U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

  [X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

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

Commission file number: 000-54617  

   

US NUCLEAR CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 45-4535739
State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization Identification No.)

 

Robert I. Goldstein

7051 Eton Avenue

Canoga Park, CA 91303

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(818) 883-7043

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 None.

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

 

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

(Title of Class)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 [x ] No [_]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, at www.usnuclearcorp.com, 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 [x] No [_]

 

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

 

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Large accelerated filer               [_] Accelerated filer                          [_]
Non-accelerated filer            [_] Smaller reporting company     [x]

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company.)

 

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

 

The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of November 10, 2014 was 13,265,000.

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I   PAGE
Item 1. Financial Statements   4
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 14
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 16
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 16
PART II    
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 17
Item 1A. Risk Factors 17
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 18
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 18
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 19
Item 5. Other Information 19
Item 6. Exhibits 20
  Signatures 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

US Nuclear Corp.
Financial Statements
Contents

Financial Statements PAGE
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2013 5
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) and 2013 (Unaudited) 6
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) and 2013 (Unaudited) 7
   
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 8
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
               
ASSETS
               
          September 30,   December 31,
CURRENT ASSETS   2014   2013
          (unaudited)    
Cash and cash equivalents  $          422,503  $            265,873
Accounts receivable             110,225              584,813
Inventory            1,724,574            1,421,642
Other current assets                1,600                  4,800
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS          2,258,902            2,277,128
               
EQUIPMENT, net              14,344                20,543
GOODWILL               570,176              570,176
TOTAL ASSETS $        2,843,422 $ 2,867,847
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES        
Accounts payable $            72,920 $            140,250
Accrued liabilities              83,842                61,072
Customer Deposit             162,917                  9,235
Line of credit               250,612              355,255
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES             570,291              565,812
               
Note payable to shareholder                     -                 660,429
TOTAL LIABILITIES             570,291   1,226,241
               
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES                     -                         -   
               
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares        
  authorized; none issued and outstanding                     -                        -   
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized,        
  13,240,000 and 10,700,000 shares issued and outstanding                1,324                  1,070
Additional paid in capital          3,134,183            2,157,064
Accumulated deficit           (862,376)             (516,528)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY          2,273,131            1,641,606
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $        2,843,422 $          2,867,847
               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements
 

 

   

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
          For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended
          September 30,   September 30,
          2014   2013   2014   2013
          (unaudited)   (unaudited)   (unaudited)   (unaudited)
Sales       $              474,651 $              490,725 $            1,114,156 $         1,478,339
Cost of goods sold                  243,755                261,391                587,268              740,222
Gross profit                    230,896                229,334                526,888              738,117
                       
Selling, general and administrative expenses                329,971                457,682              1,040,442           1,134,686
                       
Loss from operations                (99,075)               (228,348)               (513,554)            (396,569)
                       
Other expense                  
   Other income                113,500                  57,000                170,500              160,000
   Interest expense                     (938)                  (1,141)                  (2,794)                (2,805)
        Total non-operating expense                  112,562                  55,859                167,706              157,195
                       
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes                  13,487               (172,489)               (345,848)            (239,374)
                       
Provision for income taxes                        -                           -                           -                         -   
                       
Net income (loss)   $                13,487 $             (172,489) $             (345,848) $          (239,374)
                       
                       
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted            11,172,717              9,150,000            11,134,579           9,150,000
                       
Earnings per shares - basic and diluted $                   0.00 $                  (0.02) $                  (0.03) $               (0.03)
 

 

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

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
                       
                  2014   2013
                  (unaudited)   (unaudited)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
  Net loss        $      (345,848)  $         (239,374)
  Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net        
    cash used in operating activities:          
      Depreciation and amortization               6,399                4,602
      Changes in:              
        Accounts receivable             474,588             184,976
        Inventory              (302,932)           (281,254)
        Other current assets                 3,200                     -   
        Accounts payable              (67,330)                9,424
        Accrued liabilities               22,770              19,810
        Income taxes payable                   -                (24,653)
        Customer deposits             153,682                     -   
                       
        Net cash used in operating activities          (55,471)           (326,469)
                       
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
  Purchases of equipment                  (200)   (1,415)
                       
        Net cash used in investing activities              (200)               (1,415)
                       
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
  Net borrowings under lines of credit     (104,643)             136,775
  Proceeds from sale of common stock           108,545                     -   
  Proceeds from note payable to shareholder         208,399             190,572
                       
        Net cash provided by financing activities         212,301             327,347
                       
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS       156,630                 (537)
                       
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS          
  Beginning of the period             265,873             348,439
  End of the period      $       422,503  $           347,902
                       
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information        
  Taxes paid        $               -     $                   -   
  Interest paid        $           2,794  $              2,805
                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 - Organization and Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared by US Nuclear Corp. (the “Company”), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the operating results for the respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) were omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014.

 

Organization and Line of Business

 

US Nuclear Corp., formerly known as APEX 3, Inc., (the “Company” or “US Nuclear”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 14, 2012. Optron Scientific Company, Inc. (“Optron”) was incorporated in the State of California on December 24, 1971.

 

On October 15, 2013, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement and plan of merger with Optron. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company acquired from Optron all of the issued and outstanding capital stock consisting of 98,372 shares of common stock in exchange for 9,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Concurrently with the closing of the transactions, the Company entered into an agreement with Richard Chiang, the Company’s sole director and chief executive officer, pursuant to which he returned 9,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for cancellation. Mr. Chiang was not compensated for the cancellation of his shares of the Company’s common stock. Upon completion of the foregoing transactions, the Company had an aggregate of 10,700,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

 

The exchange of shares with Optron was accounted for as a reverse acquisition under the purchase method of accounting since Optron obtained control of the Company. Accordingly, the merger of Optron into the Company was recorded as a recapitalization of Optron, Optron being treated as the continuing entity. The share exchange agreement has been treated as a recapitalization and not as a business combination; therefore, no pro forma information is disclosed. At the date of this transaction, the net liabilities of the legal acquirer, US Nuclear, were $12,901.

 

As a result of the reverse merger transactions described above the historical financial statements presented are those of Optron, the operating entity.

 

The Company is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling radiation detection and measuring equipment. The Company markets and sells its products to consumers throughout the world.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Optron and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Overhoff Technology Corporation (“Overhoff”), and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
(Unaudited)

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Accounting Method

 

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared using the accrual method of accounting. The Company has elected a fiscal year ending on December 31.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. It is possible that accounting estimates and assumptions may be material to the Company due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment involved.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and cash in time deposits, certificates of deposit and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses for accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves.  Reserves are recorded based on the Company’s historical collection history. Allowance for doubtful accounts as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $4,800 and $0, respectively.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost (determined primarily by the average cost method) or market. Management compares the cost of inventories with the market value and allowance is made for writing down their inventories to market value, if lower.

 

Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:

 

Furniture and fixtures 5 years
Leasehold improvement Lesser of lease life or economic life
Equipment 5 years
Computers and software 5 years

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant, and Equipment,” which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. ASC 360 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review at September 30, 2014, the Company believes there was no impairment of its long-lived assets.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
(Unaudited)

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the underlying net assets of businesses acquired. The entire goodwill balance in the accompanying financial statements resulted from the Company’s acquisition of Overhoff Technology Corporation in 2006. Under accounting requirements, goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenue recognition policies comply with FASB ASC Topic 605. Revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as customer deposits.

 

Sales returns and allowances was $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The Company does not provide unconditional right of return, price protection or any other concessions to its customers.

 

Customer Deposits

 

Customer deposits represent cash paid to the Company by customers before the product has been completed and shipped.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

 

Under ASC 740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. The adoption had no effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

 

Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock warrants were converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. There were no potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
(Unaudited)

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Segment Reporting

 

FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company determined it has two reportable segments. See Note 8.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the manner of presentation in the current period. These reclassifications had no effect on the net loss or stockholders’ equity.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, "Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant and Equipment (Topic 360)."  ASU 2014-08 amends the requirements for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations.  Under the new guidance, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations or that have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results should be presented as discontinued operations.  This new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-08 on the Company's results of operations or financial condition.

