advanced $45,000 in consideration pursuant to the convertible note.

 

On March 14, 2016, we entered into a consulting agreement to acquire business planning, and investor and public relations services. Pursuant to the agreement, we will pay the consultant $10,000 per month and issue 550,000 shares per month for a period of three months.

 

Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015

 

The following summary of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements for the Nine months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015.

 

Our operating results for the three and nine months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 are summarized as follows:

 

    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    February 29 2016
$
    February 28 2015
$
    February 29 2016
$
    February 28 2015
$
 
Revenue     30,299       39,116       81,067       165,262  
Operating expenses     144,827       397,637       769,700       1,764,744  
Other expense     180,188       72,194       672,015       110,233  
Net Loss     294,716       430,715       1,360,648       1,758,065  

 

Revenues

 

For the three months ended February 29, 2016, we generated $30,299 in revenue compared to revenue of $39,116 generated during the comparative period in 2015. For the nine months ended February 29, 2016, we generated $81,067 in revenue compared to revenue of $165,262 generated during the comparative period in 2014. Our revenue decreased during fiscal 2016 due to reduced activity following the completion of projects during fiscal 2015.

 

Expenses

 

Our operating expenses for the three and nine month periods ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 are summarized as follows:

 

    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
   

February 29
2016

  $

   

February 28
2015

  $

   

February 29
2016

  $

   

February 28
2015 

$

 
Consulting and advisory     35,751       135,735       182,344       395,319  
Depreciation and amortization     8,237       6,846       19,462       26,896  
Foreign exchange gain     (3,767 )     (3,397 )     (4,226 )     (50,385 )
General and administrative     37,775       90,514       193,875       471,801  
Management fees     35,335       76,957       153,773       192,956  
Professional fees     18,304       35,786       118,378       105,552  
Research and development     13,192       55,196       106,094       622,605  

 

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During the three months ended February 29, 2016 our operating expenses were $144,827 compared to operating expenses of $397,637 for the three month period ended February 28, 2015.  The decrease of operating expenses of $252,810 during the most recent period resulted from a decrease in consulting and advisory fees, general and administrative expenses, management fees, professional fees and research and development expense.

 

During the nine months ended February 29, 2016 our operating expenses were $769,700 compared to operating expenses of $1,764,744 for the nine month period ended February 28, 2015.  The decrease of operating expenses of $995,044 during the most recent period resulted from a decrease in consulting and advisory fees, general and administrative expenses, management fees, professional fees and research and development expense.

 

Consulting and advisory fees decreased during fiscal 2016 as a result of scaling back the number of consultants under contract.  General and administrative expenses decreased during fiscal 2016 as a result of reduced travel and incidental expenses to seek new proposals, and an overall reduction of expenses to accommodate a reduced budget.   Research and development decreased during fiscal 2016 due to our Company having moved past the research phase of our current projects.

 

The weighted average number of shares outstanding was 80,407,995 and 71,333,248 for the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, respectively.

 

The weighted average number of shares outstanding was 75,562,065 and 70,789,507 for the nine months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, respectively

 

Liquidity and Financial Condition

 

Working Capital            
    At February 29     At May 31,  
      2016       2015  
                 
Current Assets   $ 18,470     $ 166,204  
Current Liabilities   $ 2,142,579     $ 1,524,500  
Working Capital Deficit   $ 2,124,109     $ 1,358,296  

 

Cash Flows            
    At February 29     At February 28,  
    2016     2015  
             
Net cash used in operating activities   $ (370,622 )   $ (1,110,548 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   $ (16,748 )   $ (59,838 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   $ 382,474     $ 306,235  
Increase (Decrease) in Cash During the Period   $ (4,896 )   $ (864,151 )

 

As at February 29, 2016, our total current assets were $18,470 compared to $166,204 in total current assets at May 31, 2015. The decrease in current assets during fiscal 2016 resulted primarily from a decrease in prepaid expenses and deposits. As at February 29, 2016, our current liabilities were $2,142,579 compared to $1,524,500 in current liabilities as at May 31, 2015. The increase in current liabilities during the current period resulted primarily from increase in debt underlying convertible debentures issued by our Company, an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and a increase in derivative liability. We had a working capital deficit of $2,124,109 as of February 29, 2016 compared to a working capital deficit of $1,358,296 as of May 31, 2015.

 

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

We have not generated positive cash flows from operating activities. For the nine months ended February 29, 2016, net cash used in operating activities was $370,622 compared to $1,110,548 for the nine months ended February 28, 2015. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities was primarily a result of a decrease in cash used to fund operating losses during the nine months ended February 29, 2016 compared to the nine months ended February 28, 2015.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

For the nine months ended February 29, 2016 cash used in investing activities was $16,748 compared to $59,838 for the nine months ended February 28, 2015. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was a result of a decrease in cash used to purchase property plant and equipment and invest in intangible assets during the nine months ended February 29, 2016 compared to the nine months ended February 28, 2015.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

For the Nine months ended February 29, 2016 cash provided by financing activities was $382,474 compared to $306,235 for the Nine months ended February 28, 2015.

 

Plan of Operation and Future Financings

 

We have suffered recurring losses from operations.  The continuation of our company is dependent upon our company attaining and maintaining profitable operations and raising additional capital as needed.  In this regard we have historically raised additional capital through equity offerings and loan transactions. We expect that working capital requirements will continue to be funded through a combination of further issuances of equity securities and debt instruments.

 

We expect that our total expenses will increase over the next year as we increase our business operations. We have not been able to reach the break-even point since our inception and have had to rely on outside capital resources. We do not anticipate generating significant revenues for the next year. Over the next 12 months, we plan to primarily concentrate on commercializing our ERC technology and associated projects.

