U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 5, 2019 (January 30, 2019)
Cuentas Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida | 333-148987 | 20-3537265 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
incorporation or organization) | File Number) | Identification Number) |
19 W. Flagler St., Suite 902
Miami, FL
(Address of principal executive offices)
33130
(Zip Code)
(800) 611-3622
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Cuentas Inc.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.
On January 29, 2019, Cuentas, Inc. and the previous owners of Limecom, Inc. agreed to a procedure to reverse the original Stock Purchase Agreement that was signed on September 19, 2017.
As a result of certain matters that have developed since the original transaction, the parties have agreed to enable the right by Cuentas and/or Next Group Acquisition, Inc. (“Next Group Acquisition”) to rescind and/or, at its option, to sell back the stock in Limecom Inc. (“Limecom”) purchased by Next Group Acquisition for $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration.
In the event that the option to rescind and/or to sell back the stock purchased by Next Group Acquisition and/or Cuentas is exercised, it is agreed as follows:
(a) The 41,443,847 pre-split shares of Cuentas issued to Heritage and its Stockholders will not be returned to Cuentas, and kept by Heritage and its Stockholders, and the 10,360,962 remaining shares will be cancelled or returned to the treasury of Cuentas at its option. Cuentas agrees to issue an additional post-split 90,000 shares of Cuentas restricted stock as directed by Heritage.
(b) The $2,000,000 payment under the Acquisition Agreement will be cancelled.
(c) The Agreement with Orlando Taddeo as International CEO of Limecom will be terminated.
(d) Heritage, its Stockholders and the current management of Limecom agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless Next Group Acquisition and Cuentas from any liabilities (known and unknown) incurred by Limecom (accrued, disclosed or undisclosed by Limecom) up to and including the closing of the rescission or sale as provided for herein.
(e) Heritage and Limecom’s current management agree to cooperate with Next Group Acquisition and/or Cuentas with any information required to be disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a part of Cuentas’ SEC disclosure obligations with respect to the exercise of the option by Next Group Acquisition or Cuentas.
(f) Heritage, Limecom and its current management and Stockholders agree to cooperate with Cuentas’ auditors in providing all material information to Cuentas’ auditors as is reasonably required.
(g) Heritage and the Limecom current management agree that the intercompany loan in the approximate sum of $750,000 will be cancelled.
(h) Cuentas agrees to issue shares of Cuentas restricted stock to several Limecom employees in exchange for salaries due to them. Those shares will be issued at the execution of this Amendment and be held in escrow until the full satisfaction of the terms of this Amendment.
(i) Cuentas agrees to advance the sum of $25,000 toward the payments agreed upon to be paid to American Express (“AMEX”) by Limecom, and Limecom agrees to pay the sum of $25,000 to AMEX and the balance of the payments under the Stipulation of Settlement as agreed upon by Limecom.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On January 30, 2019, Cuentas sent an executed document to Limecom rescinding the acquisition of Limecom, Inc. (“Limecom”) according to the Amendment signed January 29, 2019.
Cuentas fulfilled its obligation to pay $25,000 to AMEX pursuant to the Amendment dated January 29, 2019.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
9.1 | Stock Purchase Amendment dated January 29, 2019 | |
9.2 | Termination letter dated January 30, 2019 | |
99.1 | Press Release dated February 5, 2019. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CUENTAS INC. | ||
Date: February 5, 2019 | By: | /s/ Arik Maimon |
Arik Maimon | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 9.1
Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement by and among
Next Group Acquisition, Inc.
Next Group Holdings, Inc. n/k/a Cuentas, Inc.
Limecom Inc. and
Heritage Ventures Limited
Wherein the parties have entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement as of September 19, 2017 (the “Agreement”); and
Wherein the parties are desirous of amending said Agreement; and
Wherein the parties wish to express their rights and obligations with respect to said Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE FOR $1.00 AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
FIRST: That the Agreement dated as of September 19, 2017 and all exhibits, addendums and amendments have heretofore been entered into by the parties was disclosed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by Cuentas, Inc. (“Cuentas”).
SECOND: As a result of certain matters that have developed since the reporting of the Agreement to the SEC, the parties have agreed to amend the recession section of the Agreement regarding the recession effective date, recession date and recession notification date, and Section 10.4 claims period, as well as all other sections and provisions of the Agreement that relate to the right by Cuentas and/or Next Group Acquisition, Inc. (“Next Group Acquisition”) to rescind and/or, at its option, to sell back the stock in Limecom Inc. (“Limecom”) purchased by Next Group Acquisition.