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-10, “Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation”which removes the definition of a development stage entity from Topic 915, thereby removing the distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from U.S. GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information on the statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The amendment is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Early application is permitted. This ASU is not applicable to the Company.

 

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.

 

Note 3 – Inventory

 

Inventory at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

 

    September 30,   December 31,
    2014   2013
Raw materials   $ 938,126     $ 870,758  
Work in Progress     196,613       137,721  
Finished goods     589,835       413,163  
    $ 1,724,574     $ 1,421,642  

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
(Unaudited)

Note 4 – Equipment

 

The following are the details of equipment at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

 

    September 30,   December 31,
    2014   2013
Furniture and fixtures   $ 146,273     $ 146,073  
Leasehold Improvements     50,091       50,091  
Equipment     212,076       212,076  
Computers and software     26,628       26,628  
Less accumulated depreciation     (420,724 )     (414,325 )
Property and equipment, net   $ 14,344     $ 20,543  

 

Note 5 – Note Payable to Shareholder

 

Robert Goldstein, the owner of the Company, has loaned funds to the Company from time to time. These loans are evidenced by unsecured, non-interest bearing notes due on December 31, 2015. The amounts due to Mr. Goldstein are $0 and $660,429 as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. On September 30, 2014, Mr. Goldstein converted $200,000 of a note payable into 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, Mr. Goldstein also forgave the remaining balance of the note payable of $668,828. This forgiveness of debt is being treated as a capital contribution from the Company’s majority shareholder.

 

Note 6– Line of Credit

 

As of September 30, 2014 the Company had three lines of credit with a maximum borrowing amount of $400,000 and interest from 3.25% to 9.25%.As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the amounts outstanding under these three lines of credit were $250,612 and $355,255, respectively.

 

Note 7 – Shareholders’ Equity

 

There was no stock based compensation incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Company sold 1,090,000 shares of its common stock for proceeds of $108,500, net of $500 in offering costs.

 

On September 30, 2014, the Company’s CEO and majority shareholder converted $200,000 of a note payable into 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, the Company’s CEO also forgave the remaining balance of the note payable of $668,828. This forgiveness of debt is being treated as a capital contribution from the Company’s majority shareholder.

 

See Note 1 for discussion of shares issued and canceled in connection with the share exchange agreement and plan of merger agreement.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND 2013
(Unaudited)

Note 8 – Segment Reporting

 

ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company has two reportable segments:Optron and Overhoff. Optron is located in Canoga Park, California and Overhoff is located in Milford, Ohio.

The following tables summarize the Company’s segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013:

                   
      Three months ended September 30,   Nine months ended September 30,
      2014   2013   2014   2013
                   
 Sales                
  Optron $ 145,734 $ 137,557 $ 330,698 $ 720,885
  Overhoff   328,917   353,168   783,458   757,454
    $ 474,651 $ 490,725 $ 1,114,156 $ 1,478,339
                   
 Gross profit                
  Optron $ 82,601 $ 150,511 $ 162,162 $ 421,635
  Overhoff   148,295   78,823   364,726   316,482
    $ 230,896 $ 229,334 $ 526,888 $ 738,117
                   
 Loss from operations                
  Optron $ (132,577) $ (194,891) $ (480,167) $ (322,950)
  Overhoff   33,502   (33,457)   (33,387)   (73,619)
    $ (99,075) $ (228,348) $ (513,554) $ (396,569)
                   
 Other Income                  
  Optron $ 113,500 $ 57,000 $ 170,500 $ 160,000
  Overhoff                            -                               -                               -                               -   
    $ 113,500 $  57,000 $ 170,500 $ 160,000
                   
Interest Expenses                
  Optron $ 938 $ 938 $ 2,794 $ 2,602
  Overhoff                            -      203                            -      203
    $ 938 $ 1,141 $ 2,794 $ 2,805
                   
 Net income (loss)                
  Optron $ 81,085 $ (138,829) $ (211,361) $ (165,552)
  Overhoff   (67,598)   (33,660)   (134,487)   (73,822)
    $ 13,487 $ (172,489) $ (345,848) $ (239,374)
                   
             September 30,    December 31,
              2014   2013
 Total Assets                
  Optron         $ 1,137,950 $ 952,092
  Overhoff           1,705,472   1,915,755
            $ 2,843,422 $ 2,867,847
                   
 Goodwill                
  Optron         $                          -    $                          -   
  Overhoff           570,176   570,176
            $ 570,176 $ 570,176

 

 

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

 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2014 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2013

 

Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 decreased to $474,651 down by 3% compared to $490,725 for the same period for the prior year, the revenue breakdown is as follows:

North America     76 %
Asia (Including Japan)     8 %
Other     16 %

 

General and administrative expense decreased for the 3rd quarter of 2014 compared to the prior year 3rd quarter to $329,971 down from $457,682 a decrease of 27.9%. The decrease was mainly attributed to payroll expense decrease.

 

Professional fees increased from $0 in the 3rd quarter of 2013 to $24,060 for the 3rd quarter of 2014, due to increased expenses for accounting, auditing and the professional services required for the Company’s reporting as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Payroll expense decreased from $318,992 in the 3rd quarter of 2013 to $129,691 for the 3rd quarter of 2014, a decrease of 59.3%.

 

At September 30, 2014, total assets decreased by 1%, to $2,843,422 from $2,867,847 for the 3rd quarter of 2013 principally related to an increase in cash and cash equivalents, a decreased in accounts receivable and an increase in inventory.

 

At September 30, 2014, total liabilities increased by 17% to $1,439,119 from $1,226,241 for the 3rd quarter of 2013 principally related to a decrease in sales and related operating costs with an increase in indebtedness to the Company’s principal stockholder.

 

Net income was $13,487, or breakeven for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 from a negative $172,489 for the 3rd quarter of 2013.

 

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations together with the audited financial statements and the notes to the audited financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

 

US Nuclear Corp f/k/a APEX 3 Inc., was incorporated in the State of Delaware on February 14, 2012, and has since amended its name to US Nuclear Corp., (“US Nuclear”) on May 4, 2012 with the State of Delaware. US Nuclear Corp was formed as a vehicle to pursue a business combination with an operating company that would have perceived benefits of becoming a publicly traded corporation.  Optron Scientific was incorporated in the State of California in 1971 and is the operating company of US Nuclear Corp with two divisions, Optron Scientific Company, Inc., doing business as (“DBA”) Technical Associates and Overhoff Technology Corporation, both of which design, manufacture and market detection and monitor systems that are used to detect and identify radioactive material, leaks, waste, contamination, biohazards, nuclear material, as well as products used in airports, cargo, screening as ports and borders, government buildings, hospitals, and other critical infrastructure, as well as by the military and emergency responder services The company uses a wide range of technologies including x-ray, trace detection, millimeter-wave, infra-red, tritium detection, and diagnostics in its product applications. 

 

Since our acquisition of Overhoff Technology in 2006, we have had discussions with other companies in our industry for an acquisition. While we targeted Overhoff due to its unique position in the tritium market, we have not commenced an acquisition since our Overhoff Technology acquisition; we believe in part the reason was due to lack of additional capital, our status as a privately-held entity at the time, and focus on developing our own products. We will seek out companies that our management believes will provide value to our customers and will complement our business. We will focus on diversifying our product line into a larger range so that our customers and vendors may have a more expansive experience in type, choice, options, price and selection. We also believe that with a more diverse product line we will become more competitive as our industry is intensely competitive.

 

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Our current product concentration places a heavy reliance on our Overhoff Technology division; where we derived 59% of our total revenues in the 3rd quarter of 2014 from one customer. We expect to encounter a continuation of this trend unless we are successful in diversifying our client base, executing our acquisition strategy and experience increases in business from our Technical Associates division.