 

Cash Requirements

 

We estimate our operating expenses and working capital requirements for the twelve month period to be as follows:

 

Description   Estimated
expenses
($)
 
         
Research and Development     500,000  
Consulting Fees     250,000  
Commercialization of ERC     3,000,000  
Shareholder communication and awareness     200,000  
Professional Fees     300,000  
Wages and Benefits     200,000  
Management Fees     150,000  
Total     4,600,000  

 

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In order to fully carry out our business plan, we need additional financing of approximately $4,600,000 for the next 12 months. In order to improve our liquidity, we intend to pursue additional equity financing from private placement sales of our equity securities or shareholders’ loans. We do not presently have sufficient financing to undertake our planned business activities. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

We currently do not have any arrangements in place for the completion of any further private placement financings and there is no assurance that we will be successful in completing any further private placement financings. If we are unable to achieve the necessary additional financing, then we plan to reduce the amounts that we spend on our business activities and administrative expenses in order to be within the amount of capital resources that are available to us.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to stockholders.

 

Inflation

 

The effect of inflation on our revenue and operating results has not been significant.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our consolidated financial statements are impacted by the accounting policies used and the estimates and assumptions made by management during their preparation. A complete summary of these policies is included in note 2 of the notes to our financial statements. We have identified below the accounting policies that are of particular importance in the presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, and which require the application of significant judgment by management.

 

Basis of Presentation/Principles of Consolidation

 

These consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, Carbon Commodity Corporation, Climate ESCO Ltd., Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., Mantra China Inc., Mantra China Limited, Mantra Media Corp., Mantra NextGen Power Inc., and Mantra Wind Inc. All the subsidiaries are wholly-owned with the exception of Climate ESCO Ltd., which is 64.55% owned and Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., which is 88.21% owned. All inter- company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to allowance for doubtful accounts, the estimated useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, valuation of inventory, equity component of convertible debt, stock-based compensation, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

 

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Accounts Receivable

 

The Company recognizes allowances for doubtful accounts to ensure accounts receivable are not overstated due to the inability or unwillingness of its customers to make required payments. The allowance is based on historical bad debt expense, the age of receivable and the specific identification of receivables the Company considers at risk. The Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts as of February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of patents and are stated at cost and have a definite life. Intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. Once these assets are fully amortized, they are removed from the accounts. These assets are reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If impaired, intangible assets are written down to fair value based on discounted cash flows or other valuation techniques. The Company has no intangibles with indefinite lives.

 

Long-lived Assets

 

In accordance with ASC 360, “ Property, Plant and Equipment ”, the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value, which is generally determined based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value.

 

Technology Development Revenue Recognition

 

The Company performs research and development services. The Company recognizes revenue under research contracts when a contract has been executed, the contract price is fixed and determinable, delivery of services or products has occurred, and collectability of the contract price is considered reasonably assured and can be reasonably estimated. Revenue is based on direct labor hours expended at contract billing rates plus other billable direct costs.

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, “ Compensation – Stock Compensation ”, using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock-based awards. This model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense in the consolidated statement of operations over the requisite service period.

 

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Loss Per Share

 

The Company computes loss per share in accordance with ASC 260, " Earnings per Share " which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing the loss available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. As at February 29, 2016, the Company had 62,607,549 (May 31, 2015 – 8,838,205) dilutive potential shares outstanding.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

Derivative Liabilities

 

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “ Derivatives and Hedging ” and all derivative instruments are reflected as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the balance sheet. The Company uses estimates of fair value to value its derivative instruments. Fair value is defined as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing and able market participants. In general, the Company’s policy in estimating fair values is to first look at observable market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets, where available. When these are not available, other inputs are used to model fair value such as prices of similar instruments, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, default rates and credit spreads, relying first on observable data from active markets. Depending on the availability of observable inputs and prices, different valuation models could produce materially different fair value estimates. The values presented may not represent future fair values and may not be realizable. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates in accordance with ASC 820 based on the hierarchical framework associated with the three levels of price transparency utilized in measuring financial instruments at fair value as discussed above. As at February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015, the Company had a $618,845 and $353,668 derivative liability, respectively.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

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

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

 

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. 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. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

  

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Based on our evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as a result of the material weaknesses described below, as of February 29, 2016, our disclosure controls and procedures are not designed at a reasonable assurance level and are not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The material weaknesses, which relate to internal control over financial reporting, that were identified are:

 

a) Due to our small size, we do not have a proper segregation of duties in certain areas of our financial reporting process. The areas where we have a lack of segregation of duties include cash receipts and disbursements, approval of purchases and approval of accounts payable invoices for payment. This control deficiency, which is pervasive in nature, results in a reasonable possibility that material misstatements of the consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis;

  

b) We do not have a functioning audit committee. As a result, there is ineffective independent oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; and

 

c) We do not have any formally adopted internal controls surrounding its cash and financial reporting procedures.

  

We are committed to improving our financial organization. In addition, we will look to increase our personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the accounting function to resolve non-routine or complex accounting matters. In addition, when funds are available, we will take the following action to enhance our internal controls: Hiring additional knowledgeable personnel with technical accounting expertise to further support our current accounting personnel, which management estimates will cost approximately $100,000 per annum. As our operations are relatively small and we continue to have net cash losses each quarter, we do not anticipate being able to hire additional internal personnel until such time as our operations are profitable on a cash basis or until our operations are large enough to justify the hiring of additional accounting personnel. We currently engage an outside accounting firm to assist us in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements and anticipate doing so until we have a sufficient number of internal accounting personnel to achieve compliance. As necessary, we will engage consultants in the future in order to ensure proper accounting for our consolidated financial statements.