THIRD: Orlando Taddeo (“Orlando”) and Heritage Ventures Limited (“Heritage”) warrant and represent to Next Group Acquisition and Cuentas that both have the power and authority to enter into the agreement as owners of record and beneficially and representatives of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of Heritage, the entity that entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement with the permission and unanimous consent of all Heritage Stockholders. Cuentas warrants and represents that it has the power and authority to enter into the Agreement.
FOURTH: The parties acknowledge that Orlando is a director of Cuentas and that Orlando has not discussed, participated or voted in any Cuentas Board of Directors meetings or discussions regarding the within amendment.
FIFTH: Orlando and Heritage represent that each of has received good and valuable consideration in order to enter into the within amendment and have had sufficient opportunity to consult with their independent counsel regarding the within Amendment prior to signing same, and that the Board of Directors of Cuentas has adopted and confirmed the within Amendment.
SIXTH: In the event that the option to rescind and/or to sell back the stock purchased by Next Group Acquisition and/or Cuentas is exercised, it is agreed as follows:
(a) The 41,443,847 pre-split shares of Cuentas issued to Heritage and its Stockholders will not be returned to Cuentas, and kept by Heritage and its Stockholders, and the 10,360,962 remaining shares will be cancelled or returned to the treasury of Cuentas at its option. Cuentas agrees to issue an additional post-split 90,000 shares of Cuentas restricted stock as directed by Heritage.
(b) The $2,000,000 payment under the Acquisition Agreement will be cancelled.
(c) The Agreement with Orlando Taddeo as International CEO of Limecom will be terminated.
(d) Heritage, its Stockholders and the current management of Limecom agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless Next Group Acquisition and Cuentas from any liabilities (known and unknown) incurred by Limecom (accrued, disclosed or undisclosed by Limecom) up to and including the closing of the rescission or sale as provided for herein.
(e) Heritage and Limecom’s current management agree to cooperate with Next Group Acquisition and/or Cuentas with any information required to be disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a part of Cuentas’ SEC disclosure obligations with respect to the exercise of the option by Next Group Acquisition or Cuentas.
(f) Heritage, Limecom and its current management and Stockholders agree to cooperate with Cuentas’ auditors in providing all material information to Cuentas’ auditors as is reasonably required.
(g) Heritage and the Limecom current management agree that the intercompany loan in the approximate sum of $750,000 will be cancelled.
(h) Cuentas agrees to issue 947 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Albano Miriam, 947 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Monsone Sara, 2,164 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Casagrande Luca, 3,162 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Itzik Akoka, 541 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Daniel Contreras and 12,979 shares of Cuentas restricted stock to Heritage. Those shares will be issued at the execution of this Amendment and be held in escrow until the full satisfaction of the terms of this Amendment.
(i) Cuentas agrees to advance the sum of $25,000 toward the payments agreed upon to be paid to American Express (“AMEX”) by Limecom, and Limecom agrees to pay the sum of $25,000 to AMEX on December 26, 2018, and the balance of the payments under the Stipulation of Settlement as agreed upon by Limecom.
SEVENTH: As provided for herein, it is understood and agreed that Orlando and Heritage grant Cuentas and/or Next Group Acquisition the option in their discretion to rescind, terminate or to sell back to Orlando and Heritage the stock in Limecom purchased by Next Group Acquisition and/or its parent company Cuentas until January 31, 2019 at the purchase price stated in the within Option Agreement, or at a price based upon the Limecom financial statements as determined by the auditors and/or the accountants for Cuentas or Next Group Acquisition at the time of the exercise of the option.
EIGHTH: That in the event Cuentas or Next Group Acquisition exercise the within option, it will provide 5 days written notice of its intent to rescind or sell the Limecom stock to Heritage and Orlando.
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NINTH: The parties recognize that Cuentas will file an amendment to its SEC report of the acquisition of Limecom or in the alternative submit a new disclosure report filing with the SEC with respect to the option and the AMEX settlement.
TENTH: All other terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement will be the same except that the within amendment will supersede any such inconsistent terms as the within amendment will be controlling and binding on the parties in the event that the option is exercised by Cuentas and/or Next Group Acquisition, including but not limited to the applicable law as stated in the Purchase Agreement.
ELEVENTH: In the event notice is required under the within Agreement, notice shall be provided in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, regular mail and facsimile to the following parties, with a copy to their attorneys:
If to Heritage and Orlando at:
Orlando Taddeo
Heritage Ventures Limited
C/O
Orlando Taddeo
2 Dublin Landings, North Dock
North Wall Quay, Dublin 1
Republic of Ireland
If to Next Group Acquisition and Cuentas, at
Matthew Schulman - VP Compliance
Cuentas Inc.