 

Our international revenues were 24% of our total revenue in the 3rd quarter of 2014 . We expect this percentage to continue to increase over time as we continue to field new orders inquires and engage new customers overseas. We believe that South Korea and China will likely be larger contributors to revenue within the next few years. While we maintain steady growth domestically, the international side of our business may be a larger component as nuclear technology and rapid development for clean energy grows abroad. There can be no assurances as to our growth projections and our risk profile as we depend upon increased foreign customers for business.

 

Additionally, we are inexperienced as a public company and may find it difficult to meet all of the challenges and expenses of being a public company. As we commencing as a public company, we plan to raise capital by offering shares of our common stock or convertible debt to investors.  For the next twelve months, we anticipate we will need approximately $5,000,000 in additional capital to fund our business plans. If we do not raise the required capital we may not meet our expenses and there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so and if we do, we may find the cost of such financing to be burdensome on the Company. Additionally, we may not be able to execute on our business plans due to unforeseen market forces such as lower natural gas prices, difficulty attracting qualified executive staff, general downturn in our sector or by competition as we operate in an extremely competitive market for all of our product offerings.

 

Robert I. Goldstein, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors also maintains a position as President of Gold Team Inc., a Delaware company that invests in industrial real estate properties for investment purposes. He holds an 8% interest in Gold Team Inc. and spends approximately 5 hours per week with affairs related to Gold Team Inc. The Company leases its current facilities from Gold Team Inc. which owns both the Canoga Park, CA and Milford, Ohio properties at an expense of $6,000 for each facility per month. 

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

  •    have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

   •    comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);

 

  •    submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;” and

 

  •     disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

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We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which would occur if the market value of our ordinary shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

As an emerging growth company, the company is exempt from Section 14A and B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which require the shareholder approval of executive compensation and golden parachutes.

 

The Company is an Emerging Growth Company under the JOBS Act of 2012, but the Company has irrevocably opted out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(B) of the JOBS Act. 

 

Contractual obligations

 

As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.

  

Off-balance sheet arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

None

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), the Company's management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Operating Officer, who is also the executive principal officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2014 , the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2014, the disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The Company's management has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting related to the following matters:

 

Certain areas of recordkeeping need to be strengthened, particularly in the inventory management.

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Certain documentation and accounting policies and procedures need improvement, particularly in line of credit documentation.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that was identified in connection with such evaluation that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

There are not presently any material pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or as to which any of its property is subject, and no such proceedings are known to the Company to be threatened or contemplated against it.


Item 1A. Risk Factors

There is currently no trading market for our common stock.

 

We cannot assure you that our common stock will be listed on NASDAQ or any other securities exchange.  

 

We may seek the listing of our common stock on NASDAQ or the American Stock Exchange. However, we cannot assure you that following such a transaction, we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of either of those or any other stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain a listing of our common stock on either of those or any other stock exchange. After completing a business combination, until our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ or another stock exchange, we expect that our common stock would be eligible to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board, another over-the-counter quotation system, or on the “pink sheets,” where our stockholders may find it more difficult to dispose of shares or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock.  In addition, we would be subject to and SEC rule that, if it failed to meet the criteria set forth in such rule, imposes various practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell securities governed by the rule to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such rule may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling our common stock, which may further affect its liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital following a business combination.

 

There is no public market for our common stock, nor have we ever paid dividends on our common stock.

 

There is no public trading market for our common stock and none is expected to develop in the foreseeable future unless and until we complete a business combination with an operating business and such business files a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Additionally, we have never paid dividends on our Common Stock and do not presently intend to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that any funds available for payment of dividends will be re-invested into the Company to further its business strategy.

 

Issuance of Preferred Stock could result in dilution to existing shareholders.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with designations, rights and preferences determined from time to time by its Board of Directors. Accordingly, our Board of Directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, nversion, voting, or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of the common stock. In the event of issuance, the preferred stock could be utilized, under certain circumstances, as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company. Although we have no present intention to issue any shares of its authorized preferred stock, there can be no assurance that we will not do so in the future.

 

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Control by management reduces the ability of minority shareholders to affect changes in management, corporate structure, or business strategy. 

 

Management currently owns 77% of all the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company. Consequently, management has the ability to control the operations of the Company and will have the ability to control substantially all matters submitted to stockholders for approval, including:

 

  Election of the board of directors;
     
  Removal of any directors;
     
  Amendment of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws; and
     
  Adoption of measures that could delay or prevent a change in control or impede a merger, takeover or other business combination.

 

Robert I. Goldstein, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, is the beneficial owner of 10,150,000 shares of our common stock. Accordingly, this concentration of ownership by itself may have the effect of impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business consolidation, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer for the common stock.

 
This report contains forward-looking statements and information relating to us, our industry and to other businesses.


These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our management. When used in this prospectus, the words “estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in our forward-looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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

The Registrant is has concluded a private offering of its shares on September 29, 2014. We are relying upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for the above issuances. We believed that Section 4(2) was available because the Registrant believes that the foregoing transactions were exempt from the registration requirements under the Act, based on the following facts: there was no general solicitation, there was a limited number of purchasers, each of whom the Registrant believes was  an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and was sophisticated about business and financial matters, and all shares issued were subject to restriction on transfer, so as to take reasonable steps to assure that the purchaser was not an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(11) under the Act.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

None.

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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

As previously disclosed on Form 8-K, on October 16, 2014, Darian B. Andersen, resigned as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 31, 2014. On that same day, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Rachel Boulds as Chief Financial Officer, to be effective as of October 31, 2014.

On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a Forgiveness of Debt and Conversion Agreement whereby the Majority Shareholders and Board of Directors voted to accept the agreement which effectively removes $868,828 of outstanding related party debt from Robert I. Goldstein, its President, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Goldstein agreed to forgive $668,828 and convert the balance of $200,000 into 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock at $0.20 cents per share.

On November 4, 2014, the Company entered into a 5 year Employment Agreement with Robert I. Goldstein, its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board to serve as such for a 5 year term with an extension, for $100,000 in annual compensation per year. The Employment Agreement has been filed with this Form 10-Q disclosure.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

      Incorporated by reference  
Exhibit Exhibit Description Filed herewith Form Period ending Exhibit Filing date  
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation   10   3.1 02/14/2012  
3.2 By-Laws   10   3.2 02/14/2012  
3.3 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation   8-K   3.3 05/29/2012  
4.1 Specimen Stock Certificate   10   4.1 02/14/2012  
10.1. Robert I. Goldstein Employment Agreement   X          
10.2 Forgiveness of Debt and Conversion Agreement X          
31 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 X          
32 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 X          
101.INS XBRL Instance Document X          
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document X          
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document X          
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document X          
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document X          
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Definition X          

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

US Nuclear Corp.

 

Dated: November 10, 2014

 

By /s/ Robert I. Goldstein

Robert I. Goldstein

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

By /s/ Rachel Boulds

Rachel Boulds

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  (“Agreement”), dated as of November 4, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between US Nuclear Corp., a Delaware corporation, located at 7051 Eton Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91303, and hereafter referred to as “the Company,” and ROBERT I. GOLDSTEIN, an individual residing in the state of California, hereinafter referred to as “Employee,” based upon the following:

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company wishes to retain the services of Employee, and Employee wishes to render services to the Company, as its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board;

 

WHEREAS , the Company and Employee wish to set forth in this Agreement the duties and responsibilities that Employee has agreed to undertake on behalf of the Company   and the Employee will be able to perform these duties from the location of the Company, location of the Company’s subsidiaries or from occasion at a client site designated by the client; and

 

WHEREAS , the Company and Employee intend that this Agreement will supersede and replace any and all other employment agreements entered into by and between the Company and Employee, and that upon execution of this Agreement, any such employment agreements or arrangements shall have no further force or effect, except the Confidentiality Agreements between the parties executed prior to this Agreement which shall continue in full force and effect.