 

Due to the fact that our internal accounting staff consists solely of a chief executive officer, who functions as our principal accounting officer, additional personnel will also ensure the proper segregation of duties and provide more checks and balances within the department. Additional personnel will also provide the cross training needed to support us if personnel turn over issues within the department occur. We believe this will greatly decrease any control and procedure issues we may encounter in the future.

 

b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended February 29, 2016 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

On September 3, 2015, a former prospective employee of our company delivered a Notice of Claim seeking judgment against our company for approximately $11,400. We believe that the claim is without merit and we intend to defend the claim.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

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

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

On February 17, 2015, we issued a convertible note in the principal amount of $125,000. The note has a cash redemption premium of 130% of the principal amount in the first 90 days following the execution date, of 135% for days 90-120 following the execution date, and 140% after the 120th day. After 140 days cash redemption is only available upon approval by the holder. The note bears interest at 12% per annum and is convertible into common shares of our Company at the lower of a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed. On December 4, 2015, the holder of the convertible debenture entered into an agreement to sell and assign the remaining outstanding principal to a third party.

 

On December 22, 2015, we issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note issued February 17, 2015.

 

On January 1, 2016, we issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note issued February 17, 2015.

 

On January 27, 2016, we issued 1,538,462 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $5,778 of principal and $4,222 of accrued interest of the convertible note issued February 17, 2015.

 

On February 12, 2016, we issued 578,468 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $3,523 of accrued interest of the convertible note issued February 17, 2015.

 

On February 22, 2016, we issued 1,724,138 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note issued February 17, 2015.

 

On June 1, 2015, we issued a convertible note in the principal amount of $100,000 due on demand on or after December 1, 2015. The note has a cash redemption premium of 130% of the principal amount in the first 90 days following the execution date, of 135% for days 90-120 following the execution date, and 140% after the 120th day. After 140 days cash redemption is only available upon approval by the holder. The note bears interest at 12% per annum and is convertible into common shares of our Company at the lower of a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days to the date of conversion; or a 42% discount to the lowest trading price during the previous 20 trading days before the date the note was executed. In no event shall the conversion price be lower than $0.00001. On December 4, 2015, the holder of the convertible debenture entered into an agreement to sell and assign the remaining outstanding principal to a third party.

 

On March 22, 2016, we issued 1,499,251 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $10,000 of principal of the convertible note issued June 1, 2015.

 

On March 29, 2016, we issued 2,218,017 shares of common stock upon the conversion of $15,000 of principal of the convertible note issued June 1, 2015.

 

We issued the common shares pursuant to the conversion of the above described convertible promissory notes in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis that the holders of the convertible notes represented to our company that they were an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
(2)   Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession
2.1   Plan of Conversion of Mantra Venture Group Ltd. from a Nevada Corporation into a British Columbia Corporation dated October 29, 2008. (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008)
(3)   Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws
3.1   Articles of Conversion of Mantra Venture Group Ltd. dated October 28, 2008 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008)
3.2   British Columbia Table 1 Articles adopted on December 4, 2008 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2008)
3.3   British Columbia Notice of Articles (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2008)
(10)   Material Contracts
10.1   Revolving Line of Credit Agreement with Larry Kristof dated October 15, 2008 (incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 14, 2009)
10.2   2009 Stock Compensation Plan and 2009 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 24, 2009)
10.3   Subscription Agreement with Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. dated February 29, 2012 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2012)
10.4   Service Contract with PowerTech Labs Inc. dated June 19, 2012 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 25, 2012)
10.5   Settlement Agreement with StichtingAdministratiekantoor Carlos Bijl dated July 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2012)
10.6   Master Services Agreement between our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., and Tekion (Canada), Inc. dated July 31, 2012 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30, 2012)
10.7   Statement of Work between our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. and Tekion (Canada), Inc. dated July 31, 2012 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30, 2012)
10.8   Employment Agreement with and Larry Kristof dated January 8, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2013)
10.9   Employment Agreement between our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., and Larry Kristof dated January 8, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2013)
10.10   Sublease Agreement with BC Research Inc. dated February 25, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March18, 2013)

 

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Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
10.11   Letter of Engagement with BC Research Inc. dated March 13, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March18, 2013)
10.12   Amendment to Settlement Agreement with StichtingAdministratiekantoor Carlos Bijl dated April 29, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 22, 2013)
10.13   Director Agreement with Patrick Dodd dated May 7, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2013)
10.14   Consulting Agreement with BC0798465 BC Ltd. dated July 1, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2013)
10.15   Employment Agreement between our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., and Sona Kazemi dated October 17, 2013 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2013)
10.16   Framework Agreement between our subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., and Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd. (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2013)
10.17   Consulting Agreement with DCC Consulting dated March 13, 2014 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2013)
10.18   Letter of Engagement with BC Research Inc. dated March 25, 2014 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2013)
10.19*   Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 10, 2016
10.20*   Convertible Promissory Note dated March 10, 2016
(14)   Code of Ethics
14.1   Code of Ethics and Business Conduct (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S- 1 filed on February 26, 2008)
(21)   List of Subsidiaries
21.1   Carbon Commodity Corporation (wholly owned)
    Mantra China Inc. (wholly owned)
    Mantra China Limited (wholly owned)
    Mantra Media Corp. (wholly owned)
    Mantra NextGen Power Inc. (wholly owned)
    Mantra Wind Inc. (wholly owned)
    Climate ESCO Ltd. (majority owned)
    Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. (majority owned)
(31)   (i) Rule 13a-14(a)/ 15d-14(a) Certifications (ii) Rule 13a-14(d)/ 15d-14(d) Certifications
31.1*   Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
(32)   Section 1350 Certifications
32.1*   Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
(99)   Additional Exhibits
99.1   Audit Committee Charter adopted April 20, 2010 (incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on September 14, 2010)
(101)*   Interactive Data Files
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Mantra Venture Group Ltd.
                  (Registrant)
     
Date: May 16, 2016   /s/ Larry Kristof
    Larry Kristof
    President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
    Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer
    and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

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Exhibit 10.19

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 10, 2016, by and between MANTRA VENTURE GROUP, LTD. , incorporated in British Columbia, with headquarters located at 1562 128 th Street, Surrey BC Canada, V4A 3T7 (the “Company”), and Old Main Capital, LLC , a Florida limited liability company, with its address at 3109 Stirling Road, Suite 100, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 (the “Buyer”).