19 W. Flagler St.
Suite 902
Miami, Florida 33130
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have set their hands and seal this 29th day of January, 2019.
Next Group Acquisition, Inc.
By: | /s/ Arik Maimon - CEO |
Next Group Holdings, Inc.
By: | Michael De Prado – President & COO |
Orlando Taddeo, behalf of Heritage Ventures, Ltd
By: | /s/ Orlando Taddeo |
Arik Maimon only as to Section 5 of the Stock Purchase Agreement
By: | /s/Arik Maimon |
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Exhibit 9.2
Cuentas, Inc.
19 W. Flagler Street, Suite 902
Miami, Florida 33130
January 30, 2019
Limecom, Inc.
19 W. Flagler Street, Suite 902
Miami, Florida 33130
Att: Orlando Taddeo
Mr. Taddeo,
Effective today, Next Group Acquisition, Inc. and Cuentas, Inc. provide written notice to Heritage Ventures Limited and to Orlando Taddeo that as per section “Seventh” of the “Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Next Group Acquisition, Inc. Next Group Holdings, Inc. n/k/a Cuentas, Inc. Limecom Inc. and Heritage Ventures Limited” executed January 29, 2019, you are hereby notified that Next Group Acquisition, Inc. and Cuentas, Inc. are rescinding the purchase of the stock in Limecom, Inc.
Best Regards,
/s/ Arik Maimon | /s/ Michael De Prado | ||
Arik Maimon – CEO | Michael De Prado – President & COO | ||
Cuentas, Inc. | Cuentas, Inc. | ||
January 30, 2019 | January 30, 2019 |
Exhibit 99.1
Cuentas Rescinds Limecom Stock Purchase Agreement and Reduces Debt by Over $3.3 Million
MIAMI, Feb. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cuentas, Inc. (CUENTAS) (OTCQB:CUEN), a Financial Technology (FinTech) service provider delivering mobile banking, online banking, prepaid debit and digital content services to unbanked, underbanked and underserved communities, announced today that it has rescinded its Stock Purchase Agreement with Limecom, Inc. which will further reduce its debt by over $3.3 Million.
Cuentas’s debt reduction of $3.3 Million includes monies owed to Heritage Ventures Limited (Heritage) and employees of Limecom. According to the Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement executed January 29, 2019, a scheduled payment of $2 million to Heritage for the Stock Purchase Agreement regarding Limecom was cancelled. Pending loans to Heritage for $750,000 were exchanged for 90,000 shares of CUEN. Additionally, several executives, employees and contractors of Limecom converted $572,448 of compensation for 18,576 CUEN shares, accepting a Company valuation of $50 million.
“Cuentas has made important decisions during the past week to eliminate over $5.7 Million in debt. This includes over $3.3 Million in debt effective immediately from the Limecom rescission and an additional $2.4 million in debt once its agreement with a Debtor is completed within the next 90 days,” stated Arik Maimon, CEO of Cuentas, Inc. “These two debt reductions should be key to improving Cuentas’s financial balance sheet and should put Cuentas in the closest point ever to launch its unique financial technology product and soon release its mobile applications that have been in development for the last few years,” added Maimon.
“With the abovementioned items being fulfilled, Cuentas is now ready to close on the upcoming FinTech acquisition that the Company announced on Sept. 5, 2018 that should be significant for the company’s NASDAQ uplisting requirement,” said Michael De Prado, President & COO of Cuentas. “Preparing Cuentas financially for its upcoming, exciting FinTech projects should help to drive future profitability to the company,” added De Prado.
About Cuentas, Inc.
Cuentas, Inc. (OTCQB: CUEN) is a corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida, which, through its operating subsidiaries, engages in the business of using proprietary technology and certain licensed technology to provide innovative Mobile Banking and Mobile Payment solutions to underserved, unbanked, and emerging markets. Learn more at http://www.cuentas.com
THIS NEWS RELEASE CONTAINS "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS", AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 27A OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 21E OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. STATEMENTS IN THIS NEWS RELEASE, WHICH ARE NOT PURELY HISTORICAL, ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INCLUDE ANY STATEMENTS REGARDING BELIEFS, PLANS, EXPECTATIONS OR INTENTIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE. EXCEPT FOR THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN, MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH STATEMENTS. STATEMENTS THAT ARE NOT HISTORICAL FACTS, INCLUDING STATEMENTS THAT ARE PRECEDED BY, FOLLOWED BY, OR THAT INCLUDE SUCH WORDS AS"ESTIMATE", "ANTICIPATE", "BELIEVE", "PLAN" OR "EXPECT" OR SIMILAR STATEMENTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE INCLUDE STATEMENTS RELATING TO OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY.
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