 

THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the Company and Employee (who are sometimes individually referred to as a “party” and collectively referred to as the “parties”) agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. SPECIFIED TERM .

 

The Company hereby employs Employee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and Employee hereby accepts employment with the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for the period beginning on November 4, 2014 (the “Commencement Date”) and ending on November 4, 2019, subject to extension as provided below (the “Term”).

 

Subject to  Sections 8, 9, and 10 , this Agreement will automatically be renewed for successive periods of one year after November 4, 2019, unless either party gives notice to the other, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the specified period that the party desires to renegotiate this Agreement.  In the event that any party notifies the other party in writing of its desire to renegotiate this Agreement, then the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be extended for an additional 60 days after expiration of the Term or until a mutual agreement is reached, whichever is shorter.  If a mutually acceptable renegotiated agreement is not reduced to writing and executed by the parties within sixty (60) days after the end of the Term, then this Agreement shall continue on a month to month basis until terminated by written notice given by either party at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of any monthly period.

 

2. GENERAL DUTIES .

 

Employee shall report to the Company’s Board of Directors.  Employee shall devote the necessary time, ability, and attention to the Company’s business during the term of this Agreement.  In his capacity as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Employee shall be primarily responsible for the tasks set forth on  Exhibit A , principally among them the management of the Company, development of the Company’s product offerings. Employee shall do and perform all services, acts, or things necessary or advisable to discharge his duties under this Agreement, and such other duties as are commonly performed by an employee of his rank in a public corporation or which may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Company through its Board of Directors. Employee shall not be entitled to perform his duties and obligations at a location of his choice and must perform all work at the Company’s location, location of the Company’s subsidiaries or from occasion at a client site designated by the client.  Furthermore, Employee agrees to cooperate with and work to the best of his ability with the Company’s management team, which includes the Board of Directors and the officers and other employees, to continually improve the Company’s reputation in its industry for quality products and performance.

 

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3. COMPENSATION .

 

(a) Annual Salary .  During the Term of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee an annual base salary in the amounts set forth below (the “Annual Salary”).  The Annual Salary shall be:

 

(i) One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) payable in either cash or restricted stock, or a combination equal to thereof at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors; and

 

(ii) Shall thereafter be increased or decreased from time to time as approve by the Board of Directors.

 

The Annual Salary shall be paid to Employee no later than 15 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Company, ie; January 15.

  

(b) Participation in Employee Benefit Plans .  The Company currently does not have an active Employee Benefit Plan. Upon the introduction of an Employee Benefit Plan, the Employee shall have the same rights, privileges, benefits and opportunities to participate in any the Company’s employee benefit plans which may be in effect on a general basis for executive officers or employees.  The Company may delete benefits and otherwise amend and change the type and quantity of benefits it provides in its sole discretion.  In the event Employee receives payments from a disability plan maintained by the Company, the Company shall have the right to offset such payments against the Annual Salary otherwise payable to Employee during the period for which payments are made by such disability plan.

 

4. REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES .  

 

The Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the business of the Company including travel (other than commuting to the office from Employee’s residence), lodging and meals while traveling, cell phone usage, business meals, etc.  However, each such expenditure shall be reimbursable only if Employee furnishes to the Company adequate records and other documentary evidence required by federal and state statutes and regulations issued by the appropriate taxing authorities for the substantiation of each such expenditure as an income tax deduction.  Additionally, all reimbursements by the Employee must be submitted to the Company within 30 (thirty) days of the incurred expense.

 

5. ANNUAL VACATION .

 

Employee shall be entitled to three (3) weeks’ vacation time each year without loss of compensation.

 

6.   PERSONAL CONDUCT .

 

Employee agrees promptly and faithfully to comply with all present and future policies, requirements, directions requests and rules and regulations of the Company in connection with the Company’s business.

 

7. TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE .

 

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The Company reserves the right to declare Employee in default of this Agreement if (each a “Cause”):

 

(a) Employee is convicted of any fraud or embezzlement against the Company; or

 

(b) After written notice and an opportunity to cure, Employee willfully breaches or habitually neglects the duties and responsibilities which he is required to perform under the terms of this Agreement; or

 

(c) Employee commits such acts of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, gross negligence or willful misconduct which results in material harm to the Company or its business; or

 

(d) Employee violates any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or Employee relating to the business operations of the Company that may have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise).

 

The Company may terminate this Agreement for Cause immediately upon written notice of termination to Employee; provided, however, if the Company terminates this Agreement due to Employee’s willful breach or habitual neglect of the duties he is required to perform, then Employee shall be entitled to a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the written notice of termination to cure said breach.  Except as otherwise set forth in this  Section 8 , upon any termination for Cause, the obligations of Employee and the Company under this Agreement shall immediately cease except the obligations of Employee in  Sections 11(b), 12(a) and 12(c)  which shall survive termination for a period of one year.  Such termination shall be without prejudice to any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled either at law, in equity, or under this Agreement.  If Employee’s employment is terminated pursuant to this  Section 8 , the Company shall pay to Employee (i) Employee’s accrued but unpaid Annual Salary through the effective date of the termination.  Employee shall not be entitled to continue to participate in any employee benefit plans except to the extent provided in such plans for terminated participants, or as may be required by applicable law.  

 

9. TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY UPON DEATH OR DISABILITY .

 

(a) Death .  Employee’s employment shall terminate upon the death of Employee.  Except as otherwise set forth in Section 9(c)  below, upon such termination the obligations of Employee and the Company under this Agreement shall immediately cease except the obligations of Employee in  Sections 11(b), 12(a) and 12(c)  which shall survive termination for a period of one year.

 

(b) Disability .  The Company reserves the right to terminate Employee’s employment upon ten (10) days written notice if, for a period of ninety (90) days, Employee is prevented from discharging his duties under this Agreement due to any physical or mental disability.  Except as otherwise set forth in  Section 9(c)  below, upon such termination the obligations of Employee and the Company under this Agreement shall immediately cease except the obligations of Employee in  Sections 11(b), 12(a) and 12(c)  which shall survive termination for a period of one year.

 

(c) Effect of Termination upon Death or Disability .  In the event Employee’s employment is terminated due to Employee’s death or disability, then:

 

(i) The Company shall pay Employee’s accrued but unpaid Annual Salary through the effective date of the termination;

 

(ii) The Company shall reimburse Employee or his heirs for any business expenses incurred prior to the effective date of the termination;

 

10. TERMINATION BY EXECUTIVE .

 

Employee’s employment may be terminated at any time by Employee for any reason or without reason upon not less than ninety (90) days written notice by Employee to the Board.  (Pursuant to clause 11(a), (b) and (c)). Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph (a), upon such termination the obligations of Employee and the Company under this Agreement shall immediately cease except the obligations of Employee in Sections 11(b), 12(a) and 12(c)  which shall survive termination for a period of one year.  In the event of a termination pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall pay to executive (i) Employee’s accrued but unpaid Annual Salary through the effective date of the termination, and (ii) business expenses incurred prior to the effective date of termination.  Employee shall not be entitled to continue to participate in any employee benefit plans to the extent provided in such plans for terminated participants, or as may be required by applicable law.

 

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11. EMPLOYEE COVENANTS .

 

(a) Covenant not to Compete During the Term and for a period of one (1) year after any termination of this Agreement, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, as an employee, agent, advisor, independent contractor, officer, director, manager, member, partner, owner, consultant or otherwise, (i) compete with the Company or with any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in any jurisdiction in which the Company sells a material quantity of products, (ii) solicit for employment or any other capacity any employee or executive of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (iii) induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to leave the employ of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (iv) solicit any actual or potential customer of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any business that competes directly or indirectly with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (v) interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between any customer, licensor, licensee, supplier, consultant or employee of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. An activity competitive with an activity engaged in by the Company or by any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall include becoming an employee, agent, advisor, independent contractor, officer, director, manager, member, partner, owner, consultant or other assistant or representative of, or being an investor to any extent or in any manner in, any entity or person engaged in any business that is competitive with the business of the Company.