 

WHEREAS :

 

A.           The Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”);

 

B.            Buyer desires to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement a 10% convertible note of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the aggregate principal amount of US$166,666.00 (together with any note(s) issued in replacement thereof or as a dividend thereon or otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Note”), convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in such Note; and

 

C.            The Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, such principal amount of Note as is set forth immediately below its name on the signature pages hereto.

 

NOW THEREFORE , the Company and the Buyer severally (and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTE .

 

a.       Purchase of Note . On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer and the Buyer agrees to purchase from the Company such principal amount of Note as is set forth immediately below the Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto, subject to the express terms of the Note.

 

b.      Form of Payment . On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the first tranche of the Note, which is equal to $20,000.00 (the “First Tranche Purchase Price”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Note, and (i) the Company shall deliver such duly executed Note on behalf of the Company, to the Buyer. The Buyer may fund additional tranches under the Note, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Note and in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions.

 

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c.       Closing Date . Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of the Note pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”) shall be 5:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time on or about March 10, 2016, or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

2.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER . The Buyer represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

a.       Investment Purpose . As of the date hereof, the Buyer is purchasing the Note and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Note (including, without limitation, such additional shares of Common Stock, if any, as are issuable (i) on account of interest on the Note or (ii) under any other provision in the Note, such shares of Common Stock being collectively referred to herein as the “Conversion Shares” and, collectively with the Note, the “Securities”) for its own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

 

b.      Accredited Investor Status . The Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an “Accredited Investor”).

 

c.       Reliance on Exemptions . The Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

d.      Information . The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Note remain outstanding will continue to be, furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Buyer or its advisors. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Note remain outstanding will continue to be, afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has not disclosed to the Buyer any material nonpublic information and will not disclose such information unless such information is disclosed to the public prior to or promptly following such disclosure to the Buyer. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk. The Buyer is not aware of any facts that may constitute a breach of any of the Company's representations and warranties made herein.

 

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e.       Governmental Review . The Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

f.       Transfer or Re-sale . The Buyer understands that (i) the sale or re-sale of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company, at the cost of the Buyer, an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“Rule 144”)) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, (d) the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (e) the Securities are sold pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“Regulation S”), and the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company, at the cost of the Buyer, an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in corporate transactions, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule and further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder (in each case).

 

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g.      Legends . The Buyer understands that the Note, and, until such time as the Conversion Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Conversion Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

 

“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 COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, (a) such Security is registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security 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 Buyer agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

 

h.      Authorization; Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

i.        Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below the Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto.

 

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3.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY . The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that:

 

a.       Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted. Schedule 3(a) sets forth a list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith. “Subsidiaries” means any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest.

 

b.      Authorization; Enforcement . (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Note and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Note by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Note and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof) have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representative, and such authorized representative is the true and official representative with authority to sign this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Note, each of such instruments will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

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c.       Capitalization . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans, no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Securities) exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.

 

d.      Issuance of Shares . The Conversion Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Note, in accordance with its respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and 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 Company and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

e.       Acknowledgment of Dilution . The Company understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock upon the issuance of the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Note. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Note in accordance with this Agreement, the Note is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.

 

f.       No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not being conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as the Buyer owns any of the Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Note in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Note in accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Note. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”), the OTCQB or any similar quotation system, and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by the OTCBB, the OTCQB or any similar quotation system, in the foreseeable future. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

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g.       SEC Documents; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC Documents, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof). As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to November 14, 2012, and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act. For the avoidance of doubt, filing of the documents required in this Section 3(g) via the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) shall satisfy all delivery requirements of this Section 3(g).

 

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h.      Absence of Certain Changes . There has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

i.        Absence of Litigation . There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(i) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

j.        Patents, Copyrights, etc . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ current and intended products, services and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual Property.

 

k.      No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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l.        Tax Status . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax. None of the Company’s tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

 

m.    Certain Transactions . Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(c), none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

n.      Disclosure . All information relating to or concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and provided to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company’s reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).

 

o.      Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’ Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length purchasers with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Buyer is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any statement made by the Buyer or any of its respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental to the Buyer’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the Company and its representatives.

 

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p.      No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would require registration under the 1933 Act of the issuance of the Securities to the Buyer. The issuance of the Securities to the Buyer will not be integrated with any other issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or future) for purposes of any shareholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

q.      No Brokers . The Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

r.        Permits; Compliance . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the “Company Permits”), and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. N either the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

s.       Environmental Matters .

 

(i)       There are, to the Company’s knowledge, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor of the Company, no past or present violations of Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

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(ii)      Other than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance with applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real property currently owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the normal course of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business.

 

(iii)       There are no underground storage tanks on or under any real property owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not in compliance with applicable law.

 

t.        Title to Property . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

u.      Internal Accounting Controls . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in the judgment of the Company’s board of directors, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

v.      Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Company, used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

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w.       Solvency . The Company (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., its assets have a fair market value in excess of the amount required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured) and currently the Company has no information that would lead it to reasonably conclude that the Company would not, after giving effect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, have the ability to, nor does it intend to take any action that would impair its ability to, pay its debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such debts mature. The Company did not receive a qualified opinion from its auditors with respect to its most recent fiscal year end and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, does not anticipate or know of any basis upon which its auditors might issue a qualified opinion in respect of its current fiscal year. For the avoidance of doubt any disclosure of the Borrower’s ability to continue as a “going concern” shall not, by itself, be a violation of this Section 3(w).

 

x.      No Investment Company . The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will not be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an “Investment Company”). The Company is not controlled by an Investment Company.

 

y.        Insurance . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged.

 

z.        Breach of Representations and Warranties by the Company . If the Company breaches any of the representations or warranties set forth in this Section 3, and in addition to any other remedies available to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, it will be considered an Event of default under Section 3.4 of the Note.

 

4.            COVENANTS .

 

a.       Best Efforts . The parties shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

b.      Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Note for working capital and other general corporate purposes and shall not, directly or indirectly, use such proceeds for any loan to or investment in any other corporation, partnership, enterprise or other person (except in connection with its currently existing direct or indirect Subsidiaries).

 

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c.       Expenses . At the Closing, the Company hereby authorizes the Buyer, as detailed in the disbursement memorandum of even date, to pay the Buyer’s legal counsel directly in the amount of $5,000, which such amount shall be withheld from the proceeds relating to the first tranche of $20,000, as further described in the Note and disbursement memorandum.

 

d.      Financial Information . The Company agrees to send or make available the following reports to the Buyer until the Buyer transfers, assigns, or sells all of the Securities: (i) within ten (10) days after the filing with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-K its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and (ii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the shareholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the Company makes available or gives to such shareholders. For the avoidance of doubt, filing the documents required in (i) above via EDGAR or releasing any documents set forth in (ii) above via a recognized wire service shall satisfy the delivery requirements of this Section 4(f).

 

e.       Listing . The Company shall promptly secure the listing of the Conversion Shares upon each national securities exchange or automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, so long as the Buyer owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Note. The Company will obtain and, so long as the Buyer owns any of the Securities, maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the OTCBB, OTCQB, OTC Pink or any equivalent replacement exchange, the Nasdaq National Market (“Nasdaq”), the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (“Nasdaq SmallCap”), the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), or the NYSE MKT and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and such exchanges, as applicable. The Company shall promptly provide to the Buyer copies of any material notices it receives from the OTCBB, OTCQB and any other exchanges or quotation systems on which the Common Stock is then listed regarding the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on such exchanges and quotation systems.

 

f.       Corporate Existence . So long as the Buyer beneficially owns any Note, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except in the event of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, where the surviving or successor entity in such transaction (i) assumes the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the agreements and instruments entered into in connection herewith and (ii) is a publicly traded corporation whose Common Stock is listed for trading on the OTCBB, OTCQB, OTC Pink, Nasdaq, NasdaqSmallCap, NYSE or AMEX.

 

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g.      No Integration . The Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

h.      Failure to Comply with the 1934 Act . So long as the Buyer beneficially owns the Note, the Company shall comply with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act; and the Company shall continue to be subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act.

 

i.        Trading Activities . Neither the Buyer nor its affiliates has an open short position (or other hedging or similar transactions) in the common stock of the Company and the Buyer agree that it shall not, and that it will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging transactions with respect to the common stock of the Company.

 

j.        Breach of Covenants. If the Company breaches any of the covenants set forth in this Section 4, and in addition to any other remedies available to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, it will be considered an event of default under Section 3.3 of the Note.

 

5.            Transfer Agent Instructions . Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 2(g) of this Agreement. The Company warrants that: (i) no stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the Conversion Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the Note; (ii) it will not direct its transfer agent not to transfer or delay, impair, and/or hinder its transfer agent in transferring (or issuing) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for Conversion Shares to be issued to the Buyer upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Note as and when required by the Note and this Agreement; and (iii) it will not fail 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 Buyer upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Note as and when required by the Note and this Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Buyer’s obligations and agreement set forth in Section 2(g) hereof to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities. If the Buyer provides the Company, at the cost of the Buyer, with (i) an opinion of counsel in form, substance and scope customary for opinions in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Buyer provides reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by the Buyer. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyer, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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6.             COND IT IO NS PRECEDENT TO THE COMPANY’S O BLIG AT IO NS TO SELL . The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Note to the Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

a.       The Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.

 

b.      The Buyer shall have delivered the First Tranche Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

 

c.      The representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

d.      No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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7.             COND IT IO NS PRECEDENT TO THE BUYE R’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Note at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

a.      The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Buyer.

 

b.      The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer duly executed Note (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

 

c.      The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

d.      No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

e.       No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company including but not limited to a change in the 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or the failure of the Company to be timely in its 1934 Act reporting obligations.

 

f.       The Conversion Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system.

 

g.      The Buyer shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.

 

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8.            GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS .

 

a.       Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of Broward County, Florida or in the federal courts located in the State of Florida. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waive 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 Company and Buyer waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, 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 any agreement. 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 Agreement or any other Transaction Document 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 Agreement 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.

 

b.      Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

c.       Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

d.      Severability . In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, 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 provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

e.       Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the majority in interest of the Buyer.

 

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f.       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, 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 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 Company, to:

 

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP, LTD.

1562 128 th Street

Surrey, BC Canada V4A 3T7

E-mail:                                          

 

If to the Holder, to:

 

OLD MAIN CAPITAL, LLC

3109 Stirling Road, Suite 100

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

E-mail: Mark@OldMainCapital.com

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

 

g.      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. Neither the Company nor the Buyer shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f), the Buyer may assign its rights hereunder to any person that purchases Securities in a private transaction from the Buyer or to any of its “affiliates,” as that term is defined under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Company.