 

(b) Solicitation of Employees .  Employee agrees that, for a period of one (1) year after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee shall not employ or offer to employ or solicit the employment of any employee of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, either for Employee’s own purpose or for any other person or entity. Employee further agrees that Employee shall not divulge any of the Company’s Confidential Information (as that term is defined in  Section 12 ) to solicit, directly or indirectly, employees, contractors, licensees or customers of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, either for Employee’s own purpose or for any other person or entity.

 

(c) Enforceability . The covenants set forth in  Sections 11(a)  and  11(b)  shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision of this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against the Company or against any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any of such covenants. Employee expressly waives any right to assert inadequacy of consideration as a defense to enforcement of any of the provisions of this  Section 11 . Employee and the Company hereby acknowledge that it is the desire and intent of Employee and the Company, and Employee and the Company hereby agree, that the terms and provisions of this  Section 11  shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.

 

12. COVENANTS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY .

 

(a) Covenants . Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee has been and will continue to be entrusted with trade secrets and proprietary information regarding Inventions (as defined in the Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement attached hereto as  Exhibit B ), the products, processes, know-how, designs, formulas, marketing techniques and future business plans, customer lists and information concerning the identity, needs and desires of actual and potential customers of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, competitive analyses, pricing policies, the substance of agreements with customers and others, marketing or concession arrangements, servicing and training programs and arrangements, developmental or experimental work, improvements, inventions, formulas, ideas, designs, computer programs, data bases, other original works of authorship, financial information or other subject matter pertaining to any business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, consultants or licensees and all documents embodying such confidential information (collectively,  “Confidential Information” ), all of which derives significant economic value from not being generally known by others outside the Company. In connection with the foregoing, Employee specifically acknowledges (a) that the customer lists of the Company are confidential and not readily known by the Company’s competitors, (b) that such customers are particularly important to the Company’s business, (c) that business relationships between such customers and the Company normally would continue unless interfered with and (d) that solicitation of such customers by Employee, following termination of Employee’s employment under this Agreement, would cause injury to the Company’s business.

 

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During the Term and thereafter for a period of one (1) year, except for the sole benefit of the Company or with the express written consent of the Board of Directors, Employee shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, disclose to or permit to be known by any person, firm, corporation or other form of entity any Confidential Information acquired by Employee during the course of or as an incident to Employee’s employment under this Agreement, or as a result of Employee’s association with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, whether or not relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, the directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any corporation, partnership or other entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any of the foregoing, or in which any of the foregoing has a beneficial interest, including the business affairs of each of the foregoing, except as required by law to be disclosed (in which case Employee first shall give the Company written notice of such requirement reasonably in advance of such anticipated required disclosure and shall assist the Company in obtaining a protective order or confidential treatment to the extent requested by the Company). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, the term  “Confidential Information”  shall not include any information that was in the public domain at the time of disclosure to Employee or that comes lawfully into the public domain without breach of this Agreement.

 

(b) Enforceability . The covenants set forth in  Section 12(a)  shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision of this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any of such covenants. Employee expressly waives any right to assert inadequacy of consideration as a defense to enforcement of any of the provisions of this  Section 12 . Employee and the Company hereby acknowledge that it is the desire and intent of Employee and the Company, and Employee and the Company hereby agree, that the terms and provisions of this  Section 12  shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.

 

(c) Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement . As a material inducement to the Company to execute and deliver to Employee this Agreement, and as a condition to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Company, within 10 days after Employee’s execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, Employee shall execute and deliver to the Company a Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as  Exhibit B  (the  “Proprietary Rights Agreement” ).

 

(d) Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Employee . In order to induce the Company to enter into and perform this Agreement, Employee represents and warrants that Employee is not a party to any contract, agreement or understanding that prevents or prohibits Employee from entering into this Agreement or fully performing all of Employee obligations under this Agreement and that Employee’s performance of all of the terms of this Agreement and Executive’s employment by the Company does not and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by Employee in confidence or in trust before Employee’s employment by the Company.

 

13. MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a) Preparation of Agreement .  It is acknowledged by each party that such party either had separate and independent advice of counsel or the opportunity to avail itself or himself of the same.  In light of these facts it is acknowledged that no party shall be construed to be solely responsible for the drafting hereof, and therefore any ambiguity shall not be construed against any party as the alleged draftsman of this Agreement.

 

(b) Cooperation .  Each party agrees, without further consideration, to cooperate and diligently perform any further acts, deeds and things and to execute and deliver any documents that may from time to time be reasonably necessary or otherwise reasonably required to consummate, evidence, confirm and/or carry out the intent and provisions of this Agreement, all without undue delay or expense.

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(c) Interpretation .  

 

(i) Entire Agreement/No Collateral Representations .  Each party expressly acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement, including all exhibits attached hereto, together with the Proprietary Rights Agreement: (1) is the final, complete and exclusive statement of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; (2) except with respect to the Confidentiality Agreement executed between the parties prior to this Agreement, supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, promises, assurances, guarantees, representations, understandings, conduct, proposals, conditions, commitments, acts, course of dealing, warranties, interpretations or terms of any kind, oral or written (collectively and severally, the “Prior Agreements”), and that any such prior agreements are of no force or effect except as expressly set forth herein; and (3) may not be varied, supplemented or contradicted by evidence of Prior Agreements, or by evidence of subsequent oral agreements.  Any agreement hereafter made shall be ineffective to modify, supplement or discharge the terms of this Agreement, in whole or in part, unless such agreement is in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or supplement is sought.

 

(ii) Waiver .  No breach of any agreement or provision herein contained, or of any obligation under this Agreement, may be waived, nor shall any extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts be deemed an extension of time for performance of any other obligations or acts contained herein, except by written instrument signed by the party to be charged or as otherwise expressly authorized herein.  No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof, or a waiver or relinquishment of any other agreement or provision or right or power herein contained.

 

(iii) Remedies Cumulative .  The remedies of each party under this Agreement are cumulative and shall not exclude any other remedies to which such party may be lawfully entitled.

 

(iv) Severability .  If any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be determined to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, then and, in that event: (A) the performance of the offending term or provision (but only to the extent its application is invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be excused as if it had never been incorporated into this Agreement, and, in lieu of such excused provision, there shall be added a provision as similar in terms and amount to such excused provision as may be possible and legal, valid and enforceable, and (B) the remaining part of this Agreement (including the application of the offending term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent provided by law.

 

(v) No Third Party Beneficiary .  Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the parties specifically disavow any desire or intention to create any third party beneficiary obligations, and specifically declare that no person or entity, other than as set forth in this Agreement, shall have any rights hereunder or any right of enforcement hereof.

 

(vi) Heading; References; Incorporation; Gender .  The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience and reference purposes only, and shall not be used in construing or interpreting the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.  References to this Agreement shall include all amendments or renewals thereof.  Any exhibit referenced in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the other gender, including neutral genders or genders appropriate for entities, if applicable, and the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, and vice versa, as the context requires.

 

(d) Enforcement .

 

(i) Applicable Law .  This Agreement and the rights and remedies of each party arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including, without limitation, equitable remedies) shall be solely governed by, interpreted under, and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws (without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof) of the State of California, as if this agreement were made, and as if its obligations are to be performed, wholly within the State of California.

 

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(ii) Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process .  Any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be filed in and heard and litigated solely before the federal district courts or state courts of California located within the County of Los Angeles, State of California.

 

(e) No Assignment of Rights or Delegation of Duties by Employee .  Employee’s rights and benefits under this Agreement are personal to him and therefore (i) no such right or benefit shall be subject to voluntary or involuntary alienation, assignment or transfer; and (ii) Employee may not delegate his duties or obligations hereunder.