 

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h.       Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

i.        Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive the closing hereunder. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer and all their officers, directors, employees and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

 

j.       Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

k.       No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

l .       Remedies .

 

(i)       The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyer by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Agreement will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that the Buyer 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 Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

(ii)       In addition to any other remedy provided herein or in any document executed in connection herewith, Borrower shall pay Holder for all costs, fees and expenses in connection with any litigation, contest, dispute, suit or any other action to enforce any rights of Holder against Borrower in connection herewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses and attorneys' fees, and costs and time charges of counsel to Holder.

 

m.     Publicity. The Company, and the Buyer shall have the right to review a reasonable period of time before issuance of any press releases, SEC, OTCQB (or other applicable trading market), or FINRA filings, or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided , however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Buyer, to make any press release or SEC, OTCQB (or other applicable trading market) or FINRA filings with respect to such transactions as is required by applicable law and regulations (although the Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release prior to its release and shall be provided with a copy thereof).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Buyer and the Company have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP, LTD.  
   
By: /s/ Larry Kristof  
Name: Larry Kristof  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

OLD MAIN CAPITAL, LLC  
   
By: /s/ Mark Rozeboom  
Name: Mark Rozeboom  
Title: Managing Member  

 

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:  
     
Aggregate Principal Amount of Note:   US$166,666.00
     
Aggregate Purchase Price:   US$150,000.00*

 

*Only $20,000 of the $150,000 purchase price shall be paid within a reasonable amount of time after the closing of the Note. Additional tranches may be funded by the Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Note.

 

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Exhibit “A”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.20

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

Original Issue Date: March 10, 2016

Principal Amount: $166,666

 

10% CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
DUE MARCH 10, 2016

 

THIS 10% CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE is a duly authorized and validly issued convertible note of Mantra Venture Group, Ltd., a Canadian corporation, (the " Company "), having its principal place of business at 1562 128 th Street, Surrey BC Canada, V4A 3 T7.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Old Main Capital, LLC, or its registered assigns (the " Holder"), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $166,666 (the " Principal Amount "), together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, at maturity or upon acceleration or otherwise, as set forth herein (the " Note "). The consideration to the Company for this Note is up to $150,000.00 (the " Consideration "), due to an original issuance discount of 8% (representing $16,666.00 of the Principal Amount) (the " OID "), and such OID shall be applied in full at the closing of the First Tranche (as defined herein). The Holder shall pay $20,000.00 of the Consideration to the Company within a reasonable amount of time after the issuance of this Note (the " First Tranche "). At the closing of the First Tranche, the outstanding principal amount under this Note shall be $36,666.00, which includes the principal amount of the First Tranche and the OID. The Holder may, in its sole discretion, fund such additional amounts of the Consideration at any time to the Company. The maturity date for each tranche funded shall be twelve (12) months from the effective date of each payment (each a "Maturity Date"), and is the date upon which the principal sum of each respective tranche, as well as any accrued and unpaid interest and other fees relating to that respective tranche, shall be due and payable. This Note may not be prepaid in whole or in part except as otherwise explicitly set forth herein. THE PRINCIPAL SUM DUE TO THE HOLDER SHALL BE PRORATED BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION ACTUALLY PAID BY THE HOLDER, AS WELL AS THE APPLICABLE INTEREST, SUCH THAT THE ISSUER IS ONLY REQUIRED TO REPAY THE AMOUNT FUNDED (PLUS THE OID AND APPLICABLE INTEREST) AND THE ISSSUER IS NOT REQUIRED TO REPAY ANY UNFUNDED PORTION OF THIS NOTE. This Note is also subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1 .      Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

" Alternate Consideration " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

 

 

 

" Alternate Conversion Price " shall mean 45% multiplied by the lowest traded price of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the applicable Conversion Date.

 

" Bankruptcy Event " means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

" Base Conversion Price " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

" Beneficial Ownership Limitation " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

 

" Buy-In " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(v).

 

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" Change of Control Transaction " means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or "group" (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Note and the Securities issued together with the Note), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

" Common Stock " shall mean the Company's common stock.

 

" Conversion " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

 

" Conversion Date " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

" Conversion Price " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

 

" Conversion Schedule " means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

" Conversion Shares " means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

" Note Register " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

" Dilutive Issuance " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

" Dilutive Issuance Notice " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

" DTC " means the Depository Trust Company.

 

" DTC/FAST Program " means the DTC's Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

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" DWAC Eligible " means that (a) the Common Stock is eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC's Operational Arrangements, including without limitation transfer through DTC's DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC's underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.

 

" Equity Conditions " means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions as determined by the counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(d) herein, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information, (j) the Company has timely filed (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act, (k) on any date that the Company desires to make a payment of interest and/or principal, the average daily dollar volume of the Company's common stock for the previous twenty (20) trading days must be greater than $10,000, (1) the Company's common stock must be DWAC Eligible and not subject to a "DTC chill", (m) the Conversion Shares must be delivered via an "Automatic Conversion" of principal and/or interest, and (n) on any date that the Company desires to make a payment of interest and/or principal, the conversion price for such payment shall be the lower of (i) 65% multiplied by the lowest traded price of the Common Stock in the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to such date of payment, or (ii) the Fixed Conversion Price.

 

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" Event of Default " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

" Fixed Conversion Price " shall mean 65% multiplied by the lowest traded price of the Common Stock in the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to the Original Issue Date of this Note.

 

" Fundamental Transaction " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

" Late Fees " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

" Mandatory Default Amount " means the payment of 125% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note and accrued and unpaid interest hereon, in addition to the payment of all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Note.

 

" Florida Courts " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

" Notice of Conversion " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

" Original Issue Date " means the date of the first issuance of this Note, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Note.

 

" Purchase Agreement " means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2016, among the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

" Registration Statement " means a registration statement covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Holder.

 

" Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

" Share Delivery Date " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).

 

" Successor Entity " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

Section 2 .             Amortization and Interest .

 

a)           Payment of Interest in Cash or Kind . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of 10% per annum, which half of the base interest amount shall be guaranteed and the total amount of interest due on the Note for a period of six (6) months shall be deemed earned as of the Original Issue Date. All interest payments hereunder will be payable in cash, or subject to the Equity Conditions, in cash or common stock in the Company's discretion. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due on payable on each Conversion Date and on the Maturity Date, or as otherwise set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company.

 

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b)           Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the " Note Register ").

 

c)           Late Fee . All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the " Late Fees ") which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

d)           Prepayment and Redemption . At any time upon ten (10) days written notice to the Holder, and provided the Holder accepts such notice in its sole discretion, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest. If the Company exercises its right to prepay the Note, the Company shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note and interest multiplied by 125%. The Holder may continue to convert the Note from the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date of the prepayment. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, which is not cured within ten (10) business days after the Holder provides written notice of such applicable Event of Default to the Company, the Holder shall have the right to require the Company to make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note and interest multiplied by 130%.

 

e)           Amortization and Installment Payments . At the six (6) month anniversary of the Original Issue Date (the "Amortization Payment Date"), the Company shall begin to make bi-weekly amortization payments (each a "Bi-Weekly Payment"), in cash to the Holder, until this Note is repaid in full. Each Bi-Weekly payment shall consist of at least 1/12 th of the total outstanding amount under this Note as of the Amortization Payment Date, including the principal and accrued and unpaid interest. The Company may make a Bi-Weekly payment to the Holder in Common Stock, in the event that the Equity Conditions detailed above are satisfied. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default until this Note is no longer outstanding, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, refuse any Bi-Weekly Payment and/or any issuance of Common Stock when such issuance is to be made under the Equity Conditions.

 

Section 3 .             Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

 

a)           Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of convertible promissory notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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b)           Investment Representations . This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

c)           Reliance on Note Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 4 .             Conversion

 

a)           Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(e) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex (each, a " Notice of Conversion "), specifying therein the principal amount of this Note to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the " Conversion Date "). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. 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 Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)           Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to the lower of (a) the Fixed Conversion Price, or (b) 65% of the lowest traded price of the Common Stock (representing a discount of 35%) for the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the applicable Conversion Date (the resulting pricing being referred to herein as the " Conversion Price "). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default until this Note is no longer outstanding, the Holder may require the Company to, at such Holder's option and otherwise in accordance with the provisions for conversion herein, convert all or any part of this Note into Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price. All such determinations will be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such measuring period. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6 hereof and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such right shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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c)           Mechanics of Conversion .

 

i.           Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount . The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Note to be converted and any accrued and unpaid interest to be converted by (y) the conversion price then in effect.

 

ii.          Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than two (2) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the " Share Delivery Date "), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect reasonably acceptable to the Company (which opinion the Company will be responsible for obtaining) shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note, and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash). All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) shall be delivered electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If the Conversion Date is prior to the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend 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 COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. 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."

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on such date that the Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 subject to current public information requirements, the Company, upon request of the Holder, shall obtain a legal opinion to allow for such sales under Rule 144.

 

iii.         Failure to Deliver Certificates . If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.

 

iv.         Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Company's obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal or interest amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the Share Delivery Date (except if such failure is solely attributable to the Company's transfer agent and not attributable, in any way whatsoever, to any inaction or action by the Company), the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, $1,000 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6 hereof for the Company's failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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v.         Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder's brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a " Buy-In "), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder's total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a 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 shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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vi.         Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 300% of the Required Minimum for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Note), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and, at such times as the Registration Statement covering such shares is then effective under the Securities Act, will be registered for public resale in accordance with such Registration Statement.

 

vii.        Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

viii.       Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion.

 

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d)           Holder's Conversion Limitations . The Company shall not effect any conversion of principal and/or interest of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any principal and/or interest of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder's Affiliates) 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 its Affiliates 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 are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other promissory notes or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder's determination of whether this Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. 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 4(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company's most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company's 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 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 immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days' prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.

 

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Section 5 .             Certain Adjustments .

 

a)           Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Note), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b)           Subsequent Equity Sales . If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Fixed Conversion Price (such lower price, the " Base Conversion Price " and such issuances, collectively, a " Dilutive Issuance ") (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents 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 Fixed Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the " Dilutive Issuance Notice "). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

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c)           Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the " Purchase Rights "), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d)           Intentionally Omitted.

 

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e)           Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a " Fundamental Transaction "), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(e) on the conversion of this Note), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the " Alternate Consideration ") receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Note). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the " Successor Entity ") to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Note immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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f)            Calculations . All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

 

g)           Notice to the Holder .

 

i.           Adjustment to Conversion Price . Whenever the Fixed Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Fixed Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.          Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder . If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 6 .             Events of Default .