 

(f) Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively and severally called “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder, or which are given with respect to this Agreement, shall be in writing, and shall be given by: (A) personal delivery (which form of Notice shall be deemed to have been given upon delivery), (B) by telegraph or by private airborne/overnight delivery service (which forms of Notice shall be deemed to have been given upon confirmed delivery by the delivery agency), (C) by electronic or facsimile or telephonic transmission, provided the receiving party has a compatible device or confirms receipt thereof (which forms of Notice shall be deemed delivered upon confirmed transmission or confirmation of receipt), or (D) by mailing in the United States mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (which forms of Notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the fifth (5 th ) business day following the date mailed).  Each party, and their respective counsel, hereby agrees that if Notice is to be given hereunder by such party’s counsel, such counsel may communicate directly with all principals, as required to comply with the foregoing notice provisions.  Notices shall be addressed to the address hereinabove set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, or to such other address as the receiving party shall have specified most recently by like Notice, with a copy to the other parties hereto.  Any Notice given to the estate of a party shall be sufficient if addressed to the party as provided in this subparagraph.

 

(g) Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, binding on all parties hereto.  Any signature page of this Agreement may be detached from any form hereto by having attached to it one or more additional signature pages.

 

(h) Execution by All Parties Required to be Binding; Electronically Transmitted Documents .  This Agreement shall not be construed to be an offer and shall have no force and effect until this Agreement is fully executed by all parties hereto.  If a copy or counterpart of this Agreement is originally executed and such copy or counterpart is thereafter transmitted electronically by facsimile or similar device, such facsimile document shall for all purposes be treated as if manually signed by the party whose facsimile signature appears.

 

In witness hereof, the parties execute this Employment Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

US NUCLEAR CORP.

 

 

 

By:  /s/ Dr. Gerald Entine

Dr. Gerald Entine

Title:  Member of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE

 

 

By:/s/ Robert I. Goldstein

Robert I. Goldstein

 

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

US NUCLEAR CORP.

 

By:  /s/ Dr. Gerald Entine

Dr. Gerald Entine

Title:  Member of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE

 

 

By:/s/ Robert I. Goldstein  

Robert I. Goldstein

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Description of Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

1. The Employee is responsible for management of the Corporation, to judicially oversee employees, budgets, costs, accounting, sales, relations with distributors, customers, development of new products, production of products, improvement of existing products, and to dutifully maintain its competitive position in the radiation detection industry to the best of his ability.

 

a) Management of the Corporation. The Employee will be responsible for leadership in managing the Corporation’s sales performance, outlook forecasting, and business.
b) Employees. The Employee as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors is granted the authority to terminate and hire employees according to guidelines set forth by the Corporation’s employee conduct rules and according to the employment guidelines of the State.
c) Business. The Employee in his role as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors will be responsible for maintaining, increasing and expanding the Company’s business. The Employee will be responsible for challenging the sales staff to obtain larger orders, to facilitate increased sales, pursue new markets, new clients and attract talented employees to the Company. The Employee will be reviewed by the Board of Directors for efforts in connection with sales growth during each fiscal year.
d) Public Company. The Employee in his role as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors is given the key principal role at the Company and is responsible in maintaining and protecting the Company’s reputation, integrity and record as a public company. Additionally, the Employee is responsible for coordinating Exchange Act reporting requirements every quarter with its Chief Financial Officer, outside accounting firm and PCAOB auditors. Lastly, the Employee must at all times make disclosures of all material events on Form 8-K pursuant to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

 

2. All duties shall be performed either at the Employer’s location at 7051 Eton Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91303, Company’s location, location of the Company’s subsidiaries or from occasion at a client site designated by the client.

 

3. Employee shall, at the request of the Company, attend all business meetings, functions, Board of Director meetings, compliance meetings, employee meetings, in California or elsewhere in the US provided;

 

a) Employer compensates the Employee for all travel expenses related to the aforementioned functions.

 

4. The Company and Employee shall agree to other duties from time to time as they may mutually agree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement

 

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this  “Agreement” ) is dated as of November 4, 2014 by and between US Nuclear Corp., a Delaware corporation (the  “Company,”  which term includes the Company’s subsidiaries, affiliated entities, successors and assigns), and ROBERT I. GOLDSTEIN ( “Employee” ). As a term and condition of Employee’s employment with the Company, and as additional consideration therefor and/or for its continuation at the date hereof, as well as for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which Employee hereby acknowledges, the Company and Employee hereby agree, and Employee hereby represents and warrants, as follows:

 

1. Purposes of this Agreement . Employee understands that the Company is engaged in a continuous program of research, development, production and marketing in connection with the Company’s business and that it is critical for the Company to preserve and protect the Company’s Proprietary Information (as defined in this Agreement), the Company’s rights in Inventions (as defined in this Agreement) and all related intellectual property rights of the Company. Accordingly, Employee is entering into this Agreement as a condition of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether or not Employee is expected to, or does; create Inventions (as defined in this Agreement) of value for the Company. Employee understands and agrees that the Company’s remedies for Employee’s breach of this Agreement include, without limitation, termination of Employee’s employment with the Company. The parties acknowledge and agree that a breach of this Agreement does not and shall not nullify this Agreement.

 

2. Proprietary Information . Employee understands that Employee’s employment with the Company creates a relationship of confidence and trust with respect to any and all information of a confidential or secret nature that may be disclosed to Employee by the Company, or that may be learned by Employee during Employee’s employment with the Company, that relates to the business of the Company or to the business of any parent, subsidiary, affiliate, customer or supplier of the Company or any other party with whom the Company agrees to hold information of such party in confidence (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Proprietary Information” ). Proprietary Information includes, without limitation, Inventions (as defined in this Agreement) and Confidential Information. As used herein,  “Confidential Information”  means, without limitation, the products, processes, know-how, designs, formulas, marketing techniques and future business plans, customer lists and information concerning the identity, needs and desires of actual and potential customers of the Company, its subsidiaries or its affiliates, competitive analyses, pricing policies, the substance of agreements with customers and others, marketing or concession arrangements, servicing and training programs and arrangements, developmental or experimental work, improvements, inventions, formulas, ideas, designs, computer programs, data bases, other original works of authorship, financial information or other subject matter pertaining to any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, clients, consultants or licensees and all documents embodying such confidential information, all of which derives significant economic value from not being generally known by others outside the Company.

 

3 . Ownership of Proprietary Information; Confidentiality . All Proprietary Information and all patents, copyrights, trade secret rights and other rights (including, without limitation, all extensions, renewals, continuations or divisions of any of the foregoing) in connection therewith are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Employee hereby irrevocably assigns to the Company all rights that Employee may have or acquire in any and all Proprietary Information. If Employee discloses Employee’s own or any third party’s confidential information or intellectual property when acting within the scope of Employee’s employment or otherwise on behalf of the Company, the Company will have, and Employee hereby irrevocably grants to the Company, a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such confidential information and intellectual property rights. At all times, both during and after termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, except for the sole benefit of the Company or with the express written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, Employee shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, disclose to or permit to be known by any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other form of entity any Proprietary Information acquired by Employee during the course of or as an incident to Employee’s employment with the Company, or as a result of Employee’s association with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether or not relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, the directors of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, any client of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other form of entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any of the foregoing, or in which any of the foregoing has a beneficial interest, including, without limitation, the business affairs of each of the foregoing, except as required by law to be disclosed (in which case Employee first shall give the Company written notice of such requirement reasonably in advance of such anticipated required disclosure and shall assist the Company in obtaining a protective order or confidential treatment to the extent requested by the Company). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, for the purposes of this Agreement, the term  “Proprietary Information”  shall not include any information that was in the public domain at the time of disclosure to Employee or that comes lawfully into the public domain without breach of this Agreement. Upon termination of Employee’s employment, Employee shall promptly return to the Company all items containing or embodying Proprietary Information (including all copies), except that Employee may keep personal copies of (i) Employee’s compensation records, (ii) materials distributed to stockholders generally and (iii) this Agreement.