 

a)          " Event of Default " means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

i.           any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Note or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within 3 Trading Days;

 

ii.          the Company shall materially fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Note (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

iii.         a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below); other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

v.         the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

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vi.        the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $50,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

vii.       the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days or the transfer of shares of Common Stock through the Depository Trust Company System is no longer available or "chilled";

 

viii.      the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

 

ix.         the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder prior to the third Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company's intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Note in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

x.          the Company fails to file with the Commission any required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act such that it is not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable);

 

xi.         if the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of it or any of its properties, (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent or be the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any other jurisdiction or foreign country, or (v) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or to take advantage or any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any such law, or (vi) take or permit to be taken any action in furtherance of or for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

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xii.        if any order, judgment or decree shall be entered, without the application, approval or consent of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, by any court of competent jurisdiction, approving a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Subsidiary, or appointing a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of the Company or any Subsidiary, or of all or any substantial part of its assets, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for any period of sixty (60) days;

 

xiii.       the occurrence of any levy upon or seizure or attachment of, or any uninsured loss of or damage to, any property of the Company or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair value or repair cost (as the case may be) in excess of $[20,000] individually or in the aggregate, and any such levy, seizure or attachment shall not be set aside, bonded or discharged within thirty (30) days after the date thereof;

 

xiv.       the Company shall fail to maintain sufficient reserved shares pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Purchase Agreement;

 

xv.        any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;

 

xvi.       a breach or default by the Company of any covenant or other term or condition contained in any of the other financial instrument currently issued or hereafter issued by the Company, including but not limited to promissory notes (the "Other Agreements"), after the passage of all applicable notice and cure or grace periods, shall, at the option of the Holder, be considered a default under this Note, in which event the Holder shall be entitled (but in no event required) to apply all rights and remedies of the Holder under the terms of this Note by reason of a default under said Other Agreement; or

 

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

 

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b)           Remedies Upon Event of Default . Subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation as set forth in Section 4(d), if any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder's election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an additional interest rate equal to the lesser of 2% per month (24% per annum) or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 6(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 7 .             Miscellaneous .

 

a)           Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 12:00 p.m. (EST time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 12:00 p.m. (EST time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

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b)           Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other promissory notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

 

c)           Lost or Mutilated Note . If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

d)           Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in Broward County, Florida (the " Florida Courts "). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Florida Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such Florida Courts, or such Florida Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding 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 applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

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e)           Waiver . Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

f)            Severability . If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

g)           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 and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder's right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. 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 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 harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

 

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h)           Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

i)            Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

j)            Section 3(a)(9) and 3(a)(10) Transactions . The express written consent of the Holder must be obtained by the Company, if at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Company seeks to enter into a transaction structured in accordance with, based upon, or related or pursuant to, in whole or in part, Section 3(a)(9) or 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.

 

Section 8 ..             Participation in Future Financing .

 

a)          Subject to any existing obligations of the Company, from the date hereof until the date that is the 12-month anniversary of the date of this Note, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or debt for cash consideration, indebtedness or a combination of units hereof, other than any issuance that is through a public underwritten offering or to an investor or a group of investors that already own Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a " Subsequent Financing "), each Holder shall have the right to participate in the Subsequent Financing in an amount up to 100% of such Holder's Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) (the " Participation Maximum ") on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing, subject to any existing obligations of the Company with respect to participation rights.

 

b)          At least five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing ("Pre-Notice"), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Holder if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a " Subsequent Financing Notice ". Upon the request of a Holder within two (2) Trading Days after the Pre-Notice, and only upon a request by such Holder, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such Holder. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.

 

c)          Any Holder desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide written notice to the Company no later than two (2) Trading Days after delivery of such Subsequent Financing Notice that such Holder is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of such Holder's participation, and representing and warranting that such Holder has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

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d)          If notifications by the Holders of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

e)          If the Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Holders seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each such Holder shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion of the Participation Maximum. " Pro Rata Portion " means the ratio of (x) the amount of Notes held by a Holder participating under this Section 8 and (y) the sum of the aggregate amounts of Notes held by all Holders participating under this Section 8.

 

f)           The Company must provide the Holders with a second Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Holders will again have the right of participation set forth above in this Section 8, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

g)          The Company and each Holder agree that if any Holder elects to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents related to the Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or provision whereby such Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any of the Securities purchased hereunder or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, this Note, without the prior written consent of such Holder.

 

h)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Holder, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Holder that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the securities in the Subsequent Financing, in either case in such a manner such that such Holder will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the Subsequent Financing Notice. If by such tenth (10th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Holder, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Holder shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

i)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 

OLD MAIN CAPITAL, LLC   MANTRA VENTURE GROUP, LTD.
         
By: /s/ Mark Rozeboom   By: /s/ Larry Kristof
Name: Mark Rozeboom   Name:  Larry Kristof
Title: Manager   Title: Chief Executive Officer
FAX No. for Notices:   FAX No. for Notices:
     

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 10% convertible promissory note due March 10, 2016 of Mantra Venture Group, Ltd., a Canadian corporation (the " Company "), into shares of common stock (the " Common Stock "), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Note, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

  Date to Effect Conversion:
   
  Principal Amount of Note to be Converted:
   
  Payment of Interest in Common Stock        yes       no
   
  If yes, $_______ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Delivery Instructions:

  

                                                  

 

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Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

This 10% convertible promissory note due on March 10, 2016 in the original principal amount of $166,666 is issued by Mantra Venture Group, Ltd., a Canadian Corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Note.

 

Dated:

 

Date of Conversion
(or for first entry,
Original Issue Date)
  Amount of
Conversion
  Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Remaining
Subsequent to
Conversion
(or original
Principal
Amount)
  Company Attest
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. ss 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Larry Kristof, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mantra Venture Group Ltd.;
   
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. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are 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 have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us 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 our 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 our 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.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and 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.

 

Date: May 16, 2016

 

/s/ Larry Kristof  
Larry Kristof  

President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director

(Principal Executive 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

 

I, Larry Kristof, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Mantra Venture Group Ltd. for the period ended February 29, 2016 (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 results of operations of Mantra Venture Group Ltd.

 

Dated:  May 16, 2016  
   
  /s/ Larry Kristof
  Larry Kristof
 

President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  Mantra Venture Group Ltd.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Mantra Venture Group Ltd. and will be retained by Mantra Venture Group Ltd. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.