  

 

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4. No Expectation of Privacy . Employee recognizes and agrees that Employee has no expectation of privacy with respect to the Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that any activity and all files or messages on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.

 

5. Disclosure of Inventions . Employee shall disclose promptly in confidence to the Company all inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, ideas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs, algorithms, techniques, schematics, know-how, data, databases and trade secrets (collectively, without limitation,  “Inventions” ) that Employee makes or conceives or first reduces to practice or creates, either alone or jointly with others, during Employee’s employment with the Company, whether or not in the course of Employee’s employment, and whether or not such Inventions are patentable, copyrightable or protectable as trade secrets. To the extent that the Company does not have rights thereto under this Agreement, such disclosure shall be received by the Company in confidence and does not extend the assignments made in this Agreement hereof.

 

6. Works Made for Hire; Assignment of Inventions . Employee acknowledges and agrees that all copyrightable works prepared by Employee within the scope of Employee’s employment with the Company are “works made for hire” under the federal Copyright Act and that the Company shall be considered the author and owner of all such copyrightable works. Employee agrees that all Inventions that Employee makes, conceives, reduces to practice or develops (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during Employee’s employment with the Company (a) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by Section 2870 of the California Labor Code and (b) shall be “works made for hire” to the extent permitted by law. The Company shall be the sole owner of all patents, copyrights, trade secret rights and other intellectual property or other rights in connection therewith. Employee hereby irrevocably assigns to the Company all rights that Employee may have or acquire in all of such Inventions. Employee shall disclose anything to the Company Employee believes is excluded by Section 2870 of the California Labor Code so that the Company can make an independent assessment.

 

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7. Assignment of Other Rights . In addition to the foregoing assignment of Inventions to the Company, Employee hereby irrevocably transfers and assigns to the Company (a) all worldwide patents, patent applications, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in any Invention and (b) all Moral Rights (as defined in this Agreement) that Employee may have in or with respect to any Invention. Employee also hereby forever waives and agrees never to assert any Moral Right that Employee may have in or with respect to any Invention, even after termination of Employee’s employment with the Company. To the extent that Employee retains any Moral Right under applicable law, Employee hereby ratifies and consents to any action that may be taken with respect to such Moral Right by or authorized by the Company, and Employee agrees to confirm all such ratifications, consents and agreements from time to time as requested by the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement,  “Moral Rights”  means all rights to claim authorship of an Invention, to object to or prevent the modification of any Invention or to withdraw from circulation or control the publication or distribution of any Invention and any similar right, existing under judicial or statutory law of any country in the world or under any treaty, regardless of whether or not such right is denominated or generally referred to as a “moral right.”

 

8.   Labor Code Section 2870 Notice . Employee has been notified and understands that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to any Invention that qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code or any similar provision of any state or federal law.  Section 2870 of the California Labor Code states as follows:

 

(a) ANY PROVISION IN AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHALL ASSIGN, OR OFFER TO ASSIGN, ANY OF EMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS IN AN INVENTION TO EMPLOYEE’S EMPLOYER SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN INVENTION THAT THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED ENTIRELY ON EMPLOYEE’S OWN TIME WITHOUT USING THE EMPLOYER’S EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, FACILITIES, OR TRADE SECRET INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR THOSE INVENTIONS THAT EITHER: (1)  RELATE AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION OR REDUCTION TO PRACTICE OF THE INVENTION TO THE EMPLOYER’S BUSINESS, OR ACTUAL OR DEMONSTRABLY ANTICIPATED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMPLOYER; OR (2) RESULT FROM ANY WORK PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE EMPLOYER.

 

(b) TO THE EXTENT A PROVISION IN AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT PURPORTS TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO ASSIGN AN INVENTION OTHERWISE EXCLUDED FROM BEING REQUIRED TO BE ASSIGNED UNDER SUBDIVISION 0, THE PROVISION IS AGAINST THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THIS STATE AND IS UNENFORCEABLE.

 

9. Assistance . Employee agrees to perform, during and after termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, all acts deemed necessary or desirable by the Company to permit and assist the Company, at the Company’s sole expense, in obtaining and enforcing patents, copyrights, trade secret rights or other rights on, in and/or to such Inventions and/or all other Inventions that Employee has or may at any time assign to the Company in any country. Such acts may include, without limitation, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation in legal proceedings. Employee agrees to assist the Company in every proper way to obtain for the Company and enforce patents, copyrights, mask work rights, trade secret rights and other legal protections for the Company’s Inventions in any country and all countries. Employee shall execute all documents that the Company may reasonably request for use in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights, mask work rights, trade secrets and other legal protections. Employee’s obligations under this Section shall continue beyond the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, provided that the Company shall compensate Employee at a reasonable rate after such termination for time or expenses actually spent by Employee at the Company’s request on such assistance. Employee appoints the Secretary of the Company as Employee’s attorney-in-fact to execute documents on Employee’s behalf for this purpose.

 

10. Appointment of Agents and Attorneys-in-Fact . Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and the Company’s duly-authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and in Employee’s behalf and instead of Employee to execute and file any application and all applications or related filings and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, trade secret rights or other rights thereon with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Employee.

 

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11. Complete List of Inventions and/or Improvements to Which Ownership is Claimed . Employee attaches hereto as Exhibit C  is a complete list of all Inventions and/or improvements to which Employee claims ownership and that Employee desires to remove from the operation of this Agreement, and Employee covenants that such list is complete. If no such list is attached to this Agreement, Employee represents that Employee has no such Inventions and/or improvements at the time of signing this Agreement. If, in the course of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee incorporates into a Company product, process or machine any Invention and/or improvement listed in  Exhibit C  attached hereto or any other invention, technical writing, paper, journal article, development or trade secret that was made by Employee before Employee’s employment with the Company, which is owned solely by Employee or in which Employee has an exclusive interest (collectively, a  “Pre-Employment Invention” ), Employee hereby grants to the Company, and the Company as of the date hereof shall have, a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Pre-Employment Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not incorporate any Pre-Employment Invention into any Company product, process or machine without the Company’s prior written consent. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company at all times shall be free to compete with or develop information, inventions and products within the areas and type of any and every Pre-Employment Invention.

 

12. No Breach of Prior Agreement . Employee’s performance of all of the terms of this Agreement and/or any employment agreement by and between the Company and Employee shall not breach any invention assignment, proprietary information or similar agreement by and between Employee and any former employer or other person or entity.  Employee represents and warrants that Employee shall not bring with Employee, and that Employee has not brought with Employee, to the Company or use in the performance of Employee’s duties for the Company any document or material of a former employer or any other person or entity that is not generally available to the public or that has not been legally transferred to the Company.

 

13. No Other Breach . Employee’s performance of all of the terms of this Agreement shall not breach any agreement or obligation to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by Employee from any other person or entity. Employee has not entered into, and shall not enter into, any written or oral agreement that is or could be in conflict with this Agreement.

 

14. Binding Agreement . This Agreement shall be effective as of the first day of Employee’s employment with the Company and shall be binding on Employee and Employee’s heirs, executors, assigns and administrators and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, its successors and its assigns.

 

15. Employment Contract . Employee has the right to resign and the Company has the right to terminate Employee’s employment at will, at any time, with cause. In addition, this Agreement does not purport to set forth all of the terms and conditions of Employee’s employment, and, as an employee of the Company, Employee shall have obligations to the Company that are not set forth in this Agreement. However, the terms of this Agreement govern over any inconsistent term between this Agreement and any employment agreement with Employee.

 

16. Authority to Notify . Employee hereby authorizes the Company to notify Employee’s actual or future employers of the terms of this Agreement and Employee’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

17. Name and Likeness Rights, Etc . Employee hereby authorizes the Company to use, reuse, and to grant others the right to use and reuse, without any further compensation to Employee, Employee’s name, photograph, likeness (including caricature), voice and biographical information and any reproduction or simulation thereof, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed (including, without limitation, film, video and digital or other electronic media), both during and after termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, in a customary and commercially reasonable manner for marketing, promotional and other purposes reasonably related to the Company’s business, in the good faith judgment of the Company as to each such use.

 

 

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18. No Waiver . No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar. No waiver shall constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party charged with the waiver.

 

19. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are contractual and not mere recitals. This Agreement shall be considered severable, such that, if any provision or part of this Agreement ever is held invalid under any law or ruling, then that provision or part of this Agreement shall remain in force and effect to the extent allowed by law, and all other provisions or parts shall remain in full force and effect.

 

20. Injunctive Relief . Employee acknowledges and agrees that a breach or a threatened breach of this Agreement shall result in great or irreparable harm to the Company for which there is no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by Employee of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining Employee from violating the terms hereof, or from disclosing to any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other form of entity, whether or not Employee then is employed thereby, or an officer, director or owner thereof, any Proprietary Information, as that term has been defined herein. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedy available to it for such breach or threatened breach, including recovery of damages from Employee. Both parties hereto recognize that the services to be rendered by Employee during the term of Employee’s employment are special, unique and of extraordinary character.

 

21. Other Agreements . Except for any employment agreement between the Company and Employee, this Agreement supersedes any prior agreement, representation or promise of any kind, whether written, oral, express or implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matters herein. This Agreement constitutes the full, complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matters herein. This Agreement cannot be changed unless in writing approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and signed by both a duly authorized officer of the Company and Employee.

 

22. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be interpreted under and governed by the laws of the State of California. The signature of the parties on the lines provided below shall create a binding and enforceable legal obligation under law.

 

23. Rights and Remedies . No right, power or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Company is intended to be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy. Every right, power and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right, power and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law, or in equity, or otherwise and may be exercised from time to time and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Company. The exercise of any right, power or remedy shall not be construed as a waiver of the right to exercise at the same time or thereafter any other right, power or remedy.

 

24. Captions . The captions of the paragraphs in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered or referred to in resolving questions of construction and/or interpretation.

 

25. Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements . All statements contained in this Agreement shall be deemed continuing representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Company and Employee, to the extent so made herein, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall survive the termination of this Agreement or Employee’s services to the Company. No investigation by or on behalf of any party to this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement.

 

26. Voluntary Execution . Employee acknowledges that Employee has read carefully this Agreement and understands its terms and that Employee is entering into this Agreement voluntarily.  Employee acknowledges that the Company’s legal counsel is not legal counsel to Employee and has not advised Employee in any way in connection with or regarding this Agreement. Employee further represents, warrants and acknowledges that Employee has been given the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel in connection with this Agreement and has consulted with such independent legal counsel or has waived Employee’s right to do so.

 

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27. Counterpart Execution . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

28. Facsimile Transmission . The confirmed facsimile transmission by one party hereto of a signed copy of the signature page of this Agreement to the other party hereto or to such party’s agent shall constitute delivery of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company and Employee have executed this Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement to be effective as of the date first written above.

 

       
By:/s/ Robert I. Goldstein                          
Employee’s Signature   Date: November 4, 2014
     
 By: Robert I. Goldstein    
Employee’s Name (Please Print)    
     
     
     
 US NUCLEAR CORP.    
By:   Dr. Gerald Entine   Date: November 4, 2014

Name:

Title:

Dr. Gerald Entine

Member of the Board of Directors

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

EMPLOYEE’S LIST OF INVENTIONS MADE BEFORE EMPLOYMENT WITH US NUCLEAR CORP.

 

Pursuant to the Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement (the  “Agreement” ) made between US Nuclear Corp. (the  “Company” ) and ROBERT I. GOLDSTEIN ( “Employee” ), Employee sets forth in the space below (with attached pages if necessary) a complete list of all inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, ideas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs, algorithms, techniques, schematics, know-how, data, databases and trade secrets (if any) relevant to the subject matter of Employee’s employment by the Company that have been made or conceived or first reduced to practice by Employee alone or jointly with others before Employee’s employment with the Company, which Employee desires to remove from the operation of the Agreement (the  “List” ); and Employee covenants that the List is complete. If Employee has no such inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, ideas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs, algorithms, techniques, schematics, know-how, data, databases and trade secrets at the time of signing this Agreement, then Employee herein acknowledges that there is no such List.

 

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The complete List is as follows:   

 

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There are 0 additional pages attached hereto.

 

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Employee acknowledges that Employee has no such List to attach to this Agreement.

 

 

     
  Robert I. Goldstein                          
Employee’s Signature   Date: November 4, 2014
 Robert I. Goldstein                         
Employee’s Name (Please Print)    

 

 

 

 

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FORGIVENESS OF DEBT AND CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS FORGIVENESS OF DEBT AND CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “ Assignment ”) is made as of this 30 th day of September, 2014, by and between US Nuclear Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Debtor ”), and Robert I. Goldstein (“ Creditor ”). The Debtor and Creditor may each be referred to herein as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

 

R E C I T A L S

A. Debtor presently owes the Creditor as described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

B. Pursuant to the Loan Status Agreement, with an Effective Date of September 30, 2014, between Debtor and Creditor, Creditor is, simultaneously with the execution of this Assignment, forgiving $668,828 (Six Hundred, Sixty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Dollars) of its $868,828 (Eight Hundred, Sixty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Dollars) outstanding loan to the Debtor which was a no interest loan, due on demand, no later than December 31, 2016, and under the terms and conditions more fully set forth in the Agreement.

C. In connection with the balance of the loan, the Creditor desires to convert $200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Dollars), to the Debtor’s equity securities at a price of $0.20 cents per share or 1,000,000 (One Million) common shares of stock, as negotiated between Creditor and Debtor, and Debtor desires to convert the balance of the loan to Debtor’s equity security.

T E R M S A N D C O N D I T I O N S

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor and Creditor hereby agree as follows:

1.               Cancellation of Debt . Creditor hereby cancels his right, title and interest in the amount of $668,828, (Six Hundred, Sixty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Dollars).

2.               Conversion . Debtor agrees to issue and conveys to Creditor, shares of common stock as approved by its Board of Directors and Majority shareholders, the right, title, and interest, in and to (i) 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Debtor, (ii) price of conversion of debt is hereby executed at $0.20 cents per share, (iii) Creditor hereby warrants full and complete ownership of and good title to the shares converted herein, that these shares are non-assessable and restricted common stock of the Debtor.

3.               Binding Effect . This Assignment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

4.               Construction; Definitions . This Assignment shall be construed according to Delaware law. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

5.               Counterparts . This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, intending to be legally bound, have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written.

 

DEBTOR:

US Nuclear Corp.

a Delaware corporation

 

 

By: Robert I. Goldstein

Name: (print): Robert I. Goldstein

Its: President & CEO

 

 

 

CREDITOR:

Robert I. Goldstein

 

 

By: Robert I. Goldstein

Name (print): Robert I. Goldstein

Its (title):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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EXHIBIT A

(Debt Owed To Creditor)

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Robert Goldstein, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of US Nuclear Corp.;

 

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 the 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.

 

 

Dated:  November 10, 2014

 

By:  /s/ Robert Goldstein

Robert Goldstein

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Rachel Boulds, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of US Nuclear Corp.;

 

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 the 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.

 

 

Dated:  November 10, 2014

 

By:  /s/ Rachel Boulds

Rachel Boulds

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of US Nuclear Corp. (the “Company”) for the quarter ending September 30, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Robert Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Dated: November 10, 2014

 

By: /s/  Robert Goldstein
Robert Goldstein
Chief Executive Officer

 

This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of US Nuclear Corp (the “Company”) for the quarter ending September 30, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Rachel Boulds, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Dated: November 10, 2014

By: /s / Rachel Boulds
Rachel Boulds
